The target hot spring resort is indeed a very remote place.

Because they didn't know their exact location, they could neither teleport nor move by using a cursed spirit. The four of them took several buses and finally got lost so they had to call a taxi to find their way. When they finally got off the bus, the students' enthusiasm had been almost worn out by the long journey.

Before the taxi driver left, he asked them kindly, "Are you guys really planning to spend the night in Xianwang Township?"

Berserker, who was in the persona of "Minamoto no Raikou", had a strong sense of being a parent. He took the initiative to answer, "Yes, is there any problem there?"

"Well... I can't really say for sure, but Xianwang Hot Spring Villa doesn't seem like a place to entertain living people."

What a common line in horror movies! The horror atmosphere is immediately created.

"You don't look like the type to go home, so I'll just say this: there are basically no cars passing by this road, but every day at 4pm, there will be a bus passing by here, and you can take that bus when you come back. But remember, there is only one trip a day."

They thanked the kind driver and he drove away.

Click.

Thick snow slid down from the branches. Behind the dilapidated bus stop, a crooked signpost was inserted, pointing the direction to the hot spring villa.

They looked up and saw a winding road leading to the top of the mountain. Because it had snowed all day, the mountain in front of them was covered with snow. At a glance, there was only a blinding white.

Ieiri Naoko complained, "Isn't this too rural?"

Xia Yujie agreed: "It looks at least a hundred times more rural than the technical college."

Gojo Satoru sneered, "It's a hundred times more rural than a technical high school. It's hopeless."

He looked up at the snow-covered mountain and said, "So, we are going up the mountain now?"

Xia Yujie sighed, "It's getting dark, let's move quickly, I hope we don't have to spend the night halfway up the mountain."

Gojo Satoru muttered, "Just don't get lost."

They summoned their flying tool, the Manta, and jumped on it skillfully.

The cold wind wrapped in snowflakes hit their faces, but the three young sorcerers didn't react in any special way. Berserker glanced at his children, then reached out and zipped up Gojo Satoru's coat with a distressed look on his face.

"Go-chan, stop trying to be cool and pull up your clothes. It's too windy."

"..." Gojo Satoru said expressionlessly, "I'm not cold."

Al shook his head firmly: "No, you are cold now."

"Hey, don't pull the zipper all the way up, hiss, it's pinching my chin..."

Berserker straightened Gojo Satoru's collar and put on his hat without saying a word, and even took out a mask from his pocket and put it on him. After wrapping Gojo Satoru up, he went to see Geto Suguru and Ieiri Naoko with a worried look on his face.

Xia Yujie and Ieiri Naoko were stunned for a moment, and quickly put on their clothes. While zipping up their clothes, they struggled desperately and said, "Actually, we are not that cold..."

Berserker said firmly, "No, you are cold now."

High school students: “…”

There is a kind of cold that makes me really not cold, but my mother thinks I am cold.

Gojo Satoru rubbed his chin in annoyance, but suddenly he remembered something and said with renewed energy, "Berserker, I report that Glass wore summer socks today, and her ankles are exposed."

Ieiri Naoko decisively slapped him on the back.

"Really? Even beauty has its limits..."

Al was complaining while untying his scarf. Jia Ruo Nishiko cried out in injustice: "It's not me, I didn't, I was just too lazy to find other socks!"

However, Berserker still covered Ieiri Naoko's ankles with a red scarf without giving any explanation. "I don't need it, Berserker, I really don't need it, Mom, I really don't need it--!"

Gojo Satoru was laughing so hard that he almost fell off the Curse Spirit.

They rode on the Manta Ray Curse Spirit and flew along the winding mountain road for twenty minutes, and finally saw a dilapidated villa.

Fortunately, it is not as far away as they imagined.

Before approaching the villa, Xia Yujie stopped the Curse Spirit and said to his companions, "Let's get off here and pretend to be ordinary tourists. Don't reveal our identities as sorcerers. Especially you, Al, don't do anything too strange, just be normal."

Al: “…”

Xia Yujie's mouth twitched: "No, I'm not saying you're abnormal. Although you're not quite normal, as long as you act a little more normal..."

Al turned his head away and said to himself, "Is this the way rebellious children behave when they dislike their parents?"

"That's not what I meant. I meant don't reveal that you're a Heroic Spirit!"

Al turned his head back and said with a tolerant face, "Don't worry, Jerry. Mommy won't blame you for your rebellious period. You will always be Mommy's good son."

"Hey! Don't just listen to what you want to hear. Where is my explanation? Have you automatically filtered it out?!"

Al patted his head and said, "Okay, Jerry, stop it and get out of the car."

Xia Yujie: “…”

Who is causing this trouble!!!

The four people jumped off the cursed spirit's back and each put on their own bag. Ieiri Naoko returned the scarf to Al with a sense of relief, and Al put the scarf back around Ieiri Naoko's neck.

They walked towards Xianwang Hot Spring Villa, pretending to be just a few ordinary tourists.

"It's so shabby." Gojo Satoru said in disgust, "It seems even shabbyer when I get closer. This shabby place is simply uninhabitable."

As they were talking, they crossed the last step one after another. The moment they crossed the step, they all looked back as if they realized something.

Berserker was surprised and asked, "Oh, is it a barrier?"

It's a barrier.

but……

Xia Yujie touched his forehead curiously: "Is it my illusion? Why do I feel like I'm about to float up..."

Ieiri Naoko frowned and said, "Me too."

Al blinked his eyes. "Could it be--altitude sickness?"

Xia Youjie & Jiaru Glass: "..."

It's more like a barrier reaction!

As soon as he stepped into the barrier, the air around him changed dramatically. Gojo Satoru said, "Ye Moth is right. There is indeed a cursed spirit in there, and it is very strong, at least special grade!"

It was rare that Xia Yujie was not distracted by the presence of a powerful cursed spirit. He touched his forehead and asked, "Satoru, Al, don't you feel the same way?"

Gojo Satoru asked curiously, "What?"

"It's like... I feel like I'm floating. It's hard to describe."

Gojo Satoru shook his head in confusion, and Al did the same.

"Really?" Xia Yujie pressed his forehead, "Maybe it's just that the wind on the mountain is too strong."

But not only him, but also Nozomi feels the same way. Is it really just a coincidence?

Gojo Satoru said in dissatisfaction: "What's wrong with you two? You're so young and you're already suffering from a migraine?"

"..." Xia Yujie decided to change the subject. He turned to Al and whispered, "Berserker, protect Nitro for a while."

The purple-haired hero nodded gently and said lovingly, "Leave it to mom. You can go ahead and do whatever you want."

...Damn, this "Minamoto no Raikou" personality of Al, apart from the two points of excessive maternal love and intermittent disobedience, is really inexplicably reliable! He can also teach them kyudo and swordsmanship, and he has a strong sense of being a parent!

Ieiri Naoko rubbed her temples and said, "If Mr. Ye Mo knew there was such a powerful cursed spirit in Xianwang Township, I'm afraid he wouldn't let you take me with you."

Gojo Satoru chuckled and said as a matter of course, "It's better that he doesn't know. This is a wild premium fish that has not been registered by Window. Glass, don't you think it's a pity to miss it?"

Ieiri Naoko smiled and shrugged.

Standing nearby, Geto looked at his two teammates, then at Berserker, who had a loving face and the words "Mom is proud of you" written all over his body, and said, "Do you know that you are now wrapped up like two silkworm pupae by Berserker? It's not cool to say that."

Gojo Satoru: “…”

Ieiri Naoko: “…”

Sensing the signs of another quarrel, Berserker, who was worried about the children, immediately said, "Okay, okay, let's all go in."

Really, kids of this age get into quarrels too easily, he has to keep an eye on them personally.

They walked towards the dilapidated hot spring villa and saw a wooden sign at the door with the words "Xianwang Township Hot Spring" written crookedly on it, with a lot of blood-colored liquid solidified on it.

Ieiri Naoko paused, "…What is this? Is this a specially customized horror-style sign?"

Gojo Satoru said, "Well, maybe it's just rusty."

Xia Yujie questioned, "Will wood rust? This is obviously blood, right?"

Gojo Satoru hesitated and asked, "Ah...but is this the color of coagulated blood?"

Berserker happily answered their questions, "Maybe it was blood that froze as soon as it splashed on him. Maybe he was killed today."

High school students: “…”

Don't say such things with a loving face!

"Welcome——!"

A black-haired boy rushed out and said, "Wow, I didn't expect another customer! Please come in! It must have been cold along the way!"

Berserker's eyes fell on the boy. "Hey, who are you?"

The young man said with full energy: "My name is Huiyuan Xiong, I'm a waiter here, and I'm happy to serve you! Are you four going to stay here?"

The system, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly said: [Unlock the new character of "Jujutsu ○ War": Haibara Yu.]

The purple-haired hero seemed not to have heard the system's reminder. He said calmly, "Let me think... I'll stay here for at least a day, right? Is there any room available in the villa?"

"Yes, yes, we have plenty of vacancies in our villa. I just finished cleaning a few rooms. How many rooms do you want?"

Berserker turned around and asked the three students, "Kids, what do you think?"

Xia Yujie gestured: "Two."

Berserker smiled and said, "Yes, I want two."

Ieiri Naoko raised her eyebrows: "Do I have to live alone in a room? Wait, Geto, I don't want to live alone today."

Kagome was stunned. "Yes, after all, it's a shop where even the sign bleeds... Berserker, one!"

Berserker smoothly changed the subject and said, "Just one room is fine. It would be better if the room is bigger and has tatami floors."

Huiyuan Xiong said cheerfully: "No problem, our shop is all tatami floors, there are no beds, the beds have been bitten by rats!"

High school students: “…”

Hey little brother, you are so good at entertaining guests, does your boss never beat you?

The waiter looked very enthusiastic and innocent. Berserker thought for a moment and began to talk to him skillfully: "Speaking of which, this place is really remote. You can't even find it on the map."

The unsuspecting black-haired boy innocently replied, "Hahaha, that's right. I also had a hard time finding this place when I first came up here. But it hadn't snowed at that time, so the road was much easier to walk on than today."

"Oh, did you start working here recently?"

"Yes, it's not really a formal job. I just come here to help out on Saturdays and Sundays. A relative of mine recommended it to me. Although the location is relatively remote, the boss lady offers a very high salary."

"Hmm - I see." Berserker asked him, "What about the boss here?"

Huiyuan Xiong answered every question: "The boss here is Auntie Ayan, she is now entertaining the previous group of guests."

"Our previous guests?"

"I heard it was a class going on a graduation trip. Even so, it seemed that only one teacher and two students came, as well as a student's sister. It was said that the villa was too remote and difficult to find, so the others turned back halfway. Hahaha——"

Gojo Satoru, Geto Suguru and Ieiri Nozomi listened to Al's skillful questioning in front of them, while Haibara Yuu looked completely defenseless and answered every question. It can be basically judged that the child named Haibara Yuu is just an innocent passerby.

Gojo Satoru said with emotion: "Isn't this a way to communicate normally with people?"

Geto Suguru, who has always been in charge of external communication, also sighed: "Berserker's personality is really strong and reliable. I don't think there is any need for me to take action."

Ieiri Naoko agreed, "Yes, although Al was not bad at socializing before, he was always lazy and rarely took the initiative to stand out."

Gojo Satoru said, "Well, all otakus are like that."

They walked through the dilapidated and dark corridor, and Huiyuan Xiong hesitated and said, "Let me see... the big room... the biggest room... Got it, what do you think of this one?"

He stopped in front of a huge shoji door.

The cold chains crossed, locking the shoji door tightly. In the middle hung a red lock with a strange painting. The shoji door was covered with densely packed talismans, and at first glance there were about a hundred of them. The whole door exuded an extremely ominous aura.

Three high school students: "..."

Are you sure this is called a guest room and not some forbidden place where the devil is sealed?

Berserker was surprised and said, "Oh, what a stylish design, it's like Shuten-douji is sealed inside!"

Three high school students: "..."

Huiyuan Xiong said excitedly, "Really? Really? I also think this design is cool. I heard that the boss lady designed it herself when she was obsessed with rock music."

Three high school students: "..."

Rock? Are you sure this is called rock style???

Huihara Yu took out the key and opened the chain.

"This room is the largest room in the hot spring villa. Now, if you open the window, you can see the beautiful snow scenery. And it's very close to the hot spring pool, so it's convenient for taking a bath..."

As Haibara Yu spoke, he opened the shoji door, revealing a spacious space, neat tatami mats, and a translucent corpse hanging from the beam.

The high school students' pupils trembled: "!!!"

The boy with big eyes smiled harmlessly: "It's just a translucent decoration inside, it's okay, just ignore it!"

Three high school students: "..."

Xia Yujie asked in confusion: "Wait, Mr. Huihara... that thing, is it hanged? It's a hanged person, right?"

Huiyuan Xiong laughed: "You can just call me Huiyuan, I'm just in junior high school. But, that person definitely wasn't someone who hanged himself, how can a person be translucent?"

Xia Yujie: “…”

Right, how can a person be translucent? Then what is this transparent person hanging in the forbidden area where the Great Demon King is sealed? The Great Demon King? ? ?

After Huiyuan Xiong opened the door for them, he suggested getting them some snacks and tea specially made by the hot spring resort. Berserker walked in first, opened the window, and said with a refreshed look, "Mm, what a great snow scene, perfect for a family trip!"

Seeing his contented look, Xia Yujie asked cautiously, "Berserker, don't you think this place is weird?"

Al was surprised and asked, "Eh? What's strange about that?"

Ieiri Naoko pointed to the top of her head.

"this."

Berserker laughed and said nonchalantly, "It's just a ghost, nothing strange about it. Ah, are J-chan and Nitro-chan scared? Do you need mom to kill him immediately?"

As he said this, he was about to draw his sword, but Xia Yujie quickly pushed him back.

"No, no, no, wait, it's already pitiful that he's been hanged here, don't torture the corpse!"

Ieiri Naoko: “…”

You are obviously not a normal person to say such things.

Gojo Satoru expressionlessly took off his hat and mask, suddenly took a few steps, and kicked the corpse hanging on the beam.

Boom!

Xia Yujie: “!!!”

Ieiri Naoko: “…”

Gojo Satoru landed steadily on the tatami mat. He laughed and said happily, "Really? It's a translucent ghost. I can't even touch it."

“…”

Ieiri Naoko said helplessly, "Berserker, are you not going to take care of this guy? He kicked the translucent corpse right in the house, and the floor was almost broken by him."

Berserker smiled and clapped: "Go-chan is very brave. He is a child who can fight against demons at such a young age. He is worthy of being a good son of his mother!"

Ieiri Naoko: “…”

Your educational principles are too arbitrary!

Infected by Berserker's nonchalant attitude, Geto Suguru and Ieiri Naoko had no choice but to sit down on the tatami mat. Gojo Satoru looked around, threw his backpack on the ground, and sat down cross-legged.

Xia Yujie asked him, "What did you see?"

"It's about the spiritual field." Gojo realized, "This villa has a special spiritual magnetic field. As long as you are not extremely gifted, you can see the souls of the dead. Similarly, the souls of the dead that would easily dissipate outside can stay here for a long time."

Xia Yujie sighed and said, "This is the first time I've seen such a thing as a soul."

"You're being ridiculous. Haven't you seen the soul of that guy... that Junxiong before?"

"These two situations are completely different." Xia Yujie sighed: "Anyway, this place is indeed problematic. We have to find a chance to meet the proprietress named Ayan."

They waited for a while, but Huihara Yu never came back. Instead, the house at the other end of the corridor kept making noises like banging and clattering. After listening for a while, Gojo Satoru said irritably, "What's going on? Are you renovating?"

Berserker heard this and stood up and said, "Do you want me to go and complain a little?"

"Oh, please."

Al walked out.

The three students looked at each other and went to the door to observe the situation. Al stood in front of the door of the noisiest room and knocked on it: "Hello. Can you be a little quieter? My children have been rushing around all day and need a quiet environment to rest."

The room immediately became quiet.

Five seconds later...

Boom——!

"Hey! Look! Isn't there another guest here?"

A messy-haired white-haired man rushed out, put his hand on Al's shoulder, and said happily: "Look, this is just an ordinary hot spring resort with many guests coming to soak in the hot springs. It's not a ghost resort!"

Al was stunned. "Oh, you are..."

The white-haired man, whose head was bleeding from hitting the wall, turned to his companions excitedly and said, "How could the teacher lie to you! We said we were here for vacation! This is a free hot spring that the teacher found with great difficulty through an acquaintance!"

The girl in the room said angrily, "You're the only one who's been yelling about ghosts since the beginning, you bastard Yin!"

ah……

It's them.

Gojo Satoru walked over and said, "Yo."

The girl was stunned, "Ah! Aren't you the white-haired guy from the hospital?!"

Gojo Satoru raised his lips and said, "We meet again, the little devil who grabs people's hair as soon as he sees them."

Simply put, there are two groups of guests in Xianwang Township Hot Spring Villa.

One wave is a group of four parents and children from Jujutsu High School, and the other wave is a group of four teachers and students from Gintama High School.

"Ahhhh, Gin is so happy to see other guests! Come on, let's introduce each other. I'm Sakata Ginpachi from Gintama High School. You can just call me Ginpachi-sensei. The country girl is Kagura, the one with glasses is Shinpachi, and the big sister is Shimura Tae. We, Class 3-Z, are currently on a happy school trip."

Xia Yujie was surprised and asked, "Just these few people?"

Sakata Ginpachi ruffled his messy hair: "Well, there's nothing we can do. This place is too remote, and many students turned back halfway through the journey."

Kagura said in a vicious voice, "If Shinpachi and I weren't staying at his house, we would have gone back long ago!"

Shimura Taeya said, "Yeah, it was a good school trip, but in the end there were only four people participating. I really lost interest in it..."

Gojo Satoru paused, turned around and whispered to Geto: "Geto, aren't there only four of us in the same grade?"

Xia Yujie whispered, "It's different. A normal school class has at least 20 students, unless it's a particularly remote country school."

Ieiri Naoko complained: "So, our school is a country school."

The eight of them were all crowded in Teacher Ginpachi's room. Kagome pointed to the translucent corpse above his head. The translucent corpse in this room was wearing a full tuxedo, looking like a British gentleman.

"Hey, what's going on? Is it a ghost?"

“Hahahahahahahahahaha—”

Teacher Ginpachi laughed dryly and said, "How can there be ghosts in the world? There are no ghosts in the world at all! Teacher, I am a staunch atheist. Gods, Buddhas, ghosts, all of them do not exist!"

“…”

Then don't look like you're about to cry.

Seeing their obviously distrustful expressions, Ginpachi-sensei jumped up and said, "Listen carefully, this translucent thing is mist. Since this is a hot spring resort, it is normal to have mist everywhere. It's just that we were mistaken and mist was in the shape of a person!"

The four-member high school team: "..."

What kind of ability is this to deceive oneself?

Berserker reminded with a smile: "But, Mr. Sakata, he is translucent."

Teacher Ginpachi forced a smile and said, "Huh? What's wrong with being translucent? Plastic bags are also translucent. Are plastic bags rare? No, plastic bags are simply everywhere. Similarly, translucent people, um, yes, translucent people should also be everywhere..."

The four-member high school team: "..."

This teacher is obviously so scared that he has started talking nonsense.

"What translucent person?" Kagura asked in confusion: "Big sister, have you seen the translucent person?"

Shimura Miu shook his head: "No."

Shimura Shinpachi's face was as pale as Sakata Ginpachi's. He whispered to the four high school students, "How about you? Can any of you see that... that translucent thing?"

Gojo Satoru reacted quickly. He pretended to be nonchalant and said, "What translucent thing? I can't see it."

Ieiri Naoko followed closely and said, "I can't see it either."

Xia Yujie shrugged helplessly.

He pointed at himself and Al and said, "Sorry, as you can see, there are only two of us who can see it here."

Berserker smiled fondly.

——How smart! They are worthy of being his children!

The shoji door was opened again, and a woman in a dark green kimono said with a big smile: "Oh, why are you all crowded in one room? I heard from Huiyuan that there are new guests, so I made some sweet cakes myself."

Berserker, who was closest to the door, took the plate of colorful sweet cakes and asked like a patriarch: "Who are you?"

"I'm Ayan, the hostess of this villa. Since my husband passed away, this place hasn't been so lively for a long time..."

Ayan!

As she said this, a purple figure popped out from behind her, and the outline of a man could be vaguely seen.

What a powerful curse!

The one behind the proprietress is the special-grade cursed spirit that Gojo Satoru had sensed before!

The high school students were horrified but remained expressionless.

The proprietress gave them a meaningful look.

"But I'm very surprised. Xianwang Hot Spring Villa is not on the map, and usually not many people come to visit. Unless you are an old man from a nearby town, it is difficult to find the location of the Hot Spring Villa. How did you find this place?"

Xia Yujie replied naturally, "We found this place by accident. We were originally planning to go to the nearby Tsu no Kiyu Pond, but when we got there we found it was full of people. When we were about to go home, someone told us there was a hot spring resort nearby, but we didn't know if it was open, so we came here to try our luck."

He smiled and said, "Fortunately, this place is not full."

"so it is."

The proprietress's expression relaxed.

"Well, the Tsu no Prayer Hot Spring is indeed very famous. My store has gone bankrupt because of their good business. But, after the weather got cold, many people wanted to soak in the hot spring. You should have made a reservation in advance before going."

"Hahaha, that's right." Xia Yujie said embarrassedly, "This is our first time going out and we have no experience. From now on, we will know to make reservations in advance."

So the matter was put behind them for the time being. The proprietress prepared cakes and dinner for them. Although the taste was average, they were not on vacation, so of course they didn't care about it.

The strange thing is that after that, they never saw Haibara again.

night.

Al saw through the crack in the door that four people from Gintama High School put on yukatas and went to the hot spring. He turned around and asked, "Aren't you going?"

While flipping through a magazine, Ieiri Naoko refused, "No, who knows what strange things might be in the water? I might as well go back to school and take a bath in the bathtub."

Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru apparently thought so too.

After a few hours, they actually got used to the corpse above their heads.

It's just... like a decoration, motionless.

Gojo Satoru was bored and said, "Al, Glass, Jay, come on, let's play cards and then take action later at night."

"good."

"Okay."

"Yeah, it's okay, Mom."

They sat in a circle, and Gojo Satoru took out the cards he had brought with him.

Half an hour later, a scream suddenly came from the direction of the hot spring: "Ah——!"

Judging from the voice, it seems to be Sakata Ginpachi.

The four of them threw down the cards and rushed out. On the way, they bumped into Kagura and Shimura Tae who were rushing out of the women's bath. Obviously, everyone heard Sakata Ginpachi's shout.

Kagura said: "Gin! Shinpachi! What's wrong with you?!"

"Mr. Sakata!"

The moment they entered the hot spring, the four-member high school group was stunned.

The entire hot spring pool was filled with translucent figures. Some were taking a bath, some were taking a shower, and some were washing their hair. All kinds of translucent people were talking and laughing in the mist, as if they were enjoying the hot spring like normal people.

Sakata Ginpachi stood in the hot spring, trying desperately to shake the dizzy Shimura Shinpachi.

Gojo Satoru asked him, "Hey, White Hair, what happened?!"

Sakata Ginpachi said hurriedly: "I let him take a sip of the translucent uncle, and he passed out!"

Kagura said: "What nonsense are you talking about again, you idiot teacher!"

Xia Yujie hurriedly said, "Hey, teacher, bring your students up here so that my classmate can take a look..."

The ghosts in the hot spring suddenly all faced them.

Al was about to draw his sword, but Gojo Satoru quietly held his hand, "Someone is watching us."

The next second, all the ghosts flew towards them. The feet of Xia Yujie and Ieiri Nozomi felt lighter, and the floating feeling suddenly became very strong.

I feel dizzy...

No, that's not right, not just dizziness.

In his daze, he only managed to hear Berserker's panicked voice.

"Je-chan! Glass-chan!"