Snap, snap, snap.

The proprietress A Yan walked in clapping her hands.

"Congratulations on passing the interview." She said very satisfiedly: "From today on, the three of you are members of Xianwang Hot Spring Villa."

Three...

Al held up the fallen Geto with one hand, turned around, and saw Gojo Satoru holding Ieiri Nozomi with a cold expression, and the two of them had already lost consciousness.

"!!!"

"Kagura! Myo!"

The three teammates of Sakata Ginpachi were completely wiped out. For the first time, the white-haired man showed a ferocious look, which was completely different from his usual fearful and decadent appearance.

"You did this?"

"Those who cannot see the dead are not qualified. Those who can be possessed by spirits are also not qualified." The lady boss smiled and said, "You three are the only ones who are qualified."

The purple figure behind her laughed triumphantly.

In Al's arms, Geto Xia suddenly opened his eyes. Al was startled. He first thought Geto Xia had woken up, but...

Berserker's pupils shrank.

"...Jack-chan?"

From behind him came Sakata Ginpachi's soft voice again: "Shinpachi? You're awake, are you okay? Are you in trouble? I'm sorry, teacher shouldn't have let you suck that kind of thing!"

“Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! It’s okay, teacher. We are very energetic now!”

"…New Eight Chi?"

Shimura Shinpachi jumped up from the pond with renewed energy, "Ahahahahahahahahahahaha——!"

There was a layer of white ghost mask on his face, as if it was covered with flour, and his hair stood up like metal strands.

Sakata Ginpachi looked at the completely unfamiliar student in astonishment. At this moment, Kagura and Shimura Taeya next to him were resurrected on the spot, with the same strange hairstyle: "Wahahahahahahaha! Is this a hot spring? It's so refreshing!"

"Hahahahahahaha! Kagura, your skin is a hundred times better than before!"

“Hahahahahahahaha! You too! Big sister! Ahahahahahahahahaha—”

Sakata Ginpachi: “…”

Obviously, something is not right, right?!

Ieiri Shoko suddenly pushed Gojo Satoru away.

Gojo Satoru: “……?”

He watched helplessly as Ieiri Naoko pushed him aside and strode towards the entrance of the hot spring. She even spoke loudly to Kagura and others, who she was not very familiar with, in a familiar manner: "Pika Pika!"

"Ahahahahahahahaha, really, Glass, you think hot springs are great too!"

“Pika!”

Gojo Satoru: “…”

Al was shocked: "Glass-chan! Where are you going?!"

Sakata Gintoki also stretched out his hand and shouted, "Hey, Shinpachi, Kagura, Amy, where are you going?! Hey! Hey!"

Ieiri Shoko, Kagura, Shimura Shinpachi and Shimura Taeko left without looking back.

Al really wanted to catch up, but the Geto in his arms was obviously in a bad condition. In just a short while, a pale mask appeared on Geto's face. But unlike the others, the mask on Geto's face changed seven or eight times in just a short moment, and it seemed to continue changing.

The proprietress's eyes dimmed, "This child——"

Gojo Satoru suddenly raised his hand and made a "cang" gesture. The look behind his sunglasses was icy cold, and he looked like ice wrapped in magma. "What did you do to them?"

"...Humph, they are just possessed by the undead."

The proprietress said calmly, "I let the undead souls who have nowhere to go use their bodies temporarily - this is my ability. The three of you have better resistance than others, so you were not affected. As for this child..."

The proprietress Ayan looked at Xia Youjie and said, "He has a special physique. Other people's bodies can only accommodate one undead intruder at most, but he alone took in all the undead present."

"…What?"

"There are at least thirty undead souls in his body right now."

"Get it out!"

The boss lady A Yan smiled and said, "That depends on your performance. If you do your job well, I will let these poor kids go."

Gojo Satoru sneered, "Are you threatening me?"

He has always been soft-hearted and would rather fight to the death than to hand over the initiative to the enemy and let them slaughter him.

Berserker's eyes changed, and his hand suddenly grasped the knife at his waist. He would never allow - never allow anyone to hurt his child!

At the moment when the terrifying murderous aura surged, he suddenly heard the voice of Geto Suguru.

"Al, don't reveal your identity yet."

Al paused, and the fierce murderous aura disappeared in an instant. He stopped Gojo Satoru from exploding, "Go-chan."

Al held Geto's wrist and showed Gojo Satoru the back of Geto's hand.

The three Command Seals on the back of his hand disappeared without a trace. Gojo Satoru paused slightly and turned to look at Ieiri Naoko who had already walked to the entrance of the hot spring. The back of Ieiri Naoko's hand was as smooth as before, without any trace of the Command Seals.

Gojo Satoru also suppressed all his outward emotions and decided to trust Geto Suguru and Naoko Ieiri. He said calmly, "What do you want us to do?"

…

"Not all water falls into the basin. Some drops will fall outside. The same is true for human souls. Not all people will go to paradise after death."

The proprietress said slowly:

"Our mission is to collect the water droplets scattered outside and help them find their home - this home is Xianwang Hot Spring Villa, the happiest home for the dead."

It sounds like a pyramid scheme full of nonsense.

The proprietress Ayan handed out work clothes to Al, Gojo Satoru, and Sakata Ginpachi, and said, "Put on these and go entertain the guests."

Al raised an eyebrow: "Guest?"

"Yes, that's right. Recently, it is the busiest period for the villa. The most people die in this season. The villa has also welcomed several new guests. In addition, the weather has made the guests agitated. There is a serious shortage of manpower, so I need you to work for me."

She called out, "Ah Ling!"

A translucent ghost of a young girl emerged from behind the wall.

"Yes, Madam."

"These three are new recruits who just arrived today. Train them well."

"Yes, Madam."

The proprietress left quickly.

Al and Gojo Satoru put on their waiter uniforms in silence. Sakata Ginpachi took the initiative to talk to the ghost girl and said, "Your name is Ling?"

"That's right." The ghost girl said coldly, "Come with me. I'm very busy today. You have to start from scratch. There's no time to waste."

Al bargained: "Before that, I want to see my children first."

"...Children?" Ah Ling looked at the young man with long purple hair in confusion and guessed, "Are you talking about your companions?"

"Yes." Al said, "I need to confirm their situation again."

To be more precise, it is to re-confirm the condition of the body.

Ah Ling was silent for a moment, "...Follow me."

In the guest room, four figures were playing cards passionately. They were Ieiri Shoko, Kagura, Shimura Shinpachi and Shimura Tae.

“Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha – take this move from my generation!”

"Hmm? Wait, how could this happen? My dear!"

“Hahahahahahaha! This round is another victory for our generation!”

"Pika, Pika-Pika!"

Gojo Satoru: “…”

Sakata Ginpachi: “…”

There's something wrong with this guy! What possessed him to make him eat Pikachus? Is it Pikachu? Is there really a Pikachu in this world? Will the spirit of a dead Pikachu still appear here?

And Geto Suguru was sleeping nearby with a talisman to suppress evil spirits stuck on his forehead.

Ah Ling explained: "If left alone, his body will continue to absorb ghosts. If it continues to absorb, we are not sure what will happen, so we temporarily took this approach. This is the first time I have seen such a dangerous physique."

"...Unlimited cursed spirit manipulation." Gojo Satoru said expressionlessly, "I didn't expect it to have an effect on the soul."

Ah Ling didn't understand what unlimited curse spirit manipulation was. She just glanced at the three of them, wanting to say something but stopping herself.

Just as she was about to speak, Sakata Ginpachi interrupted her and said, "Hey, A-Ling, the boss lady said that they are now occupied by other ghosts. What about them?"

"He's probably sleeping in his body." Ah Ling swallowed the words he hadn't asked and said calmly, "Okay, I've seen it all, and I've answered your questions. Can you guys start working now?"

Gojo Satoru shrugged, an elusive smile on his face: "Okay!"

His attitude changed so suddenly that Aling was stunned for a moment before he turned around and led them to another corridor. Al said worriedly, "Wu-chan."

Gojo Gochu blinked his eyes and said meaningfully, "I know. Just wait and see what I can do."

The Command Seals on Jay and Glass's hands were gone, leaving only two empty shells. Add to that Al's sudden calm attitude... He is not a fool.

Al was relieved.

After passing through a long corridor, another world appeared before them. Countless translucent souls were toasting each other, laughing and cursing, as if they had completely forgotten the fact that they had already died. They were immersed in the momentary excitement and refused to enter the cycle of reincarnation.

"Xianwang Hot Spring Villa has been a place dedicated to entertaining ghosts since a long time ago, and it hardly does business with living people."

Ah Ling said calmly, "Those souls who cannot attain Buddhahood are very pitiful. If left alone, they will most likely completely disappear into the world and lose the chance to be reincarnated forever. Xianwang Township is a place where they can stay in the human world for a short time."

She took out a bottle of wine and said, "You three will have the job of entertaining those dead souls and making them feel satisfied."

As he was about to push the bottle to Sakata Ginpachi, Sakata Ginpachi looked painful: "No, no, wait, I'm dizzy."

Ah Ling thought about it and took out a box of motion sickness medicine from the cupboard.

Sakata Ginpachi complained: "I am suffering from ghost sickness, not carsickness!"

Ah Ling said regretfully, "Really? It's such a pity that you, with such an excellent psychic physique, are afraid of ghosts."

Sakata Ginpachi said in disbelief: "Huh?"

"You have the strongest psychic ability among the three. I can sense it. Maybe you can even tame ghosts for your own use." She threw the bottle of wine in her hand to Sakata Ginpachi, "This is fine wine specially prepared for the dead. You can entertain the guests in this room. Just think of it as a way to exercise your courage."

Sakata Ginpachi struggled, "Wait, Ling, can I apply to do odd jobs in the backstage? As an uncle, I am better at doing odd jobs. Please, just don't let me be in the same space with ghosts, and I will..."

Ah Ling sighed and said, "Ah Yin, let me tell you a shocking truth."

"What?"

"I am a ghost too."

Sakata Ginpachi immediately covered his mouth and pretended to be carsick: "Oh, I can't take it anymore, my head hurts, the world is spinning, ugh, so disgusting, I'm dizzy..."

Ah Ling: “…”

There are so many problems.

Gojo Satoru snatched the bottle of wine and said impatiently, "Then let me go first."

Ah Ling was stunned and said hesitantly, "Can you do it?"

Gojo Satoru smiled carelessly: "Isn't it just inviting ghosts to drink? Simple, simple! Look at me!"

He opened the door and strode into the hot and bustling lobby.

The ghosts saw the waiter's uniform on him and called out, "Waiter! Come, pour me some wine!"

“I am here.”

Gojo Satoru walked forward with a smile. The ghost thought he was going to pour wine for him, and was about to pick up the funeral objects, but Gojo Satoru turned around and smashed the bottle on the ghost's head.

Bang!

"ah--!"

The undead that was hit was of course not injured, but he was obviously frightened.

Ah Ling was stunned. Before she could say anything, Al rushed into the hall and grabbed Gojo Satoru in a pretentious manner, "Go-chan, no, you can't be so rough! That's not what your mother taught you!"

"Are you in trouble? Let me go." Gojo Satoru pushed Al away, like every good-for-nothing son who likes to beat his mother in a TV show: "Come on, come on, who else wants to drink?"

"Burp! I...I want to...drink!"

Wow, Gojo Satoru poured the wine on the ghost's head.

"Who else?"

"Give me a drink!"

This time a funerary object was thrown out.

"Who else?"

"I... no no no no no, I don't want to drink anymore, I've had enough, ah——!"

"The waiter hit someone!"

"Help! The waiter at Xianwang Township beat up a customer!"

Some of the undead ran away screaming, some of them hid under the table trembling, and some of them rushed up angrily to fight. However, the living and the dead could not fight at all. Gojo Satoru waved a wine bottle inside to scare a few of the undead, and the scene was easily turned into chaos.

Ah Ling looked unhappy. She said to Ah Er, "You two are companions, right? Go and stop him!"

Al turned a deaf ear to her and just covered his face and cried, "Wu-chan, Wu-chan...how can you yell at mom so loudly? Mom is doing this for your own good!"

Ah Ling: “…”

I don't really understand the affairs of you living people.

She could only rush into the lobby and comfort the frightened or angry guests one by one. Seeing the chaos at the scene, Aling had no time to take care of them. Al waved in the direction of Gojo Satoru, "Go-chan! Come with mom!"

Gojo Satoru didn't say anything and ran after him.

They ran out of the hot spring villa following the connection of the Command Spell.

Sakata Ginpachi looked around and decided to run away, "Kagura, Shinpachi, Amae——"

Next to the scary sign outside the hot spring villa, a translucent soul is smoking silently, while the other two souls are sitting in the snow admiring the moon.

"Je-chan! Glass-chan!"

The soul smoking is Naoko Ieiri, and the ones sitting on the snow looking at the moon are Geto Suguru and Yuu Haibara.

Xia Yujie said leisurely: "Yo, it's finally here. You're so slow, Wu, Al."

Al hugged Ieyu Naoko with one hand and with the other hand he hooked Xiayou Jie's head over and pressed it into his arms: "Really, why do you make mom worry so much!"

"Cough, cough, cough—" Xia Yujie patted Al's back helplessly, "Al, you're going to strangle me to death!"

Al let them go reluctantly.

Ieiri Naoko smiled and said, "I can't help it. A weird guy has taken over my body and has been pikachuing around all the time, so I had no choice but to run away by myself. Really, what kind of undead would pikachu all the time?"

Xia Yujie complained: "Glass, have you ever thought about it - are you possessed by the real Pikachu?"

Ieiri Naoko: “…”

Huiyuan Xiong asked curiously: "Pikachu? What Pikachu?"

Al said proudly: "Hey, don't you know, Haibara-kun? Nitro-chan is the legendary Pikachu--"

With a fierce look in her eyes, Ieiri Naoko said sinisterly, "Berserker, if you dare to tell me, you will die."

“…”

The loving mother chose to keep her daughter's secret.

but--

The loving mother said with a sad face: "Nitrous sauce, why is your soul equipped with cigarettes?"

Ieiri Naoko shrugged and took a puff in front of him: "I don't know, but I'm very happy now."

How long has it been since Al last smoked to his heart's content since he developed this personality?

It’s not okay to force people to quit smoking!

Seeing that they were still alive and kicking, Gojo Satoru was relieved. He put on a grin again and said, "It's not strange that the soul is equipped with smoke. Isn't Jie's soul also equipped with Liu Hai?"

Xia Yujie: “…”

Is this a joke you want to play with for the rest of your life?

If he was not still in spirit form, he would have rushed up and punched his best friend.

Can bangs and cigarettes be compared together? And he has always had bangs!

Xia Yujie took a deep breath and said, "I'm in a similar situation. There are so many guys in my body that they can form teams to play football. The buzzing is giving me a headache. I'm annoyed and I'm worried about you guys, so I ran out."

Gojo Satoru then looked at the equally translucent Huihara Yu: "What about you? How come you are dead after not seeing you for a few hours?"

Huihara Yu scratched his head and said embarrassedly, "I accidentally inhaled the soul of the dead when I went to get snacks for you this afternoon, and that's how it became. Oh, it was Senior Geta and Senior Ieiri who awakened my consciousness and made my soul leave my body. I really owe them so much!"

Xia Yujie said modestly: "Hahaha, no no, I just called out when I passed by."

Gojo Satoru couldn't help but laugh and said, "You guys are such wimps."

Ieiri Naoko rolled her eyes and said, "Yes, yes, no one is as good as you. I was wondering why I felt so dizzy as soon as I entered this villa. It turns out that there is always the danger of my soul and body being separated."

Xia Yujie also sighed: "This is a free ghost experience package. Others can't experience it even if they want to."

Living souls, as distinguished from dead souls, refer to the situation where the soul escapes from the body while the person is still alive. This is something that can only be experienced in a special spiritual magnetic field.

Gojo Satoru sat down on the snow. "So, can you get your bodies back now?"

"Okay." Xia Yujie said without hesitation, "But there's no rush."

He shook his fingers and said, "We don't know much about the boss lady Ayan, so why don't we take this opportunity to split into two teams? You guys are in the light, and I, Naoko... uh, and Huihara-kun are in the dark. Together we can figure out the truth. We are in a position now, so we can sneak into the pile of undead and move freely."

Gojo Satoru chuckled and agreed to the plan.

Since Geto Suguru and Naoko Ieiri were fine, he was not in a hurry at all. No, it was better to say that the more lively such an interesting place was, the better.

Al said, "Oh, kids, there's one more thing. Do you remember the informant who wrote to Mr. Night Moth?"

"Remember." Xia Yujie said, "The letter is still in my bag. The handwriting is beautiful, and the person knows the boss lady's plan very well. He should be the one lurking around the boss lady."

Haihara Xiong was stunned, "Believe it?"

Xia Yujie explained: "A letter sent to Tokyo Jujutsu High School."

Huiyuan Xiong said: "Ah! I sent a letter to Tokyo Jujutsu High School the last time I went down the mountain! Was it the gray-blue envelope? That was from me!"

The four members of the college were stunned. "It's you?"

"Yes, when I was about to go down the mountain on Sunday afternoon, I found a letter and a note on the table in the room. The note asked me to mail the letter."

Ieiri Naoko had a strange expression on her face: "So... you sent a letter for someone without knowing who the person was?"

Huiyuan Xiong smiled sheepishly, "Yes. I thought since he asked me to do it, it must be urgent."

“…”

This child is probably the type who would have to help others count money after being sold!

Gojo Satoru said proudly, "Don't worry. I already have an idea about who sent the letter."

"Huh? So fast?"

"Of course."

Al listened quietly to the children's conversation and began to think along with them.

The person who sent the letter had beautiful handwriting, and was probably someone close to the lady boss. Obviously, it was inconvenient for that person to send the letter himself, but why? Was it inconvenient for him to go down the mountain, or was it impossible for him to go down the mountain?

He thought he had guessed who had sent the letter.

Al smiled and gently asked Huihara Yu: "Huihara-kun, how much do you know about the boss lady?"

"Eh?" Huiyuan Xiong was stunned. "I was only responsible for cleaning the room and the hot spring before, and I don't know much about other things, but... the boss lady didn't allow me to enter the backyard."

backyard.

Al silently memorized this keyword.

"Also, the proprietress cares a lot about her guests. Even though there are usually no guests in the villa, she always says that she hopes the guests will like it. Now I understand a little bit. The guests she was talking about must be the undead... Hahaha, I was wondering why there were so many translucent decorations. It turns out that the undead are sleeping during the day!"

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

No one else is as careless as this one.

Berserker smiled.

“That’s it.”

"Huh?"

"The secrets in the backyard and the ghost guests are what we need to defeat one by one."

Feeling the four gazes looking at him, Berserker said calmly with the demeanor of a general, "If we keep lying in wait, we will only become more and more passive. It is better to take the initiative and find a breakthrough in the chaos. How about this, Wu-chan and I will go to the lobby to create chaos and attract the attention of the boss lady and the employees, while Jie-chan, Naoko-chan, and Haibara-kun will go to the backyard to investigate."

"..." Xia Yujie sighed: "Berserker, you are really handsome sometimes."

Al: “…”

He hugged Geto excitedly and said, "Is this the legendary coquettishness? Geto, if you like your mother, you can just say it directly, no need to beat around the bush! Ah~ Geto is so adorable when he's coquettish!"

"Who is being coquettish!!!"

Fifteen minutes later, Al and Gojo Satoru returned to the hot spring resort. Sakata Ginpachi was standing in front of the bustling lobby with a guitar in his hand, taking a deep breath.

Behind him are the translucent Kagura, Shimura Shinpachi, and Shimura Tae.

Seeing Al and Gojo Satoru, Sakata Ginpachi was stunned: "Wow. You guys are back."

Gojo Satoru raised his eyebrows: "You guys are also experiencing soul separation?"

Shimura Miu was surprised and said, "Oh, we thought you really couldn't see souls. So that's the case."

Gojo Satoru then remembered that when they met before, he and Nozomi pretended not to see the dead.

Without waiting for his answer, Shimura Tae said with a smile: "We are really worried about a certain stupid teacher who is afraid of ghosts, so we have to leave our bodies alive."

Shimura Shinpachi also said: "That's right, we can't let Gin-sensei fight alone. Even if we can't help, we have to come out and support him."

“…”

Gojo Satoru laughed.

Al beside him also gave an equally gentle smile.

——I don’t know why, but whenever I see the deep bond between my companions, I can’t help but feel overwhelmed.

Kagura asked, "Hey, where are your friends? Call them up and have fun!"

Gojo Satoru raised his lips and said calmly: "They are already fighting for us."

Kagura tilted her head, "Really?"

Al smiled and said, "Yes, J-chan and Nitro-chan have more important tasks to complete, and they will join us soon. By the way, are you guys planning to form a band?"

"Yes." Sakata Ginpachi smiled and said, "Would you like to consider joining our band? We are still short of a drummer and a bassist."

Al said: "Oh, it sounds good. I can still play the bass."

Gojo Satoru: “…”

Why is Minamoto no Raikou qualified to be a bassist! What kind of a mess is your character? !

Al continued, "By the way, Mr. Sakata, does this band have a name?"

Sakata Ginpachi said in a worried tone, "A name? You young people are really particular. Let me think about it. What name should I choose?"

Gojo Satoru was very interested in this. He raised a finger and suggested, "Why not call it 'The Team to Send You to Buddhahood and Reincarnate'?"

"...So brutal, little brother." Sakata Ginpachi grinned, and the two white-haired faces were equally arrogant and wanton: "Then it's settled!"

Kagome Ken, Ieiri Naoko and Haibara Yu finally managed to sneak into the backyard and saw a powerful magic circle that occupied the entire backyard.

The translucent Xia Yujie squatted down, looked at it carefully for a while, and judged: "This magic circle is used to collect the weak curses in the air. If I am not mistaken, this is a device that can transform the undead into cursed spirits."

Ieiri Naoko blew out a puff of smoke, "How are we going to destroy him? We are all undead now, and our destructive power is almost zero."

Huiyuan Xiong's eyes lit up: "Come to think of it, there are many ghost artifacts in the villa's warehouse. Maybe we can find some ghost artifacts!"

"Where?"

"Follow me!"

Just as Geto Suguru and the other two were taking action seriously, faint singing was suddenly heard from outside.

* "When you stand in front of my grave, please, please don't cry for me."

"I have never, never slept here forever~"

"I have ~turned into a thousand winds~"

"There~in that vast blue sky~I just dance~never stopping~"

There was not a single word in the tuneful singing, and it seemed that the voices of Al and Gojo Satoru were mixed in.

Ieiri Naoko was amazed and said, "Is this how they attract the enemy's attention? What are they trying to do? To make the enemy reborn?"

Xia Youjie rubbed his brows and said, "It's so ugly... I don't know if the dead souls have been liberated, but I will be liberated by them soon."