——Have you heard of the legend of Spider Woman?

It is said that there was a woman who hated spiders so much that she killed all of them. Because she killed so many spiders in her life, she was cursed by the spiders' resentment and turned into a monster with eight legs.

"That was three days ago."

A woman's voice came out from the recorder, and the voice was still trembling slightly.

"That night, I worked overtime until 2 a.m. On my way home, I felt something following me. I ran home quickly and looked out the window on the second floor. I saw a woman crawling on the ground with two legs and two arms, just like... like a spider."

"She must be the one who followed me!" The woman's voice became excited. "I was very scared and told my parents about it, but they just said I was too tired... It wasn't until I saw the newspaper this morning that I found that many people had seen strange people like me. Only then did I muster up the courage to seek help from you."

After the recording was played, Al turned off the recorder.

The blond-haired, blue-eyed boy said seriously, "That's all!"

In the first-year classroom of Tokyo Jujutsu High School, Al, Gojo Satoru, Kagome Ken, Nanami Kento and Haibara Yu were sitting together studying a new mission.

It's quite unfortunate that last night there was an armed conflict between Tokyo's sorcerers and a certain sorcerer organization. This morning, several injured were sent to the Sorcery High School. Ieiri Shoko was called out before dawn. I heard that she will have to cooperate with "Window" to interrogate sorcerers. I guess she will be busy all day today.

The blond boy pretended to sort out the documents on the table, picked up the page with the red seal and handed it to Geto. Geto took the paper, coughed lightly, and said seriously:

"As you have heard, this recording was made a few days ago and was provided to us by a newspaper. This week, the newspaper has received more than 30 similar submissions."

Nanami Kento frowned: "About the strange woman?"

“Not just women.”

Xia Yujie asked Al to hand him a page of information. Al played the role of secretary competently, and swiftly took out a piece of paper and handed it to Nanami Kento, saying enthusiastically:

"That's it. In a tunnel in the suburbs, a driver saw a man with eight legs."

Huiyuan Xiong was shocked: "Eight legs?!"

"It's said to have eight legs... but whether it really has eight legs is still debatable." Al explained: "The driver was frightened, and he stepped on the accelerator and fled the tunnel and went to the nearest police station to report the case, but - well, he was very frightened after all. Before the Spider-Woman incident, everyone thought it was just his mistake."

Gojo Satoru sat idly on a chair, stretching his legs out of boredom. "By the way, we still can't rule out the possibility that he was mistaken."

Xia Yujie smiled and said, "In short, many people have witnessed Spider-Man. The common point of Spider-Man is that they were all seen late at night. So the newspaper gave this incident a name, called the Spider-Woman Incident. At first, the newspaper just used this incident as a gimmick to increase newspaper sales, until yesterday, when two editors of their newspaper disappeared one after another."

Nanami Kento asked, "Why did you disappear?"

Al replied, "Because the newspaper president thought the Spider-Woman incident was very popular and could bring more benefits to the newspaper, he asked the two editors to learn more about the Spider-Woman incident and write more exciting articles. Both editors disappeared during the in-depth investigation."

“…”

What a miserable worker.

Gojo Satoru said, "The incident happened near Viridian Town. After an in-depth investigation by Window, I found that many people have gone missing in Viridian Town recently. A rough count is about three or four people."

After a moment of silence, the two first-years looked at each other, and Nanami Kento said thoughtfully: "So what you mean is--"

Xia Yujie smiled and said, "I'll leave this to you. Congratulations. This is your first mission after entering school."

Al on the side clapped his hands, showing great support for his own masters. He was incredibly active today, to the point where he could be called OOC.

Nanami Kento & Haihara Yu: "..."

Sure enough, as expected!

Huiyuan Yu scratched his head and asked in confusion, "Leave it to us... What do you mean? Senior Xia Yu, do you want us to defeat Spider-Woman?"

What a naive speech! You can tell at first glance that you are a novice among novices.

Xia Yujie looked kindly, "First, we need to conduct further investigation into this matter. After confirming that Spider Woman does exist, we can then find a way to solve this problem from the root."

Huiyuan Xiong was even more confused: "Investigate... then what is the root cause..."

Gojo Satoru said, "Hey, you are all sorcerers now, you don't need the seniors to teach you how to do the missions, do you? This is just a small matter, you should figure it out on your own. It's just a second-level mission, I give you one day, you can definitely finish it within one day, right?"

"One day?!" Huiyuan Yu was shocked and said, "Impossible, Gojo-senpai, the time is too tight!"

Gojo Satoru pretended to be serious and said, "I'm telling you, Haibara, the number of victims is increasing every day, and those two editors disappeared in less than two days. We may still be able to rescue them now. Don't you think we should hurry up?"

Huiyuan Xiong: "..."

Yes.

Yes!

The black-haired boy thought it over and made up his mind: "Okay, leave this task to us. We will definitely work hard!"

"Yeah, that's right."

Gojo Satoru nodded happily.

Nanami Kento picked up the relevant information about "The Spider Woman Incident", read it carefully for a while, and pointed out one thing sharply: "The level of this mission: tentative level 2-3. The executors of this mission: Gojo Satoru, Kagome Geto."

Gojo Satoru: “…”

Xia Yujie: “…”

Al turned around and looked at his two owners, and said calmly, "See, I told you it would be exposed."

Kagome looked away unnaturally. Gojo Satoru pushed up his sunglasses and said righteously, "Is it weird for the younger generation to help the older generation with tasks? This is what it means, that is, school bullying. This is what we are doing."

Nanami Kento: “…”

No, wait, he didn't intend to escalate the incident to the level of "school bullying"!

"Hey, Satoru." Xia Yujie said helplessly, "Don't talk nonsense. What do you mean by campus bullying? This is arranged experience, experience."

"Ha, yes, experience." Gojo Satoru said perfunctorily: "Anyway, you two should hurry up and leave. I have to go to the cafeteria to eat lunch."

Nanami Kento rubbed his brows in pain. "No, wait, please wait a moment. The level of this mission is two or three, so it could be one, right? Both Haibara and I are just fourth-level sorcerers who have just entered school. I'm afraid we can't handle a mission of this level."

Xia Yujie comforted them: "Your strength is definitely more than level 4, and you will most likely be promoted after the end of this semester. What you lack now is practical experience. Of course, just in case, we decided to lend Al to you!"

Al raised his hand and said, "Hi, hi, hello everyone, I am your specially appointed assistant supervisor, for today only."

Nanami Kento: “…”

He became even more uneasy after hearing this. With this strange senior joining, things would definitely become even stranger. However, considering that he and Huiyuan Xiong had no practical experience, they could not refuse the help of Senior Al.

This is really...

Huiyuan Xiong said happily: "Huh? With Senior Al? I think it's okay. Senior Al is very powerful. He defeated the purple Super Pikachu!"

Al gave him a victory sign without any humility.

"You have good foresight, Haibara-kun. But I will only take action in critical moments, so you are the ones who are mainly responsible for the mission."

Huiyuan Xiong said cheerfully: "No problem!"

"..." Nanami Kento sighed, "Okay, I understand."

Since both students agreed, Al stood up and turned the key in his hand: "I'll take you to the warehouse to get the spell tools."

"A cursed tool?"

"Well, Go-chan and Je-chan are both types that don't need cursed tools, but most sorcerers still have weapons."

"Yes." Xia Yujie also said: "You can go to the high school's arsenal and pick out two spell tools that are convenient for you to use. When you understand your own spells better in the future, you can switch to your own familiar ones."

Before leaving the classroom, Al said to Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru, "Don't forget my limited edition steamed buns from Sanseki-ya, Masters."

Gojo Satoru and Geto Summer waved at him happily.

…

Al opened the high school's armory, and soon, Kento Nanami and Yuu Haibara picked out ordinary swords from the warehouse - type cursed tools.

The levels of the spell tools here are not high, because borrowing spell tools above level one requires a separate application, and these are the only ones they can borrow casually.

"Let me see..."

Al took out a registration booklet from the drawer and wrote down the names of Nanami Kento and Haibara Yu.

Huiyuan Xiong said: "Senior Al, you seem to be very experienced."

"Well... not bad." Al said as he took notes: "During the winter vacation, the four of us cleaned the entire school, so we are quite familiar with the school."

"Eh? Do students still want to do this kind of thing?"

"That's not the case. It's mainly because we caused so much trouble that we were unwilling to write apologies, so the principal had to punish us by making us clean the place."

Too many lice don't itch, and too much debt doesn't worry. If there is only one letter of apology to be written, they will still write it. But if there are a hundred letters of apology to be written, only a fool would write it. It is enough to just lie down and wait for Teacher Noctua to come and beat them up.

Ye Moth Zhengdao: "..."

Ye Mo Zheng Dao is also afraid of them.

Those who wear shoes are afraid of those who are barefoot, but what about these brats? These brats have already had their limbs amputated.

After registering the spell tools, Al led them out of the school and took the bus to Evergreen Town.

As for why the assistant supervisors were not called? Well, that's because the assistant supervisors all knew that Al was Geto's "cursed spirit". Wouldn't it be strange for a cursed spirit to wander around in a school uniform? Besides, Geto wasn't there this time.

"Tomoko-cho is a Feng Shui treasure land. If you buy a house in Tokyo in the future, remember not to buy one in Tomoko-cho."

"Why?"

"Last summer, many people died in Changqing Town, including residents, police, journalists, medical staff, and security guards at a nearby supermarket."

Huiyuan Xiong was surprised: "So many people?"

Al nodded: "Yes, the High Commissioner was also in charge of the last case. Look over there."

Nanami Kento and Haihara Yu turned around and saw a solid house covered with green cloth: "That's the murder house in the last case. I turned it into candy, so it has to be sealed up. I don't know when such a big candy will be melted...ah, but I won't eat it. That candy house is already covered with too much dust."

“…”

Haunted house? Candy? Too much dust?

Haibara Yu wanted to continue asking questions, but Nanami Kento quietly shook his head at him.

——Don’t be drawn into Senior Al’s painting style. Don’t do that.

He still can't forget the thrilling experience on the bus six months ago, and the exciting experience of playing wooden man with the female ghost that night.

Senior Getsuyu and Senior Ieiri are both normal people, Senior Gojo has a more mysterious personality and his drawing style is very changeable, and the one whose drawing style is fixed on silly sculptures all day long is obviously Senior Al. A man who can distort the drawing style of the entire class into silly sculptures by himself... How scary.

Al had no idea that he was defined as a "terrible man" by this junior. An hour later, the bus stopped at a station in Changqing Town. Al stood up and said, "This is it."

Two first-year sorcerers followed him out of the car and saw the four big characters "Evergreen Newspaper" written on the building across the street.

Oh wow! This is the newspaper mentioned in the file!

Al turned around and calmly gave them a thumbs up. "After thinking about it, I still think that the investigation should start from this newspaper. There are many things that can be investigated, such as the behavior of the two reporters before they disappeared, who they contacted before they disappeared, whether they revealed their itinerary in advance, etc. Oh, and it is necessary to search the personal belongings of the two reporters. Maybe there will be unexpected surprises."

Huihara Yu exclaimed: "You're amazing, Senior Al, you're just like the protagonist in the game!"

Arqian said: "No, no, I am just the protagonist from the mysterious universe."

Nanami Kento: “…”

The direction of humility is a bit wrong, isn't it?

Al pursed his face. He recalled the actions of Gojo Geta and the others and said, "If, I mean if - if there is nothing here, then we can investigate the tunnel where the Spider-Man appeared, and then visit the witness who drove the car, or the police who received the case at the time, and so on. We will always get the details that the 'window' did not find."

Huiyuan Xiong said sincerely: "You are so thoughtful, Senior Al."

Al said seriously, "Of course. As long as I have enough calories, I will have enough wisdom and action. When we finish this job, my limited edition Three Color House steamed buns will increase from ten to twenty."

Nanami Kento: “…”

Is the only motivation for your positive actions the steamed buns from the Three Color House?

He said helplessly: "I understand."

The three of them crossed the sidewalk and approached the Evergreen Newspaper Office, but saw a lot of people gathered in front of the office. In the crowd, a high school girl in school uniform was arguing with an old man in a suit. The old man grabbed the girl's hand and said aggressively: "Have you seen him? You have seen the two missing people, right?!"

Al slammed his fist into his palm and said excitedly: "It's triggered, a special event!"

Nanami Kento: “…”

Don't treat the mission as if it were a game!

The girl's face was a little pale, not sure if it was because she was frightened or because the old man grabbed her wrist too tightly.

She struggled but didn't break free: "Let me go!"

The old man's face flushed, and he asked excitedly: "Do you know where they are? Were they killed by Spider-Woman? How much do you know about Spider-Woman?"

"I don't know, President, please let me go..."

"You don't know? How could you not know? Didn't you come here specifically to ask about this?!"

Just as he was about to ask further questions, his arm was grabbed and Nanami Kento said coldly, "Please let her go."

The old man was furious. He was about to turn around and curse, but he saw that the people blocking him were three tall male high school students. Two of them had knives on their backs and looked like they were good at fighting. His momentum was immediately diminished.

Nanami Kento repeated again: "Please let go."

The old man let go of the girl's wrist awkwardly.

Huiyuan Xiong quickly protected the girl behind him and said angrily, "Can't you just talk it out nicely?"

The old man was so angry that he said, "Stop meddling in other people's business!"

Al said calmly, "Oh, you sound like you know this lady very well. What? We are 'others'. Are you a family?"

The old man choked, and the girl immediately denied it: "No, this is the first time I met this president!"

"Is that so?" Al said the most infuriating words in the calmest tone: "Then please don't push others. Maintain basic courtesy to strangers, even if you are seventy years old. Didn't your mother teach you this?"

The old man's face turned green.

Being mocked and ridiculed by a kid who was less than 20 years old in front of so many people, his face could not help but turn pale and blue.

Al quickly gave a look to Nanami Kento and Haibara Yu, and they retreated with the girl in the name of protection with a clear conscience.

They all heard the previous conversation, this girl is obviously a key NPC!

"Hey! You guys——"

The old man was unwilling to give up and wanted to chase after him, but the onlookers pointed and said, "Why are you still chasing after someone? You are old, aren't you ashamed?"

"Is this person the president of a newspaper? Can a newspaper president bully students at will?"

"From their conversation just now, it seems that the student doesn't know this person either..."

"I heard them talking about Spider-Woman."

"Ah? Which Spider-Woman? The one that's been talked about a lot lately?"

"Oh, that's scary. I don't want to hear about Spider-Woman!"

"Let's go, let's go, everyone, let's go..."

After Al and the other two left, two furtive figures appeared in the dispersing crowd.

The black-haired boy murmured, "That's pretty impressive, Al."

The hooded white-haired boy said excitedly, "Jay, hurry up, they turned a corner."

"Hey, wait, Wu, let's go to the newspaper office first to find out what's going on!"

Five minutes later, Al and his group sat down in a nearby cafe.

Al waved his hand, ordered drinks for everyone, and asked for an extra portion of his favorite cheesecake.

The girl was a little uneasy and said, "Thank you, but you don't have to treat me to a meal. I came here just to ask the newspaper a few questions. Now that I have asked them, I am going home."

Nanami Kento said: "Although it may be a little abrupt, can you tell us about Spider-Woman and the two editors?"

"Huh?"

"I'm sorry, we heard your conversation." Nanami Kento said, "Can you tell us everything you know? We are investigating this incident."

survey?

The girl looked at them in surprise, and after a moment, she nodded slightly.

"The man just now is the president of the newspaper. I came to see him to ask..." She fished in her pocket and took out two business cards, "to ask whether these two people have returned to work at the newspaper."

The three people from the college took the business card and looked at it. Oh my god, aren’t these the two reporters who were listed as missing? !

It turns out that when I feel sleepy, I get a pillow!

Al bit the straw and asked, "Do you know these two reporters?"

"Well." The girl hesitated, "They all asked me about Spider-Woman, and I told them that the father of one of my classmates was eaten by Spider-Woman. Then they went to my classmate's house with me, and then, and then..."

She shook her head and said worriedly, "Then I don't know."

Nanami Kento asked in confusion, "These two gentlemen disappeared one day apart. How did you run into them at the same time?"

"Not at the same time."

The girl explained, "That day, when I was going home from school, I passed through a tunnel as usual. At that time, one of the reporters stopped me and asked me if I knew that Spider-Man had appeared here. I said I knew and told him about my classmate. He happily let me take him to my classmate's home."

"Is that so..." Al said, "So, you took him with you?"

"Yeah." The girl looked even more guilty: "I took him there. But because I was afraid of my classmate's mother, I sent him to his home and left in a hurry. The next day, I passed through the tunnel again and met the second reporter. He asked me if I had seen the first reporter nearby..."

Three people from the technical college: “…”

Al asked, "So how do you do that?"

The girl lowered her head and said, "I took him to my classmate's house again, but because my classmate's mother was just coming home from get off work, I left again. After that, the two gentlemen seemed to have disappeared."

“…”

Seeing that Al and the other two remained silent, she said with a guilty conscience, "I was afraid something had happened to them, so I came to the newspaper office to ask if they had returned to work. I didn't expect to ask the newspaper's president, and the president was so excited... Well, could something have really happened to them?"

Three people from the technical college: “…”

The girl stared at them for a while before she realized something belatedly: "You said you were investigating the Spider-Woman incident, so, maybe, you also need me to take you... uh, to my classmate's house to have a look?"

“…”

Wake up, your classmate's house is obviously a den of evil. Whoever you send to it will die. Don't just bring anyone to your classmate's house!

They looked at the delicate and weak girl in front of them, who spoke in a cute and natural way, and the same thought emerged in their minds at the same time.

——What a good guide to the underworld.

They have hit upon a treasure!

I thought I had picked up a weak intelligence agent, but it turned out to be a guide to the underworld.