Sugizawa Village.

At the last gunshot, the whole village began to turn into chocolate.

Fushiguro Shiji came to his senses and hurried out of the dilapidated little house, and saw a young man with blond hair and blue eyes standing on a torii in the distance. When he saw him, he nodded slightly in his direction.

Hiss, who is this?

The next second, the boy rolled up the skull rock under the torii, rubbed it, and turned it into a dark chocolate ball - this skull rock statue is the cursed power core of Sugizawa Village.

The living realm that had been shrouding the surroundings disappeared, and the mysterious Shanze Village disappeared without a trace, leaving only a cedar forest.

The clear river flows through the fir forest, making a gurgling sound.

The cursers who were imprisoned in Sugizawa Village with Fushiguro Shiji were lying on the ground in all directions, each of them was emaciated.

Gojo Satoru gently kicked the back of one of the cursers' hands and asked, "Hey, Tento and Jujutsu over there, you're not going to share any food with them, are you?"

Shirai would still bring some supplies to Sugizawa Village from time to time.

Fushiguro stretched his back lazily: "How is it possible? If there was no difference at all, they wouldn't be alive now, right?"

He grinned. "I thought I was going to stay in there forever."

"Isn't it good?" Xia Yujie said calmly, "I'm just eating and waiting to die anyway, and living in Sugizawa Village can save me money on rent."

"Ha, that's different." Fushiguro said, "There are many pleasures in life. We can't just live in the countryside like this."

The blond-haired, blue-eyed boy came over and handed the chocolate ball to Geto. Geto whispered a thank you and swallowed the chocolate ball directly.

He would avoid people when eating ordinary curse balls, but there is no need to do so when eating chocolate balls. If you leave it alone, the chocolate will melt on its own.

Al whispered, "So that's five special ones, right?"

"Yeah, that's right."

Xia Yujie reached out and ruffled Al's hair.

Gojo Satoru urged, “Are you ready? Jay, Al, don’t forget that we have something else to do later.”

"Well, let's go."

Xia Yujie summoned the manta ray spirit, and the three of them jumped on it one by one, with extremely skillful movements.

Gojo Satoru waved his hand towards Fushiguro Shinji and said arrogantly, "We're leaving first, you can do whatever you want. By the way, you can also give up the matter of the astral plasma body. The Bandei Cult is now our power."

"..." Fushiguro Shier raised his eyebrows, "I have been in there for three years?"

"Three years? For a mere Panxing Sect, three hours would be enough."

Xia Yujie smiled and said, "Oh, by the way, let this guy say hello to you as well."

He released an ugly low-level cursed spirit, the same cursed spirit that had once entangled Fushiguro Shiro and provided him with constant fire support.

Fushiguro Shiji: “…”

"When you were on the verge of death, your contract with the cursed spirit became weak, so I took the opportunity to tame it. Although it is only a low-level cursed spirit, it is quite useful as a storage bag. Of course, the arsenal inside also belongs to us, including Amenakaboko and Yuun."

He quite likes Youyun, which is a very rare special-grade cursed tool. The same goes for Tensaiboko, because of its special property of blocking cursed energy, it is a weapon that can ignore unlimited barriers. Gojo Satoru doesn't like this thing that will pose a threat to him, but after Geto Suguru repeatedly assured him that Tensaiboko would not fall into the hands of outsiders, he still let Tensaiboko go.

Fushiguro Shiji: “…”

This trip to Xing plasma body was really not worth it. He used the deposit he got in advance to gamble on horses and lost everything. Now he has nothing left. The final payment... Of course he didn't get the final payment. Not only did he not get the final payment, but his employer was also wiped out. He himself was forced to be a otaku in Sugizawa Village for who knows how long. After finally getting out of prison, he found himself penniless and carrying the curse of the curse.

Al waved his hand and said, "Remember to go back and see your son. Children abandoned by their parents will attract the Pokémon, especially since your son has the talent to be a sorcerer."

"…son?"

"Isn't Ah Hui your son? You also have a daughter named Mami."

Xia Yujie reminded him quietly: "It's not Mami, it's Tsumei, Al."

Al nodded: "Oh, Tsumeiki."

Fushiguro Shigeji looked at them deeply, and for a moment he thought that they had known the joke he had made to "Shirai", but when he saw that they looked unsure, he felt relieved.

"Shirai" only has the function of delivering things, and delivering messages is not within its business scope.

Fushiguro Shiji said casually: "Really? I forgot about it a long time ago."

Oh no, what a classic statement from a scumbag father. I just don’t know how much of the “I forgot” is sincere.

They didn't care what would happen to these cursers, so they just patted their butts and flew out of the cedar forest.

New employees joined the company today. If Gojo Satoru hadn't calculated that the last cycle of the Sugizawa Village Grudge would be today, they would never have chosen to run back to this deep forest today.

Gojo Satoru didn't have to come, but after all, there was the variable of Fushiguro Shigeu in Sugizawa Village. Although he believed that Al and Geto Suguru could handle it, he still came along just in case.

On the way back, Gojo Satoru was so sleepy that he yawned continuously.

Al said, "Wu-chan, did you stay up late again yesterday?"

"Yeah, I caught up on some comics."

“No wonder.”

Xia Yujie looked up from his phone and said, "We're still going to fly for a while, do you need a pillow?"

Gojo Satoru yawned and said, “Okay.”

So Geto gave him a round and flat black cursed spirit, and Gojo Satoru unceremoniously used the cursed spirit as a pillow and just lay down on it and ignored everything else.

Al complained: "Jack, you have so many weird curses."

They have known each other for more than a year, but he still hasn't recognized all of Geto's cursed spirits because there are simply too many of them.

"Ah, that's right. Most of the cursed spirits I came into contact with before entering the technical college were low-level third and fourth level spirits, so there were a lot of useless little cursed spirits. These few are useless, but they are still pretty cute."

Al not only questioned Xia Yujie's aesthetics: "... cute?"

"Yes. Unlovable?"

Al thought for a moment and asked him very seriously, "Jack, you always praise me for being cute. Am I cute in the same way as these cursed spirits?"

Xia Yujie said as a matter of course: "Yes."

Al: “…”

Gojo Satoru chuckled and turned over as if nothing had happened.

Al: “…”

Then he is not lovable at all! This is the biggest humiliation to Kuang Dai's appearance! An unprecedented humiliation!

Al couldn't help puffing up his cheeks. Xia Youjie looked at him in confusion and patted his head.

"Because they are so cute, I can't bear to use them when I use them to rub the light cannon."

"...Can't the consumed cursed spirits be repaired?"

"For now, no."

Alshunli was distracted by him and said, "Then shouldn't a cursed spirit with a spell be used to rub a light cannon?"

"Yes, I only use low-level cursed spirits without spells to attack with cursed power, but the cursed power of low-level cursed spirits is also low, so if you want to increase the power, you can only use the number to stack... Anyway, cursed spirit manipulation is a technique that requires continuous accumulation, and it can't be rushed."

There's no rush.

After Gojo Satoru mastered the reversal technique, his strength began to improve by leaps and bounds. It was thought that Gojo Satoru had already reached the pinnacle of sorcerer strength, but he did not expect that this peak could be raised even higher, to a level that no one else could reach.

It would be a lie to say I'm not anxious.

Geto is not someone who is obsessed with the title of "the strongest", but the reality that he can no longer stand side by side with his best friend always makes him feel a little frustrated. Even if he repeatedly reminds himself not to rush, in his heart...

"Take your time." Gojo Satoru said calmly, "You will catch up with me sooner or later anyway."

“…Haha, that’s right.”

Xia Yujie smiled shyly, and Al put his arm around his shoulders: "Don't worry, Jie-chan, you still have me. Strictly speaking, I am also part of your strength!"

After all, you can see it... these two guys.

Xia Yujie said: "Yes, yes, Al is very powerful, but he can't be used to rub the light cannon."

"But I have my own Turtle School magical power."

"...I've been meaning to say this before, Al, don't use the Seventy-O Pearls when naming your ultimate move."

"Come to think of it, Jake." Al suddenly suggested, "We can take our time in gathering cursed spirits, but can we find another way to improve our strength? For example, we can copy the absorbed cursed spirits after using them, or even copy several of them. Think about it, what if you have ten 'Incarnations of Kaguya'?"

Xia Yujie: “…”

Ten "Incarnation of Kaguya" with their own chocolate syrup? Then he has poked a zombie den, and he can bring cursed spirits to shoot a zombie siege.

"Although there are many flaws, it is indeed an idea... However, if you want to copy the cursed spirit that has been used, it seems that you must first learn the reversal technique."

Al said imaginatively: "There are other things. For example, you can use the spell of the cursed spirit. Think about it, as long as you master this skill, the illusion of "Incarnation of Tamamonomae" will belong to you, and the reversal spell of "Saiko"... Hey, isn't there a reversal spell now?"

Xia Yujie: “!!!”

The door to a new world has opened!

Gojo Satoru on the side somersaulted and climbed up: "Yeah, Jay, you can still climb out of the TV in the future!"

Geto Summer Oil: "...Ah, this skill is totally unnecessary."

"Huh? How is that redundant? It's obviously cool!"

Xia Yujie was speechless and said, "After I master this skill, what should I do? Whose TV should I crawl into?"

Alfred was so moved that he raised his hand and said, "Rotten Orange TV!"

Xia Yujie: “…”

“Haha ...

Gojo Satoru pounded his thumping feet and laughed while high-fiving Al: "Are you a genius, Al? Isn't it a hundred times more terrifying for a top-notch sorcerer to crawl out of the TV than for a "chastity" to crawl out of the TV?"

Xia Yujie: “…”

You said the word "horror" yourself, right? !

He said weakly: "Stop hammering, the little fish is about to be knocked down by you..."

Gojo Satoru was laughing so hard that he almost died, "Hahahahahahahahaha this thing is actually called Xiaoyu!"

The poor manta ray curse spirit wailed, and finally couldn't withstand the special iron fist attack, and fell straight to the ground.

"Hello!!!"

…

Manami Suda was speechless and said, "As an interviewer, it is really rude to arrive so late. Excuse me, this is really rude."

The culprit, Gojo Satoru, waved his hand nonchalantly, "Hey, Suda, did you get your hair cut?"

Manami Sugata: "..."

Manami Suda: "I had my hair cut three days ago."

Although this person seems like the type who doesn't care much about others, it's really too much to say "Yo, you had a haircut" to the beautiful woman who had her hair cut three days ago.

Xia Yujie went back to his room to change his clothes. While waiting for him, Al looked through the interviewees' information.

"Personal sorcerer, Lalu."

The photo shows a man who looks very burly.

"foreigner?"

Manami Suda looked over and said, "Yes, this is my friend. I introduced him here. Since the job of a personal sorcerer is not very stable, I contacted him and he quickly agreed. He has rich combat experience and is a very strong sorcerer."

So that's it, she's the chosen candidate.

Since the church was not lacking in combat power, Gojo Satoru showed little interest: "Really? How strong is it?"

"Of course I can't compare to the other three." Suda Manami said, "But compared to me, I'm not too bad, right? We're about the same, right?"

During this time, they had already fully understood each other's combat power and had a rough idea of ​​each other's strength. Gojo Satoru nodded and said, "That's OK."

Al flipped open another resume.

"Oosaka-kunzi...?"

He blinked and repeatedly confirmed the name and photo on the resume, and was 100% sure that this Oosaka Junzi was the same Oosaka Junzi from the previous Pakumo incident.

"Why is she here?"

Suda Manami said: "I am also confused. A well-known psychic wants to join this strange church. To be honest, when I first received the resume, I thought it was fake."

Gojo Satoru had heard Al and Geto mention Oosaka Kimiko before, and knew that they knew Oosaka Kimiko. He crossed his legs and asked, "Psychic? Isn't that the same profession as ours?"

"But if you are a quasi-first-class psychic, you are still pretty strong, right?" Al said, "And Wu-chan, we are here to help the believers solve all kinds of supernatural events. Although most of the supernatural events nowadays are caused by cursed spirits, we occasionally receive events related to evil spirits, right?"

Gojo Satoru thought about it and felt that what Al said made sense.

So Al opened the last resume.

"Higa Makoto? Such a familiar name, have we heard of it somewhere before?"

Gojo Satoru: “I think so too…”

Suda Manami reminded them: "Higa Kotoko's biological sister is Higa Makoto."

Al: “!”

Gojo Satoru: “!”

Al said: "Wow, is she the sister of the most powerful psychic?"

Gojo Satoru's focus was on - "Why is it a psychic again?"

Dressed in a five-striped monk's robe, Kagome opened the door and walked in, answering for Suda Manami: "The cases we will face in the future are not just those related to cursed spirits, so it is very necessary to make friends with some psychics."

He straightened his wide cuffs and let half of his bun down, looking more mature than usual. With his gentle and steady temperament, he seemed quite serious.

"The resume was delivered yesterday. You two are only studying it now?"

Gojo Satoru said, "Well, let's keep it fresh. Reading resumes in advance is just like being spoiled in advance."

Okay.

Xia Yujie raised his eyebrows: "Why don't you two go change clothes?"

Al said confidently, "I am not a mascot. All a mascot needs to be cute."

Xia Yujie: “…”

Don't be content with being a mascot. Can you be a little more ambitious?

The even more hopeless Gojo Wudao said: "I am the free Son of God, and I can wear whatever I want."

Xia Yujie rolled his eyes and said, "Then you can't go in slippers either. I'm dressed so formally, but the son of God and the mascot beside me are wearing home clothes and slippers?"

"Wow."

Gojo Satoru leaned over to Al's ear and whispered, "Listen, he's already starting to act like a big shot. He's got some idol baggage."

Al also whispered, "This is the beginning of depravity. If Jerry is immersed in power for too long, he might turn into a rotten orange."

Xia Yujie: “…”

It's so funny, this kind of church is full of ancestors, how can it undermine his power? !

He said sinisterly, "It is common sense for all human beings to wear formal clothes for interviews."

Before Gojo Satoru could once again ask "Why do you represent all of humanity?", Geto Suguru picked up a naughty kid with one hand and told them to at least change out of their home clothes.

It's embarrassing to say, but when they went to reclaim Sugizawa Village, they relied on their ability to fly and went there in their home clothes. If they had fought with Fushiguro Shinobu at that time, these two idiots might have even fought with him while holding up their slippers.

Ten minutes later, several interviewers finally showed up in the temporary conference room after much hesitation. Kuroi Misato had already changed three cups of coffee for them.

When Geto Suguru went in, he made an apologetic gesture to Kuroi Misato. Kuroi Misato shook her head and went out with the tray.

"I'm sorry, a very difficult incident happened temporarily and kept you waiting for a long time."

The three of them sat down in their respective seats, and the three interviewers looked over at them at the same time.

Xia Yujie: “…”

What's up with this style of painting?

Al said on the team channel, "Jerry, the guys who interviewed didn't wear suits either."

Gojo Satoru sneered, "Not only are they not wearing formal clothes, one of them came half-naked."

Summer Oil: "..."

Yes, the only man among the three interviewees was shirtless, with a strange heart-shaped thing on his chest that I didn’t know what to call.

Oosaka Kimiko is wearing a winter floral cotton jacket, which is in stark contrast to the stylish sunglasses on his face.

The last young girl had a face as tender as the blond-haired and blue-eyed Al. She had dyed hair in various colors and wore a red vest and hot pants. She and Oosaka Junzi next to her seemed to be living in two different seasons.

Xia Yujie coughed lightly.

So Al picked up their resumes and said, "Well, first of all, let's start with Mr. Lalou."

The burly man nodded and said, "Male, personal sorcerer. I haven't received any high-level evaluation, but I have experience dealing with first-level cursed spirits alone several times. The requirements for the job are not high. I just need to be paid on time and have food and accommodation provided."

"Okay, I understand what you want."

Xia Yujie put on a perfect business smile: "I have looked up your information on the Spellcaster Forum and know that you have the strength of a first-level spellcaster. Although your income is not stable, it should be quite considerable. May I ask why you want to join our church?"

Lalu said in a deep voice: "I heard from Manami that there is a good man here."

Xia Yujie nodded seriously, but only then did he realize that his answer was a bit too outrageous.

"Good, good man?"

Lalu lowered his head and smiled, "He is indeed a very good man."

Xia Yujie: “…”

Xia Yujie was puzzled and asked, "Who? Who is he talking about?"

Al: “…”

Al glanced at Lalu warily and said thoughtfully, "Nothing."

"…You don't sound like a jerk, do you?"

Gojo Satoru gently patted Geto's shoulder and said, "Anyway, Geto, be careful. This guy doesn't look like a serious person. Remember to keep the workplace relationship cold."

Summer Oil: "...Hmm???"

Gojo Satoru said decisively: "Okay, next one."

Al then read: "Hello, Ms. Oosaka-kunzi."

Oosaka Junzi said, "Hello, my name is Oosaka Junzi, and I am an artist by profession."

Gojo Satoru was amazed: "Wow, this guy has really been in too many variety shows and has completely changed his definition of himself into an entertainment industry artist."

Oosaka Junzi said in a deep voice: "I don't have any other requests. I just hope to continue to participate in the recording of variety shows while serving as an officer of the Bandei Cult. After all, it is something I signed a contract for. If I strike and don't shoot, I will have to pay a lot of money."

Al Gen said, "It's the Berserker Support Group."

Gojo Satoru said cheerfully, "Ah, sure. I've seen your exorcism rituals, and other than the performance being too exaggerated, there's nothing wrong with it."

Oosaka Junzi said seriously, "For such an ancient profession, the more we play tricks, the more the audience will buy in. And if I am here, I will definitely attract more believers and customers to the Panxing Cult."

Al Gen said, "It's the Berserker Support Group."

Gojo Satoru snatched the notebook in front of Geto Suguru and put a big check mark behind Oosaka Kimiko's name.

Al reluctantly opened the last resume.

"Ms. Higa Makoto...are you Higa Kotoko's sister?"

"yes."

The girl with a delicate face and a very killer style said coldly: "I can't compare to my sister. My strength is only level two. But I can see things that others can't see through my soul."

Gojo Satoru was very interested and asked, "Oh? What does that look like?"

Higa Makoto said, "It's like a thread, connecting the world. By the way, Tahara Hideki came to visit me, and I gave him advice to treat his wife and daughter well, but he got angry and kicked the door and left."

Al and Gojo Satoru let out an "oh" as if they had suddenly understood.

Hey guys, you are the exorcist in the red light district! The trip to the Polu demon was really worth it. Not only did you get a special cursed spirit, but you also added four new members to the church!

They had no intention of exploring why the sister of the strongest psychic lived in a red-light district. Al and Gojo Satoru were just curious and asked, "What can you see from us?"

Higa Makoto looked at the three of them carefully for a while, then stretched out a scallion-white finger and pointed at Gojo Satoru and Kagome Geto in a not very polite manner: "The threads on you two are very strange and messy. Your fate has been changed, but not completely. You are stuck in the middle, neither up nor down. I rarely see threads like this."

Gojo Satoru was stunned, and Geto Suguru also came to his senses and looked at Higa Makoto with wide eyes.

Higa Makoto pointed at Al again.

"You have very few threads in your body, connecting you to only a few people. The dead have more threads in their bodies than you do. It's as if they don't belong to this world at all."

Al: “…”

The most powerful psychic's sister really has something.

Higa Makoto said in a cold tone, but sincerely warned: "Are you eager to establish a connection with others? I suggest you don't be too obsessed with it, it will become a demon in your heart. Well, I can't explain it clearly, but having a demon in your heart is never a good thing."

As soon as she finished speaking, the conference room fell into a strange silence.

After a while, Xia Youjie took the initiative to break the cold atmosphere. He patted Al's back gently, put his arm around the hero's shoulder and showed an impeccable smile.

"Congratulations to all three of you for passing the interview. From today on, you are all companions of the Pansei Cult. I will take you to meet Sister Riko first. By the way, the current base is temporary. We plan to buy a larger house in the suburbs as the headquarters of the Pansei Cult. So, you will have to make do with the room you have now."

Al said aggrievedly: "...Didn't I say it was the Berserker Fan Club?"