Al and Xia Youjie each held a child and returned to Panxing Palace at dusk.

At that time, Gojo Satoru and Tenuchi Riko were having a water gun battle in the flowerbed in front of Bankei Shrine, splashing water everywhere. When the manta ray flew in, Tenuchi Riko happily rushed over while calling their names, but stopped involuntarily after seeing the expressions of the two people.

She sensed an unusual atmosphere and asked in confusion, "What happened?"

Al shook his head.

From an angle that Geto couldn't see, he quickly glanced at Gojo Satoru and blinked in the direction of Android No. 2.

Bionic Man No. 2. Gojo Satoru: “?”

Kayuki touched Tenuchi Riko's head and said, "It's a long story. By the way, these two children are our new members. Their names are Nanako and Mimiko."

Tenuchi Riko groaned and looked curiously at the little girl sleeping in their arms, "She's so small, she looks about the same age as Orisa-chan. Eh? Her face..."

She stretched out her slender white hand and gently touched the bluish and purple palm prints on Nanako's face. The girl in the dream reflexively avoided her touch, her brows slightly wrinkled.

He looked like he was in a lot of pain.

Tenuchi Riko quickly withdrew her hand.

This looks like... He must have been abused!

Yes, Al and Getsu left because of the Pakumo's induction, so it's totally normal for them to bring back a child like this.

Gojo Satoru turned off the water pipe and walked towards them. His best friend who had just walked down from the devil fish curse spirit was visibly depressed. Coupled with Algon's performance just now... he looked thoughtful.

Suda Manami walked out of the Bansei Palace, "You guys are back... huh?"

She trotted down the stairs, the smile on her face gradually turning into worry.

"Master Geto, this is..."

The palm print on Nanako's face was so shocking and unbelievable. What kind of adult would hurt a child like this?

Xia Yujie's smile was a little tired: "Manami, can you help them arrange a room? It would be nice for them to live together."

Manami Sugata nodded immediately.

"I'll arrange it now."

There were plenty of empty rooms in Bansei Palace, and she quickly cleaned up the room next to Higa Makoto so that the two children could move in smoothly.

Al and Xia Youjie put the twins on the bed, and seeing that they were still sleeping soundly, they felt relieved and quietly retreated with the others.

In the corridor, Xia Yujie arranged: "Manami, go buy them some clothes to change... By the way, there are no children's toiletries in Panxing Palace, so you can buy some that they can use."

"I understand." Suda Manami asked Geto: "Master Geto, do you need a doctor?"

Geto shook his head.

"That's not necessary. They are just tired of crying. As for the rest... I will take them to the hospital for a formal physical examination later. We will talk about it then."

The secretary nodded: "Okay, I'll do it right away."

Lalu on the side said positively: "Then I will drive the car."

"Okay, thank you for your help."

"You're welcome, Master Geta. Since you're our new companion, this is what we should do."

After Suda Manami and Lalu left in a hurry, Kuroi Misato brought a box of medicine and said, "I'll go apply the medicine to the child. By the way, we've already had dinner, Master Geta, Master Al, why don't you guys go downstairs and have dinner too? Today's dinner is the grilled fish that Master Al wanted to eat earlier."

Al nodded and said, "Jack, let's go eat first. We didn't eat anything for lunch."

Kuroi Misato asked in surprise: "Didn't you eat? Where's the lunch box you brought with you?"

Al replied, "The lunch boxes are for Nanako and Mimiko."

“…So that’s how it is.”

For Al, who consumes a lot of calories every day, it is so rare to give up his lunch to others... This alone is enough to show the seriousness of the matter!

Al: ...

Al took out two clean lunch boxes from his backpack and said, "Look, the kids have eaten everything and even cleaned the lunch boxes very well."

Then, while waiting for them to return, the two children were nearly dragged out and bled by the brain-damaged adults.

Kuroi Misato seemed to sense something from his words. She smiled softly and took the food from Al's hand: "It seems that they like my cooking very much. Then I will go to the kitchen to make something that the children like."

"Yes, yes, let's go, go, go."

Tenuchi Riko held onto Geto's arm with one hand and pulled Al up with the other: "Let's go downstairs and eat!"

Gojo Satoru crossed his arms and complained, "Didn't you finish eating a long time ago?"

Tenuchi Riko said angrily: "Gojo, can you read the air?"

Gojo Satoru: “…”

He curled his lips and followed them to the restaurant.

Higa Makoto hesitated for a moment, but still poked her head out of her room and said, "Well, can I take care of the two children?"

Xia Yujie paused and looked up at Higa Makoto. Higa Makoto had colorful short hair, tattoos and shiny accessories all over her body. She looked like a bad girl, but she said carefully, "I should be able to take care of them."

She was telling the truth.

A few days ago, Kana and Orisa visited the old stronghold of the Panxing Sect. Higa Makoto also played with Orisa for the entire afternoon. She is good at taking care of children, so the children also like her very much.

Kagome smiled from the bottom of his heart: "Then I'll trouble you, Makoto."

Higa Makoto smiled and nodded.

She seldom smiles, but when she does, her dimples are very shallow, revealing an indescribably pure and peaceful look.

Kuroi Misato thought about it and gave the medicine to Higa Makoto.

Al told her, "Ms. Makoto, the child with light hair is Nanako, and the child with dark hair is Mimiko. They are twins."

"Yeah, okay!"

Higa Makoto couldn't wait to walk into the twins' room, and with a click, the door closed.

The rest of the people moved to the restaurant in silence. Kuroi Misato heated up dinner for them and began to prepare a love dinner for the twin sisters.

It was obvious that Geto was not in a good mood, so Al told Gojo Satoru and Amauchi Riko what happened that day. Gojo Satoru crossed his arms and did not show any special reaction the whole time, just listened quietly, but Amauchi Riko was almost mad to death.

"What kind of scum are those!" She said angrily, "Isn't the evil spirit in the village referring to that cursed spirit? What does it have to do with a child?"

Although she lost her parents at a young age, as a vital star plasma body, she has always been raised by Kuroi Misato in the palm of her hand. She has no worries about food and clothing and is rarely wronged. It can be said that she is well protected.

Even though the high-ranking officials in the world of sorcery later abandoned her and planned to send her to death, she was rescued in time by Al and the other two. Now she continues to be the eldest daughter of the Panxing Sect. She was particularly angry when she heard about this.

Xia Yujie said: "In the eyes of ordinary people, the children of sorcerers are indeed strange and alien, and their parents died early..."

He sighed.

"I plan to contact Kong Shiyu and ask him to find someone to move Nanako's parents' graves to Tokyo to prevent those monkeys from desecrating corpses."

It's not that he was thinking too much, but with the IQ of that group of people, they are completely capable of doing such a thing.

Gojo Satoru said, "Isn't that good? If it's buried in Tokyo, those two little girls can go and have a look when they have nothing to do."

"Yes, that's right."

However, Riko Tenuchi caught the strange part in Geto's words.

"monkey?"

"Hahaha." Xia Yujie laughed and said, "The way they gather together and chatter is really like uncivilized monkeys."

He was laughing, but his tone was sharp.

Tenuchi Riko chuckled, not caring about the sharp thorn in Geto's tone: "Uncivilized monkey? Geto, you're getting more and more venomous."

Al agreed, "They really are very similar. Especially the monkeys jumping up and down helplessly and furiously at the end. They really look like monkeys. When Jake and I flew up in the Curse Spirit, they were so scared that they kept screaming."

His agreement with the name "monkey" made Geto pause slightly, and his thorny aura subsided a little.

Tenuchi Riko said: "You should just leave them alone and let them be eaten by the cursed spirits one by one. Then they will know what the evil spirits are!"

Al propped up his chin and said, "I want to do that, but that cursed spirit is quasi-level one, and quite powerful. Jake needs him very much. Speaking of which, Jake can now directly tame cursed spirits below level one, and can skip the battle process and directly turn them into cursed spirit balls."

Gojo Satoru raised an eyebrow: "Wow, isn't that pretty impressive?"

"Yeah, maybe in a few years, even the special grade ones can be tamed directly."

Xia Yujie smiled helplessly: "Well, I was quite happy at first, but who knew that something like this would happen later..."

He lowered his eyes and said softly, "It's okay, Sister Riko. That python cursed spirit is the condensation of human malice, most likely... it's the condensation of their own malice. So, if they still behave like that, new cursed spirits will be born in a few years. Let them suffer the consequences then."

It is unclear whether he was trying to convince Riko Amauchi or himself.

Only then was Riko Tenuchi reluctantly satisfied.

"Well, okay, we will never accept commissions from that village again!"

Seeing her angry look, Xia Yujie couldn't help but rub her head.

Kuroi Misato listened quietly for a long time. When she saw that they had finally finished talking, she urged them, "Did you finish talking? Then hurry up and eat. The fish is getting cold. It's not nice to waste the food. Even if you are the ones who pay me, I will still be angry."

Xia Yujie quickly said: "Hahahaha, sorry, sorry!"

Two hours later, Nanako and Mimiko, who were extremely tired, finally woke up in their new room. They looked at the ceiling and then at the pink quilt on their bodies, both of them a little confused.

"Nanako..."

"Pfft!"

The room was big, and because it was not originally a residential building, it seemed a bit empty. However, next to their beds there was a pile of shiny shopping bags. They had never seen shopping bags made of this kind of material, and they were a bit nervous seeing things that reflected colorful light.

The sound of washing clothes came from the bathroom in the room. The two twins woke up quietly, looked at each other, tiptoed over and took a quick look.

Mimiko whispered to Nanako, "Is it Master Geta and Master Al?"

Nanako leaned over to take a look: "No, it looks like a woman..."

They looked at each other, all very nervous. Nanako pointed in the direction of the door.

Mimiko nodded.

The two children walked lightly and quietly left the room.

Higa Makoto, who was washing clothes for them, didn't notice anything.

After Nanako and Mimiko slipped out of the room, they were shocked by the wide and long corridor in front of them. The floor of the corridor was covered with soft carpets, there were beautiful chandeliers above their heads, and there were high-end oil paintings hanging on the walls on both sides.

Mimiko was at a loss and said, "... Nanako, where on earth is this place?"

Nanako held her hand and said, "Maybe Master Geta brought us here. Let's go find Master Geta first."

“What if I can’t find it?”

"We can't just sit there and wait for death!"

Nanako chose a direction according to her intuition and ran over with Mimiko. They were like kittens who had just arrived at a new home. They subconsciously wanted to find a dark corner to hide until they figured out the situation.

Bang!

The two kids bumped into Geto Xia Yu who happened to be walking upstairs.

“Hmm!”

"ah!"

Xia Yujie reached out to help the two children who bumped into him, with a helpless look on his face: "Why did you run out by yourselves? Where's Makoto-san?"

Hearing this familiar voice, the twins' eyes suddenly turned red, "Master Geto!!!"

They clung to Geto's waist tightly like little chicks who had found their mother. Geto's expression finally softened and he patted the two children gently on the back.

"I'm here, don't be afraid. Nanako, Mimiko, this is Al's and my home, and it will be your home from now on too. You will live here forever, and I will treat you like my own children."

Nanako was stunned, "Really?"

When she looked up, she was met with a pair of round sunglasses.

Nanako: “…”

Gojo Satoru looked over Geto's shoulder and stared at Nanako for a while with the concentration of studying a technique, and commented: "This guy has a good talent."

Al exclaimed, "Is this true?"

Gojo Satoru nodded affirmatively, "Ah, their talents are similar, so there shouldn't be a situation where one holds the other back."

For the twin sorcerers, the two have similar talents, which is a blessing in disguise.

Nanako and Mimiko shrank into Geto's arms with a little caution. Geto smiled and introduced them, "Don't be afraid. This brother is Gojo Satoru, and he's my friend."

Gojo Satoru sneered, "That's right. I'm this guy's friend, the only one, so you have to build a good relationship with me."

Nanako & Mimiko: "..."

Perhaps it was the instinct of small animals, but they subconsciously felt afraid of Gojo Satoru's sharp edge. But——

Nanako looked at Gojo Satoru, then at Al, "Gasau-sama, Al-sama... Gojo-sama, do you all live together?"

"Yes, that's right."

Geto explained, "This is the Pansei Palace. Everyone who lives here is a sorcerer. In addition to Wu and Al, there are other brothers and sisters. We are all family. You will get to know each other in the future."

We are all sorcerers...

Nanako bit her lip and said anxiously, "Is it really possible? We... don't know how to do anything."

"Pfft." Gojo Satoru laughed, "Children just don't know anything, that's natural."

Al said as a matter of course: "It doesn't matter. From today on, you are Jie-chan's adopted daughters, so it's okay for you to stay here. By the way, Jie-chan and Wu-chan are both my sons, so you are my granddaughters."

Mimiko was stunned and exclaimed, "Adopted daughter?"

Xia Yujie was stunned and asked in shock: "Adopted daughter?"

Al said in a shocking tone, "Eh? Isn't the main point about 'granddaughter'? Are you guys complaining about the wrong thing?"

Xia Yujie: “…”

Al coughed. "You said it yourself, Jerry, 'I'll treat you like my own children.' Isn't that what you mean by adopting them?"

“…”

At the age of fifteen, he encountered the crisis of becoming a father. Xia Yujie frowned in embarrassment, but when he lowered his head, he saw Nanako and Mimiko looking at him nervously and expectantly.

Xia Yujie: “…”

Really? Are they serious?

But think about it, these two children are at the age when they long for family affection the most. Now that they have just arrived, they feel uneasy. If the identity of "adopted daughter" is acknowledged, they will probably feel more at ease and be able to integrate into the place more quickly, right?

He had no choice but to change his words: "Well, it's fine to call her an adopted daughter, but I'm only fifteen years old, so——"

Before he could finish his words, Mimiko hugged him even tighter. Xia Yujie was stunned and squatted down, letting Mimiko hug his neck.

Nanako hesitated for a moment, then hugged them without hesitation. No one knew who started crying first, but soon the sound of the two little girls wailing at the top of their lungs spread throughout Panxing Palace, attracting other officers to come out and watch.

They cried and snotted all over Geto, who patted their backs with a helpless look. Gojo Satoru covered his ears and stepped aside. Higa Makoto ran out quickly, looking at a loss. Tenuchi Riko and Kuroi Misato held a toy and a teddy bear rice ball respectively, trying to stop the twins' tears. Suda Manami and Lalu, from a distance, showed the relieved smiles of adults.

By the way, Kimiko Osaka is not here today. She is out recording a variety show.

——That ridiculous "Paradox" actually has a second season and it's still very popular. It's really one of the most outrageous things this year.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, the lights in Panxing Palace, which had been bustling all night, finally went out.

In the light blue tent, the cursed spirits patrolled the entire Panxing Palace according to the rules set by their master, fulfilling their duties as "guards".

Al's door opened, and a young man in a black and gold hunting robe walked out silently. He looked around and made sure that no one was around before knocking on Gojo Satoru's door across the street.

"Come in."

After hearing the response, the young man in hunting clothes walked into Gojo Satoru's room. He walked lightly into the dark room and did not forget to carefully close the door.

Al's voice lowered slightly, taking on a strange rhythm: "Are you ready, Go-chan?"

In the darkness, Gojo Satoru put on the five-piece cassock that he had only worn once before throwing in the closet, and said impatiently, "You came at the right time, help me tie this."

This set of robes for showing off/cheating was chosen by Geto. Although he was also interested in the so-called "five-in-five" style, this interest disappeared without a trace after he wore it once, and he only took it out again today.

Al walked forward quietly, tied a knot on his arm, and said quietly, "Fortunately, Miss Kuroi was kind enough to iron it for you once, otherwise you wouldn't be able to wear it today."

With Gojo Satoru's style of just throwing things into the closet and not caring about them at all, it's impossible for the clothes not to have hundreds of wrinkles.

Gojo Satoru didn't care about his tone, which was completely different from usual. He tidied himself, put on sunglasses, and combed his hair in the dark. When he felt everything was almost ready, Gojo Satoru turned to look at Al.

"I've been wanting to ask this since the beginning."

He pointed at Al. "Who are you?"

The young man in a black and gold hunting robe had long light green hair and was holding a fan in his hand. His expression, movements, and tone were all gentle and elegant, which other Als did not have. However, this "gentle and elegant" did not give a positive impression. Instead, it added a creepy feeling. To put it bluntly, it was like a poisonous snake spitting out its tongue in a person's face.

Al opened his folding fan and smiled gently.

"What are you talking about, Go-chan? I am who I am."

“…”

He felt like his ears were ringing after hearing this speech.

Forget it. Although he didn't know why Al had switched his personality again, he didn't think it would go out of control like "Lancelot" and it was a personality that could communicate, so he had no objection.

Just like Al said, Al is Al.

"Let's go. I've already contacted the curser. Because the price I offered was high enough, they prepared quickly."

Al nodded, transformed into a spirit first, and disappeared on the spot. Gojo Satoru also disappeared from the room in a flash, without a trace.

Twenty minutes later, Al and Gojo Satoru appeared above the village.

It was the village where Nanako and Mimiko were taken away.

Gojo Satoru threw down the bag he had bought from the curser, and countless snakes as thick as arms emerged from the bag and drilled into the surrounding houses. Five minutes later, screams could be heard one after another in the small village.

"snake!"

"How could there be a snake?"

“There’s a snake—Ah!!!”

Amid the screams, Al spread out his fan and laughed happily: "Since Nanako and Mimiko are both my granddaughters, I have to avenge them."

Gojo Satoru pulled his cell phone out of his sleeve. "Come on, Al, look here."

With a click, he took a picture of them smilingly floating above the village and making a V sign to the camera. Gojo Satoru in a five-stripe monk's robe and Al in a hunting robe looked quite decent at first glance - he meant, like a professional liar.

"Since these people are too stupid to reason, there is no need for us to reason with them. The best solution is to fight violence with violence and use magic to defeat magic."

Gojo Satoru said, "Just put up a 'tent' to separate the space, right? Go ahead, Al. If Jay asks about it later, just say we are accomplices."

Al smiled and replied, "Okay, Go-chan."

At the village chief's house, the village chief and his wife were awakened by the noise outside.

"What's the noise outside?"

"It seems like he is calling out for a snake? What is he doing? Is the snake demon here again?"

"How is it possible? Those two evildoers were taken away..."

Having said that, they felt scared again when they thought about the two monsters being carried up to the sky by the two young men.

Outside the courtyard wall that they could not see, a tent with a faint purple hue fell down, tightly enveloping their house.

After the "tent" fell, a figure appeared in front of the bed of the village chief and his wife.

A young man wearing black and gold hunting clothes, with long light green hair, holding a folding fan, and with light green snake tails on his legs stood in front of the bed and gave them a gentle smile.

It's like a snake spitting out its tongue.

The village head’s wife, who had threatened to bleed the twins during the day, pointed at him and said in disbelief: “…Snake, snake demon…It’s a snake demon!”

"Woohoo, woohoo, although I think I'm more like a dragon - but, yes, look carefully, this is the real monster, I'm not those two little things that can't even protect themselves."

The young man spread out his fan, covering most of his face. His eyes were gentle yet stern. "Foolish people who made my beloved child sad, use this fire to burn your filthy souls clean. Haha...hahahahahaha..."

…

On this day, an inexplicable fire broke out in an unknown village. The sudden fire burned the village chief's house to ashes, but the strange fire only burned in a certain range and never spread to other houses, let alone the forest. After the fire truck rushed to the scene, the firefighters were surprised to find that no matter what method they used, they could not put out the fire in front of them.

They could only watch the fire burn until dawn, burning everything in the village chief's house to ashes.

The rescued village chief and his wife seemed to be frightened silly, and kept muttering words like "snake demon" and "retribution". Other villagers also said that hundreds of snakes suddenly swarmed into the village last night, especially the fat man's house, which was like a snake den. He was scared to the point of peeing his pants and fainting. The ambulance arrived and took him away.

This "snake demon incident" spread like wildfire and was reported by various media. The small village became famous overnight, and nearby residents began to avoid the people in this village for fear of being cursed by the snake demon. That night also became a lifelong nightmare for more than a hundred people in the village.