The last day of the year is destined to be a sleepless night.

Same for everyone.

The curse of "Shirai" spread quickly like a plague, and the main place of spread seemed to be Kyoto.

What's going on?

"...Je-chan, Je-chan...Je-chan!"

When Geto came to his senses, he looked up and met Albi's big green eyes.

Al asked him, "What's wrong with you?"

The others at the table also looked at him worriedly.

Xia Yujie waved his hands quickly, "It's nothing, it's nothing, I was just thinking about something. Were you guys calling me just now?"

"Yes." Al said, "Yamu asked you whether you want rice cake soup or mixed stew?"

"Oh, thank you, I want rice cake soup."

Yagi Rikyu, who was wearing an apron, nodded and served a bowl of rice cake soup to everyone who wanted it.

Kuroi Misato, dressed as a maid, brought the ribs to the table, and Amauchi Riko exclaimed, "What a nice smell!!!"

Zui Mu Mikan said, "There will be grilled fish later."

The twins and Panda cheered in a polite manner, and then Rika Kimoto asked, "What's that over there?"

"That one? That's Tusu wine, children can't drink it!"

"oh……"

Kuroi Misato placed the rice cake soup in front of Kagome Toshi and whispered, "Don't think too much about work on New Year's Eve, or you might get prematurely old."

“Hahaha…Okay.”

Xia Yujie smiled and agreed, but said to Al and Gojo Satoru in the team channel: "Shirai's curse has been spreading, and the number of new ones has exceeded ten."

Yagi Rikyuu asked, "Gojo-sama, how about you? Rice cake soup or mixed stew?"

Gojo Satoru raised his hand: "I want them all!"

He wants both rice cake soup and mixed dishes!

Al also said: "Me too, no white radish in stew!"

"OK."

Kagome: "And the locations are all in Kyoto."

The hot rice cake soup was served in front of him. Gojo Satoru took a bite of the rice cake and said with emotion: "Wow, this rice cake actually has cheese filling."

Kuroi Misato smiled and said, "Well, because it seems to be more popular now, we also have ordinary rice cakes. If you want, I will fry them for you as a midnight snack later."

Al said expectantly, "Then I want rice cake dipped in sugar!"

Summer Oil: "..."

Geto: "Hello? Is this team channel broken? Or was I kicked out of the chat group?"

"White sugar?" Kuroi Misato said in surprise: "Yes, it's OK. We have brown sugar, honey, and soybean powder at home."

"I want both!"

"Ahahaha, they're all suitable, but if you eat them all, it will taste terrible. Master Al, please be careful..."

Summer Oil: "..."

Xia Yujie said aggrievedly: "Hey, did I do something wrong? Did you really kick me out?"

In view of his miserable condition, the chat room mercifully released the second person's voice.

"You should not have been blocked. If you were kicked out, then we were both kicked out together."

It was the voice of Ieiri Shoko.

"...You're here, Nitro!!!"

"…I'm here, please don't get so excited."

Gojo Satoru finally spoke up, "It's New Year's Day, Jay, let's not worry about whether it's a curse or not."

Al agreed, "That's right, Jerry. The rice cakes are so delicious, of course you should just focus on eating them."

Anyway, the curse is kept by Geto Suguru, so even if the curse spreads, no one will die, unless Geto Suguru wants to take action.

Al and Gojo Satoru were relieved.

"..." After a moment's hesitation between eating rice cakes and continuing to discuss the curse, Geto chose the latter: "The curse has spread inexplicably, don't you think it's strange?"

Ieiri Naoko cooperated and analyzed, "Someone must have told others about it."

"who?"

"How would I know who you have used Shirai to trick? Eliminate me first."

Xia Yujie immediately said, "Exclude me as well."

Gojo Satoru followed closely behind: "Exclude me."

Al also said slowly, "Exclude me."

"..."

What's the point of the four of them excluding each other?

Ieiri Naoko exited the chat room: "My soba noodles are finally ready. Bye."

Summer Oil: "..."

Why did Ieiri Naoko have the leisure to analyze the curse with him? It turns out that she was waiting for her meal in the cafeteria, and eating soba noodles...

Al couldn't really remember who Shirai had cursed. "Hmm... who else knew Shirai? Nanami? But Nanami doesn't have that kind of personality. Fushiguro Shiru? Fushiguro Shiru was cursed in the summer, and I haven't seen him spread the curse to anyone in the past six months."

Xia Yujie narrowed his eyes and said, "Yes, the curse started to spread suddenly. It should be related to what happened recently."

Let's not talk about Fushiguro for now, but with Nanami Kento's serious and cautious character, he would never do such a thing.

"So..." Gojo Satoru said, "I remember that the first few people who joined the company seemed to have been cursed by Shirai, right? Did they spread the story?"

Al raised his eyes and glanced at Mikan Zuiki and Tai Yamazaki. The expressions of both of them were no different from usual. One was helping in the kitchen, and the other was concentrating on eating.

"Jack, at what time did the curse start to spread?"

Xia Yujie recalled: "It was around 10:30 in the morning, not long after we sent Zui Mu into the room. But I had told them not to spread those things before."

Al analyzed:

"As far as I know, Yamagui-kun went to Tokyo alone to visit Mr. Sato today. As for Mikan-chan, she was in her room all afternoon. At that time, Komaeda-kun's house caught fire and he hasn't returned yet. So we should rule out Komaeda-kun first, right?"

Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru both nodded in agreement.

It seems that there is a severe fire at Nagito Komaeda's hometown, and Lalu is helping to clean up the mess. With the house on fire and Lalu present, Nagito Komaeda probably has no time to tell stories to others.

"What I am more concerned about is that the curse seems to be spreading from Kyoto, and it is very likely... the location of the Kyoto Jujutsu High School."

"Kyoto?"

Gojo Satoru frowned.

The headquarters of the Jujutsu Masters Association is in Kyoto.

Although in recent years, young sorcerers in the sorcery world have begun to gather in Tokyo, making Tokyo the second center of the Japanese sorcery world, the most corrupt oranges are still firmly rooted in Kyoto and have no intention of moving.

Kyoto, Japan is considered the territory of sorcerers.

"Wow." He asked intrigued, "No way? Are you sure it's there?"

"I just have doubts. After all, I haven't been to Kyoto Jujutsu High School very often."

Al simply said, "Is it there? We can find out if we go and see for ourselves."

Xia Yujie raised his eyebrows: "Today?"

"Well, we'll go after we finish eating and come back before midnight snack. We can buy some food on the way back. I don't know if Ivy House is still open tonight. I miss their three-color meatballs."

Gojo Satoru said sharply, "You just want to go to Ivy House, right?"

"Don't you want to go?"

"Hmm... then I'd like to buy some milk balls too?"

Summer Oil: "..."

You don't care about the curse! You only care about your balls!

"What are you three doing with your faces?" Tenuchi Riko propped up her chin and said, "Are you still going to eat? If not, give it to me. You are not allowed to waste Kuroi's food."

Kuroi Misato apologized, "Is today's food not delicious? I took the initiative to use cheese rice cakes, the taste may be..."

Xia Yujie quickly said, "No, no, it's actually because of work. Sorry, let's not talk about this anymore."

Al said: "Hmm, the rice cake is delicious. I want another bowl!"

“…”

Tenuchi Riko tilted her head.

chat?

Were they just chatting using brain waves?

An hour later, Al, Gojo Satoru, and Geto Suguru went out together after a long absence and stopped above the Kyoto Jujutsu High School.

The cold winter wind blew on his face, and Al silently wrapped his scarf tightly.

"You two...are not suitable to go in?"

After their defection, their cursed powers should have been put on the high-level experts' blacklist, which would have definitely set off an alarm.

"Shall I go in alone?"

Gojo Satoru said, “No, wait a little longer.”

After a while, Principal Leyanji, who was still working overtime diligently on the last day of the New Year, finally got off work. He walked out of Kyoto Jujutsu High School slowly with his hands behind his back. Xia Yujie was stunned and said, "It's him."

His body was really stained with Shirai's cursed power!

The three of them looked at each other and followed silently.

Al originally had no cursed power and could not trigger the cursed power detection radar of the principal of Rakugan Temple. However, Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru were both special-grade, so they certainly would not be so bad as to be discovered by a first-grade sorcerer.

They fell not too far behind the principal of Leyan Temple and watched him get into the auxiliary supervisor's car and return to his home.

Unexpectedly, the long-nosed old man who had threatened Xia Youjie before was actually in the house of Principal Leyan Temple.

Al complained: "It's Chinese New Year, doesn't he have a home to go back to?"

Moreover, there is no Chinese New Year atmosphere in this home. The house they live in is one of those old-fashioned Japanese houses, which is gloomy and deserted, and it is very suitable for haunting.

The trio exchanged malicious looks.

Al, in spirit form, quietly approached them.

The principal of Leyan Temple was completely unaware. When he got home, he saw Long Nose waiting for him and asked in confusion, "Why are you here?"

"I heard that you were investigating a woman named Shirai."

Principal Leyan Temple frowned and asked, "Did Datian tell you?"

"No, Yasui said so."

Principal of Leyan Temple: “…”

Yasui? How did this person know?

"Did Oota tell Yasui? Didn't I tell him not to spread the story?"

"Huh?" The long-nosed old man was stunned: "No, Yasui said he learned it from Endo, it has nothing to do with Ota."

Principal of Leyan Temple: "...I only told Daejeon."

Al: “…”

Al live-broadcasted the conversation here to his teammates on the team channel, and Gojo Satoru laughed his ass off: “HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”

Xia Yujie: “…”

Okay, he finally knew how the curse spread to double digits.

These people are so brave that they dare to pass on such a weird story... But on second thought, so many ghost stories have been passed down from ancient times to the present, aren't they the same?

"There are many people with the last name Shirai, but since they can kill people, they are most likely cursed spirits, and they are named cursed spirits. I contacted the Yusan family and actually found a record from a hundred years ago in the files of the Zenin family. One of the records mentioned was about a female sorcerer named Shirai, a shrine maiden."

"oh?"

Oh no.

Al pricked up his ears.

"I heard that more than a hundred years ago, there was a place called Blind Village. There was a powerful witch who specialized in helping the people in the village to purify the curse. However, this Blind Village is very mysterious and never intermarries with people from other villages, so it is hard to say what exactly she was purifying."

The principal of Leyan Temple asked curiously, "And then?"

"Later, the shrine maiden died in the hot spring pool. It was said that she was strangled to death by a foreign man. But afterwards, the man always denied that he had seen Shirai. The people in the village escorted him to the shrine maiden's body, and the man did not dare to look at the shrine maiden directly. Later, the man died suddenly at home, and it was said that his eyeballs were shattered."

“…”

Gojo Satoru suddenly said, "Ha, this man's last name could be Zenin, right?"

The principal of Rakuganji Temple also asked the same question: "What is the relationship between the man who killed the miko in the hot spring and the Zenin family?"

The old man with the long nose smiled as if to say, "You understand, I understand too." "Haha, is there any need to explain? He is from the Zenin family."

“…”

"Later, all the people in the Blind Village died. After losing the witch, the curse in their blood could not be purified. Less than two years after the witch died, the people in the village died one after another."

"..."

The man denied the existence of Xiao Shirai.

The man didn't dare look directly at Shirai's body.

Xia Yujie sighed: "No wonder Shirai only curses people who know of its existence. But if the prey dares to look directly into its eyes, it will not really kill. It turns out that death is so pitiful."

Al nodded: "The motivation for Shirai-sister to transform into the Grudge was probably to kill the man who dared not look directly at it."

In this way, the Grudge F4 in Jay-chan's hands are all pretty miserable.

Leaving aside Sugizawa Village, Shirai was a powerful shrine maiden worshipped by the entire clan during her lifetime. She had been helping the people in the village to purify the curse in their blood. But she met the man from the Zenin family, and not only was she killed, but her entire clan was buried with her.

Kayako was born in an ignorant mountain village. When she was a child, she was used as a container for cursed spirits by her mother, a shrine maiden. She was not controlled by the cursed spirits, but she ate the cursed spirits at home every day, which made her mentally unstable, not to mention the physical pain. After she grew up, she was admitted to university and got married. After finally escaping her mother's clutches, her husband suspected her of cheating on her and abused her to death. Her son and cat also died with her.

Zhenzi was even more miserable. She was the owner of the mind technique and the reversal technique. She was obviously a genius-level warrior, but she was chopped into a well by her own father with an axe and died. The videotape she condensed contained her life's memories, but they were all inexplicable fragments, which showed that she was not happy during her lifetime.

Powerful sorcerers died of resentment, and the strong negative emotions turned into a powerful curse.

Gojo Satoru said calmly, "Well, after all, the Yusan family is known for producing scumbags, and there are many such cases."

Summer Oil: "..."

It seems like someone has cursed his own home?

Principal Leyan Temple frowned and said, "Our undercover said that he was cursed by Bai Jing in Panxing Palace. What do you think this means?"

"The 'Shirai' from that year became a cursed spirit and is currently in the Pansei Palace? In that case, he was subdued by the cursed spirit master, and the cursed spirit master also cursed the undercover agent... Leyan Temple, is your undercover agent okay? Could it be that his undercover identity has been discovered?"

"...No, the people in Pansei Palace shouldn't find out about this so quickly. He's perfect."

Le Yansi used the years he had lived to vouch for the fact that he had never seen a living person with such an insignificant sense of existence. Yamazaki Tai was simply born to be the best undercover agent. In this regard, Le Yansi was truly full of confidence.

Al: “…”

No! They already found out!

Al said excitedly: "Wu-chan, Jie-chan, breaking news, huge news, we have an undercover agent in Panxing Palace!!!"

Gojo Satoru: “…”

Summer Oil: "..."

The two (dropout) high school boys widened their eyes in shock, and then exclaimed in surprise: "Is this true?!"

Al confirmed: "Really!!!"

In the sky above the Rakuganji mansion, Gojo Satoru and Kagome Kyo clapped their hands and shouted happily, "Undercover!!!"

They were so happy that they almost stepped on the manta ray spirit.

"Jay, we actually have an undercover agent!!!"

"So strong! Wu! We actually have an undercover agent!!!"

The two dropout DKs let out deafening laughter: “HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”

Although they are not fans of spy movies, they are undercover agents!

Undercover is so cool! How could the Panxing Sect have such great merit that they even have undercover agents after being established for less than half a year! Isn’t this super prestigious? !

Principal of Leyan Temple: “…”

The old man with a long nose: “…”

They looked at each other, and the long-nosed old man asked the principal of Leyan Temple: "Did you hear the laughter? It was very loud."

“…I heard it.”

The two old men walked into the yard with suspicious looks on their faces. They looked up and saw that the sky was quiet and there was nothing but the sound of fireworks coming from afar.

Well, maybe it’s because it’s the New Year. It’s normal for young people to get together and laugh loudly when they get excited.

Al took the opportunity to leave the house in Rakuganji and ran back to meet Gojo Goga Yugetsu.

The three of them flew back to Tokyo on the Manta ray, but on the way back, they no longer felt the cold at all. The young boys were very excited about the big news that came out of Leyan Temple.

The DKs discussed the topic of undercover while flying.

"Who do you think is the undercover agent planted by the rotten oranges?"

Al said sternly, "Exclude me first."

Gojo Satoru said sternly, "Then exclude me."

Xia Yujie also said seriously: "Of course, exclude me as well."

After a few seconds of silence, the (dropout) high school boys burst into laughter: "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"Eliminate the astral plasma!"

"A maid who eliminates the astral plasma body!"

"Exclude Panda!"

"Eliminate the two psychics!"

"Get rid of those little brats!"

"It also excludes Manami and Lalu who have been working diligently for half a year!"

“HA ...!”

There is an undercover agent in Panxing Palace. This is definitely the most interesting news I have heard this year!

After randomly eliminating all the old employees of the Bandei Cult, Xia Yujie analyzed seriously: "To be serious, this undercover must be one of the four people, Yamakitai, Sato Nauka, Shinoki Mikan, and Komaeda Nagito."

Gojo Satoru said seriously, "Jie, be brave. What if they have planted two undercover agents?"

Al said, "Be braver, Wu-chan. What if Panxing Palace actually has three undercover agents?"

Xia Yujie complained: "Why don't you say that they are all undercover?"

“HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”

“HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”

Gojo Satoru slapped his thigh and said, "To be honest, the most suspicious person is Sato Nauka, right? When I first saw his photo, I felt that this person was not pleasing to the eye. You know, the intuition of a sorcerer is very accurate."

Xia Youjie nodded and agreed, "Yes, and he is too perfect. He knows basically everything. He is simply a natural assistant to the founder. Isn't the principal of Leyan Temple very confident in him? He probably trusts his abilities."

Al said: "I think we can also rule out Lucky. Although he is a temporary interviewer and was prepared to bribe me from the beginning, his hometown is on fire."

Xia Yujie complained: "Ah? Does it have anything to do with fire? And it's just a chocolate... Who would bribe the examiner to prepare chocolate? If you really want to bribe, of course it's money!"

Gojo Satoru teased, "Jay, have you become a capitalist who only cares about money? You even look down on chocolate."

He made a distressed expression.

"J-you've changed!"

Xia Yujie said: "Haha, I'm really sorry. After all, some people are born with 2 billion in debt. They can't help but think about money. You two guys who have assets of several hundred million since you were born as characters will not understand."

Al discussed seriously, "I feel that Zui Mu is also suspicious. Her personality doesn't seem like someone who would take the initiative to come for an interview, but she came anyway and worked very hard. And for a health worker, Panxing Palace isn't the most ideal place to work, right? She has been working as a housekeeper since she came here, and she has no complaints. There must be other reasons."

"Yeah - that's true." Xia Yujie thought for a moment: "But the most suspicious one is indeed Sato Nauka. It was a good thing that you threw him into the cake shop in Tokyo."

It's not that he didn't object, because Sato Nauka was really capable, but Gojo Satoru was really unhappy with Sato Nauka, and there was nothing he could do about it.

——From beginning to end, no one doubted Yamazaki's retreat, and no one even mentioned it.

Yes, they only mentioned "the mountain ghosts retreat".

…

On the last day of the year, Sato Nao sold the unsold cakes and breads at a low price to the working party who got off work very late, carefully sorted out the income and expenditure of the cake shop in the past few days, and closed the notebook.

He slowly washed the cake-baking utensils, mopped the floor, and was about to turn off the lights to leave work when he became aware of three fiery gazes.

Sato Nauka turned his head suddenly and saw three heads, white, black and gold, neatly pressed against the glass door of the cake shop, looking at him with a half-smile.

“…”

What kind of late-night horror movie is this?

Sato Nauka showed a perfectly puzzled expression: "Why are you here? Do you want to eat cake?"

The three devils raised their mouths in the same arc, and said to him through the glass: "Happy New Year! Happy New Year!"

Sato Nauka: “…”

Damn, I'm sick.