Chapter 119 The Second Player

"Oh, yes, and there's also glass."

Xia Yujie blinked his eyes, then turned back and added with a smile, "If Naoko feels that there is danger, she can just stand behind us without worry."

Ieiri Naoko was speechless: "Do you still remember me if I need to thank you, Geto?"

But she was in a good mood and not angry.

On the one hand, she herself is also aware of that - her spell is not a strong attack spell, but a rare "healing" spell;

On the other hand, she was used to it - Just like Geto Suguru and Gojo Satoru, before Saikai Haruto came to the technical high school, the two guys were both proud and tacitly thought that they were the "strongest", and divided most people into "strong" and "weak", but Gojo Satoru's pride was completely exposed, while Geto Suguru would occasionally pretend to be polite with his seemingly gentle and good student appearance.

But now things are a little better. Ieiri Naoko estimates that in the eyes of Geto Suguru and Gojo Satoru, she is neither considered a "strong" person nor a "weak" person. She can probably be considered a separate "classmate"?

As for Igarashi... based on her observation, he was probably also considered a "strong man" or "companion" in their eyes.

"But then again, Igarashi, I'm not as arrogant as Gojo and Geto. I'm just a weak healer."

Ieiri Naoko narrowed her eyes and waved at Saikai Haruto: "So I'll tell you first, if I encounter any danger, just like Gouyu said, I will run away immediately if I see the situation is not right. Although I can't beat you in a fight, but to ensure that I am intact, unharmed, and safe, it's a piece of cake for me and the 'Reversal Technique'."

Now that things have come to this, Xi Haiqing Dou has no reason to refuse.

"Then, Nitro-sensei, you can also run behind me or in the opposite direction when the time comes."

Saikai Haruto also smiled, his smile as bright and clear as the morning sun: "If I do that, I will definitely be safe - because 'danger' will chase me away."

"Well, I don't recommend that you run to Satoru's side during the battle..."

He gave Ieiri Naoko a knowing wink.

——If she were to look for Gojo Satoru, he might get into a fight with the enemy by accident and he might not be able to protect her. Besides, the surrounding environment would definitely be very "dangerous" at that time.

Ieiri Naoko nodded sympathetically.

"Of course don't run to my side during the fight."

Gojo Satoru said carelessly, even a little confused: "Glass has no fighting ability, why did she come to me? She will only slow me down."

——I didn’t even have the thought that “Glass needs protection” in my mind.

...Why are these students actually having a serious discussion about "Igarashi Yuuki's bad luck"?

Ye Mo Zheng Dao coughed and said sternly, "In that case, pack up and hurry over now - time waits for no one, rescue all the missing people as soon as possible. Do you remember what I just said?"

"Got it, Mr. Nightmoth!"

Four students' voices, each with different tones and intonations and not at all in unison, rose one after another.

***

Yotsuya district, at the entrance of the orphanage.

Four students wearing the same black uniform jumped out of an ordinary black car one by one.

The classic arrangement of three men and one woman. The girl had short hair and looked nothing special. However, the three men around her were more eye-catching than the others.

One was so tall that one might think he was nearly 1.9 meters tall, with hair so white that it almost reflected light, and he was wearing a pair of sunglasses; one had black hair tied in a strange bun, and his uniform seemed to have been modified by himself. At first glance, he was the classic type of person who appeared to be well-behaved on the outside but rebellious on the inside; there was another black-haired boy who didn't look special, but he was holding an inexplicable black long umbrella in his hand.

Obviously, they are the four of Xi Haiqing Dou.

However, such a combination of people with their own strange features did not attract special attention from the people around at this time - this place had already been cleared by the auxiliary supervisor in advance, and ordinary people who were not sorcerers would not pay attention to this place at all; and their attire did not seem special among the group of sorcerers who were everywhere "weird" and "special".

An adult man dressed in a black suit and looking very capable and smart, who was standing at the door of the orphanage pacing anxiously, immediately showed joy when he saw them, and walked over quickly: "Gojo classmate! You are the students sent by Jujutsu High School to solve this matter, right? I'm Moritani Yohei, you can call me..."

"It doesn't matter what your name is."

Gojo Satoru interrupted him, a little impatiently: "Stop talking nonsense and get to the point. It's a waste of time."

"Satoru, don't be so rude to the assistant supervisor." Xia Yujie said helplessly, "At least listen to what he has to say."

"Listening to him talking so much, the missing people might be beyond help."

"Well, it's okay, this classmate."

Moritani Yohei smiled indifferently. It was no secret in the world of sorcery that the eldest master Gojo Satoru of the Gojo family had a bad temper, but no one would care about it - with such a background, talent and strength, so what if he had a bad temper.

Even though Gojo Satoru only said it and didn't do anything else, he was surprised - he thought that such a proud young master would have a worse temper.

"An hour and a half ago, someone noticed something was wrong here, and we immediately sent people to bring everyone out."

He introduced in detail: "The scale of this orphanage is not very large, there are about 20 to 30 children in it. The two missing children are said to be a brother and sister, about five years old. The older brother has an ear problem and cannot hear anything. He is usually very withdrawn. It may be because of this reason that he was not found in time. There is also an adult woman who is a teacher at a nearby school. After discovering that the brother and sister were missing, she was also found missing."

"We were sure there was a first-level cursed spirit inside, and it seemed to be a mental curse, but we just detected that there seemed to be a possibility of another cursed spirit inside..."

Moriya Yohei looked worried: "I hope that the students will be very careful and remember to rescue the people first. Safety comes first."

"Oh, they detected another cursed spirit's power..."

Gojo Satoru stretched his back and smiled nonchalantly, "Yuuki, it seems your luck is really not that good."

"Nano, do you want to stay outside?" asked Xia Yujie.

Although she was very tempted, Ieiri Naoko still shook her head: "Teacher Yemo specifically said that we should work together to complete the task, so forget it, let's go in together."

"If we resolve it as soon as possible, there won't be any big changes, right?"

Haruto Saikai has already walked into the orphanage with an umbrella in hand.

***

To be honest, it was not difficult for Saikai Haruto and his team to find the cursed spirit hidden inside.

Not to mention Gojo Satoru's six eyes, even Saikai Haruto - when he used the cursed energy in his body, perhaps because his cursed energy came from special-grade cursed spirits, he could easily sense where there were cursed spirits nearby - perhaps it was some kind of "special induction between cursed spirits"?

Xi Haiqing Dou didn't quite understand, but this didn't prevent him from using this to find traces of the cursed spirit.

What Moritani Yohei said was indeed correct. There were two cursed spirits in this orphanage, and each one was more powerful than the last.

Xi Hai Qing Dou estimated that there was probably one first-class one and the other one was a quasi-special class - the reason why it was called "quasi-special class" was because the aura was not very stable.

As soon as they stepped into the orphanage and walked into the building, in the blink of an eye, the four of them were suddenly separated and the surroundings changed into an unfamiliar environment.

It's like being trapped in an extremely empty, boundless, super-large maze. You can't see where you are coming from or going, and you can't find the exit or the entrance.

Xi Haiqing Dou only took a glance at the maze and immediately closed his eyes almost as a conditioned reflex.

There was no breath of cursed spirits in the maze, only cursed power everywhere. The walls of the maze were inlaid with creeping red flesh with blue and purple blood vessels, and countless human-like eyes - narrow eyes, black pupils, white sclera, and tiny, sliding red bloodshot veins on the sclera. There were no eyelashes or eyelids, but the eyeballs would move around, shining like fish eyes.

He took a deep breath and prepared himself mentally before opening his eyes again.

Not only the walls around him, but also the top of his head when he raised his head, there were identical things everywhere. Even if he closed his eyes, he could still feel the sense of being spied on from all directions.

Xi Haiqing Dou turned his head casually, and those eyeballs also moved around randomly. No matter where he turned, he would "look into" the eyes.

Xi Haiqing Dou touched his arm uncomfortably.

Well, goosebumps are all over the floor.

He picked up the umbrella again and waved it around seemingly casually - and then, immediately, the sound of breaking glass was heard in the air.

——This maze not only contains these disgusting-looking things, but also has countless mirrors installed.

Not just ordinary plane mirrors, but also magnifying glasses, reducing glasses, and countless distorted funhouse mirrors...

And every time he took a step forward, he would hear countless "hehe" and "haha" sounds coming from all directions.

The voices were erratic, sometimes loud, sometimes soft, sometimes sharp, sometimes old, like the voices of countless men, women, old and young mixed together. The emotions revealed in the voices seemed to be giggling, mocking and ridiculing. When he walked, the laughter rang out; when he stopped, the laughter disappeared, and it was impossible to catch or touch it, which made people particularly upset.

Everything here makes people feel extremely uncomfortable, and makes people wish they were deaf or blind so that they can't hear or see anything.

What on earth caused this curse and this "maze"?

Xi Hai Qing Dou frowned, took a deep breath, and directly mobilized the magic power in his body. He opened his left and right hands without the umbrella and said calmly: ""Cang"——"