Chapter 178 The Second Player

"Igarashi Yuuki" looked ahead calmly.

The previous sword strike hit Hanayamain Haruna's vital point.

The knife was very sharp, and the feeling of the blade cutting deep into the flesh was particularly real. A huge gash was instantly created on the body of "Hanayamain Haruna", almost cutting her in two. Blood gushed out from the wound continuously, as if all the blood in her body was going to drain out.

But "she" was smiling.

The tears on "Hanayamain Haruna's" face had not yet dried, but she smiled, contrary to her usual behavior, as if she could not see the wounds on her body and did not feel any pain. Her smile was extremely brilliant, and there was an inexplicable meaning in her smile that "Igarashi Yuki" could not understand.

"She" kept laughing, and the laughter and applause of the group of ordinary people surrounding them also did not stop at all. Even when they watched the scene of "Igarashi Yuuki" swinging the sword at "Hanayamain Haruna", the expressions on their faces remained calm and did not change at all. There was not the slightest other reaction, as if they were mannequins wearing masks.

Such a scene looks so absurd and bizarre that if it were put in a horror movie, it might even get an Oscar nomination.

"Igarashi Yuuki" was half-kneeling between "Gojo Satoru" and "Kayuki Suguru", still holding the knife in his hand, but he just raised his eyes slightly, and looked at the scene in front of him calmly with his black eyes, without any unnecessary movements, and his expression was a little blank, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.

For a moment, the laughter and applause seemed to have gone far away from him. He seemed to be out of the world, and these scenes seemed to have nothing to do with him.

"Yuuki? Yuuki."

"Yuuki!"

"Wake up soon, Yuuki?"

Someone was calling his name.

There are two different sounds.

One is lively and the other is quiet, these sounds are too familiar.

The emotions in those two voices were very complicated—joy, confusion, anxiety, and sadness…

"Igarashi Yuki" was a little dazed for a moment, her mind was still empty, but her body had already responded automatically.

He lowered his head and subconsciously looked at "Gojo Satoru" and "Kayuki Ken" who were lying beside him.

Still no breathing, no response.

But what he did hear were the voices of Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru.

A hint of confusion first flashed across "Igarashi Yuuki's" eyes, and then light gradually rose in the dark eyes.

The voice calling him became clearer and clearer, as if someone was yelling incessantly and unsatisfactorily in his ear.

"Igarashi Yuuki" raised her head, stood up again, stood in place, looked around, and turned around again.

The faces of the people around him suddenly became extremely blurry, making it difficult to see their appearance. Then they suddenly became distorted, as if the sky and the earth were turned upside down. In an instant, the surroundings became chaotic, and even he himself became extremely distorted. "Igarashi Yuuki" felt a splitting headache and dizziness, and the surroundings seemed to be separated from him into two worlds -

"...Yu Xi Yu Xi Yu Xi——"

"Strange, you really can sleep well, Yuuki!"

"Okay, Satoru, stop making trouble. Maybe Yuuki is really sleepy?"

"...Ah, but it's too late, Jenny. Yuuki is already awake."

"…What are you two doing?"

As soon as Igarashi Yuuki opened his eyes, before he could come to his senses, he saw two big faces almost blurring out on his face. He subconsciously slapped them, and it took him a long time to react.

Ah, it turns out it’s not a cursed spirit or something… it’s Gojo Satoru and Kasugano Kei.

He didn't know why he suddenly felt relieved, and inexplicably relaxed and happy. He rolled his eyes at the two funny classmates in front of him and said, "Do you know that scaring others can kill them?"

"See, Wu, you woke Yuki up." Xia Yujie's seemingly righteous voice sounded, but he did not hide the smile in his voice at all.

Igarashi Yuuki immediately turned around, trying to evoke his apology with a reproachful look: "And Jie - don't think I didn't hear you, you were the one who kept calling me, right?"

Gojo Satoru immediately abandoned Kayuki Kayuki and turned to Igarashi Yuuki: "That's right, it was you, Kayuki, who shouted first. It has nothing to do with me."

It can be said that this is a complete interpretation of what plastic friendship is.

"Hey, Yuuki, did you hear it? What a pity, I thought you were already fast asleep and didn't know anything."

Xia Yujie smiled in fake surprise, and at this moment he looked inexplicably like a cunning fox with narrowed eyes.

Yuuki Igarashi's objective evaluation: This guy's acting is really bad and not sincere. It's almost like the word "perfunctory" is printed on his face. He is the kind of person who can only be seen in the TV series and will be scolded as a "vase". But fortunately, he still has a face that is still good to look at, so he will not be scolded to death by the audience.

The corner of his mouth twitched, and he replied helplessly: "Just because of the exaggerated way you two called me, even if I were a cursed spirit, I would be woken up by you two, right?"

"You two are overacting. Your acting is totally substandard."

After talking to them for a few words, his brain, which was originally a little confused and slow, gradually became clear. Igarashi Yuuki thought about the ways they had called him just now, and was very sure that they must have been acting too much - that kind of calling that continuously changed several different emotions within a few seconds, he was very familiar with it.

These two guys must have started to make a scene because they saw that he didn't react just now... Sometimes their tone was sinister and sometimes sad, as if he would never wake up again. What are they doing? !

Gojo Satoru and Kagome Geto had the same innocent look on their faces: "Ah, you found out."

"Who made you sleep so soundly, Yuxi? You didn't wake up no matter how I called you."

Gojo Satoru said, and Igarashi Yuuki easily read some eagerness from his face: "I've been thinking about it. If you don't wake up, I'll let Jie try to let Yuki Onna or Sadako wake you up. If you still don't wake up, then I can only try to find Mr. Yega and Naoko."

Igarashi Yuuki was silent: "Do you need me to say thank you?"

He fully believed that Gojo Satoru was really capable of doing such a thing.

Gojo Satoru accepted it without hesitation and gave him an overly bright smile: "You're welcome! After all, we are good classmates."

...Wait, he wasn't really saying thank you! Did this guy hear it and pretend to be stupid, or did he not hear it? Igarashi Yuuki expressed his doubts to Gojo Satoru.

Xia Yujie raised a smile and asked him seriously, "So Yuki, were you having a nightmare just now? Although Wu's suggestion seems a bit ridiculous, if you don't wake up just now, maybe I will agree to his approach and give it a try."

If someone is not familiar with Geto Suguru, they might subconsciously think that he is joking with Igarashi Yuuki because of the smile on his lips and his not-so-serious tone. However, as a good friend of Geto Suguru and a person who is very sensitive to emotions, Igarashi Yuuki can easily tell his seriousness from his words.

To be honest, Yuki Igarashi was a little surprised and surprised.

Geto Suguru doesn't usually speak in this tone, and it's usually Gojo Satoru who shows genuine concern in his seemingly inappropriate tone and attitude.

This tone and attitude probably means that Xia Yujie felt that his condition just now was indeed a little bit wrong in their eyes.

Igarashi Yuuki also realized belatedly that Gojo Satoru's two seemingly joking words just now were also serious.

Of course, it shouldn't be particularly serious... otherwise, Geto's expression would have become more serious.

Igarashi Yuuki's attitude also unconsciously straightened up a bit, and after thinking carefully, he replied, "Actually, I don't remember."

"What?"

"But it should be a nightmare, right?"

"Hey, why?"

"Well... because I feel bad."

Igarashi Yuuki said: "It was very bad. When I first woke up, I felt like I wanted to destroy the world in front of me."

The tone of his voice was very calm and frank, and his emotions were very stable. It didn't sound like he was talking about something as scary as wanting to "destroy the world". Instead, he was saying "I want to drink some water", straightforward and casual, yet it made people feel inexplicably serious.

Gojo Satoru's eyes widened, and he was surprised by his words: "Huh, you actually want to destroy the world, Yuuki? Now I'm really curious about what you did to me."

Igarashi Yuuki can joke with people, but he almost never lies to anyone...at least Gojo Satoru and Kagome Suguru have never seen him lie to them.

This guy is a natural straight-talker, and he is even more frank with his close friends. He always says what he thinks, rarely beats around the bush, and rarely says things with hidden meanings. Therefore, Gojo Satoru never doubts what he says - he must say that because that's what he thinks in his heart.

In terms of personality and emotional control, Igarashi Yuuki is so good-tempered that it makes people wonder if he has never had a bad temper and never gets angry at others. Gojo Satoru once thought that this guy was about to become a Buddha...

By the way, he and Geto Suguru had teased Igarashi Yuuki several times out of curiosity. Of course, in the end, they proved with their strength and facts that this guy is just very good at controlling his emotions and is not a fake person. He can still get angry - it's just that this situation is rare.

As for the last time Yuki Igarashi was angry, it was because of the two incidents last summer when Fushiguro Shigeru killed Gojo Satoru and the others, and because Nanako and Mimiko were abused.

But this is indeed the first time that Gojo Satoru and Kagome Ken have seen someone who could make Yuuki so irritable.

And it was because of a dream that he forgot after waking up?

Gojo Satoru became even more curious.

"I'd like to know that, too... but unfortunately I've completely forgotten it."

Igarashi Yuuki exhaled, his expression showing a rare bit of depression: "My memory has always been pretty good, and I rarely forget my dreams so quickly, but I can't remember anything about what I dreamed about just now... I only remember that you two were calling my name in my dream, and then I woke up."

Gojo Satoru stretched out his right hand and made an "eight" gesture at his chin, and asked seriously: "Is there another possibility - Yuuki, you think you are dreaming, but in fact you are not dreaming at all, you are just irritable because you woke up?"

Xia Yujie raised his eyebrows and exposed him mercilessly: "I think it's you who's in a bad mood when you wake up, right?"

Gojo Satoru insisted: "Maybe Yuuki is the same as me?"

“Although I forgot what I dreamed about, I still remember whether I dreamed at all.”

Yuki Igarashi said: "That feeling... I think I have never felt such an unhappy feeling before. I must have had a dream." He carefully chose a more neutral word.

But in fact, when he just recalled it, he felt that the residual emotions conveyed to him from that dream could be described as "tyrannical".

This feeling even made him feel a little uneasy.

But that dream... no matter how hard he tried to recall it, he still couldn't remember any details, so Igarashi Yuuki had to give up with regret.

"Unfortunately, I only remember how you two kept calling my name. I can't remember anything else."

He blinked, tried to lighten the mood, and said in his usual joking tone: "I think maybe it's because you two kept nagging me to wake up that my dream was woken up."

"But... Satoru and I have been calling you for ten minutes, but you haven't woken up yet, Yuuki. You don't have any expression at all."

Xia Yujie pursed his lips and his expression became more serious. It was a rare occasion that he didn't joke with him.

"Yuuki, are you sure you can't remember anything? Or did you encounter any trouble during this mission?"

Igarashi Yuki was stunned for a moment.

After learning that Igarashi Yuuki was bored and went to play with Nanami Kento and Haibara Yu who were on a mission, and that he not only encountered a curser during the mission, but also trapped the auxiliary supervisor in the "account" and forgot to bring him back to the Jujutsu Directorate, Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru looked at each other, and after staring at each other for two or three seconds, they almost simultaneously made the decision to "return to the high school".

——Other unimportant things can be put aside for a while, but this is Igarashi Yuuki’s fun! Yuuki who almost never gets angry with people and does such “bad things”! This kind of thing is much rarer, and if you miss it, you don’t know if you can see it again in the future... So of course, I chose to happily return to the high school to comfort my little friend!

But when they returned to the high school, they found Igarashi Yuuki sleeping.

This in itself is a surprising thing.

——Yuuki Igarashi's work and rest schedule is very regular, and he is very healthy. He goes to bed early and gets up early, and almost never stays up late, and never takes a nap. Even if he has a mission or Gojo Satoru and the others ask him to play games and stay up late occasionally, he will at most get up half an hour later than usual... If he stays up all night, he will be sleepy for at most an hour during the day, but he can't fall asleep no matter how hard he tries - he will just hold on until the evening and then get up early the next day to be full of energy.

Falling asleep during the day... This is the first time Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru have seen him since they met him.

Gojo Satoru and Kagome Kei found it curious for a while and took many photos of Igarashi Yuuki - they even drew a cat on his face as a joke - and the mark has not disappeared until now.

But even so, Igarashi Yuuki still didn't wake up.

Now Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru realized belatedly that something was wrong.

Even if Yuuki Igarashi was sleeping soundly and was not on guard against the two of them, he would not be so awake as to not wake up after all the noise they made - with the sharpness of his five senses, under normal circumstances, he should have woken up when Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru were touching his face, or even earlier, when the two of them were taking pictures of his face.

But he never woke up.

If Gojo Satoru hadn't been able to see anything wrong with his body with his six eyes, Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru would have taken real action long ago.

And if you think about it carefully, with Yuuki Igarashi's skills and abilities, who could have knocked him down so silently in the high school dormitory?

So Gojo Satoru and Kagome Tuo put their half-hearted worries at ease again.

It was not until the two of them had been calling him persistently for five or six minutes that Igarashi Yuuki finally woke up.