Chapter 197 The Second Player
Xihai Qingdou turned down.
Unexpectedly, the beginning of this episode is from the perspective of "Yuuki Igarashi" as the first perspective.
The opening scene is a conversation between Saikai Haruto and Gojo Satoru, and another one with Hanayamain Haruna. The questions and answers of both sides are honestly shown in the manga.
There are questions about Saikai Haruto asking Gojo Satoru about "the changes in Hanayamain Haruna"; questions about "heartbeats and liking"; questions about "the changes in his current relationship with Geto Suguru and Hanayamain Haruna"; questions about him starting to lose the distinction between "reality and dreams", questions about Gojo Satoru's relationship with the twins, and - "Will there be a day when even the 'Six Eyes' won't be able to recognize him?"
——"So being attracted to someone means liking them?" The boy with short black hair looked genuinely confused and puzzled.
"If my heart is moved, that means I like you." The white-haired boy answered firmly without any hesitation.
"So for you, Satoru now...being moved means loving you." The black-haired boy's expression became particularly depressed and silent.
——The black-haired boy had an inexplicable smile on his face, which seemed serious but also joking: "If you keep going like this, will there be a day when Satoru can't recognize your 'Six Eyes'?"
"Of course not." The white-haired boy answered confidently and firmly, just as always.
"Well, it's Wu after all." The young man smiled.
What follows is a "question and answer" between Saikai Haruto and Hanayamain Haruna.
On the lawn under the setting sun, the boy and the girl changed from sleeping one while sitting to sitting side by side, and then to lying one while sitting, and the problems kept changing.
The question about Saikai Haruto asking Hanayamain Haruna "where has she changed"; the question about "Igarashi Yuuki who hasn't changed"; the question about "whether the two like each other"; the question about "Igarashi Yuuki's ideas about sorcerers and ordinary people"... and Hanayamain Haruna's question about "hating this world".
——"For a moment, I felt that Haruna-san was very strange. Isn't that strange?" The black-haired boy said, "Maybe my intuition was wrong."
"Maybe it's not an illusion?" Hanayamain Haruna answered with a look of strange interest: "Maybe I have become a different person."
——"I'm sorry, I don't like Haruna-san." The black-haired boy answered seriously without any hesitation, and his honesty was unbelievable.
"I don't like Yuki either." Hanayamain Haruna covered her face with her arms and smiled particularly happily and wantonly.
——"I hate this world." said Hanayamain Haruna, with an expression of childish innocence and unprecedented determination.
"I like this world." "Igarashi Yuuki" said, "Haruna-san, this world is not as bad as you think. If... I mean, if you believe me, maybe you can tell me your reasons? Wait a little longer, maybe everything will be fine."
Hanayamain Haruna just remained silent.
[Ahhhhh Gojo Satoru, please stop setting up flags!! You are now like the old general on the stage with flags all over your body, do you know that?.jpg]
[Brother Wu Zi, you...are you a love-brain? ! The myriad things are so terrifying...I am so impressed, do you still remember what you said before? ! Wake up! ! 501 is the only one who doesn't like Chunhua! ! ]
[Okay, okay, the owner of my big triangle CB will dismantle the CB for me, right?! But after "recognizing" it, I still got the damn Double Five perfect CP. Who understands it? Wuwuwuwuwu, I'm picking candies from the knife like crazy.]
[501 At this moment, I really can’t distinguish between reality and dreams. I’m starting to feel a little dazed, right? Woohoo! Damn, I got stabbed (covering my chest)]
[Ah——here——Haruka admitted it, so this is the 2.0 Haruka of All Things, right? 501 Believe in yourself!!]
[Haruka's expression is so weird... She suddenly laughed or something... I feel like she really doesn't like Yuuki, and I even feel a hint of murderous intent. What's going on?! ]
[Fuck, but what’s going on with Arashika all of a sudden? This atmosphere and this mutual “dislike”!! It’s hell but it’s really good!! Love and hate each other yyds!!!]
[The couple in the front have really reached the Earth Palace, right?! Can you even do this in the underworld?!]
[Let me translate the last words of 501: Chunhua, I know you have worked hard, don’t be afraid, I will go for surgery in a few days and help you get rid of it]
[Fuck, you can translate the previous part]
[So in the end, 501 still likes this world? Damn, I burst into tears.]
...This audience is really willing to support anything. Saikai Haruto, who was completely unable to understand, fell silent.
The comic continued to turn down, and the picture that appeared in the next frame after his conversation with Hanayamain Haruna was a scene where a blurry figure drew four smiling faces in a misty mirror.
Smiling faces, crying faces, cracks drawn in the mirror by fingers, the mirror turning blank again, and the expressionless face of "Igarashi Yuuki" appearing in the mirror... no matter how you look at it, there is a sense of foreboding.
The turning point happened just as quickly as expected, and on the next page, the "Igarashi Yuuki" in the comics suddenly appeared in the meeting room of the Jujutsu Directors' Council.
"——Although I always think I'm an ordinary person," in front of many angry members of the Directorate, he opened his hands slightly, smiling, dark blue lines crawling up his cheeks, and there was a rare youthful arrogance between his eyebrows: "But now I'm about to do something that's not so ordinary."
In the next grid, through the window of the conference room, black blood splashed in the room. After a simple, rough and direct fight, the door of the room opened again, and "Igarashi Yuki" walked out of the conference room. Behind the open door was a sea of blood and a mountain of corpses.
——"Igarashi Yuuki" killed almost all members of the general management department in the meeting room.
As the clean new snow fell, his figure disappeared into the air again.
【??? Wait, did I miss something?! Why is it so sudden? Ah? Ah? Ah? ? ?! This is 501???】
[I slowly typed a question mark. Either J has a problem or Yuuki has a problem... What's going on? ? ]
[Although I want to say something rotten orange, but 501 you? Is this really 501? ? J-man, are you drawing this in your dream? What are you doing? ]
[Ah, has 501 suddenly gone mad...? Ahhhh why did you suddenly go crazy? I'm not Sister Li!! Confused... Am I really following the right comics...? ]
The comic doesn’t give any cause and effect here… Saikai Haruto seemed to be lost in thought.
No wonder, in this case, it is no wonder that the forum audience felt that this place seemed strange.
It was the "smiling face in the mirror" that made Xi Haiqing Dou feel a little relieved - although he no longer had any hope for his "privacy", at least this image looked normal?
He continued to look down.
Unexpectedly... what follows is a plot and inner analysis about Geto Suguru - and it seems to be a memory.
Haruto Nishimi has always known that Geto Suguru has a lot of things hidden in his heart, but after all, he is not a worm in Geto's stomach, and he doesn't have the ability to read minds, so naturally he has no way of knowing all his thoughts and ideas.
I didn't expect that the beginning of this chapter in the comic would perfectly complement it.
Third-year student Geto Suguru seems to have grown up a lot compared to the previous two years. Most of his long hair, which was originally tied into a bun, is now loosely draped over his shoulders. The boy walks alone on a quiet street as the sun sets, and next to the screen is a long inner monologue.
...Haruto Saikai briefly summarizes it as a self-analysis of the mental journey of an adolescent boy towards the world and the relationship between himself as a "spell caster" and "ordinary people".
From insisting on his own belief that "as a sorcerer, he must protect ordinary people", to his belief becoming shaken after the astral plasma incident, with full of confusion and uncertainty; to the indecision and self-doubt after placing that belief on Hanayamain Haruna; and then to shifting his attention to "Igarashi Yuuki", he was influenced and unconsciously changed some of his beliefs.
Then, the young sorcerer with long black hair stopped at the bottom of a floor of a shopping mall, bought two cans of Coke in front of a vending machine, and began to half-lean against the wall, actively waiting for "Igarashi Yuuki" to complete her mission and come out of the mall.
It was the conversation between him and Geto Suguru before... Nishimi Haruto lowered his eyes and sighed imperceptibly.
It would be a lie to say that he was completely unaware of Geto Suguru's confusion, but Saikai Haruto had never expected that "Igarashi Yuuki"'s ideas could have such an impact on Geto Suguru - after all, in this regard, he and Geto Suguru had tacitly never discussed it with each other once.
The content in the comics also verified his idea. Kagami Kagami saw that Igarashi Yuuki was troubled by "dreams" and "reality", as well as the influence of "greedy people", but he tacitly acknowledged that Igarashi Yuuki did not need those comforts and believed that he could solve it himself; and Igarashi Yuuki also did not say a word about Kagami Kagami's confusion and troubles.
This is certainly not the case of the two of them deliberately turning a blind eye, but rather a tacit trust between the two parties.
But Saikai Haruto was more laissez-faire, and never thought that Geto Suguru's philosophy would be influenced by "Igarashi Yuuki". However, from the perspective of the manga, this seems to be a very reasonable thing - in Geto Suguru's perspective, no matter what troubles "Igarashi Yuuki" has always been in, his beliefs have never changed at all, and are more firm than anything in the world. In addition, he and Geto Suguru also changed from "ordinary people" to "magicians", so the two naturally have the same stance, and both of them think about magicians and people in the magic world with ordinary people's thoughts.
Of course, another very important point is that "Igarashi Yuuki" is also very strong - his "strength" lies not only in his heart and his own strength, but also in the fact that he "defeated" Fushiguro Shiori and helped Kagome Suguru's ideals to stabilize again after being shaken by Fushiguro Shiori; and in the subsequent handling of the Bandei Cult and ■■ Village incidents, he saw another future.
So Geto's ideas began to unconsciously approach the ideas of "Igarashi Yuuki" - perhaps, ordinary people are not necessarily weaklings who need to be protected, and sometimes "ordinary people" can indeed be no different from "spellcasters".
"I still couldn't understand why Yuuki always said that he was an "ordinary person." The boy with long black hair smiled and waved at the short-haired boy who was walking towards him, "But now, maybe I can try to get closer."
The last piece of candy that was eaten.
The comfort of "just being yourself".
After much hesitation, I still didn't ask the question.
——"Yuuki, you don't look good. Is it true that the influence of the "Greedy Beast" has no problem on you? Is there really a way to solve it? If you can't solve it by yourself, maybe tell me and Satoru together, we can find a solution?"
If these questions had been asked without hesitation during the conversation that day, would the outcome of the matter have been different?
Geto Xia Yu couldn't find the answer, just like the question that hadn't been asked in that conversation.
After the flashback scene ends, the next scene is where Geto Suguru and Gojo Satoru see the message "Igarashi Yuuki has defected" together.
A huge and incomprehensible shock appeared in Xia Yujie's heart, and the first thought was "I can't believe it."
——"How could it be Igarashi Yuuki?!"
"What's the reason? Why?"
"Something must have happened at the Directors' Council...Yuuki isn't the kind of person who would do something like this for no reason," he was certain.
Xia Yujie suddenly recalled the conversation that took place not long ago.
"A sense of panic suddenly spread from my heart."
"At that moment, he suddenly had a particularly bad premonition - something must have happened to Igarashi Yuuki, and in a place where he could not perceive, something irreversible had already happened and would happen again."
Xia Yujie's premonition came true very quickly.
After hearing the noise from upstairs, he and Gojo Satoru hurried over and opened the door, and saw "Igarashi Yuuki" with his back to them. He seemed to whisper something in Hanayamain Haruna's ear, and at the same time raised the "Tenkaku Boko" in his hand - then the blade fell resolutely with an irreversible force of obstruction. A large amount of blood spurted out of Hanayamain Haruna's body in the blink of an eye, and when she fell down, her face was still filled with an unprepared and dazed expression.
——Something that cannot be undone has happened again.
Kagome Jie and Gojo Satoru both froze in place.
...You know what, that flower looks pretty, um, very aesthetic. He has a really good sense of aesthetics. Xi Hai Qing Dou's guest review.
[Brother Jie, you really... ahhhhh, I'm crying my ass off, why wuwuwuwu, why did you make me fall in love with Xia Lan on the previous page and be on this page directly ahhhhhhh!!]
[It hurts, it hurts so much... The questions that I didn't ask that day, I can no longer ask them. Brother Jie really loves 501 and trusts him so much that I cried... But, it's impossible anymore, watching 501 Dao Chunhua, this is too tragic!!]
[Ah? Ah? Ah? Am I crazy or is J crazy? ? ? ! ! ]
[Spring - Flower - Although but, no ahh ...
[Help, I’m suffocating…501 why are you doing this?! I’m exhausted, please don’t do this. This child is not a chopping board. Wuwuwuwuwuwu.]
[(crossed out) "Rose Funeral" (crossed out) Check in at the afterlife scene, ding. Rest in peace, Chunhua——(sad)]
[What kind of large-scale breakup scene is this…Although this scene is also very deadly, like a crematorium…Ahhhhh what am I saying!! Anyway, no!! Help me, I really don’t dare to turn the page anymore, this must be an illusion, it must be 501’s dream, right? ! Wake up quickly, Yuuki!!]
The next page is a flashback - Hanayamain Haruna is standing in front of the glass window, looking out, snowflakes are falling in front of her eyes; and in the space behind her, another sound suddenly rings out.
"I found you, Haruna-san."
Hanayamain Haruna turned around, her expression showing no surprise at all.
The conversation between "Igarashi Yuuki" and "Kayamain Haruna" passed by quickly. Until the words "It must be very hard" echoed in Kayamain Haruna's ears. From the perspectives of "Igarashi Yuuki" and "Kayamain Haruna", Kayamain Haruna "died" again.
Then the scenes in the comics smoothly connected to the subsequent content - until "Igarashi Yuuki" broke up with Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru, and the words "Goodbye" were spoken, and this episode came to an end.
The last few pages have a lot of barrage content, but most of them are some meaningless crying and wailing to express emotions, as well as the sighs and shocks of some viewers who think they fully understand the plot, and the exclamation marks, question marks and ellipsis marks of some confused readers who still cannot understand the direction of the plot... In short, it is a scene of chaos.
After a while of searching, Xi Haiqing found that the reputation of "Igarashi Yuuki" unexpectedly...didn't drop too much? How strange.
Therefore, the comics will not be updated here... So it is no wonder that many forum viewers are still confused. The contents presented in the comics are indeed shrouded in mystery and have not been explained.
Xi Haiqing Dou shook his head slowly.
After another week or two of bored waiting, he finally waited for the next chapter of the comic to arrive - which was also the last chapter of the "Fate of Jade" arc.