Chapter 89 The Second Player

Saikai Haruto took the card from Gojo Satoru's hand extremely quickly. Almost as soon as Gojo Satoru finished speaking, he put the card into his pocket in the next second.

The black-haired boy smiled so much that his eyebrows curved, his eyes were bright, and when he looked at Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru, there was less vigilance and alertness in his eyes. He became visibly relaxed, and looked extremely comfortable, as if he was very relieved about both of them.

Xia Yujie almost had a vision of a black cat that had lost its guard and began to wag its tail freely.

——But if you really want to talk about it, he thought, "Igarashi" obviously gives people the feeling of being more like a dog?

Igarashi's welcome for Gojo Satoru's behavior and his love for money were almost directly imprinted on his face, and he accepted the money openly without any embarrassment.

But even so, Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru did not find a trace of greed or an expression of urgency or desire on his face. The happiness he showed when he put away the card from Gojo Satoru looked so natural that it seemed more like he was happy because he had received a favorite gift from a friend. It gave people an unexpectedly clean and refreshing feeling.

From the moment he suddenly grabbed him when they stepped into the dessert shop, to the moment Gojo Satoru handed him the card and asked him to "skip class" directly, "Igarashi" did not reveal or pour out any negative emotions to them, as if no matter what the matter was, he could always see a good side in it.

If Wu hadn't still had doubts about him being related to the cursed spirit, Xia Yujie thought that he might have thought that "Igarashi" was a very interesting person and a good person to make friends with.

Haruto Nishimi had no idea what was in Geto's mind. At this moment, he turned his head and carefully took off his dessert shop uniform and asked the store manager for leave.

"Manager, can I take a leave today and apply to leave work early? Can you deduct my salary directly this time?" he asked.

In fact, there is only about an hour left before he gets off work today. If he leaves, things may be a little busier, but he will still be able to handle the work.

It was clear from the two tall boys in front of him that he was not willing to leave easily. It would be useless to continue to linger in the store, so it would be better to let him leave early.

Xi Haiqing Dou knew this truth very clearly, and the store manager who had experienced more things understood it even better.

So the store manager nodded at him.

"If you encounter any problems... No, I mean, Igarashi, your salary for this week has not been settled yet. Remember to come and pick it up when you get off work today." The manager glanced at them and said hesitantly.

Xi Haiqingdou was stunned for a moment, then nodded vigorously, and showed a bright and brilliant smile to the store manager without hesitation: "Well, store manager, don't worry, even if I forget everything else, I will definitely not forget this matter about wages, I will definitely remember it!"

——What the store manager meant was that he was worried that Gojo Satoru and his group might have bad intentions, so he asked Saikai Haruto to come back to the store "before getting off work" to report that he was safe and to make sure that nothing happened to the others. He just expressed it in a more tactful way.

"But don't worry. I'll be away with the three guests soon. It shouldn't take long and I'll be back soon. Nothing will happen." He added with a smile.

...In a sense, this guy is really honest and straightforward.

And didn't you expect that he has such good relationships with people? It seems... he really has nothing to do with the "cursed spirit" associated with negative emotions.

Xia Yujie's mind was equally sharp, and he easily understood the meaning of the manager's words. He subconsciously glanced at Xi Haiqing Dou again and fell into thought.

"Done. Ha, I knew there was nothing I couldn't do."

Gojo Satoru smiled with a little pride, and didn't mind Saikai Haruto's "greedy" behavior in the eyes of others. He waited calmly for Saikai Haruto to fold the uniform he took off and put it aside, and asked, "Can we go now?"

The one who pays more is the boss, Xi Haiqingdou nodded without hesitation.

While no one else was paying attention, Hanayamain Haruna quietly stood on tiptoe, tugged at Gojo Satoru, and whispered in his ear, "Satoru, are you out of money?"

There is only 500,000 yen in one card... When did Gojo Satoru become so "poor"?

"Huh? How is that possible?" Gojo Satoru looked at her in confusion and casually took out five or six cards: "Among these cards, this one has 100 million, this one has 300 million, and this one has tens of millions... How is it possible that I don't have any money?"

He casually counted the money on several cards and suddenly thought: "There is only 500,000 left on that card... I don't even remember when I got it in."

"Ah... okay, I thought too much." Hanayamain Haruna looked up at the sky.

The only regret is that her wealth is not full, so she can’t show off her wealth like Gojo Satoru.

...I see. It must be his bad luck that is working steadily again.

Xi Haiqingdou, who has good hearing, felt that his eyes were turning greener after hearing this. His heart ached, as if he had accidentally missed out on the heart-warming feeling of hundreds of millions of people.

He put the carefully folded uniform aside, turned around and said "Wow" without disguising, his clear green eyes were full of surprise and envy: "Boss, you are so rich?"

"I'm done packing. Let's go. Where are you three going? Do you want to talk to me about something?"

"Ah, wait, boss, please pack me a double-layer strawberry cheesecake first—"

When Saikai Haruto turned around, he saw Gojo Satoru running to the counter again in the blink of an eye and holding up a new card.

——In Gojo Satoru's opinion, half of his problem had been solved, and the remaining half would be easy to solve. Then he could naturally continue to do what he originally intended to do when he came into the store.

"Okay, now there's nothing to interrupt us, can we talk now?"

Somewhere in a deserted place, Gojo Satoru stuffed the dessert bag in his hand directly to Kagami Gakuen, who then handed it to Hanayamain Haruna's arms. He stretched out his arms and bent his waist left and right to stretch, looking at Saikai Haruto, and said in a brisk voice: "Hey, what on earth are you? Are you a cursed spirit? Or a human?"

"First of all, even if you are the boss who pays you, it's still too much to say that. It's very rude."

Xi Haiqingdou's eyelids twitched, and he complained about him in dissatisfaction, then he straightened his face and replied patiently: "My name is Igarashi Yuuki, and I am a real human being... At least in my memory, I have been a human being for the past sixteen years. As for the 'cursed spirit' you mentioned... Sorry, this is the first time I heard this term today?"

——While Gojo Satoru and Saikai Haruto were talking, Kagome Toshi and Hanayamain Haruna were watching and chatting behind Gojo Satoru.

"Well, please help me get it, Haruna." Xia Yujie handed over the bag of desserts in his hand and said with a smile.

Hanayama Haruna took it, opened it and took a look. With a hint of surprise in her eyes, she asked in a low voice, "Is the ice cream inside for me?"

Xia Yujie made a "huh" gesture with his hands and laughed softly, "Keep it a secret."

How thoughtful! She did want to eat ice cream...but her sugar intake for the day was about to exceed the limit, so she gave up. But should Kagome Ken have seen it?

With a smile in her eyes, Hanayamain Haruna winked happily at Kagome Jie.

Never mind, I'll just eat this once! Anyway, I'll fix the game next time!

If she had known earlier, she would not have chosen to be "Gojo Satoru's fiancée"... This man is such a jerk. How much better it would have been if she had chosen "Kaguya Ken's childhood sweetheart"?

The player sighed inwardly.

Seeing that the conversation between Gojo Satoru and Saikai Haruto was still not progressing smoothly and his companion seemed to be getting annoyed, Geto Suguru quickly stepped forward and spoke.

"Wu, you can tell me now, right? What did you see?" he asked.

"Ah - even you, Jay, didn't notice anything wrong. Don't you feel it? This guy has the aura of a top-grade cursed spirit - so strong that it's like he's been marinated."

The attention is now completely on Saikai Haruto. Hearing this, Gojo Satoru paused and answered Geto Suguru seriously with an extremely solemn expression on his face.

But when he saw that his and Hanayamain Haruna's expressions became solemn almost in sync, and that Geto even nodded along with him, his fake cold face lasted less than two or three seconds before it was immediately broken. He mercilessly laughed at his little friend loudly: "Hahaha, looking at it this way, Geto is really inferior too! After all, I am the strongest one!"

Xia Yujie: “.”

"Did you call yourself the strongest?"

Xia Yujie was not angry at all. He smiled and took out a black curse jade: "Want to have a fight to see who is the strongest?"

"But I didn't see it either." Hanayamain Haruna suddenly poked her head out and whispered, "There's no trace of cursed energy on him. Satoru, are you seeing things?"

"That of course only means that neither of you can do it," Gojo Satoru said without hesitation, "There is absolutely no way my eyes can be wrong."

"If he's self-proclaimed, why don't we just fight him to find out? Come on, then."

"Hey, wait, are you guys going to fight here?"

Xi Hai Qing Dou spoke up belatedly, his eyes widening involuntarily: "Um - do you need my help?"

These two people - are they starting to completely ignore him? It's like they have formed their own little world.

It's rare for Xi Haiqing to have someone else's role to steal the show, and she's not interested.

“No need!”

"No."

Geto Suguru and Gojo Gosei turned their heads and looked at him, and two completely different voices rang out almost at the same time.

"You really can't see the cursed spirit? Forget it, since you don't want to admit it and you're not sure yourself - let's just fight. I think you'll know once I agree, right?"

Gojo Satoru said to him, reaching out to take off the sunglasses on his nose, with an overly bright smile on his face: "Come and fight with me, let me see what you are."

"Eh? Is that me?"

Xi Hai Qing Dou blinked his eyes, then pointed at himself belatedly, as if he suddenly thought of something, and a look of hesitation appeared in his eyes: "But... this is not good, right?"

"Are you scared?" Gojo Satoru tilted his head and said in a natural tone: "Don't worry, I will be careful not to hurt you--"

"It's not because of this, boss, you misunderstood."

Xi Haiqingdou hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke frankly: "Actually, I'm not afraid of this, but boss, you look very noble... I was thinking, if I accidentally hurt you, I shouldn't have to pay for it, right? I don't have the money to pay for it."

There was a tone of caution and temptation.

“Puff.”

Xia Yujie couldn't help but laughed softly again.

What kind of adjective is "very expensive"? He is really good at speaking, isn't he? It is really... very appropriate.

"Ah, Igarashi-kun, you guessed right, Satoru is indeed very expensive. Even the clothes he wears are worth hundreds of thousands... If you want to compensate him, you may not be able to use up all the money even if you use the card he just gave you." He joked.

"I think we should just forget about this matter, right?"

Saikai Haruto turned to look at Gojo Satoru again, an expression of shock and doubt about life appeared on his face at the right time, and he quickly said this sentence to Gojo Satoru.

"Huh? Are you kidding me?"

Gojo Satoru rolled his eyes unceremoniously: "If I break anything, I won't ask you to pay for it."

"But the prerequisite is that you can hit me." He showed a proud smile on his face, "If you can do it, why don't you try it?"

“No compensation will be required”?

This is what I was waiting for.

Xi Hai Qing Dou's eyes lit up, as if two peridots were emitting bright light.

"Now that you say that, boss, I can rest assured."

Saikai Haruto said this and breathed a sigh of relief.

He showed the same confident look and smile as Gojo Satoru: "I agreed. But you have to be careful. I'm quite good at fighting. Until now, no one has been able to beat me. If you underestimate me, you will suffer a great loss. You might even lose."

It was not until this moment that a look of high spirits befitting his age finally appeared on his face.