Chapter 9 Chapter 9 World Fusion (I)
"Is this what you mentioned, Xingzi, as the best place for our club's mountain training?"
Saionji Tamon looked at the dilapidated old wooden house in front of her with a twitching mouth, then turned to look at Morimoto Anko.
"Haha," Morimoto Anzi laughed dryly, not forgetting to save her face. "Senior Yuyin, don't look at this shabby house. I've seen it before. The facilities inside are complete and can accommodate everyone in our department. There's a hot spring in the backyard. In the morning, we can go running in the mountains to exercise our physical strength, and after training, we can come here to soak in the hot springs to relax. The most important thing is - there's a huge archery range here. Isn't it awesome~!"
Yuyin opened the door and was greeted by a gust of dust, which made everyone in the Kyudo Club cough continuously and couldn't help but cover their mouths and noses.
"No matter how much you praise me, it doesn't change the fact that we need to clean up here first."
"Oh, senior, this is to train our club members' independent spirit. Only by not fearing difficulties and not fearing..."
Yuyin helplessly held her forehead and said, "Speak human language."
Xingzi pointed at her finger and said, "Isn't this... our department is short of funds? Good steel should be used on the blade. It's so cheap here... And I've asked around. Senior, look at the house next door. I heard from the landlord that it's rented to the tennis club of a middle school in Tokyo. I've been to see it, and that house is even worse than ours."
Tamane, who had heard Atobe and his teammates chatting at school saying that the tennis club was going to the Karuizawa villa for training over the weekend, sighed and walked forward to pick up the bucket.
"Let's go, finish cleaning early and start training."
This is what it means to have the same person but different destinies.
Not everyone in Hyotei Academy is like Keigo Atobe, a young master from a wealthy family. Most of the people in the club, like Tamon Saionji, come from wealthy middle-class families and usually have to clean up after themselves. They don't complain about this and just consider it part of their training.
While mopping the floor, Yuyin took the time to think about her recent gains.
After a half-day trip to Kagome's house, although she had to take on the extra task of writing a popular science textbook on monsters, she still gained a lot from this trip.
I learned from Kagome that monsters were rampant in this world in ancient times, but for some reason, they gradually disappeared in modern times.
This is consistent with her original guess. It is probably due to the development of the times and the depletion of spiritual power that the small monsters are gradually unable to survive, and the big monsters may have found another way to live in other spaces.
The recent birth of a large number of little flower spirits is the greatest evidence of the revival of spiritual power, but the reason has not yet been figured out.
Kagome also said that she felt that she had seen more earthbound spirits recently. She previously thought that it was an illusion caused by her paying too much attention to these strange visions after returning from the Warring States Period.
According to Kagome, the reason why her family's ancient well can travel through time and space is most likely because the wood used to make the ancient well was provided by the sacred tree with special powers, according to Grandma Kaede's guess. However, she and Kagome are not sure whether there is a connection between the power of the sacred tree and the revival of spiritual energy.
Sometimes, Tamane felt embarrassed when facing Kagome who was talking so frankly.
Kagome had told her everything, but she had concealed the fact that she had traveled to other worlds, and she had also concealed—
The moment she touched the fragment of the Four Souls Jade that day, she suddenly felt a pain as if her soul was being torn apart.
This pain was completely different from what Kagome had told her, that the Shikon Jewel would tempt the strong and those with evil intentions to fall into corruption, and that they would do anything to get it. Before she could figure it out, she had subconsciously returned the thing to Kagome.
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After cleaning such a large house, everyone in the Kyudo Club was a little tired. As the acting club leader, Rika Goto decided to put away their luggage first, take a rest for a while, and then gather for training.
Saionji Yuin put her things into the room. The advantage of the old house in the mountains was that it was spacious enough, with each person having their own room, and then she slipped out alone.
She decided to patrol the area thoroughly before starting the training, just in case there were any monsters hiding there. Deep forests and long-uninhabited houses were places where monsters would easily gather.
In addition, she had just encountered a monster that harmed people at Kagome's family shrine two days ago, so Yuyin immediately raised her vigilance to the level when she was a disciple of the Bamon. She did not dare to take it lightly at all. Only after personally confirming the safety of the surrounding area could she feel at ease.
The real reason why she reacted so strongly to the training location found by Xingzi was that it was too close.
This place is too close to the Jujutsu High School.
That's right, it was the world where she had lived, haunted by cursed spirits. Not far from this training location was the Tokyo Metropolitan College of Curse Arts. She had studied and lived in the College for many years. Even after graduating and becoming a sorcerer, she often traveled near the College of Curse Arts and was very familiar with the terrain here.
After returning from the Cursed Spirit World, Yuyin once took a car to explore the area nearby, because she had wondered whether this school also existed in this world?
The ending, of course, is nothing.
The Tokyo Metropolitan High School of Jutsu has set up a barrier outside the school specifically to prevent ordinary people from entering and discovering the school. When Yuyin came to explore the area, she found that it was just an ordinary deep mountain forest. There was not even a single person in sight, let alone the ancient buildings in the school.
Yes, just like now——
Saionji Gyoin nodded as if to convince herself. As soon as she stepped out of the forest, she looked down from the high platform and saw a familiar building below. The only thought in her mind was "???".
Isn't that right?
When did I travel through time? How come I don’t know it myself?
Now it’s time to wear it earlier? No need to wait until summer vacation?
Wait, this is not the right way. I didn’t faint or change my body. This is me!
She was so shocked that she stood on the platform, facing the wind for a very long time, so long that she didn't even notice someone coming out of the Curse High School.
"Excuse me, do you need any help?"
Hearing the question, Saionji Tamon came to her senses and turned around to see a boy with messy hair, good looks but wearing a technical high school uniform approaching.
Although he was a few years older than she remembered, Yuyin recognized him immediately. This was Megumi Fushiguro, the child adopted by her unscrupulous senior Gojo Satoru! Right, right? She definitely couldn't be mistaken!
So she really wore it?!
Megumi Fushiguro was surprised to see the girl in front of him staring at him for a while, her eyes gradually changing from wandering to dull. He couldn't help but suspect that he had not put away the Shikigami properly. Could it be that this girl could see the cursed spirits?
After glancing around to make sure he was not mistaken, he asked again, "Um...are you lost?"
Judging from the way he is dressed, maybe he is not used to interacting with strangers of the opposite sex.
"Ah, yes," Saiyuanji Yuyin suddenly had the urge to go back and practice shooting a hundred arrows, "I'm a student living in a nearby guesthouse. I'm not familiar with the terrain here and I can't find the way back.
Megumi Fushiguro understood that Jujutsu High School was located in the suburbs of Tokyo. There were indeed a few houses some distance away from the school. The owners did not live there, but often rented them out to outsiders. Sometimes young people who rented there would mistakenly enter the vicinity of Jujutsu High School.
"I just happened to be going out. Let me lead the way for you."
"Okay, thank you. I was just planning to go down and ask for directions, but I didn't see anyone, so I was a little scared..."
Saionji Gyokon: That's fake! I wouldn't even have time to run. If I ran into Gojo Satoru, how would I explain my resurrection? I'm afraid the Rokugan would think it was a curse and exorcise it on the spot. _(:з」∠)_
Perhaps it was the effect of the barrier that made her afraid to go down. Fushiguro Megumi slightly dispelled her suspicions about the girl and turned to lead her out of the forest.
The girl seemed a little shy and kept a distance from him.
Megumi Fushiguro was slightly ahead of her by half a step and could only observe the other party out of the corner of her eye. She could not sense any cursed energy, so it should not be a sorcerer or a cursed spirit. A cursed spirit in human form was unheard of, so she should not be so bold as to come to the Curse High School to provoke her, right?
(Yuyin: Fortunately, after returning from the Curse Spirit World, I have habitually restrained my cursed energy. Unless someone has a supernatural power like the Six Eyes, it is impossible for them to see through me.)
Just looking at the other person's profile gave him a vague feeling of familiarity. After thinking about it carefully, Fushiguro Megumi couldn't remember where he had seen him before.
He narrowed his eyes and started a conversation: "You came here alone, for tourism? That's too dangerous."
"No, no," Yuyin said timidly, not forgetting to maintain her image as a shy and lonely girl. "Our club is out for a group activity, and all the classmates are staying at the guesthouse. I came out alone to relax, but I didn't expect to get lost and didn't know the way back, so..."
Fushiguro Megumi nodded in understanding and suddenly asked, "I'm Fushiguro. Have we met somewhere before? You look familiar to me."
Yuyin was stunned. Could Fushiguro have figured it out? They'd only met once or twice, and his memory was incredibly good. Luckily, she was now deliberately trying to avoid trouble by maintaining a poor image. She looked very different from before, so he probably wouldn't have recognized her.
She pushed her glasses up, maintaining the calm and girlish reaction, and said in a joking tone, "It's my first time being approached by someone, so I'm a little happy. But unfortunately, if I had seen someone as handsome as Fushiguro-san before, I would have been impressed. Fushiguro-san thinks I look familiar, maybe because I have an ordinary face."
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