Missing person

In the paper basket next to the chair, half of the paper was piled with blood-stained white paper. The blood stains were black, and it seemed that they were discolored by poisoning.

In the infirmary, suppressed coughs could be heard from time to time. The sound gradually became hoarse, and a man in a white coat was holding a glass of water, with dark circles under his eyes.

"Drink some water, but I suggest you lie down." Jiaru Nishiko put one hand in his pocket and pushed the cup over.

After neatly throwing the blood-stain wipe paper into the paper basket, the pale-faced man said thank you.

He half-bent his waist, leaned over and put most of his weight on the chair. There was a made bed next to him, but he sat there stubbornly.

Ieiri Naoko had heard of the man in front of her and had seen him from a distance before. But she was still a little surprised when she saw him spitting out black blood.

Although she had not passed the doctor's license exam, she could still see the situation at a glance.

I've been poisoned, and it's not a mild case.

The person who was sent here was originally in a coma, but he forced himself to wake up with great willpower.

If she had no hostile intentions, Ieiri Naoko felt that she would be killed in one blow under the dangerous gaze of those eyes.

This is so terrifying, the feeling of being unable to launch a sneak attack even if you are seriously injured and on the verge of death.

Fortunately, after using the reversal technique, the man gradually regained consciousness. However, the reversal technique can only repair the damaged parts, and the toxins remaining in the stomach cavity and internal organs are still taking effect.

So I could only listen to the coughing and repeat the reversal technique several times.

The room was filled with a faint smell of blood. After writing the report, Ieyu Nishiko remembered to open the window to let in some fresh air.

The person sitting on the chair was so quiet that if she hadn't taken the initiative to refill his glass with two glasses of water, she would have thought that the guy had fainted again.

There was a knock on the door, but even without permission, the man pushed the door open and walked in.

Gojo Satoru first raised his hand to say hello, then turned his gaze and found the person sitting on the chair.

The huge white jade dog was about to occupy a corner of the room. It curled up its paws with a bit of grievance, and when someone approached, it opened its eyes and looked ferocious.

The white fur looked very soft, like white cotton candy under the sunlight. Although the black-haired young man was sitting on a chair, under the "protection" of the white jade dog, he seemed to be trapped in soft cotton.

Zeninkei opened his eyes and saw the face close to him. The face still had a thoughtful expression, but soon it smiled again.

"This is terrible. He was actually poisoned. What a low-level method." Gojo Satoru waved his hands and said in an exaggerated tone.

As a six-eye with a high prize value since birth, Gojo Satoru has been subject to many assassinations since he was a child. Poisoning is also very common, but no matter what kind of poison, it can't get close to him.

The family would become his first line of defense, and over time he would develop a habit of being vigilant.

However, the strongest Six Eyes now no longer needs such low-level calculations.

After reaching out and patting the jade dog, the room became empty. Zenin Hui tugged at his collar and stood up: "Is this the fairy platform?"

Ieiri Naoko twirled her pen and said something rare: "They have already gone to Sendai. Don't worry too much. Just take it as a holiday and rest."

Gojo Satoru sat back on the table, snorted twice and said, "It's incredible that you trust the Zenin family so much."

"But the Zen temple today is not the one you are familiar with."

These words were meaningful. Standing at the door, Zenin Hui did not turn around. He reached out and turned the doorknob, and casually said, "Got it."

The mission location this time is Sendai, a izakaya in Sendai. The izakaya is very popular, but recently there have been reports of many people going missing.

To the outside world, they were missing, but in fact, those missing people had already been found in a tragically dead state.

After checking through the window, the evil cursed spirit was judged to be level one.

Because of this accident, the izakaya that was once bustling with people is now so deserted that it seems as if it has closed down.

"Excuse me!" the pink-haired boy at the door shouted.

The shop owner, who was distracted by the broom, immediately responded. He subconsciously put on a smile, but his eyes could not hide his worry: "Sorry, my guests, the izakaya is temporarily closed."

Yuji Itadori looked around the exquisitely decorated shop, nodded with a smile, and explained the purpose of their visit. The shop owner became even more worried when he saw the three young people.

However, with the idea of ​​giving it a try, the store owner sighed and said, "At first, an employee of our store was missing."

"That employee was hardworking and capable, but he seemed to be an orphan and had no relatives in Sendai. So at first we just suspected that he had gone home without saying goodbye, but soon after that, several people disappeared one after another..."

The toilet was only a dozen meters away from the izakaya, built in a courtyard behind a corner. For the sake of elegance, a lot of bamboos were planted around the toilet.

The missing people all disappeared on their way to the toilet. Because this was a backyard that few people came to, by the time they heard a scream, they would have already lost the person when they rushed over.

The backyard was closed, and the walls were so high that ordinary people could not cross them with bare hands. Moreover, it took no more than a minute from the scream to the time when others arrived at the scene.

Seeing the shop owner's puzzled and frustrated expression, several people didn't know how to explain it. Such a thing seemed incomprehensible to ordinary people, but if it was the work of a cursed spirit, then it would be easy to explain.

"It's okay, leave it to us." Yuji Itadori said seriously. He patted the shop owner's shoulder and said, "Is it in the backyard? No one should be there recently."

The shop owner shook his head, put down the broom in his hand, and said with difficulty: "Although I really want to take a few of you there, I'm sorry..."

The few of them did not force it, not to mention that the distance from here to the backyard was only a dozen meters. Fushiguro Megumi read the information and asked again carefully: "Besides this, did you find anything else wrong?"

After some hard thinking, the shop owner mentioned a small matter: "After the scream, everyone rushed to the scene immediately, and there would be bloodstains and so on. But as long as there is no one in the yard, the bloodstains will be cleaned up quickly."

Since the store owner said so, this incident could not have been man-made.

Will the cursed spirit hide its traces of crimes?

Fushiguro Megumi nodded and said, "We already have a general understanding of the situation. Leave this to us. Please go back first, boss."

Although I was a little worried, I felt like I was almost unable to move after staying in this place for so long. So after repeatedly telling me to be careful, the shop owner took his things and left.

"That cursed spirit seems to only move around in the backyard." Fushiguro Megumi looked down at the screen of her phone and swiped it with one hand. "The missing people don't have anything in common, except that they were all killed in the backyard."

"Yes." Yuji Itadori clenched his fist and tapped his palm lightly, "Didn't they all get killed on the way to the toilet?"

Fushiguro Megumi frowned and said, "You should at least take a closer look at the data. There were many people who went to the yard during the day. There must be other common reasons why these people were killed."

Yuji Itadori nodded in sudden realization: "Is that so?"

The three of them walked into the yard, which was clean and tidy, and there was nothing wrong. But it was here that several people disappeared one after another, and were later found dead in other places.

With his face almost touching the ground, Yuji Itadori searched carefully inch by inch as he tried hard to sniff, but he didn't find anything different even after digging three feet into the ground.

Kugizaki No Rose stood on the steps with one hand on her forehead, and casually directed, "Look here and here too."

Seeing Yuji Itadori starting to search again, Fushiguro Megumi helplessly rubbed her forehead. It was obvious that some specific action had to be taken to make the cursed spirit appear.

So while Yuji Itadori was still searching for traces one by one, the remaining two had already sat down cross-legged, and started to reason based on the collected information.

By the time the pink-haired boy remembered the other two classmates, the topic of their conversation had inexplicably changed from the case to what to eat for lunch.

Yuji Itadori let out a long sigh and was about to say something when he saw a large mass of white suddenly appear out of the corner of his eye: "Wow!"

Kugizaki Norose thought she had discovered something, and while saying "Found it?" she looked back.

Behind him, Yuji Itadori had a silly smile on his face and was hugging the white jade dog with almost all his hands and feet.

"It's so soft." While sighing, Yuji Itadori also greeted the other two people.

The white jade dog, taller than him, sat obediently, its snow-white fur looking like clean cotton.

Seeing this, Kugizaki Norose quickly dropped the things in her hands and hung up: "It is indeed very soft. This is the first time I have seen a white jade dog."

The white jade dog wagged its tail slightly and looked at the black-haired boy expectantly. Fushiguro Megumi vaguely understood something and walked forward. He stretched out his hand and the white jade dog lowered its head accordingly.

"It's the Zen temple teacher's jade dog." Yuji Itadori also touched its head, "Yoshi, hold your paw——"

The white jade dog remained unmoved, as if no one could command him except the black-haired hedgehog-headed boy.

"Did I ask you to convey any message?" Fushiguro Megumi withdrew his hand and looked at his phone.

There are no unread messages on the phone.

The jade dog barked once, then walked behind the group. However, this big guy seemed a bit crowded here.

Fushiguro Megumi understood and looked at the other two who were still playing the game of "Catch Me" with the Jade Dog. He said, "Let's continue investigating. The teacher should be fine and not far away."

Yuji Itadori touched the claw, and with satisfaction, he picked up the white jade dog with his great strength.

"Stop teasing it..." Fushiguro Megumi vaguely read the grievance from the jade dog's expression, so he grabbed the back of Itadori Yuji's collar and said, "Investigate quickly."

At this moment, on the street not far from the pub, a black-haired young man lowered his head, looking at the messages on his mobile phone and occasionally looking up.

Not far away, a black-haired man in a monk's robe crossed his arms over his chest. He half-closed his eyes and looked across the crowd with a clear target, aiming at the black-haired young man who had his head lowered.

As if noticing something, Zenin Hui raised his head. When he looked up, the owner of that line of sight had disappeared.

After looking around, he saw a figure with blue hair turning into an alley as if deliberately wanting to be seen by him.