Curse back: Gender-swapped cosplayers always meet the real person

Chapter 388 Empathy

Note: This chapter is two chapters in one.

There were only four people left in the room.

After Yuji Itadori and Megumi Fushiguro left, the atmosphere became surprisingly quiet.

Shoxiang no longer tried to get information about his younger brother and sister's childhood from Fushiguro Shigeu. Instead, he sat quietly on the sofa, his eyes unfocused, in a daze, and thus lost his sense of existence.

"Aren't you going to say anything?" Gojo Satoru tapped his fork twice on the rim of the glass, making a clear sound, like a ripple on the calm water.

"There's nothing good to talk about with men." Fushiguro Shier snorted in disdain, picked up the fries on the plate, pointed them at the two men, and said mercilessly, "In my opinion, your tricks are all childish."

This man's methods should not be underestimated as he was able to cheat all the money out of a rich woman's pocket.

But there is really no need to compete with him in this aspect of ability. If these things were useful to Youxin, she would have been chased away by someone long ago and would not be still looking so stupid now.

"Let's not beat around the bush." ​​Xia Yujie stroked the bottle of returned perfume in his hand, without a smile on his face. He got straight to the point and said, "Are you really going to say nothing about Youxin?"

"What's the meaning."

"What I mean is," said Xia Youjie, "Yuxin is planning to do something very dangerous, which may threaten her life. Are you just going to let her deal with the cursed spirit on her own?"

The relationship between Fushiguro Shiori and Gojo Satoru and Geto Kagome is more like colleagues who only teach in the same school than friends.

If we use steak to describe it, they would be medium rare at best.

Even though the astral plasma incident did not cause much impact, Tengen still existed, Tennuriko was not dead and was living with Kuroi in Okinawa, and Gojo Satoru even awakened the reversal technique because of it, he still did not have much good impression of this person.

But one thing is certain.

That is, Fushiguro Shige has a strong desire to protect Yuji Yushin.

Just like how he treated his own son, he seemed to be disgusted on the surface, but he basically had a grasp of Hui's situation in school, the level of missions he took, the extent of his injuries, and even the level of exorcism of cursed spirits.

He had been on a business trip to Kyoto for more than half a month. Knowing that the people who resisted the Zenin family would be difficult to deal with, this man took the Soul-Releasing Sword himself and left the rest of the cursed tools to his son for self-defense.

For this kind of person, you can't judge by what he says, but by what he actually does.

He undoubtedly treated Youxin the same way he did with his son and also included her in the scope of protection.

Geto Xiayou didn't believe that he could just watch people leave and do nothing.

"No matter how much you look down on me and Wu, we are at least special-grade sorcerers. If you tell us, it will be of greater help to her, right?"

Fushiguro Shigeki paused in chewing.

He threw down his chopsticks, picked up a tissue to wipe his mouth, raised his eyes and said, "Do you know why I don't like you two guys?"

"They think highly of themselves and are very self-righteous," he said. "Two guys who think highly of themselves."

Xia Youjie frowned slightly, raised his eyes and looked at him.

Arrogance is something that is more or less a common problem among the strong.

The higher you go, the greater the gap between you and ordinary people will be, and your perspective on things will also change fundamentally.

Just like Geto Suguru said that he wanted to protect non-magicians, just like Gojo Satoru treated his students like flowers and plants to be nurtured, and just like Fushiguro Jhinori was able to kill 37 people from the Zenin family without blinking an eye.

They knew each other's disposition in this respect very well, and neither could use it as a handle to criticize the other. Therefore, what is referred to here must not be this kind of arrogance.

Fushiguro Shier slowly crumpled up the tissue and threw it into the plate, then looked out the window and said calmly, "I said before, you and she are from two different worlds."

"Do you know what I mean?"

Gojo Satoru's expression paused, and Geto Suguru opened his mouth but no words came out.

"You guys..." Fushiguro Shier ignored their reactions and continued, "Knowing her past, knowing her true character, and understanding her way of doing things... Have you tasted her pain?"

As a god and a cursed man living in this world, the things he can care about have become very few. Thanks to her breaking in and begging him to live, there is only a little more.

However, he, Fushiguro Shigeki, left the Zenin family at the age of sixteen. During that time, he gambled, took black bills, killed people, and played with people's feelings. He believed that he had always been a complete scum, neither kind nor weak, and he rarely felt depressed.

But even so, having lived to this day, he still feels annoyed when a memory he blurts out gets no response and is only met with blank stares.

Not to mention someone who has been forgotten by the whole world.

'Why didn't you remember me?' The look that idiot cast on them always seemed to be saying this, full of loneliness, expectation and fear.

She wants someone to remember her, but she is also afraid that the disappointment after her hope is dashed will be too great, so much so that she herself cannot accept it.

"Under such circumstances, expecting her to give you her all, what else could that be but arrogance?"

"I will never sit idly by and watch her do something dangerous. But."

Fushiguro Shier walked to the door, turned the handle, and just said, "If you want the answer, try to find it yourself. Don't expect to cheat from me. I won't help you, and I can't help you."

*

After Masato Shimizu left, I did not choose to leave the room immediately.

Suddenly I got too much information, so I had to calm down, sort it out and review it carefully, so that I could think more efficiently about what step to take next.

"Master, don't worry. Without your permission, no matter how severe the torture is, I will not disclose the content of today's conversation." Before leaving, Shimizu Masato said, "I am very tight-lipped."

I have only one request for this.

"...Can you please not call me Master?" I said, "Just call me by my name."

It feels so weird to call master, as if I'm playing some kind of play.

"My name in this world is Yushin Yuji."

But it must be said that Masato Shimizu is indeed very tight-lipped.

I stayed in the first world for too short a time and never met him. But in the last act and the last act, I didn't realize that this guy had such a heavy past and mission.

Moreover, he lied to Gojo Satoru and me without leaving any trace and was never found out.

If he hadn't said it himself today, I would never have dreamed that at that time, the so-called origin of the ring on my hand, "a gift from the count to his newlywed wife during the Bourbon Restoration", was a story he completely fabricated to raise the price.

It is true that a man of great talent and courage is born. Otherwise, how could he make so much money in just a few years? His conscience is not clear at all.

With such a cousin and surrounded by seniors like Gojo Satoru and Geto, it's no wonder Nanami... Nanami has had a really hard time these years.

Although Masato Shimizu did not give me the title of "savior", the implication of his words was obvious enough.

He felt that I was the so-called "owner of the ring" that they had been waiting for so many years.

Indeed... this thing sticks to me and I can't pull it off. It looks very convincing.

However, I suddenly became the legendary hero who could defeat the big boss Kami and push the two worlds towards integration. The responsibility was so heavy that it was difficult for me to adapt for a while.

In the real world, he is just a social animal who would scold his boss for being a bad person when he works overtime, and who only watches anime and plays games when he gets home, and who sleeps until the afternoon on weekends.

Speaking of being special, Natsume, who can see monsters, has a cat that can only drink alcohol, and is even said to have a list of monsters, should be more like the person who can take on this kind of task than me, right?

Forget it, just let the kid enjoy his youth happily. Why should he do such things?

Alas... My mood right now is really mixed, a mixture of joy and sorrow.

The good news is...it turns out that the reason why Shen'er and I were able to meet in the real world of the past is because the two worlds are merging.

He probably encountered a certain node and was teleported over through the bridge, so he met the real me, that is, Suzuki Yuri herself.

If I can really succeed, then everyone in this world will be able to live as they always have, without having to worry about being controlled by that god.

What worries me is...if I fail, will I have to sacrifice the lives of many people who come after me? Yes, there will definitely be a next person.

Did those seniors come here willingly because they had the same feelings as me?

Masato Shimizu said that their memories have been diminished to varying degrees. Does that mean that the same thing is happening to me?

Every time I go back, I lose my memory of this place. But what if the time I cosplayed as the gender-changed Geto Suguru wasn't my first time in this world?

If you think about it carefully, there are actually many suspicious things.

Could it be that what Glass said really came true?

The reason I chose to come here was really to make an exchange with the "God" of this world. I completed the task of world integration for Him, and He helped me get back everything I had lost.

Even so, then... at what cost? My life and soul? If so, by the time they actually reach my world, will I no longer be there?

Also, since Jujutsu Kaisen is actually a real world that has been reincarnated again and again, why is it broadcast and serialized in my world in the form of anime and comics? Is it because the dimensional wall has been broken, or is it the work of God?

It can't be that they think I'm too useless and just give me the spoiler so that I can change the plot better... Wait, this can't be true, right?

There are so many things that are simply beyond the ability of Masato Shimizu to answer. Countless questions and clues are intertwined like a ball of thread that has been scratched by a cat.

Can't find the thread where it should be.

"Wuzhuo Temple!"

This term inexplicably appeared in my mind, like a ray of light suddenly shining into my brain.

This is a temple that exists in two worlds at the same time and is mentioned repeatedly.

That morning, I met an eighty-year-old monk.

At the time, I just thought he had Alzheimer's, but now I think, what if it wasn't? And there was Natsume and the cat who suddenly appeared there.

Thinking back now... the old man's expression was filled with compassion for the world, the cat was talking, and Natsume was still as gentle as before, but there was a hint of suppressed emotion in his eyes.

Their behavior was very strange. Did they know something but couldn't say it?

The soul-calling banner, the magic weapon that makes one's wishes come true, and the booklet that Shener picked up from the temple...

I closed my eyes and began to try hard to recall what I had read at Gojo Satoru's house on the day I had the argument.

Page 1: Black

Page 2: Dazzling Light

Page 3-4: Demons and Deformed Monsters

Page 5: Fragmentation—reunion.

At the end... at the end is:

End. (I would like to use this book to pay tribute to the departed souls, and hope your wish will come true)

Things that I couldn't understand at the time, now seem to be completely understandable after the information provided by Masato Shimizu!

The black sphere was split in two by the light, splitting one world into two, and then monsters and deformed monsters appeared.

Natsume said that there are monsters in our world, and the talking cat also confirmed this, which means that the deformed monsters refer to the cursed spirits of this world.

According to his childhood comments, although there are good and bad monsters, they are all intelligent. And in terms of appearance, they are basically better than cursed spirits except real people.

Therefore, it is basically certain that the first half of this book is about tracing the origin of the world's division.

So...the second half may be like the secret of the "ring owner" passed down in Shimizu Masato's family, which is to expect the coming of a "savior".

As for the last words, they were probably meant to commemorate those who died halfway through their attempts to save the world but failed.

However, Ryomen Sukuna actually occupies so much space in this painting. Is he a very important character?...Yes, as the biggest villain in the open, he might really play a very important role.

I will win over whoever I can.

But can I fight for this kind of role? The last time we met, we had so many fights. I rejected his offer and he just walked away. This guy wanted to slice me up and eat me alive.

I'm going to die... Let's put Ryomen Sukuna aside for now.

After much thought, I realized that my decision to go out alone to solve the noose after the exchange meeting was too rash.

Knowing myself and knowing my enemy, at least getting further information, will give me stronger protection.

No.

I still have to go to Wuzhuo Temple first.

Thinking of this, I didn't bother to eat and stood up directly, wanting to get out right away.

But just at this moment, Shen'er walked in.