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Chapter 17

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"Why are there so many Fly Heads?" Nobara immediately classified this place called Beika Town as a restricted area for Tokyo.
During the break, she didn't want to keep seeing these disgusting curses.

"The following is a secret information, please don't disclose it to the public." Ijichi looked at this land that seemed to be cursed, and raised his black-framed glasses deeply.

"This is an unknown crime city. According to the annual report of the Metropolitan Police Department, this city has successfully raised the crime rate of the entire Tokyo by itself. On average, there are 5.49 criminal cases every day, plus 10.6 bombings per month, so that housing prices are pulled down by too many haunted houses."

"Is it because of the curse?" Yuji looked at the curse outside the window with a bit of hostility, "Is there any conspiracy?"

"It's already said that it's a criminal case, it should be man-made." Megumi had also heard about this city, "It's the negative emotions of resentment and even killing that gave birth to the curse, not the existence of the curse that gave birth to negative emotions."

Looking at the warning crime slogans such as "Severely punish crimes, maintain public order" and "Cherish life, stay away from impulse" that often appear on the streets, Yuji always felt that this city was somewhat out of tune with other areas of Tokyo.

Sukuna had also visited other areas of Tokyo, and she also felt strange when facing this area full of ominous signs. As Megumi said, except for more curses here, other Feng Shui and other environments were not much different from other places in Tokyo.

The only possibility was that the innate fortune of this area was different.

"Even if the Metropolitan Police Department adds more personnel, it can't stop the continuous crimes from happening." Ijichi thought of his colleagues who were running around in this strange land almost without a vacation, and sighed with empathy, "The curses here are often level three or four, or even those that can't even be called Fly Heads, but the frequency of curses at level two and above is much higher than in other areas. Even if the General Administration has two level two sorcerers and four level three sorcerers stationed here all year round, it is still far from enough to deal with the curses here."

"Are we here to do a mission?" Yuji rolled up his sleeves, showing the enthusiasm of a novice.

After all, eradicating a curse that harmed people could save more people.

"That's not the case. This time I'm mainly here to take you to distinguish the common curses of various levels..." As soon as the voice fell, Ijichi's cell phone rang harshly.

After a one-sided acceptance conversation of "yes, yes, yes", when Ijichi raised his head, he saw the eyes of the other three young people.

"I know it... ah, go and solve it quickly!" Nobara snorted coldly from between her teeth.

"Tell me where to go?" Megumi was no longer surprised by such a process.

"Fortunately, I brought the sword." Yuji pulled out the Slaughter Demon that he had not returned to Satoru last time, and was full of enthusiasm for saving others, "So what is the mission?"

"Four first-grade elementary school students broke into Maple Mountain near Beika Town, where four second-level cursed spirits have been confirmed. The police are unable to conduct a large-scale search, and there are not enough sorcerers nearby, so they assigned us to provide support." Because the children's life were in danger, Ijichi's speech speed and car speed couldn't help but increase suddenly, "Our mission is to try our best to confirm that the children are safe, and if conditions permit, exorcise these second-level cursed spirits."

"Got it!" The expressions of the three high school students also became solemn.

But soon, the boy's enthusiasm cooled by half.

It was still morning, but the endless mountains brought a full sense of oppression.

The children's cell phone was not accessible.

In the vast mountains, even if a helicopter was constantly searching in the sky, it would be difficult to find the traces of the four children in the overly dense forests, not to mention that there was a curse in the mountain.

In such a large area, it was not easy to find four lost children.

"Is there no technique that can find people in a flash?" Although Yuji was anxious, he didn't want to try his luck like a headless fly. This was not to save people, but to appease his conscience.

"None!" Megumi extinguished Yuji's fantasy. Just when he began to wonder if his Divine Dogs' nose was so sensitive, he heard a little girl hurriedly get off a yellow beetle, running and shouting "I can find them."

"Who let the child in?"

"Where are her family members? This is not a place for jokes. Please take the child back!"

Several "windows" quickly stopped the brown-haired girl who knew nothing about the curse and tried to reason with her parents.

"I didn't lie!" The brown-haired girl saw that a group of strange adults did not believe her words, and keenly realized that her companions might be in danger, so she had to take off her glasses. "They have detective badges with transmitters on them, which can be tracked through glasses."

Yuji squatted down and took the glasses from the girl's hand. At the cost of almost breaking the frame, he finally put on the small glasses.

Sukuna also synchronized Yuji's perspective. Sure enough, on the coordinates of the glasses, there was a direction with several jumping red dots, a bit like the compass corresponding to the tracking symbol in her world, which made her feel a little familiar.

It could actually be on par with monks. The power of science was really magical.

"Too amazing!" Yuji didn't have time to think carefully, so he dragged his classmates towards that direction.

On the other side, several elementary school students were running wildly in the mountains.

How did the incident develop like this?

At first, Uncle Mori just received an invitation from the owner of a nearby villa and took them along.

Later, with the enthusiastic popular science of nearby villagers, they learned about the strange stories here and the series of disappearances in the mountains behind the villa.

In the end, they went further and further away, intending to use insect nets to catch a few insects that are not common in the city to complete practical work.

Then, there was a rustling sound in the woods, and Genta's hand was bitten by something without knowing it, and blood flowed.

Conan keenly realized that there was a hunter hidden in the seemingly peaceful forest, and they were the prey targeted by the hunter.

And the series of disappearances may also be related to this hunter.

After Mitsuhiko was almost dragged into the dense bushes, Conan had to give up the idea of ​​dealing with the "hunter". "Run!"

Realizing the danger, they desperately ran towards the direction of the villa, but the hunters behind them were also following closely. No matter how fast they speeded up, they did not see the group of houses, nor did they see the adults who came out to search for them.

There were only tall tree shadows that seemed to be exactly the same, the same weeds and bushes, and the similar scenery was like a film that was played again and again. The "rustling" sound not far away was intertwined with the cicadas in early summer, torturing everyone's heartstrings. From the beginning, the hope inspired by the desire to survive gradually turned into despair trapped by the endless forest.

The fact that Ayumi was unable to walk because of the severe pain after being tripped by the exposed tree roots became the last straw that broke the camel's back for these children.

"It's not a solution to run away like this." Conan commanded the strongest Genta to carry Ayumi on his back and took the three children to hide in a nearby cave.

After camouflaging himself as much as possible in the shortest possible time, Conan, curled up in the darkness of the cave, slowed down his breathing and listened carefully to the movement outside.

His hand was placed near the switch of the foot-strengthening shoes. If the so-called "hunter" still found them, he would definitely try his best to protect the other three real children.

The rustling sound slowly approached, and Conan could almost hear the thump of his heart about to jump out of his chest.

"He" was getting closer and closer.

Just as Conan was about to turn on the switch of the foot-strengthening shoes, he heard the sound of something heavy falling to the ground.

"Itadori! Are you a gorilla? You have ruined my brand new school uniform!" A young female voice shouted angrily.

"Sorry, sorry... I was too heavy just now." Accompanied by the sound of weapons rubbing against flesh and blood, a warm and cheerful boy's voice sounded.

Was it the rescue team?

But how could it be such a young voice?

And what about the bursting sound just now?

At this moment, a handsome hedgehog-haired boy keenly noticed the children's hiding place, "It's safe now, you can come out."

Seeing that the other person was good-looking, even if he had a sour face, he didn't have much malice. Conan, who was the most curious, couldn't help asking, "What was chasing us just now?"

"Eh? You didn't see the curse..." Yuji shook off the dirty Slaughter Demon, and Nobara covered his mouth tightly as soon as he finished speaking.

The reactions of these children are ordinary people. According to the rules of the jujutsu world, ordinary people could not know the existence of the curse, and Nobara had no intention of telling these children the truth.

"Only some noises can be heard, and Genta and Ayumi were attacked." The thin boy with freckles, Mitsuhiko, politely explained what happened and pointed out the mistakes of these brothers and sisters, "We must believe in science, and feudal superstition is not advisable. Our Junior Detective League has solved many such cases!"

Like the children next to him, when he talked about "believing in science", his eyes flashed brightly.

Although not fanatical, he has a firm belief and regards the world composed of science as the most basic principle, as loyal as a believer in science.

Sukuna had to admire the degree of brainwashing of science in this world.

"That's right!" Nobara kicked Yuji hard, pointed at a guilty classmate and said calmly, "He's just an idiot who likes the supernatural!"

But the Slaughter Demon in Yuji's hand and the nail between Nobara's fingers still made the sharp Conan realize that something was wrong.

Just as he was about to continue asking questions, Ayumi's scream suddenly sounded behind him.

Nobara didn't have time to argue with Yuji about her stained clothes, and immediately hammered out a nail with a hammer, but was dodged by the curse in the darkness of the cave.

Ayumi, who was originally protected by a group of friends behind her, only felt that something slippery was entangled with her feet, and then hung her up. The uncontrolled feeling of hanging in the air and the imminent sense of crisis made her instinctively ask for help, "Help!"

"Others, get out!" Megumi keenly felt that there was definitely more than one curse that suddenly emerged in the cave, and immediately asked several children who were still confused to go out.

Yuji couldn't see the dark things in the cave clearly, and could only rely on his natural intuition to cut off several low-level curses according to the breath of the curse, "Fushiguro, this cave is so dark, I can't see the curse clearly!"

Although he still didn't understand what was going on, and there was no material for him to reason, this did not prevent Conan from making the wisest choice, "Mitsuhiko, Genta, turn on the flashlight quickly!"

After Dr. Agasa's improvement, several bright lights illuminated the cave as bright as day.

Looking at Ayumi who was "suspended" in the air upside down in the cave, several boys were anxious, "Ayumi, why are you floating?"

Ayumi thought she was hung up by something, but looking at the empty surroundings, she was also frightened by her weird situation, "I don't know... I can't see... it seems to be a snake..."

Looking at the disgusting cursed spirit with three heads hanging the little girl upside down with a tentacle, revealing three rows of terrifying horizontal teeth to indicate to the high school students that they had hostages in their hands, the high school students all felt that it was better to be cautious.

Conan immediately deduced, "Is there a transparent hunting trap similar to a fishing line that has hung you up?"

Then, relying on his intuition, Conan kicked a football hard towards the place where the silk thread should be, and with his unstoppable momentum and extremely fast speed, he successfully frightened the cursed spirit that was holding the hostage and had no time to react. It could only stiffen its body and retract its tentacles.

Looking at the strange scene of the children on the "prey" side trying to resist without knowing anything or fear, and the football that almost penetrated the cave, Sukuna, who had learned a little bit of science, couldn't help but ask Yuji in surprise, "Is this the exclusive power of devout believers of science?"

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