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II: Lily of the Valley
Chapter 55: Night Cherry Blossoms
Long time no see, you actually trashed Gojo

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The cherry blossoms bloomed in the silent midnight, and the delicate and small cherry blossoms were stained by the cold moonlight.

It suddenly started raining in the sky, and the long silk-like rain fell from the dark dome. The dark clouds covered the moon, so the moonlight and starlight were both hidden under the dark clouds.

The earliest cherry blossoms bloom every year in the warm Okinawa. As time went by, all the way north, April was spring. The latitude of Sendai was higher than that of Saitama Prefecture. It happened to be the time when Sendai's cherry blossoms were in full bloom.

Cherry blossoms were a flower with a short flowering period. They bloom beautifully and gorgeously, but wither and become miserable. The flowering period was very short. When they bloom, the heavy flowers would always press the slender branches to bend the spine.

The moonlight was very beautiful in the first half of the month. The cherry blossoms were blooming in the cold moonlight, and they were falling like rain and snow. But in the second half of the night, it suddenly started to rain.

The cold rain was as thin as silk, and it felt slightly cool when it swept over your face.

ーThe rare moonlight suddenly started to rain.

Fatigue filled his brows, Suguru closed his eyes and pinched his brows.

Maybe it was because it was spring, and the cherry blossoms were blooming beautifully and in full swing. He suddenly thought of the old cherry blossom tree in a courtyard in Saitama Prefecture.

The cherry blossoms in the courtyard were falling like snowflakes, the wind was ringing with wind chimes, and the faint sound of meowing could still be heard.

A particularly plump orange cat walked out of the Japanese room slowly, looking very much like an old man.

Then the cat master was picked up by the back of the neck by a white hair, and the fat master cat was lifted up. The orange cat meowed and waved its fat paws, trying to scratch the white pussycat and scratch the cat's face, but what happened? It couldn't even scratch it.

"Suguru, why did you doze off?" His best friend with white hair and small sunglasses on his nose held the orange cat by the scruff of his neck and looked at him casually, "Spring is here, hibernation is over."

ーSatoru.

Suguru moved his lips and wanted to say something, but no sound came out.

A flash of bright and vivid red suddenly appeared in sight. The thin girl stood on tiptoes to save the big orange cat from Satoru's clutches.

"Don't always bully Tangerine." The red-haired girl puffed up her cheeks, then turned to look at him, "Geto, do you want to go upstairs and take a nap?"

ーYayoi.

The heavy cherry blossom branches suddenly stood up, and with a roar, the cherry blossoms all over the sky fell with rustle. The wind swept the slender raindrops and scattered cherry blossoms on the face.

Suguru opened his eyes. The moon was hidden under the dark clouds. In the silent night, his deep purple eyes glowed like ink jade.

Reality and dreams intertwined, and for a while, he was in a trance, as if he had left his soul. It was not until he felt the cold rain on his cheeks that the man in cassock standing under the cherry blossom tree came back from his wandering thoughts.

The cherry blossoms all over the mountains and plains were reflected in the eyes, hazy and dreamy.

Suguru suddenly remembered that it was April, still in the blooming season of spring cherry blossoms.

Inexplicably, he was reminded of a spring long ago, when the cherry blossoms were blooming like hazy clouds, and they were so lively and vigorous even in the silent night.

That was also the spring that he least wanted to think of. Spring easily reminded him of a certain little red-haired girl with no cursed energy or technique.

When he thought of the little redhead, he would inevitably think of Satoru. It's okay to think of Satoru. He was his only close friend. They used to be the strongest partners. It was human nature to miss a close friend.

But that little redhead...

Suguru stretched out his thumb irritably, and pressed the thumb between his eyebrows harder involuntarily.

He's just a red-haired girl with no cursed technique or cursed energy.

It's just a...

No, it's not...

She and Satoru...

Yes...

No...

Suguru pursed his lips, feeling a little irritated and frustrated at the same time.

Anyone without cursed energy was just a monkey.

But he found that there was no way he could confuse the little red-haired girl with those ignorant monkeys, even if he emphasized it many times to no avail.

The dark history of his youth was mostly related to Satoru and that little redhead. When he recall it, he couldn't help but think of the two of them.

When he came to his senses, he found that Nanako and Mimiko were missing.

Finally he realized that two little girls had gone to a nearby abandoned school building to capture the cursed spirit.

Originally, Suguru planned to go there in person. He had the cursed spirit skill and was the natural enemy of all cursed spirits. As long as the opponent was a cursed spirit, he could tame it for his own use. However, the girls were very interested and said that they could just take action against such trash. No need to trouble Geto-sama.

Suguru, who always doted on his daughters, let them go, and before leaving, he gave them a pelican-shaped cursed spirit as a meant of transportation.

However, it took too long to go here.

Suguru's brows suddenly jumped, and a bad feeling came to his brows.

So he quickly summoned another cursed spirit and rushed to the abandoned school building where Nanako and Mimiko were going.

He didn't expect that he would see the redhead again.

The Yayoi that Suguru and Satoru met in the birth domain of a special grade cursed spirit more than ten years ago was probably a later version of her. Her facial features were longer and more refined, and her facial lines were more mature and beautiful. She was somewhere between a girl and an adult woman, and even the loose miko uniform could not cover her beautiful curves.

Satoru's beastly claws were still pinching the girl's face.

Suguru recognized Yayoi at the first sight. It was the grown-up redhead. The grown-up version of Yayoi was the same as the Yayoi he had seen in the birth domain for more than ten years, except at that time, she wore a miko uniform with wide sleeves, but now she wore a loose-fitting sports suit.

The dark clouds covering the moon dispersed at this time, and the cold moonlight fell.

The wall of the old school building was blasted open by a fist, dust rose up, and the broken glass pieces shone silvery under the moonlight, and then a huge shadow fell out of the hole that was blasted out.

Suguru sat on his cursed spirit and saw the ups and downs of red hair, and her amber eyes were as calm as water.

Suguru was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the cursed spirit that was beaten out by Yayoi.

It was a cursed spirit that looked like a tumbleweed rolling in the desert. What was different from the tumbleweed was that it had human-like limbs, human-like ears, human-like eyes, and two particularly huge ears, and when the huge mouth opened, what was exposed was a mouth full of snarled teeth and lines of saliva.

Suguru narrowed his eyes. This was a first-grade cursed spirit.

No wonder Nanako and Mimiko didn't come back after being gone for so long.

The cursed spirit roared, it had human limbs, but ran on all fours like a beast, opened its mouth, revealing a mouth full of rough teeth, and rushed towards Yayoi.

Cherry rain fell on the branches at midnight, and the cold air penetrated the heart and spleen.

Curses could only be exorcised by curse. Without the power of the curse, it was impossible to exorcise the cursed spirit.

Suguru sat on his own cursed spirit and did not move. He looked down at Yayoi. His hands covered by the wide sleeves tightened the fabric in his hands, and a good piece of fabric was wrinkled by him.

The redhead opposite the cursed spirit was not frightened at all. She leaned forward, stepped out with her left foot and spread a small circle of dust. Her back was tense and her lines were arched like a leopard ready to attack.

The moment the curse spirit pounced on her, Yayoi stood on tiptoe with her left foot, and her whole body was ejected like a cannonball at a terrifying speed. Yayoi circled behind the cursed spirit, jumped up, and made a high jump in the air that was almost impossible for humans to do. She made a difficult flip in the air that was almost impossible for humans, and hit the cursed spirit with a side kick.

Her red hair rose up in the cold moonlight, like a dancing flame tail.

The unlucky cursed spirit was kicked several meters away. With a loud bang, it smashed through a wall and into the school building. Then there were several loud bangs, and a deep ravine was plowed out on the ground. The school building was smashed through. The fragile walls let out an unbearable wail, and the dust raised blurred the vision.

Recalling the days when he was beaten, Suguru felt a toothache and thought that the strength of this redhead was greater than before.

Simple fighting could not cause any actual harm to the cursed spirit.

The tumbleweed cursed spirit climbed out of the ruins, threw away the steel bars that hit it, and roared at Yayoi, just like a wild beast roaring in protest.

When Yayoi grew up, she was still the same the redhead, and she didn't look panicked at all.

Suguru saw her making a strange movement, like the starting position of some kind of physical arts. Her lips were slightly opened, and she exhaled a shallow breath. Her amber eyes were as bright as stars, and she seemed to be ready to go. Like a large beast with a growl in its throat.

"It's useless!" The girl's voice suddenly sounded in the lonely dark night.

Suguru saw the black-haired girl holding the doll, holding on to the wall that Yayoi had forcibly broken with one hand. The girl seemed to be running downstairs from above in a hurry, her cheeks were slightly red, and her tone was a little breathy.

"You have no cursed energy!" Mimiko hugged her doll, "Without cursed energy, there is no way to remove the curse!"

So you run, like other monkeys, run!

Mimiko hated 'monkeys' as much as Nanako. People without cursed energy were all monkeys, so she hated 'monkeys', but she didn't hate this red-haired woman.

Couldn't hate it.

'Monkeys' were all selfish and ignorant creatures, but this red-haired woman stuffed her and Nanako into a corner.

"Don't make a sound." She said, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it will be fine after a while, just wait a moment."

She ran out.

The cursed spirit chased her all the way out.

Couldn't hate it.

So...

"Go away quickly!"

Without the power of a curse, you would die if you faced a curse of this magnitude!

The roar of the curse resounded through the cold midnight, the walls of the old school building screamed overwhelmed, and cherry blossoms danced in the dark sky.

Something was burning, blazing, burning the air.

Suguru's pupils couldn't stop shrinking in mid-air.

The flow speed of the air seemed to have slowed down, the cherry blossoms in the dark night were fluttering like butterflies, and it seemed that there was a faint sound of thunder among the cascading dark clouds.

It's unmistakable, this wasー

Suguru's pupils trembled violently.

Black Flash.

High-precision control of the cursed energy, the error of the conflict between the cursed energy and the strike was less than 0.000001 seconds. At that time, the space was distorted, the cursed energy shone with black light, and the black lightning-like attack was called "Black Flash".

Under normal circumstances, the black flash would be 2.5 times the normal attack power.

Those who had experienced black flash and those who had not experienced black flash were worlds apart from the core of the curse.

Many sorcerers were unable to experience black flash in their entire lives. So far, there were only a handful of sorcerers who could produce black flash. No one had broken through the existing records, which shows how difficult it was.

The black thunder-like spell force tore open the space, kicked up dust, cracked the steel bars and concrete, and the cursed spirit's wail suddenly sounded.

There was a thunderbolt when the columns were missing, and the hills collapsed. *

The seven-story building instantly collapsed like a bursting river embankment. Steel bars broke, walls collapsed, and dust covered half of the sky.

This abandoned school building was built in a concave shape, with an open space in the center. The fight in the open space just now had torn up the stone slabs inlaid on the surface of the open space. Yayoi's punch directly penetrated the other end of the school building. Half of it collapsed.

Suguru's face was covered with dust, and his signature bangs were lifted.

The fox-eyed young man's eyes twitched.

Suguru knew hat his eyes were small, but he was not blind, and he would not recognize the wrong person. The iconic red hair and strong body were the same little redhead that he used to knew. Although he didn't know why she suddenly gained magical power, the power of this fist only increased compared to the past.

Did both Satoru and him admit their mistake?

Yayoi was not bound by the Heavenly Restriction with zero cursed energy.

But the Six Eyes were unable to read any information about the curse on her.

There was no way Satoru could deceive him at that time.

How could it be hidden from the sight of Six Eyes?

Suguru smoothed his hair and suddenly laughed.

After the dust dispersed, the moonlight from the dome slowly descended, landing like a veil on the mess on the ground.

After seeing clearly most of the collapsed school building, Suguru's eyes still twitched uncontrollably. He silently recalled that Shoko had told him that at the pet hospital, the little red-haired girl smashed a wall with a fire extinguisher and exploded the curse user's dog's head.

Ah, Satoru, who turned into a cat, almost had to be neutered.

When the past was like a song, Suguru couldn't help but laugh.

The little redhead on the ruins, oh no, now she was a big redhead. She needed to have breasts and legs, and loose sportswear couldn't cover her beautiful curves.

The red-haired woman with well-developed senses saw him when he was flying in the air. After she was done, she was still stunned when she raised her head and saw him.

"Geto?"

The wind carried the words and scattered them in the wind.

Sendai Amusement Park, two days later.

After not seeing each other for more than ten years, when they met again, her old friend unexpectedly became a monk.

Even if he become a monk, he would actually have two more daughters.

Yayoi was dumbfounded while holding the milk tea, "So Miss Nanako and Miss Mimiko are your daughters?"

Suguru, who had become a monk and wore cassocks, smiled kindly and looked like the Buddha was alive.

The shadows of the trees were dancing, and the roller coaster not far away climbed to the top of the track and suddenly rushed down, accompanied by the hysterical wails of tourists.

The weather was very good today. Spring was a good season for traveling. Many people choose this time to take their children out. The atmosphere in the amusement park was booming. Not far away, there were people pressing their heads on cartoon avatars to take photos.

"You're right." Suguru held a cup of coffee in his hand.

Adopted daughters were all daughters.

Yayoi sipped the milk tea in her hand and looked at him as if she were looking at a scumbag.

You actually trashed Gojo! Scumbag! Big scumbag! You were more outrageous than Gojo!

Satoru Gojo, who was teaching students in Tokyo, sneezed twice loudly.

Satoru: ???

The reason for coming here was that Mimiko and Nanako wanted to come. Today was the weekend, school is on holiday, and Yayoi doesn't have to take care of students at school, so Suguru simply asked her out.

When making the call, Yayoi was at home. Grandpa had been discharged from the hospital. Today was the weekend. Yuji did not have to go to school. He and Yayoi went to the hospital to take grandpa home. Grandpa returned home feeling refreshed. The phone in Yayoi's pocket rang at this time.

The caller ID she saw when the screen lit up was Geto.

Yayoi was stunned for a moment.

Grandpa motioned her to pick it up quickly and not to worry about him, an old man.

After the call was connected, Wasuke's ears perked up. The voice on the phone seemed to be that of a young man with a gentle voice, saying that he wanted to ask Yayoi out.

Wasuke secretly patted his thigh. Wasn't this a date?

So he decisively kicked his granddaughter out of the house to go on a date.

Yayoi, who was kicked out of the house, was full of questions.

"Sister, go quickly." Yuji handed the bag to Yayoi, "Don't keep others waiting. Don't worry, grandpa still has me."

"Ganbatte!" Her younger brother gave Yayoi a thumbs up, and the boy's smile was as bright as the spring sun.

Yayoi took the bag with a confused look on her face.

The red hair hung down along the shoulders, and the fine sunlight passes through the gaps in the layers. After being cut into pieces, it fell into the amber eyes.

Yayoi felt a little dazed.

She hadn't seen him for so many years.

"Gojo... is he okay?" Yayoi asked.

Don't know why she asking that.

Satoru was the kind of person who, at first glance, would never wrong himself.

*swish* *swish*

The fingertips of the wind caressed the tender leaves of the upturned branches. The spring wind brought warmth and confusion.

Suguru's smile was dull for a moment, then he smiled as if nothing had happened, "Satoru, he is very good, just like you, he is taking care of his students."

"Speaking of which, you two really have a tacit understanding."

They all chose to be teachers.

"Geto." Yayoi suddenly turned around and looked at Suguru with her amber eyes.

Those eyes were so clear that Suguru felt guilty for a moment.

"Reach out your hand." Yayoi stuffed her hand into her pocket.

Suguru was puzzled, but he still extended his hand.

Yayoi took her hand out of her pocket and placed something in Suguru's palm.

The candy wrappers were colorful and the packaging was small and exquisite.

The candies lay quietly in his hands.

One midsummer day many years ago, the sound of cicadas came to the face, and the clouds on the horizon were as beautiful as fire.

"If you don't want to laugh, stop laughing." Yayoi said, "It doesn't matter if you don't laugh."

Suguru looked at the beautiful candy in his hand and was stunned for a moment, then he stuffed the candy into his cassock pocket as if nothing had happened.

"Is the smile really fake?"

It was still the same smile, but Yayoi felt that the smile was bitter.

"It's very fake." Yayoi said, "Don't imitate Gojo, his smile is very flat and twisted."

So far, Yayoi had not been able to find Satoru's normal smile in her memory. It all meant that the bad water in his stomach was bubbling.

Suguru: "..."

Haha, Satoru, you have today too.

"Speaking of which, what happened to

"Speaking of which, what happened to your cursed energy?" Suguru asked suddenly, "You are not a Heavenly Restriction with zero cursed energy."

"Am I not bound by a Heavenly Restriction?" Yayoi was shocked.

Suguru: "..."

To be honest, you were more surprised than me.

Yayoi: "You can't blame me. It's you who said I am bound by Heavenly Restriction. You didn't explain to me what Heavenly Restriction are, so I just think I am bound by Heavenly Restriction."

Suguru: "...okay."

Blame him and Satoru.

"Then what happened to your cursed energy?" Suguru continued to ask, "I couldn't even feel your cursed energy before."

The power of the curse he felt the past two nights was infinitely close to Satoru's.

"I was born a container." Yayoi suddenly said, "A container that can't hold anything."

"It's like a glass of water," Yayoi said. "With water in an opaque glass, you can't see whether it's juice or water, and you can't feel what's inside."

Suguru was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered the incantation Shoko said more than ten years ago. Satoru jumped up and down to see it. In the end, neither of them saw it. The only person who saw it was Shoko. At that time, the three of them made an unspoken agreement with each other, and no one said anything about the curse behind Yayoi's back.

"Is it related to the curse on your back?" Suguru asked.

Yayoi nodded.

Suguru thought for a while and then made a major decision.

"Yayoi-chan." The name returned to many years ago, and the fake monk in front of her smiled like an old fox.

Yayoi subconsciously moved to the other side of the stool.

Three years of experience with each other told her that Satoru was not a good person, and neither was this guy.

"Undress..."

Could you take off your clothes and show me the incantation on your back?

Before he finished speaking, Suguru felt that what he said was inappropriate, but it was too late to take it back.

The redhead eyes suddenly widened and told him that he had made the same mistake as Satoru for more than ten years.

"You damn pervert!"

Yayoi couldn't believe it. Not only was Satoru a scumbag, but he also wanted to act like a rogue to her!

Suguru: "..."

Curiosity killed the cat.

The leader of the Star Religious Group met a disastrous end. He was pulled into the pool behind the bench by a red-haired woman with strange powers. In the pool was a group of koi carps with long tails swaying like gauze clothes. Each one of them was attracted by tourists. They were fed fat and strong, they opened its mouth wide and blew bubbles. When the fake monk in cassock suddenly fell into the pool, the fat koi were frightened and immediately dispersed.

Suguru grabbed the wall of the pool with one hand and climbed out of the pool soaked.

"Yare yare, this guy is really the same as before, she hasn't changed at all." Suguru was lying on the edge of the pool, he was thrown into the pool, he was not angry, but laughed.

When he was smiling, his face suddenly hurt. Suguru couldn't help but rub his cheek, gasping in pain, thinking that this red-haired woman really didn't hold back her hands.

The fox-eyed monk raised his eyes and met the eyes of his two daughters.

Mimiko, who was holding the doll, had a look of hatred on her face, "Geto-sama... girls are not chased like this."

Nanako nodded in agreement, "You are acting like a hooligan."

Suguru: "..."

I'm not, I hadn't, don't talk nonsense, the person who liked that redhead was Satoru Gojo, and he, Suguru Geto had nothing to do with it.

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• Omake •

Brother Suguru: So you are a human hidden among the monkeys! I can't let you be poisoned by the monkeys!!! [big surprise.jpg]

The redhead: ???



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