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II: Lily of the Valley
Chapter 74: Listen to the Deer Call
The pig-headed boy in adolescence will dream of Two Vendors of Somen.

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Yuji had a strange dream.

In the strange dream, he and a sea urchin were chased and beaten on the head by an alien creature that looked like a "curse". They were beaten all over their heads. When his brain became hot, he swallowed a thick and long finger.

Don't ask him what that finger tasted like, it tasted terrible.

*uuerrgghhh—*

After swallowing the finger, he seemed to be shirtless on the rooftop of the school, hugging the moonlight and letting out a series of weird laughter. His sister was so angry that she slapped him loudly and threw him to the ground. When the little tiger came to his senses, he found out that he was shirtless, he was very angry. He seemed to have turned into a prostitute demon who couldn't sleep in the middle of the night and was so energetic that he had to go everywhere to pick flowers.

Little Tiger: shocked.jpg

Although the truth would be late, it would not be absent. It turned out that the flower-picking thief was not himself, but another person who wanted to pick flowers under his shell. Oh no, the other person may not be a human.

Wait a minute, that b*stard was trying to hook up with three people without authorization. Rounding things off, wasn’t he the one who hooked up with three people?

Little Tiger: The scumbag is actually me.

Then Gojo-san, who was wearing a blindfold, popped out of nowhere and told him that the thing he swallowed was a thousand-year-old special grade curse — Sukuna's finger.

Little Tiger: I just want to vomit.

"So, you are now a vessel for Ryomen Sukuna!"

Gojo-san's cheerful voice sounded in the dream, and Yuji was so horrified that he sat up from the bed like a corpse in a coffin.

The familiar room, the familiar bookshelf, the comic books and magazines on the bookshelf, the poster of Jennifer Lawrence on the wall, even the smell in the bedding room was so familiar.

The curtains were not closed, and golden light flowed in through the gaps. Fine dust rose and fell in the air stained by the sun's light, hazy like mist in the mountains.

Faintly, he could still hear the crisp chirping of birds outside the window, as well as the soft calls of wild cats.

This was his room.

Yuji breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and opened the curtains. The warm and soft sunlight filtered in, flowing like a stream on the smooth floor.

The boy held his head, which was slightly in pain. He didn't know why his face hurt, "It was indeed a dream. How could something like an alien be possible..."

*slam—*

After a sound, the door to the room was slapped open and banged against the wall.

"Good morning, Yuji!"

Satoru, wearing a blindfold and a black high school uniform, opened the door energetically.

The little tiger weathered like cracked plaster on the spot in the clear and bright sunshine of the morning.

"Would you like breakfast? Want breakfast?" Satoru was as active as a big cat with too much energy, looking here and there, "Yayoi made me breakfast before going out. It's delicious, it's so delicious~ If you don’t eat, I will eat your share~"

Yuji let out a wailing sound on the spot, hugged his head and squatted under the window sill, crying.

Little Tiger: mask of pain.jpg

Little Tiger: the nightmare has come true.

Little Tiger: I want a time machine.

Yuji held his head, his brain in a state of shutdown.

At the breakfast table, Yuji saw Megumi with a bandage on his head and a black uniform. He had a slumped face, a bandage on his face, and light bruises under his eyes. Apparently he didn't sleep well last night. Well, when he saw Yuji coming out of the room, he paused and then spoke politely.

"Good morning, excuse me." Megumi said.

As for Gojo-san next to him, he seemed to be in a very good state of mind. Maybe it was because he had stayed here for one night. He was very familiar with his house and he was quick and easy to use the gas stove to heat up the cold breakfast.

"Come and have breakfast~" Satoru happily greeted the two children to eat.

Yuji: "..."
This was obviously my home, why did I feel like he was the owner here?

Megumi: "..."
Have some face.

Yuji felt that he needed to calm down, but his sister was not at home now. His only support was the gray fox at home, so when the little tiger got up and passed by the fox den, he fished out the Geto the Fox who was listening carefully to the wall.

Yuji told Geto the Fox very seriously, "My sister is not at home now, and we are the only ones at home relying on each other."

Suguru: ???
WTF?

The floor-to-ceiling windows in the living room were open slightly, and the breeze blew into the room silently, carrying broken leaves. The gentle wind surged, and it seemed that the warm morning sun was also brought in.

It's late spring and early summer. It's not midsummer yet, and there's still some mildness of spring left in early summer.

Broken leaves blown in by the wind lie quietly on the floor of the living room. The light and shadow were stagnant in the wind, and the incomplete veins of the leaves were reflected in the sight.

"Gojo-san, where did my sister go?" He fell asleep in a daze last night. From the time he got up until now, Yuji didn't notice Yayoi's presence.

With so many things happening, his sister was also very confused, right?

Yuji thought as he hugged the fox.

"Yayoi went to take care of the funeral." Satoru replied, "She went to school to resign, by the way."

"Resign? Why?" Yuji was stunned for a moment, and then asked subconsciously.

'Grandpa, I want to be a teacher because there are many things I still don’t understand.'

Yuji thought of last spring, when his grandfather fell ill. The gentle and clear sunshine of the spring poured down from the window. The cherry blossoms outside the window were clustered together and covered the branches. His sister was sitting by the window, her red hair was as bright as fire and as bright as the morning sun.

Vaguely, he knew that part of the reason why his sister would go back to Sendai to attend high school was because of himself and his grandfather. His sister always liked to be active in places with him and his grandfather. When the elementary school was over, he would often see a touch of bright red at the school gate. Grandpa told her many times, openly and secretly, that she didn't have to stay in Sendai, she could go further. When birds grow up, they all have to leave the nest. She listened, but did not do what her grandfather wanted.

Although she had not been a teacher for a long time, Yuji clearly felt that his sister was not opposed to this job and enjoyed it. She did not plan to resign in the short term.

But why—

"Well, let's not talk about that first." Satoru curled his lips, "Let's talk about you first, Yuji."

"Me?" Yuji pointed at himself, looking confused, "I..."

Yes, he had become a vessel.

After Satoru briefly explained to him what happened last night, he reached out and fumbled around in the paper bag placed on the table, and found out a long object tied with a strip of cloth.

"That's it! Ryomen Sukuna's finger!" Satoru shook his finger.

"Didn't it get eaten by me?" Yuji was stunned.

After hearing this, the Geto the Fox couldn't help but glance sideways at the little tiger who was not picky about food. During these days living in Itadori's house, he deeply realized that this guy with a single-digit body fat percentage could not only eat but was also not picky about food. He didn't expect that he would be so brave that he would even dare to eat Sukuna's fingers.

Geto the Fox: 'Godd*mn, you are the first monkey I have ever seen who dared to swallow a special grade cursed object alive, but congratulations, you successfully stood out from the monkey group and evolved into a human.'

"You only ate one of them." Satoru explained to him slowly, "There are twenty fingers like this in total. If you eat one of them, there will be nineteen more after that."

"Twenty pieces?" Yuji paused, "Plus toes? Then what I eat won't be..."

Hey, did he eat fingers or toes last night? How disgusting.

"No, no." Satoru stretched out his finger and shook it, "Sukuna has four hands in total, so what you eat is the finger."

"Oh, that's great." Little tiger breathed a sigh of relief.

It's not the toes he was eating, that's great.

Suguru: "..."

Megumi: "..."
What the hell, this person really had a problem with his brain, was this the focus of his attention?!

"So, congratulations, you are going to be sentenced to death." Satoru made a scissor hand gesture with a refreshing smile.

"Hey, it turns out it's... wait?! Why am I going to be sentenced to death?" Yuji was shocked, "Because I swallowed those Somen..."

"It's not Somen, it's Ryomen." Satoru corrected him very seriously, adding at the end, "Although Somen is a suitable code name for Sukuna, young man, you are very creative." [1]

Megumi: "..."
What the hell? The latter one was simply something you came up with yourself, right?

Geto the Fox: "..."
Dogs couldn't change eating sh*t.

Geto the Fox kicked his legs, his legs were a little numb after being held for a long time.

"Oh." Yuji touched the fox and scratched the hair on the back of the fox's head, "Sukuna's fingers."

"Although it's the death penalty, I helped you get a reprieve." Satoru folded his hands on the back of the chair and said with a smile, "After all, you are the little redhead's brother."

"Suspended, does it mean that it does not need to be executed immediately?" Yuji paused.

"Yes~" Satoru put his fingers on the dining table with a rather casual attitude, as if it was not a big deal, "Because the curse is too powerful, the Somen's fingers cannot be destroyed. Curses are like this, they will happen randomly. It’s getting stronger and stronger as time goes by…"

"Sensei, you are a double-sided person." Yuji couldn't help but remind him.

"Don't worry about these details." Satoru waved his hand and continued, "The existing sealing techniques cannot keep up with the speed of the curse becoming stronger, so we need you, the boy chosen by fate, Yuji Itadori!"

"As soon as you die, the curse in your body will also die!" Satoru reached out and pointed at Yuji. In an instant, his tone was full of solemnity and solemnity.

Yuji: "..."
I don’t know what to complain about at all, was I chosen by fate to die together with Somen Noodle? It didn't make people happy at all.

Megumi: "..."
As expected, this adult was still unreliable at all.

Geto the Fox: "..."
Just outrageous.

"But, the old people above us are too timid." Satoru sighed, "They are all talking about killing you."

"But it's such a pity." Satoru said, while doing nothing, he pulled the finger that he had thrown on the dining table and played with it.

The finger wrapped in the sealing cloth moved up and down. After falling, they were immediately thrown into the sky. Satoru threw it in his hands like toys. The man turned the chair over and sat casually leaning on the back of the chair. The way he crossed his legs looks a bit like a bohemian delinquent.

After early morning, the sunlight outside gradually became brighter. The sun's disc hung high in the sky, and the leisurely wind carried warmth. In such weather, even if you were wearing a short-sleeved shirt and wandering outside, you would not feel cold.

But Yuji felt that cold sweat was secreting from the skin on his back bit by bit.

The air seemed to stop flowing, the birds chirping outside the window quietly stopped, and a strange silence expanded in the air.

What broke the silence was Satoru's chuckle.

"A vessel like you that can withstand the curse may not be encountered again in the future." Satoru said slowly, "So I suggest that we have to kill you anyway. It is better to wait until you have eaten all the fingers before killing you."

"The boss agreed." Satoru finally stopped tossing his fingers and threw them back into the paper bag. "So, you have two choices. One is to die immediately, and the other is to die after eating the fingers."

Yuji: "...isn't this all a died?"

"Don't worry about these details." Satoru cupped his chin in a cute manner, "Anyway, Yayoi and Megumi both hope you live longer."

Yuji turned his head slightly, his eyes lingering on Megumi, who still had a bandage on his head. The latter turned his head away unnaturally, a bit refusing to communicate.

"...sister?" Yuji returned his gaze to Satoru, "Sensei, you and sister have known each other for a long time, right?"

Satoru said 'hmm', "We have known each other for a long time indeed. You and I have also known each other for a long time."

Yuji's bean-eyed, "Huh?" •_•

"I don't know if you remember, but we were got into the police station together." When talking about this, Satoru didn't blush or breath.

Yuji: ???
The little tiger shook his head.

Megumi: ???
What the hell did you did behind our back outside?

Suguru: "..."
D*mn, was there anyone here? Come and beat him to death.

Satoru curled his lips regretfully, "Well, it's not important anyway."

Megumi: "..."

Suguru: "..."

You said it's not important anymore, so why bother talking about it?

"Your sister is a little red-haired girl who values her family very much." Satoru held his chin and looked out the window, "That's why she listened to my words and resigned to go to Jujutsu High."

The green leaf branches hanging from the eaves are green and swaying in the warm wind. The sunlight pouring down together with the branches and leaves fell on the stone slabs of the yard, illuminating the ravines of the stone slabs clearly and smoothly.

Satoru's eyes gradually became lost in thought, "Although she is confused, I am sure that she values you very much. She regards you as her family member from the bottom of her heart, and she will do whatever it takes for her family."

Yuji was stunned, "But..." But I still didn't want to involve my sister.

"It's useless if you don't want to involve her." Satoru smiled, "She will walk in on her own, and your sister is a sorcerer herself."

"Thirteen years ago, when she was still a twelve-year-old little red-haired girl, she fought against a special grade curses spirit for her mother and cat, hehe~" Satoru added, when he said this, there was still a smile on his face that gave Megumi chills.

"Huh?" Yuji was confused, "When did sister become a sorcerer?"

Was his sister so popular?

"Otherwise, where do you think the chain she used to tie the Somen Noodle came from? It's her own cursed technique." Satoru said angrily, "It's too much. She has a cursed technique and she doesn't tell anyone. It’s such a relationship, and she didn’t even tell me!" [1]

The two teenagers and one fox across the street were so disgusted by this guy who was 190+ cm and 28 years old and called himself "anyone" like a high school girl that their whole body was covered in goosebumps.

"Yuji, don't think about dying now." Satoru's voice deepened, "There are always some people who want you to live a long life."

The faucet on the sink was not tightened tightly, and the dripping water exploded on the bottom of the sink. After breaking, it burst out like flowers. The sound of ticking echoed in the kitchen. The smooth porcelain plate contained sunshine like clear water.

The alarm clock next to the TV was ticking, and from the corner of his eye he saw a photo. The old man, girl, child and cat in the photo were clearly reflected in his sight.

Yuji pursed his lips and said, "I choose to die after eating the fingers."

Megumi: "..."

Suguru: "..."

There was no need to repeat the options so rigorously!

Satoru snapped his fingers with satisfaction, "That's really great! Let me explain in advance, if the Sukuna in your body goes crazy, I will be responsible for making you die."

"Then you'll have to beat me to death when the time comes, Gojo-sensei!" Yuji was full of energy and his eyes were bright.

"Okay, I will definitely beat you to death!" Satoru gave a thumbs up.

Megumi: "..."

Suguru: "..."

Yes, there was another person with abnormal brains in the world of jujutsu.

*slam—*

With a slamming sound, the door of Itadori's house was violently kicked open. As soon as the three people and a fox turned around, they saw Yayoi standing at the entrance with fierce eyes and a dark face. Her red hair was raging like fire. The opponent's destructive death light fell directly on Satoru.

"Who are you going to kill?" The deep voice was like the growl of a large carnivore swallowing in its throat.

Satoru: "...I can explain."

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· Genuine translation can be found only in OchatimesBlogspotCom, FanFictionNet, and Wattpad

• Omake •

Blueberry Yogurt: Even if my toes must be eaten by you, you are not allowed to raise your head until you finish eating. [sneer.jpg]
Blueberry Yogurt: ###

[0] Flower picker/flower thief: r*pist

[1] Somen is a noodle in Japanese, it's also a joke used by Chinese fans for Sukuna's name, "两摊素面 liǎng tān sùmiàn" which translated as 'two vendors of somen' the hanzi is almost homophonic with Sukuna's name in Chinese "两面宿傩 liǎngmiàn sù nuó"



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