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II: Lily of the Valley
Chapter 112: Startling Bird
If the established facts cannot be changed, then just take it one step at a time.

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Hazy white light gleamed on the horizon, and a thin mist shrouded the lush forest of the mountain.

The haze-like blue was pierced by the rising golden sun. The morning mist contained warm sunshine, which reflected on the leaves with clear veins.

The last cicada sound of this summer came from the deep mountains, and jagged spots of light passed over the branches, reflecting on the gravel path.

The Goodwill Event between Tokyo School and Kyoto School started today and last for two days. The first day was a regular team competition, with the main goal of exorcising cursed spirits. However, exchanges and discussions between students from the two schools were not prohibited. The above was talking about the cursed spirit subjugation competition. The competition between the students from the two schools was the main attraction of this competition.

There were no taboos. As long as there was no killing, anything could be exchanged.

Yayoi didn't know much about the Goodwill Event of the Jujutsu High School, most of it came from Satoru and Suguru.

The scope of participants for the exchange event was stipulated in the second and third grade. Occasionally, due to insufficient numbers, first grade students were pulled out to make up the number. Previous exchange meetings were held at the school that won the previous one. This year's first graders and last year's Yuta Okkotsu, as well as high school students Satoru and Suguru faced the same problem. There were not enough people to make up the number.

Sorcerers often face a shortage of manpower and were very busy throughout the year, especially after summer, when the frequency of curses in various places increases exponentially, but there would always be a time to settle down and hold sister school exchange events.

Satoru and Suguru participated in two exchange events when they were in high school, when they were first and second grade respectively. After his second year, Satoru became truly the strongest in the world of curses, and his tasks became increasingly busy. Moreover, as long as Satoru was in the camp, it would be an overwhelming victory, as a result, he was put on the blacklist of participants in the Goodwill Events and ordered not to participate.

The first time to participate in the exchange meeting, two terrible boys directly raised the hatred value of Kyoto School to the fullest. Satoru beat them unilaterally for two days, then came back and continued fighting with Yayoi. After the fight, he bit the daifuku made by Yayoi's mother and complained about the incompetence of the people in Kyoto School. After being corrected by Suguru and dragging himself to the point of claiming that he was incompetent, the two almost started fighting in the yard of Yayoi's house.

The ancient pendulum clock gently swayed its long pendulum, the second hand rotated, and paused for a moment on the number 12. The thick bell sounded like ripples in a lake, spreading like water waves.

After the pendulum clock rang, Satoru and Yuji were particularly energetic. After discussing "how to solve the problem of global warming," the two of them walked out of the conference room arm in arm.

The pendulum clock swayed under the clock, and the ticking sound kept ringing.

Kento shook the newspaper, and the thin paper made a rustling sound when rubbed. The sun hung high above the undulating mountains, and the light spots crossed the shoji window and reflected mottled on the floor.

"It's a surprise to be alive." Kento didn't even raise his head, just reading the words on the newspaper.

The pendulum clock turned the second hand and made a ticking sound like a regular drip of water. Kento looked up from the newspaper. The red-haired woman sitting on the sofa had already stood up and was going to find Satoru.

Kento paused and then said thoughtfully, "It's a misfortune that you can put up with him."

Yayoi blinked and smiled gently, "He's been like this since a long time ago."

"A long time ago?" Kento confirmed his suspicion. The two people had known each other a long time ago.

A long time ago, Gojo-senpai also had an appearance that even a dog would find disgusting. The edges of his youth have been smoothed away by time. As a student and now a teacher, he had learned to restrain his sharpness, but his carefree appearance had become more and more disgusting.

"When he was in high school." Yayoi said gently.

The Satoru now was much stronger than the Satoru who climbed the wall of her house back then, much stronger in every aspect.

Kento was a little confused. If they follow the normal trajectory, Yayoi should have lived in a society of ordinary people before the age of twenty-five and would not have anything to do with Satoru. But judging from the way these two get along, it's obvious that they have known each other for a long time.

Suddenly, he thought of the special grade cursed spirit with a face full of sutures. Because of its technique, it could easily see and touch people's souls, and then transform the humans it touched into cursed spirits. The specialness of Yuji was obvious. As Sukuna's vessel, he carried two souls at the same time in one body. To rashly activate the domain to touch Yuji's soul was tantamount to irritating Sukuna in his body. It's not that weird to get sliced up.

Because there were things in the body that could not be touched, Mahito naturally could not transform Yuji like other human beings. In turn, Yuji detected the outline of his soul. Yuji could be regarded as a natural enemy to him.

What about Yayoi?

She was neither the vessel of the King of Curses nor the "Heavenly Restrictions", so why was she regarded as a natural enemy by Mahito? The domain expansion "Self-Embodiment of Perfection" had almost no effect on her, and she could also detect the outline of its soul.

Because they were siblings? So similar?

No, but they were not related by blood.

His eyes fell on Yayoi's red hair through the lenses of his sunglasses.

Kento subconsciously asked, "Is your hair natural?"

"Born with it." Yayoi replied.

Kento was silent. She had a soft face from the East and had no contacts with foreign countries, but she had red hair.

"Nanami-san?" Yayoi said, "Is there anything else you want to ask?"

"No... there is." Kento paused, and finally said, "That cursed spirit should have come into contact with you."

The condition for the activation of the technique was contact. Physical contact during the battle was unavoidable. The fact that Yayoi was sitting here intact proved that she was not affected. The target of that cursed spirit was Yuji. Although it was not yet clear what its purpose was, what was certain was that if the technique could work on Yayoi, it was determined not to let Yayoi go.

"It thinks that the soul is wrapped around the body." Yayoi said softly.

Which comes first, the soul or the body, had always been a controversial issue. Was it the soul that resided in the body, or the soul that wrapped the body? It chose the latter.

"Which came first, the soul or the body? Is it the body that hosts the soul or the soul that wraps the body." Yayoi repeated Mahito's question, "I don’t know. For 99.999% of human beings, it may be true that the soul precedes the body as it said, but for me, the body precedes the soul."

"Because I am a 'vessel'." Yayoi held on to the doorframe, her red hair hanging down her chin, "Unlike Yuji, I was born a 'vessel'."

"...I'm sorry." After a long time, Kento said carefully. His instinct told him that he seemed to have chosen an unflattering topic.

"It doesn't matter." Yayoi smiled, "If the established facts cannot be changed, then just take it one step at a time."

The heavy door closed in front of him. Kento paused, folded the newspaper in his hand, put it in the drawer, and closed the drawer.

The pendulum clock was still ticking and swaying, and warm sunlight was streaming in under the eaves.

Kento took off his sunglasses, revealing a tired look on his face.

He finally understood that it was more inevitable than Gojo-san's wanton behavior and an accident that these two people would enter the jujutsu society.

The sound of shattering like glass shattering was heard again in his ears when the domain collapsed. The hazy white light slanted down into the dim field, and the boy's bright eyebrows overlapped with those of the boy who died in the mouth of the "Ubusunagami" many years ago.

Sorcerers were sh*t.

Kento thought with an expressionless face and closed his eyelids slightly.

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Under Satoru's stern words, Yuji was tricked into a white metal box, and he squatted down with his knees in his arms. When the box was closed, it was just big enough to hold Yuji.

Satoru patted the closed metal box lid and solemnly asked the student, "Yuji, follow my code and act."

"Oh!" Yuji's great response came from the box.

After placing the souvenir doll brought from overseas on the box, Satoru stuffed a paper confetti into Yayoi's hand and told her to fire the confetti with signal.

The big white cat kissed Yayoi on the face with a loud "chu" and happily pushed the trolley containing the metal box away.

"Sensei, what are you doing?" Yuji in the box suddenly became alert.

"Nothing, nothing~"

The wheels rolled over the flat ground, and Satoru spread his long legs to push the cart forward. The sound was like ripples on the surface of a lake.

"Yuji, don't talk, listen to sensei's code!" Satoru suddenly changed his tone and became serious.

"Oh oh oh." The little tiger in the box obediently covered his mouth.

Yayoi stood there holding a paper confetti, staring blankly at Satoru who spread his long legs and pushed the box farther and farther away. After a long time, she raised her hand and touched the cheek that Satoru kissed. She felt inexplicably that today was hot.

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Being late was Satoru's normal behavior, and making trouble was Satoru's style.

Satoru's mood was particularly high today. He pushed the trolley and ran happily. The mummy doll placed on the box bounced, but it didn't fall. Seeing the students and teachers gathered at the school gate from a distance, Satoru turned around, the cart turned and braked.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting!" As the only one who was late, he didn't feel any guilt or panic at all. He raised his hand to greet them energetically, "Everyone is here. I'm sending you some souvenirs now when I was on a business trip overseas."

"Here, this is the amulet of a certain tribe, for everyone in Kyoto School~" The lively Satoru gave souvenirs to the students of Kyoto School one by one. After giving out the dolls in his hands, he spread his hands and said in a super irritating tone, "There is none for Utahme!"

"I don't want it!" Utahime was furious and wanted to rush up and bite this thing to death. Sure enough, the state a few days ago was abnormal, and Satoru who was not a human being was normal. How could that handsome boy be a b*tch like Satoru Gojo?!

...

Well, it's really him.

But—

How could Satoru Gojo be a human being?!

Utahime bent forward in frustration.

"Then—"

After giving out the souvenirs, Satoru relied on his Limitless to spin the trolley pole with one hand, bending one leg and standing on one foot, like a ballerina on the stage, he carried the heavy metal storage box and the cart around a few times and raised one of his legs.

"This is for everyone in Tokyo School!"

Not to mention the fact that a man carrying a heavy box and a cart could perform a sequence of movements so fluently, the fact that a man almost thirty could jump around so cheerfully was a remarkable thing.

The experienced second-grader and Megumi, who had been in contact with Satoru since childhood, had become accustomed to such scenes. Nobara's face was paralyzed, followed her inner choice and complained 'it's disgusting for an adult to have high emotions', then the lid of the metal storage box placed on the trolley suddenly opened.

"Oppappi!" (Ocean, Pacific, Peace)

The little pink tiger jumped up from the box, and with the same enthusiasm came a meme of a famous comedian. He stretched out his limbs and stood on one leg in the box, looking super happy.

Yayoi popped out of nowhere with an expression as steady as an old dog's and fired the paper confetti. Yuji's face was covered in dazzling ribbons and fluttering gold foil.

"Dang, dang!" the big white cat jumped up and introduced energetically, "This is the late Yuji Itadpri-kun!"

"Come on, come on, take a look, take a look." Satoru pushed Yuji who was frozen in the box, like a cake chef pushing a newly made cake for exhibition, or a chef introducing a newly roasted duck at a banquet, gliding majestically, "Everyone from Kyoto School, this is 'Sukuna's vessel' Yuji Itadori-kun."

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"..."

"..."

The most fearful thing was that the air suddenly became quiet, and the scene was very embarrassing for a time. Unfortunately, Satoru was not affected by social issues at all and continued to push Yuji to show off.

As one of the only two people in the crowd who knew the truth, Megumi touched his nose, looked away guiltily, and suppressed the hand of Junpei who was about to applaud next to him. The older boy, who had not yet been harmed by Satoru, looked at Megumi in confusion. The green-eyed classmate shook his head and made no sound. He just opened his mouth and made an expression.

Junpei roughly knew what he's talking about.

'Do not talk.'

Junpei: ???

The first person to break the silence was Nobara, who had blue veins popping on her forehead and an expression on her face like a cursed spirit descending from the earth. The first-year student didn't care about her disrespectful teacher at all. She spread her legs, kicked the box and stood on the box. Yuji inside lowered his head and met the wolf-like eyes of his female classmate.

Little Tiger: "..."

Her delicate brows were twisted into knots, and most of her face was sunk in thick shadows. Her eyes were filled with bloody and fierce light, "You know the consequences, right?"

Little Tiger: "..."

The little tiger, whose whole body was covered in muscles, shivered a few times and looked at Megumi and Junpei in the crowd with tears in his eyes.

"...I'm sorry." The little tiger said half-feared and half-guilty. When he saw Kugisaki's eyes, he couldn't help but tremble.

Fushiguro, Junpei, save me, save me!

Megumi looked away and Junpei lowered his head.

'Have a good journey and we will burn incense for you next year.'

"Fushiguro, Yoshino, you all know this, right?" Nobara said in a sinister tone.

Megumi/Junpei/Yuji: Yabai.
The three boys now want to find a time machine.

Satoru, who was pushing the stroller, nodded happily, like a kind old father, and turned to pull Yayoi with tears in his eyes, "The child's mother, look at how good their relationship is."

Yayoi patted Satoru on the shoulder and subconsciously answered, "The child's father, I saw it."

As soon as they finished speaking, Maki hit Satoru on the head with her staff, "Don't lead Yayoi as a bad guy!"

As everyone knew, this red-haired woman was missing a chord in her brain.

Panda: "Yayoi is easily led astray."
Toge: "Salmon."

Neither of them were out of single yet, but you want to be out single, never happened!

There was a mess over there, and the old man standing under the torii couldn't help but widen his eyes in his sunken eye sockets, and asked in a voice, "...Sukuna's vessel... why is it still alive?"

Hearing this, Satoru finally paid some attention to the old man on crutches, and showed a teasing smile in a good mood, "Oh, Principal Gakuganji is here too, and I was worried that you would return to the west because you couldn't bear the fright~"

The senile old man reacted almost instantly. The matter of Yuji's death or not was put aside. From July to now, no news had been revealed. This matter was simply concealed by Satoru deliberately.

The other person actually dared to be provocative.

"You brat!" The old man finally couldn't help but yell.

This reaction made Satoru slightly happy. The white cat who had been holding his breath since the juvenile detention center's incident felt proud for a while.

Bangs of fireworks exploded in the sky above Tokyo Jujutsu High School, and the Tokyo-Kyoto sister school Goodwill Event officially began. In order to prevent the unscrupulous students from continuing to behave like monsters, Yaga performed an arm lock on the spot. After Yaga's "love education," in the background of the principal's introduction to the rules, Satoru cried about to pull Yayoi's bod. Halfway through, Yaga, who was giving a brief introduction to the rules, grabbed him by the collar and pulled him back and applied an arm lock again.

After the pre-match speech, Satoru, who was strangled by Yaga so hard that his bones were crunching, cried and pulled Yayoi with his hands. After being hit on the head by the teacher's righteous iron fist, he saw that his hands were about to be locked in an arm lock again. At this moment, he had an idea. He avoided the teacher's arm with his cat-like posture, and swooped over Yayoi like a loach.

Yayoi patted Satoru on the shoulder and comforted him softly, "Don't cry, don't cry."

"It hurts~" The big white cat pulled on her and cried hard, feeling aggrieved.

Yaga: "..."
The teacher's misfortune!

Everyone from Kyoto School: "..."
What's going on at your Tokyo School?

Everyone in the Tokyo School turned away their heads in unison: "..."

Don't look at us, don't look at us, we didn't know those two above.

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• Omake •

Todo: When will I be able to do this and that with Takada-chan? [envy.jpg]
Mai: There is everything in dreams.


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