roccoschili Chapter 394: Meeting at the Equator
Chapter 394: Meeting at the Equator
Note: This chapter is two chapters in one
Gojo Satoru is cheating, I think.
He can't do this.
First he gave me a sweet date, then he swung the stick. When I was angry and wanted to fight back, he stuffed me with a bigger sweet date, and finally said lightly: Thank you for trying it~
Screw you, who wants to taste this.
As the night deepened, the clouds covering the moon finally dissipated, and the light was like a milky white veil, draped softly on my shoulders. He lay on my lap and fell asleep.
His breathing was light and shallow, like the sound of a newborn fawn's hooves clattering on the soft earth as it walked through the lakeside forest.
Leaning in the uncomfortable embrace, without any hesitation or defense, with the cold wind blowing, it was a miracle that he could still fall asleep.
With his eyes closed, he looked as quiet as a seraph without wings - it was a perfect opportunity.
Now no matter what I do, he can't resist.
As my fingers moved slightly, countless mischievous ideas emerged in my mind.
Thanks to the developed Internet and active netizens, there are countless good ideas on the forum that can make Gojo Satoru embarrassed.
I thought about it for a long time, but finally I sighed and pinched the softest part of his cheek lightly.
Forget it, last time I was drunk, it was this guy who took care of me. This time I'll just repay his favor.
"You're really annoying." I said, "If you do it again, I swear, I will kick you from the top of the mountain to the bottom and bury you there."
"If you post your behavior online, you will be scolded badly. Do you understand?"
A sleeping person cannot answer such questions.
Gojo Satoru's eyelashes moved and brushed across my palm. He was still sleeping soundly, and I had tacitly accepted this promise on his behalf.
Based on my experience of getting drunk last time, there is a high probability that Gojo Satoru will black out after drinking, and he will probably not remember anything after waking up.
I pulled my phone out of my pocket; 94 minutes had passed and there was still no signal.
But, we can't stay here forever.
The night is about to get deeper. Not to mention that it is impossible to contact anyone here, the environment alone is enough to almost freeze people to death.
Just as all kinds of thoughts were fighting in my head, a pair of boots appeared on the snow in front of me.
I looked up and saw Geto Xiayou standing in front of me.
To be precise, he was standing on the back of the flying curse spirit, with a blush on his face that had not yet faded. But his expression looked clear, and it was estimated that the wine he drank had almost sobered him up.
Or maybe he was never drunk at all.
"Youxin." Xiayou Jie put away the curse spirit and stared at my red eyes, the tear marks on my cheeks and the wet hair. He squatted down, glanced at Gojo Satoru, and asked in a low voice: "What happened?"
"Did Wu bully you?"
"No." Seeing that someone finally came to take over the hot potato, I pulled Gojo Satoru up and pushed him in his direction, then I crossed my legs and turned to the other side, saying unhappily, "What can he bully me for?"
"They just brought someone here for no apparent reason and made him drunk and crazy. I'm so mad at you."
Xia Youjie lowered his eyes and looked at my profile quietly without saying anything for a long time.
He pulled out a dark grey handkerchief from his pocket, which had a unique woody scent, like the cedar trees growing straight up high in the mountains.
"Wipe it." He handed it over. "It's clean. I haven't used it."
"Thank you." My posture remained unchanged. I just stretched out my left hand to take the handkerchief and slowly wiped my half-dry cheek. Many thoughts floated through my mind in a daze.
About half a minute later, I blinked, clenched the cloth in my hand, and asked casually, "Jie, how did you find this place?"
His flying spell spirit is very fast, but the prerequisite is that he must know the exact location so that he can find the direction.
The location where Gojo Satoru and I were wasn't remote, but at least it wasn't easy to find.
Firstly, there was no way he could keep up with Gojo Satoru's teleportation speed, and secondly, without a mobile phone to provide positioning, how... did he find us?
"..."
"That cursed spirit of yours..." I opened my mouth and asked in a muffled voice, "When was it placed on me?"
"..."
"Don't tell me that you have been following me since the day I entered the school." I raised my voice and couldn't help but question, "Xia Youjie, say something!"
"Not that long ago." Seeing that my expression was becoming more and more dangerous, he explained, "Youxin, my curse spirit is not yet so powerful."
"It's just that... when Fushiguro Shinobu provoked us today, Wu also drank with him. I had a feeling that something might happen, so I put it next to you for safety reasons..."
He didn't finish his last sentence.
"Heh..." I sneered and asked, "Do you think you did the right thing?"
"...You two, are making a fool of me, aren't you?" The anger that had been gradually fading in my heart surged up again, turning into even stronger resentment and grievance. I asked loudly, "What do you want from me?"
I don't know why I'm so angry.
If Geto Suguru hadn't placed a positioning spell next to me, I don't know how long Gojo Satoru and I would have had to fight in the cold wind.
Obviously he did this for my own good, obviously the facts proved that his decision was correct, obviously he had no bad intentions, but... I just feel so angry!
Wait, is this considered unreasonable? No matter what, I will still make trouble even if it is unreasonable.
The world around me became quiet again.
Geto Xiayou placed Gojo Satoru against another tree, then reached out to the corner and took in a cursed spirit the size of a fly, which was almost invisible.
“Look.” The tracking curse spirit disappeared from his palm in an instant, and he whispered, “It’s gone.”
I didn't blink, and continued to glare at him with a nameless anger. Then I found tears began to well up in my dry eyes, and then fell down uncontrollably, and I lost all my momentum.
Xia Youjie sighed softly, took the handkerchief and gently pressed it against my eyes. He said, "Youxin, please don't cry."
"If you cry again, I will really feel so guilty that I will jump down from here to apologize to you."
"What?" I said in dissatisfaction, "Is this how you apologize?"
"No, I'm just kidding you," he said.
I was taken aback.
"Mind moving a little?" He pointed to the empty seat next to me. "You can lean on me."
"...Who wants to lean on you." I turned to the side in a muffled voice, with my back to him, leaning on my knees and looking at the clearly visible footprints in the snow.
Then I noticed someone sitting next to my legs.
Xia Youjie imitated my posture, tilted his head and looked at me, and said: "Youxin, do you really... want to know what we think?"
Me: “…” I nodded silently.
"...Okay." Xia Youjie said calmly, "Since you asked, I will tell you everything."
I frowned slightly.
I don't know why, but I always feel that the tone of his words when he said this is very similar to the inner monologue of a big villain lurking around the protagonist after successfully implementing his plan.
"Today, after you kicked us out, in another private room, Fushiguro Shier scolded me and Satoru." He paused, then continued, "He said that we were arrogant, self-righteous, and had a high opinion of ourselves."
Xia Youjie nodded in agreement and said, "He is right."
"He also warned me to stay away from you." He chuckled and said, "He said we are from two different worlds."
I moved my lips.
Although it is unclear how Geto Suguru understood this sentence, it is possible that he... really only meant it literally.
We are indeed people from two different worlds.
"So we did a brief introspection," said Xia Yujie.
"so……"
"Satoru and I may have been too eager and obvious, causing you to feel oppressed and constrained, and to want to escape and stay away. I apologize to you for this, and I won't do it again in the future."
"But I won't change."
"……what?"
No, I didn't understand the inconsistency in his words.
What does "I won't do it again, but I won't change" mean?
"Youxin." He turned his head and looked at me intently, his eyes filled with calm determination and seriousness. He said, "You don't think that I didn't see that you actually knew us before, do you?"
My expression went blank and I stared at him blankly. The air in my chest and my breathing became extremely unstable, and my ears were buzzing.
"You trust Fushiguro Shiji and only tell him important things. You try to be frugal with us and never show your true emotions. Even if you are going to seek revenge on your enemies alone, you have to deceive you before you tell him."
"And Fushiguro Shigeki... he acted like an elder brother and warned us on his own."
At this point, Xia Youjie sighed lightly, with a helpless smile on his face, but his tone was filled with strong and complex emotions. He said solemnly: "To be honest, I am very unhappy."
"A strange girl with a strong sense of familiarity ran into my life, and before I could react -" he said, "she was in a corner that I couldn't see, and was beaten to death."
"Can you imagine how I felt when I stood in the morgue and saw you lying there with your eyes closed?"
"..."
"It's not just Fushiguro who's angry," he said. "Besides him, there are other people who care about you."
"When he was afraid of losing you, there were others who were afraid of losing you... Why did you only see him?"
My grip tightened.
His words are similar to Gojo Satoru's words "Everything is yours, no one can take it away."
It loops and overlaps in my mind, like a large screen playing over and over again, and finally merges into a short sentence.
What they mean is——even if they don’t remember anything, they will still regard me as an important person...?
"I also hope to do something so that I won't be excluded from your world." He said, "Birds don't want to be bound in cages. This is their nature. But when they flap their wings and fly in the sky, can they not keep people away from them and take a look at their companions who are still chasing them?"
"Otherwise, this is also very unfair to us, isn't it?"
As I listened, I quietly retracted my hand. The anger I felt about certain things, the loss and resentment of being forgotten, the dissatisfaction with Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru's work style, and the grievance of not being trusted all seemed to have dissipated a lot.
If you think about it carefully, it seems really unfair to them...
"But," I pursed my lips, unwilling to give in and trying to find more faults in their behavior, "but..."
"Youxin." Xia Youjie stretched out his hands and held my shoulders. He said seriously, "Don't think that I am forcing you to tell us everything about yourself."
“…Isn’t it?”
I thought that was it.
"No." He shook his head and continued to explain, "I just hope you can understand. We will never stop exploring your affairs."
"Because I've lost someone before, I can't help but want to know your information, understand your dynamics, and know your safety. If you don't want to tell me, I will use other methods to get it. But I won't do it so obviously that it will cause you to be disgusted."
No.
I finally reacted and looked at him in amazement.
So the reflection he mentioned is this kind of reflection!
What's the difference between saying something like this and a perverted stalker's words? When did you start this sideline business? And what you meant by that is, Gojo Satoru also knows about it and doesn't object?!
What the singer said was indeed true. What kind of scumbag is this?
"Hmm..." Just as the CPU in my brain was burning like crazy and running at high speed, Gojo Satoru's head moved, and it seemed that he was waking up.
"Youxin." Xiayou Jie glanced at Gojo Satoru and continued to ask in a low voice and good temper, "If you still feel very angry, Satoru and I are here, how about you beat us up to vent your anger?"
He closed his eyes, raised both hands, and even raised the corners of his mouth as if he was in a good mood, and said calmly: "Promise not to fight back."
I:"……"
No, he showed such a willing attitude, threw himself into the trap, and surrendered, where should I start? !
He really deserves a beating, but he won't run away, so I really can't hit him even if I want to...
"Oh, forget it... Let's talk about it when we get back." I stood up, grabbed the end of my hair and twisted it around my hand several times, looking around with a frown.
Even though I have the magical power to keep warm, this is still a remote place, so I still want to get back as soon as possible. By the way, where on earth did Gojo Satoru fly to...
"This is Mount Kilimanjaro." Xia Yujie said behind me.
"...Huh?" I was stunned for three seconds, then turned back to look at him, and asked with wide eyes, "Where do you think this is?!"
"Mount Kilimanjaro." Xia Youjie said clearly, "It's near the equator of Africa, about 6,000 kilometers away from our starting point."
"Otherwise, how do you think..." He glanced at the people who were still sleeping and said quietly, "Why did it take me so long to find you when I already had the location?"
"Because it really takes a long time to fly there."