COSER, summoned by the strongest

Looking at the closed door, the high school students fell into a mysterious silence.

Xia Youjie held his forehead, "What should I do? He locked the door."

Gojo Satoru laughed heartlessly: "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha—"

Jia Ruozi took out a cigarette from his pocket, "Got it, we'll go back to school after I finish smoking this cigarette."

Xia Youjie: "..."

After traveling for five hours, I was rejected for five seconds.

The blond boy lightly patted Xia Youjie on the shoulder, Xia Youjie turned his head to look at him, and the only heroic spirit who supported him to complete the task volunteered: "Three-color house limited chocolate steamed buns, as long as ten boxes, I will Pry open the door for you."

Xia Youjie: "..."

Xia Youjie: "This isn't very good, is it?"

Al shook his finger: "Master, for the future of the magic world, it is necessary to be shameless. Of course, as a Master, you can be shameless, but I don't want to."

"..." Xia Youjie gave him a decisive high five, "Deal."

Bang bang bang, bang bang bang, bang bang bang...

Al began to knock on the door persistently, banging on the door loudly, with a posture of smashing the door forever.

Seeing that the door was about to be smashed down, Jianren Qihai opened the door for them unbearably disturbed.

As soon as he opened the door, he met a pair of green eyes.

Al made full use of the advantages of big eyes, and directly put his eyes in front of Jianren Qihai.

Qihai Jianren: "..."

Jianren Qihai sighed, "Please come in."

The mixed-race boy named Nanami Kento is currently studying at the Junior High School of Tokyo Youth Academy. As the family member Guzi guessed, his grandfather is Danish, with a quarter of Danish ancestry.

"Is black tea okay?"

"Okay, thanks. But what about your parents? Will it bother you too much?"

"My parents and mother have been quite busy recently, so I can only go home very late."

"Really? That's fine."

They sat down on the sofa in the living room, and Xia Youjie introduced: "We are all first-year students of the High School of Conjuration. It's Al. Sorry, I made him knock on the door just now."

Jianren Qihai put the black tea on the coffee table, shared a cup for each of them, and put the wagashi brought over on the coffee table.

"Is he the one who threw the bus into the sky? If the entire high school of conjuration has the same work style, I think it is necessary to carefully consider the matter of enrolling in the high school."

Xia Youjie: "..."

Al calmly grabbed a wagashi, as if the person they were talking about wasn't himself at all.

Well, this black tea tastes good, and so do the wagashi that goes with it.

Xia Youjie laughed dryly: "After all, the situation was urgent at the time, and Al did it for everyone's safety. By the way, we heard that the Government of Time also offered you an olive branch?"

"indeed."

Jianren Qihai readily admitted it.

He said lightly: "The treatment over there is also very generous."

Xia Youjie said: "I understand. The government of the time pays a lot of money, and the job is relatively safe. In this regard, conjurers are indeed not as good as god judges, but I still hope you can give more consideration to the high level of conjuration." Specialize."

Jianren Qihai was quiet, and said aggressively in a very peaceful tone: "Why? Do you still encourage me to become a conjurer when you know that the profession of conjurer is very dangerous? Because this is what the school gave you Task?"

Hearing this, Al raised his eyebrows in surprise.

Surprisingly, it's a character with a lot of personality.

He looked at Qihai Jianren, and then at his three owners. Xia Youjie, who was being questioned, still seemed calm, while Jiarui Nizi, like Al, was in a complete melon-eating mode, and Wujo Wuzheng was up. Drinking tea with Erlang's legs, it seems that they don't care whether they can win Qihai Jianren.

But for a few seconds, Al saw the eyes behind Gojo Satoshi's sunglasses staring at Jianren Nanami motionlessly. Although he moved away quickly, it was definitely not an illusion.

Gojo Satoru... Did you see something?

"Yes." Xia Youjie said: "Spell spirits are raging in Japan, and many people die at the hands of the magic spirits every year, but there are very few people with the talent of magicians, and even fewer of them have the magic formulas." Yes. Nanami-kun, you have very good spells, and you can at least become a quasi-level magician in the future. I hope you can join the Tokyo High School of Magic and save more people who are in danger."

Jianren Qihai asked him, "Even if I die?"

Xia Youjie was silent for a moment, and replied: "We study spells in the college and constantly polish ourselves, not only to protect ordinary people, but also to protect ourselves and our precious companions."

Gojo Satoru and Jiarui Glass remained silent, but no special emotion could be seen on their faces.

Xia Youjie continued: "If you are willing to be our companion, we will do our best to help you become stronger, and I assure you: no matter what dangers you face, the conjurer will never give up on your companion. "

"..."

"Of course, you can completely refuse, because I can't guarantee your safety 100%. It's just that as a magician, I will try to win you over no matter what. We... need a reliable companion very much."

Jianren Qihai was quiet, and asked again: "If one day, you encounter an enemy that is difficult to defeat, will you regret it before you die?"

Xia Youjie was taken aback for a moment, and then said with a helpless wry smile: "That's something you can only know before you die."

Jia Ruozi lazily said: "I won't be killed by anyone, but I'm already prepared to never sleep for the rest of my life."

Gojo Satoru seemed amused by her words, and smiled lightly.

Finally, Jianren Qihai said: "I understand. But there is one thing that I need to explain. During this period of time, I no longer take the initiative to contact the high school of conjuration because I will soon face the entrance examination."

Xia Youjie was taken aback for a moment, as if he had sensed what he meant.

Jianren Qihai took out the materials sent to him by the Tokyo Conjuration High School, put them together with the invitation letter from the Tokino Government, and finally smiled slightly:

"Compared to the government of time who refuses to disclose the specific work content, the conjuration expert who informs all dangers in advance seems to be more sincere. I have always thought so. More importantly-what I want to pursue is life value, rather than a generous salary, I prefer the Tokyo High School of Magic."

Xia Youjie said in surprise, "Mr. Qihai——"

"However, the behavior of throwing the bus into the sky is still very unreliable. Because of your relationship, I had to drink tea at the police station for an hour. Do you know how many math problems can be used to solve this hour?"

"..."

The three high school students looked at Al silently.

Jianren Qihai followed their gaze and looked over.

The blond-haired and blue-eyed boy was drinking black tea while calmly sweeping the wagashi on the plate. His movements seemed slow, but in fact he quickly emptied most of the plate. After realizing everyone's gaze, Al was stunned. I was stunned: "Is it a big problem? If it is a big problem, you probably can't solve a few problems."

other people:"……"

Xia Youjie coughed lightly.

Al straightened his face, and sincerely said to Jianren Qihai: "Thank you, Mr. Qihai, wagashi is delicious."

Under his sincere praise, Qihai Jianren's attitude softened a little.

"...Thank you. This time, more sweet sugar was added to the wagashi when making it. It seems that you like sweet food."

Al nodded solemnly: "Yes, as long as there are enough calories, let alone a bus, I can lift it up and throw it into the sky even if it is a Shinkansen."

Qihai Jianren: "..."

No, wait, throwing a vehicle into the sky is nothing to be proud of, is it?

This person is not reflecting at all.

Al looked forward to it: "So, Mr. Qihai, will you come to the college to study? Our college really needs an excellent dessert chef like you."

"..."

Because the other party's attitude was too serious, for a moment, Jianren Qihai had the illusion that he was interviewing a pastry chef.

Jianren Qihai, who has so many things to say, was silent for a few seconds, and said dryly: "It's just some hobbies that are not on the table, not worth mentioning."

The trio of high school students exchanged glances quickly.

They get it!

Sure enough, Al went on to say: "If you want to join the job, the sooner the better."

Xia Youjie answered immediately: "I'm too impatient, Al, the new students have to wait until April next year, don't scare the students."

Jianren Qihai was about to say something when Gojo Satoru interrupted:

"Qami, are you interested in making desserts? If you come to a high school, we can skip class and take you to try all the dessert shops in Tokyo."

Anyway, thanks to him and Al, they have eaten half of Tokyo.

Qihai Jianren: "..."

Wait a minute, what about "hardening yourself in a college"?From what this white-haired senior meant, he planned to skip class from Monday to Friday, right?

Jia Ruozi said: "I don't care about snacks or anything, but Mr. Qihai, I see that you have a lot of red wine in your house. How is your drinking capacity?"

Infected by his nonchalant attitude, Jianren Qihai blurted out: "It's not bad."

He was taken aback for a moment, and belatedly realized that this was not a topic that minors should talk about. Just as he was about to say something to make up for it, he saw Jia Ruozi naturally take out a cigarette from his pocket.

Qihai Jianren: "..."

Xia Youjie said, "Glass, don't smoke in other people's homes."

Jia Ruozi clicked his tongue, "I forgot, I'm sorry."

Qihai Jianren: "..."

what happened?Could it be that he realized that he had already decided to enroll in a high school, so he unceremoniously exposed his true nature?

Taking a closer look, the senior who called himself Xia Youjie not only had long hair, but also wore earrings.The senior named Gojo Satoru also wears strange sunglasses, and this white hair...could it be dyed?The only normal-looking Jiarui Niuzi was talking about wine and cigarettes with a calm face.

Al... Not to mention Al, he is a ruthless character who can throw a bus with one hand.

They stayed at Qihai Jianren's house for about half an hour, and through a series of gags, they successfully made Qihai Jianren forget the unpleasantness brought by the flying bus. When the atmosphere was getting better (?), someone rang the Qihaijia doorbell.

Ding dong, ding dong.

"Wait a minute, I'm sorry."

Jianren Nanami got up and went to open the door.

Xia Youjie asked in the team channel: "How is it? According to Mr. Qi Hai, is it very promising for him to enter a college?"

Jia Ruozi reassured: "Well, yes, he is a hidden alcoholic, and he should have a lot of common topics with the singer-songwriter."

Xia Youjie: "...Don't judge by the amount of alcohol. Forget it, I actually think Qihai-kun is very good. There are not many serious guys among magicians. If he can join us, it will definitely be a good thing .”

Gojo Satoru grinned and said, "What? Jie, do you want to recruit a new Tucao servant to join the team so that you can share your heavy Tucao work?"

"...Don't add such inexplicable new settings to me."

Al calmly joined the topic: "Master, if you like him so much, we might as well strike while the iron is hot and use the information gap to fabricate some scandals about the current government in order to seriously injure our competitors."

Xia Youjie: "...Al, the noble heroic spirit cannot come up with such a worldly conspiracy."

"Just kidding."

"what?"

"……he died."

Al turned his head and saw a young man standing at the door of Nanami's house, his face was pale and numb.

"... Nanami-kun, Kazuto is dead, Kanna is dead, and I can't get in touch with Tomita Eiko. Do you know anything?"

Al raised his eyebrows: "Master, there is a situation."

Xia Youjie also noticed the abnormality over there. He raised his voice and asked Jianren Qihai: "Mr. Qihai, what's wrong with you?"

Jianren Qihai was stunned, and then remembered the existence of the four-person high school group. He turned around and explained: "Mr. Suzuki's younger brother, Suzuki Kazuto has an accident."

He said to Suzuki Haruo: "Mr. Suzuki, please come in and talk. These few...may be able to help you."

Suzuki Haruo just raised his head and glanced at the four members of the high school. It is really difficult for the four too young faces to gain the trust of ordinary people, but now, Suzuki Haruo can only be regarded as a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

He followed Jianren Qihai into the living room, and sat down on the sofa in a daze.

"Three days ago, I received the last call from my brother. He told me that he was dying and asked me to help with his funeral. I heard him yelling 'don't come over' to others on the phone. And when I arrived at his house, my younger brother was already dead, and his... eyeball... burst to death."

Eyeball burst and die?

This way of dying is not normal at all.

The faces of several teenagers and girls became serious.

"Did you call the police?"

Suzuki Haruo nodded.

"Called the police. The police said that my brother died of heart failure, and the eyeball burst was also caused by heart failure. The internal pressure of the eyeball increased. But I clearly heard him saying 'don't come here' to others. My brother's death must not be an accident. He It must have been killed by someone!"

Jianren Qihai explained to the high school four: "I know the dead Suzuki-kun."

"I used to work in a restaurant. Suzuki-kun, Ms. Kato, and Ms. Tomita were all my colleagues. But now Mr. Suzuki said that Suzuki-kun and Ms. Kato are dead."

Al was acutely aware of something.

"Did Kato-san also die from a burst eyeball?"

Suzuki Haruo said with difficulty: "...Yes."

Al looked at several of his owners, and asked with his mouth: Curse?

Xia Youjie nodded, and said with a serious expression: "The death method of exploding eyeballs is not common at all, and it happened to two people who knew each other. They must have done something before they died—something that triggered the curse." thing."

Wujo Wu pointed to Jianren Qihai, and calmly said: "If you curse, Qihai also has it."

Jianren Qihai was stunned.

Xia Youjie and Jia Ruozi were also stunned.

Gojo Satoru pointed to his temple, "It's here, it's very faint, and I only noticed it when I entered the door. Hahaha, Qihai, you are also cursed!"

Qihai Jianren: "..."

Don't say such things in the tone of announcing easter eggs! ! !

According to Suzuki Haruo, two dead people with strange death patterns appeared next to Jianren Nanami.

Cardiac arrest, eyeballs exploded, and death was extremely strange.

No.1 The deceased was named Kato Chana, who died in a restaurant six days ago and was eating with friends before he died.

No.2 The name of the deceased was Kazuto Suzuki, who died at home three days ago. Before his death, he called his elder brother Haruo Suzuki to explain his last words, and said suspicious words such as "he is here" and "don't come over".

And the two deceased happened to have worked in the same place as Jianren Qihai.

Wujo Wu said sharply: "Qihai, when was the last time you had contact with the two deceased? What did you do together?"

Jianren Qihai said with a serious expression: "Half a month ago, I planned to quit that job and concentrate on taking the entrance examination. Miss Kato suggested that everyone go to relax together, so the four of me, Kato Kana, Suzuki Kazuto and Tomita Eiko We went to a hot spring hotel together."

"What's the name of the hotel?"

Qihai Jianren said the name of the hot spring hotel, Xia Youjie turned to Al and said, "Al, help me check the relevant information of that hotel."

Al took out his phone and complained: "I said Master, you think highly of Berserker's IQ, don't you? Don't give Berserker the mental work."

Xia Youjie: "..."

Xia Youjie: "Aren't you the best at surfing the Internet?"

Aldau: "Surfing is surfing, work is work, not using the same brain at all..."

Having said that, he still opened the mobile browser and obediently searched for the hot spring hotel.

Jianren Qihai rubbed his temples, and recalled: "We had dinner at the hot spring hotel, and then chatted in the lobby until late at night, and we went home early the next morning."

Al glanced at the various comments found in the search, and propped his chin and said: "Master, the various comments of this store are very ordinary, and there have never been any rumors of being haunted."

Xia Youjie said thoughtfully: "Then it's not the problem of the hot spring hotel itself..."

Gojo Satoru asked: "Qami, did the four of you really not do anything together? For example, you watched strange antiques, strange books, touched strange boxes and strange doors together..."

Jianren Qihai was stunned for a moment: "Wait, speaking of it, there is indeed one thing that caught my attention. At that time, we were telling ghost stories in the hall, but suddenly a Mr. Watanabe came to deliver wine to us. He heard We were telling ghost stories, so we joined us and told a folk tale, and after hearing that story..."

He frowned slightly, recalling how he felt at the time.

"I don't feel well."

"uncomfortable?"

"It's just some physical aversion."

Gojo Satoru snapped his fingers: "That's it. Cursors are naturally sensitive to curses, and you were probably cursed at that time, Nanami."

Jia Ruozi was interested and said: "It seems that the problem is this story, Mr. Qihai, let me hear it?"

They were quiet for a while, and everyone looked at Suzuki Haruo at the same time.

Suzuki Haruo was taken aback, "Ah... can't I listen?"

Jianren Qihai opened his mouth, but facing a brother who was investigating the truth about his brother's death, he really couldn't open his mouth to drive him away, so everyone turned their eyes and looked at Xia Youjie at the same time.

Xia Youjie: "..."

What are you doing?What are you doing?

Al calmly said, "Master, come on, I'm telling you what you're good at."

Gojo Satoru urged, "Hurry up, Jay, convince him with the righteousness you are proud of."

Xia Youjie: "..."

Why are you so upset?

The hard-working parents had no choice but to say: "Mr. Suzuki, if this matter is really related to the curse, it is no longer suitable for you to continue to intervene."

Suzuki Haruo hurriedly said: "But——"

"I understand your grief, but this matter is too dangerous for ordinary people. I believe that Mr. Suzuki has a soul in heaven, and he doesn't want his brother to be in danger."

"..."

Suzuki Haruo's lips trembled, and he suddenly said: "When I gave birth to him, my mother died of dystocia."

He seemed to have been suppressed for a long time, and urgently needed a channel to confide in: "He always felt that he killed his mother, so he always blamed himself... That day, he called me and kept saying sorry to me on the phone. "

Suzuki Haruo said desperately: "His last words before he died were only sorry over and over again, which made me feel very painful. I felt guilty and sad. I had to do something for him."

Al patted him on the shoulder and handed him a pink wagashi.

Suzuki Haruo: "..."

Haruo Suzuki took the pitifully small wagashi and said with a smile, "Thank you."

Al patted him silently.

Xia Youjie promised in a warm voice: "No matter what the results of the investigation are in three days at the latest, we will inform you in time."

Suzuki Haruo left.

After he left, Nanami Kento finally began to tell the story he heard that day: "In a mountain overgrown with weeds, a man was walking alone on the road. He suddenly realized that someone was following him, so he turned around and saw A woman in a witch's costume, with horribly large eyes, clasped her hands, with a red string of bells running through her palms."

——The man asked, why are you following me?

—The woman replied, because you know my existence.

— The man said, no, I don't know.

—The woman said, you forgot?My name is……

Before saying the name, Qihai Jianren paused and explained: "Sorry, I suddenly feel that this name is probably the key to the curse, it makes me feel very uncomfortable, so I won't say the woman's name .In short, the woman said she would kill everyone who knew her name."

Name... Knowing the name of the curse spirit, is this the opportunity to be cursed?

Why does this curse, which requires preconditions to trigger, sound so much like a "grudge"?

The four exchanged glances with each other, and nodded with certainty.

This is most likely the curse hidden in the folklore!

Jianren Qihai continued: "The man was very scared, so she said to the woman: I am not the only one who knows your existence now, how about you go and kill them first?" The woman asked: "Who else knows my existence except you?" ?”

His eyes swept over Al, Gojo Wu, Xia Youjie and Jia Ruzi, he hesitated for a moment, and still imitating the scene of that day, pointed at them with a finger: "Now, there are you."

"..."

Xia Youjie rubbed his nose: "Is that what the person who told you the story told you?"

"Yes."

Gojo Satoru commented with a smile: "That's right, it really scared me."

He hugged Al beside him: "Berserker, I'm so scared!"

Aldao: "Do you need me to lull you to sleep? No. [-], a box of limited-edition Daifuku will do."

"Wow, you're too dark, aren't you?"

"I'm the only limited-edition Heroic Spirit in the world, and it's very expensive to coax people to sleep."

"Huh? Then I'm the only limited-edition six-eyed eye in the world!"

Qihai Jianren: "..."

What are they talking about?Heroic Spirit?Six eyes?Why does it sound so middle school?

The horrible atmosphere disappeared, Xia Youjie shook his head helplessly, went to the balcony to call Ye Mo Zhengdao, and told the head teacher what happened here, the head teacher immediately said that he would mobilize manpower to investigate.

Jia Ruozi said: "It's almost time, let's go back."

The three boys nodded and got up from the sofa, and Jianren Qihai also stood up: "I'll see you off."

He sent them out of the community all the way, Xia Youjie said: "Don't worry, Qihai-jun, the magic society will arrange someone to protect Tomita Yongzi soon. We may set off to the hot spring hotel to check the situation... Yes Now, it’s more dangerous for you to stay alone, so I leave this to you for self-defense.”

Xia Youjie summoned Kayako, and Anli said, "She's still good at fighting."

Although the combat power is not as good as that of Sadako, her personality is much more irritable than Sadako, and she will actively attack other curses to absorb them.

"Ch... cluck cluck... cluck..."

The bloody woman waved her distorted limbs. Nanami Jianren glanced at her, then quickly looked away, and firmly refused: "That's unnecessary, I still know how to use my own technique."

Xia Youjie regretfully said, "Really? What a pity."

Gojo Satoru couldn't help but rolled his eyes.

"You just want to show off Kayako, Jay."

"That's right."

"That's right."

"……Shut up."

Jianren Qihai hesitated for a moment, but still asked them: "But, is the one on the back of your hand a special mark among conjurers?"

Three high school students: "..."

Oh wow.

Are you commanding a spell?

"Sorry, I seem to have asked a very rude question, I just think those marks are familiar."

Of course it looks familiar.

FATE!Digimon!Can you not look familiar!

The trio of high school students who felt ashamed were about to run away when Xia Youjie's cell phone rang, and Xia Youjie took it out to have a look: "Wait, it's Teacher Ye Moth."

He picked up the phone: "Hello? Teacher, what?...Watanabe, is it Watanabe? I see."

The black-haired boy hung up the phone with a solemn expression, and said in a deep voice, "Qihai, the person who told you ghost stories in that hot spring hotel is dead, Mr. Watanabe, right?"

"..."

A gust of cool wind blows, and the person who blows it feels chilly.

Jianren Qihai was silent for a few seconds and asked, "When did he die?"

"Nine days ago."

Gojo Satoru frowned: "Wait a minute, Nanami, when exactly is the day you have dinner together?"

"A half month ago."

"I want more detailed days!"

Jianren Qihai had no choice but to turn on his mobile phone, find out the photos taken on the day of their dinner, and look at the date——

"It was twelve days ago."

"now it's right!"

Gojo Satoru's eyes lit up, "The action pattern of this curse is to appear every three days, and it will only look for one target each time."

They are the curse that was triggered 12 days ago, the storyteller Watanabe died nine days ago, Kato Kana died six days ago, Suzuki Kazuto died three days ago...

Aldao: "According to the law, there will be new dead people today."

"Yes." Gojo Satoru said excitedly, "It's today!"

Xia Youjie was stunned: "...not good, Yongzi Tomita!"

There are only two people who know the name of the female ghost, and that is Kento Nanami and Eiko Tomita!

Qihai Jianren immediately took out his mobile phone to call Tomita Yongzi, but he couldn't get through, so Xia Youjie had to tell the night moth Zhengdao their guess, and asked the teacher to contact another survivor through the "window" information network as soon as possible. Tomita Eiko.

But... is it too late?

With a probability of [-]/[-], who will this "big prize" fall on?Jianren Qihai, or Eiko Tomita?

Or, Tomita Yongzi has been killed by the curse at this time?

Jianren Qihai frowned: "No, she won't answer the phone. Isn't there a way to undo the curse immediately?"

Gojo Satoru quickly analyzed:

"Assuming that there is only one cursed prey, then the probability that the cursed spirit will find you today is 100%, but if ten people are cursed, then the probability becomes [-]%. If one hundred people are cursed, then The probability drops to [-]%. If [-] million people are cursed, then the probability of each person seeing the cursed spirit is—"

Xia Youjie's face was a little ugly.

"You mean, the most effective way to survive is actually to spread the curse and tell more people the name of the curse?"

Al raised his eyebrows: "Now that the Internet is so popular, if someone posts this 'folktale' on a forum with many people, it is not particularly difficult to spread it to 100 million people. Because the cursed people will definitely work hard to further spread the curse and reduce it. The probability of being recruited by yourself, the curse may spread to the whole world."

If you want to survive under the curse, you must keep spreading the curse.

It sounds like a real curse!

Xia Youjie said anxiously: "Qihai, tell us the name of that guy quickly, we have four people, after you tell us the name, the probability of each person encountering the grudge is [-]/[-], Tomita Yongzi was recruited The probability will drop, maybe this method can save her life..."

Jianren Qihai opened his mouth and was about to speak, but Al raised his hand in a gesture of "shh".

bell--

bell bell -

On the deserted street, bursts of crisp bells suddenly sounded.

A figure appeared at the end of the road.

Heroic Spirit's excellent eyesight clearly saw the appearance of the woman.

The woman was dressed like a witch, with loose long hair and scary big eyes. Her pale hands were folded together, and the red rope tied with the bell was cruelly passing through the palm of her hand.

She looks beautiful, but also scary.

Al said calmly: "Congratulations, we are the ones who won the grand prize today.