I, Zhongli, wander the world

When it was getting darker, a barbecue grill borrowed from the hotel was set up on the beach.

The fiery red sun was setting in the west, and the whole sky was dyed a beautiful crimson purple. The deep sea water beat rhythmically on the fine sand beach due to the loss of light, leaving snow-white foam that dissipated instantly along the texture of the gravel.

The purchased seafood was piled up next to the barbecue grill, and two high school students volunteered to make skewers for barbecue, and the aroma of roasting was carried away by the sea breeze.

Osamu Dazai held a plate bigger than his face and stared at the crabs on the grill eagerly, boasting sweetly that he didn't want to spend money like money, and successfully coaxed Gojo Satoru to cut up the biggest crab and pile it up on him plate.

On the other side, Shier of the Zen Garden does not forget to take care of his wife when he makes skewers by himself. When the plate is empty, he will refill it.Qinyin, on the other hand, happily enjoyed her husband's feeding while feeding her son with the cold grilled skewers. The family seemed extremely harmonious.

On the contrary, after eating a few skewers of barbecue, Riko Tenuchi's high mood suddenly fell down. After Kuroi Misato whispered a few words of comfort, she volunteered to take over Xia Youjie's barbecue position and began to experience the joy of barbecue.

And soon because of lack of experience, the flames ignited on the barbecue jumped two meters high.

The girl's screams and Wujo Wu's laughter mingled together, and Xia Youjie, who was replaced, shook his head tiredly, and came to Zhongli, who was sitting alone, with a plate of baked food.

"I wanted to say it last time. Mr. Zhongli is not used to eating seafood." The boy with the meatball head sat on the chair next to him and put the plate on the small table in front of him. There were perfectly roasted vegetables and vegetables on the white porcelain plate. Meat skewers, but there is no seafood with the largest number on the grill.

Putting the empty bamboo sticks in one place, Zhongli nodded and said, "Well, because of some previous experiences, my impression of seafood is a bit... not very good, so I'm interested."

The no longer glaring sky reflected the lines of the man's face softer, and even the sharp golden eyes looked much warmer.Xia Youjie looked at the man's side face, his lips moved slightly.

Zhong Li asked without raising his head: "What's the matter?"

"...Ah, you can see it, my cover-up is not so bad." The big boy who is over 185 meters tall embarrassedly scratched the side of his face like a child.

"When you really have a desire in your heart, the so-called concealment is just a process of finding a reason for the purpose." Zhong Li glanced at him, "It's just futile."

Hearing that Zhongli was secretly reminding himself, Xia Youjie wrote down the words silently, and couldn't help but sigh again.

"Actually, Mr. Zhongli shouldn't have been asked." He said, "But for a while, I don't think I can find anyone from the world of magic who is more suitable for seeing clearly than you."

Although Xia Youjie himself had no intention of probing other people's privacy, the upper echelon of the magic world had already found out the information about Zhongli that could be found after receiving the mission report, and Gojo Satoru shared it with Xia Youjie after forcibly searching it. So he naturally knew some superficial information about Zhongli.

He is so powerful that he is not afraid of the temptation of any force, but he lives in Yokohama as if he has no ambition.The relationship between himself and the other world is delicate, but he can stay out of all kinds of confrontations, and even in the chaotic place of Yokohama, the streets he is staying in have a vacuum of firefighting like a safe zone.

There is no more suitable person to confide in than such a reliable outsider.

"It's about Xiao Lizi." Xia Youjie looked at the energetic young girl in the distance, and slowly told him about the "star plasma body" and "Tianyuan".

Zhong Li looked at him quietly, without interrupting him hastily.

"Although we have already discussed with Wu, whether she wants to assimilate or not, we will protect her future, but..." the ball-headed boy smiled wryly, "Sure enough, Wu and I are still different."

The invincibility of Gojo Satoru since childhood made Gojo Satoru act more recklessly, as long as he thinks of something, he will do it without hesitation, no matter what the consequences will appear later.But Xia Youjie is different.

A young man with a delicate mind always thinks more under the superficial lawlessness, and habitually thinks about plans and results in everything he does.The justice and passion of the young man made him determined to protect Riko Amane, but he couldn't help but think about the series of consequences of losing the astral body.

"I believe that protecting Xiao Lizi is correct and just." Xia Youjie said emphatically, "but it is also correct to maintain the barrier of Tianyuan and protect more ordinary people from the spell."

"Satoru said that we are the strongest so it doesn't matter, but... in many cases, force doesn't mean everything."

The operation of the world has its own rules, and the peak of an individual cannot radiate the group.As long as he and Gojo Satoru are not strong enough to suppress all subsequent influences, this hidden danger will always exist.

The young man's words echoed softly, but in Zhongli's view, rather than saying that the young man came to him to discuss methods, it would be better to say that he was confused about the implementation of his own justice.

"There are not only curse spirits and magicians in this world." He turned his head and looked at Xia Youjie, and said slowly, "Jie, you have indeed realized your own shortcomings, and you want to make up for the problems that may be caused by them." .However, when your thinking only stays on 'spells', you have already subconsciously biased towards those outside the world of spells."

"The world is never as fragile as you imagine, and ordinary people are never lambs who can only be protected."

Just like Liyue who has been with him for thousands of years, even without the blessing of the gods, she still relied on the efforts of the people to defeat the demon god who was originally beyond human power.

"Think about it from another angle. There are not only conjurers and ordinary people in this world. Don't let the so-called common sense blind your eyes." He looked at Osamu Dazai who was eating crabs in the distance and said.

In the converged world, there has never been a reason for each timeline to go through its own time.

"Supernatural beings..." Xia Youjie, who had never thought of supernatural beings before, was either an ordinary person or a magician. Xia Youjie thought about it, but couldn't think of a reason for it.

The sound of the piano in the distance said something to Zenyuan Shier, stood up and took Xiaohui to the direction of the residence. Dazai Osamu, who was sitting next to him, jumped off the stool with a crab leg in his mouth, and followed Mrs. Zenyuan bouncing around. away.

Misato Kuroi took over the position of Wujo Wu Barbecue. The long-legged white-haired boy walked up to Shier in the Buddhist monastery and said something. Suddenly, two people who don't drink drink picked up a glass of fruit juice, aggressively comparing themselves with each other. high and low.

"Pfft." Even Xia Youjie, who was in deep thought, couldn't help laughing.

Zhong Li suddenly turned his gaze to the dark sea.

At this time, the sky light had already been completely extinguished, and twinkling stars hung high in the sky.Under the night, the distant scenery of the vast sea is blurred, as if everything is buried in the blackness of nothingness.

But the regular sound of the tide still brought a little different sound.

It was the faint roar of some kind of engine, and the sound of waves breaking the water surface at a high speed.

Wujo Wu, who has six eyes, and Zenyuan Shier, who has keen five senses, put down their cups and looked in that direction almost at the same time. Xia Youjie, who was a beat slower, also sensed the difference through the probing spell that he habitually released.

A sea speedboat was sailing over with the wind and waves.

Of course this is not normal.In order to ensure the safety of sailing, not to mention speedboats at sea, even civilian fishing boats are prohibited from sailing when it is completely dark. How can there be speedboats that are still sailing at such a high speed?

Gojo Satoru, who was looking into the distance in that direction, suddenly said in amazement: "Nanami... and Haibara?"

"What?" Xia Youjie, who had just heard Wutiao Wu's murmur, was taken aback.

Nanami Jianren and Hui Yuanxiong, he and Gojo Satoru's first-year juniors, in order not to be disturbed during this trip to Okinawa, specially called in the name of "foreign aid" to deal with those miscellaneous fish curse masters who came for the bounty. of.

"Huihara is injured." Gojo Satoru's usual cynical expression turned serious, "Why didn't they report this in the communication? No...they are running for their lives?"

As the words fell, a sharp water arrow suddenly shot out from under the sea surface. Nanami Jianren pulled the injured and disabled Hui Yuanxiong, but failed to stop the water arrow from piercing the engine of the speedboat .

Now, even Xia Youjie could see the flames of gasoline burning on the sea. He immediately summoned a flying curse spirit to go to support him, but saw several water arrows wrapped in gasoline shooting out again. , the target was directed at the two people trapped on the speedboat by the flames.

Xia Youjie's eyes were about to split open, and his breathing almost stopped.

Then he saw that the sea suddenly trembled like an earthquake.

A huge black shadow rose from the sea surface against the tumbling waves, standing straight on the only way the water arrow must pass.And those few water arrows were so small against the backdrop of the huge monster, they hit it hard, but only smashed a few insignificant corals.

Yes, coral.

The light of the fire reflected everything on the sea clearly.

It turned out to be a whole coral reef that only existed under the sea surface.

Another smaller reef rises from the other side, righting the speedboat that was about to be overturned by the huge waves.

Zhong Li kept his arms stretched forward and sighed.

"This is indeed a bit unexpected."

He had expected the first wave of attacks to come from the shore.

Below the surface of the water, a person with ear fins on his ears and skin as smooth and scaly as a fish struggled to escape, but was swept away by the eddy that suddenly appeared at the bottom of the water, and was pulled inch by inch toward the bottom of the sea.

It became hollow because of the sudden vertical compression of the coral reef, and it was devouring everything around it like a hungry behemoth.

If he was torn down by the vortex in this way, he would be smashed into a pulp on the rock formations on the seabed like falling from a high altitude!

The murloc swam upwards with all his strength, desperately trying to get rid of the entanglement of the eddy current, but he could only watch the sea surface get farther and farther away from him.

Accompanied by a series of desperate bubbles, the powerless murloc disappeared into the depths of the deep sea.

And on the surface of the sea, the yacht that lost its power was stuck on the reef like a living creature and came to the shore.

Wiping the seawater off his face, Jianren Qihai didn't even care about the presence of outsiders, and said in a hasty tone: "Senior Wutiao, it's not just the curse master!"

"Superhumans, killers, and foreign mercenaries, more people have passed us to come here!"

Zenyuan Shier's face suddenly changed, "Wait, so the Qinyin side..."

Zenyuan Shier, who has been in the black market for so long, naturally knows that if the enemy is just a curse master, it will be fine. One day Riko Wujowu and these big light bulbs are here, and they will not divert to find Qinyin and Hui who are ordinary people , That's why he was relieved to let Qinyin take Huixian away, and stay away from Tiannai Lizi who was the target.

But ordinary people or supernatural killers who can't see the magic power can't!

They have never required more preliminary preparations to accomplish their goals than self-sufficient cursers.

Meanwhile, the hotel.

The walls that were originally clean had already been blown away. In the ruins, Osamu Dazai was standing in front of Qin Yin and Xiaohui, holding a pistol that was too big for him steadily with his thin arms, aiming directly at the front of him. Mercenaries in gray robes.

"Ah, Mr. Zhongli really has the foresight, and he helped a lot." He glanced at the floating amulet that provided Yuzhang's shield, which was originally hung on Qin Yin's backpack.

"I said, is it really okay for you to come to trouble our women and children instead of looking for the mission target?" He tilted his head and reminded like a kind child, "Be careful that you will be intercepted in the end." Huh, shells without souls."