mtlumby2d Chapter 218: Crowds of People
Chapter 218: Crowds of People
"...No, nothing." Itadori Yasuke turned over and lay down, supporting his head.
Yuji Itadori put the flowers he bought in a vase of water, hoping that the colors would last a little longer.
"Yuji, you are different from me...you are very strong--" Itadori Yasuke suddenly spoke to the window.
"You have to help others. Save them if you can, even if you are not thanked or feel confused at the time -"
Itadori Wosuke's voice was smooth and without ups and downs.
Yuji Itadori seemed to realize something, stopped what he was doing, and turned to look at him.
"You have to die surrounded by people... Don't become like me."
The hoarse voice echoed in the ward.
The curtains were slightly lifted by the early summer breeze, just like that afternoon a few years ago.
"...Grandpa?" Yuji Itadori looked at the old man's back and spoke hesitantly.
No one answered.
He looked up, took a deep breath, bit his lips, and tried to put away the sadness.
……
"That's right, Yuji-san, just sign here--" the nurse at the front desk instructed him.
"Thank you for taking care of my grandfather all these years." The pen in Yuji Itadori's hand rustled as he signed the notice fluently.
"Are you really okay?" The nurse asked with some concern for him.
"Well, it just feels a little unreal."
He thanked her again and handed the notice to the other party.
Then he closed his eyes, took a deep breath, let out the frustration in his heart, and walked out of the hospital lobby.
"--You are Yuji Itadori, right?" A voice suddenly came from the side.
It's called an inquiry, but it's more like a confirmation of one's own correctness.
Yuji Itadori turned his head and looked at the person who came.
The young man continued: "I am Fushiguro Megumi. Time is urgent, so I will just say it directly-"
He held up his phone. "Is this in your hand? This thing is very dangerous. I'm here to recycle it—"
Only then did Yuji Itadori see the other person clearly.
Hedgehog hair, strange black uniform, serious expression.
The photo in the mobile phone album was of a wooden box containing a long and thin object wrapped in layers of talismans.
Fushiguro Megumi put away her phone and said in a slightly faster tone: "This thing is very dangerous. Please give it to me before anything goes wrong."
"Well, I don't care, but the seniors seem to like that thing quite a lot..." Yuji Itadori looked indifferent and took out a wooden box from his pocket and threw it to him.
Fushiguro Megumi raised his hand to take it, and at the same time heaved a sigh of relief.
——It seemed to be going better than he expected.
He pushed the lid open with his thumb.
It was empty inside, with only a bit of gray-green mold growing in the corner of the wooden box.
(〇_o)
——The Emperor’s new finger?
……What's the meaning?
Are you making fun of me... no, making fun of me?
Mr. Fushiguro, who was recently watching "All Men Are Brothers" 1, corrected himself secretly.
His eyelids twitched slightly and he looked up at Yuji Itadori.
"What are you doing?" Mr. Yuji looked confused.
"...Where are the things?" Mr. Fushiguro felt unwell.
"I've already told you that the seniors like him, so of course they're on his side—" Yuji was dissatisfied with the other party for not listening to him seriously.
Fushiguro Megumi clicked his tongue and said, "Where is that senior's home?!" He looked anxious.
"Izumi District? I don't know either..." Yuji Itadori fell into deep thought, "Oh, they seemed to say that there will be a club activity tonight - they need to peel off the talisman paper..."
He noticed Fushiguro Megumi who had a grim expression on his face.
“…Wait, this isn’t going to be too bad, is it?” Yuji-san was puzzled.
"It's more than just 'bad'..." Fushiguro Megumi broke out in a cold sweat.
“…They will die.”
(Note 1: This is "Water Margin", translated by American female writer Pearl S. Buck as "All Men Are Brothers" (literally the one above).)
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Sugizawa Third High School.
Activity room of the "Paranormal Research Society".
"Strange... I can't open it--" The short-haired girl with glasses took the thickly wrapped seal and fiddled with it.
"Why do we have to go all the way to school..." The boy with a crew cut sitting opposite him was puzzled.
He glanced out the window at the sky which was already darkening.
“It’s such a great atmosphere!” the girl grumbled in dissatisfaction, “…Hey, it’s open!”
A long piece of talisman paper hung in a pile on the table, revealing the true appearance of the thing inside.
"...human, fingers?" The girl didn't look very happy.
"Is this true?" The sturdy young man's voice trembled slightly.
——Sizzle, sizzle!
The lights in the activity room suddenly flickered.
An indescribable sense of weirdness instantly spread out.
The shadows on the wall began to twist and dance, and a strange friction sound came from the stairwell.
The terrified Sasaki hid behind a wooden cabinet, while Iguchi just rushed out.
"...Well, wellhead?" Sasaki felt a figure approaching him.
"What time is it now?" A strange voice came from the other side.
"…Eh? Eleven o'clock, I guess—" Sasaki poked his head out from behind the cabinet, "Great, you're okay…"
Her face suddenly turned terrified, her eyes widened as wide as the paper, and she covered her mouth with her hands trembling.
I don’t know what was tightly covering the mouth of the wellhead. It looked like a knitted hat with eyes all over it, and countless shrunken feet were scratching at the face of the wellhead.
"Ten, one o'clock?" The ghost once again imitated the human voice, stumbling over and repeating the new words it had heard.
...It seemed to reveal a triumphant grin?
Sasaki slumped to the ground.
……
Megumi Fushiguro and Yuji Itadori rushed to the school at full speed.
The two of them climbed over the wall smoothly, but the moment they entered the school, the terrifying evil spirit rushed to their brains.
Not far from the two of them, they could see a low-level curse approaching the teaching building.
Fushiguro Megumi frowned and looked unsightly.
——Damn it, the curses from dozens of kilometers around are gathering here.
Just like a pack of hyenas smelling blood.
Trouble.
He quietly lowered his head and glanced at the dialing phone, which still showed that the signal was lost. It had been intermittent since just now.
This should also be a side effect of that thing.
...I can’t contact Gojo-sensei.
He kept dialing, hoping that the signal would be clear for a second or two.
"Yuji, when we get there, wait for me outside--" Fushiguro Megumi instructed the people around him.
"It's right there!" Yuji Itadori suddenly looked up and pointed to the location of the activity room.
The evil aura in that building was so thick that it was almost tangible.
"...Yeah, I see." Fushiguro Megumi responded with gritted teeth, and ran inside while making seals with his hands.
Two agile dogs, one black and one white, then appeared.
Megumi Fushiguro put one hand in her pocket and kept dialing the number, but without exception, the only sound she got was the vibrating sound of lost signal.
——Teacher Su repeatedly emphasized, "Soldiers fight against soldiers, generals fight against generals."
In other words, when you encounter something that you cannot solve, do not hesitate and do everything you can to get help.
Boom!
The fist wrapped in cursed power was swung out heavily, knocking down the curse in front of him.