mtl008 Chapter 87 is even more disgusting than the enemy!
Chapter 87 is even more disgusting than the enemy!
"...Ahem! Shouldn't we get down to business?" Xia Youjie coughed lightly and said, "Please spare me this matter!"
"It's not like no one has ever criticized my appearance before, but this is the first time I've actually been beaten up because I look like a bad guy." When he said this, Xia Youjie's expression was a mix of reminiscence and bitterness, presumably because he was thinking about some bad things from the past.
The two adopted daughters knew quite a bit about Xia Youjie's past and understood that he was thinking of a friend who had passed away. They silently held Xia's hand to express their comfort.
"By the way, why did you come all this way?" Li Muyang asked, somewhat puzzled, after taking his seat. "This place is quite far from the High School of Spellcasting! It took me ages to get here!"
Xia Youjie shrugged and didn't say anything. Meimei explained, "It's like this, Father... After that, we followed his wishes and stayed away from the trouble of sorcerers, so we came to Mika City because this is a forbidden zone for sorcerers."
"Forbidden Zone?" Li Muyang raised an eyebrow. Why would it be called that?
Xia Youjie then said leisurely, "To be honest, I've never really understood why Mika City is a forbidden zone for cursed spirits, because it really exists! But the reason is unknown! The higher-ups in the cursed arts once sent people to investigate, but they found nothing, until I saw that bespectacled brat upstairs this time!"
"No wonder it's a forbidden zone! I can't understand where that brat came from! But he's always following a door that ordinary people can't see, and this door is constantly devouring cursed spirits! He doesn't even realize it! And this door doesn't do any harm to humans!"
Before Li Muyang could even complain, Mimiko said, quite puzzled, "But neither Nanako nor I can see the door that Father mentioned! Although we know Conan... he's the bespectacled kid Father mentioned. We haven't known each other for long, but apart from feeling that he's quite smart, we haven't noticed anything unusual about him."
Nanako commented, "It's this kid... who always seems to like to play dumb and act cute?"
Uh... Li Muyang has reservations about this situation. He hasn't figured out the situation yet. Why are cursed arts and death god elementary school students running into each other?
Ugh... Come to think of it, it's all my fault for not checking the calendar carefully! I didn't even notice the messed-up timeline! How terrifying! I didn't even notice such a huge oversight! What a disaster!
"Ahem! This matter... shouldn't be related to our affairs, right?" Li Muyang asked after thinking for a moment. Although he was also interested in the Conan storyline, he wanted to deal with the curse matter one step at a time for now!
Xia Youjie gave an awkward laugh: "Hehe... The main thing is that Jiachang and the others know that kid, and I'm a little worried that we might get into bigger trouble, so I did some investigation."
"It's alright. As long as you don't have any ill intentions towards them, there won't be any trouble," Li Muyang said after thinking for a moment. It seems that the "Death God Elementary School Student" rarely messes up his teammates.
At least fewer than those in the world of sorcery!
Moreover, the characters on Conan's side rarely sacrifice themselves, except for those limited to theatrical releases.
But his words still caught Xia Youjie's attention: "Old Li, do you know anything about Conan?"
"Uh..." Li Muyang then realized that there was something wrong with what he had just said, and scratched his head with an embarrassed smile, saying, "You know my identity and background, so..."
Xia Youjie nodded in sudden realization. "So that's how it is! Is this also a plot recorded by the Bureau?"
So it wasn't a single world with only one storyline? Does that mean there's more than one main character?
“However, this brat’s abilities might be useful!” Xia Youjie said meaningfully, “If he can absorb the cursed spirits as usual, then…”
"Stop!" Li Muyang hurriedly called out to him: "...Perhaps this kid can indeed be used, but I must remind you, your current scheming against him is, in a sense, malicious! It could easily provoke a backlash from him! If it triggers any chain reaction and the situation gets out of control, don't blame me!"
Seeing Li Muyang's serious expression, which didn't seem like he was joking, Xia Youjie also chickened out. Having experienced life and death, coupled with the Bureau's extraordinary abilities, Xia Youjie realized that there was a divine will at play, and that there really was a special and powerful being beyond common sense in the dark!
There are also mysterious and enigmatic concepts such as luck!
To scheme against a seemingly simple little devil is risky. What if he has powerful backers? It's one thing if he interferes with me, but I'll have to return to the underworld after Li Muyang leaves. What if the Jiachang sisters are implicated and have to continue living in the mortal realm?
The main reason is that Xia Youjie doesn't believe Li Muyang would say such things without reason! Whether it's to avoid implicating innocent people or for other reasons, Xia Youjie thinks it's best to be cautious and avoid causing unnecessary trouble!
"I'm sorry, it was my fault!" Xia Youjie immediately apologized, his expression changing.
Li Muyang breathed a sigh of relief. For some reason, when Xia Youjie said those words, he felt a sense of being watched! And a chilling sense of danger!
Holy crap! No way! Could the Grim Reaper Elementary School Student really be the Grim Reaper of this world?
Thankfully, after Xia Youjie apologized, the feeling of a life-or-death crisis disappeared!
In a hotel room at a certain Mihua Grand Hotel, a middle-aged man dressed like the Dark Baron from a mystery novel, a wicked smile playing on his lips beneath a mask, squinty-eyed and with large ears, exclaimed: "I've been resurrected, and you don't even know how to be grateful, I'll let it slide since you were unaware of the truth, but you dare to scheme against my son? Xiao Lan deserved that kick! It wasn't unjustified!"
There was supposed to be compensation, but now... it's gone! You might as well go back to the underworld and work!
Hmph! The only one who can harm my son is me!
At most, his mother too! Hehehe!
Judging by the time, he should be here soon! You brat! Today I'll teach you a lesson! Your dad is still your dad!
Well, the Conan storyline doesn't really concern Li Muyang right now; he's just passing by! He shouldn't get caught in the crossfire!
After persuading Xia Youjie to give up using the characteristics that Death Elementary School Student possesses, he brought up another matter.
Secretly, Xia Youjie used the cursed spirits he had subdued to test Lu Suo and the four great calamity-level cursed spirits!
"Damn it! I knew it was you who made Louhu go to Gojou Satoru's place to get himself killed before he could! You're the one who did it!" Li Muyang complained, laughing and crying at the same time. It was because Xia Youjie had actually impersonated Lu Suo and met with the Four Calamity Cursed Spirits first!
Hahaha! I'm dying of laughter!
This guy knows how to have fun even better than him!
He was easily fooled by a few words from Grandpa Louhu!
As for whether this will lead to Xia Youjie's exposure?
Hehehe, even if Lu Suo and the four great calamity curse spirits racked their brains, they could never have imagined that Xia Youjie would actually come back to life after changing his body!
Normally, even if someone else had the exact same appearance as Xia Youjie, it wouldn't be easy for them to impersonate him. The problem is that Xia Youjie himself has the aura of a cursed spirit because he subdued and devoured the cursed spirit. If the Four Calamities met him for the first time, they might not be able to recognize him.
Well, the four Calamity Cursed Spirits didn't know Lu Suo's true identity at first! They just thought that Lu Suo, or rather Xia Youjie, was a sorcerer who knew a lot of things, or perhaps a curse master. The four Calamity Special Grade Cursed Spirits did indeed have intelligence comparable to ordinary people, but they still had an information gap!
In any case, the four great spirits and Lu Suo were just using each other from the beginning, and everyone knew that it was just a business partnership. If anyone develops real feelings for someone, that's their problem.
Just as the real person knew that Lu Suo had ulterior motives towards him, Lu Suo never respected these four cursed spirits from beginning to end.
Xia Youjie's actions not only caused Louhu to go to Wutiao Wu ahead of time, but also aroused the vigilance of the four great calamity curse spirits towards Lusuo! It was equivalent to destroying their internal unity!
It's immoral, and the damage isn't significant, but it's incredibly satisfying!
Anyway, Lu Suo is disgusting enough. If you want to defeat him, you have to be even more disgusting!
Of course, this refers to making the opponent feel disgusted! Making the enemy feel disgusted!
Lu Suo is genuinely disgusted! What's going on?! The teammate he chose got snatched away?
Upon learning that the four cursed spirits had encountered someone exactly like themselves—even with lines on their foreheads!—of course, this was a fake created by Xia Youjie himself; cursed spirits wouldn't look closely at such things.
Most importantly, even what this "Xia Youjie" said to the four curse spirits was exactly the same as what he said when they met!
Lu Suo was drenched in cold sweat! Could it be... that his every move was being monitored by someone, some being, or some force? How could that be! Could it be... those even more ancient beings? But why would they interfere in his affairs? Would those ancient beings care about the changes his plans caused?
To maintain an air of mystery and his own say in the matter of another Xia Youjie, Lu Suo would certainly not explain or inquire in detail. However, this also meant that he would not be able to maintain a closer cooperative relationship with the four curse spirits as in the original story!
Explaining would mean losing the right to speak, while not explaining would prevent close cooperation! But the execution of his ultimate plan required one of the four great cursed spirits, symbolizing the fear and hatred that humans have for each other, with a top-level cursed spirit as the foundation!
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to initiate the Death Return journey at all! All his plans were just a bubble!
Lu Suo felt a headache coming on! What should he do? Should he continue with the plan?
There's no turning back now! The current situation presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Everything is in place! Can I let this chance slip away?
The fact that the other party didn't openly use underhanded tactics suggests that they weren't entirely confident of victory either! It's possible they have a larger scheme in mind!
Besides, although the situation has become somewhat unexpected, isn't that what makes it interesting? Hehehe!
Come on! Let me see what the mastermind behind this is up to! Can they bring me even more fun?