Chapter 16

The Orange-Haired Child.

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[Staring——]

Gojo Satoru bent over and stood on the left side of the hospital bed.

[Staring——]

Xia Youjie bent over and stood on the right side of the hospital bed.

Although Angelica didn't want to stare, in order to maintain the formation and make the picture unified and harmonious, she bent down and stood at the front of the hospital bed, looking down at the child who didn't know whether he was comatose or asleep.

It seems that he is about the same age as Xu Lun.

Well... wait a minute.

Angelica lowered her head and suddenly noticed a familiar badge appearing on the forehead of the orange-haired child.

Ah, really.

Angelica had previously thought that there was something wrong with her ability: for example, she had prepaid for her misfortune and pain, but failed to provide effective help in time.

At this moment, the appearance of the badge undoubtedly confirmed the answer in her mind: the source of the disaster, or the explosion, was probably this child.

But...he is just a small child who looks like he is only six or seven years old, isn't he?

"Is there anything special about this child?"

"Humph." Gojo Satoru, the only one among the three people present who could see through the nature of the curse, laughed with unknown meaning, "Look carefully, is it right? Humans are not sure yet!"

He was not talking nonsense.

Not human...?

Angelica originally wanted to take a step closer to take a closer look, but she couldn't help but pause after hearing these words. She was really hesitant: Although the appearance of the conjurer... was enough to gradually subvert the ordinary world view, but she suddenly had to follow Contact with a non-human being, even a "child", is still a bit daunting.

Well, it has nothing to do with fear.

Objects that have been imprinted with the badge can be remotely operated within a certain distance.

Angelica found a good reason for her tactical pause: the hospital bed was not big and the space was too small. The incredibly strong bodies of the two teenagers had already occupied the space above. She had already seen enough "evidence". So there is no need to join in the unnecessary excitement.

...Let's try it first...

As her heart moved, Angelica watched the beautiful badge light up. At the same time as the light appeared, the child in front of her suddenly erupted with a scorching red light. That look was simply... It's like a ghost or god is alive, wishing to break through this room, or even the entire chemical plant.

as expected.

This is the kid.

Angelica manipulated the badge and sighed in her heart: Is it natural? Or is it caused by humans?

Judging from the layout of the room... it's most likely the latter.

Could it be said that it is...an experiment?

"Tsk, tsk, tsk -" Gojo Satoru didn't notice Angelica's pause at all. His attention at this moment was all on the body of the wonderful creature on the hospital bed, "Obviously, the continuous mantra has been transmitted to this guy by silk threads. "Jie - can you believe it?"

"There is no magic power in his body -"

"Is that so?" Xia Youjie took two steps forward and thought about it. He decided to let his curse spirit explore the way first, "Let me use the curse spirit to take a look..."

As he said that, he summoned a curse spirit that Angelica had never seen before, just by feeling the aura. , Angelica could also detect that the strength and level of this curse spirit could not be compared with the one that looked like a snake but was not a snake.

Although he is a teenager, he is very considerate of others.

"Jie - wait -!"

Gojo Satoru's stop was still too slow. When he spoke, the child on the hospital bed moved and opened his eyes without warning.

[Whew——]

Under the burning gaze of three pairs of eyes, the second-level curse spirit that Xia Youjie had just released was instinctively absorbed by the child in front of him.

"Oh."

Gojo Satoru spread his hands to express his innocence: "Who told you to rush to test me before I finished speaking-I will not pay you a curse spirit-!"

What is this? Absorb curse spirits indiscriminately?

That's right... Since it can "digest" the special-level spell power upstairs, then the mere second-level spell spirit is of course just a "piece of cake" in a practical sense.

Ah.

Xia Youjie showed a polite smile: "I didn't think carefully."

[Stare——]

[Stare——]

[Start——]

When the orange-haired child on the hospital bed slowly woke up and sat up, rubbing his eyes, he was The object of his gaze was completely lost.

He looked at everyone present with his clear and flawless eyes without any emotion, and distributed the time of each gaze evenly.

He is a cute and cute kid.

After Angelica saw that face, she felt that she could overcome her awe of non-human beings with a little effort.

Just a little too thin.

"Mom——!"

The fair-skinned child finally focused on Angelica, who was the farthest away. She frowned, thought seriously, and finally blurted out.

! ! !

Gojo Satoru and Xia Youjie's eyes couldn't help but fly to the face of Angelica, who was also extremely surprised.

"Although it is true that he is a cute child..." Angelica was grateful for such an accident, "But no matter how cute you are, you can't make such a joke."

But... if Xu Lun was here... she guessed Are you happy?

After all, the "sister" she boldly picked up before had an unforeseen accident and almost became her "sister". Under the back and forth pull between the two people, Kujo Xu Lun finally had no choice but to give up and become just an ordinary "peer" with her.

Now, a brother came to her door with blinking eyes. If she knew about it, she would definitely jump up and down with joy.

"Cute?"

"A joke?"

Unlike the friendly call that came out of his mouth, when he said other words, the orange-haired child suddenly became very clumsy.

He shook his head and imitated Angelica's pronunciation and words as much as possible, as if he was learning something he didn't understand at all.

With this understanding, when I recall the word "mom" he just uttered, I naturally feel that it was not so precise.

"Jay, you think so too."

Gojo Satoru touched his chin with a serious expression.

"Yes, of course I feel the same way."

...

"This child is a bit stupid."

"This child is a bit stupid - huh?" The orange-haired boy finally turned to look at Gao "Two High Mountains" was imitated word by word, so that the last onomatopoeia was slightly changed.

It’s really...no way.

Angelica finally took a step forward.

This was not because the unlucky child called her pitifully, but because when the other person turned around, she saw a metal nameplate with several characters engraved on it from his neck.

"Nakahara Chuuya?"

"Is this your name?"

Although he couldn't understand the specific content of Angelica's words, it was obvious that the little child could sense her tone, so he shook his head innocently.

The soft orange hair on his head also swayed gently as he shook.

"Ah..."

"This..."

Gojo Satoru and Xia Youjie murmured for a while, then clapped their hands to each other: "Angelica - I leave it to you!"

Huh?

ha?

What?

Angelica hadn't even withdrawn her hand from Nakahara Chuuya's neck, but she heard their extraordinarily brisk arrangement in her ears, and her thin eyebrows slowly furrowed.

"I don't quite understand..."

"Didn't you say," Angelica looked up at the smiling Gojo Satoru, always feeling that his expression was strange, "does this child have a magic line on his body?"

That line not only He transmits the power of the curse and is also an important link that allows the two of them to "live and die together."

Once cut off, it will transform from an ordinary conveyor belt into a terrifyingly powerful bomb fuse just like before, detonating the neighborhood at the same time as the special curse spirit disappears.

"That's right." Gojo Satoru finally took a "brave" step. He was determined to overcome the psychological shadow this guy left on himself in his dream, "But I can [see] that your technique, It's not just premonition, right?"

After he tried to communicate with Xia Youjie in a winking manner for a full minute, he finally reached a point of understanding again.

"Would you like to try that line?"

Gojo Satoru admitted that he was a bit of a gambler.

However, he thinks the proportion is not much...well, maybe ten percent. Anyway, it’s just a test, so there’s no need to talk about dreams, just throw all your speculations on your own unique [Six Eyes] – a ready-made good excuse!

Listening to the other party's incoherent words, Angelica showed a faint smile.

"Okay."

She said softly, as if sighing.

"But, I still need your help." Angelica's eyes were calm and gentle, and she looked at Gojo Satoru with the look of a naughty teenager, "To tell you the truth, I can't see the line. "

...It's really...abominable...!"

Gojo Satoru thought that when he escorted the astral body last time, he probably overloaded his brain for too long: otherwise why, she was obviously following her own ideas, but the look in her eyes made people feel all over. uncomfortable?

It seems - I have to take a long vacation!

Give your brain a rest!

"Here?"

"No, no—! Go a little further to the left! Be careful—!"

"Here?"

"No, no—! It slipped through your fingers—your reaction is really slow.

"Is it here?" "

No - it's -!" Gojo Satoru was so angry that Angelica said: "It takes ten minutes to see such an obvious thread, even if it's really spider silk." It must be clear enough to hold it in your hands, right? Is this guy... really not looking for it, or is he playing tricks on me?

"Satoru..."

Seeing that Gojo Satoru was so angry that he was about to strike, Xia Youjie had to remind him in time: "She has only had the power of the curse for a short time... her perception ability has not been established yet."

"I! Know! Dao!"

Gojo Satoru said to him I don’t buy this, it sounds like I was gritting my teeth when I said this.

What a waste of my time!

This guy!

"Huh?" Angelica was about to follow Gojo Satoru's instructions to carefully move her palm slightly to the upper left, but suddenly she found that the teenager who had been standing at a certain distance appeared beside her out of nowhere, and she said angrily. He stretched out his hand and covered her clumsy left hand.

"This is here!"

The palm and fingers of Angelica's left hand were firmly covered by each other. The force from Gojo Satoru's hand made her finally find the right place - in an instant, both magicians saw A little subtle sparkle.

Phew—

the badge is finally marked on that dangerous curse line.

After succeeding, Gojo Gou walked away with a straight face, his hands behind his back, and they crossed each other several times without knowing it.

"Since I have been given such a task, I will try my best to give it a try."

Although Angelica said modestly, the existence of the badge has greatly increased her confidence: after all, the source of the explosion has been temporarily found. "Control" was watching helplessly from the hospital bed, somewhat too stupid to bear to look at.

As soon as he finished speaking, Gojo Satoru saw the fragile thread spiraling and folding without seeing any fluctuations in the magic power, and finally became... a light blue ball of magic yarn.

"It's become like this..."

Angelica was also a little surprised by this.

She took the magic yarn ball in her hand and looked at it, then looked at Nakahara Chuuya without objection from the two teenagers:

"Nakahara Chuuya, do you want to eat this?"