novelaction Chapter 417 Where is this place?
Chapter 417 Where is this place?
"Don't go." I heard someone say this.
I couldn't tell who the voice belonged to, nor could I tell whether it was a man or a woman. It was just like a vague shout.
I was immersed in the drowsy darkness and I didn't know how long it had passed. At some point, I suddenly opened my eyes and saw Yuzhang floating in the air with his eyes closed, facing me, about two meters away.
This is a very strange place.
Tiny rays of light flickered one after another, and granular stones were floating around, just like an asteroid belt sandwiched between Jupiter and Mars, constantly moving and shifting.
And in the meantime, it was as if we were suddenly flying into space without wearing space suits.
In front of me, there was a thick black semicircular mass.
Looking behind me, I saw a similar arc-shaped semicircular object over there, and Yuji and I were standing between the two pieces, as if we were sandwiched in between.
“........” What is going on?
Before I could react, suddenly, a gravitational force emerged from both sides, pulling me and Yuji in opposite directions, and the distance between us became farther and farther.
"Yuhito!" I was stunned and quickly stretched out my hand, trying to fly in front of him.
At this moment, his body and mine fell down at the same time.
At an extremely fast speed, the clothes and the air produced friction, and sparks of fire burst out. I tried to mobilize the magic power in my body to try to slow down this downward trend, but -
With a loud "bang", the body collided with the ground, making a dull vibration and directly smashing out a huge round hole.
"Yuujin!"
I hurried to check on him.
The pink-haired boy was breathing steadily and his face was rosy, and no part of his body seemed to be damaged by the strong impact. I breathed a sigh of relief and patted his cheek. Just as I was about to wake him up, I saw a red light under the palm of my hand.
His figure began to change slowly, dark lines appeared on his childish face, the lines gradually became hard and straight, his four closed eyes opened together, his pupils glowed with dark red light, his scarlet mouth curled up, revealing a smile that was a mixture of malice and amusement.
It is Ryomen Sukuna.
As soon as I saw this disgusting face, I was furious. I couldn't help but grab his collar and shouted, "What on earth are you and Luosuo conspiring about?!"
"Where did he escape to?!" I said, "If you don't tell me, I will kill you!"
"what ever."
He did not resist, and even stretched his neck leisurely, tilted his head, and said calmly: "Anyway, this body belongs to Yuji Itadori, so if I die, I die."
"As for me, I still have 19 slices left. You can kill them for fun if you want. But -" He stretched his mouth to a very large extent, revealing his sharp teeth, "after you kill them, your good brother won't be able to survive."
"......." I silently pulled back my gaze, looking down at the figure lying on the ground, and said coldly, "Hey, what kind of deal did you trick Yuhito into making with you?"
It was at this moment that I suddenly woke up.
At that time, when I was dragging Yuji with me to Satozakura High School to chat, the sudden appearance of Ryomen Sukuna, the ambiguous remarks about the time difference between waking up from the dream, and even the possibility that the deal proposed at the beginning were all just smokescreens released by this guy.
His fundamental purpose was not to make a deal with me.
Instead, they tried their best to put all the suspicion and focus on me as to who was more likely to be bound to him.
In this way, the focus of everyone's attention will become - whether I have established a bond with him, thus ignoring the fact that Yuji, who is inexperienced and lacks knowledge of the thing called [Qi Kuo], is the one who is more likely to be deceived by him.
In particular, the man in front of him is not just a guy with the memory of the first round. He can use his richer experience and countermeasures to set a trap for the fledgling Itadori.
It's so cunning, insidious, despicable and shameless! ! ! !
"Ha. I still say the same thing." He put his hands behind his head and said leisurely, "Who made you stupid--"
I raised my hand expressionlessly, found the right position for my cheek, used all my strength, and slapped it down with a "pa". A crisp and loud applause filled the air.
"I'm sorry, Yujin." I silently said in my heart, "It's not that Sister Yuxin wants to be cruel to your body, it's just that Ryomen Sukuna is so despicable that he deserves a beating, and I feel uncomfortable if I don't beat him up. If you show up later, I will let you beat me back."
"Hey!" A clear slap mark appeared on my left cheek. Ryoumen Sukuna opened his eyes wide, his eyes were fierce, and he looked at me like a knife, and said gloomily, "Are you looking for death?"
"You're looking for death." I held his shoulders and stretched out my right hand, ready to cover his right cheek again. After weighing both sides, he finally began to get up and struggle.
Just as we were fighting at the bottom of the pit, we suddenly heard several voices talking outside, and faint firelight shone inside.
"What is this?" Someone said in a panic, "What a huge pit, it fell directly from the sky, Granny Shen, is this divine punishment?"
"Don't talk nonsense." An old and serious female voice spoke. It was probably the one called Granny Shen. "I heard that there was also an incident in Kanagawa where a meteorite fell from the sky and created a big hole in someone's home. This is probably the same thing."
"The master of the family has gone out to attend a meeting with the Minamoto clan. Please go and tell the lady to not panic."
"Yes--"
"Oh no, oh no!" Suddenly, a female voice shouted from a distance, followed by the sound of stumbling footsteps. Someone shouted, "The loud noise just now shook the house. The lady accidentally fell and her amniotic fluid broke. She is about to go into labor."
"What?! I'll go check it out." Granny Shen said, "You guys go find a midwife and a doctor first."
"My friend from home has gone out to celebrate the Obon Festival. Damn it, why would he leave at this time?" She said, and left in a hurry. Then, the place became silent and empty.
Listening to their accent, they sound like people from Kyoto, but what about divine punishment, Kanagawa, the wife giving birth, and the Obon Festival?
I was completely confused. Doesn't the Obon Festival start in August? How come it starts in July?
Could it be that a whole month has passed while I was in that space just now?
Or--
My heart sank further and further.
Not until all the people had left did I finally jump out of the pit in a few seconds, squinting my eyes to look at the surrounding buildings.
It is undoubtedly the style of Kyoto architecture, with courtyard walls full of ancient charm, gardens and exquisite furnishings. There are pavilions, towers and rockery not far away, and the paved gravel road leads all the way along the pit here to the courtyard in front.
I took two tentative steps forward, and Ryomen Sukuna jumped out from behind me.
"Hey, woman." For the first time, he didn't ask about the slap I gave him just now. Instead, he asked with a heavy look in his eyes, "Where do you think this place is?"