Isekai Adventure in the Dimensional Cube-Chapter 1281 - 927: Gojo Satoru’s Close Friend

"Here they come."

In the slightly eerie principal’s office, Gojo Satoru was the first to break the silence with his relaxed voice.

"Sorry, Reiger, for making you come over so late at night."

With his blindfold on, Gojo Satoru extended a hand towards Reiger, beckoning him to come closer.

"It’s not that late." Reiger glanced at Gojo Satoru but didn’t move closer, merely saying, "Compared to Itadori and the others still exorcising Curse Spirits in the forest, I have it pretty easy."

"You’ve already done your part." Gojo Satoru spread his hands and said, "Thanks to your efforts, more than half of the Curse Spirits were exorcised beforehand, including special-grade Curse Spirits. With such a great contribution, those old guys wouldn’t dare to make you fight again, would they?"

Of course, they were more afraid that you’d go all out and end up leveling the forest.

Gojo Satoru silently thought to himself.

"...Say two fewer words, Gojo." Yaga Masamichi seemed to know what Gojo Satoru was thinking and restrained the urge to kick him, saying, "We have serious matters to discuss, stop fooling around."

Hearing this, Reiger wasn’t surprised.

"You want to ask about those three Curse Masters, right?"

Reiger spoke calmly.

"That’s right." Yaga Masamichi nodded heavily, looking straight at Reiger, and said, "When the Curse Spirits invaded the designated exchange area, several Curse Masters appeared, and their target was you, wasn’t it?"

This was something that Reiger had told Gojo after the barrier was broken.

And it was evident that this matter had been reported.

"That’s indeed the case." Reiger saw no need to hide, straightforwardly saying, "Those three Curse Masters said they came because someone had issued a bounty on me, intending to swap my head for the reward."

As soon as he said this, An Geji spoke up.

"Who issued the bounty on you? Do you have any leads on this?"

Hearing this, Reiger didn’t respond but looked faintly at Gakuganji Yoshinobu.

Everyone was initially stunned, but immediately understood Reiger’s implication.

He was suspecting Gakuganji Yoshinobu!

"...You’re suspecting me?"

Gakuganji Yoshinobu narrowed his eyes instantly.

In response, Reiger’s answer was also simple and clear.

"Shouldn’t I suspect you?" he said plainly, "Before the incident, a top student from the Capital City School came to probe me, clearly under someone else’s orders."

So, Reiger had reason to suspect that Gakuganji Yoshinobu was up to something.

This made Gakuganji Yoshinobu’s eyes turn gloomy as he looked at Reiger.

"No, Principal Gakuganji didn’t do this." Yaga Masamichi spoke up in defense of Gakuganji Yoshinobu, saying, "The other party is a Curse Master, Principal Gakuganji has no reason to collaborate with them."

As the leader of the conservative faction, Gakuganji Yoshinobu has plenty of people under his command and has no need to explicitly turn to the Curse Masters to issue a bounty on Reiger.

Besides, he had already sent Kamo Noritoshi and others to probe Reiger; doing so would be unnecessary.

If he wanted to deal with Reiger, he could easily use a mission as a guise, just like at the juvenile center. There’s no need to create such a big scene at the sister schools’ exchange meeting in the Capital City.

Moreover...

"The enemy has the means to control so many Curse Spirits, which is not a technique Principal Gakuganji possesses."

Yaga Masamichi’s candid statement turned Gakuganji Yoshinobu’s gloomy gaze onto him.

I apologize for not having such a technique.

"A technique to control Curse Spirits, I remember such a technique exists, right?"

Gakuganji Yoshinobu spoke eerily.

"For instance...[Curse Spirit Manipulation Technique]."

When Gakuganji Yoshinobu mentioned this, both Yaga Masamichi and Gojo Satoru reacted strongly, instantly denying it.

"No, it can’t possibly be the [Curse Spirit Manipulation Technique]."

"In the current world of sorcery, no one should be using the [Curse Spirit Manipulation Technique]."

Yaga Masamichi and Gojo Satoru both refuted at the same time, with firm attitudes. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Especially Gojo Satoru, whose usual smile disappeared, his sharply defined face taking on a slight gloominess—a look that had never appeared on him before.

"[Curse Spirit Manipulation Technique]..."

Reiger remarked thoughtfully.

"I remember it being one of the techniques of the four special-grade Curse Mages, right?"

Reiger still remembered this individual.

Because, in the original story, this character had a significant presence and was closely tied to Gojo Satoru, the strongest contemporary Curse Mage, as well as Okkotsu Yuta, the protagonist of the precursor story, which made Reiger take note of him.

"...Now there are five special-grade Curse Mages; you didn’t count yourself in."

Yaga Masamichi said in a serious tone.

"Of course, you can say four special-grade Curse Mages because that guy died last year."

Just as Yaga Masamichi finished his sentence, Gakuganji Yoshinobu continued.

"Geto Suguru, formerly one of the four special-grade Curse Mages, was once a Curse Mage affiliated with the Tokyo Metropolitan Magic Technical College. Later, he defected from the college, became a Curse Master, and used curses to kill hundreds of ordinary people, aspiring to create a world of Curse Mages without ordinary people. For this, he incited the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons last year."

"That night, he released over a thousand Curse Spirits in both Tokyo’s Shinjuku and the Capital City, ordering them to slaughter every ordinary person."

"And the reason he could accomplish this was because of his technique — [Curse Spirit Manipulation Technique]."