The brave Simmel wants to resign

Twelve days have passed since the return of the dead, and the once prosperous theater has turned into a ruin.

The seats were slumped over, and the floor was covered in dust.

Whether it was due to the battle or the rampage of cursed spirits, sunlight streamed down through the huge gap in the dome.

Ri Chekuan lay sprawled in the broken bathtub, which was now barely piled up to form a platform. The man's eyes were slightly closed, and he exuded a sense of utter exhaustion.

The swirling dust, combined with the Tyndall effect, creates a sense of sacred solemnity.

"I never expected that you would be willing to be falsely accused of having a congenital disability in order to save everyone. Yuujin Itadori, you... are truly amazing."

"Don't be sentimental about this kind of place!"

Inside the theater, Itsuji's face turned red with anxiety.

He then turned to the others present and shouted, "Absolutely do not tell anyone about this! Absolutely do not!"

Fu Hei turned his head away and stuffed his phone into his pocket.

Hei Musi learned from others by copying their actions.

"I promise you, I will use the points to end the Death Return Tour."

Nichisha sighed.

What rules do I need to set?

Fuhei and Huzhang exchanged a glance, unsure of what to do.

In their view, the key to ending the cycle of death and rebirth lies in adding new rules.

As mentioned before, a total of four are needed.

— Communication is permitted.

— Score transfer is allowed.

—Allows entry and exit from different barriers.

—Add rules to allow players to spend a certain number of points to quit the game.... But in order to maintain the continuity of the game, a substitute needs to be brought in.

Now they should choose—

"It allows swimmers to enter and exit different barriers."

Hiromi Nichisha, lying in the broken bathtub, said.

After listening to their situation, he helped them analyze it.

If this rule is not resolved, then Gojo Satoru and Simmel will be effectively restricted from entering other barriers.

of course.

Once the barrier is activated, people can enter and exit freely...

Danger will also follow.

"That's not all."

"The barrier of death and rebirth does indeed block the transmission of electronic signals, but what about when entering or leaving the barrier?"

"As long as [allowing swimmers to enter different barriers] is allowed, it is in effect allowed to briefly 'leave the barrier'. At that time, there should be no problem using communication devices. Therefore, although [allowing communication] is still useful, it is not the highest priority."

"After all, it's such a large-scale barrier spell. Even if it's a powerful barrier, it's still incredibly difficult to break through!"

After Riche finished explaining, Fuhei agreed, Huzhang pretended to understand, and Hei Musi pretended to be listening.

at last.

Tokyo's First Barrier.

Guide complete.

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After a while, the group arrived at the edge of the barrier.

"Hey! You're back."

"Hmm... Wild Rose, let me tell you—um!"

"Fu Hei!!!"

After passing the safe house, the two greeted Wild Rose. Fushiguro originally wanted to walk quickly to Wild Rose's side with a straight face and then immediately share the funny stories about Itadori, but was sneakily attacked from behind by his friend.

"Fu Hei! I also have news about you!" Hu Zhang attempted to activate the Dark Forest.

Fu Hei, whose secrets have been seized upon...

“I have a video recording.”

"What! Are you even human?! So that's why you hid your phone earlier! You're usually not one to cause trouble!"

The Death's Return prohibits the transmission of electrical signals, but it does not prohibit the use of mobile phones.

Fu Hei, whose throat was held by the scepter, closed his eyes and spoke in a low voice.

“If it were Ms. Simmel, she would have done the same.”

"That's not righteous or admirable at all! Don't ruin the image of the teacher in my mind!"

Watching her two contemporaries perform a death roll on the ground using wrestling techniques, Wild Rose revealed a genuine expression of disgust.

Tsk, elementary school student.

After the playful fight, everyone reached out and touched the barrier, passing through it to the outside world.

Huzhang breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Finally, I can hear Simmel and Gojo-sensei's voices again..."

He has now come to his senses. To be honest, in the first few days of the Death Return journey, he was worried that Rime might come and attack him.

But it hasn't happened yet.

Perhaps because she was a player who had returned from the dead, and she couldn't determine the location of Yuujin Itadori's barrier, entering other barriers would only cause her to be held back, so she simply didn't enter any barriers at all.

do not know.

But now that Little Gold Bug has notified all players, the information from Gojo Satoru and Simmel should have been released by now.

When Itadori and the others came out, they saw the assistant supervisor on duty outside the barrier, as well as Ierari Shoko and the principal waiting for them outside the barrier.

"Principal! You're out already!"

"Ah."

The burly principal was pleased to see that Huzhang and Fuhei had come out safely, and beckoned everyone over.

Haddō: "How is everyone?"

"You are the first batch, after all, our base is located near the First Barrier of Tokyo," the principal said truthfully.

After all, the situation inside the barrier is complex. They might be held up by cursed spirits and curse masters, and they might not be able to enter or leave the barrier immediately after receiving the notification from the little golden beetle.

"Anyway, take a rest first, you've worked hard."

The principal called everyone back to the makeshift base.

They also informed them of what had happened over the past twelve days.

From the outside perspective, nothing particularly noteworthy happened in the world of sorcery during these twelve days.

Rimei remained silent.

There were also no curse masters attacking outside sorcerers.

Everything seemed to be going smoothly.

But this is not the case outside of the world of sorcery.

"What happened here could not be kept secret from the outside world in the end. The barrier of the Death Return was already obvious enough for normal people to see, and the existence of the curse power was finally exposed."

"The whole world is talking about this now. It's only a matter of time before the matter of curses and spells is exposed."

"People's panic is driving the birth of cursed spirits. Fortunately, there are cursed spirits that Xia You has set up outside, and they are restraining each other so that no big commotion has occurred for the time being."

"The world of sorcery will undergo tremendous changes in the future... Of course, these are matters for us adults to consider." The headmaster stopped talking and waved his hand, saying, "I'm going to take this call."

Just then, a phone call came in, and he stood up and turned his back.

Huzhang and Fuhei drank hot tea, trying to calm their fatigue from the past ten days or so. Fuhei, in particular, was still thinking about his older sister.

Swimmers must enter the barrier within nineteen days of its start.

Now, twelve days have passed.

A week.

Her older sister, Tsumiki, only has one week left to recover.

Before that happens... let's not even talk about ending the cycle of death and rebirth, we should at least create an environment where people don't have to kill each other.

And this—

"What!!"

Just then, Itadori and Fushiguro heard the principal's roar and were startled. Itadori even spilled hot tea on the back of his hand and started spitting out a few words.

He didn't care about that for a moment and hurriedly looked at the principal.

(Is there some bad news?)

Both Fukuro and Huzhang were very nervous.

They fought tooth and nail for twelve days... finally managing to clear Tokyo's No. 1 barrier, covered in dust and grime. If something had happened then...

At that moment, the principal slowly put down the phone.

Turning his head, a hint of disbelief could be seen in that square face full of muscles.

"...The journey of death and destruction has ended."

Fuhei: "Huh?"

Uruga: "Huh?"

"No, wait a minute, let me calm down..." The principal contradicted himself, pressed one hand to his head and took several deep breaths, then found the sofa and sat down opposite the two of them.