I, in a Jujutsu Kaisen Manga, Take the Detective Conan World by Storm

"What big shot needs jujutsu sorcerers to escort them?" Gojo Satoru's tone rose, his glass-bead-like eyes drooping slightly.

"Principal Yaga didn't give details." Geto Suguru shook his head, replying: "Just briefly mentioned there was such a thing. Specific details will be after we return."

"Maybe it's just Principal Yaga making up an excuse to call us back quickly, not wanting us to mess around here." Gojo Satoru hummed and grumbled, pushing his sunglasses back into place.

"Regardless, since Principal Yaga said so, let's return early." Geto Suguru said, "Principal Yaga never specifically sends emails before, so probably this time there really is something."

Gojo Satoru sprawled carelessly beside Geto Suguru's right side, crossing his legs: "Fine, fine. As long as it's not the rotten oranges..."

"......It probably isn't the higher-ups. Plus they wouldn't dare have you escort them." Geto Suguru quietly complained, "If it were a mission escorting higher-ups, you'd probably be more dangerous than the enemies."

"Regardless, whoever we're escorting is definitely weak." Gojo Satoru lazily chimed in, puffing his cheeks in boredom, "Taking care of those weaklings is really exhausting."

Geto Suguru's expression shifted slightly. He paused for a second, ultimately saying calmly: "We're jujutsu sorcerers, we exist to protect the weak. This is our responsibility."

"Here we go again, Suguru," Gojo Satoru rolled his eyes. He disliked adding meaning to techniques, just like those elders at home during his childhood with their various moral constraints.

He covered his left ear with one hand and waved with the other: "Stop, stop, stop. I hate so-called righteous arguments the most. Hearing too much of this stuff makes me want to puke."

"......Don't talk like that, Satoru." Geto Suguru frowned slightly.

"Hah? So you're the one who brought it up first." Gojo Satoru lowered his hand.

The atmosphere became slightly tense.

At this moment, Jiang Lai, who had been quietly beside them, suddenly threw out a sentence: "By the way, with this morning's one-sided crushing training, won't the Zenin family be dissatisfied? Should we prepare other methods?"

"Dissatisfied?" Gojo Satoru raised an eyebrow, spreading his hands: "There's no helping it, the gap is too big..."

Geto Suguru thought for a few seconds: "Mm, we might indeed need to think of a few more ways to cope... After all, we accepted a paid mission. Anyway, let's discuss it briefly, Satoru."

"Fine, we're just sitting around anyway." Gojo Satoru tilted his head slightly, agreeing to his good friend's suggestion.

With the topic focused on training methods, the topknot teenager and white-haired teenager chatted back and forth beside him, and the tense atmosphere from a few breaths ago dissipated.

They were best friends to begin with. High school boys bickering with each other was daily routine, but they never held overnight grudges.

Conflicts could be set aside immediately. The unrestrained teenagers had flying eyebrows and radiant energy.

Jiang Lai, who had simply changed the topic to ease the atmosphere, left the conversation to Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru.

He withdrew his thoughts again, falling into contemplation in his mind.

Although the email didn't give detailed explanations, such an important escort mission, with Principal Yaga personally urging them, plus this late spring early summer time point...

Jiang Lai speculated in his mind that it was most likely the Star Plasma Vessel incident.

In the original work, the Star Plasma Vessel incident was a very pivotal turning point.

The thousand-year jujutsu sorcerer [Tengen], closely related to the jujutsu world's barrier protection, was immortal due to his technique but would age, so he needed to change bodies from time to time. The chosen body for assimilation was called the Star Plasma Vessel.

In this incident, Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru were chosen to escort the Star Plasma Vessel.

This time's Star Plasma Vessel, Amanai Riko, was still a middle school girl, so the similarly aged, lively personalities quickly became familiar. In the end, Geto even told Amanai Riko that if she had second thoughts about assimilation, she could choose to go home, and he and Gojo would protect her.

When Amanai Riko was about to respond with tears and laughter, a bullet shot through her head. The executor was Fushiguro Toji, hired by the Time Vessel Association to kill the Star Plasma Vessel.

The Time Vessel Association was a religious group of ordinary people. Ordinary people were the non-sorcerer weaklings that Geto Suguru judged should be protected according to his standards, but this series of events caused Geto Suguru's heart to waver.

In summary, in this incident, the Star Plasma Vessel died without assimilation, Gojo Satoru learned Reverse Cursed Technique in the critical moment, Fushiguro Toji told Gojo about Megumi before dying, and Geto Suguru witnessed the darkness of ordinary people.

However, according to future timeline content he had searched before, in the new series, Amanai Riko didn't seem to have clearly died? Jiang Lai silently recalled. Instead, she disappeared with unknown life or death... There should be some hidden story here.

And Fushiguro Toji should die in this incident like in the original work.

Because this point was confirmed in the future, it couldn't be changed. Jiang Lai thought calmly. Plus future Fushiguro Toji didn't know him, so past him probably didn't participate in this incident.

......So, would he jump timelines before this?

Jiang Lai's face under the fox mask contemplated these thoughts. After finishing his reasoning, he lowered his head slightly to look at his phone (book)...

There was still no countdown in the upper right corner.

He didn't know when the next jump would be specifically. Jiang Lai rubbed the back of his phone with his fingertip, speculating. It should be before the Star Plasma Vessel incident occurred.

At this time, the open phone page showed new messages in the group, so Jiang Lai clicked in.

[#Sunglasses Working Overtime Again#: Look quickly, Jiang Lai! These are all your merchandise (image) (image) The popularity is quite good]

[#Good Luck Lai Coming#: ? The official made so many? I thought there were only blind boxes haha]

[#Akira Doing Serious Research#: The official made blind boxes and standees. The others are fan-made doujin goods, some of which I drew and found factories to organize group orders for.]

[#Good Luck Lai Coming#: ......All-around development (solemnly respectful), thanks for your hard work, Akira.]

[#Akira Doing Serious Research#: Not hard work. Having control in my own hands means no more suffering from blind box harm.]

Blind box harm...? Jiang Lai blinked, guessing the other might have drawn many times without getting what they wanted. Luck was quite metaphysical.

Then he glanced again at the backpack full of badges and acrylic charms that Matsuda Jinpei had posted in the group. After struggling to identify it for a few seconds, he hesitantly replied:

[#Good Luck Lai Coming#: Speaking of which, this backpack you posted, Matsuda, looks a bit familiar?]

[#Big Cat's Whiskers#: Familiar is normal, because this is the bag he carries to work daily, you've seen it before.]

[#Good Luck Lai Coming#: Work bag?? (Doghead shocked lightning numb.jpg)]

[#Sunglasses Working Overtime Again#: Hey hey, what's wrong? Having some personal decoration on a bag is normal, plus this is for promotion!!]

[#Akina Mountain Car God#: Jinpei made his bag full of badges and charms, now everyone in the Explosive Ordnance Disposal knows Jinpei is following a manga and is a solo supporter of Gojo Lai (bangs puppy laugh.jpg)]

[#Big Cat's Whiskers#: Actually it's probably not just the Explosive Ordnance Disposal that knows. Matsuda with his cool sunglasses aura on one hand, carrying this bag covered in several circles of badges and charms jingling as he walks in, this scene would draw most people's attention.]

"......" Jiang Lai imagined for a second but couldn't picture it.

[#Sunglasses Working Overtime Again#: So you all know how much effort I've made to boost Jiang Lai's popularity! When you come back, you better treat me to a big meal @Good Luck Lai Coming]

[#Akira Doing Serious Research#: I've worked hard too. Like putting Jiang Lai big brother on the door.]

[#Good Luck Lai Coming#: ?]

On the door? Jiang Lai frowned, feeling things weren't simple.

[#Akira Doing Serious Research#: Just pasted your full-body poster on the research institute's double doors, perfect fit. Then told outsiders it was pasted for good luck, warding off evil and disasters for good fortune.]

Jiang Lai: ......What kind of couplet-style pasting is this?! SOS, "My Family's Efforts Made Me the Detective Conan Door God"!!

Plus putting posters on doors and such... inexplicably embarrassing.

At this moment, he was extremely grateful his face was covered by a mask, hiding his expression of elevated thinking embarrassment while maintaining his mysterious great demon image.

Just then, a voice calling him suddenly came from beside: "Lai! Hey, Gojo Lai!"

Jiang Lai's heart jumped, pulling his thoughts from the group chat and turning to look.

Gojo Satoru, separated from him by one person, leaned forward and looked at him from the side.

The white-haired teenager's gaze first fell on Jiang Lai's book, finger resting on his chin, blinking as he asked: "Why are you always poking at your book? There's clearly nothing on it."

Jiang Lai paused for a fraction of a second, then calmly replied: "As I said before, this book has spirituality, so... I'm giving it a massage."

The straightforward answer sounded quite sincere.

Gojo Satoru: "......Feels like you're lying."

"When have I actually lied to you?" Jiang Lai's eyebrows curved with a smile, then his words shifted: "What's wrong, you called me just to be curious about this?"

"Oh, not really, just asking about your book in passing." Gojo Satoru's eyes lifted as he spoke: "I heard from Suguru that Naoya guy came looking for trouble with you?"

"After we finished discussing training methods, Satoru asked me why Naoya kept looking at this side." Geto Suguru coughed with one hand in a fist by his lips: "So I briefly answered."

"Why did that guy come looking for trouble with you?" Gojo Satoru continued: "Did you beat him up?"

"Gave him a small warning." Jiang Lai smiled: "It's fine, no need to worry about him."

"What does [gave him a small warning] mean?" The white-haired teenager's eyebrows rose high.

"Anyway, taught him a lesson. Actually for someone like him, it's more appropriate to just ignore him directly." Jiang Lai lightly glossed over it, then transitioned the topic to another point: "By the way, I also encountered two little girls."

Taking this opportunity, Jiang Lai told the two in front of him about Zenin Maki and Zenin Mai.

Listening to Jiang Lai's narration, Geto Suguru frowned slightly, showing some disgust toward the Zenin family, with some hesitation about what to say.

Before he could speak, Gojo Satoru said very directly: "If that's the case, just bring them both to Jujutsu High."

"That being said, who would take care of them at Jujutsu High?" Jiang Lai said: "Plus directly taking them from the family, that probably won't work. The Zenin family won't agree."

Regarding Zenin Maki and Mai's issue, Jiang Lai had considered many things in advance. He saw clearly in his heart that even though the Zenin family didn't value the two, they wouldn't easily let them go.

Feudal large families squeezed people's benefits to the last drop. Maki and Mai still had future value in their benefit calculations for serving others and political marriages, so they couldn't just release them empty-handed.

When he had agreed to meet the two little ones under the tree in the remote courtyard, Jiang Lai had planned to take them away directly. But thinking about it later, this way the Zenin family would definitely cause trouble for Jujutsu High afterward, which probably wouldn't work.

"If sending them to Jujutsu High, perhaps they could be entrusted to Principal Yaga's care. He has a bunch of cursed corpses, so he probably has patience with children." Geto Suguru thought back, slowly saying: "But the Zenin family problem is indeed somewhat difficult to handle."

"What's the problem? I'll step forward!" Gojo Satoru pushed up his sunglasses, revealing his rebellious sky-blue pupils: "No difficulty at all."

"......No, Satoru. This involves a whole family, we still can't be so rash." Geto Suguru rubbed his temples: "Plus if we cause trouble, Principal Yaga will have a headache too. Making a big fuss can't solve everything."

"Who said I was going to make a big fuss?" Gojo Satoru raised an eyebrow: "I said [I'll step forward]."

Geto Suguru was somewhat surprised, asking: "Then what do you plan to do? If you really want to negotiate with the Zenin family elder council, you can't outplay those guys."

"I won't chat with those old things." Gojo Satoru snorted, pushing down his sunglasses and looking ahead: "This family still has normal people. I haven't come many times, but I can see clearly."

The white-haired teenager in front rarely had such serious speech attitude. When his voice was slightly heavy, he sounded quite reliable.

Jiang Lai blinked, a guess forming in his mind: the rare normal person... could Gojo Satoru be referring to Zenin Naobito?

Zenin Naobito, current head of the Zenin family.

In the original work, when Zenin Maki ran away from home to Jujutsu High that year, he didn't stop her. After Maki said she would return as family head after training, Naobito didn't refuse either, but laughed heartily saying he would give the same test. During the Shibuya Incident, he even saved Zenin Maki's life.

He respected the strong but didn't bully the weak, and didn't discriminate against women either. In this feudal large family, he was the most open-minded elder.

It's just that one person's power wasn't enough to change a family, even if that person was the family head.

Many decisions weren't made by one person alone, but rolled around in the elder council, torn between interest groups, before reluctantly settling on compromised answers from all sides.

However, as family head, Zenin Naobito still had some decision-making power. For Zenin Maki and Zenin Mai's matter, if they approached him, it might really work. Jiang Lai thought.

In front of him, the carefree white-haired teenager also stood up from his chair: "Anyway, I'll go chat with that old man. You just wait for my good news."

His lips curved up, his voice rising at the end, full of confidence in his words. The youthful vigor of a teenager was displayed in full swing.

…

I don't know exactly how Gojo Satoru talked with Zenin Naobito. In any case, after the final days of training ended, Zenin Naobito announced his decision to send Zenin Maki and Mai to Jujutsu High in the morning meeting's reception room.

Everyone from the Zenin family present was shocked and raised objections.

Zenin Naobito, with his two upturned long whiskers, waved his hand: "We can't all huddle together in the family. Someone has to go out and see the world. So let these two girls go out—or would you prefer your own children to go?"

With these words, most people fell silent.

In their hearts, going out meant facing crises and hardships, sleeping in the open air, which naturally wasn't as good as letting their own children stay in the orderly Zenin family to enjoy comfort.

If that was the case, sending those two out was fine too. If they were cultivated well, they'd be two chess pieces on the outside. If they weren't trained well or accidentally died outside, it wouldn't hurt either. The corrupt old geezers thought about it this way, calculating in their hearts. After all, they were just two worthless women.

Measuring Maki and Mai's value in such an objectifying way in their hearts, they still had to maintain their moral facade on the surface:

"Going out for training is good, but they must send letters back every week to greet and report to their elders. This is basic etiquette, and it lets us confirm their safety."

Gojo Satoru clicked his tongue in disdain upon hearing this, but under the silent indication from Geto Suguru beside him, he ultimately didn't speak mockingly, just lifted his arrogant blue eyes, full of contempt for these beast-hearted guys in front of him.

As the meeting neared its end, Zenin Naobito had servants bring the two little ones to the reception room.

When Zenin Maki and Mai, who had received notice, followed the servants and were led all the way here, they were still somewhat nervous, their little faces pale.

Jiang Lai, wearing the fox mask, wasn't sitting next to Gojo Satoru this time, but happened to be leaning against the wall by the entrance.

When the two little ones arrived, he tilted his head slightly. Though he didn't speak, seeing the familiar "monster," Maki and Mai still relaxed considerably.

They walked with constrained small steps, moving closer to Jiang Lai's side.

"Alright, alright, we don't need so many closing remarks. It's early morning and I'm already sleepy." After the two little ones arrived, Gojo Satoru interrupted the elder council's lengthy speech draft, speaking lightly: "Plus we have things to do—no time to listen to your rambling."

"......Too rude, Gojo!" A Zenin family elder slammed the table.

The white-haired teenager paid no attention, casually starting to whistle, completely ignoring them, making the Zenin family elders blow their whiskers and glare.

Beside him, Geto Suguru maintained his standard squinting fox smile expression, his words seemingly polite: "We're truly sorry, but it's really because your speeches are too boring and meaningless... Oh, of course, we're not deliberately not listening."

The topknot teenager smiled: "Sorry, but we really do have matters to attend to. We have another mission to rush to immediately, so please excuse us from hearing the entire meeting."

"What..." The elder council still wanted to argue back.

But Zenin Naobito followed up on these words, waving his hand early: "Fine, since they have business, let's end the meeting early."

The two little beans Zenin Maki and Mai were somewhat confused throughout, not quite understanding what had happened.

Then the elder council called them over, seriously explaining various matters to them with stern faces. The two little ones basically didn't hear clearly either...

But it probably wasn't important anyway, the two little ones thought.

In the long, complicated sentences, they only clearly heard one point—that they could leave, and the place they were going was Tokyo Jujutsu High School.

Tokyo and Kyoto were quite far apart, but hearing this news, Zenin Maki felt no fear of leaving home, instead her heart was full of surprise and excitement.

Sister Mai was originally somewhat timid, but with her sister Maki's company, she also gathered her courage.

When finally walking out, the navy blue great demon briefly stopped beside the two little ones, actively extending his hand palm up.

Zenin Maki held her sister Mai with one hand, hesitating with the other before finally placing it in the great demon's palm.

They walked outward together. When they came it was dusk, when they left it was dawn.

When stepping out of the Zenin family's main gate, Zenin Maki still felt somewhat dazed—she couldn't believe she and her sister had just walked out of that cage like this.

The morning sunlight was gentle and refreshing, the breeze brushing their faces still carried the moisture of dew, mixed with the unique fragrance of forest vegetation.

The white-haired teenager walked arm in arm with the topknot teenager, strolling forward casually with shoulders linked, both laughing and joking, their youthful vitality overflowing.

The navy blue kimono figure walked behind those two, patiently slowing his pace slightly to accommodate the two little ones' walking speed.

Ahead, Gojo Satoru noticed Jiang Lai wasn't beside them and was about to turn back to urge him along, but seeing the two little ones trying hard to quicken their pace, he swallowed his words back.

He scratched his head, seemingly casually saying: "No need to rush, walk slowly. I don't want to get in the car so quickly anyway. The scenery around here is nice, we can enjoy it a bit."

Geto Suguru also turned back with a smile, gently asking: "Are you two tired from walking? Should I summon a cursed spirit to carry you?"

Sister Mai shook her head somewhat nervously. Zenin Maki spoke up: "No need... thank you. We can walk."

Zenin Maki couldn't see cursed spirits without cursed tool glasses. At this moment, she also didn't want to sit on a cursed spirit.

She wanted to walk this path away from the Zenin family with her own legs.

Under the warm guidance of the fox-masked great demon, Zenin Maki pulled her sister along, walking forward without looking back.

After walking some distance, she couldn't help but look back once more.

The shadowy Zenin family building complex receded like a tide, like the gradually retreating man-eating mouth from a nightmare.