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Inviting him to dance...... what was this guy trying to do? Honestly, Jiang Lai didn't want to dance with him, but currently, to obtain more clues, he needed to follow the other's path.

However, based on this, he could flexibly adjust his attitude. Using this to probe whether Gojo Kyufuin truly wanted to invite him to dance, or was just finding an excuse to transition topics.

So Jiang Lai paused for two seconds and answered calmly: "I don't know how to dance."

"No matter." Gojo Kyufuin still maintained his bowing posture, smiling and gently suggesting: "I can teach you. It won't be too difficult. Would you like to try?"

Those narrow light blue eyes curved slightly, like shimmering jade.

Very good, Jiang Lai thought. It seemed this guy wasn't just finding an excuse to transition topics, but really intended to invite him to dance.

This was somewhat strange and warranted vigilance...... he didn't know what this guy was planning again.

Last time Gojo Kyufuin had led him to the entertainment area, he had quietly set him up.

This time bringing him to dance, who knew what he had planned in those brief moments.

Maybe another trap of mistakes, maybe monitoring and confirmation in a different way.

No matter what, he'd meet soldiers with soldiers and water with earth.

Jiang Lai's mood wasn't heavy. The situation before him wasn't much to him.

You know, in the Detective Conan world, he had once maneuvered between two bt's simultaneously, ultimately making them turn on each other. His experience dealing with these was already very rich!

Currently, his slight headache regarding Gojo Kyufuin was simply because he wasn't familiar enough with this guy yet.

In the Detective Conan world before, Jiang Lai knew exactly what each bt wanted, allowing him to apply precise remedies. But here, he temporarily didn't understand Gojo Kyufuin's true desires.

Though he could gather from previous intelligence that this guy enjoyed [dying confessions], from this point alone, he couldn't deduce the reason for his current attitude toward himself.

Surely it wasn't that his bt attraction aura was starting to operate passively again, Jiang Lai self-deprecatingly thought. Making Gojo Kyufuin set him as a target early on, even developing excessive behavior?

The wild imagination lasted only an instant. After brief analysis, Jiang Lai quickly collected his thoughts.

Before him, Gojo Kyufuin in his moon-white robe patiently stood in place, waiting for Jiang Lai's answer after consideration.

At some point, he had again drawn out that beautiful folding fan, gently wiping the fan spine with clean fingertips.

Jiang Lai couldn't help but glance at that folding fan. The style at the fan's end looked somewhat like jade, warm and translucent.

But real jade wouldn't have its hardness. You know, previously Gojo Kyufuin had blocked Mahito's attack with just the folding fan.

To avoid drawing the other's attention, Jiang Lai didn't let his gaze linger too long. He naturally swept his eyes around once, then answered: "......I can try."

He chose to agree, then take it step by step.

Hearing this, Gojo Kyufuin's brows curved slightly. He nodded and said politely in a gentle voice: "Good, then let us proceed to the dance area. I'll teach you simple dance steps."

The dance area wasn't too far from here, with rhythmic music echoing in the center area.

The cursed spirits there had various forms, yet all danced in perfect harmony with their partners, circling and spinning around the dance floor.

Jiang Lai had never seen cursed spirits' dance parties before. Watching this scene from far to near was like those Western fantasy movies he'd seen on big screens, where ghosts and spirits gathered together.

These cursed spirits were different from his impression and the original work's information about cursed spirits.

Those attending the banquet were all intelligent cursed spirits, each with unique and real thinking and lives.

It was a pity most cursed spirits couldn't control their instinctive killing intent toward humans, otherwise they might be able to coexist in the same world.

Jiang Lai thought.

Currently, the best method both human and cursed spirit sides could accept was probably dividing the world into mirror front and back, with cursed spirits and humans not interfering with each other.

And the method to create worlds...... Tengen had mentioned before that legend said the [Four Guardian Towers] could achieve this.

Later, if there was opportunity, after removing all of Brain-kun's [Four Guardian Towers], he could try constructing a new type of contract.

Perhaps this step of solving the cursed spirit and human problem would be the final key to successfully clearing and breaking through the dimensional barrier to return.

Jiang Lai thought. By then, when the plot reached this point, the new series should be concluded, right?

At that time, he could smoothly and freely break through the dimensional barrier again, return to the third dimension, and freely travel between the jujutsu world or Detective Conan world to visit his friends.

Thoughts drifted lightly, yet Jiang Lai's actions remained very methodical.

Following Gojo Kyufuin's demonstration, he stepped forward or backward, making movements. Though still somewhat unfamiliar, he learned quickly, and soon had a basic form.

Gojo Kyufuin seemed to really be seriously teaching Jiang Lai to dance. His guidance posture was very standard, and he was particularly polite in maintaining a certain sense of distance, leaving space that wouldn't cause tension between strangers.

After one song ended, another began.

This time, Jiang Lai didn't need Gojo Kyufuin's guidance and could naturally coordinate to dance the complete song.

Jiang Lai: Good, quickly mastered another new skill! jpg

He didn't deliberately slow down his dance learning speed, displaying according to his actual situation.

Jiang Lai wanted to see what Gojo Kyufuin would do after he learned to dance.

If he invited him to blend into the stage for dancing, where specifically, how long would they dance together, what would their two-person interaction be like?

These were all detailed questions. Jiang Lai could start from these details to speculate whether Gojo Kyufuin's purpose was probing or restraint.

After this song ended, Gojo Kyufuin smoothed down the loose hair inside his hood. His narrow light blue eyes lifted at the corners, his handsome clean face blooming with a gentle smile.

"You really learn very quickly. Now you can keep up with my dance steps. Would you like to blend into the dance floor and join them?"

Gojo Kyufuin's moon-white robe edges were trimmed with golden thread, shimmering under the purple crystal chandelier's light.

He gracefully made an inviting gesture, neither humble nor arrogant, as natural as an invitation between acquaintances.

But Jiang Lai knew they were definitely not acquaintances in any positive sense.

Was this guy planning to invite him to the dance floor? Was there something special inside the dance floor, or was there something special outside it?

Jiang Lai considered this, planning to first go along with the other's invitation, observing the surrounding environment with [Existence]'s excellent five senses while moving in the dance floor.

So he lightly nodded in agreement and stepped forward one or two steps: "Then let's go."

As Jiang Lai followed Gojo Kyufuin forward, he keenly sensed some gaze watching.

His brow furrowed slightly as he used the gap of turning ahead to quickly glance at that gaze's location.

Then he locked onto the decorative candle position where he had previously struck with cursed energy.

The black liquid fox was clinging there, staring up at him blankly, not even continuing to nibble at the decorative candle with Jiang Lai's cursed energy.

Currently half the candle remained. From the tooth marks, you could see it ate very carefully, nibbling bit by bit without letting the deliciousness be wasted.

Jiang Lai: "......" Ah, had the little fox been watching him learn to dance the whole time?! Inexplicably embarrassing.

Not far away, the Nightmare Fox perked up its pointed ears. It wanted to dash over but hesitated, clinging to the pillar indecisively.

Finally, the liquid fox seemed to make up its mind, grabbed the half candle in its mouth, leaped down from the platform, and went to find Geto Suguru who was professionally fake-smiling and chatting with cursed spirits on the other side.

Jiang Lai noticed this scene but quickly withdrew his gaze. Because before him, they had already reached the dance floor's central area.

Coincidentally, a new song had just begun. Gojo Kyufuin first performed a pre-dance bow, then gracefully indicated for Jiang Lai to begin.

At this moment he still hadn't removed his hood. The brim cast light shadows on his cheek, his eyelashes fluttered, and his light blue eyes showed no discernible emotion.

"......" Jiang Lai stepped forward to follow, matching Gojo Kyufuin's dance steps with the melody. He similarly concealed the expression in his eyes, his face calm without a ripple.

Close-range interaction was a good opportunity for detailed observation, but both of them maintained barriers well, not letting outsiders glimpse their inner thoughts.

As time passed, this dance song reached the emotional peak of the middle-to-late section. Gojo Kyufuin's movement range increased accordingly, his magnificent dance steps methodical.

Jiang Lai noticed that Gojo Kyufuin wasn't randomly switching positions. From beginning to now, they seemed to be dancing toward the center direction.

The center of the dance floor actually had nothing special, with only a slightly peculiar umbrella-shaped lamp overhead marking it as the center position.

Was there something special there? If the other wanted to guide him over. Jiang Lai raised his brow slightly, thoughtful.

His footsteps couldn't help but slow slightly, no longer following the other as closely as before.

Gojo Kyufuin sensed Jiang Lai's pace adjustment. He half-turned his face and asked gently: "What's wrong? Are you tired from dancing?"

Actually, cursed spirits wouldn't feel fatigue like humans when not expending cursed energy. But Jiang Lai still said: "A little." He continued: "I want to try something different."

"Let's finish this song. Beginning and ending should be complete." Gojo Kyufuin replied with laughter in his voice, leading Jiang Lai to continue forward, spinning and dancing with the song, alternating steps.

But before reaching the center, another figure naturally flowed in from the side.

The bun-haired young man in black and gold robes naturally picked up Jiang Lai's dance steps, perfectly matching his rhythm.

In the cursed spirit banquet's dance floor, such dance partner switching wasn't common but did exist. After all, this was a group banquet with frequent interaction among cursed spirits.

Geto Suguru's timing was perfect, coinciding with the end of one beat, making his action very natural, like the operation when selecting the next dance partner after one dance song in the dance floor.

Jiang Lai was stunned for half a second, then followed Geto Suguru's dance steps. Their dance steps diverted from the direction Gojo Kyufuin had been leading.

Logically, after the dance partner exchange, Gojo Kyufuin should now follow the rhythm and naturally dance with a cursed spirit beside him.

But Gojo Kyufuin made no such movement. Instead, he stood in place, his brows slightly curved, his gentle tone seeming somewhat helpless yet slightly sharp:

"This gentleman, please don't disturb us. Let us finish this song, how about it?"