Spell Return: The Wheel of Time

Chapter 320: Pursuing the Abnormal Person
This is a human-like finger, which is broken at the root and appears to be shriveled and dried up. Its length is already quite long by human standards, but considering its current state, its original owner must have been a being of unusually tall stature.

Combined with what Sasaki said, if this finger really involves supernatural or spiritual phenomena, then does that mean its owner must be human?

And the lights were flickering inexplicably just now. Although the president's explanation makes sense and may even be the real reason, are all of you gathered here tonight to discuss issues like circuit aging?
It's just that the timing of the flashing of the light just now was too coincidental. Even the four people who were very interested in the supernatural, at this time and in this atmosphere, couldn't help but be a little bit hypocritical. The explanation of the aging circuit was just to ease the inexplicable emotions in their hearts.

"I say, should we find another time? There's no one in school now. If we really run into something..."

The burly Iguchi was the first one to show fear, and his subsequent words made the others choke. They had originally held this gathering to witness supernatural beings with their own eyes. If they didn't want to continue exploring supernatural beings because of fear, then what was the point of all this?

However, Jingkou's words reminded everyone of the mixed emotions of excitement, expectation, fear, etc., that although they heard that most of the supernatural phenomena were harmless, most of them could not even be distinguished from accidents.

But... what if they were to encounter an evil spirit this time? After all, you can tell from looking at this finger that it is not a normal thing, right? A humanoid finger wrapped in a spell, according to the usual routine of various works, this finger might contain the resentment of an evil spirit, and has been sealed by the monks with a spell until today, and it was not until today that they unsealed it and it was able to see the light of day again.

The subsequent plot is probably an indispensable plot in a horror movie: several people involved in the incident will be brutally killed one after another by the evil spirits that have escaped, and then they may pay a heavy price to re-seal the evil spirits under the leadership of a certain protagonist.

After thinking about it, Iguchi felt that it was unlikely that he was like the protagonist. If he had to say, perhaps only Yuji among them was like the protagonist in those works. He was good-looking, had a strong physical fitness and athletic ability, and he had never shown any fear of such supernatural events.

If ghosts can be harmed by physical contact, this guy might be able to beat those possible ghosts to death...

Iguchi's thoughts were in a mess, but just as he thought, it was Yuji Yuto who stood up at this time. However, it was a little different from what he thought. Yuji, who always looked relaxed and indifferent when facing any activities and attempts to explore supernatural phenomena, now showed a solemn expression.

"Let me do it. How do I study this finger?"

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This world is dull and mundane.

Yuji Itadori is very sure of this. Of course, the 'boring' he mentioned is not boring or meaningless in the ordinary sense, but the absence of any waves. People go to school, make friends, find partners, start a family, work all their lives, attend the funeral of their elders, and finally end their life at their own funeral.

It is as calm as the small river in his hometown. There will never be any waves worth mentioning. It just flows quietly until it dries up.

Tiger Stick is like a fish living in this small river. Compared with his own kind, he has an urgent, burning desire: Tiger Stick wants to see if there are other big rivers outside this small river, or even a vast ocean!
If we say that most ordinary people are interested in the supernatural and the spiritual out of curiosity caused by novelty and boredom, if they really encounter a spiritual event, most of these people will feel real fear, unless they encounter a small incident without any danger, in which case they will most likely continue to explore them because of this exciting experience.

Then Yuji is one of the very few people who truly desires to come into contact with this world that he doesn't know whether it really exists or not. Whether it is really a ghost or a danger, he will reach out his hand to touch them.

It's not because Yuji has self-destructive tendencies or is so crazy that he is not afraid of death. The reason why he is so eager to touch this supernatural existence is actually very simple, that is, Yuji himself is not "normal".

If we really want to trace it back, it probably starts from when Yuji was a child and could easily beat the kids who played with him and made them cry. Yuji knew from a young age that his physical abilities were very strong, and his grandfather and father also repeatedly told him not to use more than 50% of his strength when playing with others.

But he didn't think much about it. Of course there are differences between people. You are out of breath after running a thousand meters, but he can run ten kilometers without any problem. If these gaps can be narrowed by exercise, then there are more facts that are naturally determined to distinguish the gap between you and me.

However, Yuji Itadori has physical fitness comparable to that of an adult at a child's age. When he was in junior high school, he could easily knock down several adult thugs outside the school, break solid wooden boards with one punch, and kick people away with one foot.

There are also those sports events. If he wants to, he can probably break a few world records. It's a little unusual, but Yuji really doesn't think he is abnormal to that extent.

He had also experimented with his own body. If he was cut by a knife, he would get hurt and bleed, and his blood was red. If he was touched by fire, he would get burned. He would feel hot in the summer and cold in the winter. He rarely suffered from diseases, but he had also suffered from them.

All in all, he is just better at doing things that humans can do, and he doesn't have any abilities beyond the scope of ordinary people. He can't be invisible, fly, send waves, hypnotize... He doesn't know anything, but he dares to say that he has "super powers"?
That is why Yuji Itadori, like those who represent trends among young people today, has a strong interest in supernatural phenomena and has made real exploration actions for them. If contact with supernatural beings may be dangerous, then Itadori feels that he may be the most suitable candidate.

Closer to home.

The reason why Yuji Itadori wanted to explore the finger himself was very simple. After actively participating in countless activities or adventures to explore supernatural phenomena, it can be said that he has never witnessed a real supernatural phenomenon.

At most, it is an event that seems plausible and may be abnormal, but there is no evidence to prove that it is a supernatural event.

But this time it was different... Yuji had never had this feeling before. He had always been calm, but at this moment his heartbeat and secretion suddenly quickened, and most importantly, he had a mysterious feeling.

The most terrifying thing about this feeling was that it pointed directly at a strange finger that Tiger Stick had never seen before. Tiger Stick couldn't describe this feeling very accurately, but this new and frightening feeling made him seem to understand something. "It seems to be really different this time. Is it finally coming..."

Sasaki seemed a little distressed when she heard Yuji's question. The netizen who suddenly sent her the finger had never told her anything about the 'usage' of this finger before. She didn't even know that this was a human-like finger before opening the box!

But the activity has come to this point, the spell has been uncovered, it is impossible to cover it up again and tell everyone to go home, right? If that were the case, she would not have persisted in searching for supernatural beings until now.

"Uh, how about we pick it up and take a look? What if it's a plastic toy like the scam we saw before?"

But out of helplessness, Sasaki still came up with a rough idea, and Yuji Itadori didn't care about it. Not to mention this dried finger, he had also touched those ghost dolls and those scary things that were said to be evil ghost heads but were actually man-made products and tried to take them apart to study them. He didn't hesitate to reach out for the finger in the box.

call--

A slight air flow blew across the back of Iguchi's head, making him shiver. At this moment, he was sitting facing the door, opposite Yoshitake Keiji, and on his right was Yuji who was taking action.

The windows of the classroom had been closed by the staff on duty when school was over, and the door was also closed after they slipped into the classroom. There was only a dim electric light above the head for lighting.

It stands to reason that there shouldn't be any wind in the classroom. If there is wind in the room, considering the current situation, it can't be that someone blew a breath behind my head, right? Haha, ha...

A layer of white cold sweat oozed out from Jingkou's back. He didn't want to show his fear and he didn't dare to look at Yuji who was muttering "Could this be a real human finger?" So he naturally looked away and subconsciously wanted to see other people's reactions.

There was nothing surprising about Sasaki's expression. It was similar to her usual appearance at such events, except perhaps a little more vivid tonight.

Then he turned his gaze to Yoshitake Keiji, the president of their club. After all, he was the president of the club, so he naturally had outstanding abilities and character in this aspect. Moreover, Iguchi also wanted to see if their president, who had always been calm and composed in the face of adversity and was on par with that kid Itadori, would feel scared at this time.

Then Iguchi's gaze moved to the right, straight ahead to Yoshitake Keiji who was facing the closed door with his back, and this time, he could not move his gaze away!
As expected, Yoshitake Keiji was not too scared and was even talking to Itadori about the finger in the latter's hand. Under the dim light where there were no more abnormalities, Iguchi seemed to see something in Yoshitake Keiji's peripheral vision.

The best way for an entity to hide is to blend into the same environment as itself, just like a drop of water falling into a body of water, a leaf falling into a pile of fallen leaves, or a person squeezing into a crowd.

On the contrary, when something falls into an environment that is out of tune with itself, it will be easily sent to the viewer's brain by the eyes that scan it, and then the subconscious mind that detects this abnormality will remind you: Hey! Look, there is something protruding here!

Then Iguchi saw it. In the darkness that was gradually extending outward as the light behind Yoshitake Keiji faded, there was a face on the rows of closed windows above the gate that could never have appeared there!
A pair of eyes that I don't know how to describe. Its main body is hidden in the darkness of the corridor and it is impossible to see what it is. It is precisely because its eyes reflect the light in the house that Jingkou noticed the eyes that were out of tune with the surroundings at a glance.

However, what frightened Jingkou to the point of his mind stagnating was not just the presence of a pair of eyes, but the location where they appeared! Above the door of the classroom was a row of windows that only had glass and did not open or close, which was intended to provide more natural light.

According to the usual design, the door of the classroom alone is nearly two meters high, and the row of windows above it is estimated to be at least two and a half meters high! What could raise its face to the outside of the corridor window that is two and a half meters high?

His brain forgot to breathe in an instant, causing Jingkou to almost suffocate. His consciousness was like falling into an ice cellar with no extra space to move, and his body's instinctive reaction caused him to fall off the chair in an instant.

The stiff limbs caused Jingkou to fall to the ground instead of standing up. The pushed-away chair made a harsh sound as it rubbed against the ground. Such a big movement naturally attracted the attention of the other three people.

"Iguchi, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing Iguchi gasping for breath but unable to utter clear and complete words, Sasaki would have thought that he had a physiological emergency like asthma if he didn't know Iguchi well enough.

The first time Yuji saw Iguchi's expression and movements, he knew that he was not suffering from a sudden illness, because he was not unfamiliar with this look. It was a manifestation of extreme fear. In past activities to explore supernatural existence, many people had similar expressions when faced with accidents, whether man-made or accidental.

This is like some common scenes in horror movies suddenly descending into reality and landing in front of you, without the presence of crew members. The shock brought by this reality will directly stimulate your brain, and your body will respond to the stress first.

So, what is Jingkou afraid of? Although this finger doesn't seem to be made of plastic, it's just a little disgusting and nauseating, not scary, right?

This thought just flashed through Yuji's mind, and then he denied this guess. Then he observed Jingguchi and keenly discovered the latter's body trend.

The direction of the front, the direction of his gaze... Jingguchi's body, which was unable to be controlled freely due to fear, now followed his instinctive reaction and pointed towards the source of his fear.

(End of this chapter)