Chapter 9

Pan Duola's little face flushed red, and her gaze involuntarily drifted toward the place where the two had fought earlier.

There was still a smear of fresh red blood there.

Li An followed her gaze and couldn't help but smile.

Who would have thought that the Mother of God-Slaying, Pan Duola, was still a maiden?

He kissed Pan Duola's rosy little lips, then opened a Star Gate right in front of her and left the God-Slayer World.

"So you're not someone from this world!" Pan Duola stared at the vanishing Star Gate, finally understanding something.

Returning to the Jujutsu World, Li An also let out a breath of relief.

Without Rimuru's overwhelming power, he didn't want to stay in the God-Slayer World any longer.

After all, that world had Fate, and he wasn't the chosen one, yet he had stolen the God-Slayer seat from the male protagonist Kusanagi Godou.

To Fate, he was like an invading virus.

If Fate wanted to wipe the virus, it would definitely target him.

Still, this trip to the God-Slayer World had brought considerable gains.

Besides slaying gods and becoming a god, while in the Underworld, Li An had also had the "Divine Core" copy all the magical knowledge of the God-Slayer World through the Underworld.

This was equivalent to him possessing all the magic, occult arts, and martial arts of the God-Slayer World!

Even the secret techniques that those prestigious magic families never passed down, he had them all here.

Some of the magic among them was very practical, and he could study it himself to boost his combat power.

"Right, I spent 23 hours in the God-Slayer World, which is equivalent to a day passing, so I can check in again." Li An seemed to remember something and said to the system: "System, check in!"

【Ding, Check-in successful. Congratulations to the host on obtaining: Wooden Treasure Chest!】

"Open the treasure chest!"

【Ding, treasure chest opened. Congratulations to the host on obtaining: 1 billion yen!】

"Yen again, how boring!" Li An shook his head, somewhat disappointed.

It seemed wooden treasure chests couldn't yield good things; he could only accumulate more and synthesize higher-grade treasure chests.

Meanwhile, at Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical High School.

Satoru Gojo, Masamichi Yaga, Shoko Ieiri, Mei Mei, Kento Nanami, and Takuma Ino were seated in a conference room, and below them were four others: Yuta Okkotsu, Maki Zenin, Toge Inumaki, and Xiong Mao!

"So you're saying Xia Youjie has already been killed by that mysterious sorcerer?" Masamichi Yaga asked, looking at the four students below.

Yuta Okkotsu and the other three exchanged glances, and finally Maki Zenin spoke up: "We're not sure either. That sorcerer used a Barrier Technique we'd never seen before to trap Xia Youjie, then devoured him. As for whether Xia Youjie is dead or alive, we can't confirm!"

Hearing this, everyone present fell silent.

Xia Youjie had triggered a Hundred Ghosts Parade in Shinjuku and Kyoto, causing countless deaths and massive destruction of infrastructure, with severe government financial losses — if caught, he would definitely be sentenced to death.

But no matter what, Xia Youjie was Masamichi Yaga's student, and Satoru Gojo and Shoko Ieiri's close friend.

Now that he had been captured by a mysterious sorcerer, his life or death unknown, it was hard not to feel a sense of melancholy.

"Does the higher-ups have any news on that mysterious sorcerer?" Mei Mei suddenly asked.

"They're already investigating," Masamichi Yaga said with a sigh.

However, just as he finished speaking, the Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical High School's assistant supervisor, Kiyotaka Ijichi, walked in.

"Principal, word came from above — the identity of the mysterious sorcerer has been confirmed." Kiyotaka Ijichi said, holding a report.

Satoru Gojo, who had been seated, instantly appeared beside him and snatched the report.

"Satoru, what does the report say?" Masamichi Yaga also asked hurriedly.

Satoru Gojo looked at the report, frowning: "Last night's mysterious sorcerer is called Adagaki Li An, sixteen years old this year. Both his parents are from Dragon Country; twenty years ago they immigrated to our country for business and had been living in Osaka.

Thirteen years ago his parents died by curse in a cursed spirit incident. There is suspected masterminding behind the incident, with the suspect being a business competitor. Li An spent four years at a children's Fuli Academy in Osaka, then was adopted by the Adagaki family and renamed Adagaki Li An.

One year ago he was admitted to the private Yasakani High School with excellent results, but he did not attend that school, instead choosing Chiba Municipal Sobu High School. Prior to this, he had no contact with cursed spirits, curse users, or sorcerers!"