Have You Fallen So Low, Jie Jian?

Jie Jian! With the manpower Yuji Itadori's group currently had, there was no way they could assign someone to every colony.

They were already short on people, so sending both a person and a bear into the same Barrier did not seem like a good idea.

With that in mind, Yuji immediately folded the slip in his hand again.

"Let Panda go to Tokyo No. 2 Colony. I'll draw another one."

However, that move drew Kinji Hakari's dissatisfaction.

He shouted and directly interrupted Yuji.

"Oi, kid! There's no taking back your bet at a casino!"

Yuji's hand froze in midair.

True enough, it was not like he had never played pachinko before.

Backing out after placing a bet was not something a qualified gambler should do!

"Fine, then I won't change it."

Yuji withdrew his hand and decided to go to Tokyo No. 2 Colony with Panda.

Megumi Fushiguro helplessly turned his head aside.

He truly could not bear to watch.

What did these two idiots think the Culling Game was?

A gambling game at a pachinko parlor?!

Megumi forced himself to accept those two fools.

He silently recited to himself.

Forget it, forget it. Yuji isn't suited to acting alone anyway.

Having Panda-senpai go with him might not be a bad thing.

Panda raised a paw toward Yuji.

"Yuji, then we'll head to Tokyo No. 2 Colony together tomorrow!"

"Yes! I'll be counting on you then, Panda-senpai!"

"No problem! Stick with me, and I guarantee you'll be fine."

"Panda-senpai, you're so cool!"

"Hahahaha! Of course I am!"

Panda and Yuji's cheerful voices rang through the strategy room, with none of the unease one would expect from people about to join the Culling Game.

Megumi also chuckled softly, and some of the gloom in his heart dispersed.

And for some reason, seeing Yuji about to head to Tokyo No. 2 Colony made him feel inexplicably reassured.

At that moment, Yuji leaned his head in front of Megumi.

"Fushiguro, which Barrier did you draw?"

"Me? Let me see."

Megumi had not checked what he had drawn yet. He slowly unfolded the paper slip in his hand.

The words "Kyoto Colony" appeared on it.

Seeing that everyone else had drawn, Kirara Hoshi, who had been nestled in Kinji's arms, also sat up.

"Then it's my turn!"

But Kinji grabbed Kirara's arm.

"Kirara, you'll stay outside on standby."

"Huh!" Kirara pouted unhappily. "You're leaving me out?"

Kinji spoke at an unhurried pace.

"Didn't Okkotsu head to Sendai? We still haven't heard from him, which means phones definitely can't be used inside the Barriers.

"In that case, it's best to leave someone behind to keep track of the situation outside."

Listening to Kinji, Kirara did not know whether he was happy or unhappy.

"Yeah, yeah. I'll stay behind."

Seeing that everyone had settled on their assignments, Kinji nodded in satisfaction.

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"Alright! Everyone get some rest early. Tomorrow, we officially join the Culling Game!"

November 12.

Today was the twelfth day since the Culling Game officially began.

After so much time, the situations inside each Barrier had basically become clear.

Different Barriers had different circumstances. Some had several factions locked in a standoff, some had one dominant force and many lesser ones, while others were ruled by a single powerful sorcerer.

But nearly every Barrier shared one characteristic.

The ordinary people left inside, along with weak sorcerers, were all living in extreme hardship.

That was because Kenjaku had not only placed players into the Barriers; he had also released a large number of cursed spirits once controlled by Suguru Geto's Cursed Spirit Manipulation.

Those cursed spirits were insignificant to powerful sorcerers.

But to ordinary people who had been left behind or had wandered into the Barriers, as well as awakened sorcerers with weak techniques, they were unquestionably a catastrophic threat!

For those without combat ability, encountering even a single cursed spirit could become a fight for life or death.

And cursed spirits actively sought out people. Most such people in the Barriers had gradually fallen prey to cursed spirit hunts, but there was one exception.

Tokyo No. 2 Colony.

In the southeastern corner of the Barrier stood a luxurious villa complex.

At that moment, the garden of a lavish villa in the center of the complex was littered with discarded liquor bottles and food wrappers.

At the very center of the garden was the remains of an enormous bonfire.

It was not hard to tell that a bonfire party had been held there the day before.

Judging from the liquor bottles left on the ground, it had been quite a large party, with many people in attendance.

There were even several people on the garden lawn who still had not woken up from their drunken stupor.

If an uninformed person saw this place, no one would think it was a Culling Game Barrier.

They seemed completely unconcerned that they were in the perilous Culling Game, lying unconscious on the grass just like that.

If people from other Barriers saw this, they would probably lose it on the spot.

Bro, are you here for the Culling Game or on vacation?

Why were we getting chased everywhere by cursed spirits while you were sleeping soundly here?!

Even now, although it was only ten in the morning.

Several energetic young men and women by another nearby pool were still drinking, dancing, and eating grilled snacks.

On a lounge chair beside the pool, Jie Jian drank while secretly glancing at a lightly dressed girl in the distance.

At that moment, a figure stepped in front of him and blocked his view.

Looking up, Jie Jian recognized him as the first opponent in this challenge, Charles Bernard.

Seeing Jie Jian's disheveled clothes, Charles looked at him with disappointment.

"Have you fallen so low, Jie Jian?!"

Jie Jian set down his glass, slicked his hair back, and looked at him with a cold expression.

"You're too arrogant, Charles. From the very beginning, no one has stood in the heavens. You are..."

But before Jie Jian could finish, Charles interrupted him.

"Stop right there! Were you about to say, 'I will stand in the heavens'?!

"Let me tell you, that's copyright infringement. Be careful, or Aizen will come after you for royalties."

Jie Jian chuckled and corrected him.

"There's a problem with what you said. Even if someone wanted royalties, it should be Kubo-sensei. What does it have to do with Aizen?"

Charles shook his head helplessly and did not argue with him over that.

"Anyway, what are you even thinking? Are you really planning to drink and dance with girls every single day?"

"What's wrong with that?" Jie Jian immediately retorted stiffly. "Isn't drinking and dancing with girls great? Don't you want to hang out with young women every day?"

Charles nodded unconsciously.

Being able to spend every day with pretty girls truly was his dream.

But the next moment, he came to his senses and anxiously looked at Jie Jian.

"We're still in the Culling Game. We have to follow the game rules!"