Chapter 61: Cultivation Day 61

Chapter 61

An hour later, Kanako and Yuta Otsutsukota went to the location marked on the address.

The meeting place was a vacant office temporarily borrowed by the assistant supervisor. When they arrived, Takuma Ino was already discussing the background information of the mission with Kento Nanami.

"Hey, you're here." Ino Takuma greeted them.

Nanami Kento stood up, hands at his sides, and suddenly half-bowed formally. "It wasn't convenient to greet you in the store before, so I'll do it again now."

"Nice to meet you, Otsutsuki-san, Kanako-san. I'm a first-class sorcerer, Nanami Kento."

Yuta was startled and bowed, "Okay... nice to meet you."

Kanako didn't even bow: "I knew it a long time ago!"

Nanami Kento strictly followed his own logic and said, "Then please continue the conversation, Ino."

"Okay, Mr. Nanami." Ino Takuma took on the role of host.

"This mission took place near a girls' high school. Yesterday afternoon, after school, two high school students took the same path together to take a shortcut home. They didn't return home until evening."

"In the middle of the night, both families reported the disappearances to the police. They discovered strange traces on the path that were 'suspiciously unscientific.' After the 'window' department investigated, they determined that the disappearances were related to a curse."

Ino Takuma concluded: "To sum up, this is a curse kidnapping case whose primary goal is to deal with ordinary people. Of course, the possibility of a curse master being responsible cannot be completely ruled out."

"That school has been closed for a day. Aside from the two students who initially disappeared, no third victim has been reported," Nanami Kento said. "However, judging by the residual cursed energy reported by Window, it's likely the cursed spirit acted on its own initiative."

Ino Takuma scratched his head. "It's just as Nanami-san said. The filth there doesn't match the registered sorcerer, and that's why the 'window' is unnecessary..."

"It is said that the curse master Geto Suguru appeared a week ago, only a dozen kilometers away from the scene of the incident."

"...What?" Kanako interrupted him in disbelief, "Are you talking about Geto Suguru who can manipulate spirits?"

Ino Takuma nodded: "Yes, it's him. What's wrong?"

Kanako lowered her head and whispered softly, "Geto Suguru... He is the name of my (system-bound) guardian."

The scene was silent for a while.

Ino Takuma couldn't think of any words of comfort for a moment, and after a few awkward words, Kanako finally came to her senses: "I thought he was dead a long time ago, but he's still alive and kicking!"

Kanako has seen the worst endings - not only death, but the body is also taken over by sutures and so on. Now she thinks that as long as she is not dead, everything is fine.

As soon as she arrived in the new parallel world, she preconceived the worst possible outcome and said pessimistically: Tongbao, let's go visit Xiaojie's grave.

The system sensed the soul of the bound guardian for a while and found that the soul was extremely active, jumping and dancing, and looked so energetic that it was obviously an original one. It was hesitant to speak: Is it possible... that the person is not dead at all?

Kanako had her own considerations, and soon interrupted the system's explanation with a sad face: It doesn't matter, the parallel world has its own way of dying... and the parallel world where I, Kanako, exists has Kanako's way of living.

First, make sure everything in her world is intact, and then...

When the training value reached 50 points, she unlocked custom crossing conditions.

By the time the training value reaches full score... Kanako's reward has not been used yet.

"It's amazing!" Kanako couldn't help but shout with satisfaction.

Ino Takuma’s face was full of question marks:???

No, did you hear the prefix? He defected and became a curse master and is now wanted and hunted!

It's a curse master! How can this situation be so great?

"This incident is most likely not directly related to the curse master Geto Suguru, but we must still be wary of him, especially to prevent him from taking advantage of the situation and killing ordinary people indiscriminately in order to subdue a new curse... Is that correct?"

Nanami Kento finished his summary succinctly.

It won the approval of the entire audience and the exaggerated applause from Ino Takuma and Kanako.

"Alright, let's split up into teams," Nanami Kento said. "Kanako-san, before you arrived at the meeting point, I collected my debt from Mr. Gojo and also asked him for his assessment of your combat prowess."

Nanami Kento pushed up his goggles. "Otsutsuki-san can be considered the average student, while Kanako-san is the 'Gojo Satoru of physical strength.'"

"What field is Gojo Satoru in?" Ino Takuma thought his ears might be broken. "Wait... doesn't that mean the strongest?!"

"That's exactly what I mean!" Kanako gave a thumbs up. "I'll go with Ino. Nanami, please take care of Otsutsuko."

Nanami Kento raised his eyes calmly and asked, "Reason?"

Kanako explained, "That's near a girls' high school! I'm the only girl there, but my age doesn't match up. What if the curse-chasing spirit accidentally chases it into the school and the two of us get stopped by the guards?"

"When the time comes, I'll especially need my dear Junior Ino to contribute his strength. Put on his strange black mask and act sneaky at the gate to distract the guards. Then I'll take the opportunity to rush in and remove the curse!"

Kanako persecutes people in a serious manner.

Ino Takuma was shocked: "That's the condition for activating the technique, not some weird black mask!"

Nanami Kento: "Then let's decide on the division."

Ino Takuma was devastated: "Mr. Nanami, won't you even say a few words to refute me?"

*

The auxiliary supervisor in charge of liaison pulled down the "account".

"Otsutsuki-san, how do you think these cursed spirits came into being?"

Nanami Kento asked this as they walked along the dark path, the cracks in the surrounding walls filled with low-level cursed spirits with weak cursed power.

"Are you asking me?" Otsutsuki Yuuta said what he had been thinking about. "I think it's mainly related to school."

"It just so happens that universities are starting to apply for independent external admissions, and it also coincides with the school's final exams... So for a high school, the pressure and negative emotions of students will increase significantly."

Otsutsuki Yuta analyzed, "In contrast, the curse born from the school will be nourished by the accumulated negative energy and become even stronger."

"That's a decent answer, Otsutsuki-san." Nanami Kento swung his blunt blade and slashed at a cursed spirit that flew out from the darkness. "But that doesn't mean I've recognized your ability."

Yuta Okkotsu was startled and immediately assumed a fighting stance.

"My criteria are different from Gojo Satoru's. I unilaterally believe that you are not yet a sorcerer."

"...Mr. Nanami, why do you say that?"

"Forget about being a sorcerer. You haven't even attended a technical high school. During your training, Kanako-san's guidance to you was somewhat inconsistent with the situation you will face in the future." Nanami Kento said, "assuming you have already decided that you want to pursue this profession."

Otsutsuki Yuta was about to speak out for confirmation, but Nanami quickly said, "Behind me."

The cursed spirit's sneak attack was blocked by the cursed power defense wrapped around his body. Yuta Otsutsukota turned around and blasted it away with one blow.

A hint of panic belatedly rose in his heart. If the cursed power he used to defend his body had not been strong enough to prevent the sneak attack from working, he might have been the one killed...

There was no time for him to be scared. Nanami Kento took big strides forward, and several cursed spirits that appeared in the middle of the road were turned into dust under his machete.

And he intentionally left one or two for Otsutsuki to practice with.

"This situation will become the norm in the future." Nanami Kento watched the flow of his cursed energy during the battle and made a simple analysis in his mind.

"Otsutsuki-san's original strength was below average, wasn't it?"

"Yes... I was born with a weak body. My limbs are weak."

"But the amount of cursed energy is high. Using it to strengthen your body is a good starting point... but it also becomes your weakness."

In the second half of the journey, the deeper they went, the fewer low-level cursed spirits there were, and instead, huge mid-level cursed spirits kept appearing in their field of vision.

After some observation, Nanami Kento decided to continue his teaching. "For example, if an ordinary sorcerer seeks the best balance between cursed power and physical enhancement, they would control the physical strength to 150%. But Otsutsuki-san, you are at 200%."

Yuta Otsutsuki lowered some of his defenses and focused on the attack, using Nanami Kento's weaknesses to hit and eliminate the obstacles that blocked his way.

"No... the peak was about 300%."

This number even shocked Yuta Otsutsukota: "It's so many times higher!?"

"It should be the result of your recent training. Your subconscious mind will convert the cursed energy into strengthening your body's defense, and the strengthening of offense will be weaker." Nanami Kento explained.

Yuta Otsutsuki followed Nanami's steps closely, and the memory of being beaten by Kanako emerged in his mind.

He covered his face: "Senior Kanako's beating really hurts..."

"It's not just her fault. The important thing is that you don't have the awareness to actively exorcise the curse."

Nanami Kento stopped because they had reached the end of the road.

It's strange, this road shouldn't be so short, but the moss-covered wall in front of me is really standing there.

Nanami Kento gathered his cursed power and used a technique to chop at the weak point of the wall. Amid the screams of a dozen cursed spirits, the wall turned into blood-stained dust and dispersed into the air.

"Sure enough, the remnants of cursed energy are both a trace that exposes their location and a bait." He possessed himself and walked into the hole behind the "wall", which contained a ruined building.

There was a schoolbag lying on the open ground in the ruins, with the contents scattered all over the place. It must have been thrown to the ground in a state of extreme panic.

"Otsutsuki-san, please keep going straight ahead for ten meters, then turn right and go all the way to the end," Nanami Kento said. "I'll investigate on the left. If you have any questions, please let me know."

"Yes!" Without having time to think about why Nanami asked him to do this, Yuta Otsutsuki set off quickly.

So, he stepped forward and stepped on five trap points. The sharp, thorny curse spirits flew out and hit him on the head... and then caused zero damage.

Nanami Kento stepped steadily on the road he was walking on.

Otsutsuki Yuta: ...

Okay, he understands.

【Author’s words】

Nanami wouldn't do anything to deceive others, so he observed for a while in the early stage and determined that Otsutsuki's defense wall was a dimensionality reduction attack for cursed spirits of this level, so he let him go in front and build up his confidence at the same time.

Here it comes, the next chapter will be the end of this one!

As for the reason why Rika didn't come out, it was mentioned earlier that Rika was temporarily asleep, so she won't appear automatically now.

I suddenly thought of a meme.

The physical skills taught by Kanako, the foundation laid by Nanami, and the curses practiced by Gojo Tokuro - cultivating a future special-grade curser, and making Yuta Otsutsukotsu a reliable minor is ()!

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