Chapter 106

Why do you feel like they're targeting you?

Ayako asked Kazuma Hatori to send her the lists later, and casually added a question.

It's no wonder she was curious. The key question is, how did Kazuma Hatori, who had only been in the world of sorcery for about half a year, manage to attract so many people to target him?

Moreover, judging from the list he just gave, they all contained characters like "brave," "victory," "real," and "prosperous," which seemed to be a naming style typical of the Showa era, not names that young people would choose.

If we're talking about offending people, he went to a vocational college, so shouldn't he have met people who were around the same age?

Ayako Sakura might be one of the high-ranking members of the Panxing Cult, but she doesn't understand the world of sorcery, let alone the age range of this list, which is indeed as high as she guessed.

Therefore, she could only listen to what Kazuma Hatori said without hesitation.

“I don’t know either,” Kazuma Hatori said innocently. “It might be malice towards non-family magicians. Seeing that I was getting close to the next head of the Gojo family, they wanted to get rid of me.”

The reason sounded a bit bizarre, but upon closer examination it made sense. Knowing how high the class barriers were, Ayako Sakura didn't ask any further questions.

“I will convey this to His Holiness,” she said. “Don’t worry, His Holiness is all-powerful.”

She was about to hang up when Kazuma Hatake called out to her, "I'm a little curious."

Ayako Sakura narrowed her eyes: "What are you curious about? Are you questioning the Pope's abilities?"

"I'm curious if you met the Pope this time," Kazuma Hatake probed. "Was that person a man or a woman...?"

beep--

He's so stingy; he hangs up the phone after just one question.

It seems we can't expect to find out the Pope's true identity from Ayako Sakura; she's incredibly cautious.

Kazuma Hatake put away his phone and began cleaning his dorm room, which he hadn't lived in for almost two months, taking out the sheets and blankets to wash.

This game is so realistic in its details that it even meticulously simulates the fact that [home furnishings accumulate dust over time].

If it weren't for that system interface that could be summoned at will, Kazuma Hatake would have, on many occasions in the past, even mistakenly believed that he was living in the real world.

But now, he still needs to find out who the [mastermind] is and take them down before he can feel at ease.

Kazuma Hatori still remembered that when he was fighting that [Natsuyuu Ge (deceased) (?),] before the latter was almost hit by his blood bullet, he actually used Itadori Kaori's technique to forcibly change the trajectory of the blood bullet and make it fall to the ground by gravity.

After studying the theory last semester, he learned a theory: except in special cases, almost all spellcasters only have one innate spell.

Even though there may be many attack methods, they all originate from this one technique.

How did that [Xia Youjie] manage to possess both [Spirit Manipulation Technique] and Katsura Kaori's anti-gravity technique?

Could it be related to the scar on his head? Using techniques similar to plant grafting…

Kazuma Hatori speculated somewhat uncertainly.

Actually, he wanted to find Kaori Itadori from this period more—but if you calculate the time, Hisahito was probably born two years ago, and Kaori Itadori at the current point in time has likely already disappeared.

Even if he wanted to find him, Kazuma Hatake wouldn't know where Hisahito's grandfather lives now.

He only saw Hisahito's grandfather for the last time at Sendai Hospital...

During the conversation, Hisahito's grandfather explicitly stated that he took Hisahito away from Sendai shortly after his birth, and that Hisahito grew up in a small town until he was seven years old.

Where exactly does this "small place" refer to? Kazuma Hatake had no clue and could only sigh.

He needed to think of a more effective way to lure this patriarch out.

"It's true, it's true, it's true!"

Gojo Satoru arrived right on time and knocked on the door, calling out to Hatori Kazuma to go wash the sheets together.

The laundry room has a whole row of public washing machines and dryers, enough to supply all the students in the school.

When Kazuma Hatori arrived at the laundry room with Gojo Satoru, carrying a large pile of sheets, blankets, and other laundry items, he happened to see Shoko Ieiri and Suguru Natsuyu already there.

Have a great holiday!

With a lollipop in her mouth, Shoko raised her hand to greet the two of them first, her faint smile revealing a rather obvious hint of teasing.

"I heard that someone really stole the show at the conference. Wow, that's amazing."

Xia Youjie asked curiously, "Who's stealing the spotlight?"

"Huh, how did glass know?"

Gojo Satoru immediately raised his eyebrows, extremely indignant that his peers had already received the news before he even had a chance to show off.

"I have my own way of doing things too."

Shoko Ieiri smiled and waved her hand, but she couldn't resist Satoru Gojo's bright "Tell me" eyes as he stared at her intently.

"—It was the songstress who told me."

Shoko Ieiri confessed, "She said the students at the Kyoto school had to lie down for a long time, and she asked me if I could go and help treat them."

After all, there are not many people who can reverse spells—and among them, sorcerers who can use reverse spells to heal others are even rarer.

After a pause, Ieiri Shoko looked at Gojo Satoru, who was already unable to hold back his laughter, and added.

"Because I didn't know Kazuma's name at first, I just used '[that devil who uses a short stick to set your bones]' or 'bone-setting devil' for short."

“…” Kazuma Hato was silent for a moment, “The Bone-Setting Demon…”

This name is awful; it's not even as good as Rotten Rice Demon.

"The Living Yama of Bone Setting"... that sounds pretty awful, so let's forget about it.

Gojo Satoru couldn't hold it in any longer, but he tried to suppress it, and in the end, he forced a muffled laugh.

It's so interesting to give someone as clueless as Ichijin a nickname that's both serious and hilarious: "Bone-Setting Demon"!

After hearing the whole story, Xia Youjie finally showed an expression that seemed to be both shocked and enlightened.

No wonder when I saw that curse master's corpse, it looked like he had been repeatedly beaten with a blunt weapon. Not only were several of his bones broken, but his face was also crooked and his eyes were distorted... In short, it was a terrible sight.

He initially thought that Kazuma Hatake had used some external force, such as a physical holy sword like a crowbar or baseball bat, and then infused it with a little magical power.

Now that I think about it, I realize that it was created using [Black Flash]...!

Xia Youjie touched his forehead thoughtfully, without uttering these thoughts aloud.

But one thing is certain—this fellow student is far less weak than he imagined.

The camaraderie we shared back then was not a delusion of facing a life-or-death crisis.

After throwing the clothes into the washing machine, Kazuma Hatori showed them the brutal weapon he had just acquired.

This seemingly ordinary black stick inflicted a deep and lasting psychological trauma on those six students.

"The [Karma Twin], which can switch between dual-blade forms, is indeed very suitable for you."

Xia Youjie drew his short blade, examined it for a moment, then sheathed it again and returned it to Yuqu Kazuma.

It should be said that he has always liked these hidden little designs, which can catch opponents off guard during battles and even turn the tide of battle in an instant.

"In that case, you need to find some time to start practicing with two-handed short swords."

"I'll practice with Ichijin!"

Gojo Satoru proudly announced – this was a great magical artifact he had found for Kazuma, so of course he had to teach Kazuma how to use it.

"Um."

A slight smile appeared on Yutori Kazuma's lips as he took [Karma Double] from Natsuyuki's hand. Suddenly, he remembered this future villain, who was carrying a request that concerned whether he could unlock the spell.

Upon opening the [Entrustment] interface again, he raised an eyebrow in slight surprise at Xia Youjie's trust level of [76%/80%].

How did the price increase? They hadn't contacted each other at all during the summer vacation.

However, it would be good to complete this request. [Karma Double] can be used in conjunction with [Ten Directions Maha], and I'm really looking forward to seeing its power.

Kazuma Hatake felt that the old NPCs who had partially inherited his negative favorability from the previous playthrough wouldn't actually stay put and avoid causing him any trouble.

And that patriarch who is closely related to the [mastermind] of the first timeline, if we can find out who it is, he must be killed.

With all these factors piled up in Shinjuku, he had to seize the time to improve his combat capabilities.

Only the last 4% is needed.

Kazuma Hatake stared at the interface for a moment, then suddenly thought of a way to deal with the patriarch.

It might actually be very effective...!

"—Are you spacing out, Kazuma?"

The outstretched five fingers waved in front of his eyes, passing through the system's floating window and drawing back Kazuma Hatake's attention.

"What's wrong?"

"You can even get distracted while chatting?"

Gojo Satoru pressed down on his shoulder, a hint of helplessness flickering in his blue eyes behind his sunglasses—this guy can be called the Bone-Setting Demon? Seriously?

"We're discussing where to spend the last day of our holiday. I just suggested going fishing, but they rejected it."

"I don't want to sit by the river and daydream all afternoon."

Ieiri Shoko squinted, her face clearly saying, "The process of waiting for the fish to bite will definitely be incredibly boring, so I firmly refuse."

"Go to karaoke?"

Xia Youjie chose a suggestion that wouldn't go wrong; at least that's how they spent the last time, and they were quite happy.

"Who goes to sing karaoke in the afternoon?"

Besides, fishing is obviously a lot of fun!

Gojo Satoru pouted and rubbed his head against Hato Kazuma's shoulder, causing a few strands of his pure white hair to stick up, brushing against the latter's cheek like light sugar threads, tickling him.

Hearing his classmates come up with ideas that were then rejected one by one, Kazuma Hatori thought for a moment.

"I need to go to another place first."

He began to speak.