Chapter 11 Listen to the Wind Singing11

Fifteen minutes ago.

"Yes, yes, there are three people inside... one is a colleague, and two are guests... I received the message and was about to call my colleagues, but the guests suddenly asked to go upstairs, and now they are still inside." The bartender stood outside the bar and said to a thin man in a suit.

The guest in the hat had warned him to leave, but as an employee, the bartender could not allow them to go to the second floor just because of the guest's inexplicable words.

However, before he could continue walking upstairs, a group of uninvited guests came into the bar.

Two men, one woman, and a panda.

A panda that can walk upright and speak human language? !

By the time the bartender reacted, he had already been "asked" to leave the bar. The man in the suit claimed that they were a professional team coming to dismantle the bomb and asked him if there was anyone else inside.

The bartender looked at the panda.

"This is a doll set."

"Geniuses always have some quirks. Please don't mind them. Answer my question first."

"...I understand. Please leave here first. Our professional team will go in to search. Please don't worry."

The bartender then left with peace of mind.

Ijichi turned around and said to the students who were warming up on the spot: "As you all have heard, this mission has a new goal. You need to rescue the three people inside as much as possible."

"Got it. There's a curser and his first-level cursed spirits in there, right?" Zenin Maki twirled her long sword. "With all three of us here this time, it should be over quickly."

"Salmon." Dog Curl agreed.

"Thank you for your hard work. I will start setting up the barrier now."

"Born from darkness, from darkness to darkness, filth and filth, all must be cleansed away..."

Following Yidizhi's words, the tent gradually expanded outward with the bar as the center, blocking the bar's connection with the outside world.

The moment the tent was formed, it immediately became dark inside, and the world seemed to be covered with a layer of dust, which urgently needed a gust of wind to blow it away.

The trio turned and walked inside.

As first-year students at the Jujutsu High School, Zenin Maki and the others have lost count of how many missions they have received since entering. According to their current abilities, as long as they do not encounter special-grade cursed spirits, they can complete the missions safely most of the time.

Zenin Maki thought so, until they encountered the cursed spirit head-on.

The attack missed, and with a crisp "clang" the blade hit the rock wall, leaving a deep scar on the rugged surface.

Zenin Maki's palms felt numb, and she leaped back, splashing a thick cloud of water. The tentacle she had hit waved in the air, with a shallow dent on it, but the skin was not even broken.

——The intelligence was wrong.

Definitely not level one.

They entered the second floor through the bar's wooden spiral staircase, but did not see the three people along the way. There were only rock walls and water in the dark, damp and cold environment. It is very likely that the moment they entered the realm, they were manipulated by the cursed spirit and went off the right path.

Zenin Maki prepared for the worst, but she didn't expect the intelligence to be wrong.

The spell of Gojuan Ji cannot be cast indefinitely. If it is cast too many times, it will backfire on itself. The panda has three forms, so maybe they can fight with him. It would be best if they can cooperate with him, but the tentacles broke up their formation, and now they can't rush to the panda...

Many thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant. During the pause in thinking, several knife-sharp tentacles of the cursed spirit were already within reach, shrinking into a sharp straight line within his field of vision.

...There's no way to escape unscathed. If I abandon the defense of my left leg, I might be able to escape.

Suddenly, a green light flashed before my eyes.

...what?

Zenin Maki blinked, and the tentacles that had originally surrounded her drooped down powerlessly like weeds in the wind, hitting the water and causing a wave that hit Zenin Maki head on.

Six arrows emitting green light pierced into the tentacles and pierced through the cursed spirit's body which was harder than steel.

Zenin Maki turned her head sharply and looked in the direction where the arrow came from.

The green cape fluttered in the wind. The young man held a longbow in his hand and floated on the water. His green eyes were clear and bright. In this dirty and dim environment, he was spotless, just like a powerful and beautiful elf in a fairy tale.

Unfortunately, the next second, the filter shattered into pieces.

——The enraged cursed spirit attacked the boy and successfully chopped his hat into pieces.

The delicate green hat was torn to pieces by the tentacles, and the pieces of cloth swayed from the air to the water. The boy looked at the pieces of cloth on the water, as if he had suffered a fatal blow.

He is incomplete without his hat.

Zenin Maki had no idea what he was talking about. The surprise and admiration that had just risen in her heart disappeared without a trace. She felt speechless and could only convince herself by saying, "Geniuses always have some quirks."

Yes, genius.

She didn't know which school or family this boy came from, or whether he was actually a self-taught wild sorcerer. In short, the boy was undoubtedly a genius.

After his companions comforted him and he regained his fighting spirit, the boy displayed a terrifying strength.

He drew his bow and drew his arrow, and the next moment, a sharp whistling sound was like a beast roaring in his ears.

One arrow.

Compared to the huge size of the cursed spirit, the arrow was so small that it was insignificant.

——It was as if thousands of troops were marching on the water, bringing with them a force as powerful as thunder and lightning.

An arrow splits the water.

An arrow cuts off the air.

An arrow pierced his body.

Then, the wind that had been compressed into an arrow released its nature, with extreme wind force and extreme wind speed, bringing extreme destruction.

By the time Zenin Maki came to her senses, the domain had disappeared, revealing the entire second floor.

She blinked, feeling a little dazed.

It's over.

It's that simple, just one arrow.

This strength... could he be a top-class sorcerer? A top-class sorcerer at such a young age?

When she was angry just now, she said, "Are you here for a spring outing?" Now that she has calmed down and thought about it, she doesn't know the strength of the man in the hat, but for the teenager, it may be the same as a spring outing.

Zenin Maki: "Thank you for your help - no, there should be a curser here!"

Panda: "There is another bar staff on the second floor."

“Salmon.”

“That employee is dead.”

"As for the curser, are you talking about him?" Nakahara Chuuya pointed at the man who fainted at his feet. "Just now, this man was trying to sneak away, but I kicked him and he fainted. I couldn't control the force for a moment. If you want to interrogate him, you can only wait until he wakes up. Hey, don't touch anything weird!"

He watched as Wendy took advantage of his inattention to squat down and mysteriously poke the curser's face. Nakahara Chuuya couldn't control himself for a moment, and after he finished complaining, he remembered that Wendy couldn't hear him.

This person probably couldn't read lips, otherwise he wouldn't have taken his words of comfort and his action of explaining the pen and paper falling into the water as "sew a new hat for him".

Nakahara Chuuya, the former bully of Leibo Street and current officer of the Port Mafia, has always been responsible for deciding life and death with his own hands. He has never done such delicate work as sewing and mending before, and it is impossible for him to do it now.

Explain it to him later, or take him to the store and buy him a new hat.

Compared to the hat, Nakahara Chuuya cares more about the fact that Wendy can exorcise the cursed spirit.

When he was on a business trip before, he had dealt with a sorcerer. The intelligence database of the Port Mafia contained information about the world of sorcery. After reading it, Chuuya Nakahara felt that sorcery was actually just another name for supernatural powers.

Until later he met the curse spirit.

In terms of fighting power alone, Zhongyuan Zhongye could say with certainty that he could lift up the sorcerer and the cursed spirit and beat them together, but a magical thing happened, no matter how he hit, even if he used gravity to crush the cursed spirit into a cake, he could not completely destroy the cursed spirit.

In the end, the sorcerer who couldn't bear to watch anymore took action and exorcised the cursed spirit himself.

Chuuya Nakahara had previously taken it for granted that Wendy was a person with special abilities, but judging from the current situation, he was right.

Chief Mori once thought about recruiting a few sorcerers. The reason was simple: what if a cursed spirit appeared in the building one day? What if the sorcerer community was short of manpower and could not send someone to solve the problem in time?

Unfortunately, sorcerers either serve aristocratic families or gather in sorcery schools or associations. I heard that there is also a Panxing Cult recently, and it seems that the top leaders are all sorcerers. The remaining wild sorcerers don't seem to be interested in the work of the Port Mafia.

Fortunately, the Port Mafia Headquarters has not encountered many cursed spirits so far. If they appear occasionally, they are quickly dealt with by sorcerers.

Is Wendy a wild sorcerer?

If that's true, then it would explain why he could control the wind and use his singing to bring back Kajii Motojiro's sanity. This is probably some kind of spell.

Judging from the expressions on those people's faces, Wendy's strength must be among the best in the world of sorcery.

Nakahara Chuuya wrote down the clues and then got tangled up again.

...Why would a sorcerer join a group with special abilities like the Armed Detective Agency?

Nakahara Chuuya looked at Wendy, as if he saw a green bamboo shoot, with another layer after peeling off one layer.

Wendy noticed his gaze, frowned, withdrew her hand, stood up, and said to the three people beside her: "Are you the bomb disposal experts mentioned in the text message? Then this time bomb is for you, and we will leave first."

Panda: "Ah, wait—"

Wendy didn't stop and walked downstairs quickly. After explaining that "he can't hear", Nakahara Chuuya also went downstairs without any reluctance.

The trio looked at each other.

"…Don't look at me like that. I didn't know he couldn't hear me. If I knew, I wouldn't say that even if I was mad."

"Although the boy doesn't know what we said, it's better to apologize. Besides, he helped us get rid of the curse. I wanted to ask him if he was willing to go to school. After all, he is such an excellent sorcerer. There is no one downstairs. He left so quickly!"

The panda leaned on the armrest and said, "We'll talk about it next time we have a chance."

*

After the curse was exorcised, people began to return, shops reopened, and the streets gradually regained their vitality.

When Xingye Wang passed by an ice cream shop, his eyes suddenly became wide open and he couldn't walk.

Nakahara Chuuya raised his eyebrows and pointed to his lips, meaning: Do you want to eat?

Hoshino Nozomi smiled and nodded. After getting two ice creams, stars lit up in her eyes and she started to eat with satisfaction.

This is not a role-playing requirement, it is purely his personal preference. Due to health reasons, he has not touched this kind of thing for many years.

While eating, Hoshino Nozomi thought about the memories she had just viewed from the curser's mind.

After completing side quest 4, the recovery progress of forbidden knowledge reached 15%. Hoshino Nozomi clicked to check the memory as usual, and this time, he saw the familiar mist and red-eyed brother again as expected.

But knowing this alone was not very helpful for him to find the location of Red Eyes Brother. The only thing he could be sure of was that Red Eyes Brother often went in and out of foggy places... or, that fog was his special ability.

Last time it was a psychic, this time it’s a curser. As a psychic, why does Red Eyes want to harm people in the curse world?

After being contaminated by forbidden knowledge, are you conducting experiments or seeking knowledge?

A scene of pandas walking upright and fighting suddenly appeared in Hoshino Nozomi's mind.

Xing Yewang: “…”

Well... this kind of existence is indeed worth exploring.

Such a magical creature, if placed in his previous world, would surely become a global superstar.

[Are you worried?]

"Hmm? No, why do you say that, Chuuya-kun?"

Nakahara Chuuya wrote on the paper he got from the store: [The feeling I just had was different.]

Hoshino Momo blinked, realizing it was time to think and accidentally forgot about role-playing.

He himself has a very different temperament from the God of Wind, and if he is not careful, he can easily reveal his coldness.

Xingye Wang quickly laughed: "Because I didn't get to drink the wine, it's a bit of a pity."

Zhongyuan Zhongye raised his eyebrows, not believing what he said.

"Well...if I say that I am indeed thinking about a question, can you give me an answer?"

Hoshino Nozomi thought that from the previous confrontation with Sakaguchi Ango, he learned that the government was protecting Red Eyes Brother. Organizations like the Port Mafia were all doing things that were opposed to the government. As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Starting from this, perhaps he could learn something.

"For example, there is often white fog there, so thick that it blocks out the sun."

Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, Nakahara Chuuya's eyes flashed.

Hoshino waited for his next words: "It seems that Chuuya-kun knows something?"