Chapter 146 Don’t Underestimate Your Aunt
146.
Through the explanations of the three high school students, you have a deeper understanding of the existence of "cursed spirits".
A few months ago, you didn't dare to think that you could listen to the NPC's words - the experience of being locked in a small dark room to write documents added a few wrinkles to your brain, and you can no longer let the NPC's words slide through your smooth cerebral cortex.
So you're trying to get their words to slide through the wrinkled skin.
When will this game implement the skip dialogue feature? It's impossible to fix!
Cursed spirits are born from negative emotions, or from rumors and ghost stories... The latter one, in essence, absorbs emotions such as fear, right? You think about it, then...
"Can cursed spirits be created artificially?" You looked at Kagome Geto and asked with great interest, "If we focus all the negative emotions of human beings in one place, can we create unnatural cursed spirits?"
Negative emotions of humans? Xia Yujie felt that this was a bit strange, as if you were not a human being... Come to think of it, we have known each other for more than three years, what does the boss look like?
Is it because of the ugly scar on his face that he became a mask-type, as Satoru said? Or is it just a simple hobby, as Yato and Fushiguro Shiji said...
Oh no! Xia Yujie covered his eyes with his hands, sighed, and became even more curious.
It’s all Wu’s fault for muttering behind his back just now!
"Artificially create cursed spirits?" Gojo Satoru, who was born in the Jue San family in the world of curses, knows more about this. "There are successful cases... but this method is too time-consuming and labor-intensive."
Gojo Satoru stroked his chin and continued, "For a large family, it is more cost-effective to capture a cursed spirit and keep it in captivity rather than creating one."
"Well..." He smiled and said, "The old things and high-level sorcery masters in Yusan's house are all rotten oranges."
He swung his fists into the air several times.
"One day, I will crush them all."
Since there are successful cases, you can rest assured.
"But why do you ask?"
Because of too many movements on the back of the ray, he almost lost his balance, causing Gojo Satoru, who was flipping down with him, to be pinned down tightly. He looked up at you, a little curious: "You are not trying to create a cursed spirit?"
"Wild cursed spirits are not very clean." You said righteously, "It is more reassuring to grow raw materials yourself. They are guaranteed to be pure and natural without pollution."
"You can't do it." Ieiri Naoko leaned half of her body out from behind you, "If you are discovered by the higher-ups, you will be sentenced to death."
"Only a curser would do this kind of thing." Xia Yujie was worried, afraid that you would end up in a state of no return if you couldn't get over it. "Boss, you don't want to be wanted by the curse world, do you? Then you won't be able to open your shop."
Tsk. You smacked your lips in dissatisfaction. No wonder the new dungeon is so relaxed. It turns out that the local NPCs are too controlling... It's really annoying. Next time you go online, drop a bomb on the Mitiangong headquarters and blow it up.
“Enlightenment,” you said enthusiastically, “Remember to call me Auntie when you crush the rotten oranges.”
"Okay, okay."
Gojo Satoru smiled and gave you an OK sign.
High school students who haven't suffered much setbacks or been beaten by society think that your problem is just a temporary whim, and they won't really do anything that would step on the edge of the rules of the magic world.
But you are just a food stall auntie, not a sorcerer, and the sorcery world has no control over you.
You are just a player who wants to capture some NPCs that can generate negative emotions and put them into the Curse Spirit Processing Factory so that you can produce and sell some Curse Spirits yourself. What evil intentions do you have?
Yes, you still love building factories.jpg
Besides, you have drained the negative emotions of the local NPCs, so they can't give birth to other cursed spirits. You are reducing the burden on the curse world! They should pay you for your hard work.
However, how to create cursed spirits artificially, how to concentrate negative emotions to catalyze cursed spirits... These more brain-intensive tasks will be left to the leader Zaigan in Honmaru.
Chang Yi is from the orthodox government and seems to have a high sense of morality. You have to choose an NPC with a low moral index to go along with you.
The leader was very happy that he finally had something to do. Almost the moment he received your message, he immediately replied with 123456 plans - each one was well-organized and based on laws and regulations.
In fact, Dazai Osamu has a lot of dark thoughts in his mind, but in order not to scare you, he chose a gentler way of speaking.
[Dazai Osamu (Honmaru Secretary Edition): The most easily acquired negative emotion is fear, fear of the unknown, fear of the known...]
[Dazai Osamu (Honmaru Secretary Edition): If you want to focus on negative emotions and obtain cursed spirits, you only need to give them a clear target of fear. For example, an earthquake, a rushing train, a job that is about to meet a deadline...]
[Dazai Osamu (Honmaru Secretary Edition): If I were to create a cursed spirit in Yokohama, a black and red cat demon would be a good choice (laughs)]
I think I understand a little bit.
You suddenly realize that what Dazai meant is that if you are not familiar with the emotional flow of NPCs at the beginning, you can just do the same as when you were in Yokohama, picking people's door locks and glass in the dead of night to create panic.
You told Dazai your conclusion and asked him if he was right.
[Dazai Osamu (Honmaru Secretary Version): ...right]
[Dazai Osamu (Honmaru Secretary Edition): You can ask me any questions you have]
[Dazai Osamu (Honmaru Secretary Edition): Don’t bother the other people in Yokohama. I believe they are very busy and can’t reply to your message as quickly as I do.]
You responded with a "hmmmm" and closed the conversation.
However... you are a little troubled and don't really want to build the Leaning Tower of Pisa, so let's try collecting something else this time.
You have to take away something that will scare the NPC.
For example, a bald man’s wig, a fisherman’s fishing rod, and a primary school student’s homework.
The collection method is still suitable for you, it is simple and easy to use. You think confidently, put on the bull head mask tonight and practice it.
*
There was still a short distance from the mission site when Geto suddenly saw you riding a bird flying down. He and Gojo Satoru looked at each other and followed you down in confusion.
"Maybe the boss has discovered something?" Xia Yujie and Gojo Satoru discussed, "It could be a level 4 cursed spirit or something like that... The boss's perception of cursed spirits is quite impressive."
The kind of perception that can instantly detect the presence of a cursed spirit within a five-kilometer radius.
You are actually using a system map to monitor wild ingredients: hehe.
"Eh..." Gojo Satoru pushed up his sunglasses, "The boss is so awesome...why haven't I heard of him?"
The world of magic will not let go of such a talented person.
"I'm not sure either." Xia Yujie stroked his chin and answered, "When I first met the boss, their store was still a mobile cart... and their store has always been located on the outskirts of a country town."
“Could it be…” He looked at Gojo Satoru and hesitantly expressed his guess, “The boss is hiding from someone… or something like that?”
"Oh, it's possible. Judging from the boss's strength... he is hiding from someone in a higher-up position, right?" Gojo Satoru said seriously. "Jay, the cursed power of that man named Frey is exactly the same as the boss's. I suspect they are cursed twins."
In the world of magic, the birth of twins means uncertainty.
"It could also be that they are hiding from the three families." Xia Yujie thought of another possibility, "It's normal for twins born in a big family in the world of magic to be abandoned, right? Isn't there an old-fashioned person who thinks that unreliable twins should be executed?"
At this point, Xia Yujie frowned, with obvious disgust on his face.
"The boss is definitely not from the Gojo family." Gojo Satoru spread his hands and shrugged. "When I was a kid, I read those family secrets and never saw similar news. It should be the other two families."
He patted Xia Youjie on the back and said with a hearty smile, "Don't worry, Jie. No matter who it is from the Yusan family, as long as we are here, the boss will be fine."
"After all..." He hooked his arm around Geto's shoulders, "We are the strongest."
"…Thank you, Satoru."
Xia Yujie, who truly regarded you as an elder, breathed a sigh of relief, but the next second, he tightly grasped Gojo Satoru's hand and smiled: "Satoru, if you move again, we will all fall down."
“Hey——” Gojo Satoru didn’t care, “Wouldn’t it be fun to fall down?”
"It will also allow us to catch up with the boss and Nitro faster."
"Come to think of it..." Xia Yujie, who had been delayed for a while by chatting, looked down and frowned, "Wu... where did they fly to?"
"…Hey~ Goko-chan doesn't know either."
I never expected that in just a few minutes, the two high school boys with their wild imaginations gave you the identity of "twins born in a large family of sorcery, who changed their identities to open a shop in the countryside to avoid being hunted down by their family, and had to become mask-covering masters."
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If you knew, you would just admit speechlessly: Yes, this is a player, so can you get some of the benefits that the big family gives to the younger generation?
It doesn’t matter if you can’t, you can still try to steal with a manual transmission.
Anyway, when Fushiguro Shigeki was chatting in the store, he had already deliberately revealed all the information about the Zenin family. You already know everything about the Zenin family - if you can open the system records.
I am not sure about the other two companies, I will find out later.
"Here..." Ieiri Naoko, who didn't feel any cursed power, jumped off the Chocobo's back, followed you with a candy stick in her mouth, and asked curiously, "Is there anything there?"
“There’s something big.” You said solemnly, “It’s something unexpected.”
Seeing your serious expression, Ieiri Naoko also became serious: "Is it difficult to handle? Do you want to wait for the other two?"
“No need…” You said in a sad tone, “This is destined to be a one-man battle.”
Ieiri Naoko was in a brain storm: Is he the one seeking revenge? Is he the one who was betrayed?
No matter what was in front of her, she couldn't just sit there and watch Xia Yujie's friend get into trouble.
Ieiri Glass quietly picked up a stone and tried to hit you hard on the back of the head when you were not paying attention - it might not work, but it might make you sober up if you were planning to "die alone".
It would be better if you can hit and cause damage, then she can wait for the super-strong classmates on the spot and then use the reversal technique to heal you.
Before Jialiu Nishiko was about to deliver a fatal blow, you stopped and took a deep breath: "Here we are."
Ieiri Naoko quickened her pace slightly, and then she saw——
A lake.
"This is such a surprise." You have already taken the glowing fishing rod out of your backpack and are looking at the lake with shining eyes. "There is an unknown fishing ground here."
I thought fishing was not allowed in this dungeon, but it turns out I was looking in the wrong place.
You are not prepared to catch the king fish at all... You think to yourself, do you need to use the bait of the new dungeon to catch the king fish of the new dungeon? Should you try the curse spirit? Or can you just use the ordinary bait?
Fish King Sauce, do you prefer a flash fishing rod or a normal fishing rod? Fish King Sauce, do you prefer eating lures or fish bait? Fish King Sauce, can you not just lick the hook but run away quietly?
It's a new dungeon now, it's impossible for the King of Fish to catch a Dazai Osamu, right?
You skillfully replaced the fish bait with a crow bait, and took out the small stool that the fisherman brought with him and sat down. Under the blank gaze of the fisherman, you threw the fishhook out with a very standard posture.
You have a feeling this one will yield a big catch.
Having never seen how hard a fisherman would work to catch fish, Ieiri Naoko finally managed to restart her confused brain. She opened her mouth, but seemed to be hesitant to speak: "…So you stopped halfway through the flight, just to catch fish?"
"Glass sauce." You answered seriously, "You don't understand."
"As a senior fishing expert, my reputation is..."
A yellow exclamation mark appeared on your head. As Jia Ru Nishiko's eyes gradually became dull, you stood up and calmly threw a goby into the bucket.
“They fish wherever they see a fishing spot.”
When Ieiri Shoko, who had stopped thinking, saw this scene, she suddenly realized.
…
Finally finding the right position, Geto Suguru and Gojo Satoru just jumped off the manta ray's back.
But when they ran over, they saw you and Ieiri Naoko sitting side by side by the lake, enjoying the quiet time...
fishing.
When Xia Yujie saw this scene, he found it absurd, but he also had a vague feeling that "ah, it's the boss, so it's not surprising that he would do such a thing."
Instead, Gojo Satoru came over, squatted in a row with you, and said casually: "You came here just to fish..."
“Stop making noise.” You turned your head and said fiercely, “It’s all your fault. All the fish ran away.”
[Inadvertently, the bait was eaten...]
"Hey, me?" Gojo Satoru pointed at himself in disbelief. He muttered, "It's obviously the boss's fault that he failed. How can you blame me?"
"The fish was licking the hook just now." You put down the fishing rod and said confidently, "If you hadn't suddenly shouted, how could the fish have escaped? It doesn't have legs, it must have been scared by you."
You are a top-level fisherman, you can doubt anything, but how can you doubt your fishing skills? !
Xia Yujie came over and hit Gojo Satoru on the head: "Sorry, boss, it's all Satoru's fault."
Ieiri Naoko nodded beside her.
Gojo Satoru wasn't angry either, because he noticed the shiny fishing rod in your hand, so his eyes became as shiny as the fishing rod: "What a cool fishing rod--"
"Boss, can I fish? Can I fish?"
"Auntie observed the celestial phenomena at night and found that you have a strange bone structure. It must be..."
Gojo Satoru raised his hands: "A natural fishing genius!"
"The Air Force Saint who has no chance of fishing in his life."
Ignoring Gojo Satoru who started jumping up and down after hearing your answer, you calmly turned around and cast the rod again.
In order to prove that the failure of fishing was your problem and not his, Gojo Satoru muttered to himself as he turned over your bucket, trying to get strong evidence.
"Hairtail...Sunfish...Huh? Australian giant lobster?" His eyes gradually widened, his gaze became clearer and more confused, "Jay, are there so many species in this lake?"
From freshwater fish to saltwater fish to marine fish, and then to transoceanic marine fish.
Was this lake really not a hidden cursed spirit? Were they really not mistakenly entering into the realm of "cursed spirits born from the resentment of the fishermen who had been out of action for a long time"?
But he didn't notice anything wrong...
"Ah..." Xia Yujie began to think, and after a second, he stopped thinking, smiled and put the king crab in his hand back into the bucket, "Satoru, it's not polite to take other people's things casually, put the fish back."
The boss had been dumb for three years because of his tortuous life experience, so what if he could catch a wide variety of fish in an ordinary lake with his unique technology...
All right.
Xia Yujie covered his face with his hands. He couldn't continue making up stories.
This makes Gojo Satoru even more curious about you. Now in his eyes, you are no longer a ball of yarn in a cat's eyes - but a ball of yarn wrapped in cat mint.
You didn't pay attention to what the three high school students were doing, nor did you pay attention to Geto's tactful urging of "We should go and solve the curse spirit" because you had a strong premonition...
You gripped the fishing rod tightly in your hand, your eyes becoming more determined.
Such a long wait, such a quiet lake, this one must be the long-lost king fishing rod!
Three yellow exclamation points appear above your head.
The fish-killing aunt is ready. Come on, fish king——
[You obtained the Goblin Mask]
…
"Jay, what's wrong with you, boss?" Gojo Satoru, who was wearing a wet goblin mask, pointed at you and asked, "Why are you squatting under the tree?"
"Haha..." Xia Yujie scratched his face with his fingers and laughed helplessly twice, "Maybe I was hit..."
But what is that exclamation mark that appears when you catch a fish? Is it a special effect?
Ieiri Naoko is comforting you: "It's okay... The next one will definitely not be this one..."
In fact, Jia Ru Nitro, who is not very good at comforting people, took out a pack of cigarettes from her pocket and patted your shoulder armor: "Would you like one?"
She gave a tired yet energetic smile.
“Although smoking cannot solve the problem, it can temporarily solve the problem of people wanting to destroy this ** world.”
Looking at the unstable Ieiri Naoko, you have a vision of Yoseno Akiko laughing wildly and saving people with an electric saw - so to be a good nanny, you must first be able to smoke and be mentally stable?
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But you have figured it out. The king fish here may be limited to a certain time and weather, or may require specific bait... In short, it is not your problem if the king fish does not bite.
I checked the durability of the crow bait and it can still be used to catch fish once.
Thinking of repairing it after using up the durability, you stood up and casually threw the fishing rod out.
The three people who saw you in a state of autism didn't say anything. Anyway, the imaginary cursed spirit will not disappear, and the people who are cursed are safe now. You can go after you have caught enough fish.
This time you didn't have to wait too long to fish.
Just a few seconds after you throw the hook out, three exclamations appear on your head, which scares you - you have never seen a king fish rod caught in such a short time.
But soon, the exclamation mark that was half revealed retracted, as if it realized that it had made a mistake.
Broken game, it's bugging you again, right? You gave the game your usual friendly greetings and slowly let out a sigh of relief. Seeing the three exclamation marks on your head, you feel that you have caught the king of fish. How can this not be the ultimate fantasy of a fisherman?
Haha, you scare yourself.
【You have triggered automatic fishing】
【Crow bait is catching the right fish for you】
The front end of the fishing rod begins to shake violently, and you take two steps forward due to the huge pulling feeling. After you come to your senses, you stand still and pull the fishing rod back with all your strength.
What's so heavy? What weird thing did the crow bait bring back for you?
"Blah"
With its tail firmly bitten by the crow bait, the strange fish-shaped cursed spirit broke out of the water as the three high school students stared in amazement.
Gojo Satoru murmured unconsciously: "It turns out that there really is a cursed spirit born from the resentment of the fishing air force..."
[You have obtained the second-level curse spirit ingredients]
【The king fish of this fishing ground has been included】
You glanced at the small picture on the backpack and thought, oh, this cursed spirit is sliced salmon...it looks delicious.
The salmon curse spirit is a non-unique fish king, that’s great, I can come to this lake to stock up next time.
“Hehe…”
The proud fisherman turned and looked at the others.
"I told you that fishermen never go home empty-handed!"
*
Having caught a king fish, you were in a good mood and used the ingredients in your backpack to prepare a meal for the three students from the technical secondary school.
It was when Gojo Satoru saw that your pot was glowing, and he touched the glowing part in a very mean way, causing the first hq food to turn black - which meant that you failed in making it.
It is also the first time you realize that if other people touch your pot, it will cause the production to fail... No one dared to touch it before.
“How could Gojo Satoru be so mean?” You stood up, put away the frying pan, and looked at Gojo Satoru with an accusing look - although no one else could see it, “You are so mean to waste food.”
"Deprive you of the right to eat your aunt's food today."
Having already taken a bite, Xia Yujie and Jia Rushengzi, who were quickly impressed by the hq food, nodded and pointed at Gojo Satoru together with you: "That's right, it's too bad for Satoru to waste food."
"Boss, can you give me that portion of food?" Xia Yujie said a little embarrassedly, "Don't worry, I will definitely not waste the food you carefully prepared."
Ieiri Naoko nudged him with her elbow and said, "Give me some."
Xia Yujie smiled and made an OK gesture.
"Hmph!" Gojo Satoru, who was being "squeezed out", snorted loudly, "If you don't want to eat, then don't eat!" He glanced at the food in your hands and snorted again, "Satoru doesn't care!"
Having said that, while on the way, Gojo Satoru still took advantage of Geto Kagami's inattention and snatched the food from his hand.
"Hahahaha Jay, have you been slacking off in training lately?"
The arrogant Gojo Satoru stuffed the remaining food into his mouth in front of Geto Kagome and said with puffed cheeks: "How could it be so easy to be caught..."
As he chewed, his eyes lit up.
"……tasty!"
"Is it delicious?" Xia Yujie was not angry. "It's okay. This is originally your portion."
Gojo Satoru realized that he had lost most of the delicious food and rushed over: "Damn it——"
The childish tenor boys were fighting with each other.
Jia Ru Xiao Zi is no longer surprised. After revealing that she smokes in front of you, she no longer avoids you when she touches the cigarette and lights it.
After blowing out a smoke ring, Ieiri Naoko retracted her gaze and said quietly, "Men are kindergarten until they die."
You nodded in agreement: "Yes, that's right."
Not to mention men, the same goes for male swords.
…
The two men, whose hair has become even more messy, lead you to a closed coffee shop.
The area was deserted, with no one around.
"After all, a murder happened here, and ordinary people would be very scared..." Xia Yujie shrugged helplessly, "To prevent imaginary cursed spirits from growing from these emotions, the curse world should also keep ordinary people away from the accident area as much as possible."
"Murder?"
Isn't it about catching cursed spirits? How did it get involved in a murder case?
"The first person to be cursed was found here." After a pause, Xia Yujie added, "The first person to be found cursed."
"The clerk heard the scream and rushed over, and saw the cursed person lying on the ground, with no eyes." Gojo Satoru turned his head and made a face at you, "The hollow part was bleeding—"
Kagome Kagome and Ieiri Nozomi punched him together.
After listening to a few more sentences, I felt that the information they knew was similar to the plot of the movies you have seen... You put your hands on your chest, and the curse was spread because the hotel clerk told other people a ghost story and found out how many people were named "Shirai", so naturally you were cursed.
"How are you going to catch it?" You asked curiously. "You already know its name... so are you just waiting for it to come to you?"
"Of course not." Gojo Satoru waved his hands, "That would be too slow. We came here just to take a look at the devastation left by the cursed spirits, and then--"
He pointed to his eyes and spoke a little proudly.
"We can follow the clues to find each other."
What a trouble.
You are a little tired of running around, can't the Curse Spirit be more proactive and jump out when it sees the player?
The prerequisite for this cursed spirit to curse people is "knowing its name". If you let the cursed spirit know that you know its name, can you make the cursed spirit show up earlier?
"Actually, I have a good idea." You took out a big speaker from your backpack, "Maybe you don't know, but I have another identity, the legendary Dark Knight..."
"As a T-job, what Auntie is best at is provoking people in person."
You turned on the PA button and raised the speaker to your mouth: "Hello, is Shirai there? Can you hear me? Auntie knows you exist and knows your name, can you come out for a moment? Shirai, hurry up, Shirai, if you are a cursed spirit, let's fight."
"This method won't work, right?" said Xia Yujie, "It's not that easy to catch a cursed spirit..."
Before he could finish his words, an eyeless humanoid cursed spirit slowly appeared in front of him.
Summer Oil Jie: Is this okay?
What did it mean that they had gone through so much trouble to find the cursed spirit? Did it mean that they were willing to endure the hardship?
“Well…” You stuffed the speaker back into your backpack and said nonchalantly, “This is the power of the fishing aunt.”
"Oh oh——" Gojo Satoru clapped his hands enthusiastically. He came over with great interest, "Boss, do you want to do it?"
“…Is that okay?”
You took out the dark knight's weapon, jumped over, and chopped off the opponent's arm amid the cursed spirit's roar.
Hey, I've never seen such a beautiful cursed spirit. You think happily, just cut some and put it in your backpack as a souvenir.
Others...
You put away your weapon under the confused gazes of others.
"Boss, are you not going to fight me anymore?"
"No." You glanced at Gojo Satoru, a little surprised that he would ask such a stupid question. "I just wanted to do an experiment."
You pull a chubby, plush creature from your backpack and throw it at the cursed spirit in a standard pitching position.
“Ahhh——”
The creature you threw out let out a miserable cry.
"What is that?" Gojo Satoru looked around. "A yellow mouse?"
"That's not just any yellow rat," you sternly retort, "It's a noble golden river beetle."
"Golden... giant river beetle?"
"It's an evil mysterious creature." You told the others seriously, "Don't let your guard down just because it's cute. The scary thing about the giant river vulture is that--"
"In?"
You didn't answer again, but just pointed to the location of the cursed spirit.
The three students from the college looked in the direction you pointed.
The originally terrifying-looking cursed spirit had disappeared, and in its place were two golden river vultures with glittering, fluffy fur.
Noticing their gaze, the river vulpes raised their heads and made an innocent and cute sound: "Ah."