Chapter 9 As long as you need it
Remnants are the traces left after the activities of a cursed spirit, which can only be seen by those who possess cursed power.
Under Gojo Satoru's tutelage, Yuya successfully concentrated his magical power around his eyes, and sure enough, he saw a black mark.
It twisted in the air, like voodoo used by an evil sorcerer.
“Actually, aside from the cursed spirits, every sorcerer also has their own residual cursed power, since everyone’s spells are different,” Gojo Satoru said with a smile, making a pointed remark, “so it’s easy to be discovered when a sorcerer does something bad.”
Yuya wasn't sure why Gojo Satoru suddenly brought this up, and he cautiously defended himself: "I won't use magic to do bad things."
Gojo Satoru: "I know Yuu won't either."
"But Jay and I might."
Yuya saw Gojo Satoru say something in a very exaggerated tone.
"As our colleagues, if you don't want to be implicated in the bad things that Jay and I did, You'd better keep a close eye on us. Those rotten oranges from the Curse Supervision Association are quite good at punishing others. Even if you don't know anything, they might think you were involved and take you down with them."
"The Curse Control Association has many rules, and the death penalty is used at the drop of a hat."
Yuya stared at Gojo Satoru and Natsuyu Suke for a while, seemingly trying to determine the truth of their words, before slowly saying, "It doesn't matter."
Gojo's smile faded slightly.
"It doesn't matter if they see us as one, let the Curse Supervision Association kill us if they want, I'll just run away anyway."
No, you won't.
"But that would be too much trouble, so I'll keep an eye on you."
"While I don't think you'd do anything wrong, if you need to—"
"I will always be watching over you."
The relationship is clearly not very deep right now.
To Yuya, the two of them were strange classmates.
It could have been taken as a joke and laughed off.
But he still responded so earnestly.
Just by looking into his eyes, you could tell he was seriously responding to a joke.
Gojo Satoru and Natsume Yuuki remained silent for a moment, simply staring at Yuya Kojima.
Their Adam's apples bobbed, and for a moment they both felt a little thirsty.
The intense gazes between the two were impossible to ignore. Yuya felt like he was being roasted on an oven, constantly being turned over and over, as if the temperature of the air was constantly rising.
He unconsciously took a step back.
The next second, Xia Youjie suddenly stepped forward and hugged him tightly, as if he wanted to knead him into his bones.
His voice was a little hoarse when he spoke: "Yuya, don't lie. Since you've promised, you must keep your word."
Yuya felt a little breathless. He was 17cm shorter than Xia Youjie, and being held like this felt like being lifted up. He had to stand on tiptoe slightly to make himself feel less uncomfortable.
"I……"
He had barely uttered a sound when the scenery before his eyes instantly changed.
It was Gojo Satoru who grabbed his waist and lifted him high up like a child!
"Yuya! I really enjoyed what you just said. Please say more of that next time."
"Let's not wait until later, let's just say it now. Say things like, 'I will always be with Satoru,' or 'Yuya and Satoru will never be separated.'"
"I've already turned on the recording function on my phone. Let me record it so I can use it as my phone's wake-up ringtone later."
"I want to wake up to Yuya's voice! Come on, come on~"
Yuya Kojima punched Gojo Satoru without any expression, easily hitting him because [No Limits] wasn't activated at all.
"Who would say something like that!"
"Also, put me down!"
So what if you're tall? It's just 20cm tall.
Next time I'll come on stilts!
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The filth in the toilet stretched outwards, and the three of them chased after it as they walked out. Wuxia and the other two continued to teach Yuya.
"Although it is a remnant, it cannot remain forever. Unless the owner of the remnant is nearby, the remnant will be affected by the curse and its disappearance will be delayed. Otherwise, the remnant can only exist for a maximum of three days."
"The remnants of evil are very deep here, but the last missing person case recorded in the files was four days ago. That means the cursed spirit might be nearby, or perhaps it just appeared?"
"Bingo!" Gojo Satoru clapped. "Great job, great job, Yuya-kun is very quick to grasp things."
Xia Youjie also clapped: "Very impressive, deserves an award."
Yuya was speechless, ignoring his two colleagues who were starting to act crazy again: "Is there any way to make the cursed spirit appear on its own?"
"This cursed spirit always appears when people go to the toilet. If you want it to appear on its own, the method is quite simple."
Gojo Satoru shrugged: "So who's going?"
"Rock, paper, scissors!"
"cloth!"
"cloth!"
Looking at his scissors and the hammers of the other two men, Gojo Satoru exclaimed in disbelief, "How could it be me?!"
In my past life, I lost to Jay when I did this mission. This time, I specially changed my punches, but I still lost?
Xia Youjie guessed what Gojo Satoru was thinking and revealed a sly smile like a fox: "Satoru, there are some things you can't avoid just because you want to. Just go and seduce the cursed spirit honestly."
"Don't you always say that your charm is unmatched? I suppose it's the same for cursed spirits."
With sunglasses on, I don't care about anyone.
Gojo Satoru stormed off, uttering a threat before he left: "Just you wait, this cursed spirit will appear in less than ten minutes!"
If it dares not to show up, he will directly attack its lair and eliminate it!
"Speaking of which, isn't that a level one cursed spirit? If it really appears, will Wu-kun be in danger alone?"
Xia Youjie led Youye to a shady spot, where Youye used a spell to conjure two palm-leaf fans. The two of them each took one and fanned themselves like old men to cool off.
"Does Yuya know the levels of sorcerers and spirits?"
"I know. The lowest level is level four, and the highest is special level. Below level one, it is much more difficult for a sorcerer to be ranked than for a cursed spirit. In other words, a level two sorcerer may also have the ability to deal with a level one cursed spirit."
Anything below the Special Grade is Grade 1.
Even if Gojo Satoru's techniques are powerful, he's only a first-year student, so he probably isn't that strong, right? Wouldn't it be too much of a stretch for him to deal with a first-year student?
Yuya was a little worried.
He didn't say it aloud, but Xia Youjie understood his thoughts, and his gaze softened instantly.
"It seems that Yuya read the book that Moth-sensei gave you very carefully yesterday. However, there are some things that the book won't say, such as how many first-level sorcerers and how many special-level sorcerers there are now."
"Teacher Night Moth is a first-level sorcerer, which is not written in those books."
Yuya stared intently at Xia Youjie: "So, what level of sorcerer are Xia Youjie and Wu Youjie now?"
"It's top grade."
"Super Special Grade".
Yuya's eyes widened slightly: "Taller than Teacher Yagami? Then why haven't you graduated yet? Did you repeat a year?"
[First-year students are top-tier? Then why haven't you graduated yet?]
Hearing the familiar words, Xia Youjie became even happier: "Because this is a secret. In other people's eyes, we are currently only level one sorcerers. Wu and I are only level one and we already have endless missions. If the Spell Control Council knew that we have special-grade strength, who knows how they would enslave us."
"This is a secret that only Yuya knows."
Yuya nodded and made a zipping motion near his mouth.
"I will definitely keep it a secret."
The laziness of working people.
He understands.
If Chief Mori hadn't threatened him with Dazai, he wouldn't have wanted to leave his hometown and come to such an unfamiliar environment.
I wonder what Dazai is doing now.
"Um?"
Yuya's face was suddenly grabbed and lifted up, and he gave Xia Youjie a questioning look.
"Who was Yuya thinking about just now?"
Xia Youjie's golden pupils appeared dark beneath his eyes, as black as ink, capable of swallowing everything he saw.
He repeated his question: "Who was Yuya thinking about just now?"
Yuya honestly replied, "He's a friend from my hometown. He doesn't eat much and his schedule is irregular. I'm a little worried that he might misbehave when I'm not around."
It's that guy named Dazai Osamu, isn't it?
Xia Youjie felt an uncontrollable emotion welling up from the depths of his heart. Many images flashed before his eyes, finally settling on a crimson scene.
"Xia You, you're hurting me."
Yuya's words startled Xia Youjie. He looked at Yuya, whose face had turned red from being pinched, and said apologetically, "Sorry, sorry, I was just spacing out."
"Shall I rub it for you?"
"No need for that, I can do it myself."
Xia Youjie watched as Youye rubbed his face and said insincerely, "He sounds like a very willful friend. If I have the chance, I'd really like to meet him."
Before Yuya could say anything, the teaching building in front of them suddenly shook violently.
Something burst through the roof of the teaching building and flew out, followed closely by Gojo Satoru.
He hovered in the air, his tone full of dissatisfaction.
"While I was working myself to the bone to seduce the cursed spirits, you guys were flirting and joking around on the sidelines? Don't you even have any sense of the fact that you're doing a mission?"
Yuya was speechless: "Wu, your Chinese must be failing, right?" Is this how you use flirting?
Xia Youjie was in a good mood after hearing this: "Master Wu is still the most charming. The cursed spirit really came out."
Gojo Satoru landed on the ground and gave Xia Youjie a flying kick: "Don't use such sarcastic terms of address."
As Yuya watched the cursed spirit fly further and further away, he couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you going to let it escape?"
“Takeya has also set up a tent outside, so the cursed spirit can’t escape no matter how hard it tries,” Gojo Satoru said to Yuya. “We haven’t found the students who were captured by the cursed spirit yet, so we’ll let them go first and then chase after them.”
Yuya looked in the direction where the cursed spirit disappeared: "That place seems to be the back mountain of the school? The information shows that the school was renovated, and there are old teaching buildings that have been abandoned over there."
"That's right, the missing student—or the missing student's body—is very likely there."
Gojo Satoru placed his hand on Yuya's shoulder: "Yuya, this mission is your responsibility. In a little while, you'll need to learn how to use your own techniques to exorcise cursed spirits. The method is simple: just use the techniques to shatter them directly."
Only a curse can fight a curse.
“Jay and I won’t help. Let’s go when we’re ready.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Gojo Satoru and Yuya Kojima vanished from the spot.
The next second, they were already in the hills behind the school.
Xia Youjie, who had fallen behind, cursed Gojo Satoru for being stingy and released his flying spirit to chase after him.
He let go and took a few steps back.
"Yuya, find it."
If Moth Masakazu were here, he would definitely teach Gojo Satoru a lesson. You didn't say anything and just let the student figure it out on his own? And how could you let a newbie directly deal with a level one cursed spirit!
Find it? How do I find it?
Perhaps because this is the stronghold of cursed spirits, the air is filled with the remnants of cursed spirits as far as the eye can see.
How do you find a drop of water that has fallen into the ocean?
Seeing Yuya standing there thinking, Gojo Satoru didn't urge him on.
Yuya strolled forward.
Only a curse can counter a curse; the spells of a sorcerer are essentially a controllable curse power.
My technique, "Man and Nature," involves manipulating plants.
This back mountain is a dense forest, which should be the best place for me to exert my strength.
Gojo Satoru saw Yuya suddenly stop, then squat down, placing one hand on the ground.
[Six Eyes] could clearly see the green curse power spreading from Yuya's hand and continuing to expand. The jungle, which was originally shrouded in the remnants of the black cursed spirit, was now covered with vibrant greenery.
The correct way to use it is through communication.
This is one of the unique methods of using Yuya's techniques.
Yuya was completely absorbed in sensing everything around him.
He felt completely integrated with his surroundings, his perspective detached from his physical body, looking down on everything from a higher vantage point.
The sound of leaves rustling in the wind disappeared, replaced by incomplete words.
That was the message that all the flowers, plants, and trees on the back mountain were conveying to him.
"forward."
"Deeper."
"Living people."
"Ugly monster."
"many."
"It stinks!"
"It smells good."
"..."
Yuya tries his best to extract useful information from it.
Xia Youjie leaped off the back of the flying spirit rainbow dragon and stood next to Wutiao Wu.
"Yuya picked it up even faster."
Gojo Satoru boasted, "After all, I'm such a great mentor."
Yuya opened his eyes and moved.
The lingering cursed spirits could no longer mislead him, for they were all his eyes and ears.
"I've found you."
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Yuya is 1.65 meters tall (and will grow taller), Jie is 1.82 meters tall, and Wumi is 1.90 meters tall right now.
Why does it feel like fewer people are reading my book all of a sudden? Is my writing not good anymore? (Nervous)
This is the first time I've written a piece that places a lot of emotion on it (in my opinion), and I'm always nervous about it, worried that I won't do it well.
Because I need to keep the word count down, I might update around 2000 words a day for the next week, without any breaks (this is my biggest advantage, consistency).
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