Chapter 35: Day 35 of Cultivation
Chapter 35
Kanako opened the memo on her phone and ticked the line that said "Rescued Tenriko during the Astral Plasma Incident."
At this moment, she suddenly remembered something, dug out Riko's number from her address book, and sent a text message: [I'm done with school, is Riko done with school?]
The other person replied immediately: [Good afternoon, Kanako-chan (*≧ω≦)! I haven't finished school yet. Elementary school finishes so early. I'm in music class right now!]
Nariko: [That’s right! I was playing with my phone during class!]
Kanako pointed and said, "Playing with your phone during class is distracting. It's not a good thing to do!"
Tenriko: [w(Д)wOkay, I'll reflect on this. I got scolded by my little sister. My life is such a failure...]
Kanako: [When you're using your phone, you have to be serious about it. Taking your time to listen to the class is a sign of neglect! So, you have to focus on your phone!]
Tenriko: […I see, so that’s what you mean? Ah, the teacher has started the class. See you later.]
Kanako closed the chat window with satisfaction and clicked on the report analysis about her physical condition.
I wonder if anyone has noticed one thing, but Kanako hasn't worn glasses since she used the technique to return to the technical high school.
She originally needed special lenses to see the existence of the curse, but gradually she was able to recognize the curse with her own eyes. Kanako remembered that this had already shown signs at the station where her glasses had just broken.
Kanako read the report with difficulty... only for a moment, and finally gave up struggling and threw the phone to the floating system next to it for analysis.
The system diligently scanned the document, summarizing its response with a simple, yet easily understood, exclamation: "Holy crap! Eating cursed spirits can actually change your physique!"
Kanako raised an eyebrow: "Hmm?"
The system stepped down and said, "I'm sorry, I'm going to reflect... I shouldn't have cursed in front of a child. Wait, why are you supervising me?"
Kanako pretended not to hear. She seemed to have thought of something and muttered to herself, "Eating cursed spirits can actually make me more and more aware of curses..."
"Yes. To put it more precisely, it is similar to repeatedly allowing the special energy of 'curse' to remain in the body through means of 'eating' and 'digesting'." The system explained.
"Once this process is repeated more and more times, over time, with your special adaptability, you will be able to slowly remember the information about the 'curse' energy and then feed it back to your body," said the system.
"So theoretically speaking, as long as you continue to eat, all your senses will gradually adapt to the curse power, and you will become the first flesh-and-blood person who can see the curse clearly!"
Kanako nodded, seeming to understand, and then posed another question: "But Gojo Satoru himself confirmed that my body has no cursed power. Doesn't that contradict myself?"
System: "Being able to adapt to cursed energy doesn't mean you can master it. Let's put it this way, a sorcerer can see curses because cursed energy automatically flows around their eyes, while your body, which is free of cursed energy, is pre-filled with experience gained by consuming cursed spirits."
Wait. The system noticed a problem: "Huh, so in order to ensure that you always see the curse... you need to constantly consume curse spirits."
After saying this, it secretly observed Kanako's reaction.
The system hadn't forgotten Kanako's aversion to the black cursed orbs. Ever since she'd accidentally swallowed them, she'd used at least a dozen adjectives to describe their unpalatable taste every time she swallowed them.
Although this situation improved a lot after Kanako went undercover beside the fake Geto Suguru, at that time, Kanako completely ate the cursed spirits as meals and snacks, and did not show any pain...
"So this is how the cursed spirit tastes every time Xiaojie swallows it." Kanako suddenly sighed for no reason.
"I thought I was the only one who found it unpalatable because I hadn't gotten used to that disgusting taste yet... I was thinking, how could Xiaojie eat such a disgusting thing without any expression?" Kanako lowered her head, looking at her empty palms, imagining that she was holding two pitch-black spheres.
"So I tried many times, eating it in different ways, but I could never get used to that weird taste even if I ate it my whole life. It's really super unpalatable!" Kanako frowned, "But... I still have the option of not eating the cursed spirit anymore, but for Xiaojie, that's his birth ritual, and Xiaojie really has to eat it for the rest of his life!"
"He's always been feeling bad." Kanako lowered her voice and said gloomily, "His tongue hurts, his stomach hurts, but he never says it out loud."
"Even if I told him it was unpalatable and he shouldn't eat it, he would immediately change the subject... probably to avoid worrying me."
Kanako is a person who talks about all her feelings. When her family members at the technical college communicate with her, they usually speak directly, which makes Kanako mistakenly believe that everyone is just like her, and is also so straightforward and frank.
Until Kanako started to have a big secret.
A spell that allowed her to travel to a parallel world, a binding stipulation that she couldn't tell anyone about this. Whenever she used clues she'd learned in the future to warn the High Commissioners and commissioned an investigation, they would remain silent for a while, and this pause wasn't out of distrust.
It's a different kind of tacit understanding.
Obtaining additional intelligence information often requires paying an equal price. As for the changes that occurred after Kanako returned from the spell, no one tacitly mentioned the process.
"...It's fake. Saying it's okay is a lie." Kanako drew circles on her palm, trying to curse the cursed spirits. "Damn 'white lies'. They made me ignore Xiaojie's pain for so long for no reason."
"Ah, I said another idiom, that's great, I'm happy!" Kanako jumped up and down.
Seeing that Kanako had finally come out of her thoughts, the system asked, "So what are you going to do now?"
Kanako closed one eye mysteriously, winked, and showed it the phone screen.
"I need to go back to the Flavor City," Kanako said. "Luckily, elementary school ends early, and there's not much sun in the afternoon. I'll use the time until the moon rises as free time to explore."
Kanako thought for a moment and decided not to bother the assistant supervisor to continue picking her up. By the way, she wouldn't have to come after school anymore. He shed two lines of flat, wide tears like noodles: "Okay, Gojo-san, no problem, Gojo-san... Thank you for your magnanimity!"
Finally, I don’t have to recite such embarrassing lines every time after school!
Kanako: What on earth did you go through?
Then Kanako, having no money, chose to take a taxi.
After all, for some reason, she didn't really want to take the tram connecting to Weiyu County Condiment Market in the short term.
The system twisted its ghostly body and flew over Kanako's shoulder, asking, "Is there anything special going on in Seasoning City?"
System: "Could it be that the whereabouts of the fake Geto Suguru have been discovered?!"
"Not yet, but I've already told Mr. Yaga and the others about the characteristics." Kanako pointed to her forehead. "That imposter definitely doesn't look like Gon right now, but I think there must be other ways to identify him."
"It's like the obvious seam line on a test paper, 'Please cut along the dotted line.'"
"I see... Then why do you want to go back to the Condiment City?" the system asked again.
"Just two months ago, I heard from Nanami and Haibara that there were more curses there, and the personnel sent there were insufficient. Who knew that when I returned, it was clearly the middle of summer when curses were rampant, and the assistant supervisors said, 'There are no more exorcism missions in Seasoning City.'"
Kanako stroked her chin and said, "I just asked Gojo Satoru about this, and he said, without surprise, 'Because there are special people with superpowers over there' who can solve the curse problem."
It's not a name related to sorcerers, but is more like the ability system shown in cartoons.
Later, Kanako asked several more people and got the same answer.
According to them, there is no specific standard for naming "superpower users", and they are a specific group of people who are even rarer than sorcerers.
Inaccurate research in the magic world shows that, dating back a long, long time ago, people with super powers and sorcerers belonged to the same system. Later, "super powers" gradually declined and completely disappeared in the long river of history.
The "superpowers" that have appeared in recent years are probably a sign of atavism. The magic world has come into contact with some of them, and later discovered that this kind of energy is not stable and may disappear again in a few decades, so the matter is left unresolved.
The General Directorate will not exclude people with super powers from helping them exorcise curses. It saves time and effort and they don't have to pay them, so they are happy to enjoy the results.
"Most importantly, at the same time that Window officially removed all Seasoning City exorcism commissions, another thing happened," Kanako said. "I heard a new cult was formed!"
"I forgot what it was called, it seemed to be related to food..." Kanako paid the taxi bill, put on her small schoolbag and stepped out of the car.
Her eyes suddenly widened and she cheered, "That's right, it's the Broccoli Cult!"
Looking up, I saw a giant broccoli standing tall among the clouds.
The system was shocked: "??? Huh? Broccoli... Broccoli has become a spirit!?"
Kanako craned her neck and stared at it, drooling: "It tastes delicious... It's just a vegetable, but it looks like I can eat it for a month."
System: "Wait, this is not right... Even a landmark building would take months to complete. And is this real broccoli? Who can grow broccoli that big?"
"Yes, superpowers!" Kanako said with certainty.
"Both are related to curses, and both possess special abilities. The Panxing Cult and the Broccoli Cult must have some similarities." Kanako revealed the true purpose of her trip. "The teacher at school said we should learn to gain experience from similar situations, and I'm here to gain experience!"
The system was very moved after hearing this: "Kanako! You really have become smarter..."
System: "Next is a secret investigation and infiltration into the Broccoli Cult, right? I'm ready..."
Before it could finish its words, Kanako gathered her energy and shouted in the direction of the broccoli, "Broccoli Cult--!!!"
The sound resounded through the sky, causing passers-by to stop and watch.
Three people suddenly walked out of the crowd, pointing at Kanako angrily and saying, "What Broccoli Cult? Our official name is the Super Pot-Head Cult! Apologize to the great Broccoli!"
Someone nearby punched him: "What broccoli? That's clearly the sacred tree created by the leader! It's a sacred tree!"
The third person pulled the two apart. "Alright, stop arguing! Now's not the time to argue about the Broccoli Cult... oh no, this is about the Super Pothead Cult!"
He looked at Kanako and said, "Little friend who has come from afar, do you have time to learn about the beliefs of our Superpowered Pot-Head Cult?"
Kanako's face was full of planning, and she said, "Of course!"
Kanako: Look, someone came to us on their own accord.
The system wanted to complain but stopped itself, and could only agree with Kanako and say: So this is how it was solved... It's amazing!
Before the system finished speaking, it suddenly felt a strange gaze hidden in the crowd.
Kanako was much more perceptive than it. She decisively left the three people who were preaching and looked at the crowd with sharp eyes.
At that moment, she saw a green ghost floating in the air.
There were two red circles like blush on the green ghost's cheeks, and it blinked at Kanako confusedly.
With the same ghostly appearance, the translucent system stared back with empty black eyes, then blinked blankly.
Looking down, the human boy next to the green ghost let out a short "ah".
Kanako's ahoge hair stood up excitedly, as if she had discovered something new.
She immediately rushed into the crowd, grabbed the human boy's hand, and ran into an alley with less traffic.
"He can see the curse, so he must be a psychic! Absolutely!"
Shigeo Kageyama hasn’t reacted yet:…Huh?
Was, was taken away.
【Author’s words】
The plot point of Mob Psycho is before the Sacred Tree chapter, and a story I really want to write appears!
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