Chapter 54: Cultivation Day 54
Chapter 54
Kanako said calmly, "Isn't this the suicide you've always wanted? Jump from here. Rika can't beat me, so she can't save you either. I've prepared all the burial objects for you."
She pretended to throw the ring away.
"Wait, Kanako-senpai...!" Otsutsukotsu was panicked.
Kanako's tone didn't allow him to refuse at all: "So what do you want?"
"I'll give you three seconds. You can trust me. I will make sure you die painlessly." Kanako whispered with a gloomy face.
"three..."
【Is there no room for negotiation at all?】
Yuta Otsutsuki stepped over the guardrail.
"two..."
[But come to think of it, it was indeed his wish to be liberated. Kanako-senpai was just helping him fulfill his wish...]
"one……"
Yuta Otsutsuki originally wanted to check the height, but suddenly, the whistling wind rushed into his eyes from bottom to top, making it impossible for him to open his eyes.
【Let’s end it like this.】
He took a tentative step onto the gravel going downhill, and to his surprise, he stepped firmly on it without slipping.
An inexplicable palpitation surged into his chest. Yuta Otsutsukoshi didn't know what kind of emotion it was. He took the second step with a blank mind.
It slid down a short distance but stopped on a platform.
Is this the end...?
The third kick was still not landing, and Yuta Otsutsuki subconsciously turned back to grab the railing, but found that the distance was too far and he could no longer reach it.
Rika didn't come either...
Kanako's figure was no longer there.
Is this the end?
There is no turning back.
After realizing this fact, an unprecedented feeling of despair enveloped Yuta Otsutsukota's body. Rose-red cursed energy surged on the surface of his skin, and the energy poured into his feet, causing several cracks to appear on the platform.
He was unaware of all of the above.
Until he took the third step, the ground where his toes touched was shattered by the strong cursed energy. Okkotsu Yuta lost his footing and a feeling of weightlessness swept over his whole body.
In an instant, Yuta Otsutsuki opened his eyes wide, and many scenes seemed to appear in front of him.
A fleeting moment shows his childhood with his family: ordinary parents and a newborn sister. Then, the camera lingers on Rika Kimoto's human body for a full second.
The footage continues to accelerate: there are replays of scenes seen in the car accident, classmates who bullied him on campus, and the sound of him curled up in a ball, holding his head and talking to himself day after day.
Facing his parents' surprise and his sister's doubts, he chose the school farthest from home when filling out his high school application, hoping that this alone would free him from all his troubles...
However, those scenes only appeared in a few tenths of a second.
The next moment, Yuta Okkotsu saw Rika Kimoto, the one who "cursed him".
Beneath the monstrous and terrifying body lies the soul of the eleven-year-old girl. However, the voice of her soul has become strange and distorted in the long process of becoming a curse.
"You can't bully Yuta."
"Yuta, you can't die."
"Rika must be with Yuta forever." "Yuta must live well."
The two never conflict.
The strange feeling he felt under the water a day ago came back to him again. Yuta Otsutsuka had never wished so much that he was still under the water. At least he could struggle...struggle to wave his arms and move his feet, just to get a chance to breathe again.
[It turns out that Rika's thoughts, to some extent, also contain some of my own thoughts.]
[It turns out I don't want to find liberation through death at all... I don't want to die.]
[I don’t want to die… I don’t want to die… I don’t want to die!!!]
Kanako jumped up, grabbed his coat and pulled it up by grabbing the mountain. Yuta Otsutsu's clothes were pulled tight, and every pull made him feel pain, until Kanako threw him up with one hand and he fell on the inside of the railing.
"Ha...ha." His heart was beating like a drum, almost jumping out of his chest. The first thing he did was to crawl back a few steps, away from the small cliff where he almost fell.
Yuta Otsutsukota struggled to sit up with the support of his arms, hugging his knees with both hands, his heartbeat so loud that it almost pierced his eardrums.
"Do you still want to die?" Kanako jumped up and asked him.
"I don't want to die..." Yuta Otsutsukota repeated, "I can't die. I haven't let Rika be free yet. It seems like... there are still many things I haven't done."
"Bingo! Correct answer, the rigid education is completed!" Kanako smiled again.
The system said fearfully, "If you keep messing around with rigid education like this, something bad will definitely happen! I'm really scared!"
"What if Otsutsuki really falls to his death?" The system flew in front of Otsutsuki Yuta and said worriedly, "I'm sorry, Otsutsuki, ah, not Otsutsuki-kun!"
Kanako said, "No, it's okay. At worst, I can jump down and cushion his impact."
System Crash: "...This is actually the backup plan you seriously considered!"
"By the way, there's this surge of cursed energy emerging from Otsutsuki-kun." Kanako pointed at him. "It wasn't there before, but now it's suddenly appearing. Is it the burst of energy you feel when you're on the verge of death?"
"[The desire not to die], plus a little bit of talent, like a natural awakening with a 'crack', you have grasped the essence of extracting cursed energy!" Kanako's eyes lit up. "Could it be that you are truly a genius at being a sorcerer?"
Yuta Otsutsukota looked at his palms: "Cursed power? Curse sorcerer...?"
"Maybe I should become a sorcerer." He pondered the meaning of survival in the future.
Kanako panicked and waved her hands frantically. "Wait! Don't listen to my nonsense! I'm just stating a possibility. Don't let me influence you. Your talent isn't necessarily the field you want to pursue in the future. Being a sorcerer is just one type of talent."
"After all, you're just a small part of Earth, just like everyone else. Ultimately, being a sorcerer is just another talent, just like some people are good at cooking or others are good at writing English papers and getting high scores. There's no need to take on all that messy responsibilities and burdens."
Kanako tends to talk a lot when she is nervous, and as Yuta Otsutsukota listens to her, he can't help but laugh out loud.
It feels like only in this situation... can you feel that Kanako-senpai is a girl who behaves in a way that suits her age.
Kanako raised her index finger and pointed it up and down in the air. "You absolutely, absolutely must not single-mindedly throw yourself into a career you don't like. Do you hear me?"
Yuta Otsutsuko lowered his eyes and said, "...Okay, I will listen to what Kanako-senpai says."
Kanako exhaled, put one hand on her waist and said, "Yeah, that's right."
"In short, the former Yuta Otsutsukota has jumped off the top of the mountain and achieved painless 'suicide'. There is no longer 'the former Yuta Otsutsukota' in the world." Kanako announced to the sky.
"Then, from now on, Otsutsuki-chan, it's time to return to your life and get to know yourself again."
Kanako chuckled and extended a supporting hand to him.
The setting sun gradually sank to the west, dyeing the sky golden. The breeze from the top of the mountain blew across his cheeks, and Yuta Otsutsukoshi silently wiped away the physiological tears from the corners of his eyes.
"I...I want to do something meaningful." Otsutsuki Yuta, "I want to learn spells."
"Yeah, I respect your choice." Kanako patted his hand and pulled him up.
"...?" He was slightly stunned. "So... Kanako-senpai has always been doing this?"
"If you want to commit suicide, then I will help you do it. I'm not responsible for making choices for others. I just... do this out of a little bit of selfishness, wanting the people I know to choose a better life." She said energetically.
When Kanako said this, she thought of many, many people.
Inexplicably, a very wonderful idea blossomed deep in her mind, which was: Humans are so amazing, I really want to try becoming a human being.
But he has to be the strongest human being.
At this moment, Rika appeared in the middle angrily and demanded, "Kanako! You touched Yuta's hand again!!"
Kanako uttered an "Ah" and clasped her hands together: "Sorry, sorry, I accidentally forgot. I'm the kind of person who really likes physical contact with people. For my sake, can you please forgive me, Rika?"
"I..." Rika's bone claws stopped in mid-air, and she hesitated visibly.
Yuta Otsutsuko frowned slightly: "Rika, don't attack Kanako."
"Kanako-senpai is very important to us," Otsutsukota said in a firm tone, "So, from now on, you are not allowed to lay a hand on her... Okay?"
"I... I understand." Rika retracted her claws and muttered repeatedly, trying to brainwash herself, "Kanako is an important person to Yuta and Rika, not just another enemy..."
"Kanako is very important to Yuta and Rika, not just any other enemy..."
"Come to think of it, I've always had some stereotypes." Kanako leaned closer and asked in his ear, "Are you the type...who gets bullied at school?"
Yuta Otsutsuki's secret was touched: "..."
Kanako added: "For example, they make you run errands to buy drinks and lunch without paying you, and they throw homework at you every morning and ask you to finish it in one go. Oh, and there's also the essential part of the school bullying trilogy - don't leave after school!"
Yuta Otsutsuki lowered his head sadly: "...That's right, absolutely correct."
It’s all correct!
Kanako patted him on the back and said, "I told you, with your personality and appearance, even I can't help but bully you!"
"But fortunately, you met me, Lady Kanako. The principle of life I have always adhered to is 'If even someone like you, who has the ability but is unwilling to hurt others, cannot be happy, then there is no reason for this world to exist!'"
Yuta Otsutsukota was a little moved, but his emotion was quickly broken by Kanako's next words: "Therefore, I will work hard to create a world where 'only I can bully people like you'!"
Yuta Otsutsuki gave up thinking:...Okay, just bully me.
"Let's get back to the point. Since you've chosen to get involved with the world of curse arts, I have two good solutions." Kanako posed another choice. "One is a radical approach, where I'll teach you. The other is a conservative approach, where a dedicated but unprofessional teacher will teach you."
"I choose the latter one!" Yuta Otsutsuki never wanted to go through "flexible education and rigid education" again.
"OK." Kanako said, "Come with me."
Tomorrow morning at ten o'clock.
In Sendai City, a store selling Kikufuku was crowded with people lining up in front of it, eagerly waiting for it to open.
"Turn on..." Before Ji could finish his words, Kanako cut him off in time.
Then, he raised the speaker and recorded an audio clip that could be played on a loop: "Hello, hello, Gojo Satoru—Gojo Satoru, are you there?—There's a reward for finding Gojo Satoru!"
Passersby looked sideways.
Yuta Otsutsukoshi covered his face in embarrassment and hid behind her: "Will... will this really work?"
Kanako clenched her fists: "Damn it, looks like I'm going to use my ultimate move!"
"Super invincible handsome man Gojo Satoru——are you there——!"
"Hey, you looking for me?"
Yuta Otsutsuki immediately widened his eyes in fear, because in front of them, a white-haired middle school boy wearing a black eye mask appeared out of nowhere, and it was unclear whether he used flash or teleport.
"See, I told you it was super effective." Kanako boasted.
Yuta Otsutsuki: "..."
Anyone who can be summoned in this way can't be that reliable!
【Author’s words】
(He hesitates to speak) (I feel like this is going to be a long speech) (I'll just stop talking for now)
In short, the theme of Otsutsuki's part and this unit drama has begun to get on track. Because jjxx has never had any in-depth setting analysis, some private settings will appear.
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