Chapter 86: Day 86 of Cultivation
Chapter 86
What Kanako heard: "Let me see your arrogance."
Kanako understood: She wanted to fight me.
Counting carefully on her fingers, she found that two of the three current special-level warriors had fought with her, and only Jiujiu Yuki kept finding excuses to refuse and never had a proper fight.
Kanako readily agreed: "Sure, where are you going to fight?"
Jiujiu Yuki: "Huh?"
She finally realized what was happening and explained, "No, I mean the attitude you display, which allows people who don't know you to immediately determine what kind of person you are."
"Tough guy." Kanako answered without even thinking about it.
"That's a sound idea," Kujuku Yuki affirmed. "So, when you're dealing with people other than your friends and companions, you can't let them think you're easy to talk to."
Kanako tilted her head and asked doubtfully, "Am I easy to talk to?"
Jiujiu Yuki also tilted his head and asked, "Aren't you considered easy to talk to?"
Kanako fell into deep thought, and at this moment, the memories that emerged were of the people at the high school...
Even fighting for the last bowl of instant noodles in the refrigerator can lead to a fierce battle of scheming and cunning.
Among them, only Kanako was the type to politely give up and then order three more boxes herself.
Comparing yourself to others will only make you angry. In this comparison, Kanako actually seems particularly fresh and refined.
Kanako suddenly thought of Kaori Itadori, the villain curse master, Suture, who is still on the run.
Even the stitches would give her some wrong impressions, which further illustrates that there are many examples in this world where people's subsequent attitudes are determined by their first impressions.
No wonder she often encounters people who have the courage to challenge her bottom line... Kanako thought secretly.
Jiujiu Yuki walked around behind Toudou Aoi and patted his shoulders with both hands: "Let's test it. If one day you happen to need Toudou to complete a task, what would you do?"
Before Kanako could speak, Toudou Aoi preemptively asked, "Was that mission interesting?"
Jiujiu Yuki let out a drawn-out "hmm" and compiled, "High-level cursed spirit, unknown technique, extremely challenging."
Toudou Aoi answered decisively: "I will definitely go."
Before he finished speaking, Kujuku Yuki immediately changed the premise: "It's a simple commission, involving only a few low-level cursed spirits. The reason for sending you out is that one of the people being harassed by the cursed spirits is a relative of a high-ranking figure in the curse world."
Toudou Aoi was very involved and said without hesitation, "How boring."
Kanako concluded: "That means refusing to complete the mission."
"Bingo." Jiujiu Yuki snapped his fingers. "To avoid misunderstandings, let me just mention this: the example I'm giving here isn't meant to be a literal implication. I'm very close to Master Tianyuan, and I never take the higher-ups seriously."
Kanako listened carefully: "Yes, I understand."
"I've thought about this situation before." As Kujuu Yuki spoke, he tapped Todou Aoi's buzz cut.
Yuki Kujuku: "Suppose one day, the only two special-grade sorcerers in the country, Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru, died, lost contact with each other, lost their ability to fight, and so on, due to various possible events.
"If, before this problem is resolved, a curse of exceptional strength (any creature imbued with cursed energy) 'happens' to attack the world of curses..."
"Wouldn't that be a tragic situation where everyone would be wiped out?"
Behind her, a fish shaped like a skeleton was frozen in the air.
Kanako guessed that the thing behind was part of the Kujuku Yuki ritual. She felt a little itchy in her hands, but she held back.
Looking up at the sky and thinking for a while, Kanako complained with reason: "Does the world of curse arts have to be a place where it can't function without special-grade skills? How lame!"
Toudou Aoi also looked down on him: "How lame."
"Yes, it's that bad," said Kujukuyuki. "It's not that he's bad in strength, but in a certain...how should I put it, spirit."
"If it were like in novels and comics, where everyone, united in purpose, shared the common goal of 'killing that enemy,' charging forward with passion and a fearless spirit, chanting 'world peace, the future of humanity,' when encountering a powerful enemy—that would be fine. Even without a special grade, there's no need to worry about being attacked by the enemy."
"But here's the problem. If this really happened in real life, I bet they would first throw Gojo and Geto out to deal with the pressure, letting the two of them fight all the enemies alone."
"Then the rest of the group will look at each other, no one doing any work. Maybe they'll even gather in a conference room to watch the entire live broadcast projection, with occasional narration and commentary—"
"I understand this spirit too well. They can really do it!"
The air was filled with Kujukuyuki's hysterical voice, so skilled that it seemed as if he was introducing himself.
"Ahem, to sum it up, most sorcerers are just a bunch of idiots who can't unite," Kujuku Yuki commented boldly. "They're used to doing things their own way. When disaster strikes, they each run away, dying at worst. They'd rather die than confront the enemy head-on even if the earth is about to explode."
Hearing this kind of evaluation, the system felt that it sounded more and more familiar: "You are really not talking about yourself..." He is abroad all day long and never comes back to complete tasks or take responsibilities.
"Huh? Is that true? I was just chatting~" Kujuyuki blinked and pretended to be stupid.
"I roughly understand." Kanako pointed at the boy with a crew cut. "So, Kotodou is also an example. His principles of action are boredom and fun. So when the mission becomes boring, he may not obey orders and there is a risk of losing control."
Jiujiu Yuki: "That's right, the sorcerers can't unify their ideas, and they are all weird. Many of them are more difficult to deal with than Toudou. Imagine that you need to assign tasks to command dozens of Toudou Aoi..."
Kanako interrupted swiftly, "Xiaodongtang is quite easy to understand and control."
The system took the opportunity to say, "We need cases that are arrogant and won't obey orders for a long time."
Jiujiu Yuki understood immediately, and she repeatedly reminded herself to be patient and not give in easily.
"Well, imagine you have to command dozens of... sixty-six Yuki."
System: "How terrifying! Dozens of slacking monsters!"
Kanako: "I know how to solve it!"
Finally, when she realized she had fallen into the topic trap, Kanako excitedly shouted: "Fight with me. If you lose, you must call me Miss and obey me. Come and bind me if you dare!"
Kujuku Yuki: "...How did you get me back?!!!"
"Anyway, let's stop here for now on how to control and lead sorcerers."
Kujuku Yuki dismissed Todou Aoi with the excuse that he hadn't passed the training, then cleared his throat and spoke again in a serious tone, "Foshiguro Shiori has agreed to be the subject of the experiment."
Given the previous incident with Megumi Fushiguro, Kanako was not surprised.
Kujukuyuki gestured for Kanako to get on the back seat, then started the motorcycle: "Master Tengen said he made an appointment with you tonight. Is there anything else you haven't done?"
The plan to say goodbye to school has been completed, and there are still three things left to do.
Kanako: "Yes, I'm going to the seasoning market."
"Is that the area where people with special abilities are born? OK!"
"Sixty-six..."
"Hmm? The wind is too strong, please speak louder."
"You want me to take on that leadership role. Your idea is so... so reasonable!" Kanako reached out and grabbed the wanton wind and said, "No one is more suitable to be the queen than me!"
Jiujiu Yuki smiled helplessly: "I thought you would at least be humble."
"If I have that opportunity, I will let the whole world know about my existence... Although I am small now and don't have the domineering power of an adult, there will definitely be a day when I will grow up sooner or later."
"If that day comes, I will make everyone feel that even if Gojo Satoru and Gon are in trouble, there is no need to be afraid, because I, Kanako, am the most solid bottom line for the sorcerers."
Kanako used two hypothetical sentences in a row. The further she spoke, the more she paused. Finally, she said, "Forget it. We'll talk about the future when it comes."
Jiujiu Yuki didn't delve into her meaning and casually said, "Do you want to go for a ride?"
"don't want."
"Why—riding a bike is cool, okay?"
"The motorcycle is not as fast as me." Kanako said, and then performed a jump on the spot, "You go back first, see you later."
As he spoke, he rushed forward at a speed of 152 kilometers per hour.
First thing.
Weiyu County Condiment Market, a spiritual talk shop.
Kanako climbed in through the window and choked Reigen Shinryu who was drinking water, almost to death.
Shigeo Kageyama used telekinesis to push the spilled water back into the cup and greeted calmly, "Kanako-san."
"Yo!" Kanako said energetically, "Mob, do you want to fight me?"
"don't want."
"Well, I got rejected after all... Spirit Master, stop burying your head under your book. I saw you a long time ago!"
"Hey, I brought a gift!"
Kanako took out a banner from the other-dimensional space in the system's mouth. It had a red background and a gold border, with four big words "Master of Mouth-To-Mouth Eunuch" printed on it.
"For you!"
Ling Xuan Xinlong felt complicated, and accepted it reluctantly but with a sense of relief: "Oh, thank you very much."
"Wait, the person who delivered the flag wrote Panxing Sect? What is Panxing Sect?" Soon, he found something wrong.
Kanako: "Because the new development of Bankei Cult is thanks to your professional knowledge and guidance."
Reigen Shintaka pounded the table. "Ah! I was wondering why Geto-san's high school student counseling session suddenly turned into a conversation about dropping out of school to become a religious leader..."
Ling Xuan Xinlong was silent for a moment: "...Did he really drop out of school to become a leader?"
Kanako: “No.”
Linghuan Xinlong breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, otherwise we'd mislead the students..."
Kanako: "I didn't drop out, but I'm ready to take over as the leader. I'm currently studying and working part-time."
Spiritual Xinlong: ...
It’s too early to relax!
"Is Dimple not here?" Kanako observed the surroundings. "It doesn't matter if he's not here. Mob, give him this bag of cursed spirit snacks for me. Even evil spirits can taste it."
Shigeo Kageyama took the package of black, unidentified substance that had been flattened into a flat surface and said calmly, "Well, thank you."
Kanako clapped her hands, went back the way she came, jumped out the window, and clinging to the windowsill, she said, "See you next year."
The second thing.
Kanako hurried to the restaurant door.
After finally having some free time off, Haibara Yu fulfilled a promise he had made a long time ago and brought his junior high school sister and Kanako to a buffet.
Sister Haibara got very good results in the entrance examination two years ago. Now she is a top student in high school and also a lively and optimistic girl.
I also like to eat white rice.
That day, the front desk staff repeatedly confirmed on the intercom three times before they marked the rice as "out of stock" in confusion.
The third thing.
Well, not everything is smooth sailing.
Originally, Kanako went to find Yuta Otsutsukota with the idea of "discovering all the new generation of sorcerers", and saw him and Rika Kimoto walking side by side on the way home from a distance.
At that moment, she gave up the previous idea, patted Yuta Otsutsukota's shoulder as she passed by, and said meaningfully: "Protect her well."
Then, in the blink of an eye, he disappeared.
The three planned events have come to an end.
As the sun sets, Kanako takes off her stuffy helmet and stretches out her arms towards a beam of sunlight once again.
The imagined burning sensation did not come, and at this moment, Kanako's phone rang with a text message.
After sending the address, the unknown contact attached a map with a red line circled on it and marked it as "Dragon Vein".
The location was extremely remote, and it took Kanako some time to get there.
Before she could see the true appearance of the dragon veins in this world, she saw Jiujiu Yuki leaning on his motorcycle, looking up and counting the invisible stars.
Kujukuyuki: "Explain?"
"Shh, no one knew about this." Kanako walked closer and found the switch at Kujuku Yuki's feet.
With the flick of a switch, Tianyuan, whose barriers spread across the country, tacitly agreed to this visit.
The barrier used for shielding and defense was lifted, revealing its original appearance: a pool of water that looked like a natural hot spring.
Considering that Kujukuyuki was still in the dark, Kanako said, "That's Altana. More precisely, it's the gap created by the dragon vein surging to the surface."
"Dragon veins are from the Earth. Everything on Earth can be nourished by dragon veins and become stronger with their help. I guess the same principle applies to curses."
Jiujiu Yuki: "The countermeasure you and Lord Tianyuan agreed on is to use the dragon vein to control the curse."
"Almost... But then I discovered that the source of the curse cannot be cured. Even if the curse spirit is gone, there will be thousands of replacements."
"So I'm not going to dwell on the birth of the curse, but rather on controlling the curses as they're being born."
“How to do it specifically?”
"Use the energy of the dragon veins and inject it into the empty space that my Tongbao retrieved after the fusion of the world lines. Completely separate humans from cursed spirits. And then..."
Kanako took a deep breath and raised her hands: "I want to create an independent space that is completely stripped of humans and curses, where only cursed spirits exist."
"Let's name it the container trash can." Kanako was very excited. "I've been thinking about this line for a long time, and I finally said it today!"
Jiujiu Yuki continued, "But all experiments in the world require someone to control the console—or rather, to become the console."
Kanako lowered her hand and glanced past her at the pool behind her.
Finally, Kanako said as a matter of course: "Yes, strictly speaking, I am also part of the dragon vein, so it is most convenient for me to be the operator."
Jiujiu Yuki paused for a moment before she suddenly realized, "No wonder you reacted like that when I suggested that you become the leader in the future..."
"You've been planning to leave for a long time, haven't you? ...Tianyuan-sama said you would do your best to build that space. How long will it take?"
Kanako was puzzled: "I don't know, because after becoming a liquid, the concept of time will be different from that of normal people. Maybe the flow of time inside the dragon vein is also different from that outside."
Jiujiu Yuki frowned even more deeply: "Turn into... liquid?"
Kanako kicked the small stone next to the hot spring: "Yes, I will melt into the pool like water and swim to the dragon vein of the earth."
Kujuuyuki didn't care how calm and fearless Kanako was. She quickly summed up the objective facts: her return date was uncertain, and she couldn't maintain her human form.
This means that Kanako will be cut off from contact and disappear from everyone's life.
This process may take several years, more than ten years, or even decades. It is also possible that the sorcerers of their generation will not return after they die of natural causes.
Jiujiu Yuki shook his head: "I have never been able to deal with children's willfulness..."
"But I can guarantee that you are definitely the most arrogant person I have ever met in my life, Miss."
She doesn't care about the reluctance to part, the longing for companions, or the difficult choices related to separation that humans always face.
She didn't even hesitate.
At this time, Kanako had already stepped on the edge of the pool.
"So... see you next year?" Kanako said goodbye to her.
Jiujiu Yuki: "No, what am I going to say if the high school asks about this?"
"Eh, I haven't thought about this line..." Kanako nodded her chin and lowered her head to think hard for a while.
Then she smiled slyly and patted her bulging school uniform jacket, the pockets of which were full of "souvenirs".
"I must do what I said. I have fulfilled all the promises I made. Now I want to save the world without any regrets!"
“If I can’t see you again, I wish you good morning, good afternoon, and good night. Happy New Year.” [1]
"It is a great happiness to be able to know you!"
[Current Cultivation Value: 100/100]
【Author’s words】
[1]: Adapted from a line from The Truman Show
Kanako: As long as I don’t say goodbye to everyone, it won’t be considered goodbye. I will be back soon (I am sure)
It's quite fitting to post this chapter on Valentine's Day - mainly to wish everyone a 99% lock with the God of Wealth! (face covering)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
