Chapter 99: The 99th Day at the Maximum Level
Chapter 99
The team of famous idol Nobuko Takada is preparing a flash mob performance with great fanfare.
The performance required the construction of a temporary stage, the equipment of which was complicated and cumbersome, and there was no room for error.
Because of the special location of the flash mob, these preparations could not be made in advance and had to be completed quickly within half a day...
But no one complained about it.
The reason is simple: this opportunity came so unexpectedly.
"Otakada's appearance must be synchronized with the music video's release on the big screens in other areas," the director instructed one by one. "With Halloween approaching, Shibuya will be very crowded. Everyone must seize this opportunity."
"We have already reported this to the public security department in advance, and the personnel we have applied for will set up a cordon when necessary to prevent any safety accidents during, before, and after the performance."
The director exhaled, his frown slightly relaxed, and said to everyone, "Thank you for your hard work. Happy Halloween! Keep going!"
"good!"
In the dressing room.
The agent repeatedly checked various matters to ensure that everything was perfect on the scene. Nobuko Takada took advantage of the makeup time to close her eyes and rest.
As an idol, Nobuko Takada's passion for the industry is well known in the industry. She doesn't seem nervous at all, but rather looks more expectant.
"What are you busy with, Kanako-chan?" Takada Nobuko, relying on her 1.8-meter height, tiptoed and gently rested her chin on Kanako's head.
"There's a Halloween party at home, and I'm nervously delegating tasks." Kanako replied while holding her phone.
Takada Nobuko lamented, "Are you really not planning on performing on stage? The publicity department and the agent have already told you that they really want you to have this experience before your debut."
She lowered her head slightly and leaned close to her ear, saying, "Let me tell you a little secret. Actually, I'm the one who most hopes you can debut soon."
Kanako multitasked, "Really?"
"Rather than watching strangers debut, I'm looking forward to working with genuine people," Takada Nobuko said openly. "Besides, Kanna-chan's personality is different from mine, so I don't have to worry about creating competition."
The agent wiped his sweat: "Is this something you can say? Takada-chan is still as straightforward as ever..."
Nobuko Takada: "What does it matter? I love idols the most."
She continued, "Whether I'm an idol myself or watching other talented girls become idols, my heart keeps pounding—it's simply the happiest time."
Takada Nobuko poked the white ahoge that had been swaying from side to side since she didn't know when. "Kanna-chan, you won't let me down, right?"
Kanako closed her phone upon hearing the sound.
She borrowed the dressing room, changed into the most commonly used black combat uniform, and began to wish Takada Nobuko a successful performance.
Takada Nobuko's eyes lit up, and she responded easily, "Of course, I also wish you good luck in martial arts."
October 31, 2018, Halloween Eve.
At 19:00, the sorcerers in the sorcery world responded to the commission one after another and went to the designated location somewhere in Shibuya to gather.
This commission was issued in the name of the Three Great Families, and the huge amount of money even moved the first-level sorcerer Mingming, who grabbed the commission in a lightning speed.
Fortunately, there is no limit on the number of places for Shibuya commissions.
Some curse masters who were not firm in their stance were also tempted and found ways to disguise themselves as freelance sorcerers and blend in. Regarding the above situation, the organizers chose to turn a blind eye for the time being.
At 19:03, Tokyo High School President Masamichi Yaga, Kyoto High School President Rakuganji, as well as relevant magicians and students from the two schools arrived at the scene one after another.
At 19:05, Gojo Satoru appeared.
He snapped his fingers swiftly, and then a string of words condensed from mana floated across the dim sky—"Deposit paid on the spot. Thank you to the General Directorate for the full financial sponsorship."
A loud cheer erupted from the crowd, and Mingming couldn't help but curl his lips: "The deposit has been paid, so how will the subsequent compensation be calculated?"
Gojo Satoru: "It is measured by the number of curses exorcised."
Mingming's smile widened: "Very good!"
"Did the General Directorate allow you to use their private vault?" asked Kento Nanami.
Gojo Satoru flung a key out of thin air and said, "Even if I don't participate in the battle, I still have to give him some money and equipment."
"After all, we worked so hard, spending the better part of half a year eliminating dissidents. We also emphasized the significant negative impact the enemy's survival would have on the family, ensuring that the remaining rotten oranges would be obedient..."
Gojo Satoru raised his chin and looked up at the sky: "Okay, just a little intimidation."
Huiyuan Yu also looked up: "Is there something in the sky that Gojo-senpai is looking at?"
The string of words floating in the sky suddenly disintegrated, and a white dragon-shaped curse spirit suddenly appeared, carrying Geto Suguru and the sorcerers of the Suguru Gang to the ground.
At 19:07, all personnel arrived.
Ichichi Jiegao was reluctantly pushed to the center by Gojo Satoru. He raised his megaphone and said anxiously, "Um..."
A loud "power on" sounded throughout the venue!
Geto Xia Yu held his forehead and said, "...Why hasn't this speaker deleted the first sentence yet?"
Gojo Satoru shrugged: "Just to liven up the atmosphere."
Ijichi Jiegao quickly calmed himself down, looked at his phone screen, and read from the script: "First of all, thank you all very much for coming."
"This time, the 'Shibuya Commission' mission plan is mainly about free action. I have only one request for you—" Ichi Chijie shouted loudly, "Exorcise more and bigger cursed spirits, and earn more and bigger money!"
Panda whispered to the crowd, "This wording clearly indicates a plan written by Kanako."
"Exorcise the curse and defeat that bald villain, Big Bo! That's all."
At 19:15, the further explanation session ended.
The assistant supervisors distributed electronic or paper maps (mainly the former) to the sorcerers present, on which three custom areas were circled and the letter codes were "ABC" in sequence.
[Idle personnel with little to no affiliation, students from technical colleges and families, sorcerers from the three great families, and trustworthy professional sorcerers... We must ensure that each area is composed of members of the above types to achieve a relative balance.]
Kanako emphasized in the notes of the plan document: [Two principals will be stationed at the medical station, and the technique will be highly mobile and responsible for liaison work.]
[Mr. Yemo, we'll also be handing over the safety of the auxiliary supervision to the puppet team! ...By the way, do you have other colors of the rabbit stuffed toys you gave me? Remember to save me two different ones.]
At 19:27, Kanako arrived late.
The reason was that she ran around Shinjuku and Shibuya, and dealt with several obvious gathering points of cursed spirits and barriers that were not created by Tianyuan.
As soon as she stopped, she activated the "Eye of Insight into Identity", and the simple information of all the sorcerers present appeared in front of her.
Surprisingly, there was no traitor.
After screening the personnel, the next thing to observe is their abilities.
"Yuyu and Nitta Arata, you two act together." Kanako pointed twice accurately.
Arata Arata, a freshman at Kyoto Technical High School, was amazed. “How could someone as insignificant as me even notice it?”
Youyou turned her head and looked at Mingming: "I'll listen to my sister...Okay, my sister said it's okay, remember to calculate the money."
At 19:43, each area spontaneously selected a person in charge and divided into several different teams to facilitate action, such as the Qihai Team, the Mingming Team, the Zen Temple Team, etc.
Gojo Satoru spread out his palm and shook it: "Are you leaving?"
Geto Xia Yu thought about it and also stretched out his hand.
Kanako high-fived the two of them, "Areas AB are up to you!"
At 19:45, the sorcerer put down two layers of "tents".
The outermost "tent" used to prevent ordinary people from accidentally entering has been released, but the release of the "tent" with special conditions has failed.
It is inferred that the noose party had set up a barrier with conflicting effects in advance, so the commission time was brought forward and all personnel were mobilized.
At 8:01 PM, the mobile signal in custom area B was inexplicably interrupted. The last trending post on the social media platform read, "I felt like I was bumped several times by people passing by. When I looked closely, there was no one around me..."
It was a trick. There were only a few low-level cursed spirits over there, and they were all exorcised before they could cause any casualties.
At 8:18 PM, Kanako and Mamoru were waiting on the fifth underground floor of the crowded station.
"I can't figure out where Brainflower is." Kanako asked, "If you and Brainflower were in cahoots, what would you do to this area?"
The real person, playing with his hair out of boredom, answered honestly, "We must first transform all humans into balloons and bouncy balls, otherwise it would be too boring."
The system's pupils trembled: "Your thoughts are very dangerous!"
The real person took it as a compliment: "Only Curse knows Curse best~"
"Since you want to minimize casualties, why don't you just cancel all activities in the Shibuya area today?" Zhenren asked curiously, pointing at the crowd.
Kanako: "It's hard to find an excuse. The government keeps shirking responsibility and shifting the blame."
"Knowing that this would inevitably result in casualties?" The real person laughed. "Ha! Humans truly are the most murderous creatures."
The reason why Kanako stood here was simple.
From her perspective, the five senses can easily find the direction with the highest concentration based on the "intensity of the curse".
At present, it seems that the fifth underground floor of Area C, which seems calm on the surface, is definitely hiding something unknown.
At 8:20 PM, someone holding their phone yelled, "Oh! Kotakada's live performance preview for today has been released!"
"What? Which direction are you going? I'll go over there and see!"
The group of people who were shouting all rushed towards the same specific exit. The real person released several small clones and pushed the crowd out.
Before she knew it, a clearing appeared in front of her. Amid the crowd, Kanako's eyes moved slightly, and she noticed something unusual.
There were about a dozen humans gathered together, their expressions showing no sadness or joy, they did not follow the crowd, and had no behavioral tendencies.
Like a puppet being controlled.
The other party seemed to have noticed Kanako's gaze.
The group of puppets blasted out a cluster of intense red flames. As the charred corpses fell, Kanako quickly captured the identity of the enemy hiding among them.
It was Hua Yu and Lou Hu, old acquaintances, and they were accompanied by an unfamiliar special-grade cursed spirit.
The coral with the volcanic head opened its mouth, obviously wanting to say something, but was mercilessly interrupted by the real person. All that could be heard was its crazy and wanton roar: "Domain expansion - Autism circle!"
Louhu:?
Hua Yu:?
Which good guy would use a big move right in a fight, and it’s the most shameful sneak attack!
Kanako crossed her arms expressionlessly. "Preemptive strike. It's my turn. I draw the card first..."
Louhu was so angry that his head exploded: "Do you think you are playing cards!?"
20:21, fifth underground floor, Area C.
Just half a minute ago, Louhu offset Zhenren's domain by simultaneously expanding his domain.
The spells cannot be used for a short period of time after the field is expanded or destroyed, entering the so-called spell melting period. Hua Yu decisively distances himself from the opponent's remaining combat power.
Their strategy is to buy as much time as possible for Nozomi, and to make a deal with Ryomen Sukuna as quickly as possible to bring it into their camp.
I still remember a week ago, when Nozomi, still in the body of a young man, asked, "Gojo Satoru or Gojo Kanako, choose one."
"Confront Gojo Satoru head-on? I wouldn't do it even if you kill me." Louhu made the decision without hesitation, "We'll be responsible for taking care of Gojo Kanako... It's okay if we accidentally kill her, right?"
——Who is going to be killed now?!
Initially, Louhu sneaked into the underground station intact.
Now, the corals are flying to the ground one after another.
The lava-headed head fell on Kanako's toes and was played with like a ball, kicking forward from time to time.
Then real people joined in, the two non-humans running back and forth, passing Louhu's head like a football to each other as they ran up the stairs. The air was suddenly filled with laughter...
He doesn't take Hua Yu seriously at all.
Seeing this scene, the special curse spirit Tuo Gen on the side was so sad that he was about to cry.
The moment the tears welled up, the cursed energy emanating from its body suddenly increased, and tiny cracks appeared on its skin...
Hua Yu understood that the time had come, and immediately made a gesture to expand his territory.
[The opponent, Gojo Kanako, has a Flesh Body and Curse Bound. In a field where she has an absolute advantage, there might still be a chance of winning.]
The system screamed: "Be careful, don't—"
Kanako stepped on Rokuko's head and quickly raised her middle fingers with both hands: "Expand the field!"
This shout confused Hua Yu:?
No, why doesn’t she play by the rules... Can a guy without cursed power also summon a domain?
At this moment, Kanako retracted her middle finger and punched Hanamiya on the chin: "Hey, I was just kidding!"
At 20:22, Hua Yu took back Louhu's head with wounds all over his body and pressed his head back onto his body.
The two sides confronted each other on the ground.
From somewhere high up came Yuji Itadori's familiar loud voice, a cry infused with cursed power: "Help me—Miss Kanako—"
System/Kanako:?
Is this some new summoning term?
The physical message continued: "Gojo-sensei—has been sealed by the cat bag—!"
“…Say it again, what sealed it?” The system rubbed its ears.
His lower body sank, and several pairs of tentacles attacked Kanako's legs.
Togen used all his strength to hold onto Kanako's heels, and what she kicked away was the empty shell.
Its new body emerged from the cursed fetus as if it had been shed and reborn. Its huge mouthparts danced mechanically twice, and it chanted: "...Dangyun Pingxian."
In an instant, a gentle breeze blew, and a faint salty and fragrant scent came to the tip of the nose.
The fine sand on the shore sparkled with golden light under the sunlight, the tide rolled up waves on the sea, and endless white clouds roamed under the blue sky.
Faced with such a pure and beautiful scene, the real person's pupils suddenly shrank to the extreme.
It's sunshine!
The scorching sun pierced into Kanako's skin like a sharp blade, mercilessly carving several cracks visible to the naked eye.
As if countless tiny pieces of paper were torn into pieces, blood began to seep out from the cracks, staining the white skin red.
In the area, a giant piranha jumped out of the water and bit the real person tightly. The real person tried to break off his arm to escape but failed. The successive attacks forced it to focus all its attention on self-repair.
Kanako lowered her eyes, and turned her head calmly despite the deepening wound: "You know my weakness."
"It's not hard to guess that you're afraid of sunlight." Hanami pondered for a moment and said, "Kanako, you're also a child of nature. It's not too late to regret now."
A miniature tree blossomed in Hua Yu's palm.
"If you regret it, I will save you."
Kanako tilted her head.
"We are no different from humans. We fight for our ideals, to restore this world to its original state one day..." Hanami said, "I know you can understand our thoughts, Kanako."
The system complained slowly: "Are you trying to steal someone's girlfriend in public?"
Hua Yu remained noncommittal and continued, "As a human, you are far stronger than Gojo Satoru."
"Gojo Satoru's weakness is humanity. He has too many concerns. If he wants to protect ordinary people, he will inevitably be backfired by the large number of ordinary people."
"But you are different... Kanako, the deaths and injuries of ordinary people will never stop you. Take whatever you want and do whatever you want. The new world will not be stingy in giving you the power you deserve."
Kanako shook her head. "Will there be human chefs in the new world who can make delicious rice?"
Hanami didn't answer.
"Besides, since you claim to know me, you should know that I hate being randomly evaluated, especially being dragged down. This kind of low-level flattery doesn't apply to me." Kanako yawned slowly, "So let's stop here."
"I don't hate you, so I won't continue to scold you."
A faint light emanated from her exposed skin, and the light gathered into a warm energy that seeped deep into her skin.
The skin returned to normal and the wounds gradually healed as if they had never existed, leaving only a few spots of blood.
[Active Skill: Healing without any weaknesses in the body.]
"Finding the enemy's weakness is indeed worthy of praise. I want to praise you... It's a pity that I am invincible." Kanako pulled out Youyun from behind.
The narrator mentioned in the first few chapters that Kanako's body is stone, and her race is "Ya Rabbit-like" rather than a pure Ya Rabbit. She can overcome the sunlight, which Ya Rabbit cannot overcome, with her skills.
As a last resort, Louhu took the sorcerers outside the area as hostages to buy time.
This is another piece of information that Nozomi has summarized: [Kanako may not care about the life and death of ordinary people, but not her companions.]
Yet she cruelly said, "Oh, well, I'll mourn for them."
Lou Hu: “…”
You said you cared about your companions!
Kanako: "Save everyone you can, and don't blame yourself if you can't. This is one of the lessons I've learned."
Don't push yourself too hard to be a perfect good person, and don't go astray to be a bad person either. Just be someone who is neither good nor bad, but who will never let you down.
For no reason, these words popped up in Kanako's mind, but she couldn't remember who said them.
Your future will surely be surrounded by sunshine and flowers, becoming particularly dazzling.
The only thing that is certain is that she is now basking in the long-lost sunshine.
Before Youyun could unsheath his sword, Tuogen's territory was breached from the outside.
"Kanako-senpai!"
At 20:23, Yuta Otsutsuki joined the battlefield with a knife, completing the reunion.
【Author’s words】
Kanako: Actually, it still hurts when you're exposed to the sun. If the sun deducts 5 drops of blood per second, then self-healing adds 10 drops of blood per second, so it looks like you always have full blood!
Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or provided me with nutrient solution between 2024-03-04 21:37:34 and 2024-03-05 21:13:34~
Thanks to the little angels who irrigated the nutrient solution: 5 bottles of Summer Tree; 1 bottle of Blue Letter;
Thank you very much for your support. I will continue to work hard!
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