Chapter 97 The Second Player
Originally, because Saikai Haruto was a "transfer student" from another world, there was no information about "Igarashi Yuuki" in this world. However, who brought him to this world to help? Therefore, the world consciousness still helped him roughly create a "real" life experience in this world.
——Yuuki Igarashi, her parents had a disagreement since she was young, and both died in a car accident on the way to a divorce. She was raised by distant relatives who lived in the prefectural city of Kyoto and were not related to her at all.
Three months ago, relatives were taken abroad by their children living abroad, and Yuki Igarashi was left alone in the country.
Fortunately, his relatives left him a small house in Tokyo and some money before they went abroad, which ensured that he would have a place to live and food and clothing.
So he left Kyoto and moved to Tokyo, where he transferred to a new school and is currently a second-year high school student.
——The above are the background settings of "Yuuki Igarashi" in this world.
He currently lives in Tokyo, but has almost no close friends.
From this perspective, the relative can be considered a good person - after all, he had no obligation to support him forever.
However, this vest of Xi Haiqing Dou came with the double debuffs of bad luck and poverty. Not long after Xi Haiqing Dou came to this world, the money left to him by his "distant relatives" was reduced to less than 100,000 yen due to various factors.
This amount of money might not be enough to support one for several months in Tokyo... Fortunately, he doesn't have to pay for this year's tuition for the time being, otherwise he would have to work hard to earn the tuition.
That's why Saikai Haruto chose to "accidentally meet" Gojo Satoru and the others by "working part-time". On the one hand, such an encounter looks more natural, more like a coincidence rather than a deliberate attempt to scam them. There is no need to worry about whether players who are not sure whether they know the plot will have any doubts about him - it is more like she "took the initiative" to contact Saikai Haruto, rather than Saikai Haruto deliberately approaching her.
On the other hand, it is because he really has the need to "work" - if he doesn't go to work and earn money to support himself, he might really starve to death!
...Luckily, he hadn't used the skill [Master Chef] on other aliases before. Now it's perfect for "Yuuki Igarashi" - at least he won't really starve himself to death, and he can use this skill to make some money.
The original time to leave the dessert shop was 6pm, and the sky began to darken. When Xi Haiqingdou was halfway on his way home, it suddenly started to rain.
Haruto Nishimi listened to the people around him complaining quietly, such as "It's sunny today," "It wasn't forecast to rain today," and "I totally forgot to bring an umbrella," and silently opened the big black umbrella in his hand.
...In short, this umbrella has another use, which is that when encountering such special situations, it can still provide some of its original functions.
On the way back quickly through the shortcut, I encountered another level one cursed spirit in the alley.
He clearly passes this road every day... I don't know where this cursed spirit came from?
Xi Hai Qing Dou revealed a little bit of the cursed power belonging to the cursed spirit without batting an eyelid, and then looked at the bluish-white cursed spirit in the alley that was shaped like a hyena and was dripping "saliva" all over the ground, and suddenly rushed towards him.
Xi Haiqing Dou, who originally intended to scare it away, said: "."
It had been less than half an hour since he had separated from Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru.
Xi Haiqing Dou thought about it, and first used Gojo Satoru's "No Limits" and tried to use the curse in his body to beat this thing up - because "Sou" made too much noise, he was afraid of attracting other people, so he couldn't use that. However, using the cursed power to cover the umbrella and directly pierce it was also a good choice.
It's true that Gojo Satoru's unlimited bottom line is quite useful and fun... Saikai Haruto thought, he can beat up the cursed spirits and the cursed spirits can't touch him, and he doesn't even need to wash his umbrella anymore.
By the way, you can also use this curse spirit to try out how to circulate the curse power in your body to make it smoother and hurt people more...it's really a win-win situation.
——Xihai Haruto only has a vague understanding of things like "cursed spirits", "spells" and "spellcasters" in this world. After all, the cursed spirit card "Greedy Beast" he drew is a special-grade cursed spirit, but its intelligence and memory are no different from those of a baby.
In order to prevent any unexpected situations or clues from being discovered before he meets Gojo Satoru and the players, he simply locked up all the cursed power gained from the fusion of the cursed spirits in his body from the beginning, "disguising" himself, or maintaining his identity as an "ordinary person" - at least on the surface.
So strictly speaking, today was indeed his first time using "cursed power" and the first time he used a spell called "Three Element Simulation Technique" whose actual effect was copying. And it wasn't all acting - the main point was "real effect".
However, there is an obvious disadvantage to poking the cursed spirit with an umbrella - he would expose himself to the heavy rain.
His clothes and hair were soon soaked. Large drops of rain slid from his cheeks to his chin, and some of the rain flowed down his neck into his collar, soaking his shirt from the inside out.
Xi Hai Qing Dou made a "tsk" sound, and after a few seconds he chose to open the umbrella again, clenched his fists and started to beat him directly.
But obviously, he still didn't have a correct understanding of the physical fitness of his current vest - the last person who fought against him was Gojo Satoru. Although he had some understanding after the "comparison" and "sparring", it was almost completely wrong - after all, Gojo Satoru's physical fitness and his abilities were unmatched in the world of curses and the "world of curse spirits".
But the first-level cursed spirit in front of him was obviously not on the same level as Gojo Satoru. The result of not being able to control his strength was that... with each punch hitting the flesh, the cursed spirit in front of him, which looked like a hyena, was hammered against the wall and was dying, and he almost accidentally trampled the alley.
Xihai Qingdou was almost frightened to the point of jumping up, and looked outside guiltily - fortunately, it was raining outside, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and the sky was gloomy, so there were no pedestrians nearby to see this scene.
Only then did he heave a sigh of relief, feeling guilty.
...I don't think anyone will ask him to pay compensation, right?
Seeing that the cursed spirit in front of him was almost killed by him, Xi Haiqingdou thought about it, and suddenly an idea came to his little brain, and then he used Xia Yujie's "Cursed Spirit Control Technique" to try to control it.
——The effect of "Three Elements Simulation" is to completely copy other people's spells. For example, "Curse Spirit Control Technique" by Geto Suguru can store such spells at any time. Does "lasting half an hour" mean that the effect of controlling the curse spirit lasts for half an hour? Or does it mean that the effect of storing the curse spirit lasts for half an hour? Then after half an hour, what will happen to the curse spirit controlled by him?
It wouldn't take long to verify this estimate... He estimated that it had been about 20 minutes since he and Gojo Satoru separated. In other words, he only had less than ten minutes left to use the "Cursed Spirit Manipulation Technique".
Saikai Haruto was a little curious.
Xihai Qingdou is ready to make a move.
Xi Haiqingdou does what he says.
The young man, who was very practical, had a gleam of eagerness in his eyes and made a decision quickly.
The black-haired, green-eyed boy held an umbrella in one hand and stretched out his other hand straight forward, pointing his index finger at the cursed spirit. His face was extremely serious: "Come on! My sperm balls——!"[1]
The bluish-white cursed spirit that resembled a hyena quickly broke into pieces in the air like weathering, and then reshaped into a beautiful bluish-blue, translucent ball, which automatically fell into his hand.
Xi Hai Qing Dou's eyes widened with excitement: "Oh, I succeeded! I caught it! Pokémon——! Oh, no, the Curse Spirit Ball!"
[System, system! Did you record it?] He called the system passionately in his mind.
【……】
The system reluctantly popped up under his continuous harassment calls: […Recorded. 】
The system was a little suspicious of Tongsheng: Is this suddenly childish guy really the host of his family?
【That's good.】
Xihai Qingdou was extremely satisfied. He quickly put away the Curse Spirit Jade in his hand and looked around like a thief - luckily, luckily, he was holding an umbrella and no one was walking into this alley... he shouldn't be so unlucky to be caught by someone, right?
He said in a deep voice in his mind: [System, you don’t understand. Everyone who has a childhood like mine has had such a dream.]
The system made no comment on his words.
The appearance of the Curse Spirit Jade is a very beautiful round ball...completely different from its original ugly appearance when it was a Curse Spirit.
Xihai Qingdou took it in his hand curiously and turned it around. He had a feeling that only by eating the Cursed Jade would he be able to fully control it.
It felt hard to the touch, and even with his strength he couldn't break it.
Then he certainly couldn't break it with his teeth.
...How should I eat this? Should I just eat it directly? I don't know if it will get stuck in my throat.
But I have already turned the cursed spirit into a "ball", and there is only one last step left... If I just give up like this, I always feel like I have worked in vain?
After hesitating for a while, Xihai Qingdou finally made up his mind. He gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and stuffed the Curse Jade into his mouth.