Chapter 155
Since we can't catch brains with a living Xia Youjie, let's use a dead Xia Youjie instead.
This finalized plan was named the "[Natsuyu-kun's Resurrection] Plan" by Gojo Satoru.
—Apart from Xia Youjie's reservations about the name of the project, everything proceeded smoothly again.
Ayako Sakura was extremely shocked by the fact that Natsumi Yuuki had become the new leader of the sect, but seeing that Kazuma Hatori nodded in agreement that it was indeed the leader's intention, she had no choice but to announce the news to the Panxing Sect with a belly full of questions.
No one in the leadership objected.
This is normal. Half of them were sent to prison by Kazuma Hagoromo to eat prison food, and the other half were sent to catch chickens and grow vegetables.
As for the lower-level followers, they have no contact with who the leader is, so even if a new leader takes office, it makes no difference to them.
Xia Youjie, in fact, didn't have much time to manage his followers.
To achieve a justifiable death, the condition of being killed by someone in a reasonable manner must first be met.
As a top-tier sorcerer, Xia Youjie had very few potential targets to kill without arousing the suspicion of the [Cult Leader].
Yuki Tsukumo, who is also a Special Class, might be able to do it, but firstly, we don't have her contact information, and secondly, we can't be sure of her stance, so we can rule her out by any means.
Kazuma Hatake has now become an ally of Natsuyuki, making it relatively easy to take action, but the corresponding risks are also very high.
In the end, the three decided that Gojo Satoru would be the one to take the plunge.
It just so happens that they had previously experienced a parting of ways as friends on the streets of Shinjuku, so this is just a continuation of that story.
In order to live up to his current identity as a curse master and to achieve his ideal of creating a world where cursed spirits do not exist, as he said on the streets of Farewell, Xia Youjie needs to increase his strength and amass wealth.
Becoming a curse master may have been a deliberate act under plan, but the ideal he spoke of was real.
However, how to prevent the world from producing cursed spirits... Tsukumo Yuki offered two approaches: [removing the cursed power of all mankind] and [allowing all mankind to control the cursed power]. Xia Youjie currently has no clue which path to take.
Fortunately, there was still plenty of time; he needed to deal with the enemies who were currently eyeing his body.
The matter of accumulating wealth is already being handled by Yuqu Kazuma's [Management Panxing Sect Module]. Xia Youjie, who possesses [Spirit Manipulation Technique], only needs to double his efforts to absorb spirits.
To this end, Kazuma Hatake specially arranged for the Panxing Sect to develop an additional exorcism service. Anyone who feels possessed by evil spirits or experiences paranormal events in their home can seek help from the Panxing Sect.
The current leader and holy son of the Panxing Sect will personally intervene to help with the exorcism.
Xia Youjie remained somewhat silent.
This doesn't seem any different from the work he did at the vocational college.
He's become even busier; he has to handle so many orders all by himself!
He felt that things couldn't continue like this, so he discussed with Kazuma Hatake the idea of recruiting some curse masters, even if they could only help filter out which were false alarms, which were low-level curse spirits that didn't require their intervention, and which were valuable second-tier or higher curse spirits.
Kazuma Hatori, who had also made several fruitless trips, agreed, and the recruitment was left to Natsuyu Suke—with only one requirement: obedience.
It's fine if he doesn't obey for now; he has plenty of ways to make people obey.
In conclusion, the exorcism business of the Panxing Cult is not only an excellent way to simultaneously enhance the strength of both Yuqu Kazuma and Xia Youjie, but it can also generate income for the former's personal coffers.
Even when Gojo Satoru is too busy, he can delegate some of his tasks to them.
It's a win-win-win situation, and there's absolutely no reason to refuse.
Nanako and Mimiko raised their hands to help, but were promptly sent off to school by 丨.
Besides improving his strength, Kazuma Hato also remembers the difficulties he faced from higher-ups when Satoru wanted to reform things in the previous game.
Fortunately, now that he has a red name (indicating his criminal status), he no longer needs to have many scruples when he acts.
News came from Wu's side that the college was originally a five-year program, but because two curse masters came out of their class, and the remaining two were special-grade and healers who did not need further education, it was decided to let them graduate directly in their third year.
He also expressed his ideals to Teacher Moth—the latter was somewhat surprised but did not refuse, only saying that it might be very hard for him.
The level and number of cursed spirits had been increasing year by year, and there were simply not enough sorcerers to meet the demand.
Currently, of the three remaining Special Class A members, Xia Youjie has defected, Jiujiu Yuki has refused to cooperate, and only Wutiao Wu is still willing to stay at the High School.
He could stay at Tokyo College as a teacher, but he could not use that as an excuse to refuse any tasks assigned to him in the future—this was a requirement given by his superiors.
Gojo Satoru is about to succeed as the head of the Gojo family, which means he still has Gojo family affairs to attend to.
Even so, Gojo Satoru agreed.
He didn't find it hard—but Kazuma Hatake was very unhappy.
His sole purpose in playing the second playthrough was to give Satoru a happy ending.
What's going on with this increasingly resembling the schedule of the first playthrough?
Does it mean he doesn't exist?
"Who made this request?" Kazuma Hatake asked coldly.
“I don’t know either, Principal Yagami told me,” Gojou Satoru laughed, teasing him on the phone, “What’s wrong, are you unhappy?”
Kazuma Hagoromo hummed in agreement. "I'll find a way to solve this."
As for what method he was going to use, Kazuma Hatori didn't say it outright on the phone, which instead made Satoru Gojo a little curious.
How can this be resolved? Ichijin and Jie have already been helping him share some of his tasks behind the scenes.
Kazuma Hatori moved very quickly.
He ended his call with Wu, then asked for Xia Youjie's phone and dialed a number.
This time, the phone rang for a long time before it was finally answered.
Even the word "who" carried a hint of caution.
“The Zen temple is truly righteous.”
Kazuma Hatake's voice was calm as he called out his name, "It seems you still have some self-awareness, as you haven't changed your phone number."
If he couldn't get through by phone, he would go directly to the Zen temple to find the person.
Zenji Naoya: "…………"
Ugh, it really is that devil! He was just debating whether or not to answer that call from an unknown number!
Didn't this guy defect? What do you need him for?
"Is...is there something you need?" Zenin Naoya asked, forcing a smile. "If it's a pattern, I haven't found it yet..."
"Are you the head of the Zen temple now?" Hagoromo Kazuma asked him directly.
Zen-in Naoya: "...Of course not, my father is still alive! What are you thinking!"
Kazuma Hatori: "Tsk."
Zen-in Naoya: "...Why do you seem even more unhappy than I am?"
He also wants to be the head of the family, but the problem is that his father is still in good health and could live for another twenty years without any problem!
"No matter what method you use, find the person who proposed this plan. You must include their name and address."
After thinking for a moment and finding no better candidates, Kazuma Hatake simply decided to use even a dead horse.
He briefly explained the conditions for Gojo Satoru to accept the teaching position at the vocational high school and Zenji Naoya, then directly told him to find someone.
Zenji Naoya: "...Don't you think I'm too omnipotent, Isshin-kun?"
He spoke with exceptional sincerity, but Kazuma Hatori pretended not to hear him.
“If I don’t get the list within five days,” said Kazuma Hatake, “I will come to Zenin’s house to find you in person.”
Before hanging up the phone, he gave a clear deadline.
"Huh? Wait a minute..."
Before Zenji Naoya could finish speaking, the receiver went dead.
"..."
He stared at his phone, once again regretting why he had been so foolish as to join in the excitement of that exchange meeting.
Why can't you just stay home obediently? Isn't it fun to be bullied by servants? Why run off to that lousy school when you have nothing better to do!
After venting his resentment, Zenji Naoya became afraid again.
Even Shen'er was killed by them. If that demon comes knocking on my door, I'll surely die too...
He didn't want to die, not even a little bit.
…………
Before the fifth day had passed, Hagoromo Kazuma received an email from Zenin Naoya.
This time, he obediently sent it to Kazuma Hatake's email address, seemingly having completely given up hope of escaping the clutches of the devil.
And Kazuma Hatake did not bother to distinguish between truth and falsehood.
What's there to distinguish? If you kill the wrong one this time, you can kill the right one next time.
Since he's already a red name (indicating his negative reputation), and these higher-ups have a -100% favorability rating towards him—what difference does it make whether they kill the wrong person or the right one?
It can serve as both a warning and a threat, and also pave the way for Wu's future reform ideals.
Black Bean Shiba's animal mimicry allows Kazuma Hatori to walk freely in the world of jutsu without anyone discovering his identity.
Those territorial barriers used to defend against non-magicians and suspicious magicians would not stop a cute, harmless dog.
Under the cover of night, Kazuma Hatori followed the address given to him by Naoya Zenin and made his way from the huge mansion to the bedroom where the other party was resting.
He used his forepaws, which had activated [Black Flash], to slap the man two meters away, forcing him to wake up almost in a daze.
"What...what's going on?"
Before he woke up, he felt a sharp pain on his face and couldn't help but cry out in pain—spitting out a pool of bloody foam mixed with teeth.
"Hikaru Koido?"
Having shed his mimicry, Kazuma Hatori spoke calmly.
"How dare you..."
Before Hikaru Koido could finish speaking after being called by name, Kazuma Hatake drew his [Kyousou] sword, silencing any further reprimands with a completely muffled sound.
His name is now displayed on the [Social] interface. I'm sure I haven't picked the wrong person. I can kill him now.
Who has time to wait for him to slowly finish his long, tedious rant? It's not like it's an unskippable cutscene.
Kazuma Hatori confirmed that the other person's name was followed by "(deceased)," and just before leaving, he paused, watching the blood slowly spread out in the pool.
…………
The following day, the director's office, upon receiving the news, was almost instantly filled with uproar.
"What?! Xiaojing was murdered at home?!"
"Isn't there a protective barrier set up in his house?"
"It is said that the barrier had no effect, and when the servant went to knock on the door the next morning, he found that his body had been stiff for a long time."
"How could this be! Could it be [Heaven's Curse]...?"
"According to the previous report on the [Tianyuan Assimilation] incident, the only one with zero curse power [Tianyu Zhoufu] is dead, there is no doubt about that."
"Who else could do such a thing so quietly?"
"No, we should ask the murderer why they did it. Has Xiaojing offended anyone recently?"
After everyone denied it, the head of the group spoke up to quiet them down, indicating that he had more to say.
“Furthermore,” he continued, “the servant who discovered the scene saw someone use a blood-stained blade to carve a mark next to Koido Hikaru’s body.”
Faced with everyone's questions, the chief did not hide anything, but spoke very slowly.
"Canis Major. To be more specific, it has its brightest star... Sirius."
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