The days passed one by one. During the day, there was boring Shikigami summoning practice, at night there was cursed energy flow training, and then the next day was a new beginning. Except for going out to buy groceries, Soma Josuke basically did not go out.
Since that day, Fuyuki Mirai would send her class notes every day, and Soma Jousuke would also give her a ride home when she went back.
Yui didn't feel surprised that Soma Josuke took a leave of absence from school. This was not the first time the brother and sister had done such a thing.
But she still found that her brother was a little different these days.
He seemed to be more distant from her than before. If she just teased him physically, he would run away as if he had been electrocuted. He no longer argued with her like before and gave in to her in everything.
These abnormal situations made Yui doubt whether something really happened that day.
"Brother, tell me honestly, has anything happened between you and Dongxuewei? You've been acting a little weird lately."
"Nothing happened, what's wrong with me?"
When he heard this, Soma Josuke was really shocked, but he still pretended to be calm on the surface.
"You've been a little distant from me lately."
Alienated?
He felt that they couldn't get any closer, Yui's physical contact was almost challenging his limits.
"Yui, I'm not distancing myself from you. After all, we've all grown up, so…"
"Eh? But we are brother and sister, what does this have to do with anything?"
"Precisely because they are siblings, they can't be too close." Soma Josuke couldn't help but frown.
Seeing her brother's serious expression, Yui put away the smile on her face, and after a moment of silence, she returned to her room.
Dinner time ended just like that, and the relationship between the two seemed to be heading towards a bad situation.
His irritable mood made the cursed energy in his body even more active, as if silently mocking him.
That night, after making sure that there was no movement in Yui's room, Soma Josuke quietly left the room.
This was the first time he had gone out at night in the past few days, and he needed to find a cursed spirit to conduct some experiments.
It is now past 11 o'clock in the evening, and there are far fewer people outside than during the day. Conducting experiments at this time can avoid a lot of trouble.
What happened at dinner tonight might have affected him a little, but he should also check the results of his practice over the past few days.
His speed of summoning shikigami has now been maintained at about 0.5 seconds. By constantly summoning shikigami, the flow of cursed energy in his body has become smoother. As long as he does not encounter cursed spirits that are too strong, he should be able to cope with it.
Coming out of the residential area, Soma Josuke looked no different from other people who were still walking outside. As he was walking, he came to an abandoned park, which was the most likely place for cursed spirits to appear nearby.
This park is not completely abandoned. It's just that another park with better facilities and closer to the residential area has been built nearby.
Few people come to this place.
Only some people with some other special purpose come here.
For example, a test of courage competition or something like that.
The park is very large, with a dim street lamp every ten or so meters. Several insects are flying around the lights, attacking the lampshades from time to time.
After hitting the lampshade, he adjusted his broken body and prepared for the next charge.
But some of them could no longer fly, and fell to the ground without any further follow-up.
Soma Josuke was lucky enough to find his target on a bench.
However, due to the lighting problem, he couldn't see clearly what kind of cursed spirit it was. He only felt that the cold and gloomy feeling coming from the front was similar to the one he had encountered before.
As he slowly approached, the object on the bench finally revealed its shape. It looked like a rooster, normal size, black all over, with only the comb and eye sockets being white.
If there is any other special thing about it, it is the only black eye that almost takes up the entire head. If it weren't for the white dividing line, you couldn't tell it was an eye at all.
A series of gray numbers could be vaguely seen in his eyes. Soma Josuke looked at his watch and saw that it was 23:33:33, the same time.
From time to time, the black chicken's mouth would make sounds like "Get up…get up…", with some vagueness and resentment.
This is most likely a cursed spirit caused by grumpiness caused by waking up.
Soma Jousuke, who was originally a little worried, breathed a sigh of relief. This experimental target was just right for him.
A chicken shouldn't be that strong. He guessed that it was at most at the level of a level 4 cursed spirit or possibly even weaker.
With a thought, Kazan, the Sword Soul, appeared beside him.
At the same time, a red circular plane map suddenly appeared in his mind. On this map, a white dot was flashing at a distance in front of the center.
Is this… Dragon Ball Radar?
No, it should be called Curse Radar.
He quickly figured out the effect of the radar, which was centered on Kazan's location.
As long as they enter the range of Kazan, people or objects with cursed power will be displayed on it. However, Soma Josuke found that he was not displayed on it.
Ever since Kazan appeared, the numbers in the black chicken's eyes began to jump faster. After he controlled Kazan to leave a certain range, the speed of the numbers would return to their original state.
This is unbelievable, it actually has an effect on these cursed spirits.
Although I'm not sure whether the strength of the cursed energy has increased, there shouldn't be any other possibility given the situation.
But it doesn't matter, he has already thought of a solution to this problem, so he might as well give it a try.
Since he can control the movement of shikigami with his mind, he should also be able to use his mind to prevent some targets from being amplified by the cursed energy.
Letting Kazan get closer again, Soma Josuke kept thinking in his mind how to exclude this cursed spirit from the increase in Kazan's cursed power.
Always wanted to…
Always wanted to…
At first, the numbers would still jump quickly, but as he continued to imagine, the speed at which the numbers increased gradually slowed down, and finally returned to the normal speed of seconds.
It really works!
It's just that I was a little slow in manipulation, and this whole process took another ten seconds.
You still have to rely on repetition to increase your proficiency.
This chicken-shaped cursed spirit became Soma Josuke's practice object.
Time passed slowly, and his control speed improved significantly, but he still needed 1-2 seconds to eliminate the target.
Although it was a lot of progress compared to before, he still felt it was a bit too slow.
He was so absorbed in his practice that he didn't notice that the number jumping in the chicken's eyes had reached [04:59:30].
One practice, [04:59:45].
Another practice, [04:59:59].
Next second.
"Oh~Oh~Oh~", "Ding-ling-ling~Ding-ling-ling~".
A mixture of crowing sounds and alarm clock sounds came out from the mouth of the chicken-shaped cursed spirit, which scared Soma Josuke.
"What's going on?"
The answer he got was a teeth-grinding sound of "Crunch…Crunch…"
The body of the cursed spirit grew larger at a speed visible to the naked eye, and its originally black feathers became sharp, flashing a metallic luster under the moonlight.
He could even see the densely packed fangs in the cursed spirit's open mouth.
[Trigger task selection starts]
[Please select]
[1. Prevent the curse spirit from growing further. Kill the target curse spirit. The host is at risk of death. You will be rewarded with 1 random Shikigami.]
[2. If the curse spirit is allowed to continue to grow and stay away from the target curse spirit, the host is at risk of death and will be rewarded with 1 random curse tool.]
[Host, please select within 3 seconds. Option 2 will be automatically selected if the timeout expires]