Kaguya Shinomiya's Resolve / The Cursed Spirit That Devours Cursed Objects

Shinomiya Kaguya had no idea what this "radiance" meant.

All she knew was that from that day on, Miyauchi Hiyage became Shiina Mashiro's assistant, helping her create manga.

Shiina Mashiro also passed on her Ripple Chi Kung to Miyauchi Hiyage Himekage without reservation.

She wanted to invest in him at the time, but because she felt that Miyauchi Hiyage wasn't that important, she was distracted by other things.

Who could have imagined that in just one month, no, to be precise, less than half a month, Miyauchi Hiyage would have gone from an unknown nobody to his current level after achieving extraordinary awakening?

She missed the best time to invest once again, and her investment in Asahigaoka Media can only be considered a minor bonus.

However, as she touched the bracelet in her hand, Shinomiya Kaguya still managed a beautiful smile.

Because she understood what Miyauchi Hiyage was saying.

Miyauchi Hiyage plans to sell those projection items in the future, and she and the Shinomiya Family behind her can get first-hand supplies from Miyauchi Hiyage!

For this reason alone, regardless of Miyauchi Hiyage's true identity, Shinomiya Kaguya and the Shinomiya Family must stand firmly by Miyauchi Hiyage's side.

Chapter 259: Shinomiya Kaguya's Determination

However, as Miyauchi Hiyage said, the Shinomiya Family currently has no reputation in the Reverse Side World, and it is not an easy task for them to gain a foothold in this turbulent Reverse Side World.

After all, the zaibatsu of Japan today only emerged after the war, or more precisely, after the collapse of the Karasuma Group half a century ago.

Both the Shinomiya Family and the Suzuki Family benefited from the legacy left by the Karasuma Group during their development, which allowed them to grow to their current level in just half a century.

Fifty years is more than half a lifetime for a person.

But for extraordinary families that have existed for at least a hundred years, that's not a long time.

After all, during the mysterious period of decline that lasted for over a century, it was difficult for everyone to cultivate a superhuman with the resources at their disposal, so it was naturally impossible for any new forces to emerge during this time.

The old powers have been sticking together for mutual support. Many weaker supernatural families have either turned back into ordinary people or merged with other powers to form new families, which is how they have managed to survive.

The Shinomiya Family and Suzuki Family rose to power at an astonishing pace. Not only in the conservative Reverse Side World, but even in the Front World, many people only realized how unstoppable these conglomerates were after they had already caught wind of it.

Even Shinomiya Gan'an, the current head of the Shinomiya Family who single-handedly built this vast business empire, only realized the reality of this world after reaching the pinnacle and experiencing some minor disturbances caused by the extraordinary beings in the Reverse Side World during the Mystery Revival.

However, the Shinomiya Family is still too young.

Even with immense wealth, it's not so easy to squeeze into the Reverse Side World.

At first, Shinomiya Gan'an used a method similar to that of those in power in the Front World, which was to use marriage to allow the Shinomiya Family to gradually intervene in the Reverse Side World.

But he soon realized that things were not half a century ago.

Half a century ago, with the rapid development of various military technologies brought about by the two world wars, the order of the Front World was paramount, and even the extraordinary beings of the Reverse Side World had to bow down to the Front World.

In order to ensure the survival and continuation of their families, those extraordinary families had no choice but to agree to marriage alliances.

But now that it has Mystery Revival, it's not so easy to get involved anymore.

After more than ten years of effort, Shinomiya Gan'an only managed to support a small, barely surviving family, and then, through some opportunities, managed to connect with the Kyoto Jujutsu High.

Until Shinomiya Kaguya suddenly came into contact with these things, and through some unknown channel met some special friends who personally demonstrated some special power in front of him.

It was only after personally experiencing the healing effects of Ripple Chi Kung and hearing her daughter's thoughts that Shinomiya Gan'an decided to place her bets on her youngest daughter and grant her considerable authority.

At the same time, he also subtly expressed his thoughts about this daughter.

Originally, all I wanted was for the other person to grow up in peace and rely on the wealth of the Shinomiya Family to allow them to freely choose their future within a certain range.

But since Kaguya Shinomiya has made a decision and is determined to go all the way down this path, then he will also make demands of Kaguya Shinomiya as the heir to the world in the Shinomiya family.

If you were to choose a future romantic partner or even a marriage partner, it would be best if they were an extraordinary person from the Reverse Side World. Even if they were unwilling to marry into the family, it would be best if they could have a descendant with the surname Shinomiya who possessed extraordinary talent, so that the Shinomiya Family could truly transform into an extraordinary family that could be passed down through bloodlines.

As for Shinomiya Kaguya, after the awakening of the extraordinary power of the Miyauchi Hiyage, he was already very suitable to become the biological father of her future offspring.

After Miyauchi Hiyage revealed this so-called "Projection Technique" and learned of its power, Shinomiya Kaguya became even more tempted.

It can even project Special Grade Cursed Tool, and it's quite obvious that this Projection Technique is a top-tier technique that gets stronger with each generation.

The items projected by this generation will be passed on to the next generation, and then the next generation will project new items and inherit them. This process continues generation after generation. Who knows what kind of power and wealth the family that masters this technique will possess!

Shinomiya Kaguya couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement at the thought of such a future.

However, it's really too early to talk about this now.

Shinomiya Kaguya hasn't yet resorted to such unscrupulous means.

At least... let's wait until she's explored the Reverse Side World a bit first.

Anyway, the Miyauchi Hiyage are right here, and people won't suddenly disappear.

Although their relationship couldn't compare to that of Asahigaoka's two childhood friends, and certainly not to that of Shiina Mashiro who was pampered, they were still good friends.

Thinking about the possibility of needing to borrow something from a friend in the future, Shinomiya Kaguya let out a slight breath, trying to make her expression look more normal.

Then she made a promise to Miyauchi Hiyage, "I really hope to become your client as soon as possible, Himekage."

First and foremost, you need to have the ability to protect yourself.

Ideally, one should reach the level of a Level 2 superhuman before the summer vacation, which would give them a basic ability to protect themselves.

In September, at the exchange meeting of the Jujutsu High, she must defeat Kasumi Miwa and win the battle commission!

Meanwhile, the girl who is currently diligently practicing swordsmanship at Kyoto Jujutsu High is exchanging training insights with the weapon in her hand.

That was the reward she received for inadvertently stealing a diary holder's request during her last trip to Tokyo.

A longsword with the ability to think for itself and to grow continuously in battle.

As the car stopped in front of Minegahara High School, Miyauchi Hiyage got out and took a look.

Although that level three mage's skill wasn't particularly high, his mastery of barrier spells was quite good.

This is quite normal. A sorcerer responsible for patrolling his territory must first pay attention to his concealment and not reveal his extraordinary power to ordinary people.

A "tent" that can isolate one from outsiders is a necessary tool for Sorcerers and even for the extraordinary forces of the entire Reverse Side World.

These things need to be suppressed, at least until the Reverse Side World.

That's why the ghouls who were wreaking havoc in Tokyo during this period were suppressed by the supernatural forces in the Reverse Side World using various violent means.

My writing has recently hit a creative slump; I'm stuck on both books, writing is incredibly slow and I lack inspiration.

Chapter 260: The Cursed Spirit That Devours Cursed Objects

The tent is naturally invisible to ordinary people, and the sounds that occur inside will not be heard outside.

At the same time, the tent itself also has a certain defensive capability, which can prevent the cursed spirits inside from escaping. However, this thing has no combat power. Although it does not require high strength from the caster, it is quite cumbersome to cast if the user is not proficient, and it also requires a lot of materials.

It's usually the support-type superhumans who learn this skill, and after each use of the account, they will go to the higher-ups of the corresponding forces in the Reverse Side World to get reimbursed for the losses.

Because Miyauchi Hiyage needed to study Sealing Technique, he also put some effort into the field of barriers, asking Kento Nanami a lot of questions about this.

Kento Nanami also took into account the special circumstances of Beika Town, and even came over to set up some barriers around his mansion. It seems that the Detective Boys guys even discovered them.

Afterwards, Miyauchi Hiyage also began to study barrier techniques on his own, but his talent in this area was probably not as good as Jerry's or Shadow Yuuko's.

After struggling for a while and realizing he wasn't cut out for it, he handed over the research to those two guys and went to study the technology of soul data digitization alone in the basement of the mansion.

Looking at the tent that now covered the entire school, one could only say that anyone sent by the Jujutsu High to patrol and be stationed in the area, even if they were only a level three sorcerer, must indeed possess some unique skills.

To those with extraordinary powers, the existence of the tent is actually quite obvious.

From the outside, it looks like a big box that covers the entire school. If you look closely, you can see some grayish boundary lines.

However, the situation inside this gray boundary line cannot be seen directly.

The people present were not ordinary. Mai Sakurajima was in a period of power rampage and could already see things that she couldn't see before. Even the weakest of them, Shinomiya Kaguya, had already opened up a basic Spirit Vision this month with 5 points of Reading Points.

To be honest, the Spirit Vision that require Reading Points to obtain are not as simple as they seem.

It may seem like it only gives people the ability to see low-level Vengeful Spirit, but in reality, it also grants them certain spiritual medium qualities. Even if they couldn't cultivate Spiritual Power or Cursed Energy before, after exchanging for this beginner-level Spirit Vision, they can still obtain the basic qualifications to cultivate Cursed Energy.

Of course, this kind of physique is at the bottom in the Reverse Side World, it can only be considered an entry ticket, and it is not at all on the same level as the immortal cultivation physique of Miyauchi Hiyage, who obtained the Pure Yang Body physique from the start.

Even so, the cost of 5 Reading Points is still considered very reasonable, and the girls in the group said it was probably a beginner's gift from the Diary.

After all, apart from the Spirit Vision, the Diary rarely offers any special abilities that can be actively redeemed. The Reading Points is usually used for danger warnings and to improve skill proficiency and physical fitness.

At first, no one noticed this, but this month, with the appearance of the commission column, these girls no longer had such a shortage of Reading Points.

Then several girls wanted to try to solve the lowest-level initial spirit requests to get more Reading Points, so after some hesitation, they exchanged for the ability of the Spirit Vision. After that, they discovered that the Cursed Energy they couldn't cultivate before could now be cultivated smoothly.

By now, most of the girls in the group have already redeemed the basic Spirit Vision and are looking forward to whether higher-level Spirit Vision will become available for redemption in the future.

If a higher level of Spirit Vision could give people a better physique, I believe many people in the group would try to accumulate enough Reading Points to improve their talents.

Anyway, this thing can be turned off automatically, unlike Yotsuya Miko which can't be turned off once it's turned on.

Every time those girls tried to do this, they would receive a "not enough permissions" notification from the Diary, which made them feel disappointed.

"Is this the barrier?" Mai Sakurajima exclaimed in amazement as she looked at the hazy gray boundary before her.

It was the place where she had studied for two years, but she never expected that this place had been hiding secrets she didn't know about.

Or rather, most students wouldn't think that, in order to prevent their negative emotions from accumulating and forming cursed spirits, many schools would proactively place cursed objects to deter those cursed spirits.

Of course, let alone students, even most school principals and board members probably wouldn't know about this. These cursed objects are secretly placed by a special department in the Reverse Side World. The larger the school and the more students there are, the higher the level of the cursed objects needed to suppress them will be.

These cursed items are usually hidden in secluded corners where they won't be noticed, and the seal is checked on average every six months.

Generally speaking, schools with fewer than 100 students do not need to specially place cursed objects, or rather, those low-level cursed objects are not very useful. Schools with fewer than 1,000 students need to place some level 2 or even level 1 cursed objects to deter cursed spirits.

Large high schools with more than a thousand students either use top-tier magical artifacts or go straight to top-tier magical artifacts.

For example, at Houtonji High School, a Level 1 cursed artifact was sealed and placed inside the heart of a tree on the playground.

The Miyauchi Hiyage had long since discovered that thing, but it had never paid any attention to it.

After all, Toyosaki's school atmosphere is very free, and it's a new school, so the students' negative emotions aren't very high. Even if some cursed spirits are occasionally generated, they're probably only at level three or four, so there's no need to worry about them.

In contrast, Miyauchi Hiyage visited Advanced Nurturing High School and Private Hyakkaou Academy, and both schools were veritable breeding grounds for venomous creatures; the resentment within them seemed to be reaching the heavens.

If it weren't for the presence of Special Grade Cursed Object suppressing it, and the presence of dedicated priests patrolling the area regularly, these schools would probably produce several level-two or even level-one cursed spirits every month.

However, I've heard that the locations of those two schools are also places where resentment gathers in Tokyo, only they're not as big as Beika Town. I wonder who made the decision to build high schools in those two places.

Minegahara High School's deviation score is not bad, but it's just at the level of a normal prefectural high school, and it can't be compared with a real prestigious school.

Mai Sakurajima chose this high school because it was low-key enough for her.

However, as the birthplace of the Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, this school, where the protagonist attends, has indeed seen many unusual events.

The story begins with a similar development to The Haruhi Suzumiya, where a person from the future guides the protagonist from the past to choose the high school to attend, and then three patients with Puberty Syndrome appear one after another at Minegahara High School.

Mai Sakurajima, who has lost her sense of presence; Tomoe Koga, who can simulate the future and even pull others into her simulations; and Rio Futaba, who splits her emotions and rationality into two separate individuals.

Until the protagonist enters university, Minegahara High School is a very important story setting, which makes one wonder if there is something wrong with the feng shui of this place.

Miyauchi Hiyage peered out from outside the tent with the Eyes of Destiny, but didn't find anything particularly special.

"I was attacked by the cursed spirit this afternoon when I was checking the seal of the cursed artifact inside Minegahara High School. However, the target of the cursed spirit should be that level one cursed artifact, so it did not pursue me after I escaped, but stayed in the school and did not leave. Perhaps that guy has already devoured the cursed artifact and is digesting it."

The slightly disheveled level three mage explained the possible situation inside the school to Miyauchi Hiyage.

The female sorceress looked at Miyauchi Hiyage: "If that level two cursed spirit really devoured the cursed object, its strength will probably increase a lot. Even if you have level one strength, you'd better be careful."

Meanwhile, Yotsuya Miko was explaining the significance of the cursed object to Mai Sakurajima was somewhat puzzled.

They used the aura of the cursed objects to intimidate the cursed spirits, preventing too many evil things from appearing in the school.

However, it is also a kind of self-destructive measure, since cursed objects are evil things, and they may suffer backlash in the long run.

Now, it seems that the cursed object at Minegahara High School has attracted a greedy level two cursed spirit.

Miyauchi Hiyage nodded to the female sorcerer. "You can take command from now on, I have no problem with it."

At most, it will evolve into a level one curse spirit, so there's really no need for him to worry too much.

What he was more concerned about was why so many people with extraordinary awakenings appeared at this school.

Seeing that the Miyauchi Hiyage still looked calm, the female sorceress nodded and warned the girls who had come with her not to enter the barrier, lest they encounter any danger.

None of the girls had any objections to this reminder.

After all, they were indeed not strong enough and lacked combat experience. Entering the barrier would obviously be a hindrance, so these girls naturally did not want to become a burden.