What Sorcerer Isn't Crazy? / [Corrupted text]

"It won't take long. After I deal with that cursed spirit, I'll take you in to check the situation." Miyauchi Hiyage nodded to Mai Sakurajima.

Shinomiya Kaguya, standing to the side, couldn't help but think of the night before last.

That's what Miyauchi Hiyage said at that time.

He went out with his Nichirin Blades and returned in less than five minutes, even changing into a Bandage Freak's outfit and reinstalling the criminal methods used in the original case.

Although Miyauchi Hiyage didn't mention what he did during those five minutes, Shinomiya Kaguya could sense something and felt a sense of satisfaction that she and Miyauchi Hiyage had some secrets that they needed to keep together.

Now that Miyauchi Hiyage has said something similar to Mai Sakurajima, it makes her a little jealous.

Chapter 261: What Sorcerers isn't mad?

The campus at night easily becomes the setting for stories in various works.

However, Miyauchi Hiyage had already scanned the entire school with his Eyes of Destiny and confirmed that there were no lucky ones still staying at school late at night.

The cursed spirit was quietly staying where the cursed object had been placed, its over three-meter-tall body curled up, seemingly undergoing some kind of transformation.

"It seems that the cursed object has indeed been swallowed by that guy and is being digested now," Miyauchi Hiyage told the female sorceress beside him what she had seen.

The senior female sorceress looked slightly serious.

The biggest difference between level 2 and level 1 cursed spirits is that level 2 and lower cursed spirits have little intelligence and do not use spells, so you don't have to worry about them having any tricks up their sleeves.

Basically, as long as you have a little bit of brains and some combat experience, even a novice mage has a chance to escape from a level 2 cursed spirit. If you prepare in advance, a level 3 mage also has a chance to take down a level 2 cursed spirit with the help of some external forces.

However, level one or higher cursed spirits have already awakened their intelligence and acquired spells. In battle, they may be ambushed by level one cursed spirits if they are not careful.

This is also the biggest hurdle between a level 2 mage and a level 1 mage.

If those cursed spirits possess very strong spells, they might even rise directly from a level one cursed spirit to nearly a special level.

It can be said that, assuming the ability to cultivate extraordinary power, the limit that an ordinary extraordinary person with no talent can reach is level two.

The next level up is a completely new world that only a select few elites can reach.

The threshold for the highest level might be lowered in the future due to the revival of spiritual energy and the increased power of spells used by everyone, but the first level threshold will not change much.

After all, everyone's strength has improved, but a cursed spirit that lacks intelligence and cannot use spells is only a low-to-mid-level cursed spirit, which is still the biggest difference between level two and level one.

Knowing that she would most likely only be able to remain at the second level for the rest of her life, and perhaps in another ten years or so, she could barely become a near-first-level superhuman by relying on her own Cursed Energy and research into magic, the female sorcerer reminded Miyauchi Hiyage.

"My strength is only enough to barely restrain a level one cursed spirit. If the opponent uses a spell, I'm afraid I won't be able to help much."

She has many ways to protect herself, but they also come at a high price. As a mage who has been at the second level for many years, she has always been focused on stability.

"If you're not sure, it's best to contact Kento Nanami first and have him bring a small team over; that would be safer."

She knew Miyauchi Hiyage; recently, her team had been busy verifying the supernatural rumors surrounding Miyauchi Hiyage's videos. She also knew that Miyauchi Hiyage's talent was rated as "no less than Satoru Gojo," and that he was very likely to become a new Special Class in the future.

It was precisely because she knew how important the other person was that she was unwilling to let such a genius take such a risk.

In response, Miyauchi Hiyage drew his Nichirin Blades.

"Mr. Nanami entrusted this task to you because he trusts me, so don't worry about me. Even if there is a top-grade cursed spirit here, it won't be a problem for it to escape."

It's just a level one cursed spirit; there's really nothing to worry about.

Not to mention that the passive ability of the Pure Yang Body cleared out nearly half of the Vengeful Spirit that had been accumulating in Beika Town for a long time, even in the previous half month, Miyauchi Hiyage and Shiina Mashiro had casually killed a few newly emerging level one cursed spirits that had not yet been detected by the superhumans in the Reverse Side World while doing quests.

Miyauchi Hiyage deliberately spared the lives of some intermediate-level cursed spirits, allowing Shiina Mashiro to fight these guys and gain some practical experience.

With the enhancement of Ripple, Shiina Mashiro has now reached level three strength.

If combined with gems that can amplify the Ripple, and relying on the Ripple with various effects to send it away, plus the fact that the life energy of the Ripple itself has a certain ability to suppress cursed spirits and Vengeful Spirit, Shiina Mashiro's strength is almost at the level of a second-tier being.

Once Shiina Mashiro has adapted to the situation, she can be taken to the more dangerous and complex Impression Space for practical combat. It's easier to obtain high-level quests there, which will not only allow Shiina Mashiro to improve her strength faster, but also accelerate the progress of Miyauchi Hiyage in accumulating progress.

Half a month after the end of Golden Week, by completing daily commissions for Shiina Mashiro and Kasumigaoka Utaha Miyauchi Hiyage's progress bar has reached 67% again. It is estimated that in another week, he will be able to get the second selectable reward.

And coincidentally, Yotsuya Miko currently has a quest where he can complete it together to earn a reward. With this quest in hand, Miyauchi Hiyage is more than happy that the cursed spirit from Minebara Minegahara High School can reach the Special Grade level.

That way, he can fill the progress bar several days faster.

Unfortunately, the cursed spirits here are really not very effective.

The cautious Miyauchi Hiyage had already confirmed with the Eyes of Destiny that the opponent was currently only at the near-first-level.

Moreover, because it was forcibly elevated to this level by a cursed object, this guy is still in the transformation period.

Simply put, it means you've eaten too much and haven't fully digested it, so you can't unleash your full potential.

However, after careful examination, Miyauchi Hiyage still noticed some problems.

So the cursed object placed at Minegahara High School was indeed problematic.

Perhaps the reason why patients with Puberty Syndrome keep appearing at Minegahara High School is indeed due to the aura leaked out by this cursed object.

In short, there must be some conspiracy involved.

He turned his head and asked the female sorcerer to help investigate the situation of the cursed artifact at Minegahara High School.

Then he walked up to the huddled spirit.

Although she has seen quite a few cursed spirits and Vengeful Spirit, no matter how many times, Miyauchi Hiyage still has to complain that these guys are really ugly.

In comparison, most of the shadows in the Impression Space, except for a few, are quite handsome. Some, like "angels" and "succubi," could be directly placed in a notebook.

The first prerequisite for recruiting people to the Jujutsu High is that they must have a strong enough spirit, which is indeed very necessary.

What Sorcerers wouldn't go crazy? Dealing with these ugly creatures all day long, how could anyone not be a little mad to withstand such mental pressure?

Muttering to himself, and looking at the cursed spirit in front of him who had revealed a ferocious expression upon noticing his approach, Miyauchi Hiyage was not going to hold back against this kind of guy.

In addition to the pure yang flames, the increasingly skilled Sun Breathing Sword Style, accompanied by the scorching Crimson Blade, was directly slashed at the body of the cursed spirit before him.

Can a level one cursed spirit use spells?

With overwhelming numerical advantages and the passive suppression of the Pure Yang Body, this cursed spirit had virtually no room to maneuver.

However, this guy lasted longer than Kamishiro Rize.

Without using any flames, Miyauchi Hiyage took a full minute to plunge the Nichirin Blades into the opponent's stomach, and amidst a flurry of scattered resentment, he directly extracted the cursed object that the opponent had just swallowed.

Clearly, the cursed object sealed here is not Sukuna's finger.

There are only twenty of those things in total. Each one can create a top-tier curse spirit, and it will gradually replace the will of the curse spirit. Not every school is qualified to place one of them.

Honestly, it's already quite unusual that even one of these things was left exposed and placed on Sendai. Anyone who knows the plot can immediately tell that it's definitely a concoction of some kind of evil spirit.

"So what is this thing?" Miyauchi Hiyage looked at the basketball-sized, translucent red chalcedony on the tip of his knife.

Through the chalcedony, one can clearly see a heart that seems to still be beating, sealed inside the chalcedony.

Although the Cursed Energy emanating from this thing wasn't particularly strong, and it didn't even feel as oppressive as a level two magical spirit, Miyauchi Hiyage could sense that this thing was definitely not as simple as it looked.

Not far away, the female sorcerer fell silent as she watched the Miyauchi Hiyage effortlessly defeat a Quasi-Grade 1 Cursed Spirit in just one minute.

Throughout the entire process, the Miyauchi Hiyage suppressed the towering cursed spirit, not even giving it a chance to activate its spell. In the end, it even disemboweled the spirit, taking out the cursed object that the spirit had previously swallowed.

Is this talent that is no less than that of Satoru Gojo?

Apart from those eyes that seemed to see through people's hearts, Miyauchi Hiyage didn't reveal much else. He relied entirely on his amazing physical abilities and superb swordsmanship to defeat the cursed spirit.

Judging from Miyauchi Hiyage's current state, his earlier statement that he could escape unscathed even against a Special Grade expert seemed even more convincing.

Without realizing it, she spent almost more time in Miyauchi Hiyage than she spent fighting.

It wasn't until Miyauchi Hiyage approached her with the strange chalcedony held up by his sword and asked her a question that she remembered what she was supposed to do.

Although it seems there's something wrong with this chalcedony, let's seal it away first.

She ran to the place where the cursed object had been placed and found the wooden box that had originally held the object, which was now half broken.

After managing to repair it somewhat with a simple spell, Miyauchi Hiyage put the cursed object back into the wooden box.

"Let's leave it at that for now. We'll take it back to the Jujutsu High to reseal it later."

Miyauchi Hiyage asked curiously, "And then put it back here?"

"That's generally how it's done, but the specifics depend on the ideas of the higher-ups in the sorcery department. Or have you made any discoveries?"

Miyauchi Hiyage nodded. "I now suspect that this is what caused Mai Sakurajima's transcendent awakening. Have you found out what this thing is all about?"

Chapter 262: [The rest of the text appears to be a fragment and doesn't form a coherent sentence or paragraph. It's likely a result of a machine translation error.]

Regarding the origin of this chalcedony heart, when Miyauchi Hiyage heard the overly familiar name "Noritoshi Kamo" from the female sorcerer and the third-level sorcerer in charge of the area, he found it all too reasonable.

After all, cursed objects are not good things in themselves. They are said to be used to ward off evil, but in reality, they are just using poison to fight poison.

It is either an evil cursed artifact created by a curse master using forbidden methods, or a remnant or fragment of some powerful curse.

After being processed, these items were placed near the center of the school. In the perception of the cursed spirits, this territory was already occupied. Cursed spirits that felt they were no match for the other party would leave these occupied territories to find other territories.

In today's Jujutsu Society, when the term "cursed object" is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind is the cursed artifacts of a hundred years ago.

The title of the most evil sorcerer in history is not just a casual remark.

The text appears to be a jumbled collection of characters and symbols, possibly from different sources. A direct translation isn't meaningful without further context or clarification.

For example, it played a significant role in the later plot, causing a woman to become pregnant with the cursed spirit's child nine times and then have abortions, ultimately creating the Special Grade Cursed Object, the Cursed Womb: Death Painting. This thing is so evil that it is now kept in the forbidden treasury of the Jujutsu High and is not open to the public.

Besides this iconic Special Grade Cursed Object, Noritoshi Kamo also created hundreds of different cursed objects through various human experiments, using the lives of thousands of innocent people. Today, a considerable number of these cursed objects are not so evil and are distributed by high-ranking figures in the world of cursed arts in various parts of Japan as "exorcising" objects.

It can be said that most Sorcerers in the Jujutsu Society have had some dealings with the relics left behind by Noritoshi Kamo.

Almost whenever he encounters a problem that is difficult to solve or whose origin is unknown, he starts to wonder if it is related to Noritoshi Kamo.

He's practically the king of pots in the Jujutsu Society.

And if we were to further refine the sage's words, we would be at a loss for words, unable to truly understand the meaning of the words.

Therefore, when Miyauchi Hiyage Noritoshi Kamo's name from someone else, he shows absolutely no surprise.

Indeed, only that guy in the Jujutsu Society could come up with all this nonsense. It's just unclear whether this commission was unintentional or intentionally designed by the other party.

Therefore, it is difficult to understand the situation in the sea.

Miyauchi Hiyage pondered this.

But he still had to pretend he didn't know anything about these things and asked the two sorcerers about Noritoshi Kamo's deeds.

Both sorcerers were clearly very familiar with this source of all evil from a century ago.

After confirming that the Cursed Energy reaction had subsided and that there shouldn't be any further problems in the short term, they began to tell Miyauchi Hiyage about the life and experiences of this infamous sorcerer, with eyes full of admiration for him.

Several girls nearby were also very interested in these secrets and gathered around the repaired wooden box, eager to know what that guy had done.

As a result, all three girls showed expressions of extreme disgust, clearly provoked by the filthy things Noritoshi Kamo had done.

"This heart should be a semi-finished product from one of their experiments. Because it met the standards of a first-level cursed object and no dangerous spells were found attached to it, it was assigned to Minegahara High School as a suppression object." The sorcerer in charge of this area knew a bit about these things, but he couldn't say anything more detailed.

Mai Sakurajima's face turned somewhat pale. She now knew about the existence of cursed objects and the necessity of their existence.

But the thought that her school would place such a strange heart here to ward off evil spirits, and that even her current abilities might be caused by this heart, made her feel nauseous.

"The effect of this heart shouldn't be that high yet. If it were, it would probably be a new level above the Special Grade Cursed Object," Miyauchi Hiyage carefully examined Mai Sakurajima and the heart in the wooden box with his own eyes.

"It probably just acted as a catalyst, bringing out your abilities, and your rampage was probably also related to it."

Awakening to extraordinary abilities also depends on individual talent. According to the current mainstream view, the gradually increasing Spiritual Power in the atmosphere subtly influences the souls of some people, and then the influence of the soul affects the physical body.

It could be described as a mutation, or as Spiritual Power activating these organs, thus granting the person extraordinary power.

The prerequisite for this is that the person himself is sensitive to Spiritual Power.

However, most normal people's souls are completely insensitive to Spiritual Power. It can be said that in the current Spiritual Power environment, more than 90% of ordinary people can be regarded as Spiritual Power insulators, and the vast majority of the remaining 10% are not much better.

Over the course of a year, no more than a thousand people in Japan will achieve extraordinary awakening, and a large portion of them may not even be aware that they have awakened their abilities because their abilities are too hidden.

It would be quite good if a hundred people realized they had awakened superpowers.

It can be said that unless the concentration of Spiritual Power in this world can reach more than ten times its current level, or some extraordinary encounter occurs, the awakening of the extraordinary is a very distant thing for ordinary people.

In Miyauchi Hiyage's memory, in the Jujutsu Kaisen series, only Mahito's "Idle Transfiguration" possesses the power to rewrite other people's souls and do such a thing.

Using this power, Mahito can forcibly alter a person's soul and control their life and death simply by touching their body.

It can be said that Mahito with this ability can become a ruthless executioner or a doctor who can cure all kinds of difficult diseases.

It can even forcibly adjust a person's soul from the frequency of an ordinary person to that of Sorcerers.

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