Magic from a Card Master

However, in the current environment, if more people believe in it, some corresponding curses might actually be created, but they generally won't be too strong, at most only level three or four.

The ability to disappear into the shadows is like temporarily gaining a low-level Spirit Vision during special times, such as the Twilight Hour, allowing one to see ordinary ghosts that they shouldn't be able to see. After sunset, Twilight Hour ends, they naturally can't see the ghosts anymore.

The cursed stone and the like seem more like cursed objects hidden in the school to avoid those curses, which were discovered by the students.

But the Eighty-Eight Bridges mentioned later are indeed cursed.

Although it's probably just a regular curse now, in a few months, after the exchange meeting between the two Jujutsu High concludes, a special-grade curse spirit might appear there.

Even if the top-grade cursed spirit was artificially inserted, the place where the Eighty-Eight Bridges -grade cursed spirit was conceived must not be simple.

If we go there to investigate, Miyauchi Hiyage wouldn't mind, but Itou Kaiji, with his small frame, would probably catch a cold and be bedridden for a few days.

"I know about the Eighty-Eight Bridges, but no murders have ever happened there. There are just a lot of suicides. Even if we follow the stories of those who committed suicide, it would be too depressing to film. Let's talk about what happened at the school in detail."

Miyauchi Hiyage casually brought the topic back to Fujimiya Miki's school, Kaede Kagayama scratched his face and then waved his hand at Miyauchi Hiyage.

"I graduated a few years ago, how would I know so much? I just heard Monomi say a few words and that's why I'm reminding you. If you really want to know, go ask Monomi yourself."

Miyauchi Hiyage thought about it and decided that he should go and check on Monomi to see if there were any problems.

After all, the situation in Asahigaoka has changed drastically from the original story. Although it didn't have a huge impact on the students at the Asahigaoka Branch School, it still disrupted the original plot.

Moreover, Monomi was, after all, his capable subordinate and childhood sweetheart, so he naturally had to pay more attention to her.

Before saying goodbye to Kaede Kagayama, he didn't forget to pass on the task that his older sister had given him the night before to Kaede Kagayama again.

"By the way, I'd like to ask for your help with the Golden Week field trip for Asahigaoka Branch School this year. My daughter, Renge, said she's really looking forward to it. I hope you can find a suitable place so that everyone can have a break and rest."

In response, Kaede Kagayama told Miyauchi Hiyage to "get lost" in a rather irritable tone, seemingly showing no regard for Miyauchi Hiyage at all.

But Miyauchi Hiyage, who knew the other party well, knew that the other party had already remembered this matter.

After all, this arrogant guy has always wanted to snatch Renge away from him, but he just refuses to admit it.

Holding her own younger sister as a bargaining chip, Miyauchi Hiyage waved goodbye to Kaede Kagayama, and then headed towards Fujimiya Miki's house with Itou Kaiji.

Although Asahigaoka is just a village, it is actually quite large because it is in the countryside. If you include the mountains of the Miyauchi Family and other families, you could say that it would take two days to walk through the entire village.

Before Miyauchi Hiyage started the Asahigaoka Revitalization Project, a lot of land in Asahigaoka was still abandoned.

As Asahigaoka has become a popular tourist destination, the agricultural cooperative, though known for its ruthless approach, still managed to bring in a lot of people and machinery to replant crops on the abandoned land and reclaim a lot of new land on the mountain.

Looking at Asahigaoka's completely transformed appearance, Miyauchi Hiyage thought about the money the agricultural cooperative had taken away and didn't feel so bad anymore.

As they walked, he explained Itou Kaiji's situation to Asahigaoka.

They finally arrived at Fujimiya Miki's house when Itou Kaiji was already sweating profusely.

Even though it was a holiday, Monomi woke up very early.

When she opened the door and saw Miyauchi Hiyage coming in, a smile appeared on her face.

"Ah, it's been a long time! Hyuga, is there something you need?"

After bringing the two into her home, she served tea and some snacks to Miyauchi Hiyage and Itou Kaiji.

It looks as if it was prepared in advance.

At this time, Miyauchi Hiyage also secretly observed Fujimiya Miki state.

He's very healthy. Although he doesn't have any training Ripple, for a high school student, Monomi's physical condition is currently very healthy.

So, after sitting down in Miyauchi Hiyage, he directly asked the other party, "I heard about the ghost stories at your school from Kaede's place, so I came to check on you."

"But judging from your expression, Monomi, you didn't deliberately tell Feng about those ghost stories from the school, did you?"

Fujimiya Miki chuckled lightly, looking quite pleased with himself.

"How could that be? There have been quite a few strange rumors circulating at our school lately. I just briefly mentioned them to Feng. I didn't expect Feng to tell you about it."

Okay, confirmed.

This woman did it on purpose.

Miyauchi Hiyage, who grew up with Fujimiya Miki, knows that this seemingly gentle girl actually sees things more clearly than anyone else.

Although she was teased by Miyauchi Hiyage a few times when she was young, she grew up quickly after junior high school and could occasionally make some harmless little jokes about Miyauchi Hiyage.

You could say that if you gave Diary to the girls in Asahigaoka...

His eldest and second eldest sisters probably wouldn't even suspect him, while Renge would try to tell him about the Diary. The two sisters from the Koshigaya Family would also find it difficult to suspect him.

Kaede Kagayama might be able to guess it based on his intuition over time.

But Fujimiya Miki had studied at Asahigaoka Branch School for seven years with Miyauchi Hiyage, and they usually exchanged and checked homework together at school. This guy was extremely familiar with his sentence style and writing habits.

This is different from Shiina Mashiro's innate sensitivity to Ripple; it is simply a tacit understanding formed after spending a long time together.

So much so that in the first few days after he got the Diary, Miyauchi Hiyage didn't go to see Fujimiya Miki, for fear that the other party would get the Diary and directly confirm his identity.

Fortunately, after a month, Miyauchi Hiyage has been able to confirm that no one on Asahigaoka's side has obtained the Diary.

The second batch of Diary didn't seem to be distributed to any ordinary people either.

He no longer needs to worry about his identity being exposed at lightning speed again.

In short, based on his understanding of Fujimiya Miki, Miyauchi Hiyage had already figured out that the other party had deliberately leaked the information to make him come to him on his own.

Hearing the other person say "long time no see" in an inexplicable tone, he felt as if it was directed at him for not saying goodbye in person a month ago before he went to Tokyo to study.

However, Miyauchi Hiyage did not press the matter further, but instead took the opportunity to ask Fujimiya Miki about the rumors.

Fujimiya Miki casually recounted some rumors about his school, which sounded like they were made up.

When he saw that even the timid Itou Kaiji looked unconvinced, Fujimiya Miki suddenly changed his tone.

"Aren't you guys supposed to specialize in filming these kinds of stories? If you don't believe me, why don't you come with me to my school right now and take a look?"

Hearing Fujimiya Miki's invitation, Miyauchi Hiyage was somewhat confused about what the other party wanted to do.

However, he had no other plans for today besides accompanying Renge on a tour of Asahigaoka. After glancing at Itou Kaiji, who had shown interest, he nodded.

"Alright, come to think of it, I haven't been to your high school in all these years. It's fine to go and take a look."

While you're at it, check if there's anything unclean at the other school; if so, you can help cleanse it.

As soon as Miyauchi Hiyage said that, Fujimiya Miki immediately went back to his room and returned a minute or two later with a school uniform.

"This is my brother's old school uniform. Once you've changed, we'll set off!"

Fujimiya Miki then solemnly explained her reasoning, "The other guy in your videos isn't here. Why don't you wear our school uniform and make a cameo appearance as a student from our school as a temporary guest? I'll take care of the filming."

But when Miyauchi Hiyage saw the school uniform, he immediately understood.

So Monomi was complaining that he hadn't gone to a local high school with her, but instead went to school in Tokyo.

Now, I want to wear this school uniform and experience what it's like to go to school together with her during the holidays.

Anyway, after thinking about this, Miyauchi Hiyage didn't show any particular expression on her face, but Itou Kaiji next to her felt like he was going to go blind again.

My boss has such damn good luck with women!

Someone please save me! I don't want to be stuck watching these two being lovey-dovey.

Chapter 161: Magic from the Card Master

Afternoon.

Miyauchi Hiyage, wearing a different high school uniform, sat in the passenger seat of the car.

As Itou Kaiji drove, he glanced out of the corner of his eye at his boss, who was skillfully handling a beautifully crafted deck of cards that he had somehow acquired.

As a gambling addict who spends all his time in pachinko parlors, Itou Kaiji doesn't dare to go to big casinos, but he occasionally goes to small casinos to play mahjong and Texas Hold'em.

As Miyauchi Hiyage darts and weaves the playing cards between his hands, his attention is completely focused on the scenery along the roadside, not on the Miyauchi Hiyage themselves.

Is my boss also a hidden gambling master?

Or is it that these fancy shuffling techniques are some kind of magic trick your boss is practicing?

As Itou Kaiji pondered this, he couldn't help but become somewhat distracted.

It wasn't until they reached the intersection that Miyauchi Hiyage reminded him, "Remember to turn left ahead," that he snapped his attention back and hurriedly turned the steering wheel.

After crossing the intersection, Itou Kaiji licked his lips, finally unable to resist his curiosity, and asked Miyauchi Hiyage a question.

"Ah, I am indeed practicing magic. I plan to do a short series of simple magic tricks that take one or two minutes to reveal when I have the chance in the future," Miyauchi Hiyage explained simply, and then stopped shuffling the cards.

He turned to Fujimiya Miki, who was sitting in the back row, and handed him the deck of cards.

"Just randomly pick one card from there, and see if I can guess what it is?"

Fujimiya Miki examined the playing cards that Miyauchi Hiyage had handed him, and then randomly drew one from them.

Is that all?

As she said this, she wrote down the playing cards she had drawn.

Then, at Miyauchi Hiyage's instruction, she put the cards back, and after shuffling them several times, she returned the playing cards to Miyauchi Hiyage.

After receiving the playing cards, Miyauchi Hiyage casually shuffled them again, then continued to say to Fujimiya Miki, "Turn over the top card and see if it's the one you drew earlier."

Fujimiya Miki enough, the top card was the playing card she had just drawn.

Her eyes immediately lit up with curiosity.

"What kind of magic trick is this? Can you teach me?"

Miyauchi Hiyage smiled and put the playing cards away.

"Then you can come and learn after I release a video revealing the secrets of magic."

Of course, even if he does film those videos, the magic trick he reveals won't be the one we see now.

Because what he's performing now isn't just a simple card magic trick.

It's genuine card magic.

After drawing only small items for several days in a row, Miyauchi Hiyage had thought that she would probably only be able to rely on targeted draws to increase her strength in the future.

Unexpectedly, after he finished writing his diary last night, he received a "Card Master Template" reward from a League of Legends game.

Although his compatibility with that Card Master was only average, he has still gained a series of the other party's abilities.

Gambling skills, divination, card magic, combat experience, and that most important ultimate move, "Fate," provide a significant boost to his luck and sixth sense, and also come with the ability to teleport.

However, because he had just obtained the template and lacked sufficient Mana power, Miyauchi Hiyage had not yet tested the teleportation range of his "Destiny" ability in this world, but he had already confirmed the card magic.

It doesn't matter what kind of cards they are—playing cards, Tarot Cards, and maybe even Yu-Gi-Oh! cards.

In short, as long as it's a card, he can sense it and easily rearrange the position of every card in the deck just by touching it with his hand.

In addition, Mana and Ripple can be infused into these cards, turning them into dangerous weapons.

Although Card Master is not a proper mage in the League of Legends universe, and his strength is far inferior to those world-destroying demigods, even the Mana that comes with his template is only so-so in terms of both quality and quantity.

However, a single reward unlocks multiple abilities, including combat experience, which allows Miyauchi Hiyage to adapt to those abilities more quickly.

More importantly, because it's a reward from the Diary, there's no need to worry about conflicts with the power system within my body; on the contrary, it will have various beneficial effects.

The Pure Yang Body not only elevated the Ripple of the Miyauchi Hiyage to the level of a perfect living being, but also enhanced his adaptability to other extraordinary powers.

The spells he had acquired were always activated by his Ripple and the spiritual power of his Stand.

The Card Master's Mana seed has now taken root and sprouted within him. It is estimated that in just one or two days, he will be able to activate his teleportation ability.

Once his Mana allows him to teleport at will, his mobility will be greatly enhanced.

Therefore, Miyauchi Hiyage was quite satisfied with the reward.

One of the reasons he accepted Fujimiya Miki's invitation was that he sensed a trace of Mana from the divination he performed with cards that morning.

In the car, he used the cards again to perform a divination to confirm that his choice was correct.

He will definitely gain something from this trip.

About an hour later, Itou Kaiji parked his car in front of Fujimiya Miki's school.

A seemingly ordinary high school.