Chapter 2: The Ultimate Demon Control
In Soma Josuke's eyes, a monster with eyes all over its body and seven or eight hands was crawling and wriggling behind Mirai, making disgusting sounds like "soft…soft…soft…" from its mouth, but she herself had no reaction to it.
"you..."
As soon as he opened his mouth, the monster seemed to sense something, and its bloodshot eyes all stared at him, emitting a cold aura.
What a mistake! He should have pretended not to see the monster for a while.
The current situation seems to be developing in an unpredictable direction…
Eh? Wait!
Ordinary people cannot see curse spirits, but since he can see them, doesn't that mean he has extraordinary curse power?
With a slight movement of his mind, he opened the panel again.
[Host: Soma Josuke]
Age: 16
[Strength: E, Agility: E, Stamina: E, Curse Power: ? ]
[Spell: None]
[Mantra: None]
Automatically ignoring the attributes marked as E, he looked at the question marks on the panel showing the mana…
Although it is unclear what this question mark represents, judging from the fact that he can see the cursed spirits, his cursed power has at least reached the threshold of a sorcerer.
But he didn't know how to use it! It was like a person who found a mine at home but had no tools to mine it. He didn't know what to do for a while.
Soma Josuke could only maintain his previous movements now, because the monster in front of him did not take its eyes off him.
Time passes by second by second.
Future lowered his head and stretched his hands straight.
But after waiting for a long time, the notebook still did not leave his hand.
She couldn't help but look up and found Soma Josuke standing there blankly, without any reaction.
"Josuke-kun, what's wrong with you?"
"Josuke-kun?"
After calling out several times, there was still no response from Soma Josuke, and a look of disappointment appeared on her face.
"Jousuke-kun, if you don't welcome me, then I'll go back."
[Trigger task selection starts]
[Please select]
[1. Prevent the opponent from leaving and exorcise the target cursed spirit. The host is at risk of death. The reward is to obtain an adaptive technique*1. ]
[2. Let the other party leave and you will be rewarded with 1 random spell tool (effective after 24 hours).]
A translucent pop-up window appeared in front of Soma Josuke.
It really is a cursed spirit!
Just these two options…
On the surface, the second option seems to be more suitable. There is no risk to yourself, and you can also obtain the magic tool.
However, from the first option, it can be seen that this cursed spirit is a threat to human life. The second option will be completed after 24 hours. If you let this cursed spirit leave…
"I'm leaving." At this time, Wei Li had already taken back the notebook and turned around to leave.
"Wait!" Soma Josuke stepped forward and grabbed her wrist.
[The host has made his choice, please kill the cursed spirit as soon as possible. ]
Damn system, I haven't chosen yet!
Although he complained in his heart, he could only continue now, "I'm sorry, future classmate, I was just distracted just now, please come in and sit down first."
As he spoke, he observed the cursed spirit.
The cursed spirit seemed to be on guard against him as well, remaining motionless, but there seemed to be more bloodshot in its eyes.
To be honest, Soma Josuke has no idea what to do now.
Although he remembered that he could use cursed energy to attack without any spells, how to mobilize the cursed energy in his body was a problem.
"Josuke-kun, I heard from your sister that you were sick today. Are you feeling better now?"
"Well, I feel much better after sleeping for a day."
...
While talking to Mirai, he observed the movements of the cursed spirits and recalled the settings in the comics in his mind.
Trying to do three things at once proved to be too tiring and he was becoming increasingly irritable.
Time is still passing slowly.
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he found that there was something wrong with the cursed spirit. The bloodshot in its eyes was almost to the extent of conjunctivitis, and its body was also smaller than before.
Suddenly, a very strange thought popped up in his mind: This cursed spirit seems to be afraid of me?
Soma Josuke moved forward a little without leaving a trace.
Although it was not very obvious, Soma Josuke, who had been staring at the cursed spirit, still noticed some small changes.
He suddenly had an idea.
"Future classmate, do you feel very tired today?"
"Eh? How did Josuke-kun know that?"
"You don't look well, why don't we play a relaxing game."
"What game?"
"It's very simple. One of us turns his back to the other and bends backwards to see who bends lower. The other person has to protect the person in front from falling."
"What's the reward for the winner?"
"And there's a reward."
"Of course, Josuke-kun, since this is a game, there must be a punishment or reward, or else the loser has to agree to a request from the other party."
"Uh, okay."
"Hehe, Josuke-kun, you are doomed to lose."
He suggested playing games simply because he didn't want to have any physical contact, and he didn't think that an ordinary high school girl would make any weird requests.
The bending game was in progress, with Mirai starting first, and Soma Josuke staring intently at the cursed spirit behind her.
As the distance between them gradually shortened, the cursed spirit became smaller and smaller, as if resisting contact with Soma Josuke.
Suddenly, perhaps because it had shrunk to its limit, the cursed spirit trembled all over and flew out of the window in a flash.
With a "bang", a big hole was knocked out of the glass.
Soma Josuke subconsciously raised his right hand, and a ball of blue flame flew out from his hand.
After being hit by the flames, the cursed spirit turned into black ashes in the air and slowly dissipated.
[Congratulations to the host for successfully exorcising the cursed spirit, rewards are being drawn…]
Looking away, he subconsciously looked at his hands.
A ball of blue flame was twisting in his hand, but he did not feel any discomfort, as if the blue flame was also a part of his body.
"This is the power of curse!"
He had no other thoughts at all just now. He was just thinking about not letting the cursed spirit escape. He didn't expect that he would exorcise the cursed spirit just like this.
[Obtained technique: The Ultimate Demon Control. ]
[Since the Demon Control Skill is a Shikigami manipulation skill, you will get an additional Shikigami: Kazan of the Sword Soul.]
The system pop-up window brought Soma Josuke back to his senses.
But he did not check his reward first, but reached out and lifted up the future on the ground.
Just now, Mirai was frightened and fell directly to the ground. Since Soma Josuke's attention was all on the cursed spirit, he did not grab her immediately.
"I'm sorry, future classmate, I got startled."
"It's okay, it's okay. I feel the same way. Who is so wicked as to smash someone else's window?"
After Wei Li got up, he went to the window and looked for a long time, but he didn't find any suspicious people below.
After exorcising the cursed spirit, Soma Josuke finally breathed a sigh of relief.
In his opinion, this cursed spirit should be relatively weak, but the crappy system actually said that his life was in danger, making him so nervous in vain.
As he was complaining in his mind, a pop-up window suddenly appeared:
[When the host fights this cursed spirit, there is a 1% chance that his life will be in danger. ]
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