Anime Crossover: Master is Not Here Today

"Don't worry, Mr. Nanami is a highly experienced Level 1 sorcerer. His formidable strength is beyond doubt, as is his ability to handle crises."

"Mr. Ichichi!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka grew increasingly uneasy as she listened, and quickly interrupted him, cautiously saying:

"I think it's best to avoid saying things that sound like you're setting a goal for the other person."

Yuujin Itadori nodded thoughtfully and said:

"What Mr. Ijichi just said really sounded like a death flag or something."

"No, that's not what I meant!"

Kiyotaka Ijichi realized that his discovery was indeed somewhat subtle. Just as he was about to explain himself, his phone rang.

"It's Mr. Nanami!"

"Mr. Nanami, it's me. We've completed our mission. Oh? Yes, okay, we'll be there right away!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka and Itadori Yuujin stared intently at Ijichi Kiyotaka, who was answering the phone. After he hung up, he said to the two of them:

"Mr. Nanami has finished his business. Let's go meet him."

"It was just a minor injury, and it's already healed."

Ieiri Glass said lazily.

Shoko Ieiri is a chestnut-haired, intellectual beauty who always wears a white lab coat and has dark circles under her eyes.

She is a classmate of Gojo Satoru and the only sorcerer in the world of sorcery who can use the [Reversal Technique] to heal others. Now, as a doctor at the Tokyo Metropolitan Sorcery High School, she often deals with various patients and corpses, and her work is very busy.

This time, she came to treat Nanami Kento's injuries.

"Great!"

Upon hearing that Nanami Kento was safe and sound, Itadori Yuujin and Ijichi Kiyotaka both breathed a sigh of relief.

They had just seen Nanami Kento get into the car while clutching his wound. They had been on tenterhooks the whole way, afraid that something might happen to him.

"I've been saying all along that I only suffered a minor injury, it's nothing serious."

Despite his usual calm tone, Nanami Kento's response to the two's exaggerated reactions couldn't help but reveal a hint of helplessness.

However, there was also a sliver of relief.

Then, as if remembering something, he turned to look at Fujimaru Ritsuka, took out a bracelet from his inner pocket, and returned it to her. He had been covering his wound and couldn't move freely.

As he handed over the bracelet, he thanked him earnestly:

"Thank you for the bracelet, it was a great help."

When he first received the bracelet, he thought it was just an ordinary bracelet.

However, during his battle with the enemy, this seemingly ordinary bracelet suddenly emitted a powerful purifying force, severely injuring the opponent!

Only then did he realize with astonishment that this was actually a super-powerful special-grade cursed artifact!

He found it strange that he didn't sense any trace of cursed power on it, and it even gave him the feeling that this bracelet wasn't a cursed tool, but rather some unknown entity.

What exactly is that power?

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 20 Summary by Both Sides

Forget it, it doesn’t matter.

He was unwilling and too lazy to delve into it. After all, he was just a worker, and as long as it didn't involve matters of principle, he would handle things with the philosophy of "getting by".

"It's okay, I'm happy to be of help."

Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled with relief, took the [Phantom Warhorse Mane], and put it back on her hand.

Seeing Fujimaru Ritsuka's genuine smile, Nanami Kento felt that he had made the right decision.

Getting back to the main point, what he regretted most was that although the power of the rope severely injured his opponent, he was also surprised by the power of the rope at the time and failed to seize that precious moment, allowing his opponent to slip away.

That was indeed a very dangerous and troublesome opponent. If it weren't for the help of this bracelet, the outcome of the battle would probably be uncertain.

Next time.

Putting aside his chaotic thoughts, Nanami Kento composed himself and addressed the crowd:

"Then, let's consolidate the intelligence."

First, it's his side.

He was fighting an unregistered, top-tier cursed spirit. It looked almost exactly like a normal human youth, with long, bluish-gray hair and marks all over its body resembling scars.

It can communicate like a normal person, and is suspected to be related to the two special-grade cursed spirits that Gojo Satoru mentioned in his previous report, which can also communicate normally.

Judging from the opponent's self-description and the battle between them, the opponent's technique should be "touching the soul and changing its shape," influencing the physical body by altering the soul.

This ability can not only alter the soul of an enemy, but also enhance the physical body by altering one's own soul.

Considering the humans they discovered a few days ago who had been transformed into monsters during their investigation, it can be basically concluded that the special-grade cursed spirit he fought was the culprit of this attack, or one of the culprits.

"That concludes my situation."

Next up is Fujimaru Ritsuka and her group.

After investigation, they confirmed that the suspect, Yoshino Junpei, was a curse master who had awakened a spell, and successfully made his arrest.

But apart from that, they had no idea whether the other party was related to the attack they were investigating, whether it was related to the special-grade curse spirit that fought against Nanami Kento, whether there was any conspiracy against the curse world, when the spell was awakened, and so on.

"Then we can confirm what needs to be done next."

After reviewing the intelligence and progress gathered, the Seven Seas Construction Team made arrangements for their next actions—

Interrogate the suspect, Yoshino Junpei, to obtain as much useful information as possible; submit the information about the Special Grade Cursed Spirit to superiors and conduct an investigation as extensively as possible.

After making the arrangements, Nanami Kento glanced at the time on his watch, then decisively stood up and said:

"That's the plan, so let's disband! We're already working seriously overtime at this point, and there's no overtime pay."

"Eh?"

"Meet in the conference room again tomorrow, Ichiji. I'll leave the task of taking them back to you. You get overtime pay, right?"

"Uh, yeah."

"No problem, that's settled then, goodbye."

"Eh?!"

Under Hisahito Itadori's shocked and bewildered gaze, Kento Nanami quickly made arrangements, then decisively got up to leave, disappearing from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye.

"Wow, Nanamin is amazing."

Looking in the direction where Nanami Kento had left, Fujimaru Ritsuka sighed softly.

However, I hope the Servants of Chaldea won't follow this example!

"Alright, let's go back now."

Somewhere in the Tokyo sewers.

Having used all his strength to escape to this place, and no longer able to see the other party within his perception range, Zhenren lay on the ground with lingering fear, slowly letting out a sigh of relief.

"Seriously, I almost died!"

Recalling the fear of death he felt in that instant, the real man couldn't help but tremble all over, and then burst into maniacal laughter.

"Hahaha, hahahaha, hahahahahahahahahahahaha!"

"So this is what death feels like? And what exactly is 'that thing'? That sorcerer is quite interesting. How intriguing! Interesting!"

"You seem really happy, Real Person. Are you having a lot of fun?"

At this moment, a figure emerged from the shadows. It was a mysterious young man with long hair tied in a ponytail and a stitched scar on his forehead.

"Summer oil!"

Upon seeing the newcomer, the real person happily called out the other person's name and said with great interest:

"I'm very happy, and I've learned a lot! For example, I discovered that modifying my soul has absolutely no side effects, so I'll be able to try more things in the future!"

A man named Xia Youjie asked with a smile:

"However, it seems you've never fought this opponent before. Is it difficult?"

"Ah, it was a bit tricky. But most importantly, the other side seemed to have something incredibly powerful; I almost got killed!"

"'Something exceptionally powerful'? Is it some kind of top-grade cursed artifact?"

"No, it feels different, how should I put it?"

The man frowned and pondered deeply, considering how to phrase his words.

"When I was attacked by that thing, I felt as if it was naturally restraining us, but I couldn't feel its power, as if it were invisible."

"In short, it's very powerful and terrifying."

"It sounds like it's outside my area of ​​knowledge."

Xia Youjie rested his chin on his hand, searching his mind for items that matched the real person's description, but after recalling for a long time, he couldn't find any useful clues.

"I feel it's necessary to gather some intelligence. By the way, speaking of which, you don't seem to know yet, do you? The kid you had your eye on has already been arrested by those people from the vocational high school."

"Eh?"

Upon hearing this, the real person was stunned for a moment, then his face gradually darkened, and a terrifying killing intent instantly filled the entire area.

"These bastards dared to touch my things!"

"However, never mind. It seems like there's little chance of winning if we go looking for trouble now."

The next moment, the smile returned to his face, as if his previous anger had never existed, and he shrugged dismissively, saying:

"I quite like that kid. He has this self-righteous look that makes him think he understands human nature. He's so innocent and gullible, he's incredibly easy to fool."

"And the training was almost complete. We were about to reap the rewards, and I was planning how to inflict despair on him. What a pity."

As he spoke, he let out a long sigh, as if he truly felt sorry for the other person.

But just then, he seemed to suddenly remember something, and a frivolous smile returned to his face.