Something's wrong with how I'm watching anime.

With a soft whisper in the wind: "Wind..."

A magnificent female elf, entirely blue with wings on her back, appeared behind Kazama.

Everything happened naturally, and Kazama didn't feel any obstacles.

It even gave him a sense of complete control, allowing him to easily manipulate the wind that swirled around him with his own thoughts.

Kazama closed his eyes, letting his thoughts travel with the wind around him, and then pointed to a blue stone ten steps away.

The howling wind formed a rope, which, according to Kazama's thoughts, wrapped around the bluestone and lifted it up.

The head-sized blue stone was held in mid-air by the wind, and at the same time, Kazama could feel the magic power in his body pouring out like flowing water.

Kazama put down the wind tablet, the magic circle under his feet disappeared, the wind spirit behind him vanished, and the blue stone fell from mid-air and crashed onto the ground, creating a shallow crater.

“Using a staff will make things much easier and give you much better control. Why not give it a try?” Cerberus said from the side.

This time, Kazama didn't say much, he just nodded.

Since we're testing the Clow Cards, we have to try every method imaginable.

Kazama took out the sealing key, and under Kazama's thought, the small key transformed into a pink eagle-headed magic wand about one meter long.

Holding the wand, Kazama hesitated. He looked at Cerberus and asked:

"How do I use a wand...?"

If I remember correctly, in the original work, when Sakura Kinomoto used her wand, she first threw the Clow Cards into the air, then twirled the wand and chanted a series of incantations, then swung the wand around a few times, and finally smashed the eagle-headed wand onto the Clow Cards.

This strong sense of ritual makes it hard for Kazama to ignore.

Cerberus provided the answer:

"Using the wand is very simple. You just need to put magic into the wand and then point it at the Clow Card."

"I see...."

Kazama doesn't have a performative personality; he doesn't really like flashy or overly elaborate things.

With a simple gesture, he raised his wand and pointed it at the Wind Card, and a golden magic circle appeared, bringing forth the Wind Spirit once more.

This time, the controls did indeed feel much easier for him.

Moreover, he seemed to glimpse a corner behind the wind sign.

It was an extremely ornate and complex magic array.

When Kazama Yu was trying her best to investigate carefully, she felt dizzy after only noting down the very edge of the area.

Cerberus's voice rang in my ears:

"Let's call it a day. Your magic power is almost depleted."

"If you keep using it, you might overdraw your energy, and then you might be in a coma for several days."

Kazama also sensed something was wrong with himself and immediately stopped.

With the magic gone, everything returned to normal.

Cerberus flapped his wings and came to Kazama's side, who was rubbing his temples.

"The Wind Card has been successfully subdued, which is a good start."

"How did you feel about your first encounter with magic?"

"It's alright..." Kazama replied, looking at the wind card in his hand.

"Oh, right..."

Kazama then recounted to Cerberus what had just happened—the last time he sensed the magic circle from the wind tablet.

"What is that magic circle?" Kazama asked.

Cerberus provided the answer: "That is the basic spell array for constructing the Clow Cards."

"If you can memorize and sketch the spell, it means you can use wind magic without using Clow Cards as a medium."

"Similarly, if you can sketch out the spell, it means you have truly mastered the Clow Cards. This artifact is no longer Clow Reed's property, but belongs exclusively to you."

"By the way, how much of that magic circle did you see clearly?"

"Just a small part..."

"It will probably take a long time to memorize it all..." Cerberus said somewhat weakly.

However, when it looked at Kazama, it didn't see any disappointment on the latter's face.

Aren't you in a hurry?

"Why are you in such a hurry?"

"People who are just starting out with magic usually have an eagerness to master its power and increase their magical energy."

"Ha, maybe they desperately need the power to do something, to change something."

"Don't look at me like that..."

Kazama flicked away Cerberus, who had been staring at him, with a finger.

"I don't have a particular desire for power. The reason I want to get the Clow Cards and come into contact with magic is because of my curiosity about unknown and unfamiliar powers."

"Magic might actually change lives when it works in this reality."

"But I'm quite satisfied with my current life situation."

"What people pursue in their lives is nothing more than money and power."

"I have no interest in power."

"As for money, the money I've earned now is enough to satisfy my desires."

As a somewhat well-known author, supporting oneself is indeed not a problem at all.

If I had to pinpoint my current pursuits... besides exploring the unknown, perhaps there's also the possibility offered by this extraordinary magical power—the pursuit of individual transcendence.

But no matter what, all of this has to be achieved step by step.

Moreover, Kazama has a fundamental objective at hand.

"I need to understand and master extraordinary powers in order to gain the ability to explore the unknown."

The source of this anomaly lies in the anime-watching app that seems to be bound to it, which has the ability to extract tangible things from fictional works.

Kazama felt that his primary goal was to understand the root cause of this anomaly.

Modern science is absolutely unable to provide the answer, but the magic of the supernatural side gives Kazama the possibility of obtaining the answer.

but.

"We must be very careful when exploring things that are beyond our imagination."

Weakness and ignorance are never obstacles to survival; arrogance is.

In this situation, it is never too much to make extensive preparations before taking action.

The magical power of the Clow Cards is at least based on the original work, and according to Cerberus's account, it is fairly well understood.

However, the ability to acquire items from watching anime is different.

“Abnormalities inherently mean being disconnected from the daily routine, and unfounded abnormalities are even more so in this respect.”

"Most importantly..."

Kazama looked up at the sky: "This kind of good thing makes me a little scared..."

Kerberos knew that Kazama was referring to his ability to extract objects from illusory works.

"I write novels, so naturally I know about things like 'golden fingers' (cheat codes)."

"But the golden finger only seems reasonable and normal in the context of storytelling."

"In the real world, there is never a free lunch."

"The gifts of fate, the things that are free, are the most valuable."

Kazama wished this ability could be transformed into a communicable system, so he could ask it, "So, what's the price?"

Only after knowing the price to pay will Kazama consider using it.

The Clow Cards are an exception.

Since it was taken out unintentionally, it's free to use it.

Moreover, as a key to unlocking the extraordinary, it gives Kazama hope of figuring out what this superpower really is.

In short, Kazama will not use this ability again until he has enough confidence to master a portion of the extraordinary power and to figure out the unknown mysteries.

Exploring this unknown power will have to wait until we fully master the Clow Cards and acquire a portion of their power.

Even if it takes ten or twenty years.

In short, it all boils down to one word: "survival."

Chapter Eight Strange Tales

One must have a clear understanding of oneself.

Especially when external factors can easily influence a person.

In Death Note, Light Yagami finds a notebook that can control life and death. Initially driven by a desire to punish evil and promote good, he eventually degenerates into someone capable of cruelly murdering anyone who stands in his way.

Light Yagami's change stemmed from his failure to understand himself correctly. Externally, he was corrupted by forces that did not belong to him and by absolute power.

Kazama Yu felt that her situation was very similar to that of Yagami Light in the story.

The sudden appearance of a mysterious power, even more similar to the Death Note, which can manipulate life and death.

However, Kazama will not act recklessly like Light Yagami.

He clearly understands that excessively demanding what does not belong to him will inevitably backfire.

Therefore, Kazama was very cautious.

He stopped touching the anime watchlist that had become so specialized.

Half a month passed just like that.