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

Even when pursuing power, one must choose the path with a bright future.

Kuro's magic is all-encompassing and forms its own system, so it was inevitable that it would be the core of his main studies, at least until Kazama discovered a more promising and broader extraordinary system.

If necessary, Kazama would only treat sorcery as a secondary skill, not as his core research.

But speaking of Clow Reed's magic...

Although if Kazama could master the Clow Cards, transform them, and make them his own, he could naturally become a true magician.

However, this top-down inheritance of magic is actually very difficult for Kazama.

"Indeed, it is best to master the basic knowledge of magic."

With foundational knowledge, studying from the bottom up and ascending the path of magic is obviously much simpler than inheriting from the top down.

However, this kind of basic learning of magic cannot be accomplished by a single book that records mysterious knowledge.

It can only be mastered under the guidance of a teacher or some kind of institution.

"But it will probably take some time before this can be accomplished."

To achieve this goal, one would probably need a deeper understanding and research into superpowers.

Time...

Some things can't be rushed; they can only be built up slowly over time.

Having discovered the ability to observe and interfere with supernatural phenomena and successfully found a foothold, everything Kazama has done in the last two weeks has gone smoothly enough.

"Time to rest."

Looking at the time, it was already late at night, Kazama said.

Before that, it was still the pre-sleep divination to determine whether the situation would spiral out of control.

As he laid the Clow Cards on the table and gazed at each one, Kazama felt an unusually strong spiritual connection tonight, as if it were foreshadowing something that was about to happen to him.

After a moment of contemplation, Kazama drew two cards brimming with inspiration.

Time cards and riddle cards.

This is a bad omen; chaos has already occurred.

"The third time it's out of control... has happened."

Kazama spoke to Cerberus with a grave expression.

But in his heart, he sighed.

Has it finally arrived?

If he was quite worried before this, Kazama calmed down after it actually happened. It's like being extremely nervous before an exam, but your mood calms down once you enter the exam room and receive the exam paper.

"Has it gotten out of control again?"

Kerberos flapped his wings and flew off the sofa.

"What kind of demons and monsters will it be this time..."

"I don't know yet..."

"In any case, let's try to find out using the method of dream divination first."

...........

Opening his eyes, Kazama awoke from a familiar dream.

It is still that same colorful lake.

Dreams are a reflection and continuation of reality, and even more so, a manifestation of one's own spirit in some way.

Kazama's inner world is a seven-colored lake, but he still doesn't understand what that means.

However, compared to the last time I visited in my dream, this lake is much larger.

The lake's perimeter is still covered by layers of white tree branches, as if they were building a nest.

Kazama stood on the lake, looking around in search of a certain figure.

His clothes were tugged, and a petite figure appeared beside him.

"Ah Meng, it's been a long time."

Kazama greeted them, reaching out to pat the head of the petite sprite.

This time, Yume didn't dodge. Instead, she continued to pull Kazama's Ishu along and pointed ahead to the center of the lake.

Kazama looked up in that direction.

A black and red vortex appeared there and slowly expanded.

The calm lake surface began to tremble until a sharp roar rang out.

A huge monster crawled out of the vortex.

The monster has no specific shape, only an outline.

Four enormous arms clung to the surface of the lake, and the gaping maw on its abdomen revealed a dark, hollow hole.

Above the neck are two faces stacked together, with a total of four eyes staring outwards.

The ferocious and terrifying monster had already run behind Kazama.

"The one who's out of control this time..."

As he watched his dream world crumble, Kazama murmured to himself.

"This is a bit troublesome..."

Chapter Seventy-Nine Sources of Pollution

Kazama woke up from his dream and stared at the ceiling of the room.

This dream interpretation is different from the last one; it is much more directional.

A monster with four arms and two faces—there's only one creature like this in Kazama's anime list.

"Jujutsu Kaisen... Ryoumen Sukuna".

Kazama got out of bed and picked up Cerberus, who was lying on the floor mat next to him, fast asleep with his belly up.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Cerberus woke up with a start, waving his limbs in mid-air.

"It's time for breakfast," Kazama said irritably.

"So it's lunchtime..." Cerberus gave up struggling and wiped his sleepy eyes with his hand.

But then he realized:

"It's the second day now, has the dream divination method yielded any results?"

"Ah."

Kazama nodded slightly, released Cerberus, and then walked out of the bedroom.

Seeing this, Cerberus flapped his wings and followed.

..............

..............

In the living room, Cerberus, with a piece of instant bread in his mouth, looked at Kazama, who was sitting on the sofa browsing his phone, or rather, browsing his list of anime series.

"Ryoumen Sukuna is a character from the manga-adapted anime series Jujutsu Kaisen."

While opening Jujutsu Kaisen, Kazama explained the game to Cerberus.

"If we only consider the character's performance in the work, and assuming no new characters appear in the manga, Ryomen Sukuna is one of the only two top-tier characters in Jujutsu Kaisen."

"Regarding the performance of combat capabilities..."

Since there is no scene showing Ryomen Sukuna going all out, we can only compare him to the performances of other characters in the original work.

"At the very least, it'll be the destruction of the entire city..."

Those humanoid, intelligent, top-tier cursed spirits could easily destroy an entire forest. Ryoumen Sukuna's strength far surpassed theirs, many times greater.

As a powerful figure who once dominated an entire era, in the manga version, the battle between Ryomen Sukuna, who has 15 fingers, and the powerful shikigami Yagami Ikai Shinjō Makura instantly destroyed a city block.

Given enough time, destroying a city should not be a problem.

"Destroy the city?"

Kerberos swallowed hard.

"You definitely can't beat them right now."

Kazama sighed softly, "If only you could play fewer video games and pay more attention to these anime series."

"The Two-Faced Sunu is not complete; it was once defeated and its body was divided into many parts."

"In the anime, he appears by relying on the power of his fingers to support the protagonist, Hisahito Itadori."

"Based on the current story, the most likely way for Ryomen Sukuna to be materialized is through a finger."

Therefore, what was manifested this time is most likely the cursed object 'Ryoumen Sukuna's Fingers'.

A cursed object... without a suitable vessel and unable to exert its own power, can at most be considered a prop, not a living thing.

'The uncontrolled manifestation of objects isn't limited to living things...are props and the like also considered uncontrollable?'

"finger?"

Cerberus had already stuffed the entire piece of bread into his mouth.

"Your fingers can't possibly be causing trouble everywhere..."

Kerberos breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that the demon that had manifested was not in its complete form, but merely a finger.

"So, this problem is actually relatively easy to handle."

Is it easy to handle?

Kazama shook his head:

"If we can find it immediately, then it will be much easier to handle."