Curse Returns: Eight Extraordinary Skills? I lack nothing.

【Today's Log】

Kill 24 Level 4 Cursed Spirits: 48 points

Kill 3 Level 3 Cursed Spirits: 60 points

Sign-in: 10 points

[Already possessing the ability]

Beginner Golden Light Mantra, Beginner Five Thunder Technique, Beginner Physical Enhancement.

System Repository

Memorial Bowl

[Combat Strength Assessment]

You now possess both decent stats and combat experience, and your combat strength and spell power are assessed as those of a quasi-level 2 spellcaster.

After exchanging 1,500 points for the initial physical enhancement last time, Yuuto had been saving up his points without touching them.

With a base of 1,500 points, plus a little over 1,000 points accumulated in bits and pieces over the past two weeks, the total is 2522 points.

This time, Yuuto plans to use some new items to arm himself.

Tomorrow we'll be fighting a level-two cursed spirit. Although according to the ranking rules of the sorcery world, a qualified level-two sorcerer needs to be able to exorcise a level-two cursed spirit.

Therefore, even if he were to fight alone, it wouldn't be a big problem, let alone with Nishimiya Momo's help.

But Yuuto had never fought a level 2 cursed spirit before, which made him a little uneasy.

The cautious Yu Ren decided to play it safe and make thorough preparations.

Another thing is to get some defensive equipment for Qiong. In the eyes of the curse spirit, non-curse sorcerers and curse sorcerers are completely different species.

The magical power within a sorcerer is like a flame, detectable by spirits even from several streets away.

Therefore, unless one's curse power is so strong that low-level curse spirits flee at the mere mention of it, it's easy to attract trouble just walking down the street.

That's why Yuu thought of providing some life-saving measures for Sora, who doesn't yet have the ability to fight, just in case.

Yu Ren swiped the panel, opened the system shop, and then quickly scrolled to the item category.

After careful selection, Youren prepared three precious beads worth one thousand points for Qiong.

In the world of Under One Person, this magical artifact is an automatically triggered defensive artifact forged by Ma Xianhong using the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements technique.

After exchanging it, Yu Ren held it in his hand and played with it. Its appearance was a string of beads strung together with a red rope, with a total of three beads, each about the size of a thumb.

When the wearer is attacked, it will take effect instantly. The central bead is mainly for defense, and if it breaks, the beads on both sides will immediately repair it. There are a maximum of four repairs.

According to the system's assessment, even if a level one cursed spirit were to continuously attack, it would be enough to hold out for quite a while.

In addition to the Three Treasures Pearl, Yu Ren also exchanged for a regular Ru Hua, which he kept at home in case of unforeseen circumstances.

They're very cheap, only 50 points each. Yu Ren exchanged for a total of 4.

This thing is a mechanical puppet created by Ma Xianhong using the Divine Machine Refinement technique. Its combat power is average, but it is not afraid of pain, death, or death, and it is obedient to orders.

With Sora's matter resolved, it's up to Yuuto now.

With 1,300 points remaining, Yuu quickly selected his target.

Two Qi-Boosting Pills, each worth 200 points.

Two quick-acting heart-saving pills and two powerful pills, each worth 100 points.

The original function of the Qi-Boosting Pill was to quickly replenish innate Qi, but under the system's transformation, its function has become to quickly replenish mantra power.

The effect of the "power pill" is to increase a person's strength and physical strength in a short period of time.

The quick-acting heart-saving pills specially made by Wudang are used for emergency treatment and to strengthen the heart, enabling one to continue fighting in dire situations.

One Five Warriors Talisman.

It originates from the Shangqing School of Maoshan. The talisman is inscribed with the names of the five plague gods: Zhang, Liu, Zhao, Zhong, and Shi, and can summon five powerful warriors to assist in battle.

Depending on the artist's cultivation level, the strength of the warriors summoned by the Five Warriors Talisman varies greatly.

Yu Ren exchanged for this Five Warriors Talisman for 400 points. The level of the warriors summoned is not low. If they act together, they can even entangle with a level one curse spirit in a short time.

10 low-level Immortal-Trapping Talismans, costing 100 points.

After everything was ready, Yuuto put away the system panel and sorted out the redeemed items.

He carefully placed the three precious beads into a small wooden box, intending to put them on Qiong the next morning and test their effects.

Four beautiful blankets were placed in the four corners of the house and set to standby mode.

The rest of the items were placed in the system warehouse by Yuuto.

After finishing all this, it was almost midnight. Youren got up, left the study, and returned to his room.

After washing up and lying in bed, Youren stared at the ceiling, going over tomorrow's arrangements and materials in her mind.

Nishimiya Momo is currently a quasi-level 2 sorcerer, and her spell is the Tsukumogami technique.

He roughly knew the girl's fighting style: riding a broomstick into the air, controlling the enemy from a distance, using tsukumogami to interfere with the opponent, and possessing good scouting abilities.

With her and me working together, barring any unforeseen circumstances, defeating a level two cursed spirit is a simple matter, without any pressure whatsoever.

Chapter 9 String Valley Tunnel

The next morning, Yuuto arrived at an office building near Shibuya Station based on the location Nishimiya Momo had given him the night before.

The building looks ordinary, with a sign for a certain company at the entrance. In reality, it's a small outpost of a front-line department in Shibuya.

Pushing open the glass door, the receptionist was a young woman in her early twenties, dressed in a well-fitting business suit, who smiled at Youren:

Hello, how can I help you?

"Springtime is pleasant, I've made an appointment with someone."

The girl looked down at the computer for a while, then nodded and said, "Please come with me."

She led Yuuto through the lobby, into the elevator, and pressed the button for the seventh floor.

Upon arriving on the seventh floor, the receptionist gestured, "Turn to the third meeting room on the left. Mr. Ijichi and Ms. Nishimiya are already waiting for you."

Yu Ren walked to the side of the conference room and then pushed the door open and entered.

It wasn't a big place; there was a long table, a few chairs, and a whiteboard on the wall with several photos on it.

Nishimiya Momo sat on one side of the table. Today she was not wearing her school uniform, but casual clothes: a white knitted sweater with a dark skirt, and golden twin ponytails hanging down her shoulders.

She was holding a document and talking to a bespectacled man sitting opposite her.

The man was in his early thirties, wearing a dark suit, and his hair was neatly combed.

Kiyotaka Ijichi, an assistant supervisor, is the kind-hearted guy in the original work who is responsible for handling various chores for Satoru Gojo and Itadori.

However, Ijichi should be Tokyo High School, or rather, Gojo Satoru's exclusive assistant director.

How did you end up getting involved with Nishimiya Momo, someone from Kyoto School?

Furthermore, for this routine task, the personnel sent were not window staff, but rather higher-level assistant supervisors.

Hearing the door open, the two looked over at the same time.

"Oh, you're here," Nishimiya Momo said, putting down the documents.

Ijichi then smiled and said to Yuuto:

"Mr. Kasuga, hello. I am Kiyotaka Ijichi, the assistant supervisor for this mission."

Yuuto extended his hand in greeting, saying, "I've long admired your name, you're one of Lord Gojo's most beloved generals."

After being teased like that, Ichiji was instantly embarrassed and quickly got up to shake Yuuto's hand and greet him.

After exchanging pleasantries, Youren sat down at the table and asked them:

"So what exactly is the mission like?"

Nishimiya Momo pushed the documents in her hand over: "Look at them yourself."

Yuuto took it and quickly flipped through it.

The first page is a photograph.

At the tunnel entrance, the walls are made of dusty gray concrete on both sides, with a sign hanging above:

Sendagaya Tunnel

Yuuto knows this place; it's one of Tokyo's famous haunted spots, a place teeming with urban legends.

Upside-down blood woman, handprints on car windows, paranormal recordings—the list goes on and on.

Turn the page again; the second page contains the curse power test report.

[Curse Power Reaction: 1 Level 2 Curse Spirit, 3-5 Level 3 Curse Spirits, and several Level 4 Curse Spirits]

[Testing Date: May 27, 2017]

[Inspector: Sato, Shibuya Window]

The third page contains historical records.

Yuuto quickly scanned it.

The tunnel, part of the supporting infrastructure for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, passes through the Senjuin Cemetery from the Edo period.

Several worker accidents occurred during construction, but they were covered up.

After the road opened to traffic, residents in the surrounding area began to report paranormal phenomena.

In 1979, a record company recording near the tunnel recorded an unfamiliar male voice, and it was rumored that the backing vocalist had died unexpectedly a few days earlier.

Since the 1980s, urban legends such as the upside-down blood woman and handprints on car windows have been widely circulated.

"That's all?" Yuuto looked up.

Nishimiya Momo leaned back in her chair, arms crossed: "This is just the background."

She stood up, walked to the whiteboard, picked up a marker, and circled the photo: "The important part is here."

Yuuto looked over and saw that Nishimiya Momo had circled the top of the center of the tunnel: