I was the fourth disaster in Yokohama and was loved by everyone.

"Shen'er..." Her voice still carried the weakness of a long illness, but it no longer had that heartbreaking hoarseness, "I...don't hurt anymore!"

Zenji's hand tightened suddenly, enveloping his wife's slender fingers completely. His rough thumb caressed his wife's knuckles, which were no longer bluish, and his eyes, which always looked at the world with a mocking gaze, were now frighteningly bright.

“…Ah.” He responded a beat late.

Xing tried to sit up, a simple action that would normally leave her drenched in cold sweat from the pain. But now, she could sit up with just a gentle push, without even needing her husband's help.

She looked down at her palms in surprise, then slowly opened her arms, as if recognizing her body for the first time.

Shen Er stood there, like a silent stone sculpture.

He watched as his wife carefully touched her cheeks, neck, and wrists, each movement filled with an unbelievable joy.

When his wife finally looked up and gave him that long-lost, carefree smile, he felt something burning from his chest all the way to his eyes.

"Mommy!" Hui rushed into her mother's arms like a little cannonball, rubbing her face against the woman's neck. "Is it really not painful anymore? Really?"

"Yes, really." Xing hugged her son tightly, tears finally falling. "It doesn't hurt at all anymore."

Zen Monk turned his face away and looked at Zhu Yu, who was leaning against the wall. He opened his mouth, but in the end he only said a soft word that could hardly be called a thank you: "Thanks, kid."

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

As the emotions in the ward gradually calmed down, Zenin Anzu gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and turned her gaze to the girl standing beside her who had given her a new life.

"I'm sorry I haven't had a chance to say hello properly." Her voice was gentle and soothing, and she spoke slowly. "I'm Zenin Anzu. Thank you for saving me."

Zhu Yu was polite to the beautiful NPC who was green-named upon first meeting her.

"Hello, I am [Meichuan Kuzi]."

That was the end of that sentence.

Zen-in Anzu turned her gaze to her husband, since the young girl was brought by him, and she hoped he could introduce them to each other further.

Of course, she had no idea that her good husband had only known her for less than a day, and knew her name when they were bound together; he knew nothing else about her.

The Zen temple was quite pleased: "..."

He had never known what embarrassment was, and asked Zhu Yu with a straight face, "Kid, don't you have anything else to say besides your name?"

What else is there to say? The tasks are all marked as completed, so are there any follow-up tasks that can be triggered?

Zhu Yu, not understanding the NPC's dialogue mechanism, tentatively asked Zen Temple Xing, "Hello, Zen Temple lady, do you need any help?"

Chapter 118: The New Faction Begins

The pretty NPC was very easy to talk to, expressed her gratitude to the player again, and invited her to her home.

Yay! It's an invitation from an NPC!

Despite the unfriendly gaze of Shen'er NPC, Zhu Yu, carrying Xiao Hui NPC, happily followed behind the pretty NPC back to the familiar little villa.

After being warmly received, Zhu Yu looked at her full [satisfaction value] and the newly added weapons in her backpack, and left satisfied.

*

After finally seeing off the clueless brat, Zenji returned to his room humming a tune. He was in such a good mood that he didn't even mind when Hui hugged his leg and asked him to lift him up—until he spat out the ugly baby and prepared to take inventory of the weapons.

"..."

Zen Monastery's hand froze in mid-air.

Ugly Baby's belly, which was originally stuffed with magical artifacts, was now so empty that echoes could be heard.

Whether it was his top-grade cursed weapon, the Yuyun, worth no less than 500 million yen, or the cursed weapon katana he took when he left the Zen-in family, or even the expensive cursed weapon he just acquired last week—all his weapons were gone!

Zenji's expression was as if he had swallowed ten flies at once, veins bulging on his forehead, and his roar startled Hui, who was stacking blocks in the living room.

"Stinky brat!"

......

Meanwhile, a player who had begun his nighttime scavenging scavenging spree in Tokyo was unaware of all this. He only felt a chill run down his spine and continued rummaging through the trash in the dark.

Zhu Yu (scratching his head innocently): I don't know, that ugly cursed spirit spat out all the weapons the moment it saw me...

Players naturally wouldn't refuse a free weapon falling from the sky (thumbs up).

*

Night Moth was deeply worried about Zhu Yu's absence that night. Just as he was about to ask her where she had gone, he discovered—

Hmm? A fluctuation of cursed power? ??

Moth stood frozen in place, looking left and right, and realized that Zhu Yu did indeed possess magical power.

In that instant, he thought of many things...

After learning about her "thrilling" experience, Masamichi Noi rubbed his temples with a headache.

Is it fair to say that [Kuzi] was lucky? Not only did he escape unscathed from encountering the "Warlock Killer," but he also successfully activated his magical power...

Before I had any magical powers, it was fine; I could completely disguise myself as an ordinary person without using my abilities.

Now that we have magical power, using it will leave behind magical remnants. If we don't cultivate it, what if we encounter a curse master who enjoys killing undeveloped sorcerers or a powerful curse spirit?

Moth paced anxiously back and forth in the room, circling around several times until Zhu Yu felt dizzy. Then, she suddenly asked her if she wanted to go to a vocational college and become a sorcerer.

[Congratulations on receiving an invitation from "Tokyo High School Teacher" Masamichi Yagami, successfully triggering the conditions for faction switching.]

Should I enroll in the Tokyo Metropolitan Higher School of Jujutsu?

【YES (Faction changed to "Sorcerer", affinity with "Tokyo High School Sorcerers" in the same faction +20, affinity with other sorcerers in the same faction +15) / NO】

What? Players have to go to school again?

What's with this game's obsession with sending players to school?!

But it allows players to enter a new [faction]...

Silently select "YES".

The moth breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the affirmative reply.

In his opinion, Kuzi was a bit slow to react and not very socially savvy, but he wasn't a bad person at heart—cough cough, he often brought him things with great enthusiasm.

She herself said she had never been to school, so it would be better to be with reliable companions for mutual support.

After much deliberation, even though she was a little too young, Moth decided to let her enroll with the steady and meticulous Summer Oil.

With plenty of time before enrollment, Moth devoted the rest of its time to guiding Xia Youjie and Zhu Yu, two newcomers to the world of sorcery.

Xia Youjie has already awakened his spell formula and spends his days capturing cursed spirits and training his physical skills; Zhu Yu has not yet awakened her spell formula, so Ye Mo Zhengdao is instructing her on how to use her cursed power.

To hone their combat skills, Moth had them team up to exorcise some low-level cursed spirits.

Initially somewhat worried, they discovered that the two were already able to exorcise the level-one cursed spirit, the Night Moth: ...

It seems the quality of the next cohort of students will reach a new high.

*

—In 2005, Gojo Satoru, Natsuyu Suguru, Ieiri Shoko, and [Umekawa Kuriko] enrolled in the first year of Tokyo College.

Before the morning mist had dissipated, crisp footsteps could already be heard on the stone steps.

Zhu Yu and Xia Youjie were walking on the stone-paved road of the college. Zhu Yu looked around to see if there were any lit "pickup points", while Xia Youjie was admiring the scenery of the college with great interest.

As the two teamed up to exorcise cursed spirits for a while, Xia Youjie became quite familiar with some of Zhu Yu's "little hobbies." He knew she was keen on playing "treasure hunt" games. Seeing that her attention wasn't on him, he didn't bother her and started thinking about their future collaboration.

Before they enrolled, Moth Masakazu had already told them about the basic information of their other two classmates.

A six-eyed person and a reversal technique are both rare talents.

I don't know how good they are, but I really want to have a match with them.

Well, it would be best if he also had a match with [Kuzi]. It can't be that he's the only one getting beaten up on the ground.

Xia You thought to herself with a smile.

"Da da--"

The two successfully reached the classroom.

Because of the small number of students in each year of the Curse High School and its special nature, the school does not hold an entrance ceremony. On the first day of registration, students only need to go to the classroom to get to know each other and become familiar with one another.

After all, we'll be working together on missions in the future, so we need to develop a good understanding as soon as possible.

The moment the classroom door was pushed open, light slanted through the glass windows, dividing the entire space into a picture of light and shadow.

There were already two people inside.

By the window, the white-haired boy was rocking back and forth in his chair, looking like a creation favored by the sunlight—his white hair was almost transparent in the light, shimmering with a silvery luster.

A pair of round sunglasses slid down to the tip of his nose, revealing breathtakingly blue pupils behind them, shimmering with tiny specks of light in the sunlight, as if swallowing up all the colors of the world, leaving only the purest blue.

"Too slow—" he drawled, complaining casually, "Newcomers should be prepared to arrive half an hour early."

On the other side of the classroom, a brown-haired girl was completely immersed in the shadows. She lay listlessly on the table, her short hair sticking up in a messy mess, the ends tinged with the golden light of the sun.

Hearing the door open, she slowly raised her head, her brown eyes shining like melted caramel. Seeing the last two arrive at the same time, she smiled lazily and waved as a greeting.

Faced with the boy's seemingly complaining words, even though the two were not late, Xia Youjie still habitually gave a polite smile: "Sorry everyone, we were delayed on the way."

He was apologizing verbally, but his expression...

It can hardly be considered sincere.

Chapter 119 The fist is hard

"Hey—" The white-haired boy, Gojo Satoru, suddenly dragged out the sound, tilting his head and staring at Xia Youjie as if he had discovered an interesting toy, "Your smile just now was so fake it gave me goosebumps."

Xia Youjie: "......" Hehe, so this is what Six-Eyes is like, huh?

Xia Youjie's lips remained perfectly curved, and he was just about to politely but sharply retort to this difficult new colleague when he saw that the other party's attention had already shifted to Zhu Yu.

She was crouching in the corner of the classroom, completely unaware of her surroundings, her fingers gently tracing the texture of the wall.

Her movements carried a strange rhythm, as if she were checking something or sensing something. Sunlight filtered through her bangs, casting dappled shadows on her face.

Wu Tiao Wu sprang up from his seat, took a few steps to Zhu Yu's side, and squatted down on her right.

"Wow—" He abruptly ripped off his sunglasses, leaned in to examine her closely, almost pressing his face against hers, "You rascal..."

Xia You frowned and approached the two who were standing too close, intending to remind the six-eyed man to be mindful of normal social distancing.

Then he heard the words that made him stop walking—

"Is he not human?"

Gojo Satoru suddenly took a few steps back, his white hair flying with the movement, and his originally casual expression became more serious: "What Six Eyes sees in you is like having countless opposing attributes like water and fire forcibly stuffed into a body, complex and chaotic yet cleverly achieving a balance, which is completely contrary to common sense."

"You not only possess magical power, but also a strange energy... It looks less like a human body and more like a collection of energy..."

Gojou crossed his arms, looked down at Zhu Yu, his eyes filled with excitement and curiosity.

He suddenly reached out and pinched Zhu Yu's arm, then poked her cheek: "The feel is just like a normal person's..."

"Wu Tiao, it's not good to touch a girl without her permission." Xia Youjie's fist hardened.

Wu Tiao Wu ignored him and was currently jumping around Zhu Yu, poking his shoulder and patting his head, just like a bored cat that had seen a cat toy and immediately pounced on it excitedly.

While exploring the classroom, Zhu Yu was suddenly poked around by an NPC: ? ? ?

She snapped out of her daze, looked up, and gave him a questioning look.

At this moment, Xia Youjie strode forward, creating a gust of wind, and stood between the two.

"Gotcha, that's enough."

Xia Youjie's smile faded considerably, and his eyes became calm.

Mr. Moth and his mother knew that he and [Kuzi] would be going to school together, but they had privately told him to take care of her.

Of course, he himself was also very happy to take care of her more—she was his first companion, clumsy yet sincere, impulsive yet passionate.

Although she sometimes pretends to be stupid when she hears him say things she doesn't like, she speaks very bluntly, and sometimes she even makes him so angry that he wants to turn around and leave.

But when he was injured, she would force-feed him mochi that was hard to swallow but useful; when they fought, she would silently rush to the front; and when he was in a bad mood, she would conjure up beautiful flowers.