I am practicing in Tokyo

Chapter 108 Curse

If you were asked to choose an extraordinary ability, what would you choose?

For Fujii, he doesn't need to choose, because with Golden Finger, he can have them all.

But that also takes time and won't happen overnight, and this is where Yoshimura Uber breaks through.

On Thursday, the day after the visit to the cemetery, Fujii said goodbye to Azusa Hase and was on his way home alone. The smiling salesman who had been lying in wait for a long time stopped his bicycle.

The suspicious guy appeared twice.

Fujii frowned and looked at the 1.2-meter-tall Yoshimura Uber. If he remembered correctly, the first time this guy appeared was in front of Noto's mother-in-law's oden shop, and the second time was in the afternoon after school yesterday.

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"This customer is a salesman who helps people. I have solutions for most of your troubles."

"I see that you have been practicing swordsmanship recently. This is the swordsmanship ability of a sword master. If you take it, you will be completely inherited. Such a good thing, I think..."

The black box in Yoshimura's hand trembled uncontrollably. He struggled to take out a capsule and showed it to Fujii, but he was suddenly interrupted.

"You can also rejuvenate your youth, right?"

Fujii connected all the details, stopped the bicycle, and took off the bamboo sword he had brought home for practice from the back seat of the car.

"Of course...it's possible, but for ordinary people, there will inevitably be side effects. An extraordinary being like you doesn't have to worry about this."

When Fujii heard his answer, he felt vaguely uneasy and continued to ask.

"You must be a monster, right? Did Granny Noto, the woman who opened the restaurant that day, finally gain long-lasting youth?"

"Long-lasting youth? My guest, you overestimate ordinary people. All they can get is often only temporary happiness."

Yoshimura answered nonchalantly. Once you step into the supernatural, you will have the power of a little demon, and your lifespan will be far longer than that of a mortal. These human extraordinary beings are more or less influenced by monsters. In the eyes of monsters, they are naturally more powerful than ordinary people.

The person's status is higher.

"Is she dead?"

Fujii's tone became serious and he tightened his grip on the sword hilt.

"At the last moment, he turned into fire and flew away. If nothing else happens, he would be eaten as a tonic by the flying monsters wandering in the sky."

Yoshimura's Uber answer was that he just wanted to complete the last transaction of this parade as soon as possible, while Fujii's mood had already hit rock bottom. He thought of the strong wind on the bus stop that was carrying the sky full of fire.

The scene I passed by turned out to be no hallucination.

"Actually, even if I don't trade, Noto Kiko won't survive the next year. The side effects of youthful lipstick are not that strong, so this is not a bad thing for her."

Seeing that something was wrong with Fujii's expression, Yoshimura Uber quickly added that, as Yato said, he was quite a measured salesman and would often find deals with dying humans, except when he fell over with Azusa Hase.

Is that so? Then I’ll give you a good beating.

Fujii Shu could tell that Yoshimura was not lying. Perhaps for monsters, fragile humans are as short-lived as fireflies. Just like humans don't care about the ants at their feet, monsters don't care about fleeting humans either, so there is no need.

lie.

It was unnecessary to kill Yoshimura Uber in the street where ordinary people could see him, but Fujii wanted to satisfy his need to beat him up to relieve his anger.

It’s time to test the difference between monsters and humans!

Fujii raised his sword above his head with both hands and struck it head-on. He used 4.5 times the strength of an ordinary person to cut through the air.

"Snapped!"

The fallen bamboo sword was caught by stubby and strong hands. Yoshimura Uber still put on a smile and persuaded.

"Guest, I haven't offended you, right? Why do you need to do anything?"

"Noto Kiko is my friend. I want to beat you up to vent my anger. This is enough reason."

The sadness turned into anger. Although he knew that Yoshimura Uber did not go too far, Fujii's heart still ached with discomfort. This was the disappearance of an acquaintance. Although they had not been together for a long time, the impression was particularly profound.

He let go and abandoned the bamboo sword, and struck it with a fist. Yoshimura took a step back, and his fist brushed the tip of his nose. During the collision, the short and fat man rolled to the ground with unconventional flexibility to distance himself. He stood up and bowed and saluted.

, and ran away in a flash.

Fujii Shu, who picked up the bamboo sword again, chased after him and blocked Yoshimura Uber again in a deserted alley.

"Do we have to fight? Really."

With no way to retreat, Yoshimura sighed, put down the black box in his hand, sideways avoided the vertical slash of Fujii's bamboo sword, and untied the cufflinks of his suit.

"But when it comes to a real fight, I'm one of the little monsters, and there aren't many who can be my opponent."

A hand knife broke Fujii's bamboo sword into two pieces, and Yoshimura punched him out. Fujii reacted very quickly and used all his strength to punch Fujii.

"Ahem!"

Fujii, who was even thinner, slipped a few meters away, and his fist-fighting hands with Yoshimura Uber kept trembling, but the opponent didn't move at all.

"It's better to take away all your abilities. As the price for attacking me, it can be regarded as a one-sided transaction."

Yoshimura Uber has never been so eager for violence. He wiped away the blood on the back of his hand. It belonged to Fujii Shu.

The short figure of one meter and two meters quickly expanded, reaching the limit of three meters. The giant Yoshimura Uber took the initiative to grab Fujii tree, with two rows of white teeth open, capable of swallowing a person whole.

"If I eat you, I can get all of you, hehehe."

The dark thoughts that had been suppressed continued to flow out, and along with the feeling of happiness, Yoshimura Uber's skin was dyed pitch black, and a thin line that neither party could detect stretched upward from his back to the highest point in the alley.

on top of a dozen-storey apartment building.

The masked man in the cemetery that day, with a long string connected to his palm, was sitting on the edge of the top of the apartment, with his legs dangling in the air, controlling something.

"Eat him. After eating him, you will experience the feeling of power. You will never forget it and want to taste it all the time, just like I did back then."

He murmured to himself and smiled. The battle below seemed primitive and monotonous to him, but it was an important part of the plan.

Danger!

Fujii evaded Yoshimura Uber's grasp, and the opponent's attitude inexplicably darkened after entering this alley.

The broken bamboo sword on the ground was obviously no longer of use. He was only an amateur level LV2 judo player, so he probably couldn't deal with an opponent with such a strong body and strength, so he had to think of another way.

"Hey hey hey, running away is shameful and useless, just come into my belly obediently."

The enlarged Yoshimura Uber's agility did not decrease much. He flew forward with open arms, his expression was stupid and ferocious, and his appearance completely changed.

Fujii, who had experienced over a hundred simulated battles, rolled on the spot and avoided the attack again, but his space for movement was also compressed into a corner and he could no longer escape.

"Caught! Eat it quickly!"

The huge Yoshimura Uber turned around, grabbed Fujii's neck, and squeezed it tightly. A large mouth that could hold a person was exaggeratedly raised at a larger angle, and a dark piece inside stretched out.

Countless semi-illusory arms.

"I forgot to explain, there are some insolvent customers who will be swallowed by me after trading. The more sinful or powerful the soul, the more my demon power will be enhanced. If I eat you, I will have a chance to become a great demon."

After opening his mouth, Yoshimura could still speak through ventriloquism. His mind had been completely affected by the black thread behind his back, and he was falling towards the abyss of evil, never to return, completely forgetting about Yato's threat.

Countless semi-illusory arms grasped Fujii's throat, conveying a cold and biting touch that penetrated people's hearts.

His consciousness gradually blurred, and when he was about to lose it completely, a strong wind blew from the sky.

"Fujii-kun, is he an unusual human being?"

It was the firelight that dissipated all over the sky that day, and a familiar and familiar voice came to my ears. When I opened my eyes, Noto Kiko, who turned into transparent white light, hugged me from behind.

The clothes on her body were changed into a red and white miko uniform, but although the temperature was transmitted, it was still insubstantial.

"The divine attendant of Jiutian Lei Yuanzun who transformed into a god? Isn't he so lucky?"

The masked man on the rooftop of the apartment decisively cut the black thread. It was not time to provoke this demon-level god in the sky.

"You should know everything, right? Later, when I was wandering in the sky, I met the Lord Lei Yuan. He made me a servant of the god, so I can handle some chores from now on."

After Noto Kiko briefly explained a few words, she formed a seal with one hand and read it to Yoshimura Uber.

"Nine Heavens Thunder Yuan Zun transforms into a god to command, knock!"

With a command, purple electricity surged out from Noto Kiko's handprints, covering the giant Yoshimura Uber, knocking him down on the spot, and black smoke emitted from her body.

"He is contaminated by an evil substance. This is the fastest and most effective solution."

Noto Kiko explained to Fujii Shu after breaking free, and looked up at the rooftop of the apartment. The breath came from there, but it was empty.

Noto Kiko, who originally planned to come back to visit Fujii tree quietly, frowned. The source of this aura was difficult to deal with.

"I'm so sorry! I'm really sorry that something like this happened!"

After his body gradually returned to normal, Yoshimura came to his senses and immediately got out of the seat facing Fujii Shudo and realized what he had done wrong.

"If you want him to accept the apology, just give him something good in exchange, not a defective product that fools people!"

Noto Kiko, who is in the spirit state, uses her waist to demand benefits from Yoshimura after he wakes up.

"Ah, what about this?"

Yoshimura Uber was a little embarrassed, so he stood up, opened the black box, and took out another golden capsule.

"This is the musical ability of the piano master Mozart. It has no side effects. Mr. Fujii just traded it with me for a foreign object."

Is there such a good thing?

Fujii looked at this transparent capsule with a golden glow inside with suspicion. He had little trust in Yoshimura Uber.

"It doesn't matter. This kind of ability capsule is specially used to collect precious abilities. It is different from the commercial products I used during my lifetime."

Kiko Noto on the side smiled and punched Yoshimura Uber on the head. The smiling salesman who was hit by this punch was too angry to speak, and sighed and lowered his head.

"After taking it, you will absorb this ability within two or three years, so don't think it has no effect at the beginning. This kind of product without side effects takes time."

Seeing Fujiiki taking the capsule, Yoshimura Uber took out a contract and asked Fujiiki to press his fingerprints as usual, which turned into fly ash and got into the black box. What Yoshimura Uber got was the handle of the broken bamboo sword just now.

"The deal has finally been concluded, and my mission this time will come to an end. Goodbye, two guests."

After heaving a sigh of relief, Yoshimura took off his top hat, retreated into the shadow of the alley, and disappeared.

"Well, I have to leave too. I still have to deal with my own work. You should pay attention to your safety recently."

Noto Kiko and Fujii Shu were facing each other. Before she could finish her words, they dispersed into light points and returned to the deep space.

Is this a happy ending?

Fujii looked up and watched her leave, holding the capsule in his hand and drinking it in one gulp.

"Taking soul capsules will automatically improve piano skill proficiency every day. The free attribute points obtained by this method will be halved for two years."

Goldfinger did not report any information about side effects. It seems that Yoshimura Uber’s transaction was indeed a loss.

"Okay, the trouble is over."

He walked out of the alley, his back fading away.

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"Kill you, kill you! Fujii tree! I will curse you to hell."

The rich second generation Yuki Karang pushed open the door of his old house and murmured to himself. His sweetheart was snatched away by Fujii Shu twice in a row, which pushed his already paranoid character to the extreme.

Legend has it that the ancestor of the Yuuki family, who was a small businessman, gave a piece of plum and salt rice balls to a strange monk who was parading on a night when he was hiding from the rain in a ruined temple in the mountains. The monk changed his fortune and got an exquisite paper house. It is said that

There is a monster sealed inside, which can provide financial luck.

For hundreds of years, the Yuki family has maintained a status on the fringes of the upper class. They are not extremely wealthy, but they can still enjoy luxury. It is said that they are protected by the wealth of monsters.

There was an empty utility room in the back of the old house. Yuuki Herang drank a lot of wine to strengthen his courage. Whether others believed it or not was one thing, but he did see the monster once when he was a child.

He opened an inconspicuous wooden floor, took out a box from the bottom of the hollow, and used a set of keys to open five or six chain locks. The top of the box automatically popped open, as if there was a mechanism inside.

Even though Yuki Herang drank, he did not dare to look directly at the contents of the box. He bent down and put his forehead to the ground, recalling the scene when he saw it.

The fifty-six-year-old grandfather died suddenly in the middle of the night, and a grand funeral was held at home. Almost none of the Yuki family lived past the age of sixty. This seemed to be a curse that has been passed down to this day along with the wealth of the family.

The adults were arguing outside the hall about dividing the family property. The seven-year-old boy was kneeling alone in the main room where his grandfather's body was parked. In a blink of an eye, under the afternoon sun, he saw his grandfather kneeling at the door of the main room, closing his eyes and meditating.

He was a little scared, and wanted to get up and run away, but he had no strength. A twelve or thirteen-year-old girl wearing a snow-white kimono and a silver ribbon tied around her waist, with equally white skin, appeared behind him.

"Don't be afraid, it's not your turn yet."

The girl smiled easily, pulled out the wakizashi from her waist, a blade of about fifty centimeters, and stepped forward to aim at her grandfather's head.

"ah…!"

Yuuki Herang couldn't help but scream, his eyes were closed, and the grandfather's head rolled down. Blood spread all over the room, but it didn't splash on the girl at all.

"If you have the courage to break my seal, I will give you a wish."

The girl left a word and her figure blurred and disappeared.

(End of chapter)