Curse back: As a swordsman, what's wrong with a happy ending?

Chapter 204: No. 3 "Heaven and Curse"

"Do you know me? Su, Su..." Sanlun Xia was a little excited and seemed to be hesitant about the address.

"Just call me teacher." Su Ze said with a smile.

"Okay! Teacher Su - um... did you know me before?" Sanlun was very grateful for the other party's understanding.

"Hmm..." Su Ze looked at the snow outside the window and turned his head and said, "I heard Kusakabe mention it a few years ago..."

He thought for a moment, "He said he saw a pretty nice girl" -"

Sanlun Xia was even more surprised for a moment.

She met her master when she was in the first year of junior high school.

She was working a part-time job at the time, and Kusakabe, who was passing by with a toothpick in his mouth, did not take the flyer, but stared at her face.

Her idea at the time was very simple, which was how to knock the other person down when he wasn't paying attention and then run away quickly.

"Are you... interested in becoming a sorcerer?"

As a result, before the lovely Miss Miwa took any actual action, Mr. Kusakabe spat out the toothpick in his mouth and asked the question first.

Later, Miss Miwa found out that the guy was the current top master of the Shinkage school.

——The guy who was once criticized by Chairman Su as "having no stance" and "slacking off".

Su Ze saw the surprise on her face and explained with a smile: "No matter how chaotic Kusakabe's mind is, his strength is quite guaranteed - the disciple he personally selected will inevitably arouse curiosity."

Then he continued: "What's more, the total number of students and teachers currently enrolled in the two technical colleges is no more than a hundred."

What he meant was that with such a small number of people, it wouldn't be difficult to remember them all.

Miss Sanlun's eyes were almost full of stars.

After that, she took Su Ze for a short tour, and then, at his request, brought him to the door of Miss Diva's office.

Miss Sanlun bowed earnestly to say goodbye to Mr. Suze, and Mr. Su smiled and waved to her. At the girl's request, the two added each other as LINE friends.

In the office of teacher Utaha.

Chairman Su exchanged a few pleasantries with her first, and then the topic inevitably turned to the farce that happened a few nights ago.

"Hahahaha, you guys are all so grown up, and yet you still make such a fool of yourself!!"

The singer played the edited version of the video that Glass sent her on a loop, laughing so hard that she fell over.

Su Ze could only respond with a dry laugh.

"...Senior Diva," Su Ze called softly.

However, the singer, who was in high spirits, didn't pay much attention to this side.

"I have something else, so I came to ask you--" Su Ze sighed lightly, his expression calm.

"……what?"

The singing lady who was laughing heartily noticed Su Ze's abnormality and tried to stop laughing. Her expression also became a little serious.

"It's about a child in Kyoto..." Su Ze went straight to the point and looked up into the singer's eyes.

-

Kyoto High-speed Underground Secret Room.

The air was filled with a musty and damp smell, and the main building seemed to be a renovated air-raid shelter. Even though the key beams had been reinforced and renovated, the moss in the cracks of the old bricks and stones was still thriving.

Ta, tap.

The light sound of Martin boots hitting the bluestone road echoed in the underground tunnel.

Water droplets condensed on the wall and slid down.

There were only a few old-fashioned mining lamps hanging from the ceiling. The soil beside the wall was soft and moist, and seemed to have grown some unknown gray fungi.

It doesn't look like a comfortable place at all.

Su Ze walked quickly and lightly, heading straight into the depths of the basement with many extensions.

Then he stopped at the end of a corner, reached out and pushed open the thick rusty door in front of him.

A series of sharp squeaking sounds were heard at the same time.

It makes people feel uncomfortable.

It was dark behind the door, even darker than the tunnel just now.

A flash of white light floated into Su Ze's eyes, and his eyes were shining like fire, flashing faintly in the darkness.

A gentle sound of water splashing came from deep in the room, followed by the rustling sound of an iron frame being pulled.

Su Ze walked into the room expressionlessly, the rumble of the ventilator suppressing his hoarse breathing.

"Excuse me..." Su Ze stopped in front of the old special bathtub.

He lowered his head slightly and looked at the boy lying in the bathtub, covered in bandages.

"…With Kokichi."

Su Ze said softly.

The man's entire body below the chest was soaked in a special liquid, with IV tubes inserted all over his body. The little skin exposed between the thick bandages was red and cracked.

His legs could not be seen beneath the dark water.

He slightly pulled the tubes all over his body as a response.

"Heaven and Curse".

This curse-like bondage has no clear definition.

In the cases of Zenin Maki and Fushiguro Shigeki, they sacrificed "rituals" and "cursed power" in exchange for physical strength far beyond that of ordinary people.

What this young man in front of him embodies is exchanging his "flesh" for a huge degree of spell output.

"Suze... Chairman."

He opened his mouth, barely using a respectful title, his voice hoarse as if it were a broken millstone.

Su Ze turned his head and looked around. In this small basement, there was only an invisible ventilation hole in the corner of the wall.

"Sorry to bother you with my sudden visit." Su Ze said calmly.

"...I wonder what Chairman Su is doing here in this dark and damp basement?"

He moved his body slightly, and the thick steel pipe that was inserted into the bottom of the bathtub made a slight clanging sound.

Only then did I notice that he only had his left arm.

"I've heard that Kyoto High School recruited a special student this year - 'Heaven and Curse'. No matter what era it is, it is bound to attract attention."

Su Ze sat casually in the air, and a khaki flying sword appeared in the air at the same time, supporting his body steadily.

Now their eyes were at the same height.

“… ‘Attracting attention’?” Yukichi’s throat trembled.

"Of course." Su Ze nodded, "But the premise is that you have to walk out of here——"

He raised his hand and pointed at the mottled bathtub.

Yukichi's eyes widened with excitement, and the scarlet bloodshot was clearly visible.

But then, his expression became lonely again, "... Chairman Su is joking - even Miss Jiali's "Reversal Spell"... is helpless."

The tone was calm.

The "reversal technique" which is hailed as the secret of the curse and is like a miracle technique cannot offset the cost of "Heaven and Curse".

"Ha..." Su Ze saw the emotions in his eyes.

"Let's give it a try. Qi is different from cursed energy... Although it's impossible to solve it immediately—"

He squinted his eyes and smiled, while raising his right hand. A dust-free wind suddenly rose, causing the ends of Su Ze's hair and the hem of his clothes to fly backwards, and a large bulge formed in the center of his windbreaker.

A huge amount of Qi suddenly gushed out of his body, and the flawless white ball was so thick that it was almost solid.

“…Maybe, it will have some effect?”

There was a bright light in Su Ze's eyes, as deep as the stars.