Chapter Ninteen: The Truth Revealed
Jūzō, Sayuri, Toma and Haruki walked across the streets of Tokyo to get a coffee.
"Ugh, this sun is too hot," complained Sayuri wiping her tears away.
"Yh, it's like a million degrees out here," added Toma.
"Seems normal to me," muttered Haruki
"Of course it would be normal, you don't feel anything," said Sayuri.
The three bursted into laughter before Haruki went silent.
Jūzō didn't even say anything, he just seemed not to be in the mood.
"Laugh all you want, but by the time I get you all, I'll make sure you all beg for mercy but, I won't give it. I'll make you incompetent sorcerors pay for not protecting my sister, my mother, father and village, you all will pay. You will pay.
I'm already tired of pretending, one day or the other, I'll have to show my true power," thought Jūzō
Sayuri noticed him and bumped into him.
"What's wrong jūzō? What's on your mind?"
"Uh, it's nothing, I was just feeling hungry," he responded
"Ugh, mee too," Haruki said
Try entered the cafe and sat eating a big bowl of sandwich and coffee.
BOOM!
Then appeared a special grade demon, it was tall, skinny but muscular in shape. It had claws that could cut through metal in just one swipe and razor sharp teeths long enough to pierce through someone's heart and come out at the other side.
Everyone took to their heals as it roared in anger destroying tables, chairs and glasses.
Sayuri, Toma and Haruki got up to fight but jūzō just sat on his chair eating and drinking.
"Go back to where you came from you demon!" yelled Haruki as he scorched the demon with his fire technique.
"Ha ha ha, so you think that little heat can hurt me? I am unstoppable," uttered the demon as it came out of the flame attack unharmed.
Haruki 's eyes widened
"What?" he asked
"Impossible, that was an inferno, surely he must be using black magic," he continued
"It's my turn!" yelled Sayuri as she threw thorns like sharp pointy edged metals right at it.
The demon easily redirected the attack to Sayuri who was just in time to dodge them.
"He's more than strong," she commented
"That's because he hasn't seen my technique," replied Toma
Toma stepped forward and so did three shadow demons, each taller than the other.
"Cute technique boy o, but they won't even touch m—," before the demon could speak finish, one of Toma's shadows cut off its right hand, left leg and head launching it across the room straight into three glass tables.
"I guess it was only one shadow I needed after all," muttered Toma.
Then, they all looked at Jūzō and how he didn't even stand to fight like he used to.
"Hey, Jūzō," Sayuri called out.
"Huhn?,"
"You didn't even help us fight, why did you just sit there eating?" she asked
"Because I knew you all could handle it,"
"What made you think we could handle it huhn?" asked a angry Haruki
Before jūzō could speak, a woman dressed as a office worker came in with a little box.
"Haruki? Toma? Sayuri? And Jūzō? Ms. Himuro Sae sent these to you four.
She said you must open it right away.
"Ok, thank you," said Haruki as he collected to little box.
The lady left feeling weird and disturbed as she looked at Jūzō
"There's something really off about that boy Jūzō. But, I just can't pin down wat exactly it is. Is it his cursed energy or something else?" she thought to herself.
Haruki opened the box and found cards of their new grade assessments in it, along with a letter.
"Hey guys, Himuro sensei here, these are your new rank assessments identity card. Be sure to soak it in, you all earned it.
You don't need to worry about Akira Jūzō, she's with me and I'm making sure she gets strong like you. Plus, she likes it here.
One more thing, decisions were made after thoroughly been thought out. Everything has a reason,"
"Everything has a reason? What the heck is she talking about?" asked Haruki
"Only the heavens know, give me mine, Sayuri here's yours," Toma replied handing over her ID card
"Yay, it's our new grade assessments card, what grade am I in?" she asked collecting her card.
"First grade? Oooh yeah,"
Both Toma and Haruki were also first grades.
Jūzō collected his but didn't even bother to check since he thought he would be in the same grade as them.
"What grade are you in Jūzō?" asked Sayuri
"It doesn't matter, it's probably the same grade as you guys, I guess," he replied
"Nonsense, let me see," she said aggressively collecting the card from him.
She checked it and was stunned by what she saw.
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Name: Jūzō Watanabe
Age: 18
Height: 7ft 1inch
Techniques: Fire, Slicing (Dismantle),
Null frame.
Grade: Special grade sorceror
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"Whaaaaaaaaaat? Special grade?" yelled Sayuri
"Uhn?," both Toma and Haruki exclaimed
Even jūzō choked a little on his drink before collecting the card
"Special grade? Why are you guys first grade and I am a special grade?" asked Jūzō
"It must be because of that new technique of yours, Null frame or whatever it's called," replied Haruki.
"Or maybe it's because I'm a curse. But, if I'm a curse, and a special grade sorceror, that means, I'm a special grade curse," Jūzō thought.
"It must be because he's a curse, this boy keeps on surprising every one. And something telling me that this is just the beginning," Sayuri thought to herself
"Well, we might as well be on our way," said Toma standing up.
He turned and was met with five claws stuck in his chest.
The demon has came back and was whole again.
Toma dropped to the floor half dead, half alive.
"Toma!" yelled Sayuri
"Did you fools really think you could defeat me that easily? That will take a very strong special grade sorceror,"
It lunged straight at Sayuri with it's claws ready to cut off her head but stopped mid air.
"What? You stopped me?" asked the demon.
Jūzō has stopped his hand mid strike.
"You forgot about me," he said throwing him across the cafe to the bathroom section.
It came out again but this time more angrier
It launched various attacks and deadly moves but all Jūzō did was move.
He has his hands in his pockets as he dodged effortlessly.
"Dear God, how is he doing that?" asked Haruki
"He is a special grade sorceror after all," replied Sayuri
"Was I too small for you to notice me or did you choose not to?" jūzō asked as he kept dodging
"Shut up and fight me you bastard!" yelled the demon as he launched a final big blow which was caught by jūzō making a great shockwave to blow up the store into smitherites.
"It will take you at least never before you can think of beating me," muttered jūzō as he punched the demon each stroke send shockwave of pain into its body straight into its spine.
"H-h-how are you this strong?" the weak demon asked
"It's because, I am the king of Curses," Jūzō replied whispering it into its ear like part.
The demon's eyes widened and it shook with fear, it's body visibly shook uncomfortably with fear.
It tried running away but met Jūzō in every direction it tried to run to.
Then, jūzō raised his hand slightly above his shoulder length and spoke.
"You'll be the first to test out my new move I like to call, Vanity,"
Suddenly, little black bubbles with red aura around them started to form in his hand till they merged and formed one big black hole fueled energy sucking mostly every thing in its radius.
Then he sent it the demon's way. It instantly sucked the demon and it's surrounding till there way nothing.
"Oh my goodness, that way a very strong move," Haruki commented.
"Yh," Sayuri added
"He really deservesthe special grade assessment," He added
Jūzō walked up to Toma who was lying in a pool of blood and used reversed cursed technique on him. He woke up hale and healthy.
"What jūzō? How did you know how to do that move and reversed cursed technique?" Sayuri asked
"Whenever you guys go out without me, I always use that chance to train and focus my cursed energy into something different. Like that Vanity," he replied
"Woah," Haruki uttered
"Did you guys like it or were you scared?" he asked
"Scared? Why would I be scared?...…okay, maybe a little," Haruki replied
"What? The demon, where's the demon? Is-is it gone?" Toma asked in confusion.
"Calm down, I took care of it. There's nothing to worry about again," replied Jūzō
"Really?"
"Actually, we have only this neighborhood to worry about," Jūzō added
"What do you mean?"
"Look around," Jūzō replied
"Oh," Sayuri, Toma and Haruki said
The surrounding was destroyed, at about 150 metre radius. They were all gone.
"Good thing people weren't around this place, if not, they'd be goners," said Jūzō.
The team left there triumphantly and a little tired. They made their way to majutsu high for rest.