After lunch time ended, Jin returned to his class and took the lesson half-seriously. He didn't understand anything at all, but somehow after listening for a while, he understood the lesson quickly.
Perhaps the assimilation also made him smarter? Anyway, he enjoyed this powerup, because learning something complicated usually took days.
In any case, it seemed like he gained something useful during the assimilation process.
Time passed fast and soon it was time to return home.
'Granny Seiko probably won't exorcise Turbo Granny's power inside Okarun once she knows the youkai's consciousness is gone. But now the question is, where is her consciousness flying to?'
Back in the series, the Turbo Granny hid inside Okarun's body, both her consciousness and power. Due to her power being attached tightly to Okarun, only her consciousness moved to a Maneki Neko prepared by granny Seiko.
But now, only her power remained, which made Jin confused.
'Is she fully exorcised? Then why did Okarun's ball disappear and her power stay with him?'
Either way, Jin couldn't think of a solution so he stopped thinking about it. For now, he wanted to get stronger and free his new parents from the curse.
Unlike Turbo Granny, Evil Eye used his spiritual power as a curse. The curse would make people had the urge to suicide. Not to mention there was also that death worm and Kito Family, with the alien hiding as their head.
'I am not strong enough yet.' He thought to himself.
"Grandma, we're here!"
Momo announced loudly. She entered while taking off her shoes, placing them neatly near the entrance of the house before heading to the living room. There, granny Seiko lazed around while scratching her butt.
"Oh, you've returned? Welcome back."
The old woman greeted the youngsters with slight waves and lazy expressions plastered across features. Momo threw her bag onto the floor and crossed her arms.
"Grandma, you said you would exorcise Okarun, no? Why didn't you prepare anything?"
"Did I say that?" She scratched her head and yawned loudly, "I never say it outright. I'm busy here. Very busy..."
Jin glanced at the television, a popular music program was playing. Obviously, it was just an excuse to buy time so Jin decided to call her out.
"Busy watching TV? Ah, I see." Jin scoffed lightly before turning to face two teens, "Seems like everything is in order. Why don't we just try to search Okarun's balls around the city? They should be scattered now."
"H-Hold up there. First of all, his balls are important, but there is something else! And second of all, grandma, aren't you going to exorcise him?"
Momo questioned in bewilderment at how casual conversation proceeded without mentioning specifics about Okarun's current predicament.
"Right. Didn't you say we need to exorcise the curse so my ball returns?" Okarun added anxiously.
Seiko sighed and turned the television off with the remote. She turned at them and took the cigarette from between her lips.
"Listen here, you brat." She said seriously with smoke spewing out of her mouth.
"The power remaining inside you is just a leftover. The real Turbo Granny is gone, maybe already exorcised. And we can't exorcise something that's not there, got it? Listen to Jiji, what he said was right. Your balls might scatter around the city now."
Jin hummed in satisfaction hearing her explanation. It was exactly like what he thought.
"Wait, so his balls are currently in the city?" Momo tilted her head cutely.
Granny Seiko nodded.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's find his balls!"
"R-Right. Let's go." Okarun adjusted his glasses nervously as he followed behind Momo.
Unexpectedly, the girl also dragged Jin with him, much to his dissatisfaction to find Okarun's balls. He tried to ask for Granny Seiko's help, but she just waved her hand and watched TV again.
"Have fun."
***
Momo, Jin, and Okarun wandered around town. They decided to split up, with Jin being alone because he could sense any Spiritual power.
Of course, the real reason was because he didn't have any energy to search for the ball. He guessed they might've been picked up by someone else like in the story.
"Let them wander without any clue. I will just enjoy this sight."
He visited the park and sat at the bench. It was afternoon, so many students returning from school as well as couples enjoying their dates were seen in this area.
Obviously, that meant there would be many beauties too, and it was easy for Jin to attract them.
All he needed to do was smile, and watch a flock of birds approaching him, eager to receive his attention and possibly touch him.
However, among them, there was strangely one girl who stood out. Her tanned skin and white hair looked out of place in Japan. At the same time, the school uniform she wore resembled the one used in his school.
'Whoa.' Jin thought to himself after noticing the strange yet attractive appearance belonging to the girl, 'She's quite unique...'
The fact she was shorter but had bigger assets than Momo definitely made her an easy to remember person.
'Maybe she's a foreginer? Or is she a gyaru?' Jin wondered. 'This story doesn't have a dark skinned character yet beside Momo's friend.'
He tried to remember a character matching this one's description. But nothing came to his mind. Perhaps this girl was one of those random background characters.
She seemed to notice Jin's gaze and stared back at him boldly with a mischievous smirk appearing on her pretty features. It sent chills down Jin's spine when he saw the girl approaching him without breaking eye contact.
Somehow, she felt different from the others. Jin could sense powerful Spiritual Power emanating from within her body.
And it reminded him of a certain someone.
"Insolent boy."
The girl suddenly approached him and stopped a few centimeters away. Jin immediately rose from the bench, stunned by her sudden intrusion into his personal space.
Now that she called him, he became sure of her identity.
"Turbo Granny?!"
Standing there was Turbo Granny in a human form.
Instantly, he transformed into Nurarihyon form.
Her eyes gleamed dangerously upon recognizing who stood before her very eyes—the one responsible for ruining everything!
She wanted to kill him—torture him until he screamed in agony! But unfortunately for her revenge-seeking spirit...she had no power at all.
"What's wrong, granny?" Jin mocked. "Don't you want to fight again?"
And a beautiful youkai with no power was an easy target for Jin. Even if she looked like a granny before, right now she looked more beautiful than a top class model. He leaned closer and grabbed her chin.
"Or do you want me to teach you how to fight in bed? Hmm?"
"Wretched Nurarihyon." Turbo Granny cursed and slapped his hand away before pointing at him angrily, "I may've lost to you but know this. This isn't the end yet. I will get stronger again."
"That's funny because your spiritual power is very weak. Maybe we can train together?"
"I-I can grow on my own! You insolent brat! I will train myself!"
"You do know that I have your aura, right? I keep it in a safe place."
Upon hearing that, Turbo Granny snapped. Anger consumed every fiber of her being as she glared at him.
Smirking, Jin crossed his arms and whispered seductively into Turbo Granny's ear. "I am just saying. Maybe if you follow what I said, I might ask Seiko to return your spiritual power to you, hmm? As you know, I can be really helpful."
She growled furiously at his suggestive words.
"If you're done joking around then leave. I have no intention of dealing with someone like you right now."
"Are you sure? I'm actually offering my services. But if you don't want it, then I will leave."
With that being said, Jin turned around. However, his expression changed drastically when something soft pressed against his backside. It caused him to pause momentarily and smiled.
The fish bit the bait.
"I am sorry, Nurarihyon. Give me back my power."
"That's how it is. From now on, I will call you Kuro from now on, taken from Hyaku Kiro (100 meters) from your name." He said, "And my name is Jin Enjoji, not Nurarihyon."
"But—"
Before Kuro finished her sentence, Jin raised his hand to interrupt her. "No matter, Kuro."
The girl couldn't believe how shameless he was. First, he defeated her and robbed her power. Then, he asked her to serve him in exchange for getting it back.
"I swear I won't forget how you treat me."
She swore she would kill him once she got her power back.