In the morning, at 7:30.
Lin, Yotsuya Miko, Akashiya Moka, Tohru, and Shuzen Akua sat around the dining table, eating breakfast.
Swallowing the food in his mouth,
Lin said softly, "Later, Akua and I are taking a trip to the Yokai Realm."
"To the Yokai Realm…"
Akashiya Moka sounded a bit surprised and curious. "Why?"
Yotsuya Miko and Tohru also looked at Lin with curiosity.
They both knew about the Yokai Realm.
It was where Akashiya Moka was born.
Lin: "Because of that false body from yesterday. When there's a potential threat, it's best to deal with it early."
"Deal with it early…"
Yotsuya Miko was slightly taken aback, seemingly thinking of something.
A strange glint flashed through her eyes.
"Can I come along?"
Tohru looked at Lin with anticipation.
"You…"
Lin paused in thought, then said with a smile, "Tohru, you should stay home and help me protect Moka. You can look after the house, too."
"After all, you and I are the strongest ones here right now."
"I believe in your abilities."
"Oh, alright then."
Though a little disappointed, Tohru obediently agreed.
"Good girl."
Lin praised her with a smile.
He looked at the pensive Yotsuya Miko. "How about you, Miko?"
"Ah! Me?"
Yotsuya Miko was startled, and just as she was about to say something, her phone suddenly rang.
"Just a moment."
She took it out and looked.
It was a message from Yurikawa Hana.
After reading the message, her brow furrowed slightly before smoothing out as she replied.
Then she looked at Lin and said:
"I won't go. Hana said she wants to visit a shrine."
"Go to a shrine… Why?"
Lin raised an eyebrow slightly.
Yotsuya Miko looked at her phone:
"Last night when she went shopping, she kept feeling like someone was watching her."
"But every time she turned around, there was no one behind her."
"She also had a nightmare last night."
"So she wants me to go with her to a shrine to pray for safety."
"I see…"
Lin looked thoughtful.
"If I'm not mistaken, Yurikawa has likely been targeted by something unclean. Miko, you need to be careful."
Although Yotsuya Miko wasn't weak now, it was always better to be cautious.
"Okay, I will."
Yotsuya Miko nodded with a smile.
Recently, she had also fought and defeated a few resentful spirits on her own.
She had become more skilled in controlling her power.
Moreover, she discovered that she seemed to have a constitution that attracted resentful spirits.
She would encounter them from time to time.
For example, two days ago, while passing a park after school, she spotted a resentful spirit disguised as a human child.
The resentful spirit waved at her.
If it weren't for the Aura within her allowing her to see that something was off, she might have reflexively responded.
Later, she used the same trick again.
She used her own life energy to lure the disguised resentful spirit to a deserted place and launched a sneak attack.
She defeated the resentful spirit with ease.
It just goes to show that sneaky tactics are the best.
Lin wasn't worried about Yotsuya Miko encountering any mortal danger; after all, the power of the retainer contract would protect her.
Half an hour passed in a flash.
Back in his bedroom, Lin opened the Codex of All Things to check his reward.
Nickname: Shuzen Akua
Level: Blue
Description: A genius vampire
Obtained: Reversed Heavenly Pact and Cursed Vow
"Heavenly Pact and Cursed Vow!"
Lin was a little surprised to see the Codex reward from Shuzen Akua.
This ability came from the world of Jujutsu Kaisen.
It represented 'imperfection and power'.
One gained enhanced attributes at the cost of sacrificing something of their own.
It had three characteristics.
One, it was congenital.
It takes effect from the moment of birth and is not influenced by one's will later in life.
Two, it is irreversible.
The attribute exchange cannot be undone; the cost and benefit are permanently bound.
Three, it allows for limit-breaking enhancement.
The enhanced attribute can break through normal limits to reach a new level.
What he received was the Reversed Heavenly Pact and Cursed Vow.
Its representative was Toji Fushiguro.
In exchange for having zero cursed energy, one gains a natural resistance to it, as well as a powerful, nigh-indestructible physical body.
Lin touched the ability directly.
He wasn't the least bit worried about his Primal Force being reduced to zero.
This was because nothing obtained from the Codex of All Things, no matter how powerful, would have a negative impact on him.
Not even the 'illusion kill' effect on girls.
Even without that safeguard, Lin, who possessed endless energy, was quite curious to see if the Heavenly Pact and Cursed Vow could drain him dry.
And to what level could it strengthen his physical body?
After all, it was a Blue-level reward.
The upper limit probably wouldn't be too high.
As the Reversed Heavenly Pact and Cursed Vow began to fuse with him, Lin could clearly feel a massive amount of Primal Force integrating into his limbs, bones, and internal organs.
His physical body was rapidly enhanced.
His physical abilities were improving across the board.
His physical and magical resistance were greatly strengthened.
Under the enhancement of the Reversed Heavenly Pact and Cursed Vow, Lin's perfect body was taken a step further, giving him the feeling of achieving physical sanctification.
Impervious to all abilities, indestructible as diamond…
He could shatter and become immune to energy and physical attacks with his body alone.
The ability fusion was complete, having reached its upper limit.
Lin carefully sensed the changes. His physical strength had increased by about fifty times, and his physical power successfully broke through to B-rank.
Don't be fooled into thinking fifty times is a lot.
In reality, the higher the combat power, the greater the gap between each rank.
Take B-rank, for example.
A B- rank being, at full power, could destroy a small city in a single blow.
A B-rank being, at full power, could destroy a medium-to-large city in a single blow.
And a B+ rank being could destroy a medium-to-large city with a casual strike.
The gap between each sub-rank was at least tens to hundreds of times.
The higher the major rank, the larger the gap between each sub-rank becomes.
So, a mere fifty-fold increase really wasn't much in the grand scheme of things.
A dozen or so minutes later.
Having made the arrangements, Lin slung a silver-gray shoulder bag over his shoulder and went into the courtyard with Shuzen Akua.
Tohru and Akashiya Moka stood at the French doors, seeing them off.
Yotsuya Miko had already left.
"We're off, then."
Wrapping his arm around Shuzen Akua's waist, Lin spoke to Tohru and Akashiya Moka, then activated his Silver Sanctuary.
A faint, silvery-white light flashed.
The two of them rose into the air as multiple barriers enveloped them.
Like a gentle breeze passing by,
Lin shot into the sky with Shuzen Akua in his arms, heading for Fukushima Prefecture.
His speed instantly broke the sound barrier.
Mach 2, Mach 4, Mach 8…
Finally reaching twelve times the standard speed of sound.
Before long, the two arrived in an uninhabited mountainous region of Fukushima Prefecture.
Following Shuzen Akua's directions, Lin found the great barrier that enveloped the spatial passage to the Yokai Realm.
Shuzen Akua explained:
"Inside the barrier is the spatial passage to the Yokai Realm. You need to reach a certain level of power to open it."
"Alright, let's go."
Lin looked at the great barrier.
He set Shuzen Akua down.
Then, following the method Shuzen Akua described, he opened the spatial passage and passed through it with her to the Yokai Realm.
The scenery before them flickered for a moment.
Lin and Shuzen Akua arrived in a forest within the Yokai Realm.
They got their bearings and took to the skies.
Their destination: Yokai Academy, founded in the human world by yokai.
At the same time, in a certain room,
the real Fujisaki Miyabi seemed to sense something. His eyes narrowed as he looked in the direction of the spatial passage.
Then, the corners of his lips curled up slightly.
A hint of confusion appeared in his eyes.
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