Chapter Four: This Will Be Your Partner
Time passed quickly.
The jujutsu school was definitely not like his previous school. There were no classes you could attend. There was a library anyone could go to and read.
Of course, most people at this age wouldn't do that.
But for Obito, who was left in this dangerous world, in addition to his desire to explore, he didn't delay and went to the library the next day.
There, in truth, there was no one to talk to or guide him. There wasn't even a teacher.
That surprised Obito a little.
Because this place had many books of different types.
Some talked about cursed energy, some about barriers, others about cursed tools. There were even books about the ancient era—the Golden Age of Jujutsu.
"I should pay attention to this. Maybe I should take this book."
I grabbed a book titled Control of Cursed Energy and Its Fundamentals and began reading.
It's true, I understood what cursed energy was. In addition, even if the talentless guy I transferred into didn't have real talent in using cursed energy, he had some knowledge in his mind about these things.
So, of course, I knew them because I obtained his memories.
But that wasn't important.
What was important was that cursed energy is related to the negative energy a person possesses.
To use cursed energy, you always have to think about bad things.
This was the reason people, or at least most people who know about the existence of shamans, say they are all insane.
On the other hand, Obito stayed for several hours reading the book on cursed energy control.
Exploration was the only way to understand the changes that had occurred in his body after the first day he arrived in this world.
In addition, to make himself stronger.
What if I go and face a special grade curse? Is this a joke?
Of course not.
Just look at the future—in two years, special grade curses will be things sold wholesale.
And no need to look far; you can find them when you go to your own home.
So the best way to stop thinking... even before he slept last night, he was thinking about his method of survival.
And finally, studying was the solution.
(Leave studying in my world and enter studying in another world.)
I felt like the principal of my school in my previous world, when I dropped out, was looking at me and smiling.
"Screw you, old man."
But I must admit, these things are good. I began to understand some things about cursed energy more than what happens in the anime.
For example, in the anime, they didn't explain the matter of barrier formation well.
But it seemed in this book, they explained it.
It seemed cursed energy is a living entity inside the jujutsu user more than anything else.
This entity can be influenced through sound and even through physical movement to increase or interact with the cursed energy possessed by the user.
Or what is known as a shaman.
Using barriers required a lot of precision, in addition to knowing the Japanese language very accurately, so you could summon the appropriate words to build the barrier.
There were many types of barriers.
Barriers to keep people inside, barriers to keep people outside, barriers for purification, barriers to increase focus, or even to separate cursed energy.
There were many barriers written in this book, but I didn't cover them all.
Well, not that I didn't want to, but... I couldn't study to that extent. I was still a beginner.
So I returned to the first book I was reading, titled Fundamentals of Cursed Energy.
The book was good and explained many basics that surpassed the things I didn't understand.
And the most important things I needed to cover in this book were... how could I use my cursed technique?
I still didn't know the cursed technique of this body, or what I obtained after my cursed energy was raised to grade two in some strange way after losing consciousness from a superhuman blow from Toudou.
The feeling of my head being in the air, suspended, lingered until now.
It felt as if I was there for an hour in the air before colliding and losing consciousness.
It was good the collision was very fast, so I lost consciousness immediately at that moment and didn't feel anything.
Obito didn't notice that at that moment, he could see the movement in extreme slow motion.
That was because he wasn't used to it, but in truth, he was much faster than ordinary people in terms of reaction.
Perhaps Toudou didn't notice that, or he would have been impressed.
But on the other hand, evening had already fallen, and it was time to leave to get some food.
Studying took a lot of energy, so it was time to get some nutrients.
Especially since he found that in his previous house, it seemed he hadn't eaten anything because the refrigerator was empty, and there was only a water bottle at that time.
He also didn't have dinner because he was unconscious before sleeping again after going to the field and trying to train a little with cursed energy.
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The Cafeteria
The cafeteria at Kyoto Jujutsu High was empty.
But I went directly to the counter and the cooking area.
When I looked, they placed food on the tray I lifted.
The food was delicious. There was a lot of meat, in addition to nutrients.
It seemed this academy wasn't unfair. I think I'll like staying here.
I sat at a seat a little far away and began eating.
But while eating, I made a very pleasant sound from my throat.
"Amazing! What is this amazing food?!"
My tongue moved as it chewed the rice with added chicken broth and hot pepper.
The taste was so rich that my saliva was flowing.
Maybe if there was any person in this place staring and looking at me seriously, they would have noticed that saliva was coming out of my mouth nonstop.
In addition, I didn't notice that the cursed energy in my body was rising well while eating, as if it was regenerating automatically.
This surprising matter I didn't notice until after I finished eating.
But before I went and washed my tray and put it in its place, I noticed footsteps approaching.
I looked to the other side and saw a girl with blue hair approaching me little by little.
She stood directly in front of me while I was carrying my tray and preparing to leave.
But she said something and surprised me.
"My name is Miwa Kasumi. Nice to meet you. I'll be your partner on the next mission."
The girl who was carrying a sword was looking at me with deep calmness.
It seemed as if she was very calm, but on the other hand, her face looked very normal.
And I was holding the tray, looking at her.
Maybe if I didn't know myself, I would have thought I was looking at her with contempt.
But in truth, I was looking at her with confusion, and in my heart, there was one question.
A mission this fast?
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End of Chapter.
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