Chapter 195: Bad at Fighting
“Tch, another disappointing guy.”
Pale blue spiritual energy fireworks bloomed in the sky above the school. The long-haired youth in the park leaned lazily against a roadside streetlamp, idly playing with his fingernails and sighing helplessly.
He had expected another hot-blooded kid who only thought about eliminating evil, but it turned out they were like those cautious adults, sending out signals to notify others beforehand. With that, both the activity time and the enjoyment would be significantly reduced.
After all, what could be more satisfying than personally crushing the pride and beliefs of a so-called genius underfoot?
Watching the gradually enlarging black dot in the distant sky and the incredibly familiar yet detested aura, Masashi Sakuraba straightened his body, his heterochromatic eyes turning towards the sky ahead.
“Stop right there! Don’t move! Are you the one who cast the curse just now?!”
The giant blue bird, cloaked in the power of the fierce wind, swooped down and landed directly on the open space in the park. The young girl dismounted the bird, with several talismans of various colors swirling around Mai Shinomiyai. The girl brought her two fingers together, and the blue radiance on her body flickered intermittently, her face full of vigilance as she looked at the tall, long-haired man before her.
“Since you already know the outcome, why are you still asking questions, child of the Shinomiyai family?”
He raised his head with a playful air, and a delicate face appeared before the young girl. However, the vastly different auras on the man’s two cheeks naturally gave him an indescribable feeling, as if his face would be forgotten the next moment.
“Who are you? Are you from the spiritual energy world? Is it indeed to unseal the [Underworld]?”
The youth’s nonchalant words made Mai Shinomiyai’s vigilance deepen, but his next words completely stunned her.
Although the opponent was using related curse techniques, the girl only thought it was some strange ability from the [Dark] Organization, or a spiritual energy world devotee recruited by an underground organization.
However, being able to accurately call out her surname by lightly sensing the attribute of the energy she was using could only prove one thing.
This person before her was originally from the orthodox spiritual energy world, and moreover, had a not-so-shallow connection with her family!
“Who am I?”
Masashi Sakuraba tilted his head slightly, his fierce, predatory gaze like that of a poisonous snake fixed on the girl before him.
“Just an old guy who was abandoned. By seniority, I should be considered your senior.”
He slowly raised his slender right hand, his index finger flashing with a purple light filled with the aura of desire and destruction, gently pointing at the empty air before him.
Elegant yet slightly deranged words echoed in the spacious park. The youth’s originally fierce eyes instantly subsided, leaving only a trace of uninteresting pity.
“Also, a reminder from your senior, don’t waste too much time talking when fighting enemies!”
[It’s over!]
An indescribable sense of crisis arose in the young girl’s heart. Before she could even finish listening to the last of his words, Mai Shinomiyai’s spiritual energy surged, her muscles tensed, and she retreated rapidly behind, wanting to escape this dangerous place.
But, in the end, she was still a step too late.
A giant purple python emerged from the ground. The young girl standing in place didn’t even have time to react before she was swallowed whole by the python.
“Tch, boring genius.”
Sensing the information fed back by the energy python, Masashi Sakuraba snorted disdainfully. He slipped his hands into his pockets and prepared to leave. He had even given this little girl who had the courage to track him down to this place three minutes before the police and heroes arrived, but he didn’t expect her to not even make it through the first minute.
“Hm?”
His venomous gaze swept around, but the scene he saw made Masashi Sakuraba stop. With a casual wave, a fang-like purple energy shot towards the air beside him.
“Shoo—” “Boom!”
Several yellow talismans shot out from the void, colliding with the path of the purple energy. The huge energy explosion kicked up a cloud of smoke, and a tall, disheveled figure slowly emerged from beneath the smoke, looking at Masashi Sakuraba before her with a pale face.
“Hm? That kid Shinichi even gave you the [Substitute Doll]. But your concealment technique is really quite terrible. Now I’m curious how you managed to break my [Heartbreak Curse] before.”
As if picking up discarded trash by the trash can, Masashi Sakuraba turned back with disdain, his playful gaze sweeping over the girl. He didn’t even bother to interrupt her actions as she gathered spiritual energy to cast the curse, waiting to see what surprise she would give him.
[I fell for it!! He must have been hiding his strength, just to lure me here!]
This was the only thought in Mai Shinomiyai’s mind at that moment. Her hands changed poses continuously, trying to cast the prepared curse faster.
Mai Shinomiyai had not failed to notice Masashi Sakuraba’s intentions. But even if he had suppressed some of his strength, he was defeated without injury by Shinichi Sato, an unprofessional hero, so his apparent strength couldn’t be that high.
Furthermore, this was near Shikoku Gakuin. She had also sent out a spiritual energy signal that could notify spiritual energy users before she set out. To prevent this trailing clue from escaping, Mai Shinomiyai had rushed over so hastily.
As long as she could delay him for a few minutes, the approaching heroes and police could directly capture this guy who was related to the [Dark] Organization.
But she hadn’t expected him to be so powerful and dominant, attacking so silently from the start. If Uncle hadn’t brought her all the spiritual artifacts from home before she left, she might have already lost her life at the moment of the python’s attack.
[I can only use that!]
Her proud concealment technique was considered amateurish in his eyes. Mai Shinomiyai didn’t even have the qualification to escape. The young girl had never been interested in curse techniques; the reason she had diligently practiced concealment was only to sneak out and play without her uncle noticing.
Other offensive curse techniques were not even as good as the talismans blessed by Great God Sangfu that she had just thrown out, but they couldn’t even control his true form.
Her only recourse was the advanced curse technique that she had only glanced at once, and she couldn’t even clearly remember the casting order.
“[Hurricane Curse], huh? To be able to cast it at this age is indeed a genius.”
With just one glance, Masashi Sakuraba identified the curse technique the girl was using. He wagged his finger dismissively and raised his right hand precisely as the last somatic gesture ended.
Boundless gales mixed with wind blades appeared out of nowhere. Guided by the blue energy, they charged towards Masashi Sakuraba. However, a purple energy snake head appeared leisurely before the boy, blocking all the wind blades. It didn’t even stir a corner of Masashi Sakuraba’s clothing.
“The prey’s dying struggle is over.”
He uttered this sentence indifferently and raised his head, looking at the girl before him.
This was probably his favorite part. Watching the prey’s eyes, full of desperate struggle and the final extinguishing of all hope, was truly irresistible.
He licked his lips with his thin tongue, his venomous gaze fixed on the girl’s eyes. The terror, solemnity, and the emotion of a successful scheme in them were all observed by Masashi Sakuraba, who was skilled at observing gazes.
[Wait, a successful scheme?]
A trace of doubt arose in Masashi Sakuraba’s mind. He raised his hand, intending to finish off this strange prey, but in the next second, a surging green energy exploded on his right arm.
“Boom!!”
