Chapter 189: Danger!
“Hmm!”
A muffled grunt came from Shinichi Sato’s throat. The strange sensation that suddenly appeared on his chest caused him to pause his walking, and he instinctively stopped, reaching for his left chest.
“Sato!”
The moment the boy made a sound, Mai Shinomiyai, who was ahead, seemed to sense something and turned around, rushing towards Shinichi Sato’s location at top speed.
“This is a curse? It’s the [Heartbreak Curse]!!”
Without further explanation, she directly placed her hand on the blond boy’s arm. The evil aura that fed back from the spiritual energy input made the girl’s already solemn expression even panic-stricken.
“Sato-kun, don’t move around first, I’ll contact a doctor right away!!”
The panic in Mai Shinomiyai’s eyes was quickly suppressed. She bit her lower lip hard with her white teeth, but her actions remained firm.
A light green talisman slid from her sleeve, scattering on the ground and condensing into clumps of small grasses emitting a green fluorescence. Gentle and pure life energy converged from the Firefly Grass towards Shinichi Sato’s chest.
Mai Shinomiyai could no longer afford to worry about exposing her abilities. There were problems within Shikoku Gakuin, as Divine Revelation of Great God Sangfu and the news from Hamano Tsukasa had proven. However, what the girl didn’t expect was that the enemy’s attack would be so fast and vicious.
The [Heartbreak Curse] was a vicious curse that even Mai Shinomiyai had only seen in ancient books in shrines. Using this curse required enduring its inherent negative energy through the body, and its extremely difficult control level could easily cause a backlash on oneself. It was basically an evil Onmyojutsu that was completely sealed within their circles.
However, similarly, the effect of the Heartbreak Curse was astonishingly terrifying. It could directly construct a virtual palm of negative energy to crush vital organs within the opponent’s body. It could be said that as long as it could be cast, it was a curse of certain death.
[The life energy of the Firefly Grass can’t last long, I must contact a doctor. Shinichi Sato absolutely cannot die here!!]
Whether considering the enemy attacking from an unknown location, Shinichi Sato’s background, or the impact of such an incident happening at school, Mai Shinomiyai could not allow Shinichi Sato to die here, especially in such a manner in front of her.
Feeling the light of the glowing small grasses on the ground gradually dim, a hint of determination flashed in the girl’s eyes. She reached out and pulled off the pendant around her neck, raising it high into the air, intending to smash it to the ground.
“Shinomiyai, calm down!”
Just as the girl’s hand was about to swing down, a strong arm rose from in front of her and grabbed Mai Shinomiyai’s wrist. The immense power made her arm unable to move even a tiny bit further down.
“?!”
This sudden action completely replaced the girl’s solemn expression with astonishment. She looked at the boy grabbing her wrist in front of her with disbelief.
“You… you’re okay?!”
“Should I be not okay…”
With some helplessness, he lowered the girl’s raised hand. Shinichi Sato looked at Mai Shinomiyai in front of him with a strange expression. Was this the special trait of these believers? No wonder most heroes didn’t like to interact with them.
“No, your heart, it should have been attacked, right?!”
The boy’s rosy and energetic appearance caused Mai Shinomiyai to get stuck with her words. She stammered for a long time before finally asking the question in her heart.
“Ah, I think so. It felt like something grabbed me just now. Was I attacked?”
Seeing Mai Shinomiyai gradually calm down, Shinichi Sato slowly released his hand and signaled for the girl to move closer to the balcony, preventing their strange behavior from being seen by passing classmates.
“It’s not a question of whether you were attacked or not. Your heart was directly attacked. Don’t move around, I’ll contact a doctor right away!”
Shinichi Sato’s answer made the girl, who had always maintained an elegant posture, unable to help but go crazy. Although she didn’t know why Shinichi Sato could still maintain this state and talk to her clearly, no matter what abilities he had, if his heart was directly crushed, anyone would die immediately.
“Shinomiyai, calm down, I’m fine.”
Looking at the girl who was about to make a call again, Shinichi Sato sighed helplessly and directly took her mobile phone into his hand, preventing this action that would obviously expose them.
“The opponent’s attack was unsuccessful. I’m fine now and unharmed.”
The boy’s deep and steady voice managed to wake Mai Shinomiyai from the panic of experiencing negative energy. She took a deep breath, looked at the girl standing straight in front of her, and still asked hesitantly.
“Are you… really fine?”
In reality, Mai Shinomiyai couldn’t be blamed for being too panicked, as the girl understood this curse too well. Even the abbot of the ancient Buddhist temple, who was known as the “Number One Person of the Era,” was directly killed by such a curse at the Ten Thousand Spirits Assembly. Therefore, in her eyes, Shinichi Sato, who had been subjected to such a curse, could only have the ending of death.
“Perhaps I just felt a bit unwell at first. That gray thing was shattered by me. Was it an attack from a psychic?”
Shinichi Sato nodded with a sigh, recalling the way he was attacked. This ability to attack the human body internally, ignoring distance and space, was indeed somewhat terrifying.
“Shattered…”
Mai Shinomiyai felt her worldview shatter. Shattering a palm made of negative energy by relying on her heart, was that something a human could do?
“Ah, it’s because I usually train a lot. His attack seemed ineffective, but those things seem to have scattered inside my body, and I feel a bit uncomfortable. Sato-kun, can you help me deal with it?”
“……..”
Mai Shinomiyai didn’t know where to start complaining about training to the point where her internal organs could resist negative energy, but seeing the boy’s serious and earnest expression, she didn’t know how to speak and could only numbly nod.
She summoned back the Firefly Grass on the ground, and a light blue energy flowed in her hand. Mai Shinomiyai began to investigate the problem within Shinichi Sato’s body.
“There is residual negative energy. If it’s not dealt with promptly… I’ll help you deal with it.”
The frowning girl initially wanted to explain the harm of negative energy remaining in the body, but then she thought of the boy’s performance just now, so she swallowed the half-spoken words and took out a few talismans. With her other hand, she directly opened Shinichi Sato’s jacket and reached for his shirt.
On the small balcony in the corner of the corridor, the tall long-haired girl stood in front of the boy. Her jade-white palm touched the boy’s robust left chest, and a faint white light swirled around her hand. The boy frowned and looked up, as if contemplating something. However, with their overly close distance, to outsiders, it looked like the intimacy of a young couple, inspiring longing.
Feeling the faint stuffiness in his chest gradually fade away, Shinichi Sato also showed a smile. After thinking for a while without any results, he still decided to ask Mai Shinomiyai if there was a way to track the enemy and whether to notify the principal of Hetuan Academy.
However, before Shinichi Sato could ask his question to the girl, a voice like it came from an icy hell drifted from the side, and along with it, a familiar, short figure appeared.
“Can you explain what you two are doing? Shinomiyai-san? And, Sato-kun!!!”
