Chapter 676 New Information
“I’m back!”
Standing at the entrance of the long-lost living room, the black-haired girl skillfully took off the sports shoes at the soles of her feet and changed into the small, pure black slippers from the top of the shoe rack. She let out a lazy sigh of relief as she spoke the greeting.
As if remembering something, she quickly walked to the balcony and opened the window. What met her eyes was indeed that dazzling golden color, and the silly young boy standing perfectly straight like a sculpture.
As if by a telepathic connection, Satou Shinichi instantly raised his head. His azure eyes met Kazumi’s, who was standing behind the window. A trace of a smile appeared on his face as he waved his right hand with force to greet her.
“Idiot!”
Kazumi rolled her eyes as if in exasperation. She didn’t want to look at this fool who had been standing downstairs for who knows how long. She directly and forcefully pulled the window shut, the sound of “bang” echoing.
But she immediately softened her heart. She took out her mobile phone and quickly typed a message: “Go home quickly.” She even added an angry little cat emoticon, then put her mobile phone back into her pocket, not wanting to deal with this overly concerned, perverted boyfriend who, from any angle, was not simple.
Shaking her head to compose herself, Kazumi glanced at the young boy downstairs whose face was full of a silly smile as he edited something on his phone. She shook her head again and turned towards the inner room.
“Quite a good harvest?”
Sitting back down on the familiar dilapidated chair in her room, a rare smile appeared on the aloof black-haired girl’s face.
This experience had been quite rewarding for Kazumi. As for Satou Shinichi, he had been quite disturbed by the abrupt ending of her power acquisition journey. After she returned, he had been apologizing to Kazumi. In truth, this encounter, while not overly dangerous, was a close contact with the legendary Hero, Emperor Yan. In every aspect, it was a significant improvement.
This was also the reason why Kazumi had been treating Satou Shinichi well along the way.
With a blank expression, she picked up her backpack from the side and pulled out several pure black notebooks. She opened them, revealing pages filled with her own neat handwriting. This was her greatest harvest from the awakening of her “Seed of Fire” capability. It contained detailed information on mastering the “Seed of Fire” and practicing subsequent abilities.
Kazumi had studied the content of the basic classes very diligently, basically reaching a level of mastery. She had also skimmed through some of the later materials. They were indeed about things that were difficult to cover in class, knowledge about ability users. This was exactly what Kazumi needed most at her current stage.
The so-called danger was pure nonsense anyway. After all, Kazumi had been around powerhouses like Satou Shinichi, Ryujin Kyu, and the Academy Principal. She wasn’t intimidated by the title “Emperor Yan.” If her abilities had truly been discovered, it would have happened long ago, and it wouldn’t have gotten to this point. The only thing that made her slightly nervous was the scan before entering the Nikabe Mansion. However, it was only a slight nervousness. Because with her current control over her abilities, she could deploy a Ghost Gate within her body to let Xiao Hei enter her territory. Even if Xiao Hei’s existence were discovered, Kazumi could quickly erase the evidence.
Everything had gone so smoothly, so smoothly that Kazumi almost resented Satou Shinichi’s solicitousness. Where could she find such a god-like boyfriend who could contact people through his connections to help ordinary people awaken their abilities at the drop of a hat? Honestly, Kazumi almost couldn’t bear to leave him; she was spoiled rotten in this regard.
The only thing, or perhaps the one thing that caused her blood pressure to skyrocket, was probably the foolish ghoul currently being beaten to a pulp in her territory and lying on the ground, gasping for breath.
After understanding the partial mechanics of the Seed of Fire in the Nikabe Mansion, Kazumi naturally didn’t dare to be negligent. Although she had previously asked Nikabe Hongmaru about the awakening of hidden ability users, honestly, that kind of questioning was too intentional and stiff. If such a situation had truly occurred, with the opponent’s senses as a top professional hero, it was impossible not to notice something.
So, Kazumi took advantage of the situation when her ability awakened and had Xiao Hei, who had always existed within her body, accept the Seed of Fire’s bestowal in her stead. Because, to be honest, Kazumi didn’t know what would happen if she accepted the Seed of Fire capability with her own body. If nothing happened, it would be acceptable. But if it directly resulted in the appearance of a black coffin, that would be no fun at all.
To Kazumi’s delight, Xiao Hei underwent significant changes after incorporating and absorbing the Seed of Fire that entered its body. The flame abilities it displayed even earned the admiration of the ability users in the Nikabe Mansion.
But soon, Kazumi’s praise came to an abrupt end. Originally, she had intended to pretend to control the ability, unleash flames, and use her talent and power traits to gain more favor and help from Emperor Yan’s faction. After all, it was a power bestowed by Nikabe Hongmaru, and she was considered a semi-official, auxiliary member of the Nikabe Mansion. In the future, if something happened, she could get some help. It would be her own network of connections.
However, she never expected that a ghoul could be so stupid. A ghoul that was usually quite clever in combat and daily commands regressed to its initial animalistic stage when mastering abilities, completely avoiding every command Kazumi gave. It was already Xiao Hei’s greatest effort not to go berserk within Kazumi’s body. This led to the bizarre phenomenon of Kazumi theoretically mastering everything but having zero practical control. The way Nikabe Yanfu and Nikabe Yan Shi looked at her… As Yanfu watched the adult Kazumi, he could naturally ignore such strange glances without showing it, but the internal displeasure was genuinely accumulating. Coupled with missing out on further learning and building connections due to her inferior talent, Kazumi only had Xiao Hei beaten half to death out of consideration for him as a subordinate in her current retinue and a long-serving loyal subordinate who had followed her all along. But when called, it only acted obediently, unable to transform into immediate combat power.
Rubbing her temples with a slight headache, Kazumi acknowledged that the trait of the flames was indeed powerful. The curse characteristic of the soul spirit system had been completely preserved. If she could master it, it would be a very good ability. But it was already a blessing that Xiao Hei hadn’t burned itself up as new material. Potential, potential, and more potential. It was foreseeable that if Xiao Hei could fully master this new ability, its future ceiling would undoubtedly be raised. However, for Kazumi now, she didn’t want the ethereal future potential; she wanted power that could truly deal with the increasingly complex events she was getting caught up in!
“Huh?”
A crisp sound suddenly came from the kitchen. The girl’s relaxed state instantly tensed. A dimly glowing green light flickered beneath her clothes, and the half-dead Xiao Hei was once again dragged back into Kazumi’s body.
“Who, who, who?!”
A trace of vigilance flashed in her dark eyes. Kazumi’s mind raced through countless possibilities, but her body remained in a defensive state as she cautiously moved towards the kitchen, raising her right hand, ready to unleash the energy in her palm at any moment.
By the time Kazumi, full of vigilance, reached the kitchen entrance, what entered her vision was the faucet, which had been frozen by ice at some point, and in the sink, a few short words constructed from ice crystals.
“Midnight, Kyoto Base.”
