Cursed Object (Edited)
[A/N: Rejoice! For I, have uploaded a 2.7k words! It's nothing impressive, but I hope you guys will like it. Also, please don't comment those who knows what I'm planning due to the hints I left here and there.]
After getting all the ordered packages full of chapters of two manga that he liked very much to the point he buys all chapters and wait for the new chapters.
After he arranged the all the chapters in his shelf, he put up a small invisible veil he learned from Silver. The veil's name was direct to its ability, Concealment Barrier.
Concealment Barrier is an invisible barrier that hides cursed energy from leaking out no matter how much or how strong the energy is. And as a harmless drawback, it can only cover 10-meter cube at maximum size while the smallest can be as small as 10 centimeters. However, this barrier cannot be moved nor will follow that object it was covering.
He opened his bag and pulled out a box. Opening it, it revealed a talisman wrapped around it. The talisman wasn't that strong since he just learned on making one, so it could only hide it against weak curses and jujutsu sorcerers below average grade 2.
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Silver explained, "A cursed object is a curse that still exists with physical form. They are either curses that have yet to take form, a curse that took a form of an object, or residuals of a previous strong cursed spirit and took form as a physical object. Cursed objects can get stronger each passing day, little by little, like Sukuna's fingers."
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Ryū wondered what to do, "Should I eat it? No, maybe not. The author stated that Sukuna's fingers tastes like soap. Does that mean Ryōmen Sukuna knows proper hygiene? Jokes aside, I don't think eating Sukuna's finger would be a good idea right now. I'm not even sure if I could withstand it and not die by consuming it."
"You can also give it to me for safekeeping." A familiar voice sounded in his room.
"Ah!" When Ryū saw who it was, he calmed down.
"Can you not scare me like that?"
"I've been here for seconds and you didn't even notice me." Silver replied coolly like a certain masked man. "You know, I don't recommend to eat that. You have potential to become a special-grade sorcerer, but you've got to work your way up many times more. Talent? Who needs talent? Zen'itsu was able to master one move and used it to its maximum potential which proved to be enough to match Upper 6 even without crimson nichirin blade nor a demon slayer mark. Gotta respect one-trick pony sometimes."
"Heh, yeah... Denki-jiji also entrusted me the Thunder Breathing Style. So, I guess he also saw my potential, eh?" Ryū commented.
"You really gotta respect the old man for having a sharp eye for seeing potentials. Also, why don't you try finding something in the Kamado residence?" Silver suggested as he took the finger from Ryū.
"Do you think my family have connections to jujutsu world?"
"No, I don't think so. Your family seems more like have connections to the people itself in jujutsu world. However, that's just my speculation and theory. I might be wrong, but I rarely get such results..."
"Anyway, what should I do for the next few days?"
"Why don't you skip school year and graduate early? I know you are much smarter and is at slightly above average college student brain. After you do that, I'm sure your mother will be proud of you." Silver spoke with his calm voice.
"Hm... I think, I should."
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Through out the next year, he managed to graduate faster because of his intellect. Being a reincarnated person does have some perks if ever your memories are intact. One of those is that you can graduate early or advance in school.
⟨February 1, 2013⟩
Ryū is now the one who will perform the ❲Hinokami Kagura❳ this year as his father is still the one who dances. As for the reason why, he thought it was because he never told them that he wants to be the one dancing from sunset to sunrise. However, that's not the reason. It is because that the real hanafuda earrings are kept in a secured and safe place in Mount Kumotori.
In the wide traditional house, Ryū can be seen looking around the treasure room where his family have collected. One of them were probably older than a hundred years. Actually, one of them is almost 500 years.
He's looking at a black blade with flame-shaped tsuba (guard) and its appearance shows that this katana in front of him is still as sharp as ever. Even though he has no experience as a swordsmith, he is a swordsman who knows that his talent is lacking, his skills are not yet mastered, therefore he knew that this sword was crafted with utmost skill and talent.
He's jealous of those who have talent and skills, but he won't let them be on top. Mysteriously, something inside Ryū that even he didn't know has finally opened.
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Meanwhile, on top of a snowy mountain, Silver sat at the peak in meditating position with a smirk.
"You've finally unlocked a percentage of your potential. That may seem small, but that is more than enough. Congratulations, you're now a grade 1 jujutsu sorcerer, but you're still between Hinoe and Hinoto, though."
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"Ryūjin!" The voice of his mother called him.
Ryū turned around, "Hm? What is it, kā-san?"
"It's time for you to dance. I know you can dance well, but don't push yourself to dance for 10 hours."
"I will... dance."
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Poles with burning flames above are formed to make a circle, while in the middle, a young boy wearing red, gold, and orange colored clothes, wearing a headband with a cloth in front of his face with a kanji for fire, and was holding an ornamental wooden sword with bells attached just right below the handle.
This is Ryū, who is now going to perform ❲Hinokami Kagura❳ as a tradition. He also learned that the requirements to acquire the original Hanafuda earrings is to dance from sunset 'til sunrise.
He danced.
For the first half, he only did the traditional dance, a simplified version that was only meant for dancing, not fighting demons.
While he was dancing for the first half, his uncles, aunts, even his grandfather, his siblings, and his parents all commented on his skill on dancing ❲Hinokami Kagura❳.
"Wow, Ryū-nii is really good at dancing! I think he is better than tō-chan (Dad)!" Sumihiko commented with admiration.
"..." Kanata didn't spoke, but he was wearing a small smile on his face.
"Of course, he's good! He's my son, you know!" Monjirō said proudly with a hearty laugh.
"Does that mean, you're admitting defeat when it comes to dancing skillfully?" Sanae, Ryū's mother, said.
"What? Of course, not!" Monjirō didn't want to accept defeat so he used the excuse that he have more experience.
When Ryū finished halfway 'til sunrise, he started to spice things up. He took a breath— flames ignited at the corner of his mouth, in one vertical slash— flames came out, striking in an arc.
[A/N: Omae wa mou shindeiru!]
"NANI?!"
[A/N: Kenshiro's meme for the win. (lol)]
He first used ❲Dance❳, and then he jumped up and made a vertical spin with ❲Azure Heaven❳. Landing on his foot after the last form, he continued with ❲Scorching Crimson Mirror❳, then he did a high-speed twist with ❲Parhelion Rainbow❳ and left an afterimage which slowly faded as he jumped forward, making it look like he was at a two places. With both of his hands on the sword and swung it down, making a circle of flames with ❲Fire Wheel❳. Next, he spun his sword in circular motion creating a cyclone of fire with ❲Bone Burning Sun❳. With the sword readied in front of him, he thrusted forward with ❲Sunflower Thrust❳. Instead of charging forward, he just swung his sword covered in heat with ❲Soaring Flame Haze❳. He backflipped next and delivered a upended slash with ❲The Setting Sun❳ and quickly used ❲Beneficient Radiance❳ as he spirals into the air, creating a vortex of flames. After that, his movement became aggressive as a dragon took form from the flames being erupted from the ornamental sword, moving like a soaring dragon and doing some circular spins with ❲Solar Halo Dragon Dance❳. And finally, he unleashed a two-combo strike starting with a vertical slash quickly followed by a horizontal one known as ❲Flame Dance❳.
❲Soaring Flame Haze❳, ❲Solar Halo Dragon Dance❳, ❲Sunflower Thrust❳, ❲Scorching Crimson Mirror❳, ❲Parhelion Rainbow❳, ❲Dance❳, ❲Flame Dance❳, ❲Beneficient Radiance❳, ❲Bone Burning Sun❳, ❲Fire Wheel❳, ❲The Setting Sun❳, ❲Azure Heaven❳.
❲The Setting Sun❳, ❲Flame Dance❳, ❲Beneficient Radiance❳, ❲Fire Wheel❳, ❲Parhelion Rainbow❳, ❲Dance❳, ❲Azure Heaven❳, ❲Scorching Crimson Mirror❳, ❲Soaring Flame Haze❳, ❲Sunflower Thrust❳, ❲Bone Burning Sun❳, ❲Solar Halo Dragon Dance❳.
The 13th form is already being used, albeit small increase in power as Ryū is not using it consciously.
He continued with different patterns, different forms one after another. He danced and danced as he finally managed to dance until the sun rose and shined upon Ryū who just did a horizontal slash and then pulled it back with his right leg raised along with his right arm just right above his knee.
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"How did you do that?""That's impossible!""I think, this is just a dream!""This is too good to be true!"
Many had voiced their shock after Ryū have finished dancing until sunrise with different combinations, resulting in 26,611 forms that he executed (doubled including the first 5 hours), 12 forms in succession, and different combinations without repetition. This meant that he did 1.4784 forms per second in 5 hours.
Normally, he could have been faster, but he didn't want to because of one reason. His family won't keep up with his speed, so he have to slow it down so they can see the true ❲Hinokami Kagura❳.
After dancing, when he was asked questions, he just smiled and didn't say anything.
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After taking a rest, he is now up and ready to go. He only need 3 hours of sleep, but more like a nap, because he was using ❲Total Concentration❳ to put all oxygen to his heart so his stamina would keep up and without needing to distribute it throughout the body as the heart is already doing that work, he just made his heart pump faster so it would keep up. Nevertheless, if this life was a game, he would have thought that he only spent 20% of his Mana Points continuously for 5 hours. That's impressive, isn't it?
When Ryū stood up, he stretched his body a little as he no longer used ❲Total Concentration❳ that's why he can now feel his muscles a little bit sore. He took a shallow breathe to soothe his muscles a little since it doesn't get in the way, but he's not a masochist to like the feeling of his body being sore.
When he got out of the room, he greeted a lot of servants, all who have bright smiles as if their work wasn't heavy even if they are indeed very busy with chores. After all, they were treated properly with decent income.
One of the servant spoke to him, "Ryūjin-sama, Monjirō-sama wants you to go to the family's treasure room."
Ryū nodded with a smile as he said, "Thanks for informing me! Take care!"
When Ryū said "take care", all the servants nearby all have big smiles on their faces and became more active in doing their work, knowing that the next family head would be as kind as the previous one in the future.
Ryū walked through the hallway and finally reached the family treasure room. It was a room with the biggest doors, doors that is made of what seem to be an old wood. As he entered, his eyes met his parents' eyes.
He stopped in front of his parents who have a proud look.
His father spoke first, "At first, I didn't believed what my old man told me about Hinokami Kagura. He said that it was a dance used to fight demons, a style that was disguised as a dance. I never believed it until I saw you do it. I don't know what exactly to say other than this— I'm proud of you, my son!"
Monjirō hugged Ryū and then released him afterwards.
Next is his mother, "In the first place, I never cared if you won't succeed, but you made me proud by your actions. Also, I'm proud to have a genius son! You advanced a few grades because you're a genius!"
"Ehem! Anyway, since you are the only one who managed to dance for 10 hours straight without slowing down based on me and chichiue's¹ observation, you are the rightful person to wear these real Hanafuda earrings." Monjirō showed Ryū the earrings.
Ryū removed his replica earring and took the original ones. When he touched them, he felt a surge of cursed energy flowing through them. Because of that, he took a few seconds to observe it and decided to wear it.
After doing so, he felt that this earring is a cursed tool but slightly felt like a cursed object as well. He was very confused.
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When he got back Sendai, he informed them that he will moved in to Tokyo to study there. He also promised that he will visit them each year and will stay for about 2-3 weeks because he will be busy at studying too. Wasuke and Yūji agreed, but Yūji was the most affected because if Ryū goes away, he won't have a person whom he can call brother by his side.
"Don't worry, Yūji. Even if we're apart, we're still brothers by bond." Ryū told Yūji this. "Also, I have a week to prepare, so let's have some fun before I go.
For the next 5 days, Ryū and Yūji both traveled around Sendai to either look around, eat foods, or go ghost hunting trip. Yūji can't still see curses despite taking him to places with curses. Although he could have tried to fight the grade 2 cursed spirit, he didn't want to as it will serve for the future Yūji to become Sukuna's vessel and it's the reason why they will meet in the future, and he doesn't have time to teach Yūji because he was busy exorcising curses.
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Ryū was about to pack his things early in the morning when he sensed a person behind him. A man stood 6-foot 3-inch tall, black wavy hair that transitioned to red near the tips of his hair, wearing a traditional clothes and a katana on the left side of his hip. The katana's hilt is circular shaped with 4 indentations, with a black center and a golden border.
The man spoke, "Hm... You slightly looked like me..."
Ryū just stared at the man with wide eyes in shock and awe. He knew who is this man, but not all about him. The only thing that is worth mentioning is he is the LEGENDARY Demon Slayer who easily overwhelmed Muzan, quickly slitted his brother's neck even before he could draw his sword.
The man asked, "What is your name?"
He answered, "Kamado Ryūjin."
"Kamado? I see..."
"Huh?"
"I am not a soul. I'm...a spirit of some sort. I am not the real Tsugikuni Yoriichi. I can feel an energy made from hatred, anger, and fear." Yoriichi paused a little before saying, "Kibutsuji Muzan?"
Then, Yoriichi suddenly looked at Ryū. "Is Muzan still alive?"
"No, he's dead...for good."
Yoriichi showed a smile, albeit small, it's still a smile nonetheless.
Then, Yoriichi became flames and seems to fly into the direction of Ryū's head, or rather, to his Hanafuda earrings.
Confused as to how this happened, he decided to ignore it for now and prepared his things...along with all the manga he ordered online.
Soon, he left. Yūji is crying, his nose full of snot. But Ryū gave him headpats to calm him down.
"Calm down already! You guys now have Wi-Fi because of just taking care of me, right? Use that to talk with me. And I assume you already have an account, yes?" Ryū asked.
Yūji nodded as he wipes his tears away.
"Goodbye is not forever, brother."
And then he left.