It all starts now.

'Let's review the document one more time.'

Curse name: Hole

Location: Kyoto

Description: Its appearance is completely black and the place where its head should be is replaced by a spinning black hole. Hence the name.

Its body shape is similar to a humans however it lacks any detail. It is similar to a rough sketch of the human body.

Notes: Based on the evidence we have, it's assumed the cursed technique is creating small holes in reality. The limit is unknown.

So far 28 sorcerers have died. Two of the unfortunate victims were grade one. It was then moved up a grade after that.

Grade: Special Grade

"You ready?" I glance at the familiar escort next to me.

"Yeah." I fold up the document and hand it to him. "We'll arrive in a few minutes. I can't suddenly run away now." The man I met yesterday nods in response.

"It's theorised the reason why it appeared was beacuse of an accident 7 years ago."

"A massive sinkhole appeared and killed over a hundred non-sorcerers. I know." I finish his sentence for him. 'Okay. We're here.'

Our location is Kyoto downtown. I look to my right to see my 'escort' has already moved far away. 'Time to get started.'

"Emerge from the darkness, blacker than darkness. Purify that which is impure."

The bright blue sky soon turns a horrid black and the street bustling with people is now akin to a ghost town. I wait patiently for the curse to appear.

The ground under me feels deeper and my hair moves up slightly. 'I'm falling.' I realise this fact calmly.

I seemingly teleport out of the sinkhole and appear a few meters away. 'Is the curse under me? Or at a distance?' This time I decide to move around at a fast pace.

Holes appear behind me. Trying to catch up but can't. Then a sinkhole starts to materialize in front of me. I soar over it.

'This is getting tiresome. I need to find the curse.' I try hard to find a specific cursed energy that isn't my 'escort'.

'Nothing.' I drop through the ground. 'This is all I can do for now.' I keep falling endlessly. It feels like an infinite abyss despite the fact that the fall barely lasted two minutes.

My body soon embraces a surface that feels rather disgusting to touch. I get up quickly. 'Either I'm really deep underground or I'm in another location entirely beacuse I can no longer sense my 'escort.'

Silence is the only sound that reaches my ears. 'The shadows in front of me are moving.' I tense up slightly and soon a spinning black hole is visible but at the same time, not. The image feels blurry.

"My next dinner has already been prepared." I guess that fits. Within an instant my eyes are inches away from...its hole eyes?

It gasps. In a way a hole could which doesn't make too much sense but whatever. 'I'm glad Sachi taught me this. Creating a small explosion at my feet to move extremely fast.'

I draw my weapon and strike at its ebony body. My katana only slices through the air. My body ducks down quickly. I can feel a cool breeze skitter above my neck.

'If it's too fast, all that has to happen is for me, to catch it off guard.' I leap up and use my katana.

A fierce arc filled with cursed energy is sent in all directions around me. Crack! 'On my left.' Using the technique Sachi taught me, I move to that location.

I'm about to use my katana once again until I feel it detach from my body. 'Actually, my entire right arm fell off.' A massive hole formed in the middle of my arm.

I send cursed energy to my ripped arm and separate it to the right and left. Then I utilize my technique to multiply it and my arm regrows within a few short moments.

'I gotta touch the ground to reach my katana.' I glance at my floating opponent before I dash back to the vile floor.

"Doesn't matter if you run. All will be consumed by me eventually." I ignore the curse's words. A hole appears in my leg that disappeared soon after.

I grab my katana whilst taking my former arm off it. 'It doesn't seem to take this fight seriously. I guess that works to my advantage.'

I clutch my blade tightly and glare at the curse above me. 'If it uses its domain then it is totally over for me. But there is one way I can prevent that.'

In one quick burst I'm already behind the curse. 'Either this curse is slow among special grades or this technique can keep up with one.'

I bring my sword to its swirling head. However, I quickly remove it and look at my lightly chipped blade.

'The tip of my blade has erased. I guess it works the same way as the attack.' The black hole on its head spins faster. I heal my torso from the sudden dent in it.

"You should rejoice in the inevitable." Hhmmm. 'Is the reason why it acts calmly beacuse it knows I can't touch it?' I shrink back to the ground.

'How do I touch it?' I look closer at the entity. A spiraling black hole for a head and now that I scan it thoroughly. 'I see small black holes everywhere!'

I let out a long sigh. 'This is not even the curse itself. I think? It's just a technique.' I start to look in all directions. The 'curse' just silently watches me. It clearly feels confident even knowing I have RCT.

'This entire place has cursed energy?Actually, it just feels like that.' I make sure the 'curse' is still not trying anything.

'Only me, 'curse' and the ground have cursed energy. Right! The ground.' In contrast to my thoughts I don't look down. I also send RCT to my bleeding shoulder.

Once again using calculation my body jumps towards the curse whilst sending a slash full of RCT. 'Is the massive ground actually the curse?'

This time it chose to dodge. "Even if you grow more limbs it will only aid in giving me a fuller stomach." Just ignore the worthless taunts.

As expected I fall to the ground again. 'The ground is the curse. That's why it feels so disgusting to be on. But how did this happen?'

I resume my staring. 'It has not bothered to attack. Is it stalling? For wha-' I quickly look behind me.

The area seems a little smaller. 'So the curse is literally a sinkhole waiting to swallow me whole.' Now the question is....

'How do I exorcise it?'