Story 17 Cursed to Infinity Chapter 2

And from atop one of the nearby buildings the first one came. A huntsman spider... One of the larger spiders naturally found in the world had drunk heavily from the outburst of mana and spiritual energy that erupted after Tengen died years ago.

A huntsman spider was typically as wide as a good-sized dinner plate and weighed only a couple of pounds but these ones... My gods. I watched with my guts twisting in my chest as a spider with its central main body, not even its legs was as large as a horse's body.

"No... Fuck that." I said with utter revulsion filling my gut and my hate for the disgusting ass spiders that came over the nearby buildings grew as I built up all the fucking disgust into my throat and then I roared out all that hate and emotion I had in me. {YOL, TOOR, SHUL}

The air in front of me and the surrounding buildings... Yeah everything within my scope of vision was on glorious purging fire! The spiders screamed as the air boiled inside of their hollowed limbs escaped their body. They violently twitched and tried to escape however they could, and even failing to leap out of the blinding flames that engulfed them.

"Powered words? Some kind of Inumaki cousin?" I heard Kamo say as I shuddered before I gagged and choked as my throat screamed in pain as the power I drew upon was patently entirely too much.

A hand patted my shoulder and I heard Kamo continue. "Alright alright, I got some honey tea I keep just in case an Inumaki clan member is with us... It can help with your throat."

He then guided me back as I held my throat with a hand as it frankly hurt rather badly but Kamo was kind as he said relaxedly. "That was really good actually, most cursed techniques, devil contracts, or otherwise demonic magic isn't that effective for wide-range stuff... I cannot help but wonder how strong you could be if you actually had your body enhanced with Cursed Energy Haha." 

I couldn't speak so I just shrugged and he pulled me back towards the group of sorcerers who were looking at me with some looks of appreciation though the darker-haired girl laughed as she realized I couldn't talk right now. "Ha! So he is like one of those Inumaki and can't talk after he uses his cursed technique?" 

I gave the darker-haired girl a look before I took out my phone and typed out a message. "I hate spiders... I kinda over did it. I should be fine soon enough though." 

Actually... I cleared my throat and grimaced at the pain but concentrating on the pain and desiring it to be removed I spoke again but in a whisper that greatly weakened the words. {Slen Daal} And my form glowed a soft glow as for a brief moment I felt more pain but under my words of Flesh, Return. I felt the raw flesh of my throat return to normal without any more pain.

But I was actually feeling rather exhausted now after these shouts. 

"Oh... Ok I am better now." I spoke as they looked at me in stunned silence and I froze.

'Shit... I forgot healers were damn near non-existent!' I thought as Miwa Kasumi the blue-haired girl excitedly asked. "Oh wow, so you have reverse cursed energy?"

But instead, Kamo said with him looking at me with a deep look. "No. That wasn't reversed cursed energy or a cursed technique at all. It was a spiritual spell of some sort." 

I just shrugged and thankfully one of the workers came out of one of the nearby homes and stores they were looting out of and yelled. "The trucks are loaded up! Is there anything else?" 

Kamo gave me another long look before shaking his head and calling back. "No, get your men into the metal pods and we will make our way back to Kyoto now!"

As the workers climbed into the beds of the trucks and semi beds, I noticed them climbing into some kind of metal-looking coffins that seemingly were locked on the inside and so I asked what they were as I followed Kamo into a military-style transport vehicle. 

The response I got was a weak smile as Kamo said with his face downcasted. "Most of our civilian workers die on the way from our looting. As the smarter animals know they can just hit one of our trucks and make off with the food we collected rather than hunting it down for themselves. So we have the workers put themselves in a semi-sealed, well-padded box to keep themselves. As safe as they can hope to be."

That explanation was all too true as I could feel eyes upon our forms as all the trucks roared the life and the convoy started up with Kamo speaking to the dark green-haired girl. "Mai, I will be outside on top of the trucks, you come with me while Kasumi watches our guest." 

My lips twitched at being babysat... But I had just shown myself as being capable of using some kind of 'spiritual art' so they obviously wanted to keep an eye on me but I noticed something. "Uh... Who is driving?" I asked blankly as the humvee was already moving but no one was in the driving seat making me feel highly uncomfortable.

With Kamo and Mai... Wait! I got it, Mai was Mai Zenin, I just remembered now. But either way my question was answered by Kasumi who sat down across from me with her sword in her lap. "Hmm, one of my classmates is using his Cursed Technique to control all the trucks actually. All the trucks are running off his Cursed Energy so we don't have to worry about fuel costs and he is able to help defend the trucks with the few weapon systems on it."

The ride was then rather quiet except for the crackle of the mic Kasumi had at her waist as Kamo reported any animals that came closer but with him using his bow and blood manipulation cursed technique he was able to fend them off. With only the sounds of gun fire ringing out from Mai coming occasionally.

"So Jake was it? What do you plan to do when you get to Kyoto? I mean... You don't plan to be homeless right?" Kasumi asked and unbidden I shuddered at the thought of living on the streets in this world.

Like, what if a dog-sized rat decided I would make a lovely meal while I was sleeping... Oh hell no!

 So after a moment of thought, I spoke up. "Well. I hope I can either work in a hospital or something using my spiritual art to heal people as that is probably the best thing I can do on short notice... As I certainly don't have any combat experience." 

And as though in denial of my words I froze as Mai expertly flipped through the window of the Humvee and landed in a seat with her saying bluntly. "Nope!" I gave her a look as she smiled and said again. "Nope! If you can heal with supernatural powers that don't curse someone or hurt them with like the costs of something like a devils contract, then Kyoto Jujutsu Tech School, the Devil Extermination Office, and the Hunters Office can and will literally kill one another to snatch your ass up."

Mai Zenin leaned in with a wide smile and said. "So... Do everyone a favor and join us at Jujutsu Tech, as we have the strongest people in our group, and we unlike the government and the psycho hunters won't try to micro-manage your life!"

I gave her a long look before looking at Kasumi who nodded hurriedly and said. "She is definitely right! I mean Jujutsu Sorcercers as a whole are stronger than people who made devil contracts but... Uhm yeah, we wouldn't restrict you as much as the other groups would, and you can actually make some friends with us?" She finished kinda awkwardly with Mai giggling at how she floundered on how to sell Jujutsu Tech to me.

And in the end as Kamo came back into the humvee I was worn down by the two girls who told me in the end. I would be able to actually learn from Jujutsu Sorcerers rather than just being thrown into the meat grinder like the government devil and curse killers were thrown into the deep end.

And the Hunters Guild... That was a group of pyscho's who made contracts with devils who hunted dragons, curses, and animals that became too powerful and they needed to be culled before they continued to breed stronger animals.

As Kasumi told me a horror story about a bear who somehow learned how to open a domain... And it's domain was a cheat that allowed him to gain the strength of whatever he killed inside of his domain while on the other end, whoever killed him would get all the strength he accumulated.

And the descendants of that damned bear who somehow impregnated more than a hundred other female bears by killing every other male bear he came across in its tear of terror in the countryside for a couple of years numbered in the thousands at this point. And they all had inherited the stupidly powerful physical might their father had even if they hadn't shown the ability to use domain expansion yet.