8: New look

Seeing that this group of hunters was doing so badly with the monster, Amaterasu made up his mind.

"Groundbreak" Amaterasu decided to intervene in the fight, he was not so heartless as to leave the poor hunters to their fate, especially when it was very easy for him to deal with the problem.

After casting his magic, the ground in the area where the monster was covered with black flames completely devoured the magical monster, leaving not even ashes of the animal. The hunters around the monster were in shock.

"This is mid-level magic, level 2 fire fist: Groundbreak, but who?" said a burly man who was the captain of this group by how he coordinated them earlier.

"Unbelievable, he burned it to the bone with one move" commented a handsome long-haired guy in amazement.

"That's black fire captain?!" asked a young girl weakly.

"What a terrible power, just seeing it sent shivers down my spine" commented another of the young women in the group.

"This... captain, it was that man over there" said a stout, bald little man while pointing at Amaterasu.

All the rest of the group followed with their eyes to the place where the bald man was pointing, until they saw a man with a straw hat and black tunic that made him look very somber.

"Excuse me, sir, were you the one who helped us just now, if so I want to thank you," a beautiful black-haired, blue-eyed woman said briskly.

"Oh, yes, but there is nothing to thank, I was just passing by and saw that you were having a hard time so I decided to intervene, it's a pity that there was nothing left of the body so you could earn some silver with it, I apologize for that" replied Amaterasu.

"No it can't be, it's you, you're Master Amaterasu of the Imperial Capital Hunters Alliance aren't you?" asked the euphoric group captain.

"Yes it's me, I didn't think I was so well known that they have heard of me in a small town like Bo City."

"Captain do you know him by any chance?" asked a faint voice belonging to another female member of the group.

"Of course, I know him, anyone who calls himself a respected hunter knows of him, Amaterasu, the current two-star master hunter, an anonymous master hunter who in just two years of joining the Hunters Alliance became a one-star Master Hunter, leaving an almost unbeatable time record to achieve in all of China and it is not known if the world, is famous and recognized in China for his black fire magic which he calls amaterasu, it is said that what the black fire amaterasu touches burns without leaving even ashes. A few years ago he went through a string of problems for his hidden identity along with his dress very similar to that of the Black Vatican, which led him to have to deal with important members of the trial room of the Magic Association, who demanded to know his identity and all personal information of this with the excuse that they believed he could be part of the Black Vatican for a certain event that is not spoken, then the Union of Hunters of the Imperial Capital intervened in his defense, appealing that they had no evidence and that the case they were talking about had been all a misunderstanding, plus the identity of an anonymous hunter could not be demanded unless there is a valid proof for such a request, thanks to this after a few weeks of discussion an agreement was reached in which Master Amaterasu would stop taking missions until the matter was settled, but once the problem was resolved if he were to win the case, Sir. Amaterasu would erase any suspicions the magic association's courtroom may have had of him."

"Well... So that story leaked to the public, although it's strange that there are still people who remember me 5 years, after all, that happened" said Amaterasu a little surprised, although he was amused by the part of the Hunters Union, if it wasn't for the amount of money I generated for them with that 25% they earned for each of my missions for being an anonymous hunter, plus the obvious repercussion it would have on all the anonymous hunters of the Hunter's Union in case I was banned from my confidentiality, if it wasn't for all this, I'm sure they wouldn't have lifted a finger.

"My goodness, you mean he is like a star as far as hunters are concerned...fabulous" said the bald man in amazement.

"Well, Sir. Amaterasu, he's a legend to hunters in general, his record in the Hunters Union plus a perfect percentage of mission completion of all kinds along with the unique fire magic called amaterasu that can burn anything with enough time, he's quite the celebrity in his own right, although it's a pity he had to wait 3 years to be able to do hunting missions again and those damn guys in the Magic Association's Judgement room washed their hands after that, really outrageous" said the captain very excited and a bit irritated by the behavior of the Magic Association's members.

"WOW" exclaimed everyone very surprised and full of respect for this man who had such an incredible track record.

"Yes Yes, and to think that we could meet someone so strong, it's almost a dream" the handsome guy with long hair said enthusiastically.

"Don't say that, it's nothing as impressive as that, well, now that I'm done here I better get going, good luck gentlemen and ladies" Amaterasu greeted turning around to leave.

"This....Master Amaterazu!" called out quickly the young woman who had earlier than thanked him for helping them.

Turning around Amaterasu saw the young woman and she looked vaguely familiar, but he couldn't place so he just asked "Yes? What do you need miss..... .mmm... Excuse me, what is your name?"

"My name is Caitang, an ice-type mage. I belong to the city's demon-hunting team....I-I.... wanted to know if you would do my Mu family the honor of going as a guest of honor to the party hosted by the family to celebrate the admission to the Empire Magic University of the 15-year-old daughter of the head of the Mu family" Answered Caitang quickly and haltingly who was showing signs of blushing and embarrassment as he spoke, as she looked at the man wearing a straw hat and a black robe, she wished with all her heart that he was, she was impressed by the man's tremendous strength and more so now that she knew the man's backstory, he was quite a star in China and she is a person who worships the strong.

"Caitang? Mmmmm Does that name sound familiar????" wondered Amaterasu to himself "She seems to be from the Mu family and from her physical figure now I think I remember her, right, the girl from the hunter team from the beginning of Mago Versatile, I had forgotten about that group of hunters, it seems to be them, I see why they sounded a little familiar."

Amaterasu thought about it and after reconsidering he agreed, if a beautiful woman took the initiative to ask him to go to a party of his family as a guest of honor he couldn't refuse her, not only am I not giving face to his family but as a gentlemanly person I am it would be very rude to refuse such a woman, next on the list is to get the contact number.

"Well, I'm not entirely sure about that..." he said playing hard to get until he saw how depressed the girl looked and quickly said, "Well, I guess I can stay a while longer in Bo City."

"YES!" exclaimed Caintang triumphantly.

"Can I have your phone number?" asked Caitang until she realized her mistake and embarrassed tried to explain "Ju-Just to pass on the party information to you, not for other reasons, although I would love to have your number and maybe we could have a drink sometime or..." when she started to ramble on her words Amaterasu decided to speak up so she wouldn't keep torturing herself the poor girl.

"Here's my phone number, you can write me and pass me all the information over there" after saying that and reaching for a card with her contact as Amaterasu, he decided to go rest at a hotel and then wait for the day of the party organized by the Mu family.

After finding a hotel where to stay, Tom Curi could finally take off his Amaterasu costume and rest.

The next morning Tom Curi woke up to the sound of the phone ringing and out of habit he grabbed his everyday phone and saw that this was not the phone that was ringing because all the messages he had were from yesterday and not today, so he looked for the phone he uses as Amaterasu, in which he has very few contacts and in which he rarely receives messages, When he saw the inbox he found several messages from Caitang saying several unimportant things and then explaining the situation of the Mu family party, Caitang also mentioned that she had informed the head of the Mu family of his possible presence at the party and that he was very interested in meeting him, he assured that his treatment would be like that of a guest of honor for the family and that he would be delighted that he would be present.

At that moment Tom Curi remembered that in a moment of horniness he had passed his contact to the attractive woman of the group of hunters and that in addition, he had told her that he was going to go to the celebration of his Mu family.

"Shit, shit, how can I pass Amaterasu's contact to anyone, that number is not for everyday use, damn it. Damn Jiang Tu this is all your fault, if you hadn't forbidden me to go out and have fun while I was at the military academy now I wouldn't have so many libido problems, when I come back you'll see what awaits you" complained Tom Curi and decided to blame his good brother Jiang Tu.

In the northern part of China outside the military academy was Ai Jiang Tu facing a group of magical Monsters with other fellow academy members.

"Everything okay Ai Jiang Tu?" asked one of his classmates.

"Eh, yeah, yeah, I just had a bad premonition, we better go back to the academy to rest" said Jiang Tu who had a chill and for some reason thought of his bastard brother Tom.

Returning to Tom Curi, now he was in a complicated situation, this is because he had never attended a celebration as Amaterasu and his costume was not very suitable for such meetings, although he could go dressed in the black robe, straw hat, and balaclava, it could be considered disrespectful to the Mu family to attend with his hunting clothes and not more formal.

For this reason, Tom began to think about what he could do, currently as Amaterasu despite having the support of the Hunter's Union, there were also many in the association of magicians who had problems with him, so it was not convenient for him to make an enemy of a powerful family as is the Mu family, he had to find a way to go without showing his identity and at the same time not to disrespect the head of the Mu family.

"Shit, what a problem, I should have made an excuse at the time, now it's too late to repent, with the head of the family extending the invitation himself it complicates the situation, besides according to what Caitang said, the celebration is in only a week" Tom complained

"I curse my damned libido and my damned need to flirt with beautifuls women, it seems that my grandfather was right in that someday he was going to hit me against me," Tom said to himself "Well, if I can't go with my usual costume because it is not formal it is easy what I have to do, I have to make a new costume, besides a change of appearance is not bad for Amaterasu, since he was 10 years old he uses the same costume, he is already 17 years old, maybe it is time for a change if I remember correctly at the time I chose that costume so they couldn't identify my height, age, or facial features, but now I'm already 1.77 m tall and as much as I can keep growing, it won't be a substantial change for me to worry about, As for age, I can pretend I'm between 24 years old and facial features can be hidden so they can't identify me, yes, that's what I'm going to do, I'm a genius" Tom congratulated himself and went immediately to buy what he would need for his new appearance as Amaterasu.

One week later.

A few hours before the start of the Mu family party, Tom Curi was in his hotel room with everything needed for Amaterasu's makeover.

"Well, everything is ready, now we just need to see how it looks" said Tom.

Looking at himself in the mirror he began to make the touch-ups, the first thing was the clothes, he decided to wear a formal black suit to which he had made some touch-ups so that they bordered Amaterasu flames as in his tunic, then he went to the hair, he decided to hide it completely and for that, he had bought the processed skin of a Commander level magical animal Parasite, that has the effect of adhering and molding to human skin and can hide perfectly what you want, without leaving traces, unless one destroys the skin, it is impossible to recognize it, in this case, Tom had planned to use the skin to cover his hair and look bald, after doing this step to give the last touch needed, dark glasses to cover his eyes, with all this ready, the new appearance of Amaterasu was ready.

"Unbelievable, not even my grandfather would recognize me with this look, this animal parasite skin works wonders" said Tom Curi as he looked at his new appearance in the mirror of the hotel room.

The Animal Parasite is a magical monster that usually masquerades as a man during the day and at night takes off its skin and then infects other people. To disinfect people one must kill the skin of the beast, then the infected person remains alive.

"Well, I guess I'm ready for the celebration then," said Tom happily about his amazing work on his new look.