Chapter 4

In the soft embrace of morning light, a young boy, around four years old, stirred from his dreams. His coal-black hair, like a midnight cascade, framed his peaceful face. 

As his emerald green eyes gently opened, they sparkled with the innocence and curiosity that accompanied the dawn of a new day.

"Haah..." The boy let out a tired sigh and dragged himself out of his bed. He brushed his teeth and splashed water on his face to wake himself up. 

-[Daily Quest Generated: Perform these exersizes]- 

-[Perform these exercises: 

0/100 Pull-Ups 

0/100 Sit-Ups 

0/10 Kilometer Run]- 

-[Rewards: Slight increase in physical stats. Failure: Failure of quest 'Hard work beats Talent']- 

As soon as the boy left the bathroom he was greeted by his daily quest.

"I just arrived here last night, at least let me rest for a day" Ryusei complained as he looked at his new apartment. 

It was a small apartment in a questionable environment. It had a single bedroom with a small kitchen and some space for a living room. It also had a small balcony watching over the busy market below.

Ryusei casually stood on the balcony observing the people working below. 

"Even Tokyo has places like these eh" Ryusei muttered to himself. 

"and they say countryside people like me are short-sighted" 

"then again I only read about discrimination in mangas," Ryusei thought to himself as leaned on the wall. 

"Well better get to it, I should get to be familiar with the surroundings as well" Ryusei muttered as left his apartment to start his daily exercise. 

Wearing some casual clothes Rysei started to jog around the area of his apartment. 

Despite being considered a slum in Tokyo the nearby area was really clean, the only reason it was considered a slum was the poor quality of buildings and an everlasting amount of homeless. 

"fuuuu~" Ryusei released a deep breath as he sat on the ground. He had been exercising for hours and it was afternoon already. 

-[Daily Quest Completed: Perform these exersizes]- 

-[Perform these exercises: 

100/100 Pull-Ups 

100/100 Sit-Ups 

15/10 Kilometer Run]- 

-[Rewards: Slight increase in physical stats. 

Strength: E- -> E

Agility: E- -> E+ 

Endurance: EE -> EEE-]- 

'Of all my stats only endurance is the one that grows exponentially after every daily quest.' Ryusei thought to himself. 

'However this time there is a greater increase in agility today...so it means that over-performing will increase the stats gained' 

'This park is about 5 kilometers away from the apartment, it's perfect to complete my daily tasks' Ryusei thought to himself as gathered his bearings and left. 

On his walk back Ryusei admired the bustling life of the city. People were everywhere some racing to work, some racing for work, and some racing to get work. 

'The city is so active, it is a jump from the farmlands' 

𝐬𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐟 

𝐬𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐟

While passing by an alleyway a unique scent captivated Ryusei's nose. Following the enticing scent Ryusei now stood in front of a small food stand. 

"Fancy seeing you here," Takana said as he tapped on Ryusei's shoulder. 

"Takana-san? what are you doing here?" Ryusei questioned. 

"Well I live around this area too" Takana responded. "Since today was a half day I was returning right now" 

"I see do you know about this place?" Ryusei questioned as he looked at the small stand in front of him. 

"Know it? it's my favorite place to eat" Takana responded and he dragged Ryusein inside. 

"If it isn't my number one customer!" A rough voice greeted the two as Ryusei looked at the man in front of him. 

"Yama-jiii!" Takana responded while waving his hands. 

Yama Yugi was an elderly man possibly in his mid 60's he had white hair and a slim body. 

"Oh? who's the little friend?" Yama questioned looking at Ryusei. 

"He is family, my late sister's son" Takan responded as he took a seat. 

"I see, I am sorry for your loss," Yama said as he closed his eyes and chanted a short prayer. 

"Haha, no need to do that, she was gone for a while luckily we found out about him through some connections," Takana said with a nervous laugh. 

"What do you mean no need boy!" Yama scolded "Dead a day ago, or dead a decade ago must be respected" 

"right, right," Takana said trying to steer away from the conversation. 

"Anyways, he is Ryusei. Say hello to Grandpa Ryusei" Takana said as he pushed Rysei onto one of the seats. 

Seeing Takana's attitude Ryusei merely raised his eye. 

"Haah~, Nice to meet you Yama-jii" After releasing a sigh Ryusei greeted the old man who smiled back at him. 

"Nice to meet you too kiddo, so wanna have the usual?" Yama questioned as he turned to Takana. 

"Ya know it, make it tonkatsu for me and narutomaki for the kiddo" Takana ordered and the old man started preparing their bowls. 

'tonkatsu and narutomaki? so this is a ramen place? how would one even know it is one?' Ryusei thought to himself as he looked around the small shop but there were no signs or menu, only some small cups holding chopsticks. 

"Don't underestimate this place brat, despite the shabby looks this place has some decent food" Takana boasted. 

"What you mean by shabby looks and decent food eh!? This place has the best ramen in all of Tokyo!" Yama yelled as presented two bowls of ramen in front of the two. 

"This smells delicious" Ryusei exclaimed as he grabbed a pair of chopsticks. 

"Thank you for the meal" With that Ryusei and Takana started to devour their ramen bows. 

In less than a minute the two were finished with their bowls. 

"You two a really related eh?" Yama commented looking at two trying to inhale every bit of the ramen. 

-[FP: + 20]- 

"In what regard" Two responded at the same time. 

"You eat like pigs, hold on let me pull out another bowl," Yama said. 

"Heh, he called ya a little pig" Takana commented as he pointed his chopsticks at Ryusei. 

"So what he called you a big fat pig" Ryusei responded. 

"Stop fighting!" Yama yelled as he produced another bowl in front of the two of them. 

-[Host as consumed a hearty meal]- 

-[Buff: Battle Ready]- 

-[Endurance: EEE- -> EEE]-

"Fuuu~" Ryusei released a satisfactory breath as he looked at the system notification. 

'Turns out simple daily actions can also give small buffs' 

"How much is it again old man" Takana asked. 

"This one is on the house, consider it me showing respect to the dead" Yama answered. 

"Don't say it like that old man, here take a 1000" Takana answered as put forward 1000 yen. 

"Fine, fine" The old man responded as he accepted the cash. 

"Anyways we will be on our way, say hello to Mrs. Yugi for me," Takana said as he and Ryusei took their leave. 

"almost forgot, Yaga-sensei said he will pay a visit to you at about 6, he will tell you what to do and what to expect so be ready" Takana informed Ryusei as the two parted ways. 

"At 6? It should be about 3 right now" Ryusei muttered as he looked at the position of the sun. 

It was in fact not 3:00 PM at the moment. 

'I have some more time to stray around' He thought and started to sway with the wind. 

----

After a couple of hours of wandering around Ryusei had finally returned to his apartment building. 

Walking up the stairs he saw a man standing in front of his door. 

The man was tall and had a muscular build. He was wearing a black jacket, black pants, and black shoes. 

"Do I know you?" Ryusei questioned as he looked at the man in front of him. 

"I am Yaga, a first-year teacher at Jujtsu High Tokyo," Yaga introduced himself to Ryusei. 

"ahh, Yaga-sensei. Takana told me a lot about you" Ryusei said as he opened the door to his apartment and welcomed Yaga in. 

"Hmm," Yaga didn't respond and sat on a chair. 

Pouring a cup of water for Yaga, Ryusei sat in front of him. 

"I will ask the important things first," Yaga said. 

"That-" 

"Why do you wish to be a sorcerer" Yaga cut off Ryusei's words and looked at him in the eyes. 

"To bring order," Ryusei responded truthfully feeling the seriousness of the situation. 

"and how do you wish to do that?" 

"The strong becomes justice" Ryusei responded. 

"and my final question..." 

"Why do you wish to bring order ?" 

"...It's simply something that I must do" Ryusei responded. 

-[FP: +20]- 

"...It is as Takana said, you don't act your age. Every Year from now I will ask you the same question" Yaga stated. "This will continue until I get the real answers" 

"This is the real answer" Ryusei responded. 

"You lack experience, trying to become a hero in a world of demons...learn and broaden your horizon only then will you be able to answer this" Yaga stated. 

"Anyways, do you wish to join regular schools or do you wish to self-study till you are of age to join?" Yaga asked. 

"...I would rather self-study, school...would be a waste of time" Ryusei responded. 

"I see, here take this phone. It contains the numbers of staff members from Jujutsu High along with Takana's phone number." 

"It has a post-paid plan so feel free to use it as you please" 

"Also from now on I will give you a monthly budget of 30,000 so use it well" Yaga informed and handed Ryusei an envelope filled with money. 

"You are legally registered under the name of Ryusei Shigure, use these documents," Yaga said as he handed Ryusei a yellow folder filled with papers. 

"That reminds me, since you will be living alone do you want me to issue a maid or nanny for you?" Yaga asked. 

"hmm...perhaps I can use a maid for daily cleaning...nahh leave it, I learned how to perform daily chores, without school I have all the time in the world" Ryusei responded. 

"As you wish, with that I am off," Yaga said and left. 

'A phone eh? this a first time having one for myself' Ryusei thought as he opened it. 

Right in the middle the current time was shown. 7:30 PM. 

'Eh? I don't remember talking for more than 10 minutes..' Ryusei thought to himself as a realization dawned on him. 

"Yaga-sensei was waiting here for more than an hour!?" Ryusei stated out loud. 

'I still have a lot of free time, I should start tinkering with the system' 

'Status' 

-[Status]- 

-[Name: Ryusei]- 

-[Age: 4 Years]- 

-[Race: Human]- 

-[Strength: E ]- 

-[Agility: E+ ]- 

-[Endurance: EEE- ]- 

-[Cursed Reserves: B+]- 

-[Cursed Technique: Cursed Inheritance, Gastly Laugh]- 

-[Curse Controal: EE]- 

-[Buffs: None]- 

-[Debuffs: None]- 

-[Skills: Reading(A), Litrature(D), Punching(F)]-

-[Template: None]- 

-[Template Skills: None]- 

-[Quests: 2]- 

"hmmm" 

'Now that I think about it I got the punching skill because I was punching that curse, so the skills displayed work on action rather than memories' 

'Perhaps' Ryusei thought to himself as he started to kick the chair he was sitting on. 

-[Skill: Low Kick (F)]- 

'I see, I see' 

'Now the second thing of concern is..' 

'System Shop' 

-[System Shop]- 

-[Fame Points: 680]- 

-[Jujutsu Basics: Contains the basic techniques on how to control and use curse energy( Cost: 10,000 FP)]- 

-[Lost Past: Contains all past records of history of the world (Cost: 12,000 FP)]- 

-[The Cursed Ones: Contains records of all the curses encountered by humans in the past]- 

-[Hidden Techniques: Contains instructions on how to master curse energy and much more(Cost: 15,000 FP) ]- 

-[Chain of Thousand Miles: A mysterious cursed tool that can keep extending as long as the user doesn't allow the back end to be visible. (30,000 FP)]-

-[Slaughter Demon: A combat knife effective against Cursed Spirits.(100,000 FP)]-

-[Blessed Spear: A spear effective against cursed spirits.(100,000 FP).]-

-[Playful Cloud: Special Grade curse tool that grows stronger depending on the user's physical stats.(2million FP)]-

-[Qing Gang Jiang: A sword which grows sharper the more curse energy is provided into it (2.1 million FP)]-

-[Kogarasu Maru: A katana that absorbs the users curse energy to launch strikes of blue flames(4million FP)]-

-[Black Rope: Created by a sorcerer family from Africa It possesses a cursed technique capable of disrupting and canceling out the effects of other cursed techniques it comes into contact with. However, the more it's used, the more the rope burns away until nothing is left. (5.43million FP)]-

-[Dragon Bone: It can accumulate force and cursed energy as well as eject it out of the back of the blade in accordance with the user's will. (10 million FP)]-

-[Inverted Spear of Heavens: A special grade cursed tool with the ability to completely nullify cursed techniques on contact.(12million FP)]-

'I gained forty fame points after talking a little with those farmers...and gained twenty more after talking with Yama-ji today' 

'How exactly do I get these fame points' 

-[Fame Points: Basic system shop currency. The host is rewarded 20 fame points when anyone harbors certain emotions towards them.]- 

'Well, that was easy...' 

'What about System Template' 

-[Templates]- 

-[Current Templates: 0/1]- 

-[GP: 5]- 

-[Normal Roll: 10 GP]- 

-[Rare Roll: 10,000 GP]- 

-[Epic Roll: 1,000,000 GP]- 

-[Legendary Roll: 1,000,000,000 GP]- 

'I would have faced death if I was not lucky against that curse...the fight where I risked it all was worth only 5GP...how is it even possible to get a Rare Roll, let alone a Legendary Roll' 

'System what is GP' 

-[Gacha Point: The basic currency required for the host to roll for templates. These can only be obtained from unique quests]- 

'What a headache...' Ryusei thought to himself. 

'Wait if Fame Points are related to emotions that others harbor for me...then wouldn't it be better to become a celebrity to get these points in abundance?' Ryusei thought to himself as he lay on his bed.