Simultaneous Transmigration: A Fateful Traveler's Journey Begins in Mystery

“If it’s fixed in place, it’s easy to solve.” The panda raised its paw as if to indicate.

“Yes.” Kusakabe was about to nod when he saw the disheveled half-man in the center of the flower raise his hands and make a handprint in front of his chest.

Numerous plants rapidly spread outwards from the flower as its center. Grass and flowers grew on the ground, and ivy covered the walls.

There's no time to mourn Haruta Shigemitsu's death; the next to arrive on the battlefield are...

Chapter 23 Flowers and Butterflies

field?!

Is this thing really that common?

"Panda!" Kusakabe shouted quickly, crouching down, gripping the scabbard and hilt, and assuming the iaido stance.

"Simple Realm, True Yin Flow, Iaijutsu 'Evening Moon'."

A semi-transparent halo unfolded from beneath his feet, encircling the sunbeam and the panda.

The vines that suddenly darted out from the grass, intending to launch a sneak attack, were severed the instant they entered the range of the simplified field by a slash so fast it was almost invisible.

Ichi had warned him that this curse master was a guy who liked to use sneak attacks in life, and he probably wouldn't be any better after death.

Sure enough, it came true.

The attack had barely begun when Kusakabe, who possessed the Simple Domain, immediately sensed something was wrong.

"That seems to be just an unfinished area?"

"Is it not finished?" the panda asked, hiding behind Kusakabe.

“Yeah, it doesn’t seem to have a ‘guaranteed hit’ effect,” Kusakabe replied, glancing back at the mall entrance that wasn’t blocked. “It’s not closed either.”

what is this?

It can't be that "guaranteed hit and guaranteed kill" was exchanged for "open domain".

"Isn't that the same as Hui's domain?" the panda said instinctively.

Still breastfeeding.

More and more vines lashed out towards the sun, but they were all chopped into pieces the moment they entered the simplified area.

Sensing the relatively weak attack, Kusakabe nodded and made a judgment.

"It can be solved."

"We will win."

He issued a victory declaration before the start of the war.

In the next instant, his simple domain rapidly expanded, growing larger and larger, intending to directly envelop the cursed spirit, Haruta.

Kusakabe realized that the incomplete domain of the Cursed Spirit Haruta seemed to be obtained by giving up his mobility and turning himself into a flower that could only stay in one place.

Since that's the case, all we need to do is this...

As long as I can get to that place...

Just as the simple field was about to touch the Cursed Spirit Haruta, a petal fell off the surface of the Cursed Spirit Haruta flower.

Click.

The ground beneath Kusakabe's feet suddenly collapsed.

Eh?

The platform where Kusakabe and the panda were standing collapsed downwards, and the two fell down to the first basement level.

Even though both the human and the panda reacted quickly, immediately bracing themselves against the wall and leaping back to the first floor, the simple domain of Kusakabe was broken in that instant.

Kusakabe was somewhat taken aback by the unexpected turn of events, but he still planned to crouch down again and deploy the simplified domain.

But just as he squatted down...

"Hmph!" He suddenly groaned, fell to the side, and went from squatting to kneeling on one knee.

"My leg... my leg cramped up..."

Cold sweat broke out on the forehead of the person under the sun.

Will he get cramps?

What a joke!

Kusakabe just likes to coast along; he's not actually bad at it.

As the strongest first-class sorcerer below the Special Grade outside of the three starter families, how could Kusakabe possibly use a skill that would cause him to cramp up!

This means the enemy's spell has already been applied to him...

"Spell... spell..."

Kusakabe looked at Jurei Haruta and noticed that two more petals had fallen off his flower at some point.

Two petals were missing, and the spell was activated twice...

Therefore, although the effects of the spell are unknown, it is certain that he needs to consume flower petals to use the spell.

Hikari's face twitched.

Those are chrysanthemums.

A single chrysanthemum can have anywhere from dozens to hundreds of petals.

How do we fight this?

and……

As the new petals slowly sprouted around the Cursed Spirit Haruta, Kusakabe's expression grew even more grim.

Just as Kusakabe was analyzing the opponent's technique, a large number of vines attacked again.

This time, it was the panda that stepped forward to defend.

He leaped powerfully to the front of the sun and swung his fist.

The power of a bear!

The nearby vines were instantly smashed.

Then, just as the panda rushed forward, preparing to attack the cursed spirit's main body, several petals fell, and suddenly rubble fell from the ceiling, almost hitting the panda.

"Panda!" Kusakabe suddenly shouted, "I understand!"

Suddenly, another petal fell, and Rixia's jaw almost dislocated.

This, in turn, solidified Kusakabe's decision.

Vines kept hitting them from above and from the ground, and Kusakabe and the panda kept dodging.

"As long as we intend to attack him and can actually create danger, then we will encounter an unexpected situation!"

“Each accident will consume one or more petals, and the recovery time for a petal is about five minutes.” Kusakabe said as he drew his sword and cut the surrounding vines.

"This flower has seventy-six petals in total. Four petals just fell off... seven petals... which means that we only need to create about fifty potentially fatal threats to him in the next five minutes to take him down."

"It doesn't need to actually cause harm, just having this opportunity is enough!"

Forced to finish speaking, Juryo Chun Tai lost six petals.

Meanwhile, Kusakabe suffered a series of ailments, including a dislocated jaw, biting his tongue, toothache, shortness of breath, inhaling a large amount of dust, and a sore throat.

He sheathed his drawn katana, bent down, turned around, and performed a quick draw slash.

"Truly sinister..."

But at that moment, another accident occurred.

This accident was bigger than any of the previous ones.

Almost at the same moment that Kusakabe analyzed the mechanism of the cursed spirit Haruta, the vines that were constantly whipping suddenly stopped.

"Huh? Is there some kind of constraint that 'if you are seen through, you will be defeated immediately'?" the panda asked subconsciously.

"I don't know..." Kusakabe was about to answer when he saw all the vines turn around and stretch towards the sky.

A glass panel on the third floor of the mall shattered, and a golden butterfly flew in from outside.

"Oh no!" the panda cried out. "This cursed spirit has accomplices!"

In his view, "flowers" and "butterflies" are quite common settings in various film and television settings.

The act of extending vines is undoubtedly equivalent to humans "reaching out their hands" to each other.

“No, something seems off,” Kusakabe offered a different perspective.

He always felt that the cursed spirit didn't seem to be waiting for the butterfly to merge with him.

The vines moved with astonishing speed, piercing the butterflies in the air like sharp spikes.

As expected, they were about to attack.

The butterfly doesn't seem to move very fast; it nimbly and gracefully spins in the air, always managing to dodge attacks with remarkable skill.

Golden scales fell off her body and transformed into tiny butterflies.

The chrysanthemum petals withered and fell one by one, but this did not stop the butterflies from approaching.

Nothing happened between the two, and no "bad luck" occurred.

Panda and Kusakabe saw the butterfly skillfully navigate around all obstacles, landing in the center of the flower, behind the spirit Haruta.

In a panic, Jurei Shunta immediately threw a punch.

next second.

Black lightning burst forth before everyone's eyes.

At the flower's stamen, Chongmian Chuntai stared wide-eyed and her body stiffened.

A butterfly landed behind him, and a syringe-like mouthpart was inserted straight into his head, reaching deep into the flower's heart.

Black Flash!

The panda's guess is actually not wrong.