Curse Returns, a gamble from the start, I awaken dual spells

The afternoon sun shone warmly on Rito's face, but it was quickly dispelled by a biting cold wind.

He stood in front of the sewer outlet, and the cold wind was blowing out from inside.

"This is the third time. Hopefully, I'll be luckier this time."

The space inside the sewer seemed completely cut off from the outside world, with a faint, rotten smell in the air.

The cement ground beneath my feet was wet, and each step made a slight sticky sound.

"call--"

Li Ren composed himself, his gaze hardening, and then walked deeper into the area without looking back.

As they went deeper, the sound of flowing water echoed through the sewers, and the light grew increasingly dim.

But the people in charge had anticipated this.

He turned on the small flashlight he carried with him, and the road ahead instantly became clear.

"The flashlight's battery only lasts for two hours at most, so I can only stay here for an hour before I have to go back."

boom!

Suddenly, a loud noise shattered the silence in the sewer.

Huge and dull, like the sound of a large piece of meat slamming hard onto the ground.

The moment he heard the sound, Rito's body stiffened involuntarily, and an instinctive fear completely enveloped him.

He instinctively held his breath, and all he could hear was the pounding of his own heart.

Only when the noise completely disappeared and nothing unusual happened around him did his stiff body gradually relax.

"call......"

Rito wiped away his cold sweat, and then suddenly realized.

My shirt was instantly soaked with cold sweat.

The fabric felt cool against my skin.

He chuckled to himself, readjusted his mindset, and decided to go check out the place where the muffled sound had come from.

tread!tread!tread!

The faint sound of footsteps echoed through the sewers.

Occasionally, you can see some graffiti on the walls on both sides of the passage, left by street kids from who knows when.

After walking for a few minutes, Rito arrived at the place where the strange noise was coming from.

"It's a dead end. Where did that noise come from?"

The beam of the flashlight shone straight ahead, only to be blocked by a thick wall.

The wall looks quite different from the surrounding concrete structure.

But the color is darker and the surface is rougher, as if it was built on later.

Li Ren then took a flashlight and began searching for clues.

"Wait a minute? That's not right."

Looking at the basketball-sized concrete hole on his right, Rihito frowned slightly.

He seems to have been here yesterday.

Because of his previous two explorations, he had a slight impression of the paths in this area, and the hole in the wall was the one he had seen when he passed by last time.

He remembered it clearly; he even took a picture of the hole, but it was pitch black and there was nothing inside.

"I clearly walked this road yesterday, it shouldn't be a dead end."

Looking at the wall blocking his way, Rito was completely baffled and shone his flashlight around, searching for clues.

Within a single day, the entire sewer system was silently blocked.

This is absolutely not something a human could do.

Only cursed spirits.

The next second, without warning, Rito froze completely.

A fear stemming from instinct completely enveloped him. He wanted to move, but his body wouldn't obey him.

In the spot illuminated by the flashlight beam, an eyeball the size of a fist was rolling around.

In the shadows beyond the beam of light, one could vaguely make out a nose, a mouth, and another eye.

These features are several times larger than normal, all crammed onto a dark blue, distorted face.

The eyeball rolled twice, then stopped.

The pupils were aligned with the direction of the person.

That wall wasn't a wall at all.

It was a giant cyborg that had been modified by a real person.

Seemingly sensing Rito's presence, it opened and closed its mouth, oozing disgusting viscous fluid.

A stench far stronger than the air itself wafted over.

His lips moved, uttering indistinct syllables towards Li Ren—

"Help...me..."

Even though they were mentally prepared, they already knew what the modified humans who had been transformed by Wuwei looked like.

But seeing a human being transformed into this state still made Rito feel a nausea.

He forced himself to suppress the urge to vomit, but his back slammed against the cold wall uncontrollably.

I had unknowingly retreated so far.

Rito looked down at his still trembling hands, then clenched them tightly before slowly releasing them.

The fingernails dug several white marks into the palm.

Only after his fingers had completely stopped trembling did he resume his steps and walk towards the cyborg.

"Hey, can you hear me?"

Rito stood about ten meters away from the cyborg and called out softly in that direction.

"Help...me..."

This time, the cyborg's voice was a bit clearer, but his reason seemed to have been destroyed, and he just kept repeating the same sentence.

After trying it out, Rito couldn't help but feel disappointed.

This appears to be just a cyborg that was casually discarded by a real person, and there are no clues whatsoever.

It seems we'll have to keep trying our luck to find the real person.

"This road is blocked, let's try a different direction."

Rito gave the cyborg a deep look, then turned and walked away in another direction without looking back.

In the rational person's plan, there are two paths to choose from when encountering a real person.

One option is to get close to Shunping, follow the original story's trajectory, and eventually replace Shunping's position, having the real person transform himself into a sorcerer.

Secondly, they wander around randomly, trying their luck in places where real people often appear.

However, the first method actually has a fatal flaw.

Shunping is a student who has been oppressed for a long time. If he has the opportunity to gain power, he will never give it up.

If Rito chooses to approach Junpei, and the two encounter the real person at the same time, then Junpei's existence will bring unpredictable dangers to Rito.

Therefore, Liren plans to take a two-pronged approach.

It would be best to randomly encounter a real person.

If you can't reach them, then follow the original story's trajectory to contact the real people through Shunping.

Despite the large number of variables, there was no other choice.

In the face of life and death, there is no perfect plan, only a feasible one.

Before they knew it, Rito had been searching in the sewers for almost half an hour.

He stopped and looked at the beam of light in the distance, which had clearly dimmed, and couldn't help but sigh softly.

"Sigh, it seems like we've wasted our time again. But since the cyborgs have appeared here, the real humans must be nearby."

No gain is taken for granted in the eyes of rational people.

If it doesn't work this time, we can try again next time.

He never expected to succeed on his third attempt.

Drop drop-

Sensing a vibration in his pocket, Rito took out his phone.

The screen's light was particularly glaring in the dark sewer, causing him to squint.

There is a friend request in the message list.

[Riri, thank you so much for today. I'll treat you to a movie sometime.]

"It's that kid."

Looking at the message on the screen, Rito smiled slightly and accepted the friend request.

Receiving a message from the normal world in such a place feels somewhat absurd.

"If this were an ordinary world, Shunpei would probably be a good friend."

Unfortunately, no.

Li Ren muttered to himself, put away his phone, and turned to walk outside.

"friend?"

In the empty sewer, a curious voice suddenly rang out.

"What is that?"

A cold hand gently rested on Rito's shoulder.

Snapped.

The flashlight fell to the ground with a soft thud.

It flashed twice, then went out completely.