Curse Return: Demon Void Girl Doesn't Want to Be a Weakling

Fushiguro Megumi ran through the stairwell of the residential building.

The old-fashioned apartment building has a wooden structure, and the corridor is so narrow that only two people can walk side by side.

He had just come from the forest area. Yu Quan stayed on the other side to help Maki-senpai and Inu-maki-senpai locate the remaining cursed spirits. Now he was all alone.

Turn left ahead, and then go through this corridor to reach the exit of the residential area.

He mentally calculated the route without stopping.

"call out."

Three arrows shot out from the corner at the end of the corridor, from the same direction but at three different angles.

Fushiguro Megumi dodged the first two, but the third one curved in mid-air and stabbed towards his shoulder.

He swung his cane backhand to deflect the arrow, which struck the wall with a dull thud.

He looked down at the arrow on the ground; the fletching was stained with blood, probably freshly applied.

The precision with which Kamo Kenki could control the trajectory of arrows in mid-air, this manipulation of blood, was a technique of his.

Sure enough, Noriyuki Kamo slowly walked over from the other end of the corridor, carrying a bow and arrows.

"You should still be able to summon shikigami, right?" Kamo Kenki stopped ten meters away, his eyes narrowed into slits. "Are you underestimating me?"

"Jade Dog is helping others find cursed spirits." Fushiguro Megumi waved her cane, looking at Kamo Noriyuki's quiver. "You're the one who only has one arrow left, aren't you? If you collapse from anemia, I won't save you."

"No need for you to worry."

Noriyuki Kamo nocked the last arrow, its tip gleaming coldly in the lamplight: "The blood was all prepared in advance."

"Well, you guys are quite well prepared." Fushiguro Megumi looked at him warily, raising his hands, ready to block at any moment.

Kamo Noriyuki smiled slightly, raised his hand, and shot out an arrow, but the target was not Fushiguro Megumi.

"What?" Fukuro Megumi's pupils shrank as a crack appeared in the ceiling above his head, spreading outwards from the arrow hole, before the entire wooden plank crashed down.

Wood chips and dust fell together, obstructing the view.

Just as Fushiguro Megumi was about to step back, Kamo Noriyuki's figure suddenly appeared in front of him from the other side of the dust, and a straight punch came crashing down.

Wow, so fast!!

Fushiguro Megumi took the hit with her arm, and the spot where she was struck felt faintly numb.

Is this person really that powerful?

Fushiguro Megumi took two light steps back to create some distance and swung her arms.

Upon seeing this, Kamo Kenki smiled, opened one eye, which was bloodshot and had bloodshot cracks around its socket.

"It's good that you reacted, but you'll have to be careful from now on."

A barrage of rapid punches rained down on him, which Fushiguro Megumi barely managed to parry.

His speed and power are completely different from before!

He looked into Kenkichi Kamo's eyes. "Were you on drugs?"

"You noticed?" Kamo Noriyuki stopped his attack, a smile spreading across his face. "But could you please not call my technique drug-induced?"

"Hmph, isn't it just something similar?"

Fushiguro Megumi began to fight back, swaying her body from side to side and constantly spinning her cane to strike Kamo Noriki.

Kamo Noriyuki bent his knees slightly and sank his body slightly. Taking advantage of this opening, Fushiguro Megumi reversed the right stick and used the end to stab Kamo Noriyuki's shoulder.

Kamo Kenki took the hit hard and stepped back, but the smile on his face did not disappear.

"It's rare to find a shikigami user so skilled in close combat." Kamo Kenji looked down and rubbed his shoulder where he'd been poked. "Did you learn your staff techniques at a vocational high school?"

"Yes, it was taught by Maki-senpai." Fushiguro Megumi gripped her cane again.

"You've grown up, I'm so happy."

"What's with this 'comradeship' thing that pops up every now and then?" Fushiguro Megumi's powerful punch forced Kamo Noriki back two steps. She shook her hand, which was a little numb from the recoil. "This is the first time we've met, isn't it?"

Kamo Noriyuki rubbed the spot where he'd been hit and shrugged. "It's resonance, isn't it? You and I will both become the pillars supporting the three starter families from now on."

He paused for a moment, then said, "Although it's impossible now, I still want to kill Hisahito Itadori."

Fushiguro's fingers tightened on his cane. He tentatively asked, "Is this an instruction from Principal Rakuganji?"

Noriyuki Kamo shook his head. "It's my own judgment, and as the next head of the Kamo family, I believe it's correct."

"You should be able to understand," he paused, "I'm the same kind of person as you."

"No, that's not true." Fushiguro Megumi's eyes widened in disbelief upon hearing his words.

"...Isn't that right?"

"No." Fushiguro Megumi shook her head. "You can say that to Maki. I have nothing to do with the Zenin family anymore."

Noriyuki Kamo did not respond; he stared at Megumi Fushiguro, waiting for her to continue.

"And I don't think I'm wrong either." Fushiguro Megumi put down her cane and let her hands hang at her sides.

"If helping others out of conscience, like that guy's actions, is to be condemned, then we can't live without cursing each other from now on."

After Fushiguro finished speaking, he put his hands together and formed a hand seal.

Is it finally coming? The shikigami!

Kamo Kenki opened his eyes, ready to strike first, but before he could get there, Fushiguro Megumi's shikigami had already been summoned.

"【Full Elephant】!"

A gigantic elephant-shaped shikigami crashed down from the ceiling, spewing a massive wave from its trunk. The water struck Kamo Noriyuki squarely in the chest, carrying him off to the end of the corridor.

The wooden walls were breached by the water pressure, and wood chips and water droplets that didn't have time to disperse splashed onto the open ground outside.

In such an open space, Fushiguro Megumi was able to use that move!

The view cleared again, and Fushiguro Megumi stood at the edge of the wall, shouting, "[Nue]!"

really!

Kamo Kenki gritted his teeth and threw out a bag of blood plasma: "【Crimson Blood Technique - Crimson Binding】!"

The blood plasma exploded, forming a giant net in the air, wide enough to cover the wingspan of a nue.

The cereus didn't have time to take flight; its wings and claws were entangled in the bloody web, and it crashed to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.

Kamo Noriyuki, panting heavily, looked at Fushiguro Megumi in front of him, finally relaxing his tense expression, his face slightly ferocious: "I can't lose!"

"Everyone has a reason not to lose!" Fushiguro Megumi struck a pose again.

Kamo Kenki bent over, pushed off with his right foot, and prepared to launch his final charge.

Fushiguro Megumi also lowered his center of gravity, aiming the tip of his cane at him.

Then the ground beneath their feet shook.

Both of them stopped, but the tremors didn't stop; they rose from underground, faster and faster.

"What is that?"

Countless tree branches sprouted from the ground on the other side of the residential area.

The residential area's fence was completely uprooted, and soil and turf surged and spread towards Fushiguro Megumi and Kamo Noriyuki.

The dog, chased by tree branches, burst forth from between the swirling trees.

His zipper was pulled all the way down, and blood was seeping from his mouth, but when he saw the two people standing there stunned on the ground, he didn't hesitate and unzipped his zipper.

"Run!"

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That'll be three chapters today, just to get through this phase. We'll officially start tomorrow.

New writers will certainly not write as well as veteran writers, and there will definitely be some differences from the original work. There may be unclear or incorrect parts in the setting.

I'll try to minimize errors, but some issues are inevitable. I hope you can be a little forgiving. ♡

Thank you everyone, meow♡