Nen users starting from Highschool of the Dead

Chapter 107 The Ability of Equivalent Exchange Finally Remembered

A training area on Mount Saguri.

"Someone's coming!"

The light orange-haired boy, wearing a scarred fox-face mask that concealed his true face, keenly sensed something.

The boy turned around, looking down the mountain, and uttered a sentence softly.

"Is he a new disciple of Master Urokodaki?"

Immediately afterwards, a light, airy voice came from beside the boy with light orange hair.

Following the source of the voice, the speaker was a black-haired girl sitting on top of the large rock in the very center of the training ground.

The girl was wearing a short red kimono with a plum blossom pattern and a blue smiling fox mask with a flower pattern on her head.

Her clear, bright blue eyes were like precious lapis lazuli, and her appearance gave her a very gentle look.

"I hope my junior brother can be better this time, and not die in the Demon Slayer Corps selection again. I don't want to see Urokodaki-sensei sad and upset anymore."

The girl's voice, like her appearance, gave people a gentle feeling, and her voice was light and airy.

These two were Yoshiyuki Tomioka's fellow disciples, and also the lifelong sorrow of the former Water Pillar, Sakonji Urokodaki.

Seito from the Mizuho group, and Makomo.

"It's no use, that guy's neck is too stiff."

Seito shook his head, denying Makomo's words, saying, "A swordsman who has only mastered the basics of breathing techniques could not possibly cut off its neck and kill it."

"Damn it! If only I had been faster or more careful!"

Jingtu clenched her fist in anger and slammed it hard against the boulder beneath Makomo, making a dull thud.

"Please don't blame yourself, Sabito, it's not your fault."

Makomo leaped down from the boulder and comforted Sabito, saying, "After all, so many of us failed, didn't we?"

As the words fell, figures wearing fox masks began to appear behind Makomo.

No one spoke; they simply watched Sabito silently, as if offering him silent comfort.

Jingtu clenched her fists tightly, biting her lip in resentment, her fingernails digging deep into the soft flesh of her palms.

That's why he felt resentful!

I am Urokodaki-sensei's strongest disciple.

However, due to his overconfidence, he didn't even notice the details of his Nichirin Blade during the Demon Slayer Corps' recruitment selection.

So much so that during the final battle against Teki, he accidentally broke his Nichirin Blade, and was killed by his opponent because of a moment of distraction.

He wasn't resentful of his own death, but rather secretly hated his own incompetence.

If I had been more careful back then and dealt with the hand demon on Mount Fuji, then my fellow disciples wouldn't have followed in my footsteps.

This will also prevent Urokodaki-sensei from feeling heartbroken and sad again and again.

"Moshi, Moshi, are you disciples of Mr. Urokodaki?"

Just then, a rather frivolous voice came from in front of him, interrupting Sabito's reverie.

Jingtu looked up and found a man with black hair and black eyes standing in front of her.

The serpent asked in surprise, "You can see me?"

"certainly."

Su Yan answered softly.

If observed with the naked eye, he naturally wouldn't be able to see these illusory figures in front of him.

But once he used the technique of freezing, everything changed.

Su Yan could clearly see the figures of the Water Breathing Team members who had died before him.

Su Yan asked again, "So you are Mr. Urokodaki's disciples, right?"

"That's right, we are indeed Master Urokodaki's disciples."

Makomo looked curiously at the man who could see them and asked, "Are you Master's new disciple?"

No, that's not it.

Su Yan replied, "Mr. Urokodaki's two newly accepted disciples are still talking with him down the mountain. I came here specifically for you, Miss Makomo!"

"Huh? Why have I come here?"

Makomo looked at the unfamiliar man in front of her with surprise.

I've been dead for five or six years, and it seems I didn't have any interaction with the other person while I was alive.

After all, the other person's appearance is quite memorable.

If you've met the other person before, you shouldn't forget them.

Su Yan nodded and said, "Yes, to be honest, I want to subdue Miss Makomo and make her my Nen beast."

One of the most unforgettable aspects of Makomo's life in the Demon Slayer world.

Su Yan's initial idea was the same as his idea with Kanroji Mitsuri and the others: to form a contract with them before meeting them.

However, after seeing the other party's current state with his own eyes, Su Yan's intuition was reminding him.

My contractual abilities are useless against Makomo in her soul state.

On the contrary, it was the ability called equivalent exchange, which he had first awakened but never used, that was telling him.

He might be able to use the power of equivalent exchange on the girl in front of him, using the fulfillment of her last wishes as a condition for acquiring ownership of the girl.

To transform it into a Nen Beast-like being similar to Snowball Beast, belonging to oneself.

As for why only mako (Japanese mulberry) is used?

Indeed, the ability of equivalent exchange can be used on other members of the Water Breathing Group, such as Love Rabbit.

But it's meaningless.

Because once an equivalent exchange is reached and ownership of the other party is obtained, Makomo can enter Greed Island by virtue of Su Yan's possession.

But Qingtu and the others couldn't.

The reason is simple: Greed Island refuses entry to any males except Su Yan.

"Taming? A Nen beast? What does that mean?"

Makomo tilted her head, put her index finger to her lips, and looked at Su Yan with a question mark on her face.

"You should know about Onmyoji, right?"

Su Yan explained simply: "The so-called Nian Beasts are similar to the Shikigami under the command of an Onmyoji."

"I will find a way to help you fulfill your last wish before you died. In exchange, you will need to become my Nen Beast."

"That's about right."

"Is that so?"

Makomo scratched his cheek.

As the most widely known mysterious profession in Japan, Onmyoji is something that Makomo, as a Japanese person, naturally knows.

However, she always thought it was fake, a misunderstanding that ordinary people had when they saw the Demon Slayer Corps killing demons.

But since the other person can see me, what he said must be true, right?

Makomo couldn't help but feel tempted if the other party could really help them kill the hand demon on Fujikasake Mountain.

Becoming the other party's shikigami doesn't seem like a bad idea.

"Since you want us to become your shikigami, then let me test your strength first!"

Before Makomo could make up her mind, Seito, standing beside her, picked up a wooden sword and stepped forward.

They completely failed to notice that Su Yan had mentioned that the Nian Beasts included no one other than Zhen Gu.

After all, Sabito considers himself the strongest swordsman among them. If he were to choose a shikigami, how could the other party ignore him?

Therefore, he naturally had to carefully consider Su Yan's strength.

Otherwise, the weak would have no chance to fulfill their last wish and defeat the hand demon of Fujikasaneyama.

"that----"

Makomo stared blankly at Sabito, who was pointing a knife at Su Yan, then muttered weakly to herself, "He didn't seem to have said 'we,' did he?"