Heaven has bound me to weakness? I angrily unleash the Eight Gates!

"Haha, that doesn't seem quite right?"

Kusakabe suppressed his inner shock and echoed.

It seems he didn't put in much effort on this mission, just wasting several days of his time. I can't live with myself.

"Well, it seems you've successfully completed your mission. It was worth the trust I placed in you."

Wu Tiao Wu arrived late, only managing to get away after the Xia You Gang members had left.

There was nothing he could do; the other party wasn't going to engage him directly, they were just trying to stall him, which annoyed him a lot.

"Five of you! Couldn't you have come sooner? Do you know that Sister Mingming almost..."

Ankagi glared angrily at Gojo Satoru, who should have been able to arrive immediately upon receiving the message, given his speed.

"Uh...I'm just tied up with the enemy. Sorry, sorry."

Gojo Satoru scratched his head, looking somewhat embarrassed.

"But since you're all alright, it means the problem has been resolved, right?"

"Well, to be precise, it was all solved by Professor Jinsuke alone; we couldn't get involved at all."

Kusakabe briefly described the situation.

After understanding what had happened, Gojo Satoru felt a little regretful. If he had known that the cursed spirit was quite powerful, he shouldn't have gotten entangled in fighting with those guys.

They directly attacked a single area, crippling several people who rushed over.

It was all Jay's fault for shaking his mind. He couldn't be soft-hearted next time he encountered something like this, or something bad would happen sooner or later.

"Seriously, you're pretty strong. Shall we have a good fight now?"

Gojo Satoru looked at Zenji Jinsuke, clearly not as satisfied as he had been during the fight.

"nerve..."

Zenji Jinsuke ignored Gojo Satoru's challenge, took the tattered Yuuki from Kusakabe's hand, and walked out of the tent.

"Hiss—, what does he mean by that? Doesn't he want to compete with me, the strongest mage?"

Gojo Satoru pondered Zenji Jinsuke's thoughts.

"Ahem, is it possible that Professor Shinsuke isn't interested in you?"

Kusakabe patted Gojo Satoru on the shoulder and advised, "From what I've observed, it seems that Jinsuke-sensei prefers fighting cursed spirits."

"Hey, hey, hey, what do you mean? Am I not even as good as a cursed spirit?"

These words made Gojo Satoru a little nervous. He was very enthusiastic about fighting the cursed spirits, but he couldn't muster any interest in fighting him.

Is this a sign of disrespect?

"He's gone, the strongest mage."

The nun helped Mingming walk out of the tent.

"..." Gojo Satoru.

Nobody cares whether he's as good as the Cursed Spirit.

The mission is over, and they can go back now. As for the work to come, let the remaining level two mages handle it.

A few days later, Zenji Jinsuke discovered that he had a new nickname: Cursed Spirit Killer.

It's unclear who came up with the nickname, but given his image at the college, people actually accepted it.

Now we have a perfect pair: one a sorcerer assassin, the other a curse spirit assassin.

Zenji Jinsuke lay on the old man's chair, idly basking in the early morning orange light.

Nowadays, training is having little effect, so he has gradually shifted his focus to hunting powerful cursed spirits.

However, there are still too few spirits that meet his requirements.

He didn't pay much attention to it, thinking that there would be more of them in a few years, and then he could upgrade smoothly.

"Brother, look! I'm about to succeed!"

Zhenyi stood to the side, her face flushed red, straining with all her might. She clasped her hands together, and strands of magical power gathered between her palms, condensing into a small stone made of magical power.

"Brother! I really did it!"

Zhenyi was overjoyed and quickly handed the small pebble in her palm to Zenji Jinsuke.

However, as soon as she turned around, she felt weak all over, her vision went black, and she fell forward.

Fortunately, Zenji Shinsuke reached out and steadied her, otherwise she would have fallen flat on her face.

The small pebble, imbued with magical power, slipped from his hand and fell to the ground, dissipating as magical power.

Zenji Jinsuke helped Maki lie down on a chair, his gaze falling on Maki, who was sweating profusely under the big tree. He couldn't help but sigh, "You two sisters are really both terrible."

It truly lives up to the Twin Curse.

The two share the same talent, making it incredibly difficult for them to become stronger.

Unless the two of them work together, there might be only a sliver of a chance.

In terms of strength, both Maki and Mai are holding each other back.

Maya lacked a bit of magical power, while Maki had an extra bit.

This prevented Mayi's construction technique from exerting its original power, and also made the physical enhancement brought by Maki's Heaven and Curse Binding very weak.

To fix this flaw, one of the two must die.

However, if the trace of cursed power within Maki's body could be transferred to Mai's body, it might be possible to resolve the twin curse.

Zenji Jinsuke doesn't know if Maki can cultivate the power of qi and blood.

After all, the power of qi and blood and the power of incantations are two extremes, and only one can exist in the body at a time.

We can only try once Maki's physical strength reaches the required level. The curse power within her is very weak, so it might be possible to succeed.

"Eh... what's wrong with me?"

A short while later, Zhenyi woke up and found herself having taken over her brother's throne, looking completely bewildered.

Isn't she practicing her surgical techniques?

"It's like this the first time, you'll get better with more practice."

Zen-in-sensei explained.

"Well, it seems that Mai still has a lot of work to do."

Mayi was successfully fooled, thinking that this was the case for the first use of the technique, and didn't feel that anything was wrong.

After all, her brother wouldn't lie to her.

Seeing this, Zenji Shinsuke reached out and patted the other's head.

Actually, it's okay not to work hard. The flaws are there, and if they can't be fixed, working hard won't necessarily make you stronger. At least it's more comfortable not to work hard.

If he didn't have some kind of cheat code, he'd probably still be slacking off, living off a woman somewhere.

If he doesn't see results from his efforts, he will usually choose to find another path, an easier one.

Chapter 31 The Zen Monastery's "Approach"

Zhenyi squinted and tilted her head slightly, enjoying her brother's gentle caress, a warmth she could never experience from her father.

Just then, a middle-aged man walked into the courtyard without any hesitation.

He glanced at Maki and Mai, a hint of mockery flashing in his eyes, thinking to himself, "It's ridiculous that even trash can attract each other."

"What are you here for?"

Zenji Jinsuke stared at the middle-aged man expressionlessly and said in an icy tone.

Is this how you speak to your elders?

Zenjiro looked at Zenjiro Jinsuke and tried to use moral blackmail to suppress him from the perspective of an elder.

"Elders? You dare to call yourself one?"

Zenji Jinsuke revealed a mocking smile. Although the two were half-brothers, they had never had any interaction with each other since birth.

The only contact they had was when the other person mocked him and Shen Er with others when they were children.

Not only do they not help their own brothers, but they also join forces with others to kick their own brothers while they're down.

He'd kick a brother to the curb even if you gave him one.

"Hmph, I'm not here to argue with you, but to inform you that from today onwards, you are a member of the Zen Temple's Body Retention Team."

If you perform well, I might arrange a vice-captain position for you.

Zenji Jinichi gave Zenji Jinsuke orders as if issuing a command, his tone carrying an air of authority that brooked no refusal.

"Although you don't have any magical power, your strength is still quite good. I had to plead with the family head to allow you to join the Body-Gathering Squad. You should be grateful to the Zen Academy family."

Zen-in Shinichi naturally considered it a great honor to join the Zen-in family's Kumuri-sou team.

"The whole team? They're not even part of the Bing organization, are they? They're still as arrogant and incompetent as ever..."

The Zen family's Bodyguard Team is a well-trained guard team without any special techniques.

The Bing organization of the Zen Temple family, however, is an organization composed of at least first-level sorcerers.

If the other party had invited him to join Bing's organization, he might have thought that the Zen family had regretted their decision. However, even though the other party knew his strength, they only tried to win him back by sending him as a vice-captain of the Body-Stabilizing Team, which made him inexplicably want to laugh.

"Get lost, you're an eyesore."

The Zen monks were so aloof that they didn't even bother to glance at each other.

"You! Don't forget, the place you're living in is still the property of the Zen family!"

Zen-in Shinichi hadn't expected that even after he had made concessions, the other party still wouldn't appreciate it.

It should be noted that this is probably the first time in history that a Zen family would make concessions to someone who has no magical power or spells.

"So what? Go ahead and take it back if you dare."

Zenji Shinsuke wouldn't return the house in anger just because of a few words from the other party.

He earned it through his own abilities, so why should he return it?

He was already quite benevolent for not robbing the entire Zen temple.

"This is simply unreasonable!"

Zenji Jinichi was so angered by Zenji Jinsuke's attitude that his face instantly turned red. He angrily flicked his sleeves and left.

He had shown his sincerity, but the other party still didn't appreciate it. He was indeed a useless person without any magical power, and there was something wrong with his head.

Zen Monastery was thinking to itself.

"Brother, is he alright?"

As Zhenyi watched Zenji Jinichi leave in anger, she scratched her head, wondering why his face had suddenly turned so red. Was he shy?

"He's mentally unstable, let's ignore him. Remember to stay far away from people like him next time you encounter them. Mental instability is contagious."

"I know, brother! I really don't want to become an idiot!"

Upon hearing this, Zen Monastery Gensuke nodded in satisfaction.

Because Zhenyi is so obedient and sensible, he will protect her from now on.

Then, seeing Maki completely oblivious to what was happening and focused solely on her training, Zenin Jinsuke suddenly remembered something and called out:

"Maki, come here."

"call......"

Wiping the sweat from her forehead casually, Maki jogged over and asked with a serious expression, "Master, what's the matter?"

"You keep calling me 'brother' and 'master,' and 'sister,' have you forgotten that you haven't been accepted as a disciple by your brother yet?"

Zhenyi kindly reminded her from the side.

Maki didn't care at all, saying, "It's the same whether I call you sooner or later."

"Alright, alright, let's stop discussing these meaningless topics."