Shirou Emiya is determined to kill all the cursed spirits and evil spirits

Being able to see cursed spirits everywhere means that you may encounter danger at any time, but even if you join the curse world, it does not mean that you will be safe. Instead, it will bring you one step closer to danger.

The personnel composition of the magic world is very straightforward, and the degree of danger and status from top to bottom are roughly: magician → auxiliary supervisor → window.

Spellcasters battled the cursed spirits, while assistant supervisors ensured the spellcasters' logistical support. As for the final window, individuals with Yin-Yang vision or a keen sense of cursed energy were scattered throughout the city, providing intelligence to the spellcasters at all times.

All I can say is that no matter where you are, as long as you are connected to the world of curses, the level of danger will definitely increase greatly. It is better to just be an ordinary person and pretend not to see the curse spirits, so you will basically not encounter any danger.

So even though the higher-ups had instructed that if you encountered a rare person with Yin-Yang Eyes, it would be best to report and register it truthfully, Nanami Kento had no intention of doing so.

Not wanting ordinary people to get involved in the troubles of the world of sorcery is secondary. More importantly...

Who would seriously follow the orders of a shitty boss?! Whatever those guys say is shit! Anyone who seriously follows the shitty orders of a shitty boss is even worse than shit!

Thinking of this, Nanami Kento opened the packaging of the hamburger in his hand and took a bite. In an instant, he was surrounded by the helplessness of life again.

"I really can't stand fast food. I'll go to a bakery a little further away next time."

Having said that, even though Nanami Kento didn't like the food, he still swallowed it all without missing a single bit.

There is no way around it. After all, adults cannot be as casual as children.

After quickly finishing his lunch, it was time for him to start his work today.

According to the information coming from the window, a large cursed spirit has appeared in a nearby shopping mall with a large flow of people. Such a dangerous existence must not be allowed in the city center, so sorcerers must be dispatched to destroy it.

Because no direct damage or combat has occurred, the Sorcerer Association temporarily classified it as a second-level cursed spirit based on the overflowing cursed power.

As for why a second-level curse spirit needs a first-level sorcerer to remove it?

That's of course because the situation in the world of spells is just as shitty as its upper echelons. It's already a very good situation to let the upper-level spellcasters clean up the lower-level spell spirits, because the Spell Association will misjudge the level of the spell spirits from time to time, so it's not uncommon for second-level or even third-level spellcasters to have to face first-level spell spirits.

If the sorcerer is lucky, he can save his life and then hand the task back to the first-level sorcerer to complete. If the sorcerer is unlucky, he will be directly killed in it.

This has led to a high death rate among sorcerers, and the number of tasks to remove cursed spirits is quite mismatched with the number of existing sorcerers. Many sorcerers have little room to rest.

Even though he was so tired, Kento Nanami continued to fulfill his duties as a sorcerer and remove the cursed spirits.

But even so, after arriving at the mission site and seeing the people coming and going at the door, Nanami Kento's blood pressure rose in an instant.

He called the auxiliary supervisor without hesitation.

"What's going on, Ijichi? Wasn't there any work done to evacuate the crowd?"

Listening to Nanami Kento's calm yet oppressive voice, the person on the other end of the line replied in a clearly hesitant voice, "Well, um, Nanami-san...we did originally plan to remove the cursed spirit at night, but the surveillance window reported that someone had been seen missing inside. If we want to rescue someone, we can't wait until then."

"Besides, this mall is open 24 hours a day, so even at night, there's only a slight decrease in traffic... The top floor area where the cursed spirits are active has been temporarily cordoned off. As long as you don't make too much noise, you won't be discovered."

"To prevent any accidents, I will still promptly deploy the [Tent] outside. But it can only last for ten minutes at most, otherwise ordinary people will also notice the abnormality..."

As they spoke, the voice on the other end of the line began to grow quieter. It was as if they knew their work wasn't perfect and were afraid of being scolded by the silent sorcerer.

Click——

Nanami Kento hung up the phone with an expressionless face.

"You have to rescue the hostages, be mindful of the situation, and be within a time limit... Tsk, that really makes the job more difficult."

Muttering to himself, Nanami Kento raised his head and looked at the sky. Deep black emerged from where the sun was, and then turned into a semicircular cover that obscured the entire shopping mall.

This is the [Tent], a simple barrier technique, and it is also the reason why the sorcerers have been able to hide until now.

It can prevent ordinary people outside the [tent] from seeing what is happening inside the [tent]. This is not a visual disappearance, but a subconscious sensory ignoring of what is happening in this area.

Similarly, the [Tent] can also be set so that ordinary people can only exit but not enter, or only enter but not exit. It is a very convenient barrier technique.

But in a shopping mall with such a huge flow of people, even if the [Account] is applied, if it exists for too long, ordinary people will definitely still notice the abnormality.

So what Nanami Kento has to do is to kill the cursed spirit within this limited time.

The mature office worker adjusted his tie, then reached into the back of his suit jacket and pulled out a large, bandaged dagger.

"I hope nothing happened to the hostages."

The reason why Nanami Kento decided to complete the task meticulously was not to deal with those old guys at the top of the magic world, but just to realize some value as much as possible.

If the hostage captured by the cursed spirit is not dead, but is successfully rescued by him and returns to society to continue to perform his duties - then he has realized his value.

Just like if a bakery disappeared, people who loved to eat bread would feel troubled. The same would happen if someone harmed by a cursed spirit died.

So he might have to complete this task more seriously.

Ten minutes seemed like a long time for the customers waiting in line, but it was a blink of an eye for the students who were on break... Nanami Kento didn't waste any time and quickly reached the top floor of the mall within a few seconds.

This place has indeed been temporarily closed. If it weren't for the sunlight shining through the window at the end, it would probably seem bottomless.

But a touch of darkness wasn't an obstacle to Nanami Kento. Just as a criminal leaves footprints after committing a crime, cursed spirits also leave behind "residues" wherever they pass. That unusual concentration of cursed energy is easily detected by the sorcerer.

For some unknown reason, the cursed spirits gathered on the top floor of the mall were unusually aggressive. However, they were only at level three, a disaster for ordinary people, but nothing compared to Nanami Kento.

boom--!

He simply raised his arm and swung it hard, and a cursed spirit that rushed forward without knowing the danger was easily removed.

But I don't have time to mess with these minions...

Following the 'remnants' left by the second-level cursed spirit, Nanami Kento began to move towards the target at an extremely fast speed.

It was inevitable that some cursed spirits would develop malicious intent because of his unreserved actions, but it didn't matter, as long as he could kill them.

In just two minutes, Nanami Kento had nearly crossed the entire mall, and the cursed spirits on the top floor had been almost completely wiped out. There might still be some smaller creatures hiding somewhere, but that was not his concern.

The important thing is that even though he searched the entire top floor, he couldn't find any trace of the second-level cursed spirit.

The 'remnant' went straight up along the passage, and for some unknown reason, the cursed spirit ran to the rooftop.

After adjusting his breathing slightly, Nanami Kento quickly followed. The expected sneak attack did not happen. He successfully reached the top and found the second-level cursed spirit in the mission.

only......

The good news is that the hostages are still alive, but the bad news is that they are in the hands of the second-level cursed spirit, and it is not certain whether they will be alive in the next second.

The cursed spirit even faced Nanami Kento with a strange smile, as if it had been waiting for him here long ago.

There is no doubt that cursed spirits are born out of human negative emotions.

The more fear humans instill in something, the more powerful the curse spirit born from that thing will be.

And in Tokyo, a shitty place with a dense population of tens of millions, the curses created by the mixed emotions of tens of millions of people are by no means comparable to those in some small places.

They may lack reason and emotion, but that doesn't mean they lack wisdom.

It seems like some guys have been hiding in human cities for a long time, and have learned the excellent qualities of cunning and deception very well.

After Nanami Kento and the cursed spirit stared at each other in silence for a moment, the cursed spirit seemed to be sure that he was the one who would be threatened, so it stretched out its tentacles with a hostage curled up in its direction and stretched them towards him.

Even in this process, the gradually increasing force made it almost impossible for the hostage to breathe, and the threat was self-evident.

Damn...what should I do now?

Nanami Kento was ultimately caught in a dilemma.

Because he was a first-level sorcerer removing a second-level cursed spirit, he was not equipped with any sorcerers who could come to the rescue.

He wasn't afraid of a Level 2 cursed spirit being able to harm him, and the higher-ups wouldn't punish him for the safety of a few hostages. So as long as he acted without hesitation, the cursed spirits that couldn't react would be annihilated, and the hostages wouldn't necessarily die.

so......

"In the end, he was coerced by the cursed spirit."

Kento Nanami squatted down and put the weapon in his hand on the ground, then raised his hands and stood up.

Even with a certain degree of intelligence, a second-level cursed spirit's thinking ability wouldn't be that strong. Once the other party captured him or attacked him, he would be confident enough to rescue the hostage, and at most he would only suffer some injuries.

"As you can see, I'm not a threat right now. Hurry up... What?!"

What was completely beyond his expectations was that the second-level cursed spirit not only had no intention of attacking him, but instead tightened its tentacles even more, obviously intending to kill him.

Should we say this guy is smart or extremely stupid?

Nanami Kento subconsciously wanted to pick up the weapon on the ground. It only took him two seconds from launching the attack to destroying the cursed spirit... But it was not enough. This level of speed was simply not enough!

If it just wanted to kill the hostage, this cursed spirit wouldn't even take a second.

Damn...I'm going to miss it!

It seemed as if his consciousness was infinitely stretched at this moment. Nanami Kento tried his best to make his body move faster, but the reality was not something that consciousness could change.

Seeing that the bodies of those people were about to be deformed and shattered by the curse spirit, just when he thought everything was about to end, the thing that suddenly appeared behind the curse spirit made him subconsciously widen his eyes.

"What is that...?"

A sword arrow... hurtling towards us from afar?!

Volume 1: Chapter 6 Please, Be My Eyes

Not long ago, on the other side, Emiya did not choose to follow the suspicious office worker closely, but instead vigilantly kept a safe distance of about 100 meters.

Since we already know that the other party must have killed someone, it would be a foolish thing to rashly contact the dark side of this world before being able to determine whether it is good or bad.

Kiritsugu's father had taught him that tracking at such a distance would make it more difficult for the other party to detect him, and relying on his enhanced vision through strengthening magic, he would never lose the track easily at such a distance.

Just a few minutes later, Emiya saw the other person's figure stopped at the entrance of a large shopping mall.

It was obvious that the other party did not want to buy food in the fast food restaurant on a whim, but just chose a convenient and fast dining place near the target location.

After seeing the other party stop at the entrance of the mall for a moment and then walk in, Emiya was about to follow when he was suddenly grabbed by the arm by Yotsuya Miko beside him.

"Emiya-san, look over there, there's something..."

Yotsuya Miko pointed her finger at the sky, but when Emiya looked in that direction, he could see nothing.

Without a doubt, that is something that can only be seen by those with Yin-Yang eyes.

"What do you see?"

"That's right. A pitch-black cover descended from the sky, enveloping the mall and the surrounding neighborhoods... probably right there?"

Yotsuya Miko pointed again to a street lamp not far in front of Emiya, but when Emiya turned his head, he still couldn't find anything. It even seemed to have no effect on ordinary people... Wait?

With a fixed coordinate point as a reference, Emiya finally realized something.

Even though the crowd was still coming and going freely at the place where the black hood fell, the number of people going in again was obviously much smaller than the number of people coming out.

This was probably a kind of barrier technique similar to the magic used in the magic world to drive away idlers, but its effect was even more subtle, and could only be detected by those who could see.

So, is something going to happen in that mall?

"Come on, Yotsuya-san, let's go over there!"

After realizing that the other party, who was well prepared, was probably not alone, Emiya did not choose to continue following into the mall. Instead, he found a building that was also enclosed by the barrier and climbed to the top of it.

Apart from areas like schools where premature love is prevalent, few people would set foot on the rooftops of ordinary buildings except for office workers who have lost hope in life. In fact, it is more convenient for Emiya to observe the movements in the mall from such an empty high place.

Thanks to the fact that most of the walls in the mall are made of glass, even though the reflectivity is very high, Emiya can still successfully observe something through it.

Ignore all other possible anomalies and focus entirely on searching for the office worker.

First floor, nothing... Second floor, nothing... Third floor, fourth floor, fifth floor...

Finally, when he set his sights on the top floor, Emiya keenly caught sight of the other person. The guy was now moving across the empty top floor at an unimaginable speed, even through the hazy wall, at a speed that was difficult for even Emiya to lock onto.

"Sure enough, this person definitely can't be an ordinary person..."

Emiya became more certain of his guess, but Yotsuya Miko, who couldn't see anything clearly, was a little confused.

"What? What what?"

How come after just one night, she felt like she was already behind the times? In the more than a month since she awakened her Yin-Yang eyes, she had never encountered a situation like this before?

Hearing Yotsuya Miko's doubts, Emiya subconsciously wanted to explain to her. But before he could successfully organize his words, the situation in the mall suddenly reversed -

The office workers who had crossed the entire top floor of the shopping mall finally arrived at the rooftop, and it was only then that Emiya suddenly noticed that there were actually a few ordinary people on the rooftop.

In Emiya's vision, they suddenly floated up the moment the exorcist arrived at the rooftop, but their entire state did not seem like they had any special abilities, but more like they were being held in the hands of something and lifted up.

There was no doubt that it was another evil spirit whose shape Emiya could not see at all.

But what is even more terrifying is the evil spirit's behavior. It is obviously highly intelligent and is using hostages to threaten the other party.

"Look carefully at the rooftop over there at the mall. What's going on over there at Yotsuya?"

"Eh?"

Yotsuya Miko subconsciously looked over there, and then her eyes suddenly widened.

"It seems like it's an octopus-like evil spirit that has wrapped those people up with its tentacles!"