Curse back: As a swordsman, what's wrong with a happy ending?

Chapter 216 Ending and New Beginning

The first real confrontation between the curse party represented by Zuosuo and the magician party represented by Su Ze ended in a "brief taste".

Both sides conducted small-scale attempts on multiple battlefields out of a desire to "test" and "confirm."

Zuosuo was sure that he had obtained the information he needed to explore.

Su Ze was also able to confirm that the guy who was stirring up trouble in secret had indeed been eyeing him for a long time and had never taken his eyes off him for a moment.

Excluding the premise that both of them restrained their edges and had distant minds, this game of chess, in which not even a few pieces had been dropped, could be considered a small win for Su Ze.

At least, Miki Fushiguro and Rika Norimoto were both safe and sound.

Nanami, who was well prepared, avoided the curse that only reached the special level.

At the same time, Sukuna's finger in the cursed body was seized.

Out of caution and carefulness, he reported the matter directly to Su Ze in person.

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"The finger was placed there by someone, that's basically certain—" Nanami stood in front of Su Ze's desk, speaking calmly, "It's impossible for such a thing to exist naturally in that place, and the characteristics of the curse are also quite strange—"

Su Ze sat in the leather chair behind his desk and nodded slightly in approval.

The existence of the "Noose" is already a semi-open secret among senior magicians and core personnel.

"…Senior, although there is no direct evidence, I have a vague feeling." Nanami looked a little ugly, and paused before saying, "If I hadn't followed closely at the time, Miss Fushiguro might have encountered other problems…"

He hesitated, uttering a speculation that had no real basis.

"--Qianhai, your premonition may not be groundless." Su Ze leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes and took a long breath, confirming his guess.

Qihai looked slightly serious and raised her head to look at Su Ze.

"You've been busy these two days and just came back. You may not be aware of the changes in various places..." Su Ze frowned slightly, looking a little tired.

He pushed the documents on the table towards Nanami and said, "All over the East, from south to north... in a very short period of time, there have been cases of ordinary people "falling unconscious for no reason" - and the number is not small."

Nanami picked up the document and looked through it carefully.

"One or two cases may be considered accidental incidents... but when the number is large, it is bound to arouse suspicion—" Su Ze leaned back in his office chair, supporting his face and said slowly, "We have to distinguish which ones are truly "unrelated personnel" and which ones are "deliberate." "

"Senior Su Ze, are you saying... the same situation may also happen to Miss Fushiguro?" Nanami put down the investigation report.

"I can't be sure—"

Su Ze looked gloomy, the side effects of forcibly exhausting all the "Qi" before had not been eliminated. But at least so far, he has been able to slowly condense the Qi hidden between heaven and earth.

"You said that the curse you encountered was very special - it was different from all the curses you encountered before... Although it is possible to trace back through this clue and eventually find something -"

Su Ze paused, then picked up the sketch drawn by Nanami. The strokes were strong and firm, but the joints were drawn in great detail.

The identity of the artist can basically be recognized at a glance - after all, his behavior is completely consistent with Nanami's own characteristics.

Su Ze held the manuscript paper up to the light and looked carefully at the sketch that was submitted together with the mission report.

Nanami mentioned this picture at the end of the mission report. "Because I was so concerned, I deliberately wrote down the key features, but the situation was critical, so I didn't have the time to remember every detail-"

——This is what was described in the mission report.

Once the cursed spirit is removed, it disappears, so its original form can no longer be seen.

The cursed spirit on the face has a strange shape, and its estimated height is marked with a ruler next to it.

But what is more concerning is the curse itself - the grasshopper-shaped head, the wasp's wings, the mantis's forearms, the Blattodea's hind legs.

This kind of thing, no matter how you look at it, is not a curse born naturally.

——The traces of human intervention are too obvious.

Moreover, it was different from the strange cursed spirit that he had seen several years ago, which was full of abruptness.

Although the shape of this one in the painting is quite abnormal, it actually gives people a very subtle sense of "harmonious beauty".

——In other words, this kind of biological structure may be a "perfect composition" in a narrow sense.

The different parts of insects...are they real limbs? Or armor? Or something else?

Su Ze had a headache because there was no theory to support these speculations.

It should be said that if it weren't for Nanami's own rigor and meticulousness, this clear sketch would probably not have been preserved.

"I understand... I will ask Lord Tianyuan," Su Ze put down the thin piece of paper and put it into the folder together with the report.

Nanami bowed slightly, chatted for a few more words, and then left.

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2018 October.

School admission season.

The hawthorn tree in front of the faculty and staff dormitory of the technical college has been planted for almost ten years.

In the blink of an eye, Megumi Fushiguro also reached school age.

"I still remember clearly the parent-teacher conference for Hui—" Teacher Su was full of emotion, and her expression seemed a little depressed, "And buying him a children's scooter, it seems like it happened yesterday..."

Chairman Su was sad about the passing of time and lamented that time flies like an arrow, the years pass by quickly, the beauty leaves the mirror, the flowers leave the trees... and so on.

This feeling became even stronger when he looked at Tsu Miki who came to send his younger brother to school.

Glass stood beside him, her expression cold... or rather lazy, a bit between a world-weary face and someone who hadn't woken up yet.

The corners of her mouth slightly raised when she heard that, and she said, "Of course, we have graduated for more than eight years--"

He did not say anything to comfort Su Ze, but instead spoke in a joking tone.

"Chairman Su Ze is also a veteran in the underworld." She said lazily.

Chairman Su wanted to cry about how difficult it was for him, but because there were so many people around and it was also the welcome ceremony and opening ceremony for the new semester—

Fushiguro Megumi walked towards Su Ze, while turning her head to say goodbye to Fushiguro Miki.

Basically, it means that she doesn't need to worry too much and can come to him anytime.

"Alas, in the end, Hui is the only one left in the first grade—" Suze raised his hand and gently placed it on Fushiguro Hui's head. He sighed a little frustratedly and rubbed his hedgehog head at the same time.

——Wild Rose didn’t come.

Have you found what you really care about?

——He also reserved an extra dormitory and a set of girls' uniforms.

Su Ze felt a little regretful.

At the same time, I am also pleased with her choice.

"...Teacher Su", Fushiguro Megumi turned around and looked up at Su Ze, looking a little embarrassed, "Don't touch my head like that, I'm not a child anymore——"

The cold and calm Fushiguro protested quietly, trying to get Suze to remove his hand from his head.

"Only children would say that, Hui--" Chairman Su was still a little depressed and rubbed a little harder.

Fushiguro-san felt like he was being dwarfed.