Chapter 100: Kento Nanami.
The next day.
Tatsuro poured the toad oil from the basin into a small bottle, making it convenient for Inumaki Toge to apply himself later.
He had also curiously tried the toad oil himself yesterday. The natural energy in the air kept drilling into his body. The speed was too fast, and the pain was somewhat unbearable for him.
And the area where he touched the toad oil also began to turn into toad skin. Thanks to Lady Katsuyu Beating out the uncontrollable natural energy from his body, otherwise, he would have turned into a toad statue that very night.
"This stuff is really damn dangerous..."
After complaining, Tatsuro sealed the bottle cap and then called Lady Katsuyu and Shura to go out.
The original morning run had now turned into eating breakfast. After a simple meal, it was almost seven o'clock. After meeting up with Inumaki Toge at the old spot, they headed towards the forest.
"Bonito flakes. (Tatsuro.)" Inumaki Toge, who had specially brought paper and pen, wrote.
[Hasn't Lady Katsuyu's size gotten a lot bigger? Is there something inside her?]
"No, this current size is only six ten-thousandths of Lady Katsuyu's main body. I can't summon her main body."
"Here, this is toad oil." Tatsuro handed the bottle to Inumaki Toge.
"Doll fish. (Thanks.)"
Inumaki Toge took it, glanced at it – the yellow liquid inside looked exactly like ordinary cooking oil – put it in his pocket, and continued to write.
[So amazing! Why is Lady Katsuyu so big? Don't tell me she's a real sage?]
"Anyone who knows Sage Art can call themselves a sage. Toge, if you learn it, you can also call yourself that," Tatsuro said with a smile.
"That's right. As long as one knows Sage Art, they can call themselves a sage," Lady Katsuyu nodded and said. "Actually, this title of 'sage' is optional. Slug is me, and Slug Sage is also me. There's no difference between the two. Of course, I prefer to sound a bit more grand, so I call myself Slug Sage."
[Oh oh! Then can I also call myself Sage Inumaki Toge in the future!]
Inumaki Toge's eyes were shining at this moment, seemingly very interested in this title.
"You can."
The group arrived at their old spot. Inumaki Toge eagerly opened the bottle containing the toad oil in his hand.
Tatsuro reminded him, "Use a little less. After all, the effect of this stuff is really too potent. I almost turned into a toad last night."
"Doll fish! (Got it!)"
Inumaki Toge lightly dipped his right index finger in the toad oil and applied it to the back of his left hand. Just after applying it, there was a cool sensation, followed by the feeling of something rushing into his body from the back of his left hand.
The area touched by the toad oil began to show toad-like characteristics. The natural energy entering his body was completely unruly, rampaging everywhere. Just as Lady Katsuyu was about to interrupt Inumaki Toge's current state, he spoke:
"Don't move!"
As the Cursed Speech took effect, the raging power within his body was forcibly suppressed.
Lady Katsuyu, who was about to pat him, was also frozen in place, including the leaves falling from the sky.
Tatsuro didn't struggle either; after all, doing so would hurt Inumaki Toge.
Gaining a moment of respite, Inumaki Toge let out a long sigh and began to control the rioting natural energy within his body. He said:
"Move."
Perhaps because he was desperate to master this power, he kept using 'Cursed Speech.' When the power within his body began to lose control, he would make it stop, then continue to move it.
Lady Katsuyu couldn't bear to watch anymore. She swatted the natural energy out of his body with her tail and said, "You'll disturb Tatsuro-kun and Shura's training like this. Let's go practice in a place that won't affect them. There's no need to rush. Only those with a calm heart can master Sage Art more quickly. Being hasty is useless."
"Bonito flakes... (Sorry...)"
Inumaki Toge lowered his head, seemingly realizing he had been too hasty.
"It's fine, it's fine," Tatsuro said with a smile, waving his hand. "Everyone gets anxious when training. Take it slow."
"Your delivery! Tatsuro."
Zenin Maki's voice came through. "Oh! It looks like a pretty good cursed tool. If you don't come out, I'm taking it!"
"Cursed tool?"
Tatsuro thought for a moment and then remembered the cursed tool Noritoshi Kamo was supposed to compensate him with. He quickly got up and shouted, "I want it, I want it! Maki, don't take it! That's mine!"
...
A week passed.
Tatsuro was called by Gojo Satoru early in the morning to carry out a mission.
6:40 AM.
On the street.
"How's the 'Sage Mode' training coming along?"
"It's alright. I can already enter 'Sage Mode' on my own, but it takes two hours."
Tatsuro sat on a bench, watching the various people rushing to work on the road. He asked, "Aren't we on a mission? Who are we waiting for now?"
Just as he finished speaking, a steady voice came from behind, "Mr. Gojo, is this the junior I'm supposed to take on this mission?"
"Yes, this student of mine will be in your care! I'm going on a business trip for a few days." After Gojo Satoru finished speaking, he downed the drink in his hand in one gulp and then threw it into the trash can.
Tatsuro looked up. A man in a white suit, wearing light yellow glasses, with yellow, short-cropped hair parted 3:7, stood behind him. He was also looking Tatsuro up and down.
Tatsuro waved and said, "Hello! My name is Tatsuro."
The man pushed up his glasses and said, "Hello, my name is Kento Nanami."
"Feels like you two will get along well. Then I'll be off, bye-bye!" As Gojo Satoru left, he didn't forget to shout:
"Woohoo! Off to travel!"
"..."
Tatsuro said speechlessly, "Gojo-sensei is really too much, going on trips every few days."
"Mr. Gojo is still the same as always, acting as he pleases. This is a point I rather dislike, but it's also why I trust him."
"Huh?"
Kento Nanami's statement left Tatsuro completely bewildered. Nanami continued:
"Last night, Mr. Gojo asked me to assist you in completing the mission to exorcise a first-grade cursed spirit, and then to recommend you for promotion to a second-grade sorcerer. To be honest, I really dislike 'connected households' like you."
"So-called equality for all is, fundamentally, bullshit. Therefore, I will supervise you even more strictly to see if you are qualified to become this second-grade sorcerer."
"Now, let's talk about the mission. Mission location: a high school. Last night, ten students went missing. Someone saw something resembling an infant's placenta in the sky. It's tentatively determined to be a first-grade cursed spirit, possibly evolving into a special-grade hypothetical cursed spirit soon."
"Honestly, this was originally my mission. I didn't agree to let you follow at the time; after all, it's impossible for a third-grade jujutsu sorcerer to exorcise a first-grade, let alone special-grade, cursed spirit. But Mr. Gojo still pushed you onto me."
"There's a high probability you'll be instantly killed, and I won't be able to save you. That's roughly the mission. You can choose to withdraw now. Any other questions?"
After speaking, Kento Nanami stared intently into Tatsuro's eyes, wanting to see his attitude towards death. After all, every jujutsu sorcerer will die one day; most are killed by cursed spirits. Very few sorcerers die of old age in their beds.
He could choose to escape; after all, it could mean death. But he couldn't keep running away forever; he would have to face it one day. If he instinctively and decisively chose to withdraw, then Nanami's advice to him would be:
"Go back to being an ordinary person..."
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