Chap 101: Restriction & Ten shadows
The first thing that hits Takumi's eyes in the morning isn't sunlight. Grunting, he was in pain. Every single bone in his body, every fiber of muscle, is in pain.
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[Questline: she who left it all behind]
[Have a child with Tojiko] (completed)
[The character's destiny has changed completely]
[progress:■■■]
[Reward received from the system]
[+10 gacha pulls]
[Received skills]
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[Heavenly restriction(S) (Toji ver)]: a type of cursed restriction that affects someone's cursed energy in exchange for improvements on their body with limitations, user will be removed of any and all curse energy in exchange for an increase in physical abilities.
'That's it ?' He exclaims in his head, how ludicrous would he be to accept this.
'System, what would happen to all my clone body if I accept this ?'
[All of user's bodies will cease to exist because of the Heavenly restriction]
'Then why the heck did you give me such trouble some skill.' Thinking about this, he asks again. 'What would happen if I gave this to one of my clone bodies instead ?'
[Then the clone bodies will lose all abilities to use curse energy along with any other abilities that require magical energy similar to it]
[There is also a side effect that may occur]
'Wait, what do you mean side effect ?'
[Because of the curse technique used to manipulate the clone body and the limitation placed upon by the Heavenly restriction. User may experience difficulty in controlling the body in question]
"Hmmm." Now he has to choose which body will be restricted. Takichi is already out, so his option is Takune. Letting out a sigh, he transferred the Heavenly restriction to Takune's body and hoped it might turn out fine. Considering that body has gone through modification already.
'My morning is already so stressful.' Pulling himself out of bed, he sat up, "What's this ?" Something unexpected came to his eyes.
[User has met the hidden condition]
[Receiving hidden gift]
[Ten shadow technique(A)]: a legendary technique of the Zennin clan that can summon up to ten powerful shikigami using shadows as an intermediary.
"Eh?" His mouth fell completely open. 'Hidden ?' Tha fuck does it mean by hidden.
Shock ? Suprise ? Ecstatic?
He feels the rush of all those emotions as his eyes keep looking at the glowing screen. Jumping up, he went out of bed silently.
"I am most definitely keeping this one." Excitingly, he put his hands together.
He can feel it, moving under his own shadow. Is the two Shikigami waiting to be summon. Forming a hand seal in shape of a dog's head, Takumi saw two heads poke out from the darkness in his room.
Two wolves, black and white fur for each, and on their forehead are three dots connected to form a triangle.
Sitting like good puppies, he reaches out to pet their heads and gives them neck scratches. He then tries to give out an order, "uh...shake hands." Both wolves let one of their paws on his open palms.
His eyes shone brightly at their action; he was smiling now. "Good girls, I can't wait to do more with you two."
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Tojiko was hesitant, but he was just nagging and how can she disobey her lover. Driving to an open field, the place was empty for him to do the ritual as he pleased.
When she woke up, her lover suddenly gain her clan technique. And that had shocked her quite some bit. Was it from last night ? What will happen to him if the clan found out ?
Her stomach was in turmoil, that technique. The fucking technique of the Zennin, she fucking hated it. And it now resides inside the person she loved most.
"We're here." She opened the door just for the two wolves to come out, then came Takumi. He was beaming like a child, seemingly clueless about the brutal ritual that could take his life.
Even as he kept reassuring her, telling that, "I am going to be fine." Or "you didn't see me in action yet."
She keeps herself at a distance so as not to disturb the subjugation ritual, the long worm curse curling around her body.
"I will intervene if you are in danger-"
"Yes, I know. You only told me that ever since the morning when I showed you my curse technique." He said, "I got Shirane and Kurona by my side."
He even named them, Tojiko can't help it. Something pretty like him should be by her side. Not be muddled by those curse, of course she can't say it out loud.
"Just don't get hurt too bad, okay." So she smiled, "for me."
Takumi nodded.
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"Alright, since all I have is you two. Please don't disappoint me." He meant it, Takumi had no access to his own powers during the ritual in order to tame the Shikigami.
No system, no skills, not even weapons. It was just him, his pets, and the knowledge of jujutsu sorcery he had learned by himself over these time.
All of them, inside of his shadow. Takumi can roughly guess which one is there because of the technique itself; they let him have a glimpse of the Shikigami he is going to face and be prepared for it. And thanks alot of his knowledge, he can know a lot in advance.
"Now." Takumi makes the hand sign for his second Shikigami, "Toad."
The shadow opened up like a gate in front of him, then came a green toad.
*Ribbit*
It was human size, as big as Takumi. Green skin, and a symbol on its stomach. It didn't do anything right away, just sat in place.
Then its mouth opened and shot its tongue; Takumi saw it pass by his head as he moved.
'Go.' Ordering both his wolves to attack, Shirane jumped forward and bit down on the tongue while Kurona went for its throat.
Ripping and tearing away, the toad gave not much of a fight before being torn into pieces.
"So that is the first subjugation, easy enough." He looked over to where Tojiko's standing, arm folded and watching him like a hawk.
He gave her a thumbs-up before going for a second time. Forming with one hand into the shape of a snake.
"Great serpent." And just like before, a giant snake shot out of the ground. White skin, black marking ran across the body in two line from it's head. It stares at him with its slit eyes before diving down with an open maw intending on devouring him whole.
"Not a chance." A tongue smacks the serpent's head to the side, making it miss Takumi by a few feet and also greatly damaging it.
"I never understood much about you as a Shikigami, but now that I actually have the chance." He ran with Shirane and Kurona, jumping up to the serpent's long and huge body, "I think I can understand what your ability is."
Hours after much bitting and fight, his wolves sank their fang into the snake and Takumi was finally able to sever the heads of the snake. Completing the subjugation.
Given that the snake never reveals its full body, not that it can't, but because of its strength. By having one part hidden, great serpent can use more curse energy than what is normal.
"I think we have enough for one day." Tojiko said, her shadow casting over Takumi's tired body.
"Yeah....i...argee." he said while panting, usually when he has to move around so much. He has a couple more tricks up his alley.
But for now, three Shikigami ain't so bad.