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"Satoru, Suguru, I have new intel here."
He looked down at the Curse User he had precisely knocked out with a punch and lay limp on the ground, kicking him aside with his foot to keep him out of the way.
"Someone put a bounty on Amanai Riko on the dark web, a full 30 million yen. Not only photos but also Riko's real-time location. Although I don't know why the bounty is time-limited, there are still forty-eight hours left."
Saying this, he sent the bounty content over.
"Who placed it? Time Vessel Association? Can we trace it?" Gojo Satoru asked.
"The probability of tracing it is very small. All information on the dark web is encrypted, especially employer information." Kuroi Misato took over, her voice full of worry.
"Then ignore who placed the bounty for now." Geto Suguru made a decisive decision. "The urgent task is to find Miss Riko and ensure her safety. As for others, solve however many come."
"Understood."
"Osu."
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School Chapel. Colorful glass windows projected quiet spots of light.
*Bang——!*
"Amanai! Are you here!"
Gojo Satoru unceremoniously pushed open the heavy wooden door of the chapel. His tall figure appeared at the doorway against the light, instantly attracting everyone's attention. The girls in the chapel, rehearsing hymns or resting quietly, turned their heads in unison, looking at this uninvited guest in surprise. In the crowd, Amanai Riko suddenly raised her head, face first showing shock, then quickly replaced by embarrassment and shame.
While everyone was still in surprise, Amanai Riko had already reacted, face blushing red.
Then...
"Yaaah——————"
First a few screams, then turning into waves of excited screams. The girls instantly became restless.
"Eh—————— So handsome!"
"Riko~ What's going on~ Your boyfriend?" The girl next to her immediately elbowed her, winking.
"No... No! Cousin, distant cousin!" Amanai Riko's cheeks flushed red, waving her hands hurriedly to deny, but her voice was drowned in more teasing.
"Can't judge a book by its cover, getting such a handsome boyfriend without a sound."
"I said it's not!"
"High school student? So tall!"
Amanai Riko was immediately surrounded by classmates asking about her relationship with Gojo Satoru. Some teased, some joked, some felt awe. The cacophony of questions and teasing made Amanai Riko unable to parry. At this time, more girls couldn't hold back and surrounded Gojo Satoru at the door.
"Brother! Are you a foreigner? Hair is white."
"Can you take off your sunglasses for a look!"
A playful smile hooked up the corner of Gojo Satoru's mouth. He raised his hand very cooperatively and slowly took off that pair of small round sunglasses.
In an instant, as if brilliance flowed, those azure eyes were exposed to the air, clearer than the purest sky, brighter than perfectly cut sapphires, seeming to contain endless stars and power. He struck a casual and flashy pose extremely naturally. Relying on that impeccable face and unique temperament, instead of making people feel greasy, it caused the atmosphere to explode instantly, full of the dreamlike feeling of a Mary Sue novel shining into reality.
"Yaaah———————"
With Gojo Satoru taking off his sunglasses and revealing his azure eyes, even louder screams rang out in the chapel.
"Really a super handsome guy!"
"Eyelashes so long!"
"Why are eyes blue?"
"Please strike a pose!"
Gojo Satoru laughed a few times after hearing this, twisting left and right very cooperatively to pose different poses for everyone to see. Looks like he enjoyed this atmosphere very much.
"Waaah———————"
"Hey! Enough is enough!"
Amanai Riko looked at the scene almost getting out of control and classmates falling into crazy infatuation again, stomping her feet in anger, shouting loudly at Gojo Satoru to stop.
"Alright, everyone, please be quiet."
Just then, the teacher finally stood out.
"This won't do, sir. Even if you are a student's family member, you can't intrude."
"Ma~ well, emergency situation, I had no choice here either, sorry." Gojo Satoru scratched his head explaining.
However, when she walked close and saw Gojo Satoru's full appearance clearly, her words stopped abruptly, eyes lighting up involuntarily. She quickly and covertly tore a corner of paper from the lesson plan book, wrote something, trying to stuff it into Gojo Satoru's hand silently.
"Um... this is my contact info..."
However, the teacher's whispered words couldn't escape the students' ears, instantly causing collective protest!
"Hey, this violates school rules!"
The teacher instantly turned angry from embarrassment, then shouted loudly: "Shut up, so annoying! As a dedicated teacher, the time I have to freely encounter high-quality men is pitifully small!"
Inside the chapel, teacher and students fell into a fierce quarrel about school rules and personal feelings, completely forgetting the initial cause.
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On the other side.
Mukyoku Nagi watched the man opposite wearing a crude paper bag on his head, revealing only one eye, and whispered to the earpiece: "Suguru, you and Miss Kuroi go meet Satoru first. I found the second one, solving it quickly."
"Suguru, you and Miss Kuroi meet Satoru directly, I found the second one, coming soon."
"OK~" Geto Suguru's response was relaxed and happy.
"Hey, kid, scram now, I can still leave you a whole corpse."
Mukyoku Nagi put the phone back in his pocket expressionlessly. The next moment...
*Boom!!!*
Without warning, powerful impact roared over like a surging tide! Instantly flipping the Paper Bag Man!
"Ugh ahhh————"
Paper Bag Man didn't even understand what happened, only felt an irresistible force smash fiercely onto his body. His whole person was like being hit head-on by a high-speed truck, feet leaving the ground, flying backward fiercely, finally embedding heavily into the concrete wall of the corridor. Spiderweb-like cracks spread with his body as the center.
"I always had a question before,"
Mukyoku Nagi walked steadily toward the Paper Bag Man embedded in the wall, momentarily unable to move. His right palm still emitted residual, visible twisted Cursed Energy ripples from releasing that strike just now. "Or rather, I almost fell into a misunderstanding."
"My Innate Technique Lapse is generating resistance fields and enhancing resistance, while my Technique Reversal effect was merely reducing resistance."
He stopped in front of Paper Bag Man, vermilion pupils looking down calmly at the opponent, like stating an experimental conclusion just verified.
"Because I learned... no, should be called obtained the Reverse Cursed Technique unintentionally with the help of Vermilion Eyes, I never doubted this point until recently."
"Looking at it now, my understanding was ridiculously wrong. I never truly experienced the core of the 'Reversal' process. Satoru said Vermilion Eyes would give me the most needed, most basic power at the moment when judging I'm in a desperate situation. The 'power' given at that time was indeed enough to deal with the crisis then. But afterward, what I developed and used was always just this most superficial layer of effect."
"So, my Technique Reversal ability was only half developed..."
"After I understood this, I immediately deepened the exploration of Technique Reversal! Compressing the resistance field of 'Slow' again and again to the limit, then using Reverse Cursed Technique to convert resistance into motive force of positive energy! This power will advance constantly!"
"And you are the first to experience it!"
"But I think you probably can't hear anymore right now." Mukyoku Nagi said to the Paper Bag Man who had lost consciousness.
That's right, this is the true Technique Reversal...
**Technique Reversal — Second Stage!**
**Flood!**