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Ch 2 Treasure Spirits
The knowledge of what my abilities were was already with me as I instinctively understood them
'Must be the innate understanding that comes with a cursed technique huh'
I reached out to grab a stuffed toy left in the front yard and went somewhere private to test my ability
'Okay now's gonna be the hard part of channeling cursed energy into it'
As I thought this my I felt surprised as my cursed energy casually went inside the stuffed rabbit almost without any focus on my part and I felt a connection to it like I was holding a child of my own
Then the rabbit quivered a little then squirmed out of my grip jumping into my arms as I felt it emitting a cursed energy signature of its own as I felt an unnatural comfort and safety as it hugged me
'Alright that confirms it my innate understanding of my abilities is correct I can grant non-living objects sentience by imbuing them with cursed energy creating a cursed energy signature for them making them completely loyal to me and capable of generating their own cursed energy'
'Well that's an aspect of it these objects use their own cursed energy to move and passively improve at their purpose over time which is why I'm feeling more and more comfortable the longer this stuffed rabbit hugs me as I see its base purpose as that of comforting and playing with children which also makes it perfect for testing since I am technically playing with my cursed energy, I also seem to have a sort of mental or psychic connection to these objects so let's test something'
'Let go of me'
The rabbit let go and stood in front of me as I felt the care it had for me radiating off of it
'Do a cartwheel'
The rabbit attempted to do so trying its best but
flump
didn't seem to have the ability falling over then tried again using a small bit of its newly born cursed energy to hover in place of the movements it couldn't complete
'Alright so mental orders work but if I directly tell it what to do does that count as a chant or nerf of some kind let's test'
I spoke aloud this time "Do another cartwheel"
The rabbit then effortlessly did a cartwheel and stared at me proudly so I patted its head
"I get it so spoken orders are more powerful makes sense with what I understand about the nature of cursed energy but I know that there is more that I can explore in my technique applications I haven't quite unlocked yet which makes sense cause my innate understanding feels more like an instinct pulling at me along with a base set of knowledge rather than a full template with all my applications"
My brow furrowed at my next thought 'This still doesn't account for why I was so naturally able to imbue my cursed energy into an object tho cause that feels like the kind of thing that would take a lot of practice to be honest it felt more like I wasn't even controlling it'
I looked at my hand confused and thought of shaping my cursed energy but I was again surprised at the result cause before I could even decide what to shape it into it decided to form the shape of a little heart
'Is this a cursed energy trait it has to be but this doesn't make any sense I'm not going to fool myself with delusions of being some sort of genius with cursed energy'
pif pif pif
My eyes fell on the rabbit that was clapping its soft plush paws together excitedly celebrating my actions then the thought hit me of what my CE trait might actually be and there was an immediate way to confirm it in my mind
My pupils dilated 'Cursed energy are you alive'
Focusing deliberately on my hand I felt my cursed energy move not fluidly but in a rough manner like it was trying its hardest to figure something out
'Make a shape if yes do nothing if not' hope swelling in my chest cause if this is what I think it is it might be the most op CE trait ever'
With rapt attention, I saw as my CE struggled to make a circle with zero effort on my part and a wicked grin arose from my face
"Heh hehe HAHAHAHA get fucked Sukuna have all the mouths and arms you want I don't need no damn Six Eyes either none of that beats living sentient cursed energy I don't even need to control"
'Hehehe I feel so damn giddy I got a solid cursed technique from what I can tell a broken cursed energy trait and even a fucking system aren't I just destined to be a badass in the future'
A wave of calm comfort ran through me as I felt the rabbit hug my leg
'Alright calm down only people with an extremely focused belief or innate desire built into them seem to have cursed energy traits of course it also seems like something few people can innately have since if that's all it took, Sukuna and Gojo would have them and they don't need any more damn hax'
Turning back and seeing the rabbit a lightbulb went off in my head
'If I took back the cursed energy that went into bringing it to life couldn't I get back the cursed energy that I had spent and have more left in storage for later on top of my maximum capacity'
'My reservoir felt rather low looking back to when I first awoke in this world but after what I assume is my soul finished consuming that of the fading soul of this body's previous user I felt my cursed energy surge and multiply and I felt what the maximum possible cursed energy reserve I had increase'
'I don't have a clear measurement but it doesn't feel all-consuming, so I'm definitely not special grade maybe grade 2 or high grade 1 if I'm lucky now let's test my theory'
I reached out towards the rabbit that began to shake I felt its reluctance to not exist but its acceptance and subtle happiness to be of use to me and as I began to take its cursed energy a disgusting perverse feeling turned in my gut
As I felt the small collective consciousness of this thing begin to fade I instinctively stopped halfway hands trembling feeling like an absolute piece of shit and the rabbit crawled into my arms and snuggled me
'I can't go through with it I feel it wants to live this thing wants nothing but to serve and make me happy what a horrid feeling like in actually taking the life of someone that loves me fuck this is the worst I can do it I just really don't wanna'
After the comfort of the rabbit sank into me my disgust began to fade
"I think I get it now this world was fiction to me not a living breathing thing it's something I'm forced to care about maybe that's where my trait comes from and maybe that's the nature of my technique huh cursed to care about what I make with all the disgust that comes from ending something I care about"
I hugged the rabbit back then my mind went to a kid named Ren who was new to the orphanage his parents died from mysterious circumstances
'Poor kid probably lost them to a cursed spirit huh'
I felt soft impacts on the top of my head
pat pat
"Alright alright, I'm feeling better now you did very good. I think I have an important job for you to do since you're so good at comforting people"
The stuffed little bunny let go then twirled and hit a cute rockstar pose with its paw in the air
Flump
Then it immediately fell over as it had exhausted too much cursed energy in that movement
"Heh you already lost a lot of CE after I took some from you it's best you don't move too much for now so pretend to be a normal stuffed bunny"
It then completely slumped over at my order
I snickered 'Toy Story lookin ass' then picked it up and walked back inside the orphanage and casually greeted the kids deciding not to bother Yuma as she was too busy
Going straight to Ren who was curled up in the corner he looked up at me his eyes holding an unfocused expression no kid should have
'Ugh I was never good with kids'
I stretched out my hand holding the stuffed bunny "Here take this"
He looked at me confusedly "Uh, n-no thanks I'm good"
Feeling irritated I just shoved the rabbit in his arms, then walked away 'You know what to do comfort the kid'
"T-thanks Kaza"
As I walked away I saw him curling the rabbit tightly in his arms light tears swelling in his eyes 'I gotta get outta here I ain't dealing with no crying child'
"Anytime"
I then left immediately I couldn't have used that rabbit for combat anyway so let's see if I can find some sort of proper simple thing to make a weapon