AN - Non-filler chapter finally, and i am splitting something up into two parts. Mind blowing amiright.
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- [Secondary Pit] - [Kazuhi] -
The White walls illuminated the mansion-like room with subtle luminescence.
Cursed Spirit's scattered along the floor and the walls, grade 2's and below, only able to be seen by a certain type of human.
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A sorcerer.
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Something which Naohiro is testing of Kazuhi.
discerning whether or not he has the personality fit for a one.
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Every few seconds while walking together, some random, particularly weak Cursed Spirit would attack them, Naohiro exorcising them nigh-instantly with clear lethargy.
Expressing his irk he sighed, then spoke playfully "Little buggers don't know when to stay back."
"...."
"Is there something I get from you observing me fight..."
"Oh- of course, if I believe you're up to my standards then I will personally train you."
"Right. Is that why you accepted my all those years ago? Why would you ever believe I would accept your tutelage now."
"Because even with how much dislike you have towards me. it would be stupid and you know it."
"...Fine."
"But that's only if you do pass my test"
"Right."
Naohiro then suddenly stopped walking whilst he gestured for Kazuhi to keep going.
"I'll be watching you from over here"
Kazuhi continued walking, his back to Naohiro.
Suddenly, in a uniquely serious tone, Naohiro spoke "Don't hold back on me, kid."
Kazuhi kept walking, striding down the steps.
Proudly believing in his own strength as he does.
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Beginning to activate his Cursed energy reinforcement Aswell as stretching, Kazuhi began having thoughts about Naohiro.
'That old man certainly wasn't lying. having him train me would be extremely beneficial, he most certainly knows techniques like Falling Blossom Emotion and Simple Domain.'
'Those techniques could potentially help me obtain a Domain in the future. I've even heard some rumours of him having RCT, though I don't know the legitimacy of said claims. '
Finally reaching the bottom of the stairs, Kazuhi looked towards the closest group of Cursed Spirits and made a gesture that universally meant.
*Come Fight me*
As if trying to go above and beyond, every single cursed spirit in the pit obliged to his request and started rushing towards him.
'That's... more than I wanted.'
The first cursed spirit to reach him, one that looked like a deformed mantis, jumped at him while slashing, ready to dismember him.
Unexpectedly, instead of hitting him the Curse sliced through empty air.
-Whoosh-
As soon as the slash's sound had entered its ear's it had been exorcized, a punch through the back, pouring purple liquid all over Kazuhi.
'Eww, forgot they did that-'
Interrupting his thoughts was three cursed spirits trying to Jump him, Kazuhi instinctively dodging them while immediately charging a small blast, which, when released on them, exploded, killing a multitude of extra cursed spirits in the vicinity.
'That was close. No more distractions.'
Kazuhi Locked in.
Taking advantage of the space he was given, Kazuhi created a small barrier to cover his backside while charging a High-Output-Beam.
Charging towards kazuhi was a huge wave of Cursed Spirit's, which, when Kazuhi calmly released his Technique-
"Swelling blast."
-Immediately turned them into nothing but illuminated dust
Said dust stopped existing not long after.
Kazuhi's barrier then barely blocked a large Cursed energy infused fist from hitting him.
Turning around to observe what attacked him, Kazuhi saw a large bear-like Cursed Spirit standing on its hind legs, looking down on him.
Immediately blitzing atop the Curse, Kazuhi was about to punch its neck off before suddenly having to kick off of the back of the bear to swiftly dodge a spittle of poison.
Said poison, that at a glance, had seemingly come from a snake-like curse.
The bear, capitalising from Kazuhi being in the air, tried to grab at him.
Thinking quickly, Kazuhi charged a quick blast with his hands and shot it towards the snake-like cursed spirit, exorcizing it and launching him to the side slightly, dodging the swing.
Landing on his feet he immediately jumped off again, this time exorcizing the bear-like cursed spirit by viciously ripping it's head off while rapidly twisting, dodging a kick by thrown by another curse.
During said dodge, he kicked through the curse's stomach, purple blood spraying out and covering more of the floor.
Jumping off of the disintegrating body of the bear, Kazuhi Charged up a Max-Output-Beam.
As if in slow motion while in the air, he thinks.
'Doing all this at once is quite tiring, guess I understand why Naohiro said I needed real combat experience.'
Immediately shooting off the beam, he shouts.
"MAX-OUTPUT VOLATILE BEAM!"
The unnaturally small beam travelled from his hand, swiftly reaching the ground before igniting and exploding, causing a majority of the curse spirit's to be exorcized.
'I'm lucky that Jinichi helped me create that. It is pretty simple though. only keeping it packed together till the end in which the Cursed Energy unstably smashes together against each other, causing an explosion.'
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[Naohiro POV]
Naohiro watches on, seemingly happy at what his son achieved, continuously expanding on his Simple Technique in way's some people may not be able to.
'That massive beam was certainly surprising, it's Kinetic energy was comparable to even my Enhanced Fist.'
'Only a couple more cursed Spirit's for him to go through. he's definitely gone above and beyond of my Assumptions of him.'
'He's improved multiple times over, the main thing improved being his battle intelligence thanks to Jinichi, since I last saw him fight in the 97th Akashi training Tournament.'
'Stupid work not letting me-'
Interrupting Naohiro's Thoughts was a horrible instinctual feeling.
Surprised, Naohiro looks around-
Only to find nothing.
'My instincts are never wrong, what the fuck is going on!'
The feeling intensified once more, pulling his vision towards a specific Cursed Spirit in the corner of the room, shadowed by a pillar.
Said Cursed Spirit had Seemingly transformed.
It's shedded skin looking something like a Hard, Chitin covered Larva to now becoming some sort of abomination of a butterfly with tens of eyes along its wing's.
Instincts flaring to their maximum, Naohiro immediately Enhanced the Size of his leg and kicked off at Supersonic speed, Activating his cursed energy Reinforcement to its maximum.
While flying off towards the Cursed Spirit he suddenly remembered about Kazuhi being in proximity with him and loudly shouted his name.
"Kazuhi Ru-"
However, it didn't matter...
As all three combatants were within 15 metres of each other, The Cursed Spirit began unavoidably Chanting a phrase neither of the two sorcerers had heard in years of their life.
"DOMAIN EXPANSION!"