Chapter 4: Experimental clapping
I heard that Todo can't swap things which don't have a specific amount of CE, So I'm gonna make up a good reason to break that rule later on...
This chap is todo playing around and experimenting with shit, so buckle up.
And here we go~
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*CLAP*
The loud sound of the clap echoed through the cemetery, causing the grieving people to look where it originated from. But, they couldn't find anything there, except a small fist sized rock.....
(Todo's POV)
I swapped with a rock on a nearby shoreline. It was quite close to the cemetery. There might be some cultural reason for this, but I didn't really know.....
I shrug and clap a few more times, allowing a few more rocks in front of me to be switched with the small cursed spirits, that were plaguing the cemetery.
I did notice them the last time I came to the cemetry, but I didn't care enough at that time. Plus, I was still getting used to their ugliness, so I didn't really take action at that time.
They looked so bewildered and shocked that I couldn't help but chuckle a bit.
"You lot are truly too weak for this world, aren't you?"
I say while looking in their eyes....I could see no semblance of recognition, nor consciousness inside those eyes....
I guess lower grade cursed spirits don't really have a proper consciousness.
I clap a few more times, swapping them with each other, just to make them more bewildered and shocked.
They weren't even able to move for a few seconds due to the sheer shock of displacing from one position to another. Their little brains probably suffered from sensory overload or something.
There wasn't anyone currently on this side of the area since it was pretty early right now, so it doesn't really matter what I say or do....Normal humans can't really see these things after all.
At most, I'll probably be called crazy or something similar.
I noticed something new....While switching these cursed spirits with each other, the cursed energy consumption of Boogie Woogie was abysmally lower than when I try to switch normal objects....is it because these spirits have their own Cursed energy or is their some other reason? I don't know....
This is the damn problem. I need to learn about how cursed energy behaves and works in this world, especially on a physical being and inanimate objects. And I can only learn this from either a mentor, or jujutsu high....
Finding it out myself is possible, but it would be incredibly inefficient.
Sigh...
*Clap* x 3
I clap 3 times to switch the 6 cursed spirits with each other, once again making them freeze up due to sensory shock.
I come forward and stomp on one of the grotesque grasshoper like creature.
The thing gets squished beneath my feet, but it doesn't die...After it being squished to a certain degree, my feet stopped and felt resistance.
I tried to apply more pressure, but there was no further result. It just wasn't dying....
I guess it's true. We can perhaps move or displace a cursed spirit from it's position with pure physical strength, but it's impossible to exorcise it.
Makes sense I suppose.
"I wonder if you feel pain"
I say, while smiling. I then start jumping on the cursed spirit, while clapping my hands together, again and again.
Each clap swapped the curse with another one, with each of the 6 curses getting their chance to be squished by the pretty soles of my feet~
The curses made *mmh* *ooommh* sounds each time I jumped on them, but I doubt it was due to pain.
I kept on jumping on them for a few minutes before I got bored of it. The curses never bothered to attack me since they got confused each time they swapped, and I could literally see that their movement speed was slow as shit.
I mean, they didn't have legs to move, so they had to wiggle or crawl. And crawling was not really known for it's speed....meh.
"It's quite boring when I can't hurt you lot....I wonder if curses can drown...I don't really think so, but it's worth a try, hm?"
I say this while stopping my jumping spree and kicking the curse directly beneath my feet into the lake.
After all this jumping up and down on these curses, they still looked fine for the most part, except for the footprints on their grotesque, discoloured skin that is...
Anyway, it wasn't like I didn't try to reinforce my jumps with CE....I mean I did try it in different ways, but it didn't work, otherwise at least one of them would've got hurt or even killed...
I tried to throw cursed energy generated by my negative emotions to my legs, but it didn't work. Then I tried to send tidbits of energy through the legs, it still didn't work. At the end,I even tried to slowly saturate my whole damn lower body with it, yet it still didn't work.
That's why, I stopped for the time being and decided to test out other things.
And my theory about curses not drowning was proved correct when the cursed spirit, in the lake, was found to still be alive and wriggling inside the water.
I mean, this should be pretty obvious, since curses don't need to breathe, but meh, confirming things never hurts.
I sigh as I pick up a sizable rock from the ground and throw it high into the air.
*Clap*
I switch it with one of the 5 remaining spirits on the ground. The one in the lake already passed it's test, so I don't need it.
I'm a fair guy after all~
The switched curse started falling.
I kick another one of these curses forward.
*Clap*
I switch the kicked curse with the falling one.
The falling curse, which was switched with the kicked one, now fell towards the ground, instead of the direction I kicked in.
And the one that was now in the air, starts falling in a curve. Most likely due to the momentum gained by the kick and the gravity that's now acting on it.
This shows me how the initial motion of the thing/being doesn't change when it's swapped with another thing/being, unless a different external force acts on it.
Makes sense I suppose.
All this info is good for whenever I decide to use my Cursed Technique in a fight...
The curses crash on the ground at different times, but suffer no real damage. Sigh....Defeating a cursed spirit without a cursed tool or cursed energy is such a pain in the ass, if not directly impossible...
My mind drifted towards my schooling, just for it's own randomness.
I was supposed to go to elementary school by now, but eh, I just told my uncle how I didn't wanna, and he happily agreed. I guess he didn't care enough to change the mind of a stubborn 6 year old....
Besides, schooling in here is quite expensive for lower than average class families, so he was probably happy to save money.
I pick up a few more rocks from along the shoreline and throw them upwards in quick succession.
*Clap* x 6
I clap 6 times in quick succession, and switch the stones with the cursed spirits. Even the one in the water.
I loved seeing that bewildered expression on their disgusting faces, it just made me kind of happy.
Heh.
But before the curses could actually fall, a long serpent-esque creature with sections that are covered with bone-like columns seemingly flew in the air, slightly touched the falling curses one by one.
The curses literally exploded and then vanished without a trace....So this is what happens when a cursed spirit dies.
"Hey Kid!!" A feminine voice echoed in my ears.
I didn't even need to turn around to know who it was, yet I still did.
"That was pretty cruel of you~ But Anyway,"
My heart pounded harder than ever before as my veins became tingly due to excitement.
"What kind of girls are you into?"
I guess I'm lucky....I just got what I needed the most....I thought I had more time...sigh.
Still, a grin couldn't help but form on my young cute face.
Things just got better for me~
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If you people don't understand it yet, this was Yuki and her shikigami Garuda.
How was the entry, hm? Was it good?~
Pray for me people, I have to make their personalities according to canon, otherwise the fic will become pretty bad.
I know that Todo is supposed to meet Yuki later on, when he is 8 year old, in 2009, but here, the situation is different, place is a bit different too, and her reason for being there is different as well, plus take it as AU.
The book has officially begun, my friends~
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Comment the love interest you want, or the lack there of.(last chance Before selecting potential ones)
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