Shikigami Summoning in Konoha

Chapter 43: How Did I Turn White?

Although Enenra enjoys teasing her younger brother, Shokujinki, their relationship is actually very good, so Katsuragi doesn't comment further. What he's pondering over now is another issue: should he upgrade Enenra to four stars first, or should he prioritize the awakening of the Three-Tailed Fox? With only 320,000 gold coins, he can only choose one. If he awakens the Three-Tailed Fox, he won't be able to upgrade Enenra, and if he chooses to upgrade, he won't be able to awaken the Three-Tailed Fox.

"Phew, I'll awaken the Fox sister first!"

After much deliberation, Katsuragi decides to prioritize the Three-Tailed Fox's awakening before considering anything else. After all, by this time next year, he will have another 500,000 gold coins, and he might be able to scrape together enough gold to upgrade Enenra to three stars with the daily earnings. As long as he's careful and doesn't expose anything, there shouldn't be any danger in Konoha for now.

In the courtyard, cherry blossom petals fall at a speed of five centimeters per second, and the sound of a clear stream can be heard not far away. Katsuragi and his companions stand under the tree with serious expressions.

"Fox sister, I'm starting now!"

"Go ahead!"

Katsuragi goes to the store to buy the materials needed for the Three-Tailed Fox's awakening. His gold coins plummet, the once abundant 800,000 now reduced to less than a thousand, causing him a pang of regret.

He opens the shikigami record and chooses to awaken the Three-Tailed Fox's card. A blinding golden light emits from the Three-Tailed Fox in the courtyard. When it dissipates, Katsuragi sees that the Three-Tailed Fox has undergone a drastic transformation.

Her fiery red tails have turned pure white, with just the tips remaining red. Her clothing has also changed to white, and her already beautiful face has become even more enchanting.

However, Katsuragi has a strange feeling that if the Three-Tailed Fox looked more human-like before, she now definitely looks more like a mythical creature.

"Eh?"

The Three-Tailed Fox is also surprised, examining her tail closely before asking Katsuragi with a puzzled look, "Katsuragi, why did I turn white?"

"I don't know!"

Katsuragi shakes his head. Although he remembers that in the game, awakening was supposed to enhance attributes or skills, this is a different world, and things don't necessarily work the same way here.

Speaking of which, Katsuragi is somewhat disappointed; he thought the first awakening might grant some rewards, but the courtyard gave no such indication, suggesting it might not be significant.

"Fox sister, do you feel any changes in yourself?" Katsuragi can't help but ask, as the Three-Tailed Fox would be the one who knows best if anything has changed after her awakening.

"Changes?"

The Three-Tailed Fox tilts her head, her fair face taking on a serious expression as she thinks. After a while, she says, "It feels like some restrictions have been lifted!"

Then, she looks at her nails, which seem sharper than before, and smiles, "But look, Katsuragi, I think my nails have grown a lot. Awakening is pretty impressive, huh?"

"..."

Katsuragi feels like if it were possible to take back the 320,000 gold coins, he might just do it. Perhaps it would be better to save up and awaken the Yuki-onna next year, which might reveal more.

"Let it be, let it be!"

Having spent so much time with the Three-Tailed Fox, Katsuragi understands her nature. Although her figure is mature, her personality is much like that of a little girl. Thus, he doesn't dwell on it and plans to experiment more once he leaves the courtyard.

Before that, he has some other things to study. At the riverside, remembering the location he noted earlier, Katsuragi thinks to himself, "Is it really because of the number of shikigami?"

Previously, when summoning Yuki-onna, he and the Three-Tailed Fox noticed some changes in the courtyard. Now, having summoned Enenra, Katsuragi has confirmed his suspicion—the courtyard is continuously expanding outward.

"Where exactly is this place?"

Katsuragi silently wonders, but no one can answer that question. Perhaps only when all the shikigami are summoned will he be able to solve this mystery.

Afterward, Katsuragi delegates the task of introducing Enenra to Yuki-onna and the Three-Tailed Fox. After equipping Enenra's shikigami card, he leaves the courtyard, ready to carefully study the abilities of the awakened Three-Tailed Fox, the five-star Yuki-onna, and Enenra.

"Let's start with sister Enenra's abilities!"

Although Enenra is only at two stars, it's enough to give a glimpse into her potential. Later growth can't stray too far from the foundation.

"Enenra..."

Katsuragi closely feels her abilities. At two stars, Enenra doesn't offer much, with her most unique ability being partial vaporization. Not the whole body, just the hands.

Extending his hand, infused with demonic energy, it gradually turns white until, with a pop, it transforms into smoke. Katsuragi clenches his now-smoky hand, feeling almost no strength in it.

Katsuragi recalls the Water Clan of this Naruto world, who have a water transformation ability similar to what Enenra has given him. However, they use chakra, while he uses the unique demonic energy of yokai. Which is stronger will only be known in time.

Due to Enenra's low star level, Katsuragi doesn't have much to study. He then senses the enhancements in Yuki-onna, now his strongest shikigami.

At two and three stars, the speed and power of his snowball creation were decent, but as he upgraded Yuki-onna to four stars, it became sufficient to contend with regular ninjas.

However, against opponents like Uchiha with keen insights or Minato with fast reactions, it was still not quite fast enough. Now, at five stars, both the power and speed have increased substantially.

Watching a snowball form instantaneously in his hand, Katsuragi wonders if he should mimic Naruto and develop a "Spiraling Snowball" or even a "Great Ball Spiraling Snowball."

However, he only toys with the idea for a moment. Yuki-onna's abilities are more than sufficient for now, especially since her upgrade to five stars has given her a powerful area effect ability, "Blizzard."

But Katsuragi dares not attempt it. Not only would using it risk exposure if discovered, his scarce chakra might not even successfully unleash the attack.

"Who knows if the future Zashiki-warashi and Princess Kaguya will change this situation?"

Katsuragi isn't part of the Senju or Uzumaki clans, nor does he have a natural talent like Kisame. His father was just an ordinary ninja, so significantly increasing his chakra would likely have to come from bijuu or shikigami.

Considering bijuu is too conspicuous and complicated to seal, and knowing he could enter the Nine-Tails' seal, relying on shikigami seems the better choice. Based on his gaming experience, Zashiki-warashi and Princess

End of Chapter 43