Chapter 12: Small Lesson
"Ah~"
Hikigaya Hachiman lay in the bathtub and groaned subconsciously.
The hot water soaked his body, and the pores all over his body were relaxed, releasing the fatigue accumulated in the day.
Even Komachi, who was studying in the living room, heard he the sound he made, and said with some surprise: "Oh, it's really rare. Brother actually made a tired cry after working all day."
"Don't worry about it. "Hikigaya Hachiman covered his face with a hot towel and muttered.
I didn't work, but I was really tired, not only physically, but also mentally.
Think more about the nature of cursed power, and you will know why you failed just now.
Recalling what Mr.Hikaru said in his mind, the relaxed Hikigaya Hachiman subconsciously began to think.
The essence of cursed power is the energy born from human negative emotions. Was the reason I succeeded the first time because I was full of negative emotions at that time?
Do I have to stay in that state of anger and fear to make it work? Use cursed power?
As soon as this thought came up, Hikigaya Hachiman himself denied it.
Just look at Hikaru himself. When he demonstrated the difference between a simple cursed power attack and using a technique, he looked somehow very happy, not to mention negative emotions.
Could it be that he had to be like a professional actor who could cry whenever he wanted, and rely on thinking about sad things to generate cursed power when using cursed power?
If that's the case, I have as many sad black histories as I want!
Hikigaya Hachiman pulled off the towel on his face and immersed himself in the dusty, unbearable memories...
I feel it!
This is the cursed power born from my dark history!
He looked at the cursed power burning in his hand and couldn't help but feel like crying. If he had to look back on the unspeakable past every time he used the cursed power, let alone fight, he would be killed by his own dark history.
When he first learned that this world was not as peaceful as it seemed, and that there were supernatural beings such as cursed spirits and sorcerers, Hikigaya Hachiman was excited all of a sudden.
Even curses really exist, maybe the three great gods of creation also really exist?
But in the excitement Afterwards, I experienced the pain of a broken hand. Now I calm down and think about it. I don't even want to go to work. Can I really make up my mind to fight the cursed spirit?
Going to work is a gamble of life and dignity, fighting is a gamble of life. I choose the lesser of the two. After thinking about it, I think it's better to go to work.
"Haha, if I say tomorrow that I don't want to learn the curse, will Mr. Hikaru will kill me..."
Hikigaya Hachiman looked at the ceiling of the bathroom with a melancholy face.
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I have to say that Yukinoshita Yukino is really a strong person.
"No matter how much you stare at your hands, you can't do what you can't do. "Hikaru complained.
Just because of the stepping down, this kid has been competing with me since dinner, but she still can't succeed.
When the heart is full of negative emotions, it is impossible to successfully master the magic power, let alone now. Although Yukinoshita Yukino is still very annoyed by him, compared with the despair and regret when Hikigaya Hachiman's arm was suddenly cut off, the negative emotions in her heart are still far from it.
This is not only a problem of talent, but also a difference in cognition.
"Stupid, always trying to use existing scientific theories to understand the magic power, how can you succeed." Looking at Yukinoshita Yukino frowning and thinking hard, Hikaru couldn't help but complain, "This thing depends on the feeling, feeling!"
He kept yelling in her ear, and Yukinoshita Yukino felt even more annoyed. She couldn't concentrate in her upset state. Apart from anything else, she felt that her negative emotions were maxed out.
"If possible, I hope you can give me some substantive suggestions instead of chattering like a nonsense production machine, which will only make people annoyed."
The girl said with a pout. She had never encountered such difficulties in her studies. Even if she racked her brains, she still got nothing.
I certainly understand that we cannot use existing scientific theories to understand something as mysterious as cursed power, but this is all I can do. Just talking about feeling, who can understand!
"Tsk tsk, in the end you still have to rely on others." Hikaru said calmly, "Call me teacher, and i'll help you. "
However, for some reason, Yukinoshita Yukino's face suddenly turned cold. She pursed her lips tightly and said nothing, continuing to struggle with her white and tender palms, and even ignored HIkaru's chattering.
'Huh? Why did she suddenly get angry?'
Hikaru was a little confused by the girl's sudden change of expression, but based on his high emotional intelligence, he still took action and forcibly occupied Yukinoshita Yukino's body.
'You!'
"Don't talk, watch and learn well." Hikaru said, and personally used the girl's body to demonstrate to her how to correctly stimulate and use the cursed power.
"It is impossible to extract the magic power only by relying on negative emotions. That would be too troublesome. The correct way is to stimulate the magic power from slight emotions and control it, and at the same time avoid wasting the magic power when the emotions are high."
"Do you understand?"
...probably.
Although it is easy to get stuck in a dead end and get upset, Yukinoshita Yukino's intelligence is genuine. The only reason she has not been successful is because of her thinking. After Hikaru forcefully controlled her body and demonstrated it to her in detail, the girl gradually understood the key points.
"Then you try it." Hikaru said, and then returned the control of her body to her.
It turned out that Yukinoshita Yukino was not showing off. Although it took some time, a weak magic power finally ignited around her body, wrapping her body like a blue flame.
"I am...successful?" Although the process was a bit bumpy, the joy of success still made her unconsciously curl up the corners of her mouth.
But she soon realized that she was angry, so she suppressed her excitement and washed an apple in the sink of the open kitchen with a blank expression.
Facing the parasite who always made her angry, Yukinoshita Yukino really couldn't express her gratitude frankly. In addition, she still had a grudge against the 'Ryomen Sukuna', the villain from a thousand years ago. This was her limit.
The heart is soft, but the mouth is hard.
'What's wrong with this gurl? Is she a tsundere?'
Hikaru laughed secretly in his heart while biting the apple in her hand, tacitly accepting the girl's kindness.