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Yuka: Since we already know the address, I’ll go to this guy’s house first.
Maru: Is it allowed to sneak into the school?
Tsurugi: If a battle with a curse user breaks out, and there are children around, you wouldn’t be able to move, right?
…True…!
Tsurugi: That must have hurt…Takeda Masaki, right? Can I talk to you for a moment?
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Tsurugi: So you’re saying you’re going to run away?
Maru: No, I meant that only applies if it’s a child.
Maru: Are you aware of how scary it is? You don’t realize how frightening your own face is, does you?
Tsurugi: Shut up! Even if they ran, it’s just the legs of a first-grader.
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Tsurugi: Shikigami!? Or is it a guardian spirit?
Maru: What is that?
Tsurugi: Maru, Step Back!
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Tsurugi: Judging from Usami-san’s response, the humans are losing the initiative to the aliens. And Maru is… a test paper to determine
the nature of Earthlings!!!!They were concerned about whether a cursed technique was being used.
Of course, we won’t let Maru engage in combat, and causing him any injury is out of the question! The secondary objective set for our mission is to complete the observation period without any incidents.
We must Avoid…a war with the aliens!!!
Masaki: I’m Sorry
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Three years ago,when I got home,my mother had collapsed.When it was time for the second-grade class change, I kept asking my mom
to let me stay in the first grade.
Then, my mom,who had become a ghost kept me in the first grade.
Maru: Always in the first grade…Specifically, what does that mean…?You don’t have to push yourself! Just explain as much as you can understand!
I guess a kid that age can’t really explain it fully…
But with this…
Mino(Flashback): The leniency here is actually scary—typical of a curse user. If this is the work of a curse user, they’re not acting with normal reasoning.
Tsurugi: If the child’s jujutsu went out of control triggered by the mother’s death, that carelessness would make sense. It’s similar to how my grandfather his Cursed Spirit given the circumstances, it’s a plausible story.
If the family that went missing the year before last and last year didn’t even exist, and the mother’s guardian spirit fabricated them…
…But that’s too much of an assumption.
Relying too much on your own ideas is dangerous for accurately understanding the current situation.
What’s your real name?
Masayoshi.
All the names are “similar”—It’s just the deviation of the mother’s spirit after becoming a ghost!
If you think about it…
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Tsurugi: Masayoshi, would you guide me to your house? There’s something I want to confirm.
Mino: This is Takeda Masaki’s house.
Yuka: It kind of gives off that vibe, doesn’t it?