After Nue appeared, the two of them circled around Nue for a long time, sometimes touching its wings, sometimes its body, playing with great enjoyment. When they had enough, each of them grabbed one of Nue's claws and experienced a low-altitude flight.
"Interesting, hey Eichi, why don't you be my driver from now on?"
Eichi rolled his eyes at Satoru.
"Go cool off somewhere. If you want to fly, work hard to get stronger and fly yourself. Nue is mine."
Recalling how Satoru later used his Technique to blast himself around the world like a cannonball, Eichi couldn't help but twitch his mouth.
He could guarantee that Satoru chose this method of teleportation not just because it was fast, but because it was fun, exciting, and the most impressive.
"Speaking of which, what about the thing I asked you for earlier?"
"Ah, that? It's been done for a while."
With that, Satoru casually tossed over a briefcase.
Eichi took out the Materials inside and began to examine them carefully.
Name: Azuma Eichi
Head of Family: Azuma Sho (Deceased)
Address: XX-X, XX-chome, XX-ku, Osaka City
Inside were the new identification documents Eichi had asked Satoru to process.
The household registration system in the island nation was more relaxed than in China. They didn't have strict household registers or ID cards in the true sense; when they needed to prove their identity, they mostly used things like driver's licenses.
Furthermore, the interoperability between different regions of the island nation was relatively poor, so it wasn't as easy to verify if an identity was fake as it was in China.
Later, the island nation also issued something similar to ID cards, but that was 20 years later.
"How about it? If you're willing to call me 'Onii-sama' (Big Brother), I can let you be my little brother."
With that, Satoru put his arm around Eichi's shoulder with a mischievous smile.
"Huh? If anyone's calling anyone 'Big Brother,' it's you calling me 'Big Brother.' I'm two months older than you."
"Too bad, you're younger than me now."
With that, Satoru pointed to the date of birth in the Materials.
It read December 8, 1989, exactly one day after Satoru's.
A vein instantly bulged on Eichi's forehead, then, it bulged for a moment.
"You should have other Shikigami, right? Call them out, and I'll help you tame them."
Seeing Eichi remain silent, Satoru muttered, "How boring," and then started a new topic.
"I really don't understand whether you know the Ten Shadows Technique or not."
Eichi looked at Satoru with a speechless expression. Sometimes this guy would spout Ten Shadows Technique information, including about Mahoraga, as if he knew more about it than Eichi, the owner of the Ten Shadows Technique. Other times, what he said was completely nonsensical.
"Wait, you didn't just look at Mahoraga's data and come here to show off, did you?"
Recalling scenes from his childhood where he loved to show off new knowledge to adults, Eichi suddenly understood something.
"How could that be? I also looked at Max Elephant's."
Satoru spread his hands, showing no sign of embarrassment at being exposed.
"Don't even think about it. There are restrictions on taming Ten Shadows Technique Shikigami. You coming won't help."
"Oh? What are the conditions?"
Eichi did not hide the information.
"There are quite a few conditions, but they can be summarized into two aspects: first, no existence other than the Ten Shadows Technique user's Cursed Energy can interfere with the taming ritual; second, the taming location must meet certain conditions to ensure fairness."
The essence of the Ten Shadows Technique Shikigami taming ritual is actually for the owner of the Ten Shadows Technique to subdue all ten Shikigami, but so far, the most powerful person has only subdued 9 Shikigami.
"Oh?"
Listening to Eichi's pointed remarks, Satoru fell into thought, but in less than a minute, Satoru gave up thinking.
Eichi didn't care much about this. In reality, Satoru himself wasn't the type to love using his brain; during his High School years, many decisions were made according to Suguru Geto's arrangements.
For example, during the Star Religion incident, he asked Suguru Geto for his opinion, and after Suguru Geto stated that it was meaningless, he gave up on killing those pawns of the Star Religion.
"Simply put, there are two points: only my Cursed Energy can be present during the taming ritual, and the taming location, at least the location where the Shikigami is summoned, must be relatively fair."
With that, Eichi pointed to a structure outside the yard cobbled together from various Materials.
"See that?"
"I see it. Do you like this kind of junk aesthetic?"
Damn it, a vein on Eichi's forehead bulged again.
"That's an iron cage I temporarily cobbled together from Materials I could find nearby. I originally planned to summon Nue inside it to prevent it from flying, but I was told that the location didn't meet the requirements for the taming ritual. So, I could only go to an open space outside to perform the taming."
"Is that so? What a shame."
What Eichi didn't say was that although there were many rules for the Ten Shadows Technique's taming ritual, there were still many loopholes.
This time, Eichi exploited the second rule regarding the location, preparing traps in the forest outside the ritual's judgment range in advance.
Then, he summoned Nue in the open space by the forest edge and immediately entered the woods, using the trees to interfere with Nue's aerial dives and lightning attacks, and finally using himself as bait to lure Nue into the trap and subdue it in one go.
Regarding the first rule, Eichi also had an idea. On one hand, of course, were the hot weapons that many people discussed online in his previous life—they had no Cursed Energy at all but possessed very strong lethality, but unfortunately, he had no access to them now. On the other hand, there were cursed tools.
Eichi discovered that some cursed tools inherently possessed Techniques and Cursed Energy and were not recognized by the taming ritual. However, cursed tools like the Heroic Spirit chess pieces, whose Cursed Energy fluctuations were completely consistent with the person who injected Cursed Energy into them, were recognized by the taming ritual.
This meant that some cursed tools could still be used in the taming ritual.
"Hey, why don't you call out Max Elephant? I'll help you test its strength first. That thing looks pretty strong."
Having been quiet for only a few seconds, Satoru's lips curved into a mischievous arc again, and one hand kept poking Eichi's shoulder.
It felt exactly like a large white cat being annoying.
Confirmed, this guy was just here to have fun.
"Don't even think about it. You can't beat it right now."
With that, he didn't forget to swat away Satoru's poking hand.
"Huh! Are you looking down on me? If you can beat it, how could I not?"
With that, Satoru placed his hand on Eichi's head and started ruffling his hair.
I'll endure, I'll endure, I... I can't endure it anymore.
"Perfect, let me show you who's boss here."
With that, the two of them started wrestling.
"Do you surrender?"
"Is that all you've got?"
"Do you surr... Ouch, that hurts."
"My turn, do you surrender?"
"You're not playing fair, are you? You actually used Limitless!"
"You have the nerve to say that? That dog almost bit my leg."
"Whose fault is it that you stepped on Jade Hounds's tail? Apologize to Jade Hounds!"
"Huh, you want me to apologize to a dog? I won't."
"Jade Hounds, bite him!"
After a chaotic brawl, both boys and both dogs lay sprawled in the yard.
Although Eichi's Cursed Energy hadn't fully recovered, the two Jade Hounds he had summoned earlier still retained a good amount of Cursed Energy, and with a 3-on-1 advantage, he gained quite a bit.
What Eichi didn't know was that while they were having fun in the yard, the two bodyguards constantly guarding outside had their hearts in their throats, fearing that if the Divine Child accidentally got hurt, they would be severely punished by the Gojo Family Head.
Fortunately, although Jade Hounds looked like they were biting hard, they were only aiming for clothes. After all, it was just a playful fight between boys; neither Eichi nor Satoru were going for serious harm.
Moreover, Satoru was only 7 years old now, and his mastery of Limitless was not as proficient as it would be later. Several times when he lost his balance, he unconsciously interrupted the operation of Limitless. Eichi naturally also told Jade Hounds to be careful not to bite too hard, just tear Satoru's clothes into rags.
You can endure the pain, but can you still be stubborn when your clothes are torn like this?
Facts proved that Satoru was truly stubborn; even if he were burned to ashes, his mouth would probably still be stiff.