Not far away, another teacher who was conducting a health class also looked over.
A few boys over there even tried to run along, but before long, they were gasping for breath, clutching their knees, and crying out that they couldn't go on.
They then watched Miko disappear into the distance as if they were looking at a monster.
Miko didn't notice the gazes of the others.
She was currently feeling her own body, feeling the physical enhancement that Cursed Energy had brought her.
Running like this provided almost zero improvement to her physical body.
However, such training allowed her to clearly master her own strength, preventing situations where she might jump up and lose her center of gravity in mid-air.
Sweat sprayed out with the swaying of the bangs on her forehead, adding a warm filter to Miko under the sunlight.
"Miko is becoming more and more like a normie; that's really nice."
Hana watched Miko enviously, her arms crossed.
She wanted to run along too, but her burdens were too large; it hurt like hell after just a few steps.
This continued until the end of the class, a full 50 minutes later.
The school bell rang, pulling Miko back from that wonderful state.
Miko slowly stopped her pace, only slightly out of breath.
Miko silently calculated that she must have run about fifteen kilometers, yet her body didn't show any major issues.
"Student Yotsuya, please wait a moment!"
As Miko was preparing to go back and change her clothes, the Health Teacher ran over, her eyes shining as she looked at Miko. "Student Yotsuya, have you considered joining the school sports team? Your physical condition is very suitable for long-distance running and marathons; this would also be very beneficial for your university applications."
Miko pondered for a moment, but ultimately shook her head.
"I'm sorry, Teacher, but I don't have that intention."
Although the Health Teacher was somewhat disappointed, she still offered a smile,
"It's alright. If you change your mind, Classmate Yotsuya, you can come find me anytime."
"Then if you'll excuse me."
Miko turned to leave, and Hana ran over boisterously, grabbing Miko's arm.
"Miko, that's so mean!"
"Did you all evolve behind my back? You're so amazing now, running for so long!"
Just as Miko was about to speak, a group of girls approached from not far away.
The girl in the lead wore ear studs, and her nails were done with nail art.
Her school uniform shirt was tied above her navel, exposing her lean belly and waist without a hint of excess fat.
"Yotsuya-san!" The girl surrounded by the crowd gave a charming smile.
"I saw you; you're really amazing. Let's hang out sometime."
Miko nodded mechanically. The girl didn't mind and left, surrounded by seven or eight other girls.
"Let's go singing after school!"
"Eh? Singing again... how about we go roller skating instead?"
"So pretty."
Hana stared blankly at the girl's receding back.
"Kitagawa Marin..."
Miko remembered Akuto mentioning this girl's name.
But this was just a small interlude.
After school, Miko returned home, changed her clothes, and left the house.
"I'm going out for some exercise; I'll be back soon."
"Eh? Little Miko is definitely in love, isn't she? Are you going to lose weight?"
Mrs. Yotsuya smiled mischievously, and Miko's face turned red.
"There's no such thing! I'm leaving now."
Wearing a tracksuit, Miko had a look of utter despair; in truth, she didn't want to come out at all, but Akuto had given the order.
She could only suppress her fear and come out to fight Cursed Spirits.
Just as Miko walked around the corner, Kyosuke also ran out.
"Onee-chan's expression looks so painful."
"Is she being forced by someone..."
An image of his sister being coerced by someone couldn't help but float into Kyosuke's mind, and his gaze immediately became determined:
"I will definitely find out who you are!"
Thinking this, Kyosuke immediately followed her.
Times had changed; the current Miko was very sharp and quickly discovered she was being followed.
Then, with a light jump, she vaulted over a wall and disappeared from Kyosuke's sight.
"Gone? Where did she go?"
Kyosuke searched for a long time but found nothing, so he could only leave dejectedly.
On the other side, Miko had already encountered today's opponent—another Cursed Spirit with a relatively transparent body.
That Cursed Spirit was quite bizarre, walking on four legs like a spider, but its head was a single giant eye.
When the eye split open, it was a mouth; it had no other organs.
It looked incredibly eerie.
The Cursed Spirit was currently crawling around after pedestrians, staring intensely up people's skirts, making one's skin crawl just looking at it.
"Can't we... change to another one..."
Miko's face was somewhat pale.
"Yo, you trash peeping over there, I see you!"
The answer to Miko was a mouth that suddenly emerged from her face, a single sentence that immediately infuriated the Cursed Spirit!
"I'll kill you!"
The Cursed Spirit used both hands and feet, arriving in front of Miko in the blink of an eye. Its giant eye split open, revealing dense rows of teeth.
Miko could clearly see that the teeth in its mouth were arranged row after row, extending all the way deep into its throat.
"Gulp."
Miko swallowed hard, then pushed off with one foot to retreat, jumping backward.
The Cursed Spirit's strike missed, and in an instant, it appeared behind Miko again.
At this moment, Miko was still in the air with nowhere to land.
"Bang!"
Miko was smashed to the ground by a claw, and bright red blood immediately welled up on her back.
The Cursed Spirit then charged again. Miko propped herself up and jumped again to dodge, but the Cursed Spirit repeated its trick, striking Miko's thigh with another claw.
These two blows from the Cursed Spirit completely shattered the pride Miko had gained from killing a Cursed Spirit yesterday.
Her eyes became much clearer.
"You idiot, don't jump blindly when you don't know the situation. Are you jumping into the air to be a target? Don't you know how to do a backflip?"
"At the very least, you can use your hands to change your movement."
Akuto really couldn't watch any longer.
Fortunately, this Cursed Spirit was only fast and didn't have much strength; after all, it was a Cursed Spirit that was nearly 3rd Grade.
Before she could catch her breath, the Cursed Spirit charged again, repeating its tactic by opening its large mouth to bite at Miko's head.
If she were bitten by this, her head would probably be torn off instantly.
Miko jumped back again, but this time she chose to do a backflip.
Though she wasn't skilled, relying on her exaggerated stats, she still managed to brace herself against the ground with her hands.
And the Cursed Spirit once again appeared behind her.
At this critical moment, Miko pushed off the ground with one hand, spun violently, and then threw out a whip-like kick.
"Boom!"
The Cursed Spirit flew backward like a cannonball, slammed heavily onto the ground, bounced up, and flew dozens of meters before finally landing.
"Why aren't you chasing? Waiting for the Cursed Spirit to stand up? Are you playing a turn-based card game?"
Akuto's angry shouting reached Miko's ears again.
Miko's eyelids drooped, revealing a pair of dead-fish eyes.
"Yes, yes. I'm sorry, Lord Akuto." It was clear from her tone that it was filled with sarcasm but Akuto couldn't care less about it.
In the time wasted, the Cursed Spirit had already stood up, looking at Miko with malice.
The two sides were at a stalemate.
Miko simply wouldn't take the initiative to attack.
Time passed minute by minute.
Suddenly, the Cursed Spirit lost its patience and charged forward like a sharp arrow, swinging its claws at Miko.
Miko immediately backflipped to dodge. When her body was upside down, she saw the Cursed Spirit swinging its claws again, so Miko could only continue backflipping.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
The figures of the person and the Cursed Spirit turned into afterimages, covering dozens of meters in just a few breaths.
Then, Miko stepped onto a utility pole by the roadside, curled her body, and then suddenly sprang out!
The Cursed Spirit also charged at the same time. Miko could even see the Cursed Spirit's deep throat!
A powerful, heavy wild swing of a punch smashed toward the Cursed Spirit.
To put it another way, it was a 'barbarian punch.'
"Boom!"
The fist, radiating blue Cursed Energy, entered through the Cursed Spirit's head, completely piercing through it.
The Cursed Spirit screamed as it slowly disappeared in flames.
Akuto's eye twitched violently.
"No technique, all stats!"
"Forget it, I can't ask a girl for much more."
"Although ninety percent of the power was wasted with that punch, she did eliminate the Cursed Spirit in the end."
Akuto was comforting himself.
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