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As the incantations crawled up his body, Akuto opened his eyes.
"Give it to me."
He took the file to examine it. It recorded an auction of a human finger named "mummy" over fifty years ago.
The mummy in the photo was none other than Sukuna's Finger.
And the man who bought the mummy was a man named Tazawa Hideyoshi.
"Can you find this person?"
"I'll have an answer for you by tomorrow night at the latest."
Akuto nodded slightly, then returned the body to Miko.
Just as the elevator doors opened, Miko saw a dark shadow rushing toward her.
Unfazed, Miko reached out to block Kyosuke's flying kick, then pushed him away gently and walked toward the living room with familiarity.
Kyosuke kept attackingâjabs, hooks, roundhouse kicks.
All of them were easily parried by Miko with one hand.
"Dammit... Am I, Kyosuke, doomed to be suppressed by my sister for my whole life!"
Kyosuke knelt on the ground, wounded, feebly pounding the floor.
Although Kyosuke had trained with Teacher Okuma for a whole summer break, he was still too green for Miko.
"Alright, Kyosuke, boys don't start developing until middle school. Then, you'll be stronger than your sister."
"Really?"
Kyosuke looked at his mother in surprise.
Touko really couldn't bear to hurt her son's feelings.
She had witnessed Miko's strength; simply put, she felt Kyosuke would never be able to beat his sister in this lifetime.
"Of course it's true."
"Go pack your things; you have school tomorrow."
"I'm going to take a shower."
Miko took a shower and went back to her room to lie on the bed.
After making plans to meet Hana at school the next day, Miko fell asleep.
The next day.
Back in the familiar classroom, it was as noisy as ever.
"Did you hear? Two students died before the break!"
"They were from the class next door, right? I heard it was a car accident, and they were crushed!"
"How scary..."
"Some say that a freak from the next class caused it, but that freak transferred schools."
"Everyone, quiet down please."
The homeroom teacher walked to the podium and clapped their hands.
"This morning, you can go home after picking up your teaching materials."
"For the coming semester, our class will have a transfer student."
"Ichijo-san, please come in."
A tall girl walked in, and for a moment, many students in the classroom gasped.
But Miko couldn't see the new student's face.
In Miko's eyes, a monster covered in tentacles was parasitizing the student's head, completely obscuring it.
"I am Ichijo Michiru. Please take care of me."
Clap clap clap clap...
With a burst of warm applause, the new student sat down not far behind Miko.
"There's one more thing to announce."
The homeroom teacher touched their stomach.
"Due to health reasons, I will be taking a leave of absence for a while. Therefore, your homeroom teacher will be Teacher Zen Tono."
The classroom door opened, and a blonde man walked in, writing his name on the blackboard.
"Since Teacher Arai is taking maternity leave, I will be serving as your homeroom teacher."
The man turned his head to look at everyone.
Miko and Hana immediately ducked their heads.
The two recognized the new homeroom teacher; he was the person they had met not long ago when Hana picked up the cat!
At that time, Zen Tono wanted to adopt the kitten, but Miko refused.
Because... "That guy has a Special Grade cursed spirit following him!"
Miko looked at Hana and found that the latter had already started sneaking snacks.
Is it because there are too many spirits... Miko glanced at Zen Tono on the podium; the Special Grade cursed spirit wasn't by his side, but he was covered in spirit cats.
"This guy might be a cat abuser... but that Special Grade..."
Miko's pupils shrank suddenly!
Even though she had seen big scenes, Miko's body froze uncontrollably at this moment!
That Special Grade cursed spirit was right outside the window!
Staring straight at Miko.
Seeing this scene so suddenly, Miko almost screamed in fright.
Fortunately, Zen Tono just took attendance and left, only giving Miko an extra glance... At noon, students began to leave school one after another.
Miko also returned home; after all, she was still waiting for news from Tozuka today.
Miko was still quite concerned about Akuto's matters because they had been delayed for a long time, and she could sense Akuto's impatience.
The phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Huff... huff... Lord Akuto, are you at home? Is it convenient to talk in person?"
Tozuka sounded out of breath on the other end of the phone.
"I'm at home, come over."
Akuto took over the body, and not long after, Tozuka arrived, looking somewhat disheveled.
"What happened to you?"
Akuto poured himself a cup of tea; Tozuka didn't mind and poured himself some tea as well.
"Phew... I don't know. I got into two car accidents for no reason today. Just bad luck."
"Did you find Tazawa Hideyoshi?" Tozuka was no fool.
At this point, he seemed to realize something, his gaze turning deep.
"I found him. He's a Member of the Diet."
"Now this is interesting." Akuto rubbed his chin.
The current intel is that the finger is in the hands of the Japanese authorities, but how could the authorities not know Akuto is looking for it?
He had eaten a finger right in front of the Exorcism Society.
In other words, they knew, but they were hiding it.
"Ding-aling!"
The phone rang again; Akuto picked it up and saw it was a message from Kyosuke.
Ever since Miko bought him a smartwatch, that guy had been messaging her frequently.
Opening it to take a look, Akuto's gaze suddenly froze!
"Kyosuke!!"
Miko shouted excitedly from within the Sealed Space, then said anxiously. "Lord Akuto! Please help me save Kyosuke!"
"He must be in danger to send a message like this!"
At that moment, the message on Miko's phone was clear.
[ Mom and I have been picked up by someone ]
The message was short, but it was clear that the situation was not optimistic!
If Kyosuke hadn't had a smartwatch, this message likely wouldn't have been sent. "Miko's mother and brother were picked up. How long will it take to find out the information on the vehicle that took them?"
Akuto put away his phone, still appearing very composed. "Ten minutes."
Tozuka knew the situation was unclear and immediately took out his phone to make a call.
In less than ten minutes, Tozuka walked over.
"It's an official license plate."
"Lord Akuto! Please, I beg you to save my brother and mother!"
"Please, I can't live without my family... I'm begging you..." Miko began to cry in fear.
After all, she was just a girl and hadn't experienced many major crises.
"Miko, do you trust me?"
Akuto's low voice sounded in Miko's ear.
Miko felt as if she had been injected with strength by that steady voice and nodded heavily, "I do!"
"Then shut up."
Akuto's gaze grew colder. "The finger is in the hands of the Exorcism Society, and now Touko and Kyosuke have been taken."
"They want to use Kyosuke and Touko's lives to threaten me, using them as hostages to command me?"
"That's unlikely; such an action is more likely to cause me to retaliate."
Akuto looked at Tozuka.
Two heads are better than one, so Akuto simply explained the whole situation and then looked at Tozuka.
"If it were you, what would you do? What would be your goal in doing so?"
Tozuka lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and said in a heavy voice, "If it were me, and a young girl ate a finger and gained powerful strength, then I would definitely want to eat one too. I wouldn't allow anyone in my enterprise to be more powerful than I am."
"But such a thing is uncontrollable. What if I die after eating it? So, I would have a confidant eat it."
"If that succeeded, then the kidnapping of Mrs. Yotsuya certainly wouldn't have happened, which means 'I' failed."
"Then I would start considering why Miss Yotsuya succeeded while I failed. What was the variable?"
Akuto's eyes narrowed. "The variable is the Yotsuya Family? The bloodline?"
"I would try it."
Tozuka's eyes were sharp. "Even if there's only a ten percent chance, I would try!"
"Lord Akuto, please feel free to command me if there's anything I can do!"
As a mature businessman, Tozuka already felt that he had joined Akuto's inner circle.
Now is the time to place bets!