In an instant, a strange understanding flashed through Makoto’s mind.
His Storage Space had expanded to 5.4 cubic meters, while his control range over that small space had increased from one meter to three.
More importantly, he had previously only been able to create stationary Spatial Rifts, barriers, and entrances or exits.
Now, he could slowly move those spatial effects anywhere within a three-meter radius.
In other words, Makoto could finally launch a true Spatial Slash.
Unfortunately, its movement speed was only half a meter per second.
‘As expected, using Making Fake Become Real to raise the trust of important Story Characters is the fastest way for me to grow stronger!’ Then another question bothered him.
‘Why has Kugisaki Nobara’s trust already passed fifty percent while Sakiko’s is still stuck at fifty?’ ‘Is there some restriction because of the Main God Space, or can we simply not achieve genuine trust before finishing our first mission together?’ Nanami thought seriously for several seconds before answering.
“I don’t have much experience with an unconventional Cursed Technique like yours.” “If you get the chance, you should ask Gojo Satoru for advice…
You know who he is, I assume?” Makoto immediately nodded.
“I’ve heard of him.
I’m not a registered Jujutsu Sorcerer, but I’ve heard other people talk about him.” “Then why didn’t you become a Jujutsu Sorcerer?” Without Makoto noticing, Nanami had quietly seized control of the conversation and begun investigating his background.
Makoto let out a long sigh.
“Because it’s too dangerous.” “Compared with doing work like this, I’d much rather settle overseas.” “I was born in the large country west of Japan.
There’s a saying there: ‘A gentleman does not stand beneath a dangerous wall.'” “If I hadn’t come back to Japan to see Sakiko, I probably wouldn’t even have attended the Halloween festivities.” Makoto repeated the proverb in crisp, fluent Mandarin.
Hearing his pronunciation, Nanami’s slightly furrowed brow relaxed.
[Ding!
Making Fake Become Real has activated…] [Nanami Kento: Fate Value 25.
Trust: 40%…] [Manifestation result: You now possess a vague life history within this world that can be discovered through investigation.] Makoto’s eyes brightened at the message.
One of his biggest hidden dangers was that, just like Sakiko, he effectively didn’t exist in this world’s records.
The Main God Space hadn’t prepared legal identities for either of them.
Their mission was purely about survival, so theoretically they could’ve completed it without ever interacting with important characters.
Of course, Jujutsu High probably didn’t have time to investigate two insignificant people like them right now.
Makoto was simply preparing for the possibility.
Nanami appeared mostly convinced, though the biggest reason was probably that he couldn’t afford to waste much more time on them.
After leading the two to the edge of the Barrier, Nanami stopped.
“Wait here.” “We’ll work on removing the Barrier.
Once it comes down, leave this area as quickly as possible.” “If you don’t have the resolve to live as a Jujutsu Sorcerer, then stay as far away from death as you can.” “When this is over, I’ll transfer one million yen to you as compensation for saving personnel from our school.” Nanami turned to leave, then suddenly remembered something.
“Give me one of those crystals.” “I’ll add another million yen afterward.” Makoto immediately pulled out a Small Cursed Energy Crystal and handed it over.
Nanami accepted it and examined the crystal.
After recognizing Makoto’s sincerity, his expression became serious.
“Thank you.” Only after Nanami had left did Sakiko cautiously speak.
“There’s not much point trading with him now, is there?
We’ll be leaving this world before long.” Makoto gently patted her head.
“You’re right.” “But I respect him, just like I respect you.” Sakiko gave him a mildly reproachful look.
“You were the one who told me to think of them as NPCs before.” “That was only something you said to comfort me, wasn’t it?” Makoto smiled without answering.
This wasn’t a topic he wanted to investigate too deeply.
After all, their ability to obtain Loot Drops from Cursed Spirits and Transfigured Humans was tied to that lie.
He certainly didn’t want to accidentally manifest the Drop Rate out of existence.
Only now did Makoto finally have time to check the reward he’d received for killing Shigemo Haruta.
Haruta was the first human he’d personally killed.
More importantly, he was Makoto’s first Story Character kill.
[Ding!
You have killed the Story Character Shigemo Haruta.] [Reward: C-rank Side Mission Token ×1.] [Reward: 10,000 Mission Points.] Makoto sucked in a sharp breath when he saw the familiar numbers.
‘Isn’t this exactly the same reward as surviving this Mission World?’ ‘Killing a character on Shigemo Haruta’s level gives this much?!’ It seemed the Main God Space actively encouraged Players to interact with characters from the original storyline.
Thinking of that, Makoto couldn’t help looking toward Sakiko.
“Sakiko, how many Mission Points have you earned so far?” Sakiko checked her panel.
“Four thousand five hundred.” “Aren’t you supposed to have the same amount as me?” Makoto casually changed the subject.
“Yeah.
Since we’re already here, we should keep working hard so this trip isn’t wasted.” Now that Makoto had decided to treat Sakiko as his teammate, he had no intention of being stingy about letting her earn rewards.
If they found more opportunities, he’d let Sakiko take the finishing blows from now on.
“Are we going to keep moving?” Sakiko looked toward the towering buildings in the distance.
According to Makoto, intense battles should be taking place there as well.
Makoto mentally reviewed the current situation.
Gojo Satoru should already have been sealed.
Itadori Yuji and Fushiguro Megumi would probably break the Barrier surrounding central Shibuya soon.
After that would come the battles between Jujutsu High and the enemy Special Grade Cursed Spirits.
Those weren’t fights Makoto and Sakiko could interfere with.
However, there was still one battlefield where they might be able to earn more rewards.
“Let’s go.” “We’ll keep clearing out isolated Cursed Spirits and Transfigured Humans while heading over there to see whether an opportunity appears.” “If nothing does, we’ll retreat as soon as the Barrier is destroyed.” Sakiko had no objections and immediately followed him.
…
What neither of them knew was that Chen Guohao’s group was watching them through binoculars from the rooftop of a distant building.
“Captain, not only are they still alive, they’re doing extremely well.” “They even made a deal with an NPC.” Jack spoke while staring through the binoculars.
His body was covered in blood, making it obvious that he’d already gone through plenty of fighting.
“They definitely have some secret we don’t know about.” “Should we take it from them?” Before Chen could answer, Li Huizhen spoke first.
“Why waste time talking to them?” “Beat them until they’re crippled and force them to tell us everything.” “As long as I’ve got these Fukuzawa Yukichi bills, all of Shibuya is Big Sis’s hunting ground!” Li held a thick stack of ten-thousand-yen notes bearing Fukuzawa Yukichi.
Every single bill could become a bullet in her hands.
And after robbing a bank, the group now possessed two entire suitcases filled with them.
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