Aside from Chen Guohao, practically no one believed her.
They had all awakened C-rank or D-rank Talents.
How had an A-rank player suddenly appeared among them?
Yet judging by Chen’s expression, he seemed more shocked by the rank of Sakiko’s Talent than doubtful of her claim.
‘What’s going on?
Does Chen Guohao know there’s something special about Sakiko too?’ Makoto calmly watched the standoff.
Since Chen couldn’t kill anyone directly, the others probably couldn’t defeat Sakiko even if they all attacked together.
After all, there was a good chance she really did possess an A-rank Talent.
At that moment, Chen beckoned to Yuu.
Confused, Yuu instinctively stepped closer, only for Chen to seize him and drag the boy in front of himself as a shield.
Only then did a vicious smile appear on Chen’s face.
“Go ahead.
Kill him first, then kill me.
Show me what gives you the confidence to challenge me, rookie.” Sakiko’s pupils contracted.
She hadn’t imagined the man in front of her could be this shameless.
Under the surge of anger and shock, the light around her palm suddenly began to distort.
Everyone recoiled in alarm, and even Chen’s face went slightly pale.
But he didn’t back down.
As a veteran, his ruthlessness and composure were far beyond anything these newcomers could imagine.
Makoto spoke before things could escalate further.
“Sakiko-san, why don’t you sign the same contract I did?
Then we can leave together.” Sakiko glanced sideways at him in confusion.
“Why should we just hand our rewards over to him?
Even if we survive this mission, what are we supposed to do in the next one?” “Can you kill someone?” Makoto’s question silenced her.
She wanted to say yes, but the faint trembling of her shoulders had already betrayed the answer.
Makoto’s voice softened.
“Let’s get out of here first.
We can figure out the rest afterward.” He picked up a sheet of parchment and walked over to her.
Taking her free hand, he pressed her thumb against the contract before pulling her toward the door.
Sakiko initially tried to resist, but she couldn’t overpower him and was forced to retreat with him.
Chen made no further move.
He simply watched in silence as the two left the room and shut the door behind them.
The murderous intent in his eyes, however, only grew stronger.
Some things weren’t going to end this easily.
…
Makoto and Sakiko descended the spiral staircase.
Only after leaving the room did Sakiko finally lower the hand she’d kept raised the entire time.
At some point, her palm had become slick with cold sweat.
The warmth of Makoto’s hand brought an unexpected comfort to her heart.
Then she realized he was still holding her hand and immediately tried to pull away.
“Don’t move.
It’s dangerous here,” Makoto warned softly.
“There are tens of thousands of monsters around us that you can’t see.
Any one of them could kill us.
If you want to survive, stay with me.” Sakiko’s heart skipped a beat.
“You can see them?” “I can.
I possess Cursed Energy on the level of a Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer.” “Cursed Energy is this world’s unique power.
It’s born from negative emotions, which give rise to monsters ordinary people can’t see.” “Jujutsu Sorcerers, meanwhile, can extract Cursed Energy even from tiny fluctuations in their emotions and use it as power.” “A Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer’s Cursed Energy is roughly a thousand times greater than an ordinary person’s.” Makoto deliberately explained everything in one go.
He wanted to test something.
Simply telling one isolated lie wasn’t very effective with Making Fake Become Real because the Talent was limited by the listener’s understanding.
Sakiko currently knew nothing about Cursed Energy.
Even if she had some basic trust in Makoto, she couldn’t help manifest something she didn’t understand in the slightest.
The familiar mechanical system voice appeared.
[Ding!
Making Fake Become Real has activated.] [Lie detected: “I possess Cursed Energy on the level of a Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer.”] [Calculating listener trust and Fate Value…] [Togawa Sakiko: Fate Value 45.
Trust: 5%.
Manifestation contribution: 2.25.] [Total Manifestation Points: 4.5 / 100.
Manifestation rate: 2.25%.] [Lie manifestation result: Grade 4 Jujutsu Sorcerer.] [You have become a Grade 4 Jujutsu Sorcerer.
You can now wield Cursed Energy, but you possess no Cursed Technique.] In an instant, a cold, sinister power appeared inside Makoto’s body and began circulating freely through him.
The world before his eyes changed.
The blue sky vanished, replaced by a deep-purple barrier covering the entire district.
Far in the distance, several oppressive presences radiated an aura like the depths of an abyss.
Merely looking in their direction drained the color from Makoto’s face and sent his heart pounding.
“Are you okay?” Sakiko noticed the change in him.
Makoto gave her a reassuring smile.
Overall, the experiment had succeeded.
However, Sakiko’s trust in his words had also fallen considerably.
The reason wasn’t difficult to understand.
The more information Makoto packed into his claims, the less believable they sounded to her.
From Sakiko’s perspective, he was a newcomer just like her.
There was no reasonable explanation for how he had suddenly gained all these strange abilities.
If Makoto wanted to keep benefiting from Sakiko’s high Fate Value, he would have to carefully maintain the persona he’d created and make sure his lies could be backed up by visible proof.
Once she stopped trusting him, surviving this world would become far more difficult.
“Come on.
I’ll take you somewhere safer first.” Now that Makoto could see Cursed Energy and Cursed Spirits, his confidence rose considerably.
The most dangerous places would obviously be crowded areas such as the streets and subway stations.
So Makoto led Sakiko toward a quieter corner of the district and found a small café with almost no customers.
Once they sat down, Sakiko could no longer suppress her questions.
“What exactly is your Talent?
And how did you get so many different abilities?” Makoto’s expression remained perfectly calm.
He had already spent their walk thinking up an answer.
“The reason I could do all that is because my real Talent is S-rank Great Sage.” “Its ability lets me foresee things and learn various powers and techniques at the fastest possible speed.” “For example, not only do I know information about this world, I even know things about you.” [Ding!
Making Fake Become Real has activated.] [Lie detected: “I possess the S-rank Talent Great Sage, which allows me to foresee things and learn various powers and techniques at the fastest possible speed.”] [Calculating listener trust and Fate Value…] [Togawa Sakiko: Fate Value 45.
Trust: 5%.
Manifestation contribution: 2.25.] [Total Manifestation Points: 4.5 / 100.
Manifestation rate: 2.25%.] [Lie manifestation result: D-rank Talent, Precognitive Dream.] [D-rank Talent Precognitive Dream: While sleeping, you will receive random pieces of information and can improve your proficiency with abilities inside your dreams.] …