The losers in daily youth have all become witches

Just when the blonde girl was about to comfort Li Mo and tell him not to take it too seriously, she saw that Li Mo's slightly frivolous smile had disappeared at some point, replaced by a rare serious look. The stark contrast to his usual look made the girl's heart beat faster.

"Can you tell me in detail what happened at that time? It doesn't matter if it's an illusion, please be as detailed as possible."

he asked.

Ijichi Hongxia tried to calm down and told Li Mo about the "hallucination" she saw at that time. During the process, Yamada Ryo also occasionally added a word or two.

After listening to what they said, Li Mo fell into a long period of contemplation.

First of all, he felt that what Hongxia and the others saw was most likely not an "illusion".

The reason is very simple. When a person with social anxiety is already in a very tense situation, continuing to apply extreme pressure, isn't this the easiest way to break the other person's mentality?

Once Goto Ichiri's emotions fall into extreme negativity, the phenomenon that Li Mo had seen before will naturally occur.

The spell has gone bad.

What Hongxia and the others encountered should be the situation where Goto Ichiri's magic curse deteriorated and went berserk. After the magic curse deteriorated, the girl emitted something similar to spores from her body, which is what Yamada Ryo called "Pochi bacteria". Once inhaled, one will immediately fall into extreme depression.

But looking at it this way, since it could be awakened by an ordinary human like Yili's mother, the harm caused by the curse after it deteriorated does not seem to be particularly great.

'No, that's not the case.'

If you think about it carefully, Goto Ichiri's spell took effect in her room, a nearly closed space, so the damage was limited and the victims were only Nijika and Yamada Ryo.

But if the girl's magic power deteriorated on the street, the negative spores would spread directly into the atmosphere. Even if it didn't cover the entire world, even if it only affected most of Chiba, causing half of the residents of Chiba to fall into depression and be unable to move, it could cause quite serious consequences.

And this is assuming that the 'spores' won't grow into anything weird.

What if it really grows something indescribable...

Wow, Saya no Uta is also considered a song, right?

Chapter 335: Newcomer Award.

Because he had promised Amakusa Shino that he would go buy painting supplies, Li Mo left the cafe early and headed for Akihabara after continuing to chat with Hong Xia for a while.

He currently has no way to deal with Goto Ichiri's situation. He can only wait until they meet again to strengthen the girl's magic scales to prevent accidents as much as possible.

"It seems there aren't many art supply stores here?"

After arriving in Akihabara, Li Mo walked around the street for a while and found that it was different from what he expected. There were not many art supply stores, but there were quite a few electrical appliance stores. It seemed that he had suffered from his preconceived notion.

After all, after traveling to this world, he has spent most of his time either in school or working. It is only recently that he has had more money that he can spare time to do other things.

"It seems like everyone here on this island is just a consumerist, right?"

Fortunately, the fact that there are not many art supply stores does not mean that there are none. Moreover, as a famous holy land of otaku culture, the art supply stores here do have a very complete range of items.

"Dot paper G pen manuscript paper..."

Li Mo looked at the shopping list sent by Tiancao Xiao on his phone and couldn't help frowning: "Why do you need so much manuscript paper?"

The budgets of most clubs at Sobu High School are reviewed and approved by the Student Union and are then distributed monthly.

If, as Amakusa Shino said, the comics club's fees are directly paid out in the form of drawing materials, that is, drawing materials are distributed once a month, then theoretically there shouldn't be such a big gap in the most basic comics manuscript paper.

At this time, the conversation between a young couple who were also shopping for comic tools in the art supply store caught Li Mo's attention.

"Kazuto, do you think this is okay?"

"Yes, it's that kind of website. I've been looking for it for a long time. Thank you Asuna!"

"This way, you can be sure of participating in the Rookie Award comics with others."

"No, I'm not that confident. After all, I liked games more than comics before..."

"It's okay, Kazuto is a kid who can do whatever he wants~"

Li Mo watched the two of them running to check out with the painting materials they had purchased, touched his chin, and showed a look of realization.

"I see, this is the annual Newcomer Award..."

No wonder the comics department suddenly wanted to purchase such a large amount of manuscript paper and other drawing materials. It seems that someone in the department also wants to challenge the newcomer award.

After all, just like the sports clubs whose school teams once made it to the national competition, subsequent members will subconsciously want to maintain the honor created by their predecessors and also aim for the national competition. There are also many cartoonists among Sobu High School graduates, and the most famous one recently is the supernova of girls' comics, Yumeno Sakiko (♂).

With the presence of those seniors, it is natural that the members of the Sobu High School comics club would value the rookie award who can debut directly as a cartoonist.

What’s interesting is that originally each comic magazine had its own newcomer award, and there were several newcomer awards every year where you could submit your work. As long as the style of your work did not deviate too much from the style of the corresponding comic magazine, you could submit your work almost at any time.

However, since the influence of print media began to decline and online media gradually stole the attention of the mainstream population, in order to gain greater popularity and regain readers' attention, those magazines that seemed to be irreconcilable began to cooperate, and eventually began to jointly organize large-scale newcomer awards. In this way, they could gain the right to speak, attract more traffic, and build momentum for new series in their respective magazines.

Because of this, the window period for new authors to submit their works each year has been shortened a lot, and it has become a situation similar to participating in comics where they have to rush to submit their works within a specific time.

Of course this has nothing to do with Li Mo, because he can't draw.

To be specific, it's the kind of clumsy hand that can draw a circle and make it look like a potato.

"Well……"

Li Mo looked thoughtfully at the couple who disappeared at the door.

He didn't pay much attention to anime in his previous life, so he knew very few animated works. He had only watched a little of "Oregairu" in the "Three Minutes to Show You" series on the short video platform, so even now he only has a vague understanding of many plots. But there was an anime that was very popular at a certain time, second only to the "Popular Man" and "Attack on Titan", and had a popularity that broke through the circle. Even he was very familiar with that anime - at least the first season of that anime.

Sao.

Oh, no, it’s “Sword Art Online SAO”.

However, this world does not have the kind of black technology consciousness infiltration device in Sword Art Online. The Japanese's favorite online game is still the Mmorpg that only requires clicking with a computer mouse. You have to know that in his previous life before he traveled through time, in his impression, if this kind of game was not counted, it seemed that only one Baboon Fourteen was left in Japan.

"I think Sao's story is quite interesting. It's a shame to just disappear like this."

Li Mo muttered. Unlike "Oregairu," whose essence lies mainly in the author's delicate writing and interesting word choice, "Sword Art Online" itself is not the type of book known for its brilliant writing. Li Mo felt that even he could retell the wonderful parts as long as he remembered the plot. "How about providing it to the comics department and having them draw it?"

After all, I can even give a very complete and detailed setting for the character's personality, so it shouldn't be difficult to reproduce it.

But this is equivalent to using the complete version of "Sword Art Online" to beat the comics drawn by Kirito himself, which always feels a bit subtle...

Li Mo, who had no idea what to do, finally just followed the procedures and bought enough painting supplies.

Just when he was about to find a quiet corner where no one was around and return directly to the Round Table Hall via the Great Blessing to save on the tram fare, he suddenly heard someone calling him from behind.

"Asakura-kun? Is that Asakura-kun?"

Li Mo turned around and found that the person who called him was a familiar-looking girl wearing a shrine maiden's costume.

"Miko..."

Li Mo was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized: "It's Miss Urushihara Ryuka from Liulin Shrine. Long time no see, why are you here?"

"Because Yanagi-jinja Shrine is right next to Akihabara."

The girl replied gently.

"makes sense."

Li Mo gave an awkward yet polite smile: "But do shrine maidens usually wear shrine maiden costumes when they go out? I thought you would change into casual clothes first. After all, wearing such clothes in a place like Akihabara feels like cosplay."

"Because there's a request for exorcism."

The girl continued.

"Except... ah?"

Li Mo was stunned.

"There's a famous ghost story lately called 'The Non-Existent Shrine,'"

Urushihara Ryuka said, "It is said that the client's child ran away to that kind of place and is not in good condition now."

The girl noticed the two large plastic bags in Li Mo's hands and said, "Ah, Asakura-kun probably has other things to do. Sorry to have wasted your time."

"It's okay, I'll just call the shipping service later. Compared to this,"

Li Mo pushed up his glasses and said, "I'm very interested in exorcism. Can I watch?"

Chapter 336: The object of exorcism.

A shrine that doesn't exist.

When Li Mo heard the name, he felt it was subtly familiar.

Then he immediately realized that when the "Otaku Girls Unite" community had its first offline meeting, Saori had told him this strange story, saying that there was a mysterious shrine that could not be marked on the map, but as long as you went inside, your wish would come true.

The young lady even planned to participate in a courage test, but later gave up for various reasons.

Now it seems that the so-called 'non-existent shrine' is not a good place after all.

"I'm sorry, but the client for exorcism is also considered part of the client's privacy in some ways, so I can't take you to see him casually."

Urushihara Ryuka showed an embarrassed expression: "I'm really sorry..."

"No, I was too abrupt. I should be the one to apologize."

Li Mo didn't care much about it. After all, the national conditions of Japan and China are different. It seems that this kind of thing is very taboo here, and asking people to perform rituals will not be done in a high-profile manner.

So he just reached out and flicked the girl's shoulder naturally: "Be careful, there's a little snake."

"Eh? Snake?!"

Because Li Mo's tone was so relaxed, Urushihara Ryuka thought he was talking about insects or something for a moment and didn't react. Then, when she saw a small snake as thick as an electric wire in Li Mo's hand, she was frightened and subconsciously took a step back.

"It's okay, I've already taken it for you."

Li Mo casually released the snake in his hand. The little snake shrewdly swam into the drainage ditch on the side of the road and disappeared immediately.

"Thank you, Asakura-kun."

"No, even if I didn't take it away, that little snake's teeth can't bite through human skin. It's inherently harmless."

Li Mo said.

"...No, mainly due to mental health issues."

The witch said solemnly, "Eating an apple and finding a worm isn't inherently harmful."

It even supplements protein, right?

Li Mo looked at the other person's face full of vicissitudes of life, and rationally did not ask any more questions. He just chatted with him for a few more words and then said goodbye and left.

After finding an empty corner and escaping from the battle and teleporting back to the Round Table Hall, Li Mo submitted the purchased painting materials to the Student Union.

Before this, he was planning to ask Amakusa Shino for a favor, but now he had other things to do, so he left without saying much.

This carefree behavior actually made Tiancao Xiao, who had been well prepared, a little suspicious. She wondered if she had ordered Li Mo too much and made him angry...

The vice president looked at Li Mo's back and hesitated for a long time, but in the end she said nothing, just muttered something like "compensation" under her breath.

Back in the society's hut, Li Mo drank the cold tea and took a breath. After waiting for a while, a small snake crawled in from the crack in the door.

If Urushihara Ryuka were here, she would find that this little snake was exactly the same as the one Li Mo had taken from her shoulder just now.

That’s right, it’s the same style, not the same thread, because the previous one has turned back into a thread in the sewer.

This one was made from other threads on Urushihara Ryuka's shrine maiden costume.

As early as the moment Li Mo touched the other person's clothes, he could have stripped the other person naked with the spell [Snake] if he wanted to. But now, this technique of refining the spell, even to the precision of a silk thread, is a completely more advanced way of casting spells, not to mention that the spell is set with a delay and can only be triggered when conditions are met.

This was something Li Mo was able to do only after completing the compound spell and gaining a deeper understanding of the spell itself. This was completely different from the initial state where he could only cast spells without any skills.

"Do you know the address?"

Li Mo asked softly.

The little snake nodded very smartly.

Li Mo stretched out his hand and let the little snake crawl into his pocket along his arm. Instead of leaving Sobu High School, he went through the Round Table Hall and went to Shop No. 12 on Rabbit Hill Shopping Street.

The store was quiet. It was obvious that the waitress he had just hired had not yet settled the moving matters, but this also made it easier for Li Mo to act.

He turned into the back alley, called out the old Ford, and immediately activated stealth mode and glided into the air.

Following the little snake's guidance, Li Mo quickly locked onto the location of the house where Urushihara Ryuka had gone to perform exorcism. All that was left was to move in that direction.

However, when he approached his destination, he found that he seemed to have arrived in a wealthy area.

The surrounding mansions have changed from the common apartments and single-family houses to more luxurious single-family villas. Not only do they occupy a larger area, but even the walls and gates look taller and more imposing than ordinary single-family houses.

"Fujiwara?"

After arriving at the destination, Li Mo looked at the mansion in front of him, then looked at the houseplate next to the gate, and thought that this surname sounded subtly familiar, as if he had often seen it on TV.

However, Li Mo did not go in directly, nor did he stop at the door. He just found an inconspicuous alley, turned off the stealth mode and parked there.