Chapter 156: Transcendent System, Cursed Energy and Cursed Spirits

"Stop talking, please stop talking!" Kurahashi Kyoko suddenly pleaded.

"I can stop, but you have to promise me—stop blaming yourself from now on. Genji Kurahashi's death has nothing to do with you!" Li An said with an equally serious expression.

Kurahashi Kyoko said nothing, only nodding.

"That's for the best. Let's forget that unpleasant memory together!" Li An smiled, patting the little girl's head as he spoke.

Kurahashi Kyoko also, for once, showed a faint smile.

Li An took her small hand and headed toward the school.

Sobu High, Class 2-F.

The moment Li An stepped into the classroom, the girls in the class burst into cheers.

After the term started, Li An had been absent for several days in a row, and the girls in the class had assumed something had happened to him, or that he had transferred.

They hadn't expected Li An to show up at school again today.

The last time a cursed spirit appeared at Sobu High, Li An's interaction with those special personnel had been seen by every one of these girls.

Ever since they learned that Li An's family was not only wealthy but also powerful, these girls liked him even more.

No girl could resist such a prince on a white horse.

Most importantly, after not seeing him for over a month, Li An had gotten even more handsome.

Although his hair had been dyed pure white and his eyes wore colored contacts, overall he looked even more striking.

He was simply a thousand, ten thousand times more handsome than any idol on TV!

But these girls didn't know that Li An hadn't dyed his hair, nor was he wearing contacts.

This was his original hair and eye color.

The girls crowded around, asking all sorts of questions.

Before Li An could even open his mouth, Kurahashi Kyoko stepped in and blocked every single one for him.

Li An smiled, walked back to his seat, sat down, and waited for class.

Just then, Hirasawa Shizuka walked in and came straight to Li An's side.

"Yo, long time no see, Shizuka-cute!" Li An greeted with a smile.

Hirasawa Shizuka raised an eyebrow. "What did you just call me?"

"Shizuka-cute?" Li An blurted out.

But the next instant, Hirasawa Shizuka threw a punch straight at his face.

"I'll give you Shizuka-cute, I'll give you dyeing your hair white, I'll give you wearing colored contacts!" Hirasawa Shizuka berated furiously, continuously throwing punches at Li An.

Yet every punch she threw was precisely caught by Li An.

Everyone in the class who saw this was utterly dumbfounded.

At that moment, they suddenly felt Li An was a true all-rounder.

Good family background, good grades, tall, handsome—and now he was even skilled in martial arts.

Everyone knew Hirasawa Shizuka was a genuine boxing expert.

Even the school's PE teacher couldn't take one of her punches.

But Li An had caught every single one of Hirasawa Shizuka's punches.

After punching for a while without landing a single hit, Hirasawa Shizuka was panting from exhaustion and simply stopped.

"You brat, come with me to the office!" Hirasawa Shizuka glared at Li An, then turned and left the classroom.

Li An sighed, closed the book he'd been pretending to read, and followed her out of the classroom.

Although Hirasawa Shizuka had told Li An to come to the office, halfway there she suddenly changed direction and headed upstairs.

Li An didn't ask, just followed.

Soon, the two arrived at the rooftop of the teaching building.

No one was here, and the view was excellent—you could see the surroundings near the school.

Most of Chiba City's mountains and waters could be seen from the rooftop.

So many students liked to come here during lunch.

Of course, it was morning self-study time now, so there was definitely no one.

Hirasawa Shizuka suddenly stopped, turned around, and asked with arms crossed: "Talk. Why haven't you been to school for the past few days since the term started?"

"Something came up at home. I went out of town to handle some matters." Li An casually made up a lie.

"Bullshit. You think I didn't call your home?" Hirasawa Shizuka said angrily, stepping forward as she spoke, trying to grab Li An's ear.

Li An raised an eyebrow. He was, after all, the God-Slaying Demon King, the sole god of Baldur's World—letting her grab his ear? Did he have no dignity?

He dodged in one swift move, keeping Hirasawa Shizuka from grabbing him.

"Teacher Hirasawa, let's just talk—no need for violence!" Li An said, dodging to the side.

"You little punk, your wings have hardened now, you won't listen!" Hirasawa Shizuka said, somewhat annoyed.

"I'm a second-year high schooler at least, give me some face?" Li An said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"Hmph, then explain clearly—where did you go these past few days!" Hirasawa Shizuka's expression returned to strict.

Li An knew she was worried about him, afraid he was out messing around and would end up as society's dregs.

The woman before him was sharp-tongued but soft-hearted—clearly caring deeply about her students, yet always putting on a strict front0.........

Li An took a deep breath and suddenly asked: "Teacher Hirasawa, would you like to see the real world?"

"Don't try to change the subject, you punk!" Hirasawa Shizuka said dismissively.

"I'm serious. Would you like to see the real world?" Li An asked again, his expression even more solemn than hers.

Hirasawa Shizuka was slightly stunned, and asked almost involuntarily: "Can you show me the true side of this world?"

"Of course!" Li An nodded.

Then he walked up to Hiratsuka Shizuka, gathered divine power into his finger, and drew it across her eyes.

The next moment, Hiratsuka Shizuka's eyes were as if suddenly enlightened—lonely spirits, cursed energy, cursed spirits, curses, and everything else she normally couldn't see, she could now see them all!

She stood on the rooftop and looked out over the area near the school.

At once, the lonely ghosts and stray spirits on the street, along with all manner of curses, were seen by her with perfect clarity.

Hiratsuka Shizuka's originally calm expression suddenly changed, turning somewhat deathly pale.

Her breathing quickened, her body trembled, and her eyes were filled with fear.

"Li... Li An, what are those things?" Hiratsuka Shizuka asked, grabbing Li An's clothes.

"Just some lonely ghosts and stray spirits, and curses," Li An said briefly.

Hiratsuka Shizuka was no fool; at this moment she finally understood something, and asked again: "That day the school was sealed off by a group of special personnel—was that also related to those things?"

"That's right. That day a cursed spirit appeared at the school. Those people were cursed technique users, special personnel who specialize in exorcising cursed spirits!" Li An first gave a brief explanation, then told Hiratsuka Shizuka everything about the three great extraordinary organizations of the Sakura Country—the Yin-Yang Bureau, the Zhoushulian Alliance, and the Special Disaster Response Room—as well as information related to Yin-Yang Masters, cursed technique users, and demon hunters.

After hearing all this, Hiratsuka Shizuka felt her brain buzzing.

At this moment she felt that the world she had lived in for over twenty years was so utterly unfamiliar!

Li An continued: "That day when I entered the school, I was actually there to assist cursed technique users in exorcising the cursed spirit. In fact, I have another identity: an external instructor at the Tokyo Metropolitan Cursed Technique Higher Technical School. The reason I didn't come to class in the first few days after the term started was because I was out of town exorcising cursed spirits!"

First tell Hiratsuka Shizuka the information about the Extraordinary Realm, then use exorcising cursed spirits as an excuse to tell her the reason he hadn't come to class.

This way, she wouldn't come bother him anymore.