Special Mission: Reach World Line 473500/1000000
A translucent blue screen floated in midair, disappearing with a swipe of the black-haired girl's finger.
Yukinoshita Yukino let out a barely noticeable sigh. "Still 530,000 to go…"
Simply exorcising cursed spirits didn't yield many points. If she relied on that alone, who knew how long it would take to reach the goal?
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"Looks like I still have to rely on tasks..."
The task that aligns with her recent goal is: Learn Domain Expansion - Complete Version, with a reward of 50,000 points.
Although Yukinoshita Yukino has been cramming knowledge on barrier techniques recently, spending all her time in the high school library and classrooms, she's still just a step away from mastering the complete version of Domain Expansion.
They say success is made up of 1% inspiration and 99% effort, but sometimes the thing missing from success is exactly that fleeting inspiration, which can't be gained no matter how hard you try.
If she only relied on her own research, things wouldn't be going so smoothly.
It would be great if Hayashizaki-kun were here... Search
A familiar image of a calm, black-haired young man flashed through the black-haired girl's mind.
The reason Yukinoshita Yukino was able to use the incomplete version of Domain Expansion during the Shinjuku Hyakki Yagyo, when fighting the special-grade curse spirit Dagon, was mostly because Hayashizaki had once used Domain Expansion while occupying her body, leaving behind a kind of instinctive bodily memory.
It could also be said that this compressed much of the learning and settling time, allowing her to quickly learn in an accelerated manner.
Yukinoshita Yukino can already skillfully use the incomplete version of Domain Expansion. As long as there is a barrier to support the domain, she can make it work.
In other words, when engaging in a Domain Battle against an enemy, she has to wait for the opponent to expand their domain. Only then can she use their enclosed barrier to expand her own domain.
And in that brief moment, the outcome might be decided.
One wrong move, and it's game over.
She still needs to consult others, and right now, the only person in the school who can guide her in Domain Expansion is Gojo Satoru.
It's November, just past the start of winter, and the temperature in Japan has dropped sharply. Yukinoshita Yukino puts on a deep blue winter coat and leaves her dorm.
As she steps into the corridor, the cold wind blows through the windows. The black-haired girl instinctively shrinks her neck, her thin shoulders still appearing frail even with the thick coat on.
Looking out from the glass wall of the corridor, four first-year students are playfully heading toward the school gates. They probably received a task and are about to carry it out.
Yukinoshita Yukino has been focused on researching Domain Expansion for two weeks, so Gojo Satoru hasn't assigned her any specific tasks, nor has he asked her to lead the first-year students on missions.
She withdraws her gaze and walks toward the office where Gojo Satoru usually is.
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"Looking for me to learn Domain Expansion?"
The white-haired man raised an eyebrow, his sunglasses slipping down his nose, revealing his signature, faintly glowing six eyes.
A value of 400,000...
Yukinoshita Yukino blinked, seemingly seeing a specific number in those eyes.
These eyes, along with the limitless technique imprinted in this man's body, have been evaluated by the system as the shortcut to becoming the strongest.
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The points required for special tasks do not need to be spent; it's enough to accumulate up to one million. As for the specific reason, when the black-haired girl asked Mr. System, he didn't provide the usual clear answer. Instead, he gave a vague response and brushed it off.
Yukinoshita Yukino didn't pay much attention to this issue. After all, this was a rare good thing for her, meaning she didn't have to worry about spending points.
She was less than thirty thousand points away from the shortest path to becoming the strongest.
It could be said that once she mastered the full version of Domain Expansion, she would be able to exchange it for the Six Eyes and Limitless Technique, achieving a performance level of techniques equal to Gojo Satoru.
No, she would reach a level beyond Gojo Satoru.
Because at that point, Yukinoshita Yukino would not only have the Six Eyes and Limitless Technique, but also master Hayashizaki's technique of Yū 48, his unique ability "Nine 0bunken," and the Zenin family's ancestral technique, the Ten Shadows.
As for whether different techniques can be used together, Yukinoshita Yukino had seen Hayashizaki use them simultaneously, so she believed she could do the same.
Maybe it's because the techniques come from the system.
Back to the topic.
Gojo Satoru put down the comic book in his hands and lowered his long legs from the desk.
He pushed up his sunglasses and asked with interest, "I thought you'd go ask Hayashizaki that guy. What happened? Hasn't he come back yet? Where did he run off to?"
"I don't know either," the black-haired girl answered calmly.
Of course, this was undoubtedly a lie. It was a secret that Hayashizaki was not in this timeline, and it couldn't be revealed.
"Heh, what a guy with no sense of responsibility. A teacher who's unqualified," Gojo Satoru teased Hayashizaki, who was in another world, before finally getting a bit more serious.
"So, how much can you do with Domain Expansion now?" the white-haired man asked.
"I can use the outside world's barrier to expand my own domain, but when I tried to do it myself, I couldn't form a barrier that could maintain the mental landscape," Yukinoshita Yukino answered truthfully.
"I see," Gojo Satoru nodded in understanding, then asked thoughtfully, "Have you tried attaching your domain to a curtain to expand it?"
"Huh?" Yukinoshita Yukino froze for a moment.
"A curtain is also a type of barrier technique."
He leaned back in his chair, finding a comfortable position and crossing his legs, smiling as he spoke.
"…I haven't tried it," Yukinoshita Yukino bit her lip.
Although when she first learned barrier techniques, Hayashizaki taught her basic cover-ups, to prevent normal humans from observing, she had never thought of attaching her domain to a curtain.
She instinctively thought that a curtain couldn't hold the mental landscape but had forgotten that a curtain was also a barrier technique.
In fact, the most commonly used barrier techniques were curtains set with various effects.
The black-haired girl's eyes glazed over slightly, as if she had just realized something.
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"I said, you're not trying out Hayashizaki's open domain, are you?" Gojo Satoru asked, stroking his chin curiously.
"No, not at all," Yukinoshita Yukino snapped out of her thoughts and shook her head. "I'm not that reckless."
The more she learned about barrier techniques and domain expansion, the more she understood how terrifying Hayashizaki's open domain was.
It was like how a god would paint without a canvas, using the world itself as the canvas to splash paint. It could be considered a divine technique.
However, the white-haired man in front of her regretfully shook his head. "What a pity, I thought you might try expanding an open domain like him."
"Why do you say that?"
"No, it's nothing. I've been researching this recently too. If you've tried it, I'd like to talk to you about it," Gojo Satoru said, stretching in his office chair, smiling. "It's quite interesting, it feels like the old days back in high school."
Unfortunately, the people who used to research with him were either gone or couldn't keep up with his pace anymore, leaving him alone.
It was a bit lonely.
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(End of Chapter)
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