The First Lecture 2

"We don't have any proper teaching materials here, but we do have one thing..." Lu stalled, which annoyed even the cheerful Kokomi.

"My special tricks, of course! What did you expect~?" His students were having a bad time already with his antics, but they kept their silence.

"But for this trick of mine to work, I need a volunteer. I'm sure some of you have a few ideas about it already..." He said with a shit-eating grin.

"Come join me here, Kuki. As the newcomer, and the one who holds one of my secrets, you should be familiar with this very well." Shinobu was irritated with his over-familiar tone, but reluctantly stood up in the end.

The others only stared at her with pity. They all know that it was never fun to be targeted by the weird deity. Even Sara, after hearing all sorts of things from her senior tengus.

"Just do it fast, Master..." Shinobu said in disdain.

"Oya~. That sounded a bit erotic, Kuki. Don't worry, I'll be gentle~." The shinobi stared at the giggling man with killing intent.

"Now now, don't move a finger. And I'll make sure to finish fast~." Lu said with a smirk as he touched the furious female on the shoulder. The ladies flushed in response.

"Hands off, Ziya! All of us here know that there's no need of any physical contact for your tricks!" Lumine shouted, which startled their teacher greatly. He then backed off, after sensing everyone's blank stares.

"Anddd~, Done. You can go back to your seat now Kuki~." He finished with a sigh, but not after pissing off the shinobi more.

"See for yourself." Lu said as he took a parchment out of his secret inventory, and projected it for everyone to see.

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Kuki Shinobu

Alignment: Neutral Good

Ability Parameters:

Strength: D

Endurance: E+

Agility: C

Energy: C

Luck: D+

EB: C

Elemental Bursts:

Gyoei Narukami Kariyama Rite

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"...Isn't that an invasion of privacy?!" Kuki finally erupted.

"It is. But I have the right to know, don't you think? How could I teach you if I don't know your abilities." Lu reasoned as he shook his head.

"I'm more curious about the mechanisms behind it, Lu!" Kokomi glimmed with interest.

"It seemed similiar from what you showed us before, that's for sure..." Lumine added with a thoughtful expression.

"It uses the same concept as the original, but this one is a bit different... I'm sure all of you have noticed that already." He smiled.

"Stop being vauge and explain it already!" Ayaka exclaimed in annoyance.

(That time of the month or something, princess?!) The teacher thought in amusement.

"The name and the alignment are self-explanatory. But..., I didn't expect a former shrine maiden to be unruly enough to get categorized as neutral~. The good part is something I expected as much." Lu teased.

"Shut up! How did you find out about that anyway?! So creepy!" Kuki shouted in rage.

"I am certain that everyone here knows how I found that out. That last remark stings though..." He touched his chest to make it more believable... Yet they didn't believe him at all as they stared at him blankly.

"Good thing that my regeneration prowess is as healthy as it can be! Let us proceed!" Lu clapped and pointed at the next section.

"The next segment is called Ability Parameters. It contains four factors contained into one group, and two unique ones. Strength is calculated by the maximum that person can muster. The same applies to the other three in the group, which are Endurance, Agility and Energy."

"The first three factors are also self-explanatory, while the Energy pertains on elemental control, and amount of elements the person contains. Everything clear so far?... Yes my dear Sara, what's your question?" Lu stopped his explanation midway, and inquired the tengu that raised her hands.

"I understood everything, teacher. But I think we need to know how the letters, the grades, work, to comprehend it fully." Sara stated.

"I was just getting into that, no need to be so eager..." The deity pouted, and his pupils looked at him in disdain.

"...Anyway! The scores, or the tiers as I call them, begins from E up to EX. E being what a normal person would have, D having ten times the normal person, and EX being immeasurable. Anything in between isn't of any importance as it merely some half-baked estimation." The teacher finished.

"So... With Shinobu's status, we could note that she's beyond average, especially in speed. While also being a strong vision user." Ayaka contemplated.

"Indeed! I am grateful to have such a wonderful secretary~." Lu chimed, garnering all of the female's attention to the shinobi.

"Ehem! As a matter of fact, I am the oni chief's, lady boss' secretary. And definitely not yours!" Kuki disagreed, to stop a misunderstanding from being born.

"Shuten is under me, so... technically you're under me too. Which makes you my sexy-...secretary, doesn't it?" He tried to gloss over his mistake, but it was clearly heard by everyone... The atmosphere turned cold...

"Continuing my explanation! Luck is a bit different due to the fact that the normal tier is C. Meaning below it is unlucky, while above is more lucky. It has other functions too, but let's save it for next time." Lu explained fast, trying his best to change the topic.

"Ain't that luck of mine accurate?! First I have to deal with the Arataki Gang... And now, I have to deal with you..." She really couldn't help it, could she? The others only laughed at Kuki's misfortune.

"Moving on. The last one is Elemental Burst, or EB in short. This is the main difference from the original. So, let's immediately dive into the final section!" The five students then familiarized themselves with what was written.

"Elemental Burst is the person's trump card. Most of the times it's their strongest ability but some tends to have some... unique ones. What Kuki has is completely normal except the fact that its also strong in its capabilities. You all can check it out later for the fully detailed one if you want."

"It is unique because you can have more than one of it. The parameters will show either the average of every ability, but mostly the highest grade you have." He finished.

"Judging from the name... It wasn't that easy to forget every shrine maiden thingy, Aye~? Lu smirked, dumbfounding the shinobi.

"No need to be embarassed, Shinobu. It's natural to make use of what you learned." Ayaka comforted the flustered Kuki.

"I think you'll be wonderful as a shrine maiden, Shinobu." Sara accidentally added for fuel to the fire.

"You should join us once in a while, Shinobu." Kokomi cheered with a bright smile.

"...Can I pray with you then, Shinobu?" Lumine brought out the entire gas station, obviously on purpose...

"Will you also pray for me now then, Kuki~?" And Lu landed the final blow.

"That's enough! All of you!!!" She erupted once more. Newcomers get teased. Its a custom at this point, so get used to it.

It took some time to calm the raging student, but they succeeded nonetheless. The deity is currently smirking as the other students felt dread for some reason.

"Don't think anyone of you will escape this one... I need to know everyone's abilites after all. Ehe~!" What followed was the giggles of the first victim, and heavy sighs from the others.

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