Time skip.
Keitaro and Shoko soon arrived in Manhattan, the place they would be staying at was a quiet isolated village on the outskirts of the city.
The Atmosphere was pretty different here, the people here seemed more polite and the atmosphere was a bit more serene than downtown Manhattan.
Oh well, this wasn't something Keitaro necessarily cared much for.
This was a vacation he planned to use to its fullest.
He could tell that the people around him were stressed, however, he couldn't tell why they were stressed for.
He could tell something was wrong but as much as it piqued his curiosity, he was not trying to put his nose where it did not belong.
Would'nt stop him from laying out a trap though....curse seems very attracted to the curse object...Keitaro gazed at the cursed object in his pocket...yeah it could work.
He then met the mayo of the village, the man was thin with a perpetually furrowed brow, and he greeted them with a forced smile.
Keitaro could tell the man was cursed....considering this whole town's history, it didnt him long to realise...oh, this man was related to the person who started the Salem witch trial.
He was probably being hunted by a vengeful spirit.....they were probably witches.... if he was to guess their ability would be typical witch stuff and probably some stuff related to the way that they were killed.
This was just a hunch he had, and considering the near-special grade level of curse energy he felt around the city, his hunch was being proven right.
Akane was salivating already, she was feining for that curse, and she was already imagining eating the curse, so much fucking bloodlust from a kitsune that it was insane.
If he didnt stop her she would have entered her fiery state and hunted them down.....
You know what....letting Akane out off his shoulder, his Kitsune companion ran out into the forest with a vicious look in her eyes.
Food...so much food.
She needed more.
Keitaro's attention was brought back to the mayor as the man began to speak.
"Welcome," the mayor said with a strained voice, his eyes darting between Keitaro and Shoko. "If you need anything, please don't hesitate to ask. The house should have everything you need for the night."
He thanked the man before he and Shoko got where they were supposed to be, placed their bags, and explored the house a bit, Keitaro made sure to place some seals around the house just in case someone tried anything sneaky.
He wondered if he could talk to the native nearby about curse energy...oh, that is actually not a bad idea.
Keitaro felt Akane's curse energy flare up as it felt as if the temperature around the area had become just a tad bit warmer.
He just wished his pet did not cost a forest fire, he was not going to lose money for some shit like that.
He had much better stuff to spend his money on...like drugs.
By that he meant, stuff for the pills, speaking of which his sales were doing great, he wondered how Satoru and Megumi were doing.
Last he checked Megumi was planning on getting the deer, he practically had all of the shikigami except, Big Raga, The Tiger, and the Ox.
He would need to be older to get them.
Megumi right now was incredibly strong, stronger than Edgar that for sure, though he does wonder, if Edgar could just create curse tools imbued with curse technique he could be a lot stronger.
A sword that could cut through anything and a shield that could block basically anything is a pretty busted combo or weapons that control an element.
If Edgar learned how to control natural energy he could truly become a true special grade sorcerer.
Speaking of Edgar, he would need to visit the young man soon, for now as he lay on the bed with his girlfriend drawing a circle on his chest.
He knew he wouldn't be doing much sleeping.
Especially when she noted that Akane wouldn't be back in a while....dam he really loved those soundproof talisman.
He was just human, he had his desires, at the end of the day, everyone has their own needs and desires.
His need at the moment just so happens to be a bit more sexual than usual, plus this was a new learning experience for him.
In a fun and interesting way, curse energy could be used in times like this.
You know, he never thought the day would come....alright he needed a better way to say it as the word come was doing it.
Who could have thought the day would draw near where he would be having this blissful experience without having needing to land a black flash?
He could truly get used to this high.
He probably would never get tired of it.
While he was out here laying out the white splash, his companion, Akane, was currently feasting on her hunt.
She sat on top of the defeated curse, she however could see the resentment the curse felt, and it would be born again.
It will come back to hunt this town again in about 120 or so years....this wasn't Japan, the curse took longer to reform.
Clearing her throat a bit, Akane began a chant.
"Hear my rhythm, a cleansing beat,
Warding circle, make it complete.
Light's embrace, banish the night,
Seal the darkness, with sacred might.
Cleansing pulse, banish the stain,
Here no evil shall remain."
As those words left the Kitsune mouth, a cage could be seen forming around the curse, the next second, chains that were made purely out of reverse curse energy bounded the curse into a trap.
Now, she had caught something for her master, maybe she would bet a treat for this, she waved her tails happily as she took the prisoner and made her way back home.