Chapter 23: I Am, The System!

Late at night, the bright moonlight shone through the gap in the curtains, casting a faint light on the girl's peaceful face. If her eyes weren't wide open, it would have been a serene picture of a girl sleeping.

The one sleeping was Yukinoshita Yukino. What did it have to do with Hayashizaki?

After Yukinoshita Yukino fell asleep, Hayashizaki once again took over her body. After today's battle, the tired girl slept soundly, completely unaware that her body was being used.

Of course, he didn't intend to do anything bad, just to test a theory.

System.

Hayashizaki called softly in his mind.

[error, identity verification failed——]

[Verifying identity...]

[Verification complete, the strongest curse master system is at your service.]

So that's how it is.

Looking at the floating blue translucent screen in front of him, Hayashizaki felt speechless.

When he first crossed over and woke up, he tried to call the system, but it failed due to identity issues. Then, being inexplicably sealed in Yukinoshita Yukino's body, Hayashizaki guessed that there might be a problem with the identity binding. His soul was bound to himself, but his body was recognized as Yukinoshita Yukino.

This meant that although Hayashizaki could call the system and see the error screen, he couldn't use it.

Which company made this system? Binding the host wrong? Bad review! It deserves a bad review!

"System, explain why this happened?"

Hayashizaki asked angrily in his mind.

[System self-check in progress...]

[Answer: During the process of helping the host travel through world lines, the system's positioning error caused by space-time turbulence resulted in this outcome. The failure of this travel was due to the system's mistake.]

Huh? Is this system bad with directions?

Listening to the system's explanation, Hayashizaki was dumbfounded.

[The host is the system's first binder. To make up for the system's mistake, the system is willing to use the remaining energy to send the host back to the original time-space location, which is the Heian period. The host will replace Ryoumen Sukuna and become the strongest sorcerer a thousand years ago.]

[Do you want to be transported?]

So it's a newbie system, which means I'm the system's first love?

"Reject, reject, I don't want to go back to the past and become a thousand-year-old monster."

Hayashizaki said angrily,

"So, I'm sealed in Yukinoshita's body because of the positioning error?"

[Yes.]

"And you also limit my actions?"

[Yes... This is the system's self-protection mechanism to prevent the host from being taken over by a too powerful entity. It's not the system's subjective intention.]

It seems that the reason I can forcibly occupy Yukinoshita's body against her will is that the system's soul is bound to me, so there aren't many restrictions.

Most of Hayashizaki's doubts were resolved, so he decided to see what the system could do.

Just from the content on the system panel, it was clear that this system was brand new, clean, and very straightforward. It earned points by killing cursed spirits or sorcerers, which could be exchanged for various techniques and cursed tools. Completing tasks by killing a certain number of cursed spirits could also enhance one's attributes, but it didn't seem very useful to him.

[Current points: 600]

Hayashizaki felt that with his current power, it would be hard to find an opponent in this world.

But then he realized something and asked uncertainly,

"System, do these enhancements apply to me or Yukinoshita Yukino?"

[Attribute enhancements apply to Yukinoshita Yukino, techniques are imprinted on the host.]

Not bad, pure attribute enhancements are useless to me, maybe I can exchange for some interesting techniques to play with.

Wait, because of my existence, Yukinoshita's body will gradually imprint my techniques. The techniques I exchange from the system will also be imprinted on her, essentially getting two sets of techniques for free.

Hayashizaki thought while browsing the exchange list.

[System task update.] A task panel suddenly popped up.

[System compensation task: Kill a special-grade cursed spirit, reward: Incarnation.]

The reward is interesting, but no rush.

Hayashizaki wasn't very eager to get his own body. He planned to train Yukinoshita and Hikigaya a bit more before letting them hunt special-grade cursed spirits. Although there weren't many strong special-grade cursed spirits, there were plenty of weak ones, so they would encounter them eventually.

The key point was, if he left Yukinoshita Yukino's body, he wouldn't be able to sit in the VIP seat and give orders. He had to admit, teasing that serious girl was really fun.

"A fourth-grade cursed spirit is worth 100 points, a third-grade cursed spirit 500 points, a second-grade cursed spirit 1000 points, a first-grade cursed spirit 5000 points, and a special-grade cursed spirit 10000 points... The same goes for sorcerers/cursed users."

Looking at the points rules given by the system, Hayashizaki couldn't help but feel curious,

"There are differences among cursed users, am I only worth 10,000 points?"

[...]

Unexpectedly, Hayashizaki's question made the system go silent. What surprised him even more was that after a moment, the system changed the points rules.

[Thanks to the host's suggestion, the points rules have been changed to float upwards based on the strength of the same-level target. For example, a level 4 curse spirit or sorcerer will earn 100-500 points, level 3 will earn 501-1000 points, and so on.]

[The special level range is 10001-49999 points.]

[Current points: 900]

"Oh? Why doesn't the special level max out at a whole number?"

[Answer: Because no special level can reach the host's level, 50,000 points are exclusive to the host.]

Hearing the system's answer, Hayashizaki couldn't help but open his mouth slightly, full of surprise.

Well, I'm happy you're praising me, but isn't this a bit too much?

Are all systems like this now? Or is mine just special?

Anyway, it's hard to judge.

After understanding the system's function, Hayashizaki returned to his own domain, handing control of the body back to Yukinoshita Yukino. The girl, whose consciousness was asleep, didn't notice any of this.

It's a bit like a dolphin, with the left and right brain sleeping separately, allowing for long endurance.

However, Hayashizaki found that his domain had undergone some earth-shaking changes.

"No..."

He watched as the domain space gradually became illusory, replaced by the scene of a hospital delivery room. A very weak but still determined beautiful woman lay on the bed, smiling at a middle-aged man holding a newborn with a look of joy as if he had found a treasure. Beside the man stood a little girl tugging at his pants.

"So, this is Yukinoshita Yukino's memory illusion?"

Hayashizaki quickly understood the changes in the domain. He was watching the life of the girl named Yukinoshita Yukino from a third-person perspective, like watching a VR movie.

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