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Chapter 22: Construction Technique

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"Takana!"

Toge was anxious and at a loss in front of Satoru.

He really wanted to explain that the clothes Donut was wearing had nothing to do with him and that this utility room was basically demolished by Donut alone. Even his mental state seemed to be contaminated, he saw strange things, and got into a fistfight with Donut for no apparent reason.

But Toge couldn't speak at all in front of Satoru. He could only speak a few words of his own creation with unclear meaning. Otherwise, facing a special grade sorcerer like Satoru, Toge might face the risk of being backlashed to death if he said the wrong thing.

"Don't be anxious first, Toge."

Satoru carefully observed Donut's condition. After confirming that Donut was not aggressive and was completely stunned, he pulled Toge and Donut up from the ground, and patted the dust on Toge's body.

"Meifeng, you must be naughty again."

The man smiled and patted Donut on the head, as if coaxing a child; but he didn't mean to condemn her at all.

Satoru's Six Eyes were not a decoration.

As long as he pulled down his sunglasses slightly, he could clearly observe that the surrounding buildings and even Toge's body were shrouded in a powerful and overbearing curse.

If this kind of curse power could be described visually, it would probably be a deep ink blue mixed with a sunset color.

The power of this curse had already impressed him on the rooftop— it all came from Donut's body in front of him.

In other words, given Toge's personality, he would definitely not be able to fight with a girl or even throw her heavily to the ground and give her an elbow.

Even this kid was very sensitive when sparring with Maki, let alone a mentally unstable patient like Donut.

Therefore, the abnormal scene he just saw was probably because the curse on Donut affected Toge.

".....sujiko...."

Hearing this, Toge stepped forward and pulled Satoru's sleeve with a somewhat embarrassed expression.

He wanted to explain to Satoru that it was not Liu-san's fault that what happened today.

It all started because he snoozed for that hour. If it weren't for his negligence, Donut might not have left the infirmary.

If he could persuade and coax Liu-san well at that time, maybe Liu-san would be obedient and sleep well. She would not come out to attack the storage room.

"..."

Toge thought of this and glanced at Donut with a somewhat uncomfortable look. His teeth bit his lower lip uncontrollably.

Moreover, he also beat Liu-san.

His brain must have been damaged by then.

He actually used so much force on her.

Obviously at the beginning, Liu-san just hugged his waist. Did she want to have fun wrestling with him? After that, only when he locked her throat, did she hit him in the stomach.

Thinking about the worst, the force with which he hit Donut just now, if applied to an ordinary person, would probably have caused a slight concussion.

Now, Donut's physical condition could not be compared with that of the heyday when she had the added curse power. Although she seemed to be calm on the surface, who knew if she had been injured?

After all, Donut in the sick state was no different from a robot. She didn't know how to tell when she's in pain or hungry.

What troubled Toge the most was that he didn’t know whether Donut’s memory during the onset of the disease would be remembered when she woke up.

If Liu-san was sober and thought of these scenes, would she feel that he was a despicable person who took advantage of others' danger and beat mental patients?

If he thought so, let alone the sober Liu-san, he himself would hate such people.

"Okay, Toge, don't think too much. Look, baby Meifeng is not doing well. She is still smiling."

Satoru looked at Toge's aggrieved and depressed look, rubbed the young man's thin and soft short hair with his big hands. He bent down slightly, and pointed with a smile at Donut, who was smiling stiffly at the side.

"..."

Toge heard the name "baby Meifeng" and followed the direction of Gojo's finger to look at the "insensitive" Donut.

He wanted to laugh along with Satoru's words, but he couldn't really lift his mood. In the end, he just forced a smile.

The one who laughed was, to put it harshly, a superficial laughter but a deadpan laughter.

Satoru: "..."

Were all teenagers today so sensitive?

Wasn't it just that he beat someone up under the influence of a curse? And look at Donut's straight back, just looking at her mental state, there was absolutely nothing wrong with her.

He remembered that under the command of Principal Yaga, he gave Shoko taijutsu training. He would frequently torture Shoko until her nose was bruised, her face swollen, and her nose would bleed.

After that, he brought two months' worth of lunch to Shoko, and nothing happened.

"Speaking of which, Meifeng's clothes fit her very well. She looks energetic when she wears them, haha!"

Satoru, who was not good at consoling students carefully, could only change the subject stiffly.

It's not that he's not good at comforting, but he felt that delving into this issue was a bit too pretentious and unnecessary.

Firstly, there were no injuries, and secondly, there was no blood. It was even possible that Toge himself was a victim and was influenced by Liu-san's technique to act like this.

"..."

After hearing Satoru's words, Toge came back to his senses slightly from his depressed state.

The young man looked up and saw Donut standing beside him; her back as straight as a poplar.

Donut stared into the void, her hands clasped behind her back as usual. The deep and distant smile on her face seemed to be wearing the aura of a great man, which looked very interesting.

She was wearing an orange-red construction site suit, but this outfit was obviously not something you could get in a high school.

Not to mention that you couldn't get it in high schools, even Japanese construction sites rarely use clothes of this color for construction.

"...?"

Toge's eyes widened slightly, and he finally discovered his blind spot.

So, where did the clothes on Liu-san come from?

Moreover, this set of clothes seemed to be specially prepared for Liu-san. It was not bulky at all, but the waist and shoulders were fitted... This feeling was as if Liu-san brought her own clothes.

"It's quite magical."

Satoru stretched out two sinful fingers, gently pinched Donut's tight belt around her waist, and rubbed the rough fabric of the clothes with his fingers.

"It's a bit like... a construction technique."

The man took off his sunglasses and said thoughtfully.

However, there was one thing that Satoru observed very carefully.

That was, when Donut was thrown to the ground by Toge, there was no trace of curse on her body, including her clothes. But when the two of them finished fighting, the fabric of Donut's clothes was once again filled with the movement and circuits of this curse.

It was then that Satoru realized clearly that the clothes this girl was wearing were not woven from ordinary materials.

"..."

After hearing Satoru's words, Toge's brain worked very quickly, and he understood the origin of Donut's clothes in almost a few seconds.

"This level of construction technique is no joke."

Satoru put on his sunglasses again and stared at Donut, his snow-blue eyes shining in the night.

Ordinary sorcerers could basically transform into various forms only when they release their curse power.

To put it simply, most people only turn on the toilet light when using the toilet.

But if we were to describe Donut's situation, it would probably be that she kept the toilet light on day and night all year round, regardless of whether she went to the toilet or not.

Moreover, the power consumption was still unclear, and he didn’t know where the bottom line of her capabilities was.

So, what kind of symbiotic relationship did this girl's body and the curse power have?

Was this still considered a human being?

"...?" Satoru thought about it, feeling a little confused.

He even had some doubts as to whether this kind of body with the human body's solar energy was a natural human being? Or was this kid really, as the movie said, a top product of an experimental factory?

"Takana...?"

Toge looked at Satoru in confusion as he was deep in thought.

He didn't know much about construction techniques. There were basically no more than five people in Japan who could use construction techniques. So the information in this area was quite scarce.

Since the construction technique was very far away from him, this kind of thing was more like the ability of other power systems to him; it sounded confusing.

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[For defeating you, Inumaki Toge looked at you lying on the ground; he felt deeply sorry and guilty.]

[Inumaki Toge: I... I actually beat the distinguished resident lord to the ground. I simply cannot forgive myself for such a thing!]

[Inumaki Toge: She is not just a lord, she is my partner, my family, my friend... I actually did such a thing.]

[Inumaki Toge: Will Donut hate me?]

[System prompt: Partner Inumaki Toge has fallen into a depressed state. Please comfort your partner quickly!]

[System prompt: Voice input is enabled.]

Tiantian listened to the prompts from the system wizard while sitting cross-legged on the computer chair and carefully peeling the apple with a knife.

When she heard the system prompt, she raised her eyebrows without raising her head.

Comforting, right?

"You are freaking awesome, keep up the good work." [1]

Tiantian spoke in a calm voice, firmly recognizing the strength of the pixelated Toge on the screen.

[System: ...]

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· Genuine translation can be found only in OchatimesBlogspotCom and FanFictionNet

[1] Freaking awesome or just awesome (niú bī 牛逼). It's a dirty word as well as a cool word in slang.
It's often used by men, seldom for ladies.
It means someone is so awesome and cool after doing sth amazing or out of others expectation.


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