Prologue: I Became an Overpowered Nobody at the Jujutsu Academy
The word "jujutsu" (咒) is said to mean "to wish" with the mouth.
Whether it is earnestly desired or wishing calamity upon someone.
People have been wishing good and bad fortune with words, and that is said to be the origin of jujutsu in the world of the webtoon that I was reincarnated into.
Words have power. Words become cursed energy.
I felt the proverb of the jujutsu world intensely and compressed this situation into three words and spat it out.
“Fuck, this is shitty.”
—Whoosh—
I let out a curse in front of a raging bull monster.
It seemed to be a Type II Nephilim because its horns had transformed into deer antlers.
A party member worth 3 credits. I would fill the missing 1 credit by tomorrow, so I had to take it down, but it was risky to take on alone.
“Calm down, what are you hesitating for? Just cut it already.”
“I was told to fill in the missing credits, so I was going to try hard.”
I gave them a subtle hint, but the guys who tagged along as party members shot back at me from behind with envious glares.
‘Guys who only know how to hit the last hit in a relationship.’
I swallowed the murderous intent to slice their necks.
Yeah, the thirsty one is drinking water.
Be patient, you, Kim Beom!
“Haa…”
At that moment, I twisted the sheath of the nodachi and charged at the monster with a single battle cry.
Kiiiiiing—
A monstrous roar that would tear the eardrums made my body freeze.
A dragon Shikigami that had landed from the dark sky roared, and a sonic boom occurred, bursting the bull's body.
‘Dragon Shikigami?’
The highest-level summoned beast appeared without any warning, and I swallowed my breath.
The dragon Shikigami that quickly defeated the Nephilim in an instant leaped into the sky.
“Ah, it's Poroe, the Shikigami of the Lady Poroe.”
“As expected of the Lady of the Yongso Clan. Even without coming in person, the practice points are perfect.”
The party members said one by one as if they were leisurely enjoying the good show.
I just stood blankly staring at the light in the empty sky that I couldn't distinguish from the morning star and evening star.
Is auto-hunting with a broken summoner a cheat?
‘This was my last chance!’
I missed the 1 credit in front of my eyes and was one day away from being expelled from the Jujutsu Academy State-Run Seonggwan Academy.
***
There was a webtoon called .
The story of the world's greatest sorcerer being reincarnated into a post-apocalyptic world where humans, in their greed, touch the forbidden jujutsu and go to extinction.
A mediocre work born when the art and pure cursed energy weren't at their peak.
However, gained popularity due to its character and various drastic developments.
Thanks to its popularity, spin-offs featuring the main characters of were released.
A youth academy battle story set in the background of a relatively peaceful era before the Grand Cursed Technique Reaching the Forbidden was unfolded.
Who would have thought that I would reincarnate as an extra mentioned in the original work at that time.
Fortunately, I was classified as one of the candidates with a high possibility of awakening an innate cursed technique.
I ate my childhood friend who was one of the strongest in the future world view.
When I was picked as a disciple of one of the twelve great clans in the jujutsu world, I thought I was an EX-tra that would monopolize the cheat and harem.
Moreover, since it was before the world ended, I was full of the desire to prevent the end in advance.
—Who would have thought that I would become a real extra who couldn't even use universal cursed techniques, let alone innate ones, by the time I went to the academy.
Auto: Field/Practical/Nephilim extermination & request practical is fixed at 0 points.
Immediately, because of insufficient credits due to jujutsu, I had to catch Nephilim born from monsters in the dungeon.
However, my attacks didn't contain the 'cursed energy' which is the origin of jujutsu, so the Nephilim only got injured but didn't die.
I needed someone to deliver the finishing blow to the Nephilim, but in the jujutsu supremacist State-Run Seonggwan Academy, my position as a non-sorcerer was narrow.
Unless they were blatantly lazy and pathetic, it was as hard as getting stars from the sky to save party members.
“Wasted effort because of the useless sword user.”
“But why call Kim Beom a sword user?”
On the way back from the barrier dungeon to the academy.
The stupid couple was whispering as if they knew I was listening from behind.
“Did you not know? He's a subordinate of the Namgung family, the sword clan. Sword users aren't sorcerers, they're just common sword users who eat sword rice.”
“So, the Namgung family is finished as a sword clan?”
“Ah, yeah. Because their only daughter is a gunner… Hic!?”
The guy in the couple stopped talking in surprise.
“What do you mean the Namgung family is finished as a sword clan? You seem to want to be beheaded.”
I put the sharp gun barrel to his forehead, and he flinched and stepped back.
The girl with the cool demeanor and grace had pointed the gun at them.
I knew she was smiling, but I knew she was the type who smiled quietly and got angry quietly.
“Hanran, let them go.”
Namgung Hanran, the daughter of my senior and one year older senior sister.
She bowed her head at a perfect angle to me and smiled as if it was no big deal.
“Does insulting our beloved junior mean that the entire Namgung family is being disgraced? As the head, I can't just let them go.”
“S-sorry.”
The two ran away in fright.
“Why do you hang out with such unpleasant humans. I really can't use them. Beom is…”
Finally, the senior sister who had lowered the gun had the face of a sister scolding her younger brother.
“It's familiar treatment.”
“That’s not something to say. Even if Beom can't use jujutsu, he has no reason to hear such words. I know best since I watched from the side.”
The senior sister smiled brightly and said as if she saw through me.
“You can always rely on me. If there's any trouble, you must tell me.”
“It's fine. I'll handle my own problems with my own strength.”
It was true that if I didn't get the 1 credit by tomorrow, I would be expelled.
But the reputation of relying only on being a disciple of a great clan despite being a useless person was disgusting.
“That's exactly it!”
When I half-heartedly boasted, Hanran, with tears in her eyes, hugged me.
“You’ve grown so well. Men have to be like that. The courage to face hardships! Women fall for that lonely back view!”
“W-what? Senior, but actually I...”
“Then, I'll go to the head's meeting, so see you in two days.”
She hugged me tightly, patted my shoulder, and ran out towards the school gate.
I just showed off unnecessarily...
Now, how am I supposed to get party members from now on?
***
The jujutsu in is closer to individualized cursed energy than conventional image jujutsu.
From simple universal jujutsu that spits fire, to transcendental innate jujutsu that creates stars, in the world view.
In modern times, jujutsu related to the internet and electronic devices also emerged.
A crystal tablet that is both an object containing cursed energy and a smartphone.
When I connected it to the console installed on the first floor of the academy, several strings of characters appeared on the screen, and the girl's voice flowed out.
『Yes. First-year C class Kim Beom. State-Run Seonggwan Academy Ai Hesed speaking. Did you call?』
“The 1 credit is still missing by tomorrow. Is there any request that I can do without using jujutsu as much as possible?”
It was a brazen question, but somehow it wouldn't work?
Please, please!
『(Searching...)』
『At 3 PM, a report came in that water was leaking from the upstairs apartment in District 54 of the civilian residential area.』
“Water leaking...? Why is that?”
『The officer confirmed it's not water but blood. Judging it to be a base of Nephilim or a rogue sorcerer.』
Sorcerers who use jujutsu to kill Nephilim but fill their own desires are called 'rogue sorcerers'.
Most of the villains in the manga were rogue sorcerers.
『Due to the terror occurring nearby, police operations are paralyzed. Requesting confirmation from a student of the academy.』
『Reward is 1 practice credit. 100,000 sephirons. Do you accept?』
The compensation was cheap.
But if it was just a simple confirmation task, I couldn't fail.
If it was weak enough to be caught easily by civilians.
I quickly accepted and arrived at the apartment in District 54 by train.
“It's an empty house, but who lives there?”
I received the key from the grumpy security manager and opened the door.
The room with blood splattered everywhere was revealed.
The fresh blood scent that wasn't long made me instinctively put my hand on the nodachi at my waist.
“Sword search in a long time. Hello.”
A man with blood-soaked bandages in the center of the room greeted with a deep voice.
What he was holding was a hilt without a blade.
It wasn't just some trash.
A high-risk villain that appeared in the main story of .
Why this person of all people.
“…Cut from the left shoulder blade to the right waist. Leave a last word.”
The Last Words Collector, Hwang Seonpung.
His innate jujutsu 'Falling Wind Cleave (Hollow Edge)' creates invisible wind blades with air that cut.
This blade is so sharp that the person being cut doesn't realize they've been bisected until 3 minutes later.
Hwang Seonpung had the perverted hobby of using this to collect the last words of enemies.
In other words, I would die in 3 minutes.
‘There is a way to survive.’
By gathering cursed energy in the body through breathing and reattaching the cut cells.
In fact, the protagonist did that and survived.
But my cursed energy was weaker compared to the protagonist who is the strongest.
‘…I won't be able to keep my promise with you.’
I had reincarnated into a life with no gains.
I didn't influence the original work, nor prevent the Grand Cursed Technique Reaching the Forbidden.
But living my life in was honestly fun.
Even if it was as a useless commoner.
“Kim Beom, just a sword user.”
I drew the nodachi and declared the opening.
“Is that a last word? Kim Beom, just a sword user. Remember in the afterlife. The one who killed you is the Demon Slayer Hwang Seonpung.”
Hwang Seonpung blew a breath at the tip of his finger and sent a wind blade flying.
This time, the wind cut exactly through my neck.
I wouldn't have 3 minutes left.
I didn't care about the already dead life, pushed by the murderous intent like a roaring wave, and aimed the nodachi's end.
“Pathetic, it's useless.”
At that moment, the gate of life and death appeared above my head.
At the fork in life and death, I awakened my innate cursed technique.
The desperate jujutsu 'Beomseong Iltu (Versus Common)'. A small circle appeared in a small range.
Activation condition: 1v1 situation. If a third party observes, the activation itself won't work.
In this state, the opponent's jujutsu and attacks are nullified and penetrate, and my attacks always enter as sure hits and fatal blows.
I will definitely win in a life-or-death situation where my life is at stake.
1v1 doesn't support...?
“You bastard!”
The man with bloodshot eyes screamed his last words.
Crack,
Hwang Seonpung, cut by the nodachi, was split into three.
After hearing the sound of three pieces of meat falling to the floor, I finally understood the situation.
This… is fucked.