21st Century Necromancer

Chapter 125 Dealing

Watching the old man depart with the two small hooligans and the ninja who had stood up again, Kojo Kyoko's eyes showed both horror and inexplicable curiosity, but she wisely refrained from asking anything more and simply stood by Chen Yu's side with great respect.

"Master, is it really okay to let them go like that?" Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu had no objection to Chen Yu's decision to release them, his concern lay with the ninja who stood up again.

After all, everyone had witnessed her being casually killed by Chen Yu, but now the corpse had risen again, evidently due to something Chen Yu had done. Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu was worried that the method Chen Yu used to raise the corpse might expose a flaw.

Kyuuzai Ryousen, also concerned, asked, "Master, do you need me to send out the Cursed Raven to monitor them?"

"Hehe, if my methods were so easy to reveal flaws, the Necromancer wouldn't have..." Chen Yu didn't finish his sentence, some things were not suitable to be spoken out loud. He shook his head slightly and toyed with a grey mist that had coalesced into a sphere in his hand: "What I did was merely restore vitality to her flesh, her soul is still in my hands.

She can only do what I allow her to do; if I wish to prevent her from doing something, she wouldn't even be able to breathe."

Before becoming a Dark Warrior, Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu was an Onmyoji of the Tsuchimikado Family and could naturally see that the grey sphere in Chen Yu's hands was a soul. However, what Chen Yu said made Yoshiharu feel a sense of horror.

Controlling a person's body, imprisoning a person's soul; these kinds of spells do exist within Onmyodo, and even Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu himself knew a thing or two about such spells. But looking at the soul in Chen Yu's hands, Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu realized that what Chen Yu was doing was certainly not as simple as he knew.

Thus, he could not help but ask, "Master, how do you control her body? Is it through her soul? Can your spells last indefinitely... or as long as her soul is in your hands, her body will remain under your control?"

"Somewhat like that, except it's not what you're thinking. Even if her soul were to escape from my grasp, I could still control her body, albeit not as precisely," Chen Yu shook his head slightly. He didn't plan to give Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu a detailed explanation; this method of controlling a corpse was also new to him, and there were still many aspects he needed to familiarize himself with.

What Chen Yu was doing, in actuality, wasn't complicated; he had simply altered the memories of the old man and the two hooligans and cast a control spell on their souls, making them subconsciously obey him. As for the ninja, imprisoning souls and manipulating bodies were just the basics for a Necromancer.

However, the method Chen Yu employed was far more sophisticated; he not only made the ninja's body move indistinguishably from that of a living person but also maintained the body's life vitality, preventing it from decaying like a typical corpse.

In essence, the ninja controlled by Chen Yu, except for the detachment of soul and body and having been killed once before, wasn't any different from a living person. She could think and act normally, but her every action was under Chen Yu's control.

Moreover, as Chen Yu told Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu, even if the ninja's soul managed to escape his grasp, she would still be unable to elude the fate of his control, because what Chen Yu controlled was her body; the soul was merely a medium to make this control more precise.

Who has ever heard of a Necromancer controlling a corpse needing the soul? It is only for more intricate manipulations that the soul is needed.

"Alright, you need not worry about those fellows anymore," Chen Yu stopped Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu and the others from continuing to inquire and said to them instead: "Since the ritual I needed has been completed, it's time to commence the Promotion Ceremony I promised you two. Who wants to go first?"

Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu and Kyuuzai Ryousen exchanged glances, both seeing the excited craving flare up in each other's eyes.

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Kojo Kyoko felt utterly confused by everything she had experienced today. Although she was a Transcendent and had studied swordsmanship for over a decade, today was the first time she had truly drawn her sword to fight someone.

Even though she defeated her opponent with the help of Kyuuzai Ryousen, it was still an exhilarating accomplishment for Kojo Kyoko.

But the incident that happened at the end had a profound impact on Kojo Kyoko. She had thought that by talking tough and teaching them a lesson, Chen Yu would release those captives. The unexpected assassination by the ninja led Chen Yu to kill her without hesitation.

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Witnessing someone die in front of her was too stimulating for Kojo Kyoko, who lived in the peaceful Heisei Era. Even more so since the method Chen Yu used to kill the female ninja involved bone spikes—such a harrowing technique was utterly chilling for Kyoko, a woman as well.

However, as if challenging her endurance, Chen Yu not only wiped the memories of the three survivors in front of her but also imprisoned the female ninja's soul, resurrected her body with a spell, and healed the puncture wounds inflicted by the bone spikes.

Watching the body of the female ninja, who looked no different from a living person, leave with the other three, Kyoko finally realized that the person she had pledged her allegiance to was not any benevolent entity but a being far more terrifying than the dangerous-looking Yakuza.

Was the path she had chosen right or wrong? Was it good or bad that her brother accepted the legacy obtained from him? Kojo Kyoko was now deeply mired in confusion, unsure of where to go from here.

Yet on the ritual stage, the immense power displayed by Kyuuzai Ryousen and Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu after receiving Chen Yu's help in their promotion had likewise shaken some of Kojo Kyoko's views.

Hadn't she prepared herself to be stained with blood before pledging her loyalty to Chen Yu? Why was she wavering just because she saw someone die in front of her? A samurai's sword must not become dull for such a reason!

Chen Yu was unaware of Kojo Kyoko's thoughts, but noticing she seemed to be in a trance while mulling over things, the Necromancer, who had just finished aiding Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu and Kyuuzai Ryousen in their promotion, still approached her, "Miss Kojo, do you still stand by your choice? It's not too late to back out now.

At most, I'll erase your memories of today, so you forget everything you've seen. But... if you choose to continue serving me, then there will be no turning back.

"Events like today's might not recur, but it's also possible that you'll often encounter such situations in the future or even personally handle targets for me that you would rather not kill. Are you prepared for that?"

"I offer all my loyalty to my lord," Kojo Kyoko said, resting on her sword and once again kneeling on one knee.