As mentioned before, Yanami had almost no magic in her body, so she couldn't become a witch.
Even imprinting a Curse on her wouldn't work; at most, it could only grant her the ability to use a Curse to a certain extent through a mechanism similar to [Flash Pattern].
But this wasn't useful for solving the problem of the girls' proliferation.
Moreover, compiling Curses itself was extremely difficult, and even with the Felix Felicis, the success rate wasn't high. However, if one didn't pursue perfect Curse, and instead used a half-baked Curse like [Mirror] as a blueprint for compilation, it seemed much simpler.
In short, Asakura needed to find a way for the other party to truly acquire spellcasting ability.
So, was there a way to cast spells even without Curses?
Yes, brother, there was.
Asakura had seen such situations twice.
The first time was the shop owner on Mount Kumotori who sacrificed hikers, and the other time was Aragaki Ayase, whose body control was seized during the Chiba Port Tower incident.
Although the effects and power were completely different, both successfully activated some supernatural effects through long and tedious spell incantations, despite not having sufficient Curses themselves.
This gave Asakura great inspiration.
Since the girl herself had no Curse, then like the two above, couldn't she draw Curse from others through some method?
Like the two mentioned above, the most typical way was to believe in gods or other supernatural existences and seek power from them when necessary.
Considering that the shop owner's ashes had been scattered by him, Asakura actually only had Aragaki Ayase left as a reference.
That's why Asakura specifically went to find Ayase before, and through mucous membrane contact with her, he carefully felt the girl's physical condition with Curses.
Aside from being infused with an extra-large amount of life force and becoming a 'superhuman,' she also experienced many internal changes because she had been occupied by an otherworldly visitor for a period of time, although it wasn't visible from the outside.
And the most obvious of these was the 'evil god cultist' part, specifically adapted to casting spells and summoning the great light Kuri Tia to this world.
With this reference, Asakura finally had a perfect grasp of how to solve Yanami's problem.
At this moment, in the eyes of the girls in the clubroom, the soft light Asakura held in his hands suddenly became vibrant, then transformed into a streak of light and landed on the four Yanami.
Having completed all this, Asakura finally felt relieved.
He turned his gaze to the Yanami: "That should be enough."
"Eh? Is that all?"
Yuigahama Yui looked at the four Yanami, who were still four: "But Anna hasn't changed back?"
"I mean, the part that I actively do is mostly complete..." Asakura said seriously. "Next, Yanami needs to move herself."
"Me move myself?"
"How do I move?"
"Run?"
"Hey, am I the only one who thinks Asakura-kun's words are a bit strange?"
The Yanami chattered.
Asakura cleared his throat and briefly explained to them that since Yanami had no Curse in their bodies, they couldn't become witches and use Curse.
"But it doesn't matter!"
Asakura declared loudly: "As an alternative, I have prepared a more suitable solution for Yanami!"
"What's the alternative?"
The Yanami asked in unison.
"From today onwards, you are cultists."
Asakura replied.
"That's terrible!"
The Yanami protested: "What's a cultist, a cultist!"
"By the way, even cultists have gods they believe in, right? Can we be considered cultists if we don't believe in anything?"
"No, you do."
Asakura gave a thumbs-up, making a gesture like a quick-crouching Vegeta, and then pointed to himself: "I am."
"Huh?" X4.
The Yanami looked at Asakura in surprise.
"What's so strange about that?" Asakura spread his hands. "Great, powerful, able to draw strength, able to create supernatural events, likes young girls... See, aren't I a god!"
Of course, it was just a joke, but Asakura really did possess the crucial tool for becoming a god, which was the 'divinity' debuff.
It was probably a byproduct of pushing back the great light Kuri Tia last time and taking a portion of the evil god's authority (limited infinity) from it through the Nameless Magic Book. However, because this thing was truly useless, Asakura usually wouldn't show it off.
But this was indeed the key to Asakura choosing this method to break the situation.
Since the Yanami couldn't become witches, they simply became cultists. Well, to put it nicely, 'believers', and used their artificial Curses by drawing Curses from a god, which was Asakura.
After joking around, Asakura began to instruct the Yanami on how to use the artificial Curse.
The method was actually quite simple; Yanami even successfully activated the artificial Curse once before the preparatory bell for the first class rang.
"Let me try... Is it like this?"
The girl murmured softly: "...[Crowd]?"
The next moment, an electric sensation made Yanami tremble uncontrollably, and then she suddenly realized that her other selves around her had disappeared!
Only a few chairs remained beside her.
"It worked!"
"That's great!"
Yuigahama Yui and Chihaya Anon instinctively high-fived and cheered.
Even Yukinoshita Yukino, who rarely spoke, showed a rare smile of approval, seemingly relieved that Asakura was able to solve the problem.
Before Yanami could say anything, the chair under her bottom let out a groaning 'creak' as if it could no longer bear the weight, and then it shattered, causing the girl to fall to the floor.
Yanami, who couldn't react, was completely bewildered: "What's going on?"
"Because you have successfully merged with the other Yanami, theoretically speaking, you now possess four times the strength you had in the past in your normal state."
Asakura said.
"Really? Then I'm a Superman!"
Yanami asked, her eyebrows dancing with excitement.
"And, also because you have merged your three other selves into your body..." Asakura continued with a mournful tone, "So your current weight has also become four times your original weight."
"...Nooooooooo!"
The girl's scream, at this moment, pierced the sky of Soubu High School.
Yuigahama Yui and Chihaya Anon, who were nearby, suddenly felt genuinely fortunate that this had not happened to them.
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