"It's dangerous here, you should leave first."
Panda spoke.
Panda knew at this moment that this person named Inoue Hao had definitely misunderstood something.
Because Panda was too familiar with such a look of misunderstanding.
However, such fervent gazes were rare.
Panda took out his phone and called Nitta Akari.
Inoue Hao's gaze grew even more fervent.
Inoue Hao recalled an incident that occurred in the Polish army in the last century.
During World War II, there was a bear in the Polish army that had been raised by soldiers.
This bear not only participated in World War II but was also officially registered as a Polish soldier.
He was often responsible for transporting supplies, mainly heavy artillery shells, to difficult-to-reach locations like mountainous terrain.
After the war, the bear settled in a zoo and passed away at the age of 22.
Evidently, Inoue Hao had mistaken Panda for a war bear similar to Wojtek.
Just like that, even as Nitta Akari picked him up, Inoue Hao was still thinking about how to become a Jujutsu Sorcerer and get a Panda of his own.
"Finally, he's gone."
Panda wiped the nonexistent sweat from his forehead.
"What, you can't take it already?"
Maki smiled and patted Panda's soft belly.
"This proves that Panda is very popular."
Panda acted cute towards Maki.
Maki fell for it.
"Alright, the most important thing now is to quickly exorcise the Cursed Spirits."
Maki, whose face turned red from the sudden cute attack, turned her head away, then patted Panda with her Thousand Machine Umbrella.
'Tsk, he's even acting cute.'
Clearly, Panda must often watch videos of Pandas.
He was so cute that even Maki couldn't quite handle it.
Although the environment the group was in was still eerie and dangerous,
joking around with their companions also dispelled much of the discomfort in their hearts.
Now, what they needed to do was find and exorcise that Cthulhu-like imaginary Cursed Spirit.
"Did you find anything?"
After searching the surroundings for a while, Maki actively sought out Panda, who was imitating Rodin's The Thinker.
"Although these footprints point in all directions, they should all have originated from one direction initially."
Panda pointed to the sticky footprints on the ground.
Their flashlights shone along the direction from which the footprints came.
Finally, they discovered that all the footprints initially came from the north of the village.
"So, the Cursed Spirit is hidden to the north of the village, is that right?"
Maki shouldered her Thousand Machine Umbrella and headed north of the village.
Panda and Inumaki Toge immediately followed.
Following the footprints, the group eventually arrived in front of a cave.
"This Cursed Spirit is very special; the longer we fight it, the more disadvantageous it becomes. So, once we meet it, we'll go all out immediately, using our strongest attacks to exorcise the Cursed Spirit at the first opportunity."
Maki recalled the curse on her arm that was beginning to transform into an Octopus People.
She also remembered Inoue Hao's significantly mutated upper body and couldn't help but warn them.
"OK~"
Panda turned sideways and gave Maki an OK gesture.
"Salmon."
Inumaki Toge also nodded, agreeing with Maki's view.
"Then, we're going in."
Maki drew the katana from the bottom of the Thousand Machine Umbrella, then adjusted the main body of the Thousand Machine Umbrella into a rifle form.
If an enemy appeared after entering the cave, Maki would immediately cut them down with her katana.
If not, then after finding the Cursed Spirit, she would directly empty the bullets from the Thousand Machine Umbrella.
She would use the fastest speed to severely wound or even exorcise the Cursed Spirit.
Inumaki Toge pulled down his collar.
Panda also took out a rocket launcher.
This was Panda's greatest long-range firepower output currently.
Although Panda preferred the fighting Cursed Technique taught by Yaga Masamichi,
Panda knew that Eichi was also doing it for his own good.
So, Panda did not refuse the equipment Eichi gave him.
Plus, the slippery feel of this enemy was really not suitable for punching.
Therefore, Panda still picked up the rocket launcher, temporarily re-classifying himself as a cannon bear.
The group entered the cave, and the next second they were shocked by the situation inside.
"Hey, was this cave so tall from the outside?"
Maki looked at the huge passage, which was clearly not tall outside, but was dozens of meters high upon entering.
"No, absolutely not."
Panda's cute face revealed the wild ferocity of an animal.
"Innate Domain."
Panda said these words with a solemn tone.
"Should we retreat?"
"Are you scared?"
"How could I be?"
"Then let's go."
Having said that, Maki took the lead.
Inumaki Toge and Panda followed behind Maki, one on her left and one on her right.
The three maintained a distance that allowed them to support each other in time while observing their surroundings.
Deep within the cave, the originally slumbering Cthulhu-like Cursed Spirit seemed to sense an intrusion.
One by one, eerie green eyes opened.
They emitted a chilling, ghostly glow in the darkness.
Soon, this Cursed Spirit sensed that more than half of its kin, transformed by its Cursed Technique, had disappeared.
"Hoh!"
A roar, like a strong wind sweeping through the cave, instantly engulfed the entire cave.
The kin still slumbering in the cave, as well as a large number of weaker Cursed Spirits gathered by this Cthulhu-like Cursed Spirit, were awakened by the roar.
"It seems the owner here is very angry."
Maki said with a smile.
"Be careful, Maki, there are a lot of enemies."
Compared to Maki, who showed Battle Intent, Panda was much more cautious.
"Salmon."
Inumaki Toge's tongue slightly protruded, revealing the cursed seal on its tip.
He simultaneously held a pistol in his hand.
This was given to Inumaki Toge by Eichi after he submitted a cursed tool borrowing application.
After obtaining this pistol cursed tool, Inumaki Toge had been practicing Cursed Speech with very small costs, such as "sprained ankle," "fell down," or "slipped."
Then, when the enemy revealed a weakness, he would directly shoot them in the head.
It didn't take long for Inumaki Toge to completely buy several pistol cursed tools with the rewards from exorcising Cursed Spirits.
No other reason, it was simply very effective.
"Leave this to me."
Maki said, then transformed the Thousand Machine Umbrella from a rifle to a war spear, and then, holding a katana in one hand and a spear in the other, charged into the crowd of Cursed Spirits and Octopus People.
Maki's recovery ability was very strong, and her combat consumption was very low.
Therefore, this kind of overwhelming, 'mowing down' battle was very suitable for Maki.
She could fight like this all day.
But Inumaki Toge was different.
Inumaki Toge did not have such powerful physical recovery abilities, and the backlash from his Cursed Technique was very obvious.
Inumaki Toge, who could not use Reverse Cursed Technique, was a typical short-duration character.
He couldn't handle long-term battles.
So, knowing that there was an even stronger enemy present,
it was better to keep Inumaki Toge in good condition and have him unleash maximum output directly when encountering the enemy.
Led by Maki, the strongest spear, the three quickly broke through the Cursed Spirits' encirclement and arrived at the deepest part of the cave.
The countless eyes of the Cthulhu-like Cursed Spirit, originally curled up in the cave, all turned towards the three.
The next second, Inumaki Toge and Maki felt their consciousness become somewhat hazy, as if they were about to fall asleep.
"Oh da da da."
Panda immediately stood in front of the two, then simultaneously opened fire with both the rifle and the rocket launcher.
Boom.
"Hoh!"
The Cthulhu-like Special Grade imaginary Cursed Spirit let out an angry roar.
The giant tentacles, originally tucked beneath its body, slammed down towards the position of the three.
"Explode!"
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