Curse of the Eye of the Dead

At first it was tiredness.

The body became a little heavy for no reason, and the strength of swinging the knife in daily life also subtly weakened a little, and he even began to feel drowsy.

Those are very subtle changes, and they are easily confused with overwork, and even I can't tell the difference.

It wasn't until this kind of subtle tiredness gradually accumulated and finally reflected on his face that the abnormality received attention.

The first one to notice was Toranojiro.

As soon as he came over after work, he couldn't help frowning and leaned forward.

Uno looked at him blankly: "What's the matter? Toranojiro?"

"You... haven't had a good rest lately? Or have you been busy working overtime and didn't sleep at all?"

The conjurer with a strong physique and flamboyant red hair looked left and right, then tilted his head and continued worriedly after a long while: "You don't look very good, Brother Uo."

"Not so good?"

Uo pinched the position of Yamane, and replied a little slowly: "But I have a good rest, although I do feel a little sleepy now... Maybe it's spring sleepiness? After all, the weather now is very suitable for naps."

"Hey! Sleepy in spring, sleepy in autumn, nap in summer, sleepless in March... put the excuse on to the seasons, I thought it was something I did when I was a child." Toranojiro raised his eyebrows and muttered.

The 20-year-old Uo suddenly smiled. He was just about to tease a few words with his partner who grew up with him when he suddenly noticed the stack of papers in Toranojiro's hand.

Small talk was immediately shelved.

The most outstanding young master in the history of the Tsurumi family stretched out his hand: "Okay, don't worry, it's not uncommon for conjurers to stay up all night, I'll go make a cup of tea to refresh myself later... Torajiro, that's a must Is the file I'm dealing with? Please send it over."

"What's good about tea?"

Toranojiro, who never dresses well and always looks like a reckless bum, said with disgust——he is a hard drinker.

Of course, this interest is also in line with his temperament.

After finishing speaking, Toranojiro looked at Uo's outstretched hand, hesitated for a second, and then, under the gaze of the other party, put the paper document that was supposed to be handed over to the other party into his loose body with a confident and domineering expression. in the kimono.

Uno couldn't help showing confusion.

"...I scanned the content here in advance, and it's not an important thing."

Toranojiro showed his big white teeth, and said clearly:

"Just let your subordinates deal with it. For example, Qian Yu and Zhong Gong, their brains are not bad, and they should be trained further. I mean training other than strength... Conjurers are only focused on fighting. A few, it all depends on the two of us getting exhausted sooner or later, let's give them some small things to try to deal with?

It's not like I said, what kind of companions do we lack, and we have to work hard in that direction—since the group of people in the clan want to follow you, they must have this level of awareness. "

"Of course, I will follow up and strictly inspect the whole process, and will not let them get away with it."

"As for you... I still don't think tea is any good."

Toranojiro gave a serious thumbs up: "It's better to go to sleep and refresh yourself, Uno."

As soon as Uno opened his mouth, Toranojiro turned around without hesitation, and slipped away as if fleeing.

Don't forget to close the door.

Ten minutes later, Torajiro sneaked back again. He didn't know what he was doing at the door, turned around and left again.

Uno went out to take a look, and found a piece of paper pasted on the door.

"The young master is resting, please don't disturb, I have an urgent matter to find Toranojiro.

Note: I wrote it, if you don’t want to be beaten, be honest, if I find out whoever knocks on the door indiscriminately, you will die.

Another batch: walk softly.

——Torajiro. "

Uno suddenly laughed out loud, his brows and eyes relaxed.

He went back to the room and looked out the window.

The weather is really nice today.

"Then let's take a break."

Talking to himself, he put down the freshly brewed tea, Uso sat by the window, leaning against the chair, and slowly closed his eyes.

Take a break and get up and work hard.

Will cheer up soon.

In spring, when the temperature is suitable, the sun is also warm.

The young man with black hair and fair skin leaned against the back of the chair and fell asleep with a faint smile.

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But, no better.

Instead, it intensified.

——It's like stepping into a downhill road with no corners. Just a downward trend means that the falling speed will become faster and faster.

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Fatigue deepened.

Usheng's proud physical strength began to have problems, his appetite dropped sharply, his sleep quality became worse and worse, and he began to have difficulty concentrating.

The worst time - when Uosheng was dealing with a first-level curse spirit, he was almost cut through his abdomen because of a daze.

This should not have been a mistake made by Uso.

Something is wrong.

This is no longer a problem that can be explained by fatigue.

The increasingly pale and confused Uo was dragged to the doctor by the dignified Torajiro.

Tsurumi's family attaches great importance to it, and has invited countless doctors to help with recuperation.

Doses after doses of bitter medicine were poured down, and the bitter tongue became numb.

But it doesn't work well.

Whether it is Chinese medicine or Western medicine... the effect of those medicines on Uosheng is much worse than the ideal state.

After one problem was finally cured, more diseases began to spring up like mushrooms after rain.

Finally, during a certain job, the Taidao held in Uno's hand fell off.

And he himself - also fell unconscious.

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"The young master's pulse is weakening every day, his body is very bad, and these diseases..."

The doctor tried his best to be as tactful as possible, but because of professional ethics, he had to explain clearly: "...these diseases can all be found. They are very common, but they are basically problems that only occur in the elderly."

"We had the usual treatment, but the medication wasn't working well, and there were more problems popping up, so we talked and went further with the diagnosis."

The doctors looked at each other, and finally the leader said the result:

"Our conclusion is that the young master's body organs are declining due to unknown reasons. All diseases are caused by physiological dysfunction. We have considered this 'unknown reason' for a long time and feel that it is very similar to ……senescence."

"The young master's body is aging rapidly, and the organs in his body are aging at an astonishing speed."

Even though he's only 20 years old.

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Most of "Heaven and Curse" are not obvious from the beginning.

If it is some price that is not directly observable by the naked eye, it means that before the outbreak, no one knows what "fate" took from you for the so-called "balance" when you were just born.

Uo's art is a "death" art.

——It is a weapon of causality, a spell that unreasonably endows all intelligible things with "death".

At the same time, he also has a physique that matches the spell: before the awakening of the "domain", Uoyu also has the powerful body required to launch the spell in close combat.

His strength is almost perfect.

But this kind of perfection is not the combination, purification, and passing down of the blood of generations of strong people, but a sudden mutation.

Uo's technique is unheard of in the blood of the Tsurumi family.

Of course, such a powerful and extreme mutation is not completely impossible.

But in the Tsurumi family—whether it is "artificial" or "coincidence" that the mutation occurs, it is all because of the "bloody ritual" of the Tsurumi family that has lasted for hundreds of years, and it is treated equally by "cause and effect" as a "violation of the rules". .

That is original sin flowing in the blood of the Tsurumi family.

And Uo, who inherited the blood of the Tsurumi family and possesses great power, was also bestowed with "Heaven and Curse" because of this original sin.

"Heaven and Curse" is different from conventional curses, which cannot be cured.

To use a more appropriate adjective, it should be - destiny.

It's like a congenital disability.

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As the price for possessing an astonishingly powerful and terrifying Devil's Eye of Death and a matching physique in the future, Uzo was deprived of his due lifespan.

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Like the most beautiful and gorgeous fireworks.

Stunning, extraordinary, but fleeting.

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The head of the Tsurumi family and the clan elders turned pale and white when they learned that Uo was carrying the "Heaven and Curse".

"Could it be because of that... No, no, it's not our problem."

"It's only natural that such a powerful spell will bear the sky and the curse."

"However, the ancestral spells of the Yusan family, especially the six eyes of the Wutiao family... when they first appeared, there is no record of carrying the sky and the curse, right?"

"So it really is a side effect of our ritual—"

"What nonsense! Without that ceremony, would our Tsurumi family have developed to the present? Can it be passed down for hundreds of years!?"

"Don't talk about this matter again! Everyone shut up. In short, we will try our best to find a way to cure the young master. The young master may not be hopeless... Wait, wait."

The elders of the clan were filled with guilt and uneasiness that could not be ignored. They did try their best to save Uoki's life, but it was useless.

Maosheng refers to the "aging" of the whole body organs.

And no one can stop "aging".

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The days passed by.

Uno's room was filled with the pungent smell of medicine that could not go away.

Countless precious medicinal materials were poured down, but it was in vain.

In the end, everyone was silent, and everyone could foresee the unreasonable and cruel future.

Their sun is about to fall, and the fire that once brought them hope will eventually go out.

From 20 to 21 years old, it was the most painful year for Uno.

In just one year, he could stand up and walk weakly, and finally he could only lie in bed.

The body is so heavy and heavy.

Breathing is so heavy.

My whole body hurts so badly.

It was a heart-wrenching pain from the inside out, a pain that I couldn't even struggle with.

Uno lost weight at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his handsome and upright face like a sculpture is now almost haggard, and his fluffy and smooth black long hair has completely lost its vitality and brilliance, and there is a lot of gray mixed in the dullness.

When the sense of taste was lost, Uogi was even thankful that he no longer had to feel the extremely bitter taste of the concoction.

too painful.

The consequence of the failure of all the organs of the whole body is that all kinds of diseases, big and small, rush in, and there are many kinds of cancers among them.

Uo was initially able to surgically resolve some ailments, but failing organs always caused other problems.Moreover, the mirror can't reflect the line of death in Uogi's eyes, which means that he can't scan every corner of his body in place-he can't do anything about the disease in the dead corner of vision.

Later, he didn't even have the strength to use the spell.

Young people who are only in their early 20s and who are about to die soon after becoming adults begin to arrange their funeral affairs early.

After losing himself, who should lead the people gathered because of him, and who should direct the implementation of future plans... It must be explained in advance.

After losing himself, the previously negotiated diplomacy will probably have to start again, and some of the families that have reached a cooperative relationship because of his power will probably break off diplomatic relations directly, so a plan to make up for it must also be prepared.

After losing himself, the new system of the family also needs someone to maintain it, and the magic tools he has stored also need to have heirs.

After not having myself...

He still has a lot of things to tell.

Uoyu seized every day when he was still able to speak, and asked his most trusted partner Torajiro to record them one by one.

Toranojiro bit his lower lip, almost trying his best not to cry.

Can't cry.

You can't let Brother Usheng walk unsteadily.

So don't cry.

Toranojiro's expression of pretending to be calm was distorted to the point of being funny, he didn't know that his red eye sockets had already exposed everything.

"And one last thing...Torajiro."

Uo raised his skinny hand and grabbed the bamboo horse sitting on the side of his bed with all his strength-even though Uo's current efforts were like a feather to Toranojiro.

"Torajiro, Toranojiro... I'm sorry, I entrusted all the burdens to you, but you are the only person I can entrust everything to, please forgive me, and listen to my last willful and selfish request."

"Yes, I'm listening, Uno, anything is fine, I will definitely agree."

"This is a personal request." Uo looked at him and said expectantly, "Please, Toranojiro, please take care of my mother for me."

At this moment, Uno fully understood the pain of his father before his death, and the reason why he kept apologizing when he was dying.

I'm sorry, mom.

I want to leave you and leave first.

sorry Sorry……

But please, please, cheer up.

"I see, I promise to do my best to protect Mrs. Sachiko." Torajiro grasped Uo's hand with both hands, hoarsely, and promised without hesitation: "As long as I am still alive, I will definitely protect her with all my strength, I promise, Uno, I promise——"

Uno, who was extremely haggard all over his body, showed a reassuring smile.

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If that incident hadn't happened, although Uo was regretful and guilty...but he could have passed away safely for the time being.

At least at that time, even if the clan elders had other plans in their minds, the idea of ​​"bury Usao in the ancestral grave" still prevailed.

At least at that time, the sliver of conscience awakened by Usheng in their hearts has not disappeared.

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until a certain day.

After returning from a business trip for several days, a clan elder found a suture across his forehead.

According to him, he was injured during the battle.