Chapter 2: Start
It only took me a few minutes to figure out where I was. As it turns out I am in Shizuoka, around two hours outside of Tokyo by train. Putting together the information in my mind I came up with a strategy for going forward. "I am 6 years before JJK0 starts and only two hours outside of Tokyo," I said to myself as I walked around in my new clothes.
Now I need to train and get my stats to a better place before becoming involved in the sorcerer world. To train, I would need a secluded place where if something went wrong it wouldn't really affect many people. The sewers might work well, but I would have to get used to the smell and diseases down there.
As I walked towards the nearest manhole I stopped and thought. "Why do I need to hide before revealing myself?" I wondered aloud. Learning on my own would probably be much more inefficient than getting a sorcerer or an ex-sorcerer to help train me. Reading different fanfictions had made me subconsciously think that I need to hide before revealing myself.
The problem with revealing myself now is that my eventual increase in strength might catch people off guard and make them suspicious, but maybe not. People like Geto and Gojo already existed and sure Gojo was born guaranteed to be strong, but Geto must have worked his way up at least a little. It had to be the same with other strong sorcerers, that had to start somewhere.
Also, I had no idea what they would even do with a homeless child showing up. They would probably just throw me back into a normal orphanage, especially since my Cursed Energy Manipulation and Reserves are both at F right now. I said before that people have to work their way up, but right now I barely count as a sorcerer due to my lack of Cursed Energy.
Right then and there I came up with a new plan of action. I would train my cursed energy in secret for a while before revealing myself either by approaching the school or letting some sorcerers sense my cursed energy. Then hopefully I would be able to get some real meaningful training done under the guidance of a professional.
For now, I just walked up to the manhole and claimed down the ladder into darkness. Looking around I couldn't spot anything at first due to the absolute darkness I found myself in. It took a few minutes to adjust to the light level and for me to finally see what was going on around me. When my eyes adjusted to the dark I saw that I was standing on a platform that rests just above the actual water of the sewer.
The area of the platform wasn't too big, but it was good enough for me to use. I went to the corner of the platform furthest away from the disgusting sewer water and sat down to concentrate. I closed my eyes and tried to meditate to gain greater control of my emotions. Controlling my emotions had never really been much of an issue for me, but I decided to practice meditation anyway.
After a few hours when I was feeling calm and collected I looked inward at myself. It took a few seconds for me to notice the flow of energy in my body. The energy seemed to be like water that was evaporating, some of it stayed in my body but most of it seeped through my skin and escaped into the surroundings.
Using Shroud didn't stop the leakage of energy from my body, but it seemed to eliminate the connection of the energy to myself. Without Shroud active the energy that leaked away was like a shirt that smelled like me. What Shroud did was wash the shirt so that nobody could trace it back to me by its scent.
Once I located the energy in my body I imagined a second skin around my body that kept the energy from escaping. It took some time, but I was finally able to keep the energy in my body after a while. I started to distribute the energy to different areas as fast as I could, but it ended up being painfully slow.
Next, I tried to project the energy. My first attempt ended in failure, but I kept at it until I felt hungry. All the practice I was doing drained me both physically and mentally. The problem with getting food is that I had no money. Shroud eliminated that problem though because I could just walk up and take whatever food I wanted unseen. Nobody even flinched when I filled my pockets with packaged meat and fresh fruits in the supermarket.
Other than eating and sleeping I dedicated all my time to upgrading my Cursed Energy Manipulation and Reserves. Before I could create any technique to use my goal was to get to at least C or B rank in both. Then I would go find some guidance for Weapon Mastery, Reverse Cursed Energy Manipulation, and my Constitution.
To increase both my control and my reserves I would constantly use all of my CE (Cursed Energy) to create an orb above my hand that I would try and form into different shapes before letting disperse into the surroundings. At first, I worried about a curse forming from all of the CE in the air, but it took long enough for my reserve to refill that I didn't have to worry about curses forming.
It was during my training that I learned something valuable about my Cursed Energy Reserve stat. The higher it is the faster my reserves fill. So when I eventually reach S rank not only will I have massive amounts of CE at my disposal, but it will also refill extremely quickly. With that realisation I quickly redoubled my efforts to see if I could find any more hidden features in my stats.
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