I slept well last night and I'm feeling good in the morning. I made it to school in plenty of time.

'Good morning,'
Good morning, Yuki.
Good morning, Kosuke!

　The two guys I just said hello to are both external examiners like me, and they are friends of mine who naturally started hanging out with me.
　The cool, intelligent guy with glasses is Ishida Nariyuki. The brown-haired, charlatan-looking boy is called Takigawa Sho.
　I didn't know what was going to happen on the first day of school, but I'm really grateful to have made friends who I can hang out with.

I'm really grateful for the friends I've made to hang out with.
We'll find out soon enough.

　After the greetings, I notice that one corner of the classroom is noisy.

''Hey, why is that place the only one that's noisy?''
Oh. Mizukami-san's cat? I heard you missed something, and you're depressed.

　I was curious and turned my attention to the chairperson of the committee, who couldn't be more depressed. The chairperson's name is Mizukami Uruka, the most beautiful woman in the class, with long black hair, excellent style, and an excellent figure.
　It may be because she is popular among both men and women, and the classmates who are worried about the chairperson are crowding around her.

　Looking for a cat, I'd like to help you if I could.
　The first person to talk to me in this class is the chairperson, and that's how I got used to the class. So, it is because I feel no small amount of debt to the chairperson.

''But a lost cat..........................I have no idea what it is.

　And if I find it, I'll tell you.
　With that in mind, I studied hard today.





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　On the way home. Using the hearing and vision that God had enhanced for me, I was on my way home, looking for Mizukami-san's cat. One of its characteristics is that its body hair seems to be golden.
　It's conspicuous, so it should be easy to find it, but it's not so easy to find.

''Hmm? What's that?

　I looked up at the sky and saw a strange bird? is flying. It's light blue and somewhat artificial. And you have to strain your eyes to see it, but there is a thin thread connected to it.
　Is it a new radio control? No, no....

It's a paper or shikigami that's being used as a medium. From the magic formula, it seems that it is just for reconnaissance or has no combat ability. With that string, it shares sight and hearing with the surgeon... what?

　Huh? How do you know that? I should have never seen it before, but I know how it works and how it's made without it.

Could it be...?

　It reminds me of God's words.
I will also improve your skill acquisition ability. Then you can learn any magic or martial art with just a glance.
　Are you kidding me? Not only do you have no basic knowledge of anything, but you can learn a skill that you just learned to even exist?

''If that's the case, can I do something like that shikigami jutsu?

　I observe the shikigami some more, thinking I'll try it later.
　I thought our eyes met for a moment, but I guess it was my imagination.
　There doesn't seem to be any cats, so I guess I'll stop here for a detour and go home.






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'It's not like you can see the shikigami.... I was just looking up at the sky?

　The surgeon, Mizukami Uruka, muttered to himself as he thought about the scene he saw through the shikigami.
　It's because when she was operating the shikigami for reconnaissance to search for the missing cat god, she felt that she had seen eyes with her classmate Yuki Kosuke through the shikigami.
　However, that was impossible. This is because the shikigami has been given a special magic formula to prevent them from being able to see even if they have some psychic sense.

"But even so, he doesn't seem to be here. I hope he wasn't involved in some kind of incident...

　Thinking about the still missing cat god, Mizukami flew the shikigami to another district.






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I'm home.
Mm, welcome back.

　In response to my words, a black cat greeted me at the door.
　I'm more comfortable with someone else, after all. The house is too big for me to live alone.

'Oh, I don't see the orb.'
'We had them all out in the yard. They're the kind of guys you can talk to, and they said they'd be happy to let you stay on the property anywhere.

　I had asked the black cat to do something about the orbs (white balls of light) in the house. Apparently he could talk to the orb and convinced it to come out into the yard.
　The house is surrounded by a fence about the height of one person, and there's a garden in the back lot that's a bit large. Apparently there used to be a small field there, but now there's a single apple tree and weeds are growing and growing. I wonder if the garden means there's an orb in there?

Wow....

　If you look hard enough, you can see balls of light flying around the yard. It's beautiful, like a snowflake, but a little scary.
　Well, it's better than being inside the house. Now I can sleep soundly and focus on my hobbies and studies.

Good. We have time until dinner, maybe I'll make some dinner.

　He searched through the storage room for a half sheet of paper that had been left over from being used up and cut it into a bird shape before carving out the technique with a brush pen.

'What are you doing?'
'What's the shikigami on the way back? so I thought I'd make one.
Can you make a ceremonial god just by looking at him?
Maybe.

　Now it's complete. Is the rest of it complete if some kind of miracle energy is poured into it?

You have some very beautiful drawings.
Do you understand?
'Well, that's a familiar technique. But unfortunately, I can't sense any spiritual power from you. Perhaps you can't move that shikigami?
Psychic powers?
Hmm. Generally speaking, it's life force. It's a very good idea to have a good idea of what to do with it. It's mainly a power created from the soul, a special power that can interfere with the events of this world.

　I see, so the miracle energy I felt when I saw the shikigami was that spiritual power or something.
　Hmm? Wait a minute?

Don't I have a spiritual... a life force?
'Sorry, I didn't explain it well. It's just that I don't have the extra psychic energy that flows from my body. I can't feel the energy in my body, but when you're alive, you generate the energy necessary for life. Probably, the amount produced and the amount consumed are in balance. Therefore, there may not be any extra psychic energy.

　I was in a hurry. The fact is, I was dead once. I thought I was actually still dead, just not aware of it.

''But. Even a shikigami has to use the extra spiritual power that flows from his body to use the magic formula. In the absence of that, you can't use the shikigami or any other art form.
Seriously....

　I'm quite shocked. Summon the god of ceremony! And I wanted to try it.
　........no, you have to try!

Summon the shikigami!

　Put your hand on the half sheet of paper and your spiritual power? I poured out something that looked like it. Then the half-paper bird gradually took on a three-dimensional shape and a white crow was born.

'It's done!'
What are you doing, Master?

　The black cat snapped.

'How are you feeling! Do you feel dizzy, lightheaded, or weak!
Yeah, I'm fine. I'm fine.

　What's that item like a side effect of that drug? It worries me so much, what the hell is wrong with you?

That means it will consume the spiritual power needed to sustain life. If it's done poorly, it will lead to death.
'Seriously...'

　Oh dear, you almost died again.

''But ... despite using the spiritual power inside your body, your health doesn't seem to have changed. Even the tiniest amount should cause some symptoms or aftereffects after using it.
I'm not holding back, okay? It's really nothing.
Hmm....

　The black cat looks at the shikigami I created while thinking a bit.

''No way... no, it can't be... umm...''

　He mumbles something to himself.

'Apparently, my earlier explanation may have been a mistake. 'You can use your magic.'
Oh, really?
'Yes. But as soon as you're sick, you stop, okay?
Okay!

　Oh, whoa! Great!
　As an otaku, I'm a sucker for this kind of miracle power. I've always wanted to use my Miracle Power like the protagonists of many masterpieces!

'Then let's get on with it. How am I supposed to move this shikigami?
''Hmm. If we can connect our spiritual power like a thin thread, we should be able to move it as we wish.
You mean like this?

　I extended a thread of spiritual power from my fingertips and attached it to the bird's tail. Then the bird moved just as I had thought it would in my head.

'What can this thing do? Spitting fire and flying thunderbolts and all that...
That's for reconnaissance. It's the least combatant type of shikigami. Instead, they can fly far and are quite fast.
Oh....

　Thanks to his improved mastery, he had a dim sense of it, but he was still a weak shikigami.

''But we can share our senses and see things in the distance!
It's great that we can share our senses, but when you think about how to use it, it's just like a drone... but it's enough. I'll give it a try right away.
Wait. Before I send you away, I'd better give you some orders in case the connection is lost.
Orders?
If the connection is lost for any reason, it will just be a motionless white bird. So you should give them orders like, 'If you lose the connection, I'll come back.
I see...

　That's convenient. As Black Cat said, I've given the order to 'I'll come back when the connection is broken'.
　In addition, I've also given you the order to 'fight back to the point of not killing you if someone attacks you'.

'That order might be useless. That kind of shikigami is really weak. A wild crow might be stronger than a wild crow.''
'Seriously...'

　Well, okay. It's not like we're gonna have a fight.

Okay, go!

　The white crow flapped its wings vigorously.