The Goofy Spring Breeze Blows Everywhere, Geto's Sister is Truly Impressive Ch. 97

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Hearing their voices, Granny Brain's movements faltered for a split second as it quickly revised its plan—deciding to retreat for now. Chihori caught the shift in its stance and narrowed her eyes. "Monster, where do you think you're going!"

Chihori: Too bad I don't have any coffee beans on me, or I could've frozen it with an Ice-shroom and followed up with an attack.

In that instant, moving faster than lightning, she whipped out several Cherry Bombs and hurled them with the force of a shot put.

"BOOM—!!"

A string of Cherry Bombs exploded violently where Granny Brain-chan had stood, sending wooden splinters and dirt flying into the air. The massive noise instantly drew Satoru and Suguru's attention to their location.

"What happened?" Satoru appeared at Chihori's side a second later, his azure eyes widening slightly.

"Sister!" Suguru came right behind him.

Chihori pulled a pouty cat-face of disappointment. "You guys scared away my cooking ingredient... Brain-chan ran off..."

"Don't worry, Chihori-chan! Food-type brains don't run far—we'll blast it back out!" Satoru said confidently, immediately launching a massive cursed energy attack straight ahead.

"BOOM—!"

Naoya took advantage of a brief break in his rainbow vomiting to gasp out, "It's not some edible brain—it's the enemy, an old lady who could peel off her skull...!"

Suguru's brows furrowed. "The enemy? An old lady who peeled off her skull?"

Another tremor shook the earth as Suguru summoned a cursed spirit after Satoru's blast, sending it into the explosion zone to investigate.

Meanwhile, Chihori tossed a Squash forward to scan for threats. It stood firmly in place, no side-eye or attacks—meaning there were no enemies within its cell.

Suguru's spirit circled the area and returned with the same report: no other targets detected.

Satoru and Suguru exchanged a glance, then both moved forward to check the remnants. Chihori stayed back, deep in thought.

...Could it be the Cherry Bombs had taken Brain-chan out just like that? Chihori knew Cherry Bombs had a knockback effect—if they didn't kill the target, the explosion would launch them skyward.

And yet, after that blast, there hadn't been any wild granny flying off into the stratosphere to become the next great surrealist masterpiece (??)

Chihori (disappointed): That's it for the boss fight? Seriously? I was kinda hoping I could haul the brain back, pull its teeth, and toss it in a stew pot.

System: [...No one's gonna eat that. WAKE UP.]

After a beat of silence, the system muttered quietly:
[Is it possible—and I'm just saying, maybe—the shell is gone, but the brain's still around?]

Chihori blinked.

System:
[I mean, like with the Six Eyes—Cherry Bombs probably only lock onto the brain's "shell." They can't detect what's inside.]
[And for something that's survived a thousand years, it's gotta have some kind of emergency escape or survival trick besides body-hopping. So maybe... normal attacks can't fully wipe it out?]

[I see now.] Chihori nodded slowly. [So... does this mean I need to form a contract with Kyubey and become a magical girl to purify the corruption?]

System: [NO KYUBEY!! PLEASE NO KYUBEY!! —Also, why is the story's tone swerving this hard?!]

In her mind, the system began frantically flipping through its insanely thick digital manual again, muttering:
[Although... I think I remember something in here that might help you...]

Chihori: [Wait—is this gonna be like Zombie Highway mode? Spend sunlight to summon zombies, then eat brains?]

System:
[That mini-game is in the original game, yeah—but your current skill doesn't have any mini-game modules. What I meant to say was—]
The system suddenly paused.
[Oh—found it!]

It pulled up a page and showed it to Chihori:
[Once you've collected all the plants (except purple cards), you'll unlock the [Little Garden]. Place cursed spirits into the [Little Garden] and they'll work for you—unless you release them, they can't escape on their own.]

Chihori's eyes lit up.
[So it's free labor?! That's amazing—my inner targeted mega-capitalist soul is flaring up again!]

System:
[And putting cursed spirits in is simple. Just buy the gloves from the shop, wear them, and touch the target spirit. The [Little Garden] works kind of like a spirit containment tool that holds multiple cursed spirits. Sort of like... a more chill version of the Prison Realm?]

Chihori paused.
[But cursed spirits can live forever. I don't have that kind of lifespan.]

The system flipped a few more pages.
[The manual says that when the [Little Garden]'s owner dies, it becomes permanently locked.]

Chihori:
[Awesome, that means I'll be contributing to society even after death!]

System:
[Please stop turning this into some slice-of-life comedy about mortality! STAHP—sob sob sob...]

[Alright, alright, I won't bring it up again.] Chihori smiled gently. She paused again, then asked with a trace of genuine concern,
[But what about you? What happens to you after I'm gone?]

System:
[I'll go with you.]

[Huh? But System-kun, as long as you update your software and keep scanning for viruses, you should be able to live way longer than me. You could always just find a new host.]

System:
[I'm not doing that. One is enough.]
It spoke softly.
[I'm going with you.]

[...Are you stupid, System-kun?]

System (stubbornly):
[Nope. I'm a Beau-ti-ful Dummy™!]

Chihori:
[That's not much better—you're still a dummy! And what kind of system admits to being a beautiful idiot—]

System:
[That's why I'm a one-of-a-kind beautiful idiot system, duh!]

Silence fell over her inner world for a few seconds. Outside, the wind stirred again, softly brushing her cheeks.

The silver-haired girl lifted her green eyes toward the sky in the distance. She let out a long breath.
[Alright then, System-kun,] Chihori said with a curved smile.
[I'll try to live a little longer, just for you.]

—Meanwhile, up ahead, Satoru and Suguru returned from investigating the blast zone.

Satoru was holding something black and stringy, kind of like a mop head, with a bit of vine coiled around the top.

"We didn't find the brain food you were talking about," Gojo said, giving the mop-head-looking thing a shake, "but we did find this. It looks super weird—can you cook it?"

Suguru added, "I don't think it's edible, but Satoru insisted we bring it back."

Chihori's face lit up.
"Whoa—it's a Chompy-Stone! The Grave Buster!"

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