170 Heroic Spiri (1/2)

Seiji slowly opened his eyes.

He felt a new presence residing within his body—one that he could borrow strength from whenever he wished.

It was akin to having an additional AI cheat assisting him.

He had now ”combined with a spirit.”

'If I equip additional spirits, their effects will stack, and… no, no, that's from a game in my previous life—let’s not get things mixed up!'

”Haruta-kun,” Natsuya asked, ”how are you feeling?”

”Pretty good.” Seiji smiled at her. ”I feel like I’m stronger… and although it’s technically not my own strength, I have a faint feeling that I can use this power as I like.”

”This… is far from being at the level of faint.” Natsuya sighed, keeping her gaze focused on the handsome boy.

”Eh?” Seiji blinked in surprise. ”Is something wrong?”

”You haven’t noticed how special the spirit you received is?”

”Special…” Seiji thought about it. ”I heard his voice… but spirits should all be able to talk, right? He said his name was…”

Wait a moment.

He noticed something strange.

”My spirit… isn’t a demonic spirit?”

”Of course I’m no demon,” a disgruntled voice said within Seiji’s head. ”Seiji-sama, please don’t mix me up with those lowly spirits.”

”Oh, sorry,” Seiji apologized reflexively. ”What I meant was…”

Weren’t spirits all demons of some sort?

He looked at the president, seeking an explanation with his eyes.

Natsuya wore a serious expression on her face.

”Your spirit is a heroic spirit, Haruta-kun,” she said.

Seiji was lost for words.

Heroic spirit?

Hey, hey, what exactly was going on this time!?

He revealed a strange expression.

Natsuya interpreted his expression as confusion, so she gave an explanation.

”Heroic spirits refer to heroes from either history or legends that have been worshipped by people over many years. Due to this, they've formed as powerful spirits.

”Compared to a demonic spirit, not only are the powers of a heroic spirit of a more positive type, they combine better with humans, and are at a much higher level than demonic spirits, which is why they are regarded as the most powerful spirit.

”But it’s extremely difficult to summon a heroic spirit. There are high requirements for both the Spiritual Ability user acting as the vessel and the Yin-Yang Master in charge of the summoning. Plus, you typically have to consume a precious item related to the heroic spirit in question. Even if you make the perfect preparations, there’s no guarantee of success.

”That’s why heroic spirits have always been viewed as the rarest and most difficult type of spirit to obtain, but you…”

The president stopped her explanation.

Her meaning was quite obvious.

'This is the wrong genre again!' Seiji energetically commented in his mind.

Hey, wasn’t this getting a little too cliché!!?

Seiji coughed to interrupt his rapid stream of thoughts. 'I should calm down.'

Thinking about it more closely, weren’t many demonic spirits humans to begin with?

If a demon could be explained as the materialization of a human's negative emotions, then a heroic spirit could be explained as the materialization of a human's positive emotions.

'That’s right—that's how I should interpret it!'

Well, he only considered it strange due to the memories he had of a previous life. If he set those aside and understood it simply as him having gotten lucky by receiving an SSR… no, receiving a miracle, that was good enough!

Seiji forced himself to calm down.

”So, President, you mean to say that I accidentally received an incredible spirit, right? Then what am I right now? What level of Spirit-branded Retainer am I?”

Natsuya blinked, and her eyes transformed into a Sharingan-like state.

Seiji thought to himself that he should ask her the name of this ability and try learning it from her.

Every Naruto reader had the dream of learning Sharingan!