Sachiko enrolled herself in a high school in Sendai and as she had always got nearly full marks in every subjects, she didn't have much problem enrolling, except filling out the guardian information and stuff since she was still legally underage. Sachiko put in a pretty convincing sob story of her mother working hard to support her and not being home that often but checks on her every few days or so. Other than that, Misaki prepared other paperworks she might need so Sachiko didn't have that much of a problem.
After solving the school problem, Sachiko started to think about finding a place to live. She already had an idea on the requirements of her new home, which is to be cheap and spacious. She knew that the two requirements were a bit opposite as spacious and nice places tend to be more expensive in the same location. But, Sachiko also did a bit of a research before heading to Sendai and found that unlike her small town, Sendai had a bit more story on missing person cases and mystery deaths, which is likely to be because of stronger curses in cities. And, the good thing is places with a bit of those scary history tend to be cheaper than normal ones so Sachiko could rent a nice apartment in one of those scary locations for far cheaper price.
Since she didn't have to be scared of normal curses, Sachiko felt like that was definitely a great idea.
So, she headed to a local library and dug up some more information. As she read through some books, another crazy idea popped up in her head.
'Reading normally is so boring.... How can I try to read faster so that I can go back to doing fun things...?'
'Enhancing memory? no...wait, what about enhancing my brain with cursed energy? Could that speed up my reading and enhance memory?'
Sachiko knew she had to try it out. Because of her cursed technique, Sachiko found that it actually wasn't that hard to properly enhance her brain with cursed energy and soon, she realized that not only her reading speed had increased but also her thought process and thinking had increased by a few times. And, Sachiko had a feeling that she could still improve this, meaning she just might be able to enhance her thought process during combat by a lot more.
'When that happens, will I finally be as strong as a special grade?' Sachiko thought in excitement. 'I'm such a genius!!'
After reading at an enhanced speed for an hour, Sachiko was satisfied with the information she had right now regarding the scary stories and tales in Sendai.
'Off to an apartment search then!' Sachiko energetically left the library.
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"Excuse me, where is your preferred location again?" The real-estate agent asked again with a bit of shaking voice, despite his attempts to keep his cool and remain professional. He didn't expect a teenage girl to show up and state that she was interested in renting an apartment in that location. Just a few weeks ago, he heard the news that two girls living in the nearby apartment went missing and their bodies were found in a gruesome state. As there were still no news of the culprit or so, it was practically unsolved murder and he couldn't understand why someone want to willingly move to that neighborhood right now.
Sachiko repeated the location again like there was nothing wrong with it and loved every second of it as she watched the man's shock and disbelief.
"Actually, that neighborhood is famous for strange and gruesome crimes and there just has been another case a few weeks ago. So, my recommendation is to select a safer neighborhood.."
"Well, since there was a fresh case, another one so soon is unlikely, right?" Sachiko asked with a smile.
The man was caught offguard by Sachiko's weird optimism and coughed a few times as he tried to find his words.
"We cannot be sure of that. And since this was a gruesome murder case..."
"Oh..I don't really believe in ghosts either!" Sachiko added.
"...Please note that the contract starts from one year so if you want to move before that, you will lose your deposit money. It is not the best location to stay for a year..."
"Okay..can I see the rooms now?" Sachiko asked.
"I will take you shortly. Please wait here.." The man said in defeat and went to grab a few files and keys.
As he grabbed the keys, another co-worker greeted him. "Ah..Mori san, are you showing the rooms?"
Mori nodded and answered, "I am showing around that neighborhood.."
"Wait, really? I thought no one really wanted to live there anymore.."
"Apparently, my client is interested.." Mori said, shaking his head. He had warned the girl but she was the one who insisted on renting there so was nothing he could really do. He just couldn't refuse because at the end of the day, that was his job.
"Good luck."
Mori thanked his co-worker because he felt like he needed it after meeting with this client.
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After seeing few apartments in that cheap neighborhood, Sachiko decided to rent a 1LDK apartment, which includes one bedroom, living room, dining room and kitchen. The rent was around 10,000 yen cheaper just because of the bad reputation of the neighborhood and Sachiko saw that as a big win. She started procedures for renting immediately and she could move in after two weeks.
So, for two weeks, Sachiko decided to stay at a cheap inn and check the neighborhood out to kill a few more curses. She found that it was very easy even though the curses in bigger cities were supposed to be stronger.
But as she had yet to meet a special grade curse, Sachiko wouldn't say Sendai boring just yet.
"I hope I can have more exciting fights.."