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## **Tensura: Multiversal Shenanigans**
### *Mieruko-chan Arc – Chapter 9: "The Shrine's Curse: Miko's Awakening"*
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### **\[Scene: School Courtyard – Morning]**
**Ciel (calmly):**
> "A shift in the local spiritual energy has been detected. High-level spiritual entity approaching."
**Rimuru (yawning):**
"Can it wait till I've had breakfast…?"
**Milim (eating meat buns):**
"I hope it's strong! Maybe it'll be like that ghost thing from last night—but BIGGER!"
**Veldora (serious):**
"If it dares threaten our peace… I'll atomic breath it out of existence."
**Ramiris (from inside a shoebox):**
"I'm staying in here. Ghosts fear cardboard. It's known."
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### **\[Scene: Miko's Apartment – That Night]**
*Miko stares at the cracked shrine amulet she found during the chaos at school. It pulses ominously.*
**Miko (thoughts):**
*"That thing from last night… was it after me?"*
Suddenly—
Her vision flashes. **She sees it again.**
**A massive, skeletal spirit cloaked in writhing cloth, with dozens of eyes glowing across its body.**
**Shrine Spirit (telepathically):**
> "*You see me. You broke the pact. Three times… Three strikes… Now I come.*"
**Miko gasps and drops the amulet—**
*The windows rattle. Shadows pulse.*
**Ciel (in Rimuru's mind):**
> "Emergency teleport initiated."
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### **\[Scene: Miko's Room – Seconds Later]**
**BAMF!**
Rimuru appears midair and gently floats down with his slime body expanding to cushion Miko's fall.
**Rimuru:**
"Hi again. You looked like you were about to be murdered by something ancient and creepy."
**Milim and Veldora appear next, dramatically kicking in the balcony door.**
**Milim (poses):**
"GHOST BUSTERS, ENGAGE!"
**Veldora:**
"Where is the accursed being?! I'll duel it in the thunderstorm!"
**Ramiris (flies in behind):**
"I didn't agree to thissssss!"
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### **\[Scene: Rooftop – Midnight]**
*The group regathers as the Shrine Spirit manifests fully. Towering. Monstrous. Laughing.*
**Shrine Spirit:**
> "The pact was broken… You who see, must now be seen. The Third Strike... falls now."
**Rimuru (calmly):**
"Ciel, analysis?"
**Ciel:**
> "Class: Spiritual Guardian. Rank: Calamity-Level in this world. Weak to Holy and Space-Time disruption."
**Milim (grinning):**
"So basically, we punch it!"
**Veldora:**
"Perfect. I have a new move: *Thunderous Specter Severance Slash!*"
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### **\[Scene: Combat Begins]**
**The Shrine Spirit** attacks with piercing howls and spectral limbs.
**Miko screams—until Rimuru shields her with a shimmering magic barrier.**
**Rimuru (gently):**
"You don't have to be scared anymore. We're here."
**Miko (tearful):**
"Why? Why help me?"
**Rimuru:**
"Because you're trying so hard not to break… and that's brave."
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### **\[Scene: Power Surge – Miko Awakens]**
As the spirit targets Rimuru, Miko steps forward instinctively.
**A faint blue glow forms over her chest.**
**Ciel:**
> "Awakening detected. Spirit Perception enhanced. Emotion-triggered potential unlocked."
**Miko (confused):**
"What… what is this power?"
**Rimuru:**
"Maybe you're like us after all."
**Ciel:**
> "User has passively shared stabilized spirit essence with Subject Miko. Temporary awakening confirmed."
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### **\[Scene: Finishing Move]**
**Milim punches the spirit from behind.**
**Veldora summons a lightning dragon spiral.**
**Ramiris (finally brave):**
"Take this, dumb spirit!!"
**Rimuru (activating spatial slash):**
"\[Disintegration: Space Sever]."
**All attacks converge.**
The spirit lets out a final distorted howl—
—and *disperses into light.*
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### **\[Aftermath: Quiet Rooftop]**
**Miko:**
"I can still see… but it doesn't feel so scary anymore."
**Rimuru:**
"That's the thing about fear—it shrinks when you're not facing it alone."
**Ciel (soft tone):**
> "Well said."
**Ramiris (yawns):**
"Let's go somewhere less haunted next…"
**Milim:**
"I vote for a beach episode!!"
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## **End of Chapter 9: "The Shrine's Curse: Miko's Awakening"**
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