Ghost School

Being a Spirit: Strategy of War

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"So Pemim--Izumi, what do you want to do?" Ask Kagusa

"Give you a task" I answered

Kagusa instantly turned pale as if regretting asking. Kei's face was bright. It was obvious that he was happy and was waiting for my orders.

"Kei, arrange the evil spirits to prepare for war and exterminate if there are spies from other regions. Kagusa, analyze this region and the surrounding area. Make a complete list and sort from weakest to strongest regions"

"What?! Just finished the inauguration of the new leader, already want to start a war?!" Kagusa asked in shock

"You said yourself that this region is critical. If not treated immediately, it becomes even more dangerous"

They both fell silent.

"It's not wrong that I chose you to be the leader..." Kagusa Mumbles

"Then, what are you doing yourself?" Ask Kagusa

"There are personal matters that I need to take care of first, only then do I want to practice controlling the strength"

Kagusa immediately understood the personal business I was referring to.

"alright. Do not cry until this place floods, yes" Ejek Kagusa while embracing the confused Kei.

"Crying?" Just ask Kei plain

"It's nothing!!" I shouted and immediately glanced at Kagusa sharply

"You two are still here? Go quickly!"

"Good!"

They both left. Now the rest of me is at school.

I took a deep breath while holding my head.

I looked up at the ceiling of the corridor that was beginning to darken because the sun had started to fall in alternation with the night sky.

"It's all too sudden..." Mumbles

I lowered my hand back and dumbfounded for a while while still staring at the ceiling of the school corridor.

"Should hurry... Meet mama..."

Wush...

I teleported to the hospital, in my mother's nursery.

As soon as I arrived, all I saw was a mother who fell asleep on her bed.

I fell silent, then walked over to my mother hesitantly.

"Mama..."

As soon as I reached the side of my mother's bed, I immediately squatted down looking at my mother's calm face.

I held my mother's right hand tightly and buried my face in her hands.

"I'm sorry... Izumi had forgotten about mom. Sorry Izumi didn't live up to my mother's expectations. Sorry Izumi is useless to mama. Sorry because mom had to give birth to Izumi. Everything was... It's all Izumi's fault"

"..."

I was silent for a moment and moved my hand to my mother. My eyes are hot, my throat hurts and my chest is tight.

"I'm sorry... Izumi left mom first. Izumi can't... Visiting my mother as before..."

"I'm sorry... Leaving my mother alone in this white room. Pl-please... Take good care of your mother's health. Eat regularly and stay calm, don't suddenly run amok again"

"Mama should stay happy. Don't think about me, you better forget about me so you don't have a mind"

I put my face in my mother's hands.

My feelings got mixed. Because I finally met my mother, I wanted to tell my mother a lot about all the complaints I had living my life, then asked her to rub my head gently and give me some more encouragement.

But it can never be true.

All my hopes and desires will never come true.

"...."

"I... I suffered a lot during my life. I planned to kill myself and leave this world. But I didn't do it. It was all because of mom. Mama saved me and gave me the courage to live"

"If I had really committed suicide then, I would have very, very, very regretted it"

"Even now, I'm waking up because of my mom"

"Thank you for giving birth to Izumi. Thank you for raising, caring, pampering, and making Izumi a priority"

"And... Sorry Izumi didn't get to repay my mom. Sorry Izumi hasn't done anything for mom"

I looked up at my mother's still calm face.

I stood up and hugged my mother tightly.

"Thank you and sorry for everything. Izumi always loved my mom"

I took off my arms and stood looking at my mother.

Suddenly tears came out while she was still asleep.

"Don't... Go away..." Mumbles

I flinched and immediately wiped away Mom's tears.

"..."

"I'll go first. Mama rest well and hopefully get well soon"

I turned away from my mother's bed. Before returning the teleportation to school, I glanced at the glance of the mother who lay asleep.

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After coming back from the hospital, there was a great turmoil that made me so excited. Seeing mom somehow I became motivated to try hard as well.

I went to the border of life and death, then relentlessly practiced strengthening the strength of the newly awakened good spirits, and trained so that I could control these two forces without interruption.

This exercise is not easy.

Not infrequently the power of my evil spirit rampaged in the body and made me feel as much pain as when the power of good spirits rose.

Sometimes also suddenly the evil spirit controlled me without a single wish of my own.

Fortunately, Kagusa and Kei also helped in the training process when I lost control.

And since the events of the 2 spirits rising in one soul had never happened before, so I had to practice on my own without anyone being able to teach him.

5 Days of practice, I have been able to maintain the awareness of my good spirit and make my evil spirit fall asleep inside me. Yet I still can't use the power of good spirits.

15 Days of practice, I can already use some kind of attack with the power of good spirits without making my evil spirit wake up.

28 Days of practice, I can already freely use the power of my good spirit like using the power of evil spirits. But the consciousness of my good spirit is still weak and sometimes my evil spirit rises if I am a little exhausted.

35 Days of practice, my good spirit consciousness is growing stronger. Although sometimes the evil spirits still suddenly control me, but this is better than before.

And, on the 40th day since I became the leader, I, Kagusa and Kei had a meeting on the plan to start the war.

"Master, as you have commanded, the spies from the other territories that are here have all been wiped out. And the evil spirit that you told me to prepare. That's ten thousand for an evil spirit, is that enough?" Ask Kei

"That's more than enough" I answered

"Izumi, this is data about the neighboring region and the position of our territory among other regions" Kagusa said and handed me some sheets of paper.

I read the report paper from Kagusa. As I read it, Kagusa briefly explained the gist of the report.

"As you can see, Izumi. To start a war is difficult. This region is the weakest region among all the regions around here. The region is too small and the situation is still unstable because it has just started a new leadership"

"For his army we too lost far. Our potential to win is very small"

"I think it's better to strengthen the strength of this region first, just start a war than we just eat shame, start a war but eventually lose" explained Kagusa

I closed the paper and put it on the table.

I sat down slightly leaning towards the two of them on my right and left with my hands clinging to each other in front of my chest.

"Kagusa, this is your mistake in leading the territory" I said flatly

"What do you mean?" Ask Kagusa

"You're too careful to act until you don't dare to walk forward. The region will not advance if its leaders do not take action"

Kagusa directly hit the table and stood up.

"But still, we need to consider the state of our territory and the enemy territory we are about to attack! What's the point of us starting a war but end up losing because of lack of strength?!" Shouted Kagusa

"Strength is important, but there's still more to it than strength..."

"That's a war strategy" I continued

I again took the report paper in front of me, then opened it and showed the two of them in the details of the weakest neighboring region, the southeastern part of the school district.

"This area is on the verge of destruction. But that doesn't mean other regions aren't having any trouble"

"You look carefully. This area is quite large, even almost 3 times larger than the school area. But many spirits there are not much different from this region. Don't you guys feel this is weird? Large area but the population is not much different from us small area"

Kagusa and Kei fell silent not knowing what to say while thinking.

A few seconds later, Kagusa spoke up.

"That's because... Many spirits there are gone?" Ask Kagusa

"Just right!" My answer is quick

"But, what was the reason the spirits there were reduced so drastically that even more than half of the population should be? Though there is no news that they are attacking a certain area" I asked again

I think again they think hard.

"Why are you asking me that?" Ask Kagusa

"Critical thinking is important. We need to analyze the enemy's weaknesses and strengths in order to silence them"

"So, what was the answer to that question?" Much

This time the one who answered my question was Kei.

"Civil war" Kei said

"Really! You two are quite smart" I said proudly

"From my understanding, the region is undergoing a massive civil war that claimed many lives in that war"

"It's easy to win against them"

Kagusa spoke up again.

"But Izumi, the leader of the evil spirits there is very protective of his territory. He did not let the other region leaders come. Their territory could be large as well thanks to the evil spirit leader continuing to eliminate the leader who entered his territory"

"That is indeed a strength, but also a weakness of that region"

"That could even be an advantage for us to start a war in the present situation"

"But sir, how is it?" Ask Kei

I grinned.

"Easy"

They both became more curious about my plan.

"We just need to disguise my existence"

They both looked at each other confused.

"What does that mean, sir?" Ask Kei

"They only know that the leadership in this region is changing, but they don't know in detail the information because all the spies have been eliminated"

"Kei, you are a master-level spirit that is almost on par with me. You've also experienced being the right-hand man of spirit leaders, meaning you know clearly about leaders"

"So..."

"Kei, I order you to lead the main force in the attack later. Pretend to be me and outwit all the spirit's attention on you"

"Hold the leader of the evil spirit so as not to go anywhere. That's when they let my guard down I'm going to attack the leader suddenly, and take control of the territory"

"If that happens, there's no longer any reason they should attack us, because they've already lost and become part of the school's territory"

Again, the two of them were silent to my explanation.

"I have absolutely no regrets about making you a leader even though I had to give up my position"

"I didn't think of it" muttered Kagusa

I smiled with satisfaction and sat relaxed by leaning my back against the back of the chair.

I glanced at Kagusa.

"Kagusa, prepare good spirits for the war troops. Then you two bring the representative of the troops to come with you to explain the strategy further"

I looked at my palm and clenched it tightly.

"I can also control my power. Everything is ready"

"in 1 week we'll start a war!"