Please Help Me Find My Body

"Those uniforms look like they're from the Middle School Division. Why are they here?"

"Shh, they'll hear you."

"It's fine. Why are you so scared?"

"You don't know anything, do you? Those two are delinquents. I heard they took down the strongest delinquent here in one move."

"No way?"

Ever since the two of them entered the High School Division building, conversations like these had become commonplace.

Neither Eiji nor Suguru Geto liked unnecessary socializing, so during breaks at school, they were usually either together or alone.

After school, they often went to Exorcise Cursed Spirits and rarely interacted with other students.

As a result, both the Middle School Division and High School Division saw them primarily as the pair who had beaten every delinquent into submission.

It was said that those delinquents later brought in quite a few "seniors" from outside school, only for the two of them to achieve a record of defeating a hundred people.

In short, the rumors were made as terrifying as possible.

Eiji had no intention of explaining himself. After all, he had learned a principle in his previous life.

Whenever you tried to prove yourself according to someone else's demands, you had already lost, regardless of the outcome.

"Geto."

Eiji signaled Suguru Geto with his eyes.

Suguru Geto nodded in understanding.

A slit silently opened in the shadow beside them.

Several Fly Heads crawled out. Some flew onto the students' heads, while others clung to their feet, interfering with them without causing any harm.

Soon, the two of them broke free of the crowd and arrived at the Rooftop.

"So it wasn't an illusion after all."

The moment they had arrived at the High School Division, they had gone to check on the girl who had fallen from the Rooftop, but found nothing.

That was right—the girl's body had vanished.

But looking at the messy footprints on the ground now, Eiji was certain that everything from before had really happened.

"I found those people from earlier. They're in the Infirmary."

"The Infirmary? Did they take that girl there for treatment?"

Eiji was somewhat surprised, but if that was the case, then it had all been a false alarm.

"No. The Cursed Spirit didn't see anyone injured. It only saw those perpetrators from before."

As he spoke, Suguru Geto clenched his fists, his gaze icy cold.

Eiji knew that Suguru Geto's heart had to be filled with rage right now.

In truth, Eiji was furious as well. He had simply experienced more, which gave him a little more composure.

"Let's go take a look and get the facts straight. If it was bullying..."

Eiji did not spell it out, but Suguru Geto understood. They had to teach them a lesson and make them receive the punishment they deserved.

"Rabbit Escape."

As he followed Suguru Geto, Eiji silently summoned Rabbit Escape and began a carpet search of the entire High School Division.

He did this because he sensed a powerful feeling of wrongness.

That feeling had been present ever since they entered the High School Division. The strange unease, combined with the missing body, had put Eiji on high alert.

The two of them had watched the girl fall from the Rooftop with their own eyes, and while rushing to the High School Division, they had kept their eyes fixed on where she had landed.

Yet even so, the body had still disappeared. Not even Nue in the sky had noticed anything.

Nue had merely looked at the people who came down from the Rooftop before the body vanished. Taking away a body in just a few seconds was clearly not something a human could do.

Led by Suguru Geto, the two soon arrived outside the Infirmary.

Bang!

Suguru Geto yanked open the Infirmary door, slamming it into the frame with a loud crash.

The sudden disturbance clearly startled the people inside.

Suguru Geto strode into the Infirmary with his legs apart, the buttons at his collar and cuffs undone, anger practically spilling from his face.

"Hey, be careful."

The two boys and two girls in the Infirmary instantly assumed guarded stances.

"Ah, what's wrong, Ise-kun?"

Asuka, suddenly pulled behind Ise Takahiro, was flustered yet somewhat shy.

"This guy's not easy to deal with."

Though he was not a delinquent, Ise Takahiro possessed exceptional physical abilities. He had dealt with some delinquents before and had even seen Suguru Geto beat down more than a dozen of them by himself.

Thus, when Ise Takahiro saw Suguru Geto's furious expression and attack-ready stance, he instinctively pulled Asuka behind him to protect her.

"What did you do just now?"

Contrary to Ise Takahiro's expectations, Suguru Geto did not attack immediately.

"Who are you? What do you want?"

Urushi Shota, a bespectacled boy who was clearly dressed like an honor student, asked from the side.

Suguru Geto shifted his gaze and stared unblinkingly at Urushi Shota.

"You were the one who did it, weren't you?"

"Huh?"

Did it? Did what? Could he mean...

Seemingly realizing something, Urushi Shota immediately tried to explain.

"No, people who don't know anything shouldn't be here..."

Hearing Urushi Shota continue to make excuses, Suguru Geto, his patience exhausted, threw a punch at him.

"Wait."

Ise Takahiro stepped forward and blocked Suguru Geto's attack with crossed arms.

Even without using Cursed Energy, Suguru Geto's attack still sent Ise Takahiro flying.

Ise Takahiro crashed into Urushi Shota behind him, and the two fell to the floor together.

"Ise-kun."

Ignoring her companions' attempts to stop her, Asuka ran to Ise Takahiro's side. Suguru Geto, who had been about to follow up with a kick, was forced to halt.

"My name is Dongfang Eiji. What's yours?"

Seeing that Suguru Geto still had some restraint, Eiji left him alone and instead walked over to a girl trembling all over in fright.

"Rie. My name is Rie."

The girl in front of Eiji had tears in her eyes and no color in her face. She had clearly been badly frightened.

Geto was the one who attacked. Why are you so afraid of me?

Eiji scratched his head helplessly, but in the next moment, he realized that Rie did not seem to be looking at him. She was looking behind him instead.

Is there something at the Infirmary door?

Confused, Eiji turned around, and a disheveled figure entered his sight.

Before him stood a girl in a messy, heavily damaged school uniform, her neck tilted toward her shoulder as though it had been broken.

When had she appeared?

Eiji had not noticed the girl appearing behind him at all. He looked toward Rabbit Escape, which shook its head, and Eiji understood what it meant.

She appeared out of nowhere.

"Do you need treatment?"

As Eiji asked, he adjusted his stance and prepared his hands to form a seal.

The girl before him was far too strange. Her complexion was deathly pale, and judging by the damage to her clothes, she should have suffered tremendous harm earlier. Yet aside from her broken neck, there was not a single visible wound on her body.

Moreover, the girl's eyes were utterly lifeless, unlike those of a normal person.

Seeing this, Suguru Geto no longer faced off against the other three people in the room. Instead, he stood beside Eiji and warily watched the unidentified person.

"Is she a Jujutsu Sorcerer?"

"Doesn't seem like it."

As the two spoke quietly, the corpse-like girl across from them finally opened her mouth.

"Please help me find my body."

"Hm?"

"What did you say?"

Eiji and Suguru Geto looked at the girl suspiciously.

The girl did not answer their questions. After saying those words, she turned and left.

A strange sensation suddenly rose from the depths of Eiji's heart.

"Hey, Geto."

"What is it?"

Suguru Geto, who had been about to chase after her, stopped.

"I think we've been cursed."

"What?"

At that moment, a new development also appeared inside the Infirmary.