A day later, on the sofa in the same corner, Su Wu tallied up his assets by himself once again.
"I finally have a billion." Su Wu spread his hands and leaned back, unable to stop himself from sighing.
It hadn't even been that long, but earning this billion sure felt like a lot of work.
"System, I'm cashing in. Give me Ugly Treasure." Without a second thought, he bought Ugly Treasure.
The billion he'd just gotten hadn't even stayed in his hands for a minute.
[Ugly Treasure has been delivered.]
A Cursed Spirit about 1.3 meters long appeared on the empty space beside Su Wu. Its entire body was black and purple, segmented like a caterpillar, with bulging eyes that gave it a somewhat vacant look. It resembled a giant caterpillar.
No one around them could see it, though.
"Come on, come on." Su Wu patted his leg at the suddenly appearing Ugly Treasure, inviting it to climb up.
The caterpillar-like Cursed Spirit raised the upper half of its body. Its bulging, vacant eyes stared at the White-haired boy, and its sausage-like mouthparts wriggled open. "Mom... Mommy..."
That familiar feeling again. Why did it call everyone Mommy?
Being called Mommy felt so weird.
But it was Ugly Treasure, after all. Sure, it was ugly and a little dumb, but it was useful.
And that was how Ugly Treasure acted in the original anime, too, so he'd put up with it.
"Come on, hurry up," Su Wu urged.
Ugly Treasure slowly wriggled over the ground and onto the boy, coiling itself around him twice.
Its tail wrapped around his waist, while its head rested on his shoulder.
Just like the day Toji Fushiguro had it around him in the anime.
Su Wu picked up the backpack beside him with one