The Rotting Life Blade fell from the air and plunged into the rubble beside Hajime Kashimo's feet.
Without Kurourushi's power, the egg cases on the blade quickly shriveled and vanished, leaving tiny holes all over it.
Hajime Kashimo glanced down at the blade, then looked away.
"Boring."
The Rotting Life Blade was made exclusively for Kurourushi. Without Kurourushi's ability to control cockroaches, it was nothing more than a slightly tougher piece of scrap metal.
Hajime Kashimo was somewhat disappointed in Kurourushi's strength.
As the strongest jujutsu sorcerer on the east side of his village four hundred years ago, he found an opponent of this caliber far too weak. That hadn't even counted as a warm-up!
Hajime Kashimo raised his head and looked toward the Sendai Colony.
"I hope you lot can keep me a little more entertained."
Meanwhile, outside the Curtain.
Disbelief flashed in the assistant manager's eyes.
Although he couldn't see what had happened inside the Curtain, he could sense that the sickening cockroach cursed energy within had vanished!
"K-Kurourushi's been exorcised?!"
The assistant manager could hardly believe it.
Kurourushi was a special grade curse!
To have exorcised Kurourushi so quickly, just how strong was that unknown jujutsu sorcerer inside?
Just as the assistant manager was considering whether to lift the Curtain, a prickling sensation like an electric current reached him from its direction.
The smell of ozone from ionized air suddenly filled his nostrils, and his skin began to tingle faintly.
Although he was still dozens of meters from the Curtain, his hair stood on end.
"Wh-what is this...?"
The assistant manager's voice trembled.
At that moment, someone suddenly walked out of the Curtain.
Since the assistant manager's Curtain didn't restrict anyone else from entering or leaving, Hajime Kashimo simply walked straight out.
The instant he saw