The Childish Goddess

Mo Bai opened his eyes amid an endless expanse of shadows. Before him lay the same familiar Hei.

But something was different from what he had seen in the shadows: the pristine white katana in his hand had vanished.

"Looks like it worked," Mo Bai murmured into Hei.

Earlier, while still in the shadows, he had covered the katana he'd obtained through the [Future-Seeking Body] with Cursed Energy, then traced the power within it back to its source.

Sure enough, he had closed his eyes in the shadows and arrived in this Hei.

Mo Bai knew there was no way he could find the true location of a Goddess so far beyond him.

So unlike before, he had used Cursed Energy to send only his consciousness to where she was.

"You've lived here so long. Have you never thought about doing something about how pitch-black Hei is?"

Mo Bai spoke suddenly to the Hei before him.

"Huh? That's no fun. I thought you'd wander around lost for a while longer. A panicked look on your face would've made it even better."

Snap!

A voice answered Mo Bai, accompanied by the sound of snapping fingers.

At last, colors other than Mo Bai appeared in the Hei space.

"It's not my first time here. Of course I've gotten used to the atmosphere."

As he replied to the familiar Goddess in the form of a white-haired girl, Mo Bai casually sat down in a pristine white chair.

"That's exactly why it's no fun. You were much more interesting when you first arrived than you are now, you old hand."

The Goddess took a seat as well, looking resigned.

"Not surprised? I came to you myself this time, you know."

"Pfft. If you wanted to find me, you'd find a way. You're a Jujutsu