Before bringing this brief "vacation" to a complete end, Li Shunchen still took a detour home alone.
It was also the starting point of every chain of cause and effect for him in this world. No living person remained here; the once-cozy furnishings were now left in nothing but deathly silence and decay.
He hid all of Toji's guns and ammunition from the Inventory Curse Worm there before setting off back to Jujutsu High.
When Li Shunchen pushed open the door to Jujutsu High's dormitory building and headed toward his room along the familiar wooden corridor, he happened to run into Suguru Geto, who was returning with a yawn after finishing a simple mission.
Suguru Geto wore loose casual clothes that day. His narrow, foxlike eyes held some of the languor of someone who had just gotten off work. Seeing Li Shunchen, he raised a hand in a tired but familiar greeting.
"Hey, Shunchen, you're back. How was your rare vacation these past few-"
But before Suguru Geto could even finish asking how it had gone, Li Shunchen pulled a spherical object from his pocket without a word. With a light flick of his wrist, he sent it arcing through the air straight at Suguru Geto's face.
Suguru Geto reacted on instinct. His gaze sharpened, and despite his relaxed posture, his right hand shot out like lightning. With a smack, he caught the unidentified object flying at his face.
"Is this... a cursed spirit?"
Suguru Geto lowered his head and opened his palm. Only upon closer inspection did he realize that what he held was a strange cursed spirit curled into a ball of flesh, its head joined to its tail.
Judging by the cursed energy residue it gave off, it had not even reached Grade 1. At most, it