What Filthy Thing Did You Eat?

For the rest of the first day, Masamichi Yaga did not have Li Shunchen join the lessons, instead giving him enough time to get his dorm room in order.

The second day soon arrived, and just as in Li Shunchen's simulation, Masamichi Yaga did not rush straight into formal lessons.

Just as in the simulation, he had Satoru Gojo, Shoko Ieiri, and Suguru Geto introduce their respective innate cursed techniques.

Once the three had finished explaining, a brief silence fell over the classroom, and every gaze settled on you in the corner.

Masamichi Yaga nodded and looked at you. "Li Shunchen, your turn. Although I've read your previous combat report, I'd like to hear your understanding of your own cursed technique."

Satoru Gojo whistled and lowered his sunglasses a little, revealing one azure eye. At first, he merely cast a casual glance at you.

But the instant his gaze touched your body, he abruptly froze.

The pupils of those Six Eyes, which seemed to hold the sky and the ocean, contracted slightly before locking firmly onto you. The atmosphere in the classroom suddenly grew somewhat strange.

"Hey, hang on..." Satoru Gojo suddenly interrupted the proceedings. He dropped his flippant smile, his tone carrying a trace of confusion and curiosity he could hardly conceal. "New guy, did you... eat something filthy last night?"

"Huh?" Suguru Geto turned his head in confusion. "Satoru, what are you talking about?"

Satoru Gojo ignored Suguru Geto and pointed at Li Shunchen, his brows tightly furrowed. "Your total cursed energy is off. Compared with when we met yesterday, it's increased by at least thirty percent. A normal person's cursed energy couldn't possibly surge that much overnight."

At that, a sharp glint flashed through Satoru Gojo's azure eyes, as though he intended to see right through Li Shunchen. "You... what exactly did you do?"

Faced with Satoru Gojo's questioning, Li Shunchen did not panic.

He remained seated quietly, without even a change in his heart rate.

This increase in cursed energy was undoubtedly a tangible manifestation of the simulation settlement rewards.

To everyone else, only a night had passed, but Li Shunchen had experienced an entire year in the simulation.

"Does that matter so much, Gojo?" Li Shunchen raised a hand and gently adjusted the black-framed glasses on his nose. A cold glint reflected off the lenses. "Perhaps it's because... my understanding of jujutsu has deepened just a little."

"Huh? A deeper understanding makes your mana bar grow? Do you think this is an RPG?" Satoru Gojo clearly did not believe him and was about to press further.

But Li Shunchen interrupted him and began introducing his cursed technique. "Actually, as far as my cursed technique goes, I've been using it since the moment I walked into this classroom."

"What?" Suguru Geto narrowed his eyes. As a Special Grade, he had failed to detect any sign of a cursed technique being activated?

"My cursed technique is called 'Phantom Parade,'" Li Shunchen explained unhurriedly. "Its effect is very simple. The first stage is reading. By touching or sensing cursed energy, I analyze the structure and principles of the other person's cursed technique."

As he spoke, he turned his gaze toward Satoru Gojo. There was not a trace of fear in his eyes, but rather a scholarly curiosity. "For example, your 'Limitless,' Gojo. In my eyes, it's a precise operation that brings the 'Achilles and the Tortoise' paradox into reality... Because of that enormous computational load, even your brain is constantly on the verge of overload. That's why you need to keep eating sweets to replenish your sugar, right?"

Satoru Gojo paused, then sneered. "I see. So not only has your cursed energy increased, but your eyesight's improved too? Seeing through all that does take some skill, but..." He leaned back against his chair, his expression defiant. "Just looking won't do you much good."

"True." Li Shunchen nodded and slowly stood. His gaze fell near the edge of the lectern, where a stub of chalk lay on the floor after Satoru Gojo had flicked it away.

"The second-stage effect of 'Phantom Parade' is reproduction. Since you're curious about the cursed energy I gained overnight, Gojo, why don't I show you... where that extra energy went?"

Li Shunchen extended his right hand, aiming his palm at the distant piece of chalk as the cursed energy within him began to surge.

"Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue."

A faint tremor ran through the air. It was not the terrifying fluctuation Satoru Gojo produced, capable of distorting space.

But through Satoru Gojo's Six Eyes, a tiny negative value had indeed appeared in the previously stable structure of space in front of your palm. It was an absolute vacuum, a forced convergence.

Whoosh! As though an invisible ghostly hand had seized it, the chalk stub on the floor was instantly sucked into your palm at a speed that defied conventional physics!

No, it had not been sucked over. Rather, the space it had originally occupied had been compressed and erased, forcing it to shift position.

Li Shunchen caught the chalk steadily and casually placed it on Satoru Gojo's desk. It rolled twice across the desktop before finally stopping beside those expensive leather shoes.

Dead silence. The entire classroom fell deathly silent.

Masamichi Yaga's mouth fell open, and the attendance register in his hand nearly dropped to the floor.

The cursed spirit behind Suguru Geto seemed to sense its master's emotional fluctuations and began to stir restlessly.

Shoko Ieiri sat bolt upright, the lighter in her hand falling with a clatter.

Naturally, Satoru Gojo had the strongest reaction.

He stared fixedly at the piece of chalk, then abruptly raised his head to look at Li Shunchen.

His sunglasses had slid to the tip of his nose, and his azure pupils trembled violently, as though he had witnessed the most absurd thing in the world.

As the wielder of "Limitless," he knew better than anyone what had just happened.

Although it was extremely crude, although it lacked precise calculations and could even be called downright ugly, it was still the principle behind Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue-attraction.

This guy... used that pitiful amount of cursed energy to forcibly replicate my cursed technique without the Six Eyes?

He hasn't even seen Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue!

"You..." Satoru Gojo's voice was somewhat hoarse, but the confusion in his eyes had vanished completely, replaced by the fervor and excitement of someone who had discovered a new species.

"Is this why your cursed energy surged? To adapt to this kind of reckless operation? Simulating Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue with an ordinary human body-without the Six Eyes... Ha! You really are a lunatic."

Li Shunchen sat back down in his chair and adjusted his glasses, returning to his harmless appearance.

"It's only a clumsy imitation. It's nowhere near the original." He looked at Satoru Gojo and said calmly, "But given enough time, Gojo, you'll have no secrets in this classroom."