Curse Returns: What did the human-shaped wishing machine do wrong this time?

"What is it?"

They watched helplessly as a child was transformed into a monster, his eyes completely black, his facial features indistinguishable.

Fuheishen unconsciously tightened his fingers.

Many years have passed since he left the Zen monastery. He has seen countless spirits, sorcerers, and curse masters, but none of them have been as strange as this child.

At this moment, Fuheshen felt that he was not carrying a child, but a monster formed from malice and curse power, as deep as an abyss.

"Little sister! Can you and your brother escape from the bad guys... Waaah..."

Seeing his sister Nanika reappear as he called out, Yuji Itadori choked up and could barely breathe.

In Hisahito Itadori's heart, his younger sister and brother often played hide-and-seek with him.

When his younger sister appeared, Aunt Xiaomei never let him make any unreasonable requests, but every time he asked for something, his sister would do it. He once secretly asked for candy, and somehow his sister would conjure it up.

His younger sister never refused Yuhito's requests. Seeing his younger brother being taken away, the young Yuhito placed his hopes on his all-powerful sister.

"it is good."

Nanika responded slowly, her empty features seeming to smile.

The instant she agreed, Fuheshen felt as if the child in his arms was as heavy as a strange stone statue, and his arms felt as if they weighed a thousand pounds and he couldn't lift them.

His hand fell downwards uncontrollably, and he stubbornly tried to lift it up.

The Heavenly Curse allowed Fuheishen's body to break through the limits of human strength, so his power was beyond question. Even when fighting that woman, Tsukumo Yuki, such a bizarre scene had never occurred.

After a brief struggle, Fuheshel watched helplessly as the child fell to the ground through his hands. With a muffled thud that was completely different from the force of the fall, Nanika gently landed on the ground.

"younger sister!"

Having broken free from Itadori Yasuke's restraints, Itadori Hisahito quickly ran over.

To Hisashi Hisahito, who saw the child as cold and gloomy, it was as if he didn't sense it at all, and he held the child in his arms.

Nanika smiled contentedly in Hisahito's arms.

Her laughter was not as crisp, high-pitched, or eerie as Alluka's; it sounded like the trembling of an answering machine.

Seeing that Alluka had escaped Fuhsher's clutches, Rime was temporarily relieved.

Rime wasn't surprised that Nanica didn't show up after the three insistences.

He had seen Alluka herself call out to give her body to Nanika before, and he moved in front of the two children, glaring at Vöhshen.

"Are you that sorcerer assassin, Zen-in-the-Insect Shen'er?"

Zen-in-Shen-er is a well-known name among curse masters. He has hunted down countless sorcerers with his body having zero curse power. A few years ago, he retired from the world of curse masters for a period of time, but he has reappeared at some point.

Rime didn't accept quests on the Cursed Ones website, so he didn't pay much attention to this character.

The name the curse caster murmured as he collapsed sounded vaguely familiar to him, but when Alluka was mentioned, in a flash, Rime remembered the origin of the name.

"Tsk, I already told you I've married into the family, so my surname is now Fu Hei."

Fu Hei Shen'er clicked his tongue in annoyance, seemingly disliking that surname.

"Since we're not stealing business, there's no need to fight anymore."

He shrugged, his listless expression returning.

No curse caster would go on a mission with two children and an old man.

Fuheshen had never heard of any white-haired curse master with this kind of power. It wasn't impossible to continue fighting, but the person in front of him could reverse spells, and the child was somewhat strange. Fuheshen felt that it might be very troublesome.

He only took the job for the money; it wasn't his mission objective, nor was it someone trying to steal his money. Fuheshen had no intention of killing more of these people, and no one was paying him anyway.

Rime's muscles tensed, and he instinctively gripped the ice pick in his hand.

He watched warily as the black-haired man strolled lazily forward, pulled out his cursed tool, lifted the corpse, and stuffed it into the ugly worm's abdominal cavity.

The insect-shaped cursed spirit was struggling to swallow the cursed master, who was not sized up for it. Several times it looked like it was about to vomit, and the overflowing saliva dripped from the corner of its mouth onto the floor tiles.

Itadori Yasuke and Itadori Yujin could not see the presence of the cursed spirit; they could only see the tall, black-haired man inexplicably make the corpse disappear.

Yuji held Alluka's hand tightly, his mind replaying the horror movie his grandfather had been secretly watching recently.

Even at such a young age, he already knew about the existence of ghosts and monsters. Seeing such a bizarre scene, he was so frightened that his face turned pale.

Nanika had disappeared without a trace. Alluka looked up and gave Hisahito a big smile.

"Brother, don't be afraid."

His voice rose slightly at the end, and his coquettish tone calmed Yuujin down.

The younger brother isn't scared, so how can the older brother be so frightened by a ghost?

Yuji sobbed and responded.

Seeing that Fuhesh was about to leave after stuffing the corpse in, Rime gently squatted down beside the black-haired child.

"Could Alluka force that man?"

"......Why?"

The black-haired child looked up at Rimei with some confusion.

"Hisashi just made a wish, didn't he? He just hurt Alluka, so let him pay the price for his wish, shall we?"

He spoke softly and patiently explained his thoughts.

Every person who made a wish upon Alluka in the past had to pay the price for the previous person's wish with the next person.

Essentially, Nanica's magic is the ability to exchange for equivalents.

Rime believes that Hisahito just made a wish to break free from Fukushiro, a wish that is neither too big nor too small.

Based on what he had heard about Fuhesh'er's deeds and the sorcerers he had killed, the price to break free from his grasp would not be small.

In his daily life, Alluka often acts cute towards Itadori Yabusuke, Itadori Yuujin, and him, and he must restore the price he paid to its initial state.

If he were to grab someone at random and they were to die in a gruesome manner like the rope-man, it's hard to guarantee that he wouldn't get into other trouble.

The death of a curse master like Fuheshel, who has enemies everywhere, will not affect "ordinary people" like them.

During the negotiations, Rime did not believe that someone like Fuhesh would harm him to satisfy Alluka's demands.

"Okay, Xiaomei."

Not knowing why Xiaomei would say that, Alluka nodded with a bright smile.