The only hard part of missions was finding the curse—and even that was simple. Sensing cursed energy was something any sorcerer could do! And, honestly, Satoru would rather these curses just show up and be burst to bits.

But nothing ever goes that simple, huh? And being a first-year apparently made Yaga worried like a parent, never sending him on a mission with a curse above Grade One.

And, like, sure Hollow Purple didn’t work yet, but who needs it anyway?

“This’s stupid.” Satoru grumbled to himself, scraping some of the dead skin from his thumb with his pointer.

Yaga reported that the curse would be hiding near this school—and, surprise, surprise! It wasn’t! Because apparently Satoru hadn’t gotten enough steps in and needed a few more from rushing around!

At least Satoru could sense it being close. Thank God.

However, Satoru didn’t expect to see some guy in the alleyway. Nor did he expect that most of the cursed energy on the curse would be… uh, concentrated?

Purple-tinted footsteps trailed behind him. He’d probably stomped it. And why exactly was Satoru Gojo dispatched on a mission even a meagre non-sorcerer could complete?

However, this guy was in an alleyway, in the midst of turning a curse into a ball—and was overall a big freak! Was he, like, a sorcerer? He had a regular school uniform on!

“Hey, uh.” Satoru paused, glancing over this non-sorcerer’s odd appearance. “What did you do with that curse? And who even are you?”

Another awkward, listless pause.

“Usually people like you would at least be known by Jujutsu Tech!”