Going after the second sentient curse is both harder and a little easier.

They don 't accidentally stumble upon it like they did with Jougo, but the leads Satoru finds are more apparent than the elusivity that had shrouded it in the past. It 's almost as if they 've got no ring leader or something, he muses, staring down at a map spread out on three classroom desks he 's pushed together.

'All acting alone like stringless puppets instead of coordinating. As if they know each other, but haven 't gotten together yet, '

he thinks, tapping the end of his red pen against the curve of his lip until it dips under the pressure.