How curious.

Shiki peers at the run-down building in front of her, tilting her head. From the faint traces of cursed energy residuals that she 's picking up, there 's nothing in particular that

seems

to be amiss. All signs point towards a brief fight having taken place, with the Grade Four cursed spirit in question successfully exorcised at the end. Clean and simple. There doesn 't appear to be much property damage, either, so Hoshi-san shouldn 't have struggled too much on this mission, especially not with Takagi-sensei watching out for him.

But appearances can be deceiving. And if things had really gone as smoothly as the scene indicated, then it made absolutely no sense that Shiki couldn 't get in touch with either her classmate or her teacher in the aftermath. She 'd even checked with Kusakabe-sensei earlier, too 'similar to Shiki, the second year teacher was also unable to reach Takagi-sensei.