Another week passed before Duanmu Huai ended his surrogate and returned to the Tribunal.
He returned to the Tribunal not because the issues in the Magic Girl world had been fully resolved, but due to news from Aikute.
Before heading to the Magic Girl world, Duanmu Huai had tasked Aikute with dispatching a reconnaissance fleet to other Star Territories to expedite the Catastrophe progress. Now, Aikute informed Duanmu Huai that news from that Star Territory had arrived.
Thus, Duanmu Huai took Ann He Mu and Homura Akemi back to the Tribunal. After all, the news from that Star Territory was very significant to Duanmu Huai.
Of course, along the way, Duanmu Huai lifted the surrogate and explained the situation to Mugeng and Homura Akemi. Regarding this, both people—well, there wasn't anything particularly problematic.
