After the normal (even if slightly less normal in terms of who was behind the curse) amount of trouble and various rounds of discussion on the network that Sanzo has no interest in participating in, Sanzo hunts down his inmate.

During the curse, he'd managed to stagger over to check what he was doing, but it had looked harmless enough and so he'd left him to talk to no one, duty, such as it is, done. That same duty is what propels him today, following his warden item at a casual pace.