Jujutsu Kaisen: I Made Sukuna Owe 100 Million Yen

Night falls.

Lynn sat in the shop, fiddling with a transparent screen in her hand.

Multiple curved lines on the screen converge at a single point.

That's the mechanical ball, the place where Kokichi and I were hiding.

Based on this timeline, Yukichi had already sold all the information about the advanced sorcery to the Spirit Clan.

Lynn wanted to find him as soon as possible and stop him, but he was too well hidden. With the help of system items, she finally found him today.

Lynn took out a black card and chanted for a minute.

A flash of black light, and Lynn disappeared from the store.

……

In a secluded corner of Kyoto Jujutsu Academy.

This is a warehouse storing discarded artifacts and mechanical parts, rarely visited by anyone. The air is filled with the smell of machine oil and dust, along with a faint musty odor.

"Squeak—"

Lynn pushed open the rusty iron gate, carrying a warm yellow lantern in his hand.

The dim light flickered, casting his shadow long and thin.

"Come out."

Lynn's voice echoed in the empty warehouse, calm and resolute.

"I know you're here with Kokichi."

Dead silence.

Only the mournful sound of the wind blowing through the cracks in the window.

No response.

"Or... should I call you 'Ultimate Machine Maru'?"

Lynn wasn't embarrassed by the awkward silence. He walked to a corner of the warehouse, where several broken puppets and a large pile of messy cables were stacked.

"Heaven and Curse" is a technique that trades physical mutilation for a massive output of magical power.

"Although he possesses strength far exceeding that of his peers, his physical body can only lie in a bathtub in a sterile room, and even the touch of moonlight on his skin causes him excruciating pain, as if he were being burned..."

Lynn pushed up his glasses, the lenses reflecting a cold light in the dim light.

"That feeling... must be very uncomfortable, right?"

Before he could finish speaking...

"Click."

From the shadows deep within the warehouse, the sound of machinery finally broke the silence.

A somewhat crudely designed humanoid puppet slowly emerged. It was a spare mech used by Mechanical Maru for operations within the school, and it looked rather worn.

A red light flashed in the electronic eye, and a deep, wary male voice rang out:

"Who are you?"

How do you know my name? And my health condition?

Mechanical Maru's voice was filled with undisguised killing intent.

His true form is hidden in an extremely secretive place; apart from the principal and a very few high-ranking officials, no one knows his true identity or location, let alone the specific details of his "Heavenly Curse."

This man who suddenly appeared... is dangerous.

"I am a businessman."

Lynn pulled over a dusty old chair and sat down, relaxed and completely unconcerned about the other person's hostility.

"Don't be so nervous. I'm not interested in your secrets, I'm only interested in 'deals'."

"trade?"

Mechanical Maru sneered, his voice coming through the speaker with a hint of electrical static.

"I have nothing to do with a suspicious guy like you."

"Leave here immediately if you don't want to die."

The puppet raised its arm, and the cannon muzzle in its palm faintly glowed with the light of magical power.

"Really?"

Lynn didn't move, but took out a photo from his pocket and gently placed it on the ground.

The photo shows a girl with long blue hair, giving a gentle smile to the camera.

Three rounds of rosy clouds.

boom--!

The machine shuddered violently, and its red electronic eyes became blindingly bright, as if it had been overloaded with electricity.

The magical power that had been gathered in his palm vanished instantly.

"you……"

Mechanical Maru's voice became urgent and angry, as if his sore spot had been touched.

"What do you want to do?!"

"If you dare touch a single hair on her head... I'll kill you!!"

"Calm down."

Lynn shrugged.

"I just want to ask you a question."

Lynn pointed to the photo on the ground, her eyes becoming deep.

"What if I told you I had a way to let you see her with your 'real body'?"

"Not through this cold machine, but with your own two feet, standing in the sunlight, holding her hand."

The warehouse fell silent once again.

Only the sound of gears turning inside the mechanical pellet was exceptionally clear.

a long time.

"What nonsense are you talking about?!"

Mechanical Maru's voice trembled slightly, a hysterical outburst born from having his sore spot touched.

"My body... is bound by a curse that even a reversal spell cannot heal!"

"In this world, apart from monsters like real people who can alter souls, no one can cure me!"

He is a traitor.

The reason he sold the information about the high school to the Cursed Spirit Group was to obtain the real person's "inaction transformation" to heal his body.

This was his only hope.

"That's right."

Lynn nodded without refuting.

"A real person can indeed heal you."

"But, Yukichi-kun, do you really believe in cursed spirits?"

Lynn stood up and walked step by step toward the trembling puppet.

"The 'effortless transformation' of a true person is essentially a forced distortion of the soul."

"He can indeed give you a healthy body, but at what price? Your soul will be corrupted, and you will become his plaything."

"and……"

Lynn stopped in front of the puppet, looking down at its pair of red electronic eyes.

"Do you think those cursed spirits will let you go the moment you truly regain your physical form?"

"They will kill you, and they might even kill the girl you want to protect."

Mechanical Maru fell silent.

This is his deepest fear.

As an inside man, he constantly walked a tightrope, risking his life every day. He knew he was dealing with a tiger, but he had no choice.

"But I am different."

Lynn stretched out his hand, his fingertips shimmering with a faint glow of magical energy.

"I don't need to twist your soul."

Do you remember Maki?

"That loser whom the Zen family considered useless."

Lynn smiled.

"Just a few days ago, she was a weakling who couldn't even defeat a level two cursed spirit."

"But as you saw today, she overpowered your classmate Mayi with just her physical strength."

"I made that."

The mechanical ball suddenly looked up.

He could clearly see Maki's changes through the miniature reconnaissance puppet that remained beside Mai.

That transformative power... that feeling of lightness as if freed from a curse...

"How did you do that?"

The mechanical ball's voice trembled, like the longing of a drowning person seeing driftwood.

"This is my 'product'."

Lynn pulled a glass bottle containing a black liquid from his pocket (it was the remnant of the cursed power extracted from Maki's body).

"I can remove the negative effects brought by 'Heaven and Curse'."

"Of course, your situation is much more complicated than Maki's."

"A complete cure requires time and comes at a high cost."

"but……"

Lynn put the glass bottle back and looked at the mechanical pill.

"I can give you some 'samples' first."

"To allow you to get rid of that damn life support device in a short time and walk out of that dark room on your own two feet."

Even if it's only for ten minutes.

"Want to give it a try?"

lure.

This is an irresistible temptation.

For a boy who has been imprisoned in darkness for over a decade, even just a minute of freedom, even just being able to see the sun with his own eyes, to see the girl he likes...

I would give my soul for this.

"I……"

Mechanical Maru's voice became hoarse, with a hint of sob in it.

What do I need to give in return?

"It's very simple."

Lynn took out a contract and placed it in front of the puppet.

"First, stop providing information to that group of cursed spirits. Or rather... only provide information that I allow you to provide."

"Secondly, we will continue to cooperate in the following events."

Lynn leaned close to the puppet's ear and whispered a few words.

The mechanical ball's electronic eyes blinked a few times, as if it were weighing its options.

a long time.

The puppet extended its cold, mechanical hand and placed it on the contract.

"make a deal."

"If you can really cure me... why not give me your life?"

Lynn put the contract away with satisfaction.

[Contract transaction completed!]

[Item obtained: Long-term cooperation with Kokichi.]

[Rewards for this service: 15,000 points.]

[One-time deduction of rule execution cost: 7000 points.]

Net profit: 8000 points.

"A wise choice."

"Then, as a deposit..."

Lynn redeemed a bottle of [Life Support Potion (Volume 2)] from the system shop and placed it in the puppet's hand.

Product Name: Life Support Serum (Volume 2)

Price: 1,000 points.

[Effect: Temporarily relieves physical pain, maintains vital signs, and allows survival for up to one hour even after being removed from life support.]

Current balance: 20,240 points

"Tonight, you can have a sweet dream."

"In my dreams, you can stand in the sunlight and hold her hand."

After saying that, Lynn picked up the lantern, turned around and left.

The sound of the iron gate closing rang out.

The warehouse returned to deathly silence.

Mechanical Pill looked at the medicine in his hand, then at the photo on the ground.

Red light flashed in the electronic eye.

"A real...body?"

He gripped the medicine tightly.

"A three-wheeled vehicle..."