Jujutsu Kaisen: I Made Sukuna Owe 100 Million Yen

Chapter 44: Seventeen Years of Weight and Special Grade Game

Rumble—!!!

The dome of the underground cavity looked as if it was about to be overturned.

With a roar from Yukichi, the steel behemoth named [Ultimate Machine Maru Mode: Absolute] emitted a dazzling light from the cannon on its chest, as bright as the sun.

That was the curse power he had accumulated in the darkness for seventeen years, which he obtained by exchanging "Heaven and Curse".

This immense energy transformed into a pure beam of destruction, not only evaporating the underground river's water but also instantly annihilating everything in its path—rocks, trees, and even the air.

"Great Exorcism Cannon!"

The terrifying recoil caused the massive mech to take a half-step back.

The beam of light, like a divine sword of punishment, pierced straight through the location where the real person was, and carved out a huge hole tens of meters in diameter in the distant mountain.

Smoke and dust filled the air, and waves of heat rolled in.

Inside the cockpit, Kokichi was breathing heavily, his hands gripping the control stick tightly.

Although his body had fully recovered and the phantom pain that felt like being pricked by needles no longer interfered with his actions, releasing such a massive amount of magical power at once still made him feel dizzy.

"Did I hit it...?"

He nervously searched the ruins using the mech's sensors.

"Oh dear, that was really scary."

A flippant, joking voice came out of nowhere from the scorched earth burned by the beam of light.

Kokichi's pupils contracted.

The real person was standing there unharmed—or rather, appeared to be "unharmed".

Just before the beam struck, he split, stretched, and transformed his body like clay into a thin sheet of paper, using the shockwave to float out of the attack range.

"Is this all the strength you've accumulated over seventeen years?"

The real person patted off non-existent dust from their body, the stitches on their face contorting with a smile, their eyes filled with a cruel innocence akin to a child crushing an ant.

"Not bad, it should be very effective at swatting mosquitoes. Too bad... you can't hit me."

"Monster..." Kokichi gritted his teeth.

"Don't rush, the game has only just begun."

On a distant cliff, the man in the cassock slowly put down the tent in his hand.

"Born of darkness, from darkness to darkness, cleansing away all filth and defilement."

A black barrier quickly enveloped the entire dam area, completely isolating this earth-shattering battle from the outside world.

Lu Suo, with his hands tucked into his sleeves, looked at the mecha below with great interest.

"Go ahead and cause trouble, real person. Don't let this kid die too quickly; I still need to collect some data."

"Received~"

The real person grinned, and his body instantly swelled up, transforming into a winged, fleshy monster that charged toward the mechanical ball at an extremely fast speed.

"Don't underestimate me!!"

With a roar, Yukichi's fingers danced rapidly across the control panel.

His healthy body gave him an unprecedented reaction speed.

At this moment, the enormous mech moved with the agility of a human wearing an exoskeleton.

The thrusters spewed blue flames as the mechanical pellet sidestepped the human's impact, simultaneously deploying all the launch pods on its back.

"A rear-end collision!"

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!

Dozens of tracking light bullets, imbued with a high concentration of magical power, roared out, like a flock of bloodthirsty falcons, relentlessly tracking the real person's trajectory in the air.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The explosion's flames stretched across the sky. The real person had no way to avoid it and was hit head-on by the energy blast, his body shattered into pieces, with severed limbs and flesh falling like raindrops.

"It worked?!" Kokichi was overjoyed.

But the next second, that joy turned into cold despair.

The scattered flesh and blood writhed and coalesced strangely in the air, and in the blink of an eye, the real person was restored to his original state, without even a scratch on his clothes.

"It's no use, it's no use."

The real person floated in the air and made a face at the mecha.

"As long as you can't touch my 'soul,' no matter how many times you destroy my body, I will not die."

"This is the absolute barrier between a top-tier cursed spirit and a human."

……

On the edge of the battlefield, in the blind spot of the tent.

A black sedan sat quietly in the shadows.

Shunping sat in the passenger seat, looking through the car window at the huge mech being toyed with, and the stitched-face cursed spirit that had brought him endless nightmares, his hands trembling uncontrollably.

"Boss...aren't we going to help?"

Shunping's voice was hoarse. "Although the mechanical bullet has a lot of firepower, it can't harm a real person's soul. If this continues, he will be worn down and killed."

Lynn sat in the back seat, holding a portable terminal that was frantically displaying spell power data collected from the battlefield.

"Don't rush, Shunping."

Lynn pushed up his glasses, the lenses reflecting the distant flames of the explosion.

"Although Yukichi is at a disadvantage right now, he still has a sliver of hope that he can win."

Lynn said casually.

"It's better to offer help in times of need than to add flowers to brocade."

"The helping hand extended when he is in despair is the most valuable."

Lynn closed the terminal, his gaze piercing through the darkness to land on the mech that was launching a frenzied attack.

……

The center of the battlefield.

The battle has reached a fever pitch.

The energy reserves of the mechanical pellet are rapidly decreasing.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

Kokichi's eyes were bloodshot.

He could sense that the real fighter wasn't taking the fight seriously at all; his opponent was like a cat toying with a mouse.

Every attack was dodged, and every hit was recovered.

However, the occasional counterattacks by the real person, even if they only slightly touch the mecha, will cause damage.

Alarms blared incessantly inside the cockpit.

[Warning: 70% damage to the left arm armor.]

[Warning: Remaining spell power is less than 30%.]

[WARNING: The cockpit protective barrier is about to breach.]

"You still haven't given up?"

The real person seemed to have gotten tired of playing. He landed on the mecha's shoulder, looking at the heavy armor with a dangerous glint in his eyes.

"Although I can't easily transform this huge metal block directly, as long as I kill the pilot inside, it'll be over, right?"

The real person took a deep breath and slowly formed a hand seal in front of his chest.

A cold, viscous black curse power, carrying the rule of certain death, erupted instantly from his center.

In that instant, Yukichi, inside the cockpit, felt the breath of death.

He knew this trick.

He was prepared.

This is the strongest ultimate technique of a top-tier cursed spirit.

"No... we can't let him unfold it!"

Yukichi frantically tried to use his simplified domain to fight back, but the real man's hand seals were too fast, so fast that it made him despair.

The real man grinned, revealing his signature, malicious smile.

"This is the end, Machine Maru."

"Domain Expansion—"

"Self-isolation and circumvention."

hum-

The world was plunged into darkness in an instant.

Countless enormous, pale hands reached out from the void, dragging the majestic mech, along with the boy inside, into an inescapable prison of death.