Jujutsu Kaisen: I Made Sukuna Owe 100 Million Yen

October 30, 7:30 PM.

Exchange No. 8.

The light rain that had lasted for several days finally stopped, but dark clouds still hung heavily over the city.

There are approximately 24 hours left until the Shibuya Incident.

Lynn sat in the boss's chair, checking the system panel as he made final preparations.

Just ten minutes ago, he spent a lot of points on a final pre-battle enhancement.

[Physical fitness has improved!]

[Remaining points: 40,000.]

Power at the level of the Eight-Finger Su Nuo.

Now, in terms of physical strength alone, he is capable of tearing apart a level one cursed spirit with his bare hands.

If he combined the "Ten-Stroke Spell" and the "Ten Shadow Spells," he was confident that he could easily retreat even under the siege of a top-tier cursed spirit.

"Still...the final preparations are needed," Lynn murmured to himself, looking at his palm.

Just then, the wind chimes on the door rang.

"Excuse me—"

Yuujin Itadori walked in, scratching his pink hair with a憨厚 (honest and simple) look on his face. "Brother Lynn, you were looking for me? Tomorrow is Halloween, and Fushiguro and I were just about to go buy some snacks."

"Sit down, Hisuhito."

Lynn smiled, poured a cup of tea, and pushed it across from him.

The tea had an unusual amber color and emitted a subtle fragrance. "Please. Have some tea first."

Without any suspicion, Itachi picked up the teacup, smelled it, and then drank it all in one gulp: "Thank you, brother!"

The moment the tea went down his throat, Itachi's eyes suddenly became unfocused, and then his head slumped heavily.

Three seconds later.

When the pink head raised again, its once clear eyes had turned a blood-red crimson, and black runes appeared on both sides of its cheeks.

In that instant, malice spread throughout the firm.

Two-faced Su Nuo descends.

Su Nuo's face showed excitement. He didn't say anything, but simply put his fingers together and waved them casually at Lin En.

There was no fluctuation in the air; nothing happened.

Violence is prohibited inside the store.

But Lynn knew very well that Su Nuo had just launched a slash, but fortunately the shop blocked it.

Seeing that the attack was ineffective, Su Nuo's expression faded, and he leaned back lazily in his chair, crossed his legs, and looked at Lin En with the kind of gaze one would give an ant.

"I deliberately used drugs to suppress that brat's soul and summon me out..." Su Nuo's voice was deep. "What, you want to do business with me again? The boss of that exchange."

Lynn maintained his professional fake smile, his hands crossed on the table.

"Mr. Sukuna, let's not beat around the bush. Shibuya will be very lively tomorrow. I know you crave freedom, even if it's just for a minute."

Lynn leaned forward and threw out the bait:

"I can create an opportunity tomorrow to give you temporary control over your body, and even help you collect more fingers. In exchange, I hope you can cooperate with my actions 'slightly' at certain times."

This was a script that Lynn had already conceived.

Since we've already made a pact with the spirit, promising to help Su Nuo escape, why not take advantage of Su Nuo as well?

The promise of Ryoumen Sukuna is worth a fortune; this will be the final piece of Lynn's plan.

Both parties got what they wanted; this should have been the simplest transaction.

however.

"ha……"

Su Nuo let out a short, mocking laugh.

Then came laughter.

"Hahahaha! Cooperate with you? Take action?"

Su Nuo abruptly stopped laughing, his eyes instantly turning as cold as ice.

He rested his chin on his hand, looking at Lynn with a bored expression: "I refuse."

"...What?" Lynn's smile froze for a moment.

"Didn't you understand? I don't need your charity." Su Nuo yawned, and the curse marks on his body began to fade. "You're too boring right now. Don't bother me, brat. Otherwise, next time, I'll slice you into three thousand pieces."

With a surge of magical energy, Su Nuo's initiative vanished.

Huzhang's head slammed heavily onto the table, and he fell into a deep sleep.

……

The office fell silent once again.

The smile on Lynn's face vanished completely, replaced by an unprecedented solemnity.

"What exactly is causing this feeling of unease?"

Lynn frowned and paced back and forth in the room.

"When we were in the juvenile detention center, he would agree to give me even a finger, so why is he refusing me now?"

"Something's not right. There must be something I don't know yet."

My brain is working at lightning speed.

Su Nuo is a self-centered hedonist.

If it's an equal exchange of benefits, allowing him to come out for some fresh air and kill someone, why would he refuse?

Is it because of arrogance?

No, Su Nuo may be arrogant, but he is not stupid.

Lynn's mind began to flash through all the original content he had ever read, and all the events up until his rebirth.

Suddenly, he thought of Mimiko and Nanako from the previous two days.

In the original story, they attempted to make a deal with Sukuna, but ended up being chopped into minced meat by him.

It was because they tried to control Sukuna's actions that the others threatened Sukuna with their fingers.

Lynn was startled.

Isn't that part of the original story essentially the same as what I did in the juvenile detention center?

Both were cases of the weak making demands of the strong, so why did Sukuna agree to the deal? Why wasn't he hacked to pieces?

Lynn began to re-examine the Curse King, whose presence in this world seemed to have been weakened.

He suddenly realized that he had been assuming Sukuna to be a "rational person".

But who is Su Nuo?

Su Nuo is definitely not a normal person.

If you had to sum up the meaning of Sukuna's life in one sentence, it would be: to do whatever you want to do as you please.

He does not accept anyone trying to control him in any way.

Lynn's thoughts drifted back to the juvenile detention center incident a few months earlier.

That time, I was also facing a desperate situation, and I made a deal with Sukuna by offering "one minute of freedom".

At that time, Su Nuo agreed almost without hesitation.

Lynn stopped in his tracks, his pupils suddenly contracting.

So the problem isn't this refusal, but rather the previous agreement!

Looking back at the original work, Sukuna developed a great interest in Fushiguro Megumi when they met at the juvenile detention center.

Because he was interested in Fushiguro Megumi, Sukuna took the initiative to protect someone for the first time.

He can do anything as long as Sukuna is interested.

In other words, Sukuna must have been interested in something to agree to the deal with me.

What would he be interested in?

Lynn's pupils slowly dilated.

That day at the juvenile detention center, Su Nuo could only be interested in one thing—

Lynn demonstrated the system's ability to "force breach of contract," as well as the power of laws.

"Su Nu has taken a liking to me."

Lynn felt a chill run straight to the top of his head.

Just like in the original work, when Sukuna took a fancy to Fushiguro Megumi's body, she developed an "interest" in herself at the juvenile detention center that time.

Sukuna agreed to the deal not because he was threatened, but because he chose to do so voluntarily.

He had at least three objectives in that deal:

First, numb yourself, make yourself believe that he is a normal person who can communicate, and lay the groundwork for taking advantage of him physically later.

Second, personally experience and feel the power of the system trading.

Third, this would release the binding force of the system on his body at that time, preventing it from affecting the subsequent takeover of the body.

If Sukuna were released into Shibuya without any precautions...

Su Nuo has no need to make a deal with Lynn.

All he had to do was beat Lynn half to death and then force a finger containing his soul into Lynn's mouth.

No wonder Su Nuo tried to attack me as soon as he appeared.

With Lynn's current perfect, top-tier body, if possessed, Sukuna would gain power far exceeding that of the original character. She might even gain access to the "Exchange"...

Su Nuo's current refusal is because he doesn't want to pay any price at all.

Once he takes over Lynn's body, everything Lynn has will naturally be his.

Including the finger that the juvenile detention center gave us at the time.

"But something still doesn't feel right... Even if Sukuna wanted to take over my body, why did he refuse so readily?"

"Just before the Shibuya Incident, when he had a chance to escape?"

"It's as if... he already knows something."

"Well……"

At this moment, Huzhang slowly awoke.

Lynn immediately composed herself and asked gently, "Yujin, have you encountered anything strange lately?"

Itari rubbed his head: "Strange thing? Ah, one day on my way home, I felt like there was a voice talking behind me. Something about 'the time to escape' or something... I didn't quite catch it."

Lynn's eyes sharpened.

"This is a message that the Cursed Spirit Fang sent to Su Nuo."

"No wonder Su Nuo was so fearless."

Lynn dismissed Huzhang and closed the shop door.

"call……"

Lynn took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.

Now that we've seen through Su Nuo's intentions, there's still a chance.

Fortunately, this test revealed his true intentions.

"Oh……"

He is no longer the helpless Lynn who first arrived.

Lynn's lips curled into a slightly manic smile.

"How dare they try to take advantage of me..."