Jujutsu Kaisen: I Made Sukuna Owe 100 Million Yen

when--!!

The Superior Cursed Artifact, Wandering Cloud, collided violently with Fuheishen's fist in mid-air.

There was no scene of carnage as I had imagined.

That rough, large hand, like a hydraulic clamp cast in steel, forcefully withstood You Yun's blow, which was powerful enough to shatter rocks.

"...Tsk." Maki gritted her teeth, her arm muscles bulging as she tried to subdue her opponent.

She could feel that the recoil force transmitted back by Youyun was astonishing; her tiger's mouth instantly split open, and blood flowed down the stick.

"Is this guy's arm made of iron?" Maki thought in horror.

Although Boss Lynn had already stripped her of the last bit of curse power, granting her the same "completely cursed" physique as this man,

But the feeling of this first encounter was like trying to pry up a mountain with a wooden stick.

Even his cloudy eyes remained completely unmoved.

He tilted his head, as if he were curious about the "prey" in front of him who could block his punch.

next second.

Shen Er's wrist twisted strangely, his five fingers like hooks, instantly gripping You Yun's staff.

"Oh no!" Maki instinctively sensed the danger and tried to pull her weapon back.

But it didn't budge.

Shen Er did not engage in a struggle with her, but instead followed the force of Maki's withdrawal, his body surging forward like a black lightning bolt.

That was an action that completely defied inertia.

One second it was a still mountain, the next it turned into a predatory beast.

boom!

Shen'er's knee slammed into Maki's abdomen.

"Cough..." Maki felt as if her stomach was being squeezed by a hydraulic press, and bile mixed with blood rushed to her throat.

The immense impact lifted her feet off the ground, her body contorting into a shrimp-like shape.

Before she could fly away, Shen Er grabbed You Yun's hand and pulled her down sharply.

Using this pulling force, Shinji clenched his other fist and slammed it down on Maki's back like a heavy hammer.

boom!

Maki was slammed to the ground like a meteorite.

The hard tarmac surface cracked instantly, sending debris flying and dust billowing up.

……

Shibuya, the ground.

The surrounding area was littered with the remains of cyborgs.

Lynn sat on a bench by the roadside, watching Maki being unilaterally beaten on the screen, without showing any surprise.

He casually grabbed a bag of snacks, chewing them as he mumbled a conversation with the mechanical ball in his earphones.

"They're completely suppressed."

Mechanical Maru voiced a worried tone.

"Boss, although Maki's physical abilities have reached the Special Grade, that man... he's a monster. Shouldn't we send some support?"

"Not needed for now."

Lynn casually tossed the empty packaging bag aside.

"Mechanical Maru, you need to understand one thing. Even if I gave Maki and Jin the exact same 'hardware configuration,' the difference in 'software' is worlds apart."

Lynn pointed at Shen Er on the screen, whose movements were fluid and graceful.

"Although Maki has lost her magical powers, her mind is still that of a sorcerer. She uses her eyes to capture movements and her logic to predict trajectories."

"And even... that man was a complete 'beast.' He didn't see with his eyes; he breathed with his skin and sensed with his bones. For him, air resistance, ground vibrations, and temperature changes were all information."

"If she doesn't go through this hell called 'Vohishen,' she won't reach that level."

Mechanical Maru gave a vague "hmm" as if he understood.

"What if Maki gets killed...?"

"..."

Lynn paused for a moment, then said with a somewhat annoyed tone:

"Of course we still have to save it. After all, we've invested resources in developing this asset; we can't just let it go to waste."

"If that's the case, she'll have to work for me for fifty years to pay it back..."

……

The top of Shibuya S Tower, the center of the battlefield.

"Ha...ha..." Maki climbed up from the ruins and wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth.

Every bone in his body was groaning, but the flame of "unwillingness" burned ever brighter.

"Why?" Maki looked at the man standing quietly not far away.

"They're exactly the same! Lynn said I'm already a 'tyrant of heaven' too! Why is there such a big difference?"

She didn't even have time to think.

He moved again.

This time, Maki stared intently at his movements.

"Left side? No, it's a feint!"

Maki's dynamic vision caught the slight movement of Shinji's shoulder, and she immediately swung Yuuki to the right to block.

Whoosh—the drifting clouds vanished into thin air.

"What?!" Maki's pupils shrank sharply.

Shen Er did not appear on the right, nor on the left.

He was right in front of Maki, but he kept his body extremely low, almost gliding along the ground, completely out of Maki's sight!

A foot kicked hard at Maki's wrist, which was holding Yuuki's hand.

Click.

The sound of a wrist breaking was clearly audible.

The intense pain caused Maki to instantly loosen her grip.

The top-grade spell artifact, Wandering Cloud, flew out of my hand.

Shen Er reached out in mid-air and caught the red three-section staff steadily.

The cloud emitted a clear buzzing sound in his hand.

"Oh no..." Maki clutched her broken wrist and backed away.

Shen Er held Youyun and casually waved it twice.

A mournful wail—that was the sound of the air being torn apart.

The same weapon, a blunt instrument in Maki's hands, becomes a sharp blade that cuts through space in Jin's hands.

"Roar!" Shen Er roared, and the Wandering Cloud in his hand turned into a red afterimage, sweeping across.

Maki could only instinctively cross her arms to protect her head.

boom!!!

This time, the impact was louder than any before.

The power of Youyun's three-section staff was amplified several times due to the centrifugal force generated by their mutual collisions.

Maki felt as if she had been hit head-on by a high-speed Shinkansen bullet train.

Her arms went numb instantly, and her body flew backward like a cannonball, crashing through the giant water tank at the edge of the roof.

With a whoosh, a large amount of water poured out, instantly submerging half of the rooftop.

Maki lay in the puddles, soaked to the bone, her blood staining the water beneath her.

Her consciousness began to blur, and her vision became intermittent.

Through the misty air, she saw the man.

Shen Er carried You Yun and walked over step by step.

The most terrifying thing was that he walked on the waterlogged ground without splashing a single drop of water.

He stepped lightly on the water, as if weightless, or as if he had completely melted into the world.

"This is... the true... Heaven and Tyrant..."

Maki closed her eyes in despair.

The moment vision went dark, the world seemed to fall silent.

All that could be heard was the sound of the wind, the sound of flowing water, and the approaching footsteps of the monster.

"I can't see clearly..."

"I can't see anything with my eyes at all..."

At that critical moment of life and death.

A faint thought, like a match struck in the dark, ignited Maki's chaotic mind.

"If you can't see clearly... then don't look."

Lynn's words echoed in Maki's mind.

Those were his specific instructions before the operation.

"I think I understand what you mean, Mr. Lin..."

Maki's eyeballs stopped trembling beneath her tightly closed eyelids.

Her breathing rhythm began to change, gradually aligning with the sound of the wind around her.

True awakening often happens in the blink of an eye.