Curse Returns: What did the human-shaped wishing machine do wrong this time?

"What is your relationship?"

Ryoumen Sukuna lowered his eyes slightly, his scarlet pupils sweeping over the hairband on the black-haired boy's forehead before finally settling on those gray-blue eyes.

Ryomen Sukuna had seen those rope figures more than once—scenes of limbs twisted together, some rotten, some still alive, muscles, fascia, and fat intertwined. He could easily do it himself, but there was no need for him to.

Alluka's body had no magical power; she was as weak as a lamb to the slaughter, but that thing was different.

Sure enough, even though they're brothers, they're both monsters.

"Nanika is my sister~ We both love our brother~"

Alluka answered the question in a soft, coquettish tone, tilting his head slightly and looking over with his round cat eyes.

"younger sister?"

As if he had thought of something, Ryomen Sukuna chuckled and said in an ambiguous tone, "Then let's meet."

Alluka cheered, clasped his hands together, closed his eyes, and his consciousness sank into the depths of his heart, where Nanika appeared in his place.

A thick, almost tangible black curse enveloped his entire body. When he opened his eyes again, his features had become bottomless black holes, and turbid air slowly flowed from his body.

She stiffly turned her head to the side, staring intently at the two directions of Su Nuo without moving.

Rime felt unwell the moment he left Nanica.

The chilling, sinister aura made the ice-manipulating sorcerer's hair stand on end. An endless chill surged from the depths of his soul, but Ryomen Sukuna seemed not to feel it at all, and bent over with his hands on his neck.

"As expected, it was this curse that twisted those idiots into that shape."

The scarlet eyes met the black hole-like eyes for a few moments. During this time, Nanika just stared blankly at the two Sukuna, her features stiff and unable to make any rich expressions.

Unlike Alluka.

Nanika could clearly sense the negative emotions around her. Those emotions, filled with desire, would nourish her body. She did not feel any real negative emotions from Sukuna. She knew that Sukuna did not hate or despise her.

She stretched out her hands expectantly, looking at the two Su Nuo, wanting to help him fulfill his wish.

Contrary to her expectations, Ryoumen Sukuna simply raised an eyebrow and smiled freely.

"Keep up."

He turned around, casually gave some instructions to Li Mei, and left.

They had originally planned to leave today, but the arrival of Wan and the Fujiwara clan's elite forces had already delayed them considerably.

After he left, Rime and Nanica were left looking at each other in bewilderment.

At this moment, Rime didn't care about the sticky feeling that made him uncomfortable. He picked up Nanika and carried her on his back, rushing towards Su Nuo's direction.

Nanika lay on Rime's back and slowly grinned, her laughter escaping as she reached out and wrapped her arms around his neck.

In the short time it took for Rime to carry Nanika, Ryoumen Sukuna had already left them far behind.

They had barely left Heian-kyo when another group of the Fujiwara family arrived at the abandoned mansion.

The scene of blood and dismembered limbs before them did not surprise them. However, when they submitted the report, Fujiwara Michimitsu angrily smashed several precious enamel vases.

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When Alluka opened his eyes again, he had already been taken to another residence by Rime.

Ryomen Sukuna didn't like the environment of Heian-kyo. This house was offered to him by someone, and unlike the girl sacrifices that were sent, he clearly liked the food and living conditions much more.

Nanika was asleep on Rime's back at the time, and Alluka, who shared a spiritual connection with her, had no idea what happened afterward.

He picked up the kimono and haori from the tatami mat and put them on haphazardly. As he went out, his tabi socks stomped on the wooden veranda, leaving a series of cheerful footsteps.

"The sorcerers have gathered; it seems they're coming as a group to launch a major attack."

From a distance, Alluka heard a gentle voice. He peeked out and met the gaze of a stranger.

The man was exceptionally handsome, slowly waving a folding fan in his hand, his long hair cascading down to his waist like a waterfall. However, when he saw Alluka, the confident smile on his face froze for a moment.

"This must be the one who was kidnapped from the Fujiwara family. The news has spread far and wide by now."

He looked at Alluka with a half-smile, fanning himself with a folding fan, but Alluka only noticed the uneven cross-shaped suture line on his forehead.

Where are your eyes looking?

Ryoumen Sukuna raised an eyebrow impatiently, his voice clearly showing displeasure.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Lu Su chuckled and withdrew his gaze from Alluka.

After Ryomen Sukuna left the capital, news that he had a boy by his side who could grant any wish spread like wildfire throughout Heian-kyo.

Seeing that there was no hope of reclaiming Alluka, the Fujiwara family, in desperation, decided to get rid of him. Their first step was to release his abilities.

If Susanoo-Naruka does something irreversible, the entire country will be destroyed.

The Fujiwara family selectively concealed some of the information, and the others were unaware of the equivalent exchange that Alluka made when he made his wish. However, when they heard that he could even enhance people's spell power, their hearts were stirred.

If I can get rid of Ryoumen Sukuna, can I even become the emperor?

Once the black box of desire is opened, it can never be closed again.

When they learned that a person's spell could grant wishes without paying a price, they became like hyenas, fixated on it with greed. Even the existence of a monster like Ryomen Sukuna could not stop their ever-growing desires.

Others may not be familiar with Alluka's wish-granting mechanism, but Luso knows it all and is happy to see it happen.

His technique involves transferring brain tissue to possess another person's corpse.

This is the fifth body he has replaced in the past few years.

Because of the principle of collective punishment in equivalent exchange, his body was always inexplicably dragged into that principle and cleansed by the cursed spirits on Alluka's body.

Commoners, nobles, monks, warriors...

In the hundreds of years he had lived, unprecedented hardships befell Lu Suo.

Except for the first time, whenever he finds a body with potential, the original owner's inexplicable interpersonal relationships will lead him into the abyss.

After repeating this several times, Ryosaku finally figured out the Fujiwara family's conspiracy. He infiltrated the Fujiwara family to get rid of Alluka, but before he could make a move, Ryomen Sukuna actually intervened and snatched Alluka away.

Ryosaku had no idea what relationship Alluka had with Sukuna.

When he saw Su Nuo tacitly agree to let the boy sit down, he felt that something unpredictable was happening that was beyond his expectations.

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