[Simulation complete.
Starting calculation…] [Simulation Target: Yuna Okotsu.] [Initial Relationship: Riddled with Guilt.] [Final Relationship: Boundless tears can’t mask her grief, for every corner of her world is stained with Rui (Conquered).] [“Rui-kun…
don’t worry, I won’t die.
I have absolutely no right to throw away the life you traded yours to give me…
It’s just, I can’t help but feel a tiny bit lonely.”] [Score: 81] [Evaluation: Her obsession with you runs deeper than anything you could have imagined; a profound affection born from nowhere, yet running incredibly deep.
Though the story didn’t yield a happy ending, that fleeting taste of bliss has transformed into a slow-acting poison–one she will spend the rest of her days endlessly chewing on, sinking deeper and deeper into despair.] *Man, that’s heavy…
Talk about a textbook toxic yandere.* Rui shook his head, casting a brief glance over at Rika and Yuna Okotsu standing in the school corridor.
They were both still frozen solid in the time-stop generated by the system.
Looking at Yuna’s current timid, anxious, and utterly flustered expression, he couldn’t help but feel a bizarre sense of emotional whiplash, as if an entire lifetime had flashed by.
[Calculation Complete: You have obtained “Partial Cursed Energy Manipulation Experience” and “Innate Technique Extraction Ticket 1.”] [You have successfully completed a full simulation run.] [The “Custom Character Selection” interface has been unlocked.
You have obtained “30 Initial Achievement Points.” The Host can now utilize Initial Achievement Points to freely tweak the simulation’s starting conditions, world settings, and expansion modifiers.] *An Innate Technique extraction?!* Rui’s spirits instantly lifted.
In the world of jujutsu, easily eighty percent of a sorcerer’s ultimate potential was hard-coded into their raw talent, and at least half of that talent boiled down entirely to their Innate Technique.
Leaving aside broken, ungodly anomalies like Six Eyes + Limitless, or something conceptually abstract like the absolute balance of Mahoraga, even pulling something basic like Blood Manipulation would be lightyears more practical than the clunky Construction Technique.
“System, burn the Innate Technique extraction ticket.” [Understood.
Commencing extraction…
Congratulations.
You have obtained the Innate Technique: “Idle Transfiguration.”] [Current Cursed Technique Pool: Construction Technique, Idle Transfiguration.] [Equipping multiple cursed techniques simultaneously requires the expenditure of Initial Achievement Points.
Please enter the “Custom Character Selection” interface to review the details.] *Holy crap, seriously?!* Idle Transfiguration–the definitive trademark technique of Mahito, one of the four absolute disaster curses.
With just a simple touch of the palms, the user could freely reshape the absolute contour of a soul, effortlessly altering the physical flesh as a direct consequence.
If you used this bad boy on yourself, you could basically cosplay as a rubber-man or instantly patch up any physical trauma.
If you slapped it onto an enemy, it allowed you to bypass physical durability to strike directly at their soul.
Any sorcerer or curse who lacked a deep understanding of their own soul and failed to coat it in defensive cursed energy would get instantly one-shot.
A casual flick of your wrist could easily clip a target’s limbs right off, which was basically as broken as a Kamui headshot.
Rui reached out, tapping the “Custom Character Selection” option flashing on the simulation interface.
[Welcome to the Grand Jujutsu Stage–Step Up if You Think You’re Brave Enough!] [Prior to commencing each simulation run, the Host can tweak the upcoming run’s starting conditions, world settings, and expansion modifiers right here.] [Your current balance of Initial Achievement Points stands at 30.
Selecting positive perks–such as spawning with multiple equipped cursed techniques–will burn achievement points.
Selecting negative penalties–such as locking your starting race as a Cursed Spirit–grant bonus achievement points.
Once you have finalized your selections, ensure your point total sits at or above 0 to kick off a brand-new simulation run with your custom modifiers active.] [Upon the conclusion of each simulation run, any Heavenly Restrictions triggered or Innate Techniques acquired during the run will be permanently added to your custom setup options.] [The Host can also allocate Initial Achievement Points directly within the real world to equip unlocked Heavenly Restrictions and Innate Techniques.
This real-world configuration can be dynamically altered at any given moment.] [Available Starting Modifiers–] [No Technique (+50), Single Technique (0), Dual Technique (-50), Perk: “Devour Me” (-30), Perk: “Binding Vow of Ultimate Sacrifice” (-20).] “So it’s basically the standard stat-allocation phase at the start of an RPG, huh?
My point balance is currently sitting at 30, which means I can drop those 30 points into my build for every simulation run.
I can’t respec mid-run, but I can shuffle things around as much as I want before a new run starts…
Meanwhile, in the real world, I can literally respec on the fly whenever I feel like it.
The real-world build and simulation builds are completely independent.” Rui muddled it over for a brief second.
First, he dumped all 30 points into equipping the “Devour Me” trait onto his real-world self.
Instantly, an overwhelming tide of cursed energy flooded his reserves.
Next, he swapped out his equipped Innate Technique, ditching the Construction Technique in favor of Idle Transfiguration.
Since he was still running a single-technique build, it cost him a grand total of zero points, bringing his budget perfectly down to zero.
The exact microsecond he swapped the techniques, a colossal wave of combat intel crashed directly into his brain–how to dynamically alter his own physical shape, the exact structural matrix of a human soul, the contrasting soul shapes of transfigured humans and cursed spirits…
It felt exactly like a deeply ingrained, primal instinct.
Without needing to spend a single second practicing, Rui felt as though he could rewrite a soul as naturally as flexing a muscle.
“Wait, can we stop acting like Idle Transfiguration is some cheap, cheesy cheat code?
Personally, I think Idle Transfiguration is easily the most high-skill, high-macro technique in the entire series.
Think about it–if you get ambushed, you have to frame-perfectly pop your first skill for absolute physical damage immunity just to tank the hit.
You can’t pull off that kind of micro unless you’ve clocked in hundreds of matches.
It requires heavy mind games, it only works via direct touch, and it’s completely countered by soul-strikes.
It’s totally balanced, okay?” Rui paused his internal rant, shifting his eyes downward to skim the rest of the menu.
He was genuinely curious about what the system meant by world settings and expansion modifiers.
The pool of custom choices in these two categories was vastly more expansive than the basic starting perks.
Just a quick glance left his vision completely swimming with options.
[Available World Settings–] [Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt (+50): Your mentor stands as the undisputed strongest sorcerer of the modern era.
However, ever since her Star Plasma Vessel escort mission concluded, a glaring horizontal stitch-line has permanently materialized across her forehead.] [Chaos Theory (0): The background origins of certain characters will undergo wild, unpredictable shuffles.
For instance, Sukuna might just pop up as a modern-day high schooler, while Satomi Gojo finds herself born all the way back in the Heian Era…
A little randomness makes for the ultimate sandbox design, doesn’t it?] [A Perfect World (-50): Sugumi Geto never defected, absolutely no one dies at Jujutsu High, and you can even actively attempt to talk down and reform the main villains.
Honestly, a world this wholesome and filled with sunshine is a bit of a joke for Jujutsu Kaisen.] […] [Available Expansion Modifiers–] [Brain of a Fraud (+30): You will be completely locked out from ever learning Domain Expansion or Reverse Cursed Technique during this simulation run.] [Heavenly Restriction (-30): You are born with a Heavenly Restriction, though the system cannot preview whether you will be trading your body for cursed energy, or trading your cursed energy for a broken body.] [The Omen (+50): You are branded as an ill-omened child.
Those who were naturally fated to cherish and protect you will instead perceive you as a walking curse during this run, treating you like absolute biohazard.] [Gender-Swap (-10): You will kick off the upcoming simulation run as the opposite gender.] […] *Huh?
If I take that Heavenly Restriction modifier and happen to roll the ‘zero cursed energy, ultimate physical body’ option, pairing that with Idle Transfiguration would basically be a total exploit, wouldn’t it?
Shame it’s locked under expansion modifiers and isn’t a permanent starting perk, otherwise I’d absolutely slot that into my real-world build.* Staring at the sheer volume of choices, Rui felt a sudden rush of adrenaline–the exact same thrill he used to get when breaking into a new roguelike game like Dead Cells or The Binding of Isaac.
He was practically itching to throw himself into the deep end.
“Wait, this ‘Omen’ penalty grants *that* many achievement points?
You don’t even take a hit to your core stats.
The ‘Brain of a Fraud’ modifier above it is way more debilitating, isn’t it?” [System Notification: Replying to Host.
This system is fundamentally engineered as a romance simulator, explicitly designed to provide the Host with the ultimate, tailor-made romantic journey to establish yourself as the ultimate harem king…
Core combat capabilities and related combat perks are treated strictly as secondary cosmetic flavor…] [Furthermore, a friendly reminder for the Host: The simulation calculation and reward settlement phases have officially concluded.
Real-world time is about to resume its regular flow.
Please brace yourself.] “Heh…
brace myself, huh?
Now that sounds interesting.” Rui loosely shook out his wrists, his eyes locking directly onto the frozen figure of Rika standing inches away.
Then, his lips slowly curled into a distinct smirk, looking every bit like Light Yagami right before a masterstroke.
“Though, to be fair, I’m pretty sure I’m not the one who needs to brace themselves here.” [?] —