Sendai City, late at night.
The rain had just stopped, and the air was thick with the stench of sewage rising from the drains.
In the dim alley, the streetlights flickered like eyeballs with loose connections, desperately trying to see through the surrounding evil.
Squelch—
A muffled sound.
A Grade 4 Cursed Spirit, resembling a toad with three human eyes, exploded mid-air into a mass of purplish-black gore.
The gore splattered but was blocked by an invisible barrier three centimeters from the boy’s black hoodie, sliding to the ground.
Lin Ye withdrew his hand and brushed off non-existent dust.
His pitch-black eyes were deeper than the night itself, and his lips curled into a disdainful arc.
“Tsk.”
“So weak.”
“Small fry like this don’t even qualify as a warm-up.”
Lin Ye stood at the entrance of the alley, one hand in his pocket, while the other tapped the air.
“System, settlement.”
The next second, a translucent azure light screen that only he could see unfolded before his eyes.
The high-tech interface looked out of place in the dilapidated alley, yet it exuded an air of pure coolness.
[Ding!
Congratulations to the host for killing “Grade 4 Cursed Spirit: Sewer Wraith”!]
[Combat Evaluation: S (Are you planning to live off these?
Freakishly strong!)]
[Rewards Obtained: Cursed Energy +10, Constitution +1, 50,000 Yen in cash.]
Lin Ye looked at the numbers ticking on the panel and rolled his eyes.
“Only 10 Cursed Energy?”
“Are you treating me like a beggar?”
“Is this system stingy or what?
Believe it or not, I’ll file a complaint.”
[Ding!
Host, please note: every little bit counts.
Accumulating small gains is the way to go.]
[Current System Panel:]
[Host: Lin Ye]
[Race: Human (?)]
[Total Cursed Energy: 1200/5000 (Grade 2 Jujutsu Sorcerer level, currently recovering)]
[Physical Strength: Grade 2 (Your body is stronger than a bull; you could kill an elephant with one punch)]
[Cursed Technique: None (Must be drawn or exchanged through the “Favorability” system)]
[Skills: Black Flash (Beginner), Simple Domain (Proficient), Taijutsu (Mastery)]
[Currently Bound Conquest Target: None]
[Current Points: 450]
Lin Ye looked at that “None” and felt a surge of irritation.
It had been three days since he transmigrated.
Three whole days!
Do you know how I’ve spent these three days?
Besides killing these Cursed Spirits that are both ugly and low on EXP, it’s just been eating and sleeping.
He had transmigrated with his physical body.
Before transmigrating, he was staying up late reading the Jujutsu Kaisen manga, cursing Gege Akutami for being a lunatic while feeling sorry for the girls in the story.
Then he woke up to find himself in this world where Cursed Spirits roamed everywhere.
The good news: he had a system—an all-rounder that could assign points and perform gacha draws.
The bad news: the system’s core function was [Favorability Conquest].
Only by building bonds and increasing favorability with the world’s key female characters could he obtain true god-tier rewards.
For example, Gojo Satoru’s “Limitless,” Sukuna’s “Malevolent Shrine,” or even Master Tengen’s Barrier Techniques.
Everything had to be obtained through “conquest”!
“Every time favorability breaks through a stage (20/60/80/100), there’s an exclusive gift pack.”
“Reaching the maximum value of 100 grants a mysterious ‘Ultimate Reward’.”
Lin Ye rubbed his chin as images of Nobara Kugisaki, Maki Zen’in, Utahime Iori…
and even that money-grubber Mei Mei flashed through his mind.
“Phew…”
He exhaled a breath of turbid air.
“System, you know me too well.”
“Fighting and killing are so boring.
In this hopeless world, giving beautiful girls a warm home is the duty I must fulfill!”
[Ding!
Host, please do not make excuses for your own lust.]
[Detected that the main plot is about to begin.]
[Location: Sugisawa Third High School.]
[Key Characters: Megumi Fushiguro, Yuji Itadori.]
[Key Item: special grade cursed object: Ryomen Sukuna’s Finger.]
Lin Ye’s gaze sharpened, and his lazy demeanor instantly became piercing.
It’s finally here.
The place where the story begins.
He looked up at the dark skyline in the distance; Sendai City’s lights appeared exceptionally hazy after the rain.
“Sugisawa Third High School, huh…”
“If I remember correctly, that Sea Urchin Head Megumi Fushiguro is going to the school tonight to find the finger, right?”
The corners of Lin Ye’s mouth curled up into a playful smile.
“Since I’m here, it would be a shame not to do something to make up for these boring few days.”
“And…”
“There should be ‘EXP packs’ I need there, right?”
He pushed off the ground with his toes.
“Bang!”
The concrete ground instantly shattered into spiderweb-like cracks!
He shot forward like an arrow from a bow, vanishing at the end of the alley.
Only a few drunk passersby were left at the alley entrance, rubbing their eyes in confusion.
“Holy crap?”
“Did something just fly past?”
“You must be seeing things.
It was just the wind, right?”
“Wait, why does my crotch feel so chilly…”
…
Sugisawa Third High School.
The Thermometer Shed was empty.
Megumi Fushiguro looked at the empty box inside, feeling terrible.
He wore the Jujutsu High uniform, his sea urchin-like hair messy in the night wind.
“It’s not here…”
“It’s actually gone?!”
Megumi Fushiguro held his phone, his voice filled with disbelief and anxiety.
“Teacher Gojo, it’s really not here!
The Thermometer Shed is empty!”
An incredibly annoying and flippant voice came from the other end of the phone.
“Eh?
For real?”
“Really!
It’s not inside or anywhere around here!”
“Well, that’s a problem.
That’s a special grade cursed object; a lot of people might die, you know~”
A vein popped on Megumi Fushiguro’s forehead.
“Can you stop talking like you’re just watching a show?!”
Hanging up, Megumi Fushiguro took a deep breath, about to turn around and look elsewhere for traces of Cursed Energy.
Suddenly.
A chill instantly crept up his spine!
It was the instinctive reaction of a creature encountering its natural enemy!
“Who’s there?!”
Megumi Fushiguro whipped around, his hands quickly forming a seal, his gaze wary to the extreme.
In the shadow of the school wall.
Someone was sitting there, though he hadn’t noticed when they arrived.
A boy who looked to be about his age, wearing a black casual hoodie and holding a can of iced cola.
The boy rattled the cola in his hand, making a clinking sound.
“Yo, Sea Urchin Head.”
“Not sleeping in the middle of the night and coming here to rummage through trash—you’ve got some heavy tastes, don’t you?”
Lin Ye looked at Megumi Fushiguro with a smile, his tone as relaxed as if he were greeting a neighbor.
But cold sweat instantly broke out on Megumi Fushiguro’s brow.
Strong.
Very strong.
Although the person before him showed no hostile intent, the faint fluctuations of Cursed Energy from him felt like a sleeping beast!
Stronger than any Grade 2 Jujutsu Sorcerer he had ever seen!
Maybe even…
close to Grade 1?!
“Who are you?!”
Megumi Fushiguro stared intently at Lin Ye, his body tense, the shadow of his Divine Dogs already stirring beneath his feet.
“A Jujutsu Sorcerer?
Or a Curse User?”
Lin Ye took a sip of cola, enjoying the refreshing burst of carbonated bubbles in his mouth, and squinted comfortably.
“Don’t be so nervous.”
“My name is Lin Ye.”
“Just a…
passing-by handsome guy?”
Lin Ye leapt down from the wall, landing lightly in front of Megumi Fushiguro.
He landed without a sound.
This level of control made Megumi Fushiguro’s pupils shrink slightly.
A master!
Definitely a master!
“Are you here for that thing too?” Megumi Fushiguro asked tentatively.
“That thing?”
Lin Ye played dumb and pointed at the empty Thermometer Shed.
“You mean that moldy finger?”
Megumi Fushiguro’s expression changed drastically.
“You know about it?!
Where is it?!”
Lin Ye shrugged and pointed toward the sports field.