[You have distorted the plot of “The Traitor Who Made a Deal with Mahito”]
[Reward: 5 Free Attribute Points]
Seeing the familiar notification appear before him, Kamo Shizumi simply shifted his gaze away without revealing anything.
Sure enough…
‘Changing the plot simply means altering its direction.
Originally, Mahito was the one who recruited this guy, but now it has been replaced by me, and I still receive the reward normally.’
The definition was extremely broad, which meant there was a great deal of room for manipulation.
And what was with the value of this reward?
Five points directly?
That was considerably more than before.
Kamo Shizumi could only assume that the value of the reward was strongly related to the significance of the “plot alteration” itself.
So, in a certain sense, this guy’s decision was actually more important than the destination of a single one of Sukuna’s fingers?
After thinking about it briefly, Kamo Shizumi smiled in relief.
You know what…
That really was the case!
“How are you planning to accomplish what you just mentioned?”
Seeing the mechanical puppet ask him this, Kamo Shizumi quickly formulated his words and immediately answered,
“Our side has a method that can free you from this inconvenience. Make a deal with us. We will help you gain a new lease on life, and in return, you will provide us with some other assistance.”
He deliberately kept his words rather vague.
After all, there was a limit to how much information he could reveal.
What if he directly explained Idle Transfiguration and Kokichi Muta refused the deal?
Damn it…
Then would I become the traitor instead?
‘The more specific details still need Prison Mom to work out.
I will bring the person over, and Kenjaku and Mahito can handle the rest.’
As for whether Kokichi Muta could actually survive…
To be honest, Kamo Shizumi did not particularly care.
Whatever.
Forget it.
After all, in a world where lunatics ran rampant and everyone seemed determined to pursue strength, solitude, and love, obsessing over romantic relationships every day just seemed rather low-class…
Besides, the female characters in Jujutsu Kaisen were not exactly normal either.
Just take a quick inventory.
We have the brawling powerhouse, the money-obsessed eccentric, and even the childless cat lover from the sequel…
With such a wonderfully unhinged mental landscape, given the circumstances, the blame could probably only be placed on the very existence of jujutsu itself.
After all, jujutsu was essentially a manifestation of negative energy.
Using it for too long would inevitably make a person somewhat twisted.
For example, there was a certain person from the prequel who kept saying they “wanted more and more.” We had every reason to suspect that eating too many dirty rags had caused that person’s mental state to become unstable!
So Kamo Shizumi had absolutely no desire for anything like that.
After all, what was romance compared to landing a Black Flash?
Kamo Shizumi was the kind of person who made decisions without hesitation when faced with a choice.
A — You arrive in a certain town.
Your sweet childhood friend and class representative, an adorable shrine maiden, and your gentle and graceful older neighbor are all lining up to date you.
B — Get ready.
It is almost your turn to fight Sukuna!
Which one would you choose?
The answer was obvious!
Even if I get beaten to death today, I still have to charge forward and exchange a few thunderous lines with Sukuna first!
Back to the matter at hand.
“Why do you not send one of your mechanical puppets with me? That way, other people will not notice our movements either.”
As he spoke, Kamo Shizumi took out his phone and contacted Kenjaku.
This was precisely Prison Mom’s task: helping her find some potential recruits.
In the original story, Mahito had been the one doing this job.
Now it was his turn.
As for where they would meet and exactly how everything would be arranged, Kenjaku would make the subsequent decisions.
Those matters could simply be left to the thousand-year-old monster.
Kamo Shizumi did not need to waste his brainpower on them.
After sending the message, Kamo Shizumi locked his phone and waved his hand without looking back.
“Let us go. Do not waste time.”
“Wait…”
The mechanical puppet did not follow.
Kamo Shizumi turned his head halfway and saw the other party still standing in place, its “gaze flickering” as it glared at him.
“How am I supposed to trust you? How do I determine whether what you said… is merely a trick you are using to escape from this situation?”
“…???”
This guy is still doing this?!
You were already clearly wavering just now, and only now you suddenly realized that you needed to “verify” things.
Do you not feel that acting like this is a little pathetic?
Perhaps Kamo Shizumi’s expression was simply too disdainful.
After remaining silent for a moment, Kokichi Muta suddenly raised his right hand.
“I will not make a deal with someone of unknown origin. If everything you said is true… then prove it through your strength. Make me interested in your plan.”
The moment his words fell—
Incineration Cannon.
Hiss…
The air instantly reversed and was sucked into his palm.
Activated by cursed energy, it violently erupted from his hand!
Bright red flames wrapped in cursed energy spiraled outward in a tightly compressed stream before suddenly blooming, forming an attack that literally spread outward like a spray.
High temperatures mixed with cursed energy.
The power of such an attack went without saying.
From Kamo Shizumi’s perspective, it was essentially an entire sea of fire crashing down toward him.
You really started with zero startup frames…
After sighing inwardly, Kamo Shizumi rapidly retreated, instantly increasing the distance between them.
You really want to start fighting the moment we disagree?
No, perhaps this was actually the normal progression of the story…
After all, according to the original story, even after betraying Jujutsu High, Kokichi Muta still retained a certain “bottom line” regarding his own principles.
Considering that he had never met Mahito before, the two of them would certainly have fought after their first encounter.
‘Then he realized that this guy could not be dealt with through conventional means, temporarily compromised, became interested in the plan, and prepared a Simple Domain as a countermeasure…’
Hmm~
That actually made sense.
But if that was the case, it made the whole thing even more absurdly romantic.
—Why exactly did you think something like Simple Domain could deal with an opponent on Mahito’s level?
Kamo Shizumi circulated his cursed energy, reinforcing his body while rapidly increasing the distance between them.
Trying to tank it directly with his body would obviously be difficult, and an attack with this much power naturally had a range limit as well.
After pulling away by more than fifty meters in one breath, Kamo Shizumi stood at the edge of the forest and looked at the mechanical puppets continuously emerging in the distance, seemingly endless in number…
He crouched slightly, wearing a contemplative expression.
If he wanted to make this guy compromise and accept his proposal, he first needed to make him realize that he was not someone easy to deal with.
The correct approach would be to first eliminate several mechanical puppets and demonstrate his level of strength, allowing Kokichi Muta to reach his own conclusion.
But that was…
The thinking of a loser.
Kamo Shizumi slowly straightened himself.
He clasped his hands together and crossed them, then pushed them forward.
As his joints cracked loudly, he casually licked his lips.
I finally managed to escape the status of being a maggot.
Why should I still pretend to be some kind of saint in front of someone like you?
I am going to beat you at the very thing you are most proud of!
Cursed energy surged forth, gradually awakening.
Blood energy crawled across the surface of his body, making him appear almost like a specter.