Curse Returns: Eight Extraordinary Skills? I lack nothing.

A thick white rope circled around his neck, hanging down in front of his chest, and he wore a dark uniform from a sorcery academy.

He is bald, with clear lines on the back of his head and a flame-shaped swirl mark on his forehead.

A single green optical eye is facing a circuit board, and the light spot flickers on and off.

"Mechanical Pill," Yuuto called out.

The mechanical ball slowly turned around. Its green optical eye swept over Yuuto, paused for a moment, and then the voice from the speaker was filled with barely suppressed joy: "Mr. Kasuga, you really came."

“I said I would come.” Yuuto nodded.

The mechanical ball remained silent for a moment, its optical eye staring unblinkingly at Yuuto, as if to confirm that this was not an illusion.

Then he spoke, his voice slightly strained: "So... about what we discussed before, regarding the repair of my body..."

Yuu met his gaze and said earnestly, "I came to you for this. We can start now. There's no need to wait any longer."

Far away in the underground culture tank, Yu Xingji was currently immersed in a light green nutrient solution, his body trembling slightly.

He manipulated the mechanical ball, stammering, "Can it really... really repair my body?"

Yu Ren didn't waste any more words and went straight to the point: "Where is your true form? Take me there."

Mechanical Maru walked to the door and said, "Please come with me."

Yuuto followed behind him, leaving his residence and even Kyoto College, and arrived at a small hill by a huge lake.

After entering the mountains and passing through dense forest, there is a heavy iron gate.

Mechanical Maru raised his right arm and placed his palm on the sensor by the door.

With a soft click, the iron gate slowly slid open to both sides, revealing the space behind it. It was a downward passage, with dim wall lamps embedded in the walls on both sides, and the concrete floor made a dull sound when stepped on.

The two continued down the steps, climbing about two floors, until they reached another door.

Mechanical Maru raised his hand again to sense the door, and it opened.

Inside was a separate room with a transparent culture tank in the center, which almost filled most of the room.

The culture tank was filled with a pale green liquid, and tubes extended from the bottom of the tank, connecting to various instruments around it.

Inside the culture tank, a boy covered in bandages was curled up in the liquid.

This is Yukichi, the true form of the Machine Maru.

Yuuto already knew about the mechanical maru's physical condition, but seeing it with his own eyes was still more shocking than he had imagined.

The price of being bound by the Heavenly Curse is sacrificing one's own body in exchange for a vast range of spells and an extremely powerful output of cursed energy.

Yukichi was born without a right hand; his right arm consists of only half a hand fragment.

He has no legs below the knees and no sensation below the waist.

Her skin was so fragile that even moonlight could burn it, and her pores felt like they were being pricked by needles. Every second she endured pain that was unimaginable to ordinary people.

With such a crippled body, even staying alive is extremely difficult.

Kokichi never left the dark room, but he longed for the sunny world outside, for making more friends, and for living like an ordinary person.

Even the most ordinary life was the most unattainable luxury for him.

When God closes a door, he opens a window.

The heavens and the curse brought him a broken body, but they also compensated him with magical power.

The output of cursed power far exceeds its own strength, and the ultra-wide range of manipulation covers the entire Japan.

But none of this could satisfy his longing for a healthy body.

He was willing to give everything for this.

It was this obsession that foreshadowed the tragedy in the original work.

Mechanical Maru stood behind Yuuto, not approaching the culture tank.

Yuuto withdrew his gaze and turned to him, asking, "Have you considered that if your body returns to normal, the scope of your techniques might shrink?"

“I know,” Mechanical Maru’s voice was completely flat, “but I don’t care. I just want to live like a normal person.”

Yuuto nodded and said nothing more. He turned away from the culture tank and walked outside: "I need to examine your body."

Mechanical Maru naturally had no objection to this and immediately opened the incubation chamber.

The top of the culture tank slowly rose, and the pale green nutrient solution swayed slightly, with Kokichi's body floating below the surface.

Yuuto's hands glowed red, then he reached into the culture tank and slowly moved along Kokichi's body.

A moment later, the red light disappeared.

"I have a general understanding of your physical and spiritual condition."

“The bonds of Heaven and the Curse are stubborn, but I can bypass them with my abilities.”

Kokichi opened his eyes, and Yuuto's figure was reflected in his cloudy pupils. "Go around?"

Yuuto explained, "I can make my power undetectable by the rules of Heaven and the Curse."

"In other words, I can restore your physical body to normal while preserving all your current spell power output and manipulation range."

"However, after your body recovers, your pure physical combat strength is only equivalent to that of an ordinary person."

"He's weak, can't fight in close combat, and can't withstand much physical exertion."

But you can stand up, go outside, and bask in the sun—that's what you want most, right?

"Can...I really do it?" At this moment, Yukichi felt like he was dreaming.

Yuuto replied:

“I never joke about this kind of thing, but there’s one condition.”

Kokichi struggled to open his eyes; his eyes were cloudy yet surprisingly bright, like a drowning person grasping at the last piece of driftwood.

“I need you to place a bond between us, that is, after you recover, you must remain loyal to me and do things for me when I need you.”

Yuuto paused, then added, "You can refuse my request; it's your choice."

Kokichi replied almost without hesitation:

"I agree."

In his heart, if the person in front of him could save him from this broken body, it would be a life-saving grace.

He would go through fire and water for loyalty, let alone loyalty.

Moreover, Yuuto himself is one of the top combatants in the world of sorcery, the fourth seat of the Sword Academy, and has a well-known reputation.

“Okay.” Yuuto nodded. “Let’s begin.”

As soon as Yu Ren finished speaking, his hands began to glow.

The right hand is red light, specializing in the modification and repair of the physical body.

It can regenerate severed limbs, heal near-death injuries, and reshape bones and internal organs.

At this moment, the red light is spreading upwards along Yukichi's spine, repairing the bone tissue that has become loose and fragile due to long-term lack of exercise and malnutrition.

Blue Hand specializes in the soul, memory, and spirit.

At this moment, the blue light is wandering deep into Kokichi's soul, searching for the Heavenly Curse that has bound him for more than a decade.

That was not a physical defect, but a contract at the level of the soul.

They sacrificed their own bodies in exchange for an extraordinary output of magical power.

Red light repairs the body, blue light reshapes the soul.

Use both hands to cultivate both body and mind.

Kokichi's spine is straightening and becoming stronger.

The blue light gently stirred deep within his soul, and the chains binding him with heaven and curse began to loosen.

The red light continued downwards, repairing his internal organs. Each organ was enveloped in the red light and slowly repaired.

Yukichi was born with multiple organ malformations, heart valve insufficiency, pulmonary effusion, and impaired liver function.

These hidden ailments had lurked in his broken body for over a decade, and now they were being eradicated one by one.

Blue light, on the other hand, performs more refined operations at the soul level simultaneously.

The bondage of Heaven and Curse is not a simple physical restriction, but a rule engraved deep within the soul.

Yuuto carefully infused the blue light into Yuuki's soul, not to break the shackles, but to bypass them.

Allow the constraints to continue, but no longer restrict the integrity of the body.

This is a unique ability of the Dual Hands; the power system of the sorcery world cannot achieve this.

Because it is not within the rules.

Kokichi felt his fingers twitch, then his whole hand, and then his arm.

He raised his right arm and looked at the hand that had originally only had half a palm. Now, the fingers were slowly growing out under the red light.

He watched all of this, his eyes red-rimmed...

Ten minutes later, Yuuto withdrew his hands, and the red and blue light slowly dissipated.

The nutrient solution in the culture tank had been drained, and Yukichi stood naked in the tank, soaking wet, but without a single scratch on his body.

He looked down at his hands, legs, and toes.

Complete, healthy, and as fresh as a newborn baby.

He tried to take a step.

His feet touched the metal mesh at the bottom of the culture tank, the icy sensation traveling from his toes to his brain. It was a feeling he had never experienced before.

He cried.

Tears welled up in her eyes, streaming down her cheeks and dripping onto the metal mesh with a soft sound.

He crouched down, hugged his knees, buried his face in his arms, and his shoulders trembled violently.

For the first time in over a decade, he felt his knees bend, his toes touch the ground, and his entire body.

Yuuto didn't urge him; he simply stood quietly to the side, took a clean bath towel from the shelf next to him, and handed it over.