Inside the Domain.
Lucy asked Estella.
"Give me the cursed object"
Estella gagged, and an Amethyst was spat out. At the same time, Estella's body slumped.
The domain collapsed.
Seeing the domain collapse. Lucy became happy, as this meant Estella didn't have a direct connection to her. Her reincarnation plan succeeded in a way.
Estella and Lucy designed the Domain specifically to get the innate cursed techniques of other sorcerers. Of course, the flesh in the domain can still detonate, but it won't get the same boost if she focuses on the explosive aspect inside the domain.
This makes it possible for Lucy to have multiple innate cursed techniques as long as she has cursed energy. But, when she Levels up, she'll lose the cursed energy. So, it's meaningless for her.
It's mainly for Estella. However, due to human limitations, Estella can only have 4 innate cursed techniques at once.
So, Both of them chose the cursed techniques carefully.
Lucy injected the Creation cursed technique into the Amethyst cursed object and fed it to the dead body, who opened her eyes immediately.
Estella immediately used the technique to create a sniper Lucy used before.
"That's amazing. What more techniques do you need when you have a technique like this?"
Lucy praised. She likes the convenience more than the power of the technique.
Estella replied "Almost all users of good techniques are dead by now. The only practical cursed techniques I can think of now are Mei Mei's Crow manipulation and Sukuna's cleave and dismantle or even Gojo's infinity."
Now that she knows she can travel to other Worlds, even if it is through conditions unknown to her. Lucy thought about the potential future where she wouldn't be in this world.
Estella can already teleport through the door, while Lucy can control her own body. So, most body type techniques like blood manipulation and Ui Ui's teleport are useless.
While some powerful cursed techniques like Cursed spirit manipulation, Necromancy, and ten shadows are world-specific.
If all her shikigami are destroyed one day, the cursed techniques will remain useless. Even Yuta's copy is a specific technique of this world. Without a sorcerer's blood and Rika, it's useless.
There are also risky techniques like Mythical Beast Amber, Boogie Woogie, and Hakari's Jackpot, which need high IQ. Lucy knows her strengths and weaknesses; sadly, high intelligence isn't one of them. She's a schemer and cheater, not a Genius.
Lucy said "Gojo's technique is out of the question. Sukuna's techniques are world-specific. In Gojo's case, you need six eyes, I know it's a biological function. But we don't know if Six Eyes will work in other worlds. And in this world, we can't use six eyes because of fate. Besides, Opening a domain against Gojo is dangerous. So, forget it. If there's a chance, Sure. "
"So, I can get Sukuna's Shrine?"
"As for Sukuna's technique, once you cross this world, it will become a simple slash attack, again, we can't be sure if cleave can adjust without cursed energy and it may fill 2 slots since shrine is fire and cutting techniques, I'm not sure about it, as a concession, we can get it from Yuji. Why don't you choose Inumaki's cursed speech?"
Before fighting Yorozu, she might have some thoughts on Gojo and Sukuna's techniques. But, after fighting her, she realized her strengths and weaknesses.
She even thought about becoming a mosquito and entering Gojo's body to copy his cursed technique, but His technique would stop her before she could even touch him. As for Sukuna, He will slice her the moment he senses her cursed energy. So, those are high-risk tasks.
"I don't want to speak in rice ball ingredients. I want Sukuna's technique for another reason. It's a good offensive technique. I'm a human, it's painful to cut off my limbs every time and regenerate. So, I don't want to use the explosive flesh technique and be a masochist. At least, can you guarantee Yuji's technique and Crow manipulation?"
Lucy smiled saying "We need a printer, internet, and a computer"
"Why? Oh wait, That's it!".
Lucy and Estella found a random computer that had an internet connection, and Lucy began to immediately download receipts on learning STEM courses and related learning courses and projects.
It took her a few hours before all the receipts were printed. Lucy burned them all with her contractual re-creation cursed technique.
After learning thousands of years of human knowledge in an instant, even as a [Monster], she felt tired. She downloaded a one-month cruise receipt and burned it.
Seeing Lucy learn everything instantly and then even 'enjoy' the cruise trip instantly in front of her. Estella resentfully Complained
"Why did you kill Reggie? It's such a miracle-cursed technique."
Lucy shapeshifted into a tanned woman with a swimsuit and a glass of champagne in a wine glass formed by the construction cursed technique and smiled saying
"How am I supposed to know the system I have is an evil thing that is manipulating me behind the scenes? But, I understand how you feel. Even I don't want to lose this cursed technique but, I really can't do anything about it"
"Right. Anyway, I have dried the receipts that were drowned by that mad woman. Here you go. Use all the knowledge-related receipts now. We don't know when we will lose this technique. So, can you emulate the 'black bird manipulation' technique now?"
"Oh honey~ I can do even more. Look"
"Don't call me that; it's weird. My own body calling me honey" Estella grumbled.
On Lucy's hand, a crow's skeletal structure formed; inside them, organs began to grow, surrounded by the flesh and nerves, and finally, skin and feathers. A biological functioning crow appeared but it didn't move at all, even though it's alive and functioning. It is created slowly to show Estella how it's done but Lucy could do it in an instant.
Then, Lucy's cursed energy possessed the crow, and finally, the crow flew and landed on Estella.
"With construction, you can create any living being—even humans—but they're just functional organic matter. To control them, you must let them possess your Automatic cursed energy to control it. Otherwise, they must grow and learn like babies, which takes years and they might Rebel against you. Or you can grant it a cursed energy core but automatic cursed energy is better"
Lucy explained patiently. She created a human being and ordered it to dance.
"Wow, we really became gods with this cursed technique. But, ethically I don't feel it's quite right to recreate humans but if it's absolutely necessary and a last-ditch trump card, I will do it"
Estella's reply stunned Lucy. The ethical dilemma of Estella didn't cross Lucy at all. She felt human creations are just efficient in many ways but never considered the morality of the act.
'Is this what it means to be a [Monster]? Never mind, I will think about ethics and such when I have the freedom to do so. Although this also confirms that I'm losing my humanity slowly, my survival comes first. Only the living can talk about Ethics and morals after all'
Estella, oblivious to Lucy's dilemma, said, "So, I don't need Black Bird manipulation anymore. With the knowledge you have, is there any way to replicate Gojo's and Sukuna's techniques?"
"I can't replicate Gojo's technique but Sukuna's on the other hand"
Lucy swiped in the air. All the objects in the room are cut in half.
"This is dark matter. Well, close to my understanding. 'Construction' doesn't specifically need a perfect understanding of your constructs; you can construct anything as long you understand it to some extent. I don't know if this is the perfect dark matter as it is still a mystery but, I created something close to it"
"Yeah but It depleted your cursed energy"
"I wanted to see how far I can go. Besides, I have way less cursed energy due to creating that crow and human. With your capacity, you don't have to worry about running out of cursed energy. But just to make the technique even better, We will need Ryu Ishigor's technique"
"So, If we can get Ryu's technique. Construction is enough. Even if we didn't get the shrine or limitless, at least it's enough to protect ourselves. "
Lucy replied, " Yes, besides, you will get a lot more cursed energy again. Even Yorozu can give me trouble, If I go as I am now, I am no match to Sukuna or Gojo. , i need to absorb a lot of cursed energy. After the plan, I will transfer everything to you. Until then, we both need to travel as one being"
"Do I need to 'die' again?" Estella asked getting ready to spit out her amethyst cursed object.
"No, I have an even better idea"
Lucy's body thinned, flattening into something impossibly delicate—like a sheet of living paper. She drifted toward Estella before coiling around her like a second skin.
Her form stretched, smoothed, and sealed itself over Estella's flesh, every contour aligning perfectly. It was an assimilation. Estella didn't wear Lucy. Lucy wore her.
'It feels weird being controlled by yourself but not being yourself,' Estella spoke in her mind, knowing Lucy could listen to her.
"This is the better way of doing things."
Estella spoke out loud, and it was not Lucy's voice but Estella's. But the one who spoke was Lucy.
Estella left the colony and ran around looking for Ryu Ishigori.
After a day, she found him as he had just woken up, and his wounds healed completely from his fight with Yuta.
To Estella's surprise, she also saw Takako Uro.
Lucy used a Telepathy spell saying
'Getting Infinity might be a gamble but you have the next best thing, sky manipulation cursed technique. Use your domain expansion immediately'
Estella felt she could control her body again, and didn't waste the opportunity.
"Domain expansion: Temple of Depravity "
An open domain of flesh organs spread throughout the collapsed buildings in the Sendai colony.
This surprised a lot of sorcerers and cursed spirits.
As this domain is really large in range to the point, the entire city is drowned in flesh organs.
Many of them froze on the spot unable to move. Including Yuta who is just dealing a finishing blow to a cursed spirit.
He froze and saw the cursed spirit was also unable to move.
Thin strings fell from the sky and landed on cursed spirits which turned into puppets and flew into the sky beyond the horizon.
The domain is especially large due to the Binding vow of Flesh domination and it is an open domain. As the explosion aspect of the cursed technique is not used and has no other function than flesh domination, the range of domain is ever increasing as long as the domain lasts in the world and cursed energy is consumed continuously. This is the main power of the domain instead of regular sure-hit effects.
But Lucy knows there is a form of limit to this domain expansion that is running out of cursed energy. And within her ability, the expansion of the domain will be at most able to cover a small city.
The domain vanished and cursed spirits vanished from the spot.
Many sorcerers, whether fighting or defending, paused their battles to look for the Sorcerer capable of this domain expansion. After all, most of them reincarnated to fight against strong enemies.
But Estella vanished from the Sendai colony.
She didn't have any intention to fight but merely to get the techniques.
Every sorcerer who arrived saw a door getting closed and vanished from the spot.
Somewhere in Tokyo colony.
A door appeared and opened. Estella exited from the door.
She closed the door and the door vanished.
"Not bad, it's working well"
Lucy commented as she was peeled off from Estella's body.
"That was a really good gain. You even found Yuta and Kirara's cursed technique"
Estella exclaimed with excitement.
"Those are useless techniques. The most useful technique is Uro's and Ryu's cursed techniques. The rest can be neglected. I think having these techniques is better than having Infinity and Shrine"
Lucy commented while she transformed into Estella and began creating a brain with 'Explosive flesh,' 'Construction,' 'Sky manipulation', and 'Cursed energy discharge.'
"How so? These four technique users are nowhere near Gojo and Sukuna levels, although they are very strong on their own"
Lucy explained patiently
"Your vision is naturally shallow because I gave you the soul of myself before the system upgrades. I selected these techniques with a distant future in mind. "
Estella's expression became strange as she was literally being called an idiot by her own self.
"'Explosive flesh' is the main offensive technique, 'Sky manipulation' is the main defensive technique, 'Constuction' is the main utility technique, and finally, 'Cursed energy discharge' is the 'binding technique of all four techniques'. While cursed energy discharge' can be used offensively, its main ability to grant unparalleled cursed energy output will also enhance your all other techniques to significantly higher levels"
Lucy demonstrated this by using the construction to create a huge human giant as tall as the building.
This time, Only a little amount of cursed energy from Lucy despite creating such a massive thing from cursed energy. Something very different from before, where she used most of her cursed energy to create a crow, a human body, and dark matter.
"The individual techniques like infinity, Shrine, and Copy are great, but they are world-specific and have some caveats we are not sure of. But, these 4 techniques are universal and can form miracles when used in conjunction with each other. Not to mention, I didn't expect this surprise from Ryu's technique"
Estella saw everything in the room began to flow. To a normal person, it looks like things are floating, but a sorcerer like Estella sees Lucy's positive energy changing various shapes and holding objects like telekinesis.
"Ryu's cursed technique reversal gives him complete control over positive energy and he can use it to hold things. Of course, due to his limited cursed energy, he won't use it in battles. But, we are different."
"Like Boot leg version of telekinesis? No thanks"
Estella mocked.
Lucy retorted listening to Estella's thoughts "Hey, this isn't a bad technique"
"I'm different. I don't have your level of senses. I must depend on Martial arts and Body enhancement. Unfortunately, we are not Martial artists. So, I suck at fighting as it is already. Using this bootleg telekinesis is useless. It's too slow."
"I won't argue anymore. We can only hope we will go to some martial arts world or cultivation world next time."
Lucy commented acknowledging her lack of efficient fighting ability.
If not for her superhuman strengths, she would never fight against someone with the martial arts abilities of this world.
After all, in this world, martial arts have a supernatural effects.
Estella asked the question bugging her mind.
"So, what now?"
"I will collect the cursed energy and meet with Yuji and others. You take care of the plan B resources. When the time comes, come and go as quickly as possible"
"Alright "
Estella Summoned the Door and left Lucy alone.
Lucy murmured "I should win the MVP of Plan A"
As her eyes landed on the cursed energy filling up the barrier.
"Looks like I don't have to hunt others"