Vergil Is Back-Chapter 50 - 40: Steel Meets Silver

[Leon watches her silently from the rooftop—he's aware she's observing him too.]

Location: Jujutsu High – Training Ground #5

The clang of steel echoed through the air, sharper than the wind cutting across the trees.

Maki's blade missed again.

Leon had moved without effort—just a step, barely a blur. His coat didn't even ripple from the dodge.

"Focus," he said, voice calm but edged. "You're reading movement. Not intent."

Maki's breathing was shallow. Sweat clung to her forehead, but it wasn't just from the training.

It was him.

The way he moved—like a shadow given shape. The Boosted Gear on his right arm pulsed quietly, the gauntlet far sleeker than anything she'd ever seen. And on his back... that blade. Elegant. Terrifying.

Yamato, he called it. And even cursed spirits stepped back when he unsheathed it.

But it wasn't just his power.

It was the way he watched her. Not like others—who pitied her, feared her, underestimated her.Leon looked at her like she mattered. Like she was capable of more.

She tightened her grip. "Why are you helping me?"

Leon tilted his head slightly, silver hair catching the last rays of dusk.

"You asked."

"I didn't—"

"You didn't say no, either."

Maki stepped forward, not with aggression—but with intent.

"You saved me. You left that shard behind. You've been watching me.""So tell me—what are you really after?"

Leon didn't answer immediately.

Instead, the Boosted Gear pulsed once—its energy quietly amplifying, the hum almost like a heartbeat in the silence between them.

"Survival," he finally said. "And strength. I just prefer not to waste either."

Maki's chest tightened, a strange heat blooming beneath her ribs.

She wasn't stupid. She had heard the rumors. Gojo had sensed something. Even Sukuna... something about the air was wrong lately.

And yet, the wrongness drew her in.

His stillness. His silence.

She didn't know why, but the more she trained with him... the more she wanted him to stay.

To choose her.

Later – Leon's Perspective

He watched her from the treeline as she practiced alone, long after training ended. She didn't notice the small shifts in her own behavior—the glances, the way her questions lingered longer than necessary, the subtle tension in her voice when he turned away.

She was falling. Not out of weakness.

But because something in him had answered something in her.

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He sheathed Yamato, the blade whispering against its scabbard.

"Yours is a dangerous heart," he murmured.

A new message flickered in his vision.

[World Tether Forming: 32%][Loyalty Marker Detected: Subject: Maki Zenin – Status: Shifting to Absolute Alignment][Optional Quest Available: Anchor Her. Or Let Her Fall.]