Time passed, and before long, morning arrived.
The sun slowly rose in the sky, and the first rays of morning light streamed through the window into Cain's bedroom.
At that moment, rapid breathing filled the room, like a broken symphony that rose and fell irregularly, accompanied by a loud rumbling sound similar to a revving engine.
"Motorcycle! Motorcycle!"
Kochō Shinobu moved like someone driving an old tractor across a rough road. The rapid rise and fall of motion was so intense it seemed as though she might be thrown off at any moment.
The physical coordination she had developed through years of combat training came into play at that moment. The girl tightened her body, stepped on the accelerator, and pushed forward with full force as she completed the final sprint.
A wave of victorious joy flooded her mind, leaving her thoughts completely blank.
After quite some time, as if all strength had been drained from her body, she collapsed forward onto the motorcycle beneath her.
Cain spoke from behind her.
"Finished already?"
"Finished. I need to rest for a while."
Kochō Shinobu immediately raised the white flag in surrender.
After agreeing to Cain the previous night, she and Kochō Kanae had been brought directly back to his bedroom, where he had personally instructed them in more than a hundred different driving positions.
Under Cain's guidance, Kochō Shinobu had been driving the entire night. The motorcycle still had plenty of fuel remaining, but this driver could no longer continue.
Sweat flowed down her yukata, tracing lines along her delicate body before dripping onto the bedsheets.
In order to avoid being detained for fatigued driving, Kochō Shinobu, being a very law abiding person, wisely chose to rest.
"What about you?"
After letting driver number one, Kochō Shinobu, step down, Cain turned his gaze toward driver number two.
Kochō Kanae.
ZzzZ~
Kochō Kanae's eyes were tightly closed as if she had already fallen asleep. However, the occasional trembling of her eyelashes betrayed her completely.
Seeing this, Cain shook his head slightly.
Soon after, he also lay down, bringing both drivers with him into the rest area.
Just at that moment, a familiar throbbing sensation emerged from the depths of his mind.
Cain immediately exited the rest area. With a single thought, his consciousness arrived within the Mist Space.
"Demon Slayer me. Good morning."
DanMachi Cain stood in the center of the Mist Plaza and greeted the newly arrived Demon Slayer Cain.
"You seem to be in a very good mood today."
"Hmm? Is it that obvious on my face?"
"Yes. Very obvious."
DanMachi Cain pulled out a full length mirror.
On the smooth surface of the mirror, Demon Slayer Cain's reflection showed him grinning widely like someone who had just won the lottery.
"Did something good happen?"
"Yes. Many good things happened. But the main one is that Muzan has been dealt with."
Demon Slayer Cain raised his hand.
"The Thunder Breathing 3.0 you provided earlier worked perfectly. I basically cut through the Infinity Castle without much difficulty."
"I'm glad it was useful."
DanMachi Cain raised his hand and high fived him.
In the next moment, Demon Slayer Cain's memories from the past few days surged into DanMachi Cain's mind like a tide.
Using Rengoku Shinjuro as bait to lure Muzan to the Ubuyashiki Residence. Applying the prepared poison to their weapons and launching a surprise attack. Cutting through the Infinity Castle. Capturing Muzan alive and obtaining the Demon King potion formula.
"It went even more smoothly than expected."
After digesting the memories, DanMachi Cain quickly understood Demon Slayer Cain's progress.
"How long until the Demon King potion is finished?"
"Two to three months."
"That's quite fast."
DanMachi Cain nodded.
According to their earlier tests, the time flow ratio between the Demon Slayer world and the DanMachi world was roughly three to one.
If two or three months passed on the Demon Slayer side, only about one month would pass on the DanMachi side. From a timing perspective, that was perfectly acceptable.
"By the way, DanMachi me."
Demon Slayer Cain spoke again.
"In order to maximize the strengthening effect, I will temporarily stop attending meetings after this one."
"Once I finish creating and consuming the perfected Demon King potion, I will return to update my abilities."
"No problem."
DanMachi Cain nodded, although a trace of envy appeared on his face.
"Must be nice. You can basically lie flat now."
"Don't talk nonsense. I haven't been lying flat."
Demon Slayer Cain spoke with a serious expression.
"I stayed up all night training yesterday. Your ability values this time will definitely increase by at least three digits."
"Obviously. With so many of us sharing the gains, it would be strange if it didn't exceed three digits."
DanMachi Cain replied automatically, then suddenly paused.
"Wait. What do you mean you stayed up all night?"
"Training."
"You think I believe that?"
They were all Cain. Although their different experiences caused slight personality variations, their core nature was identical.
DanMachi Cain raised a middle finger.
"No wonder you came in grinning like an idiot. You dog. You've been enjoying yourself."
"So what!"
Demon Slayer Cain answered confidently.
"I've done everything I needed to do. What's wrong with enjoying life a little!"
"Tsk. I want to lie flat too."
"You're only Level 2. Lie flat my ass. Talk about lying flat after you've grinded your way up to Level 10."
"You dare to dream. Where am I supposed to get enough great deeds for that? Level 5 would already be good enough."
"Then lie flat at Level 5. As for the deeds, I can help you with part of them."
Demon Slayer Cain raised his hand and patted DanMachi Cain's shoulder while sharing his future plan to become the ruler of the island nation and possibly go even further.
Although Demon Slayer Cain now possessed strength capable of ignoring low level firearms, unifying the world was still far from a simple task.
However, if he truly succeeded in achieving that goal, the deeds he accumulated in the process would be more than enough for DanMachi Cain to level up once or twice.
Combined with support from the other Cains, breaking through to Level 5 would not be difficult.
"Conquer the world?"
After receiving the plan, DanMachi Cain showed a surprised expression.
"If you can really accomplish that, I might actually reach Level 5 much sooner than expected."
"Then just wait for my good news."
Demon Slayer Cain appeared extremely confident.
A few days earlier, when they had shared memories, DanMachi Cain had not only given him Thunder Breathing 3.0 but also provided a simplified civilian version of Thunder Breathing with a much lower entry threshold.
Originally, this civilian version had been intended to strengthen the Demon Slayer Corps while also increasing Ubuyashiki Kagaya's trust in him.
But as the saying goes, plans cannot keep up with changes.
Because JOJO Cain and Prince of Tennis Cain had joined the Mist Space, Demon Slayer Cain's strength had increased dramatically.
With the power of Hamon and the State of Selflessness, he simply bulldozed his way through the Infinity Castle.
As a result, the original plan of strengthening the Demon Slayer Corps to divide the enemy forces became unnecessary.
However, if the Demon Slayer Corps did not need it, Demon Slayer Cain could simply use it for his own private army.
At that time, he could obtain firearm blueprints from the other Cains. Creating a private military force equipped with Thunder Breathing and advanced weapons would not be difficult.
"Army? What army?"
At that moment, JOJO Cain arrived.
After patting DanMachi Cain on the shoulder, he quickly understood the current situation.
"Conquering the world. You're playing on an increasingly large stage. Unfortunately I can't copy that idea."
Compared to the Demon Slayer world, the JOJO world contained far too many supernatural monsters and unpredictable enemies.
The fate of those who became overly prominent could easily be seen by examining the villains throughout JOJO history.
More importantly, the JOJO world possessed something mysterious and troublesome known as fate.
Before gaining the power to stand against the entire world alone, it was better to remain low key.
Of course, JOJO Cain was not actually slacking off.
Just like Demon Slayer Cain was pursuing the Demon King potion for power, JOJO Cain had also begun his own preparations.
"I met Joseph Joestar yesterday."
JOJO Cain shared his memory with the others.
"He only awakened his Stand recently and is still getting used to Hermit Purple."
"Just awakened?"
Demon Slayer Cain quickly recalled the original storyline.
If his memory was correct, the Stardust Crusaders group formed about two years after Joseph awakened his Stand.
Since Joseph had only just awakened it, the timeline was still in its very early stage.
"If time is not urgent, wait until I finish creating the Demon King potion before you act."
"Once you have regenerative abilities, even if someone uses time stop against you, you won't be instantly killed."
"That's exactly what I was thinking."
JOJO Cain nodded.
The main reason he had contacted Joseph was to eventually deal with DIO and obtain the Arrow in his possession.
The Arrows in the JOJO world had the power to awaken Stands in ordinary people. Under certain conditions, they could even allow a Stand to evolve and obtain new abilities.
Among the six Arrows, the Requiem Arrow was the most special.
It possessed the ability to evolve a Stand into its Requiem form, granting power far beyond that of normal Stands.
If he could obtain the Requiem Arrow and evolve his Stand, Current Propulsion, into a Requiem form, his strength would increase dramatically.
More importantly, the evolved Stand abilities could then be shared with the other Cains.
In a world filled with supernatural threats, this was the fastest path to strengthening that JOJO Cain could think of.
If successful, it would not only benefit the collective of Cains but also greatly increase his own survival chances.
"I'm here."
Summoned by the Mist Space, Prince of Tennis Cain and Chef Cain arrived one after the other.
However, compared to the ambitious plans of the three combat focused Cains, these two seemed much more relaxed.
"I've been traveling recently, learning new cuisines to improve my cooking skills."
"I've been playing in the National Tournament. Crushing opponents with pure physical stats is extremely satisfying."
"Huh?"
"Huh?"
"The National Tournament?"
After hearing Prince of Tennis Cain's words, all the other Cains turned to look at him.
"Didn't expect it, but you're actually the most shameless one among us."
"Hey! What do you mean shameless? What's wrong with a second year high school student like me competing in the National Tournament!"
Prince of Tennis Cain protested loudly.
"After I finish steamrolling everyone this year, I'm heading to the U-17 camp. The players there should understand how to properly develop the State of Selflessness."
"That makes sense."
DanMachi Cain gave a thumbs up.
Since the State of Selflessness utilized spiritual power, further development of it would be extremely beneficial.
"By the way, if you go to U-17, can you also unlock the Eighth Consciousness?"
"Uh... I can only say I will try my best."
Prince of Tennis Cain could not make any guarantees.
Even within the Prince of Tennis world, the Eighth Consciousness was an extremely overpowered ability.
After chatting briefly and confirming his future development direction, Prince of Tennis Cain waved goodbye.
"I'm heading off to play my match. See you all next time."
"Then I'm heading back as well."
DanMachi Cain stood up.
Judging by the time, it was about time for him to return to class.
T/N- Finally Demon Slayer arc has ended, now we'll move back to Danmachi world.
Rn in advance chapters, I'm on ch 128 and each chapter is like 3 or 4k words.
Such a hassle to edit them, it takes half an hour per chapter.😭
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