Crossover Anime: Starting with Bankai from Demon Slayer

Chapter 204 Magical Phenomena That Defy Common Sense

That's a phenomenon that completely contradicts the theory of magic.

It's like an explosive evolution of life to adapt to extreme environments, or like the laws of the world opening a small window for her, causing this change.

New pathways branched off from her nerve plexus and spread through the gaps in her bones.

They greedily devoured the spiritual energy poured in by the birds, rapidly growing stronger, connecting, and forming a completely new and more complex cyclical network.

"...It worked?"

Even a layman like Asuka could sense that something was wrong.

If before, Sumire Kamado was just a child holding a leaky cup, now, the cup in her hand is visibly turning into a bucket.

The total amount still can't compare to those of orthodox magicians, but this is only the result of one night!

Moreover, this growth showed no signs of stopping; on the contrary, as Violet's breathing rhythm stabilized, it became faster and smoother.

"breathe....

The breathing of the stove violet changed.

Her breathing was no longer rapid and labored, but long and deep.

With each breath, a slight tremor of the surrounding air accompanied the awakening of a young, ferocious beast within her chest.

"Okay, stop."

The bird abruptly withdrew its hand.

Without support, the violet immediately collapsed to the ground, gasping for fresh air.

Although she was exhausted, her eyes were brighter than ever before.

She raised her hand, looking at her palm in disbelief.

There, a faint but clearly visible pale blue aura of magic was swirling.

"I...I can do it too..." Violet's voice trembled slightly.

Three magic loops! Am I a magician now?

Asuka wiped non-existent sweat from her forehead, muttering to herself, "I was just trying to help her improve the quality of that only loophole... but things have turned out differently than expected."

There were no unactivated magic circuits in her body; these two were new existences that had proliferated right under Asuka's nose.

That's...unbelievable.

Before the bird could recover from Violet's unusual behavior, a crisp cracking sound came from the other side of the living room.

"Snap!"

The bird and the violet turned their heads at the same time.

There, Kamado Haruto was sitting on the sofa, covered in sweat. Her right eye, which possessed the Demon Eye, was radiating a dazzling silver light.

On the coffee table in front of her, the heavy glass ashtray that had originally been used for practicing telekinesis hadn't been moved, but rather...

It was crushed.

It was as if an invisible giant hand had forcefully pressed it into the surface of the solid wood coffee table, causing deep cracks to appear in the surrounding wood.

"Oh dear! My coffee table! I bought it on installment!"

Haru let out a soft cry of distress, then froze, staring incredulously at her hands: "Wait... I was just trying to pick it up..."

The bird walked over and reached out to probe above the pile of broken glass.

His fingertips touched a hard, invisible barrier.

It's like a kind of solidification and rejection of space.

"A barrier?" Asuka raised an eyebrow.

What was initially a weak force that could barely bend a spoon has, overnight, evolved into a powerful skill capable of creating a tangible defensive barrier.

"What exactly happened between you and your daughter?"

Special training should be effective, but he had never seen such immediate results.

"Hehe, maybe it's because we inherited a never-give-up gene in our family?"

Although Haru felt sorry for the coffee table, she became proud when she saw that she had mastered such a powerful superpower. She covered her right eye and struck what she thought was a cool pose.

The bird did not speak.

He sat back down cross-legged, seemingly resting with his eyes closed, but in reality, his consciousness had already sunk into his inner world.

This is very unusual.

This abnormally rapid growth rate cannot be explained solely by talent.

There must be some deeper reason behind this.

Consciousness sinks, passing through darkness.

When Asuka opened his eyes again, he was back in that familiar Rukongai.

But it's not exactly familiar... The ancient trees are gone, replaced by a chaotic void.

Before him, the black-haired youth was floating in mid-air, toying with a ball of light emitting a soft white glow in his hand.

"...Oh, you've arrived."

The black-haired youth closed his eyes again, a half-smile playing on his lips.

His complexion looked much worse than before, his face pale from blood loss.

"You're awake?" Asuka looked at him, a strange emotion welling up inside her.

Although this guy is always eccentric, in Asuka's heart, he is like another version of herself, the most trustworthy partner.

Having been swallowed into a spacetime rift, he had spent countless chaotic days and nights. If it weren't for him, he probably would have lost consciousness long ago.

"Thanks to you, I was able to get a good night's sleep."

With a casual wave of his hand, the ball of light in his hand transformed into a white spiritual butterfly, which danced gracefully in the void.

"But thanks to the world, I recovered faster than I expected."

"This world?" Asuka keenly grasped the key word.

"That's right."

The young man floated down, stood in front of the bird, and extended a slender finger, gently touching the bird's heart.

"Are you wondering why that mother and daughter progressed so rapidly? Why could that little girl defy common sense and develop magical circuits that weren't her own?"

Do you know why?

"Of course, this is our wish."

The young man withdrew his hand, his tone becoming somewhat distant, as if he were telling an ancient story.

"Do you remember that world of demons? Why were you freed from the demons? Why were we able to break the boundaries of the world? Why were your companions able to survive across time and space?"

"This is all because you wanted this result, and it was achieved."

Asuka was taken aback. He had heard the young man mention this before, but this time he was clearly going deeper: "You mean, the Hogyoku?"

He could already recall the vocabulary he had heard in that laboratory.

That was the experimental result Aizen wanted to obtain, and it was also one of the reasons why he was tortured repeatedly.

According to the man, this thing can break limits, which sounds a lot like the power the young man described.

Yes and no.

A hint of mockery flashed in the young man's eyes.

"The Hogyoku that Aizen mentioned is a semi-finished product created by fusing a large number of souls in order to break the boundary between Hollows and Shinigami."

"If he makes good progress, the Hogyoku he creates can guide people's inner desires and make things develop according to their wishes, but the condition is that the other person needs to have the possibility of realizing that wish."

He pointed at the bird: "In other words, if it's the Hogyoku, you first need to have the potential to break through this world before you can break through its limits."

"That's beyond our capabilities."

"May all your wishes come true."