Crossover Anime: Starting with Bankai from Demon Slayer

Chapter 374 A Win-Win Solution (Not Really)

"No!!!"

The moment the knife fell, Yusuke cried out in alarm.

The expected scene of blood splattering did not occur.

Asuka's slash did not land on Shizuku Akane.

Instead, it changed course when it was only inches away from her, and slammed into the open ground next to her!

A huge crack was cleaved into the hard ground, and the violent blade energy sent all the surrounding rocks flying.

Akane Shizuku was knocked to the ground by the shockwave, staring blankly at the man in front of her with his eyes closed and a murderous aura emanating from him.

"Asuka?!" Shinobu Kocho covered her mouth in shock, tears welling up in her eyes instantly.

The bird did not open its eyes; its consciousness was immersed in its own turbulent inner world.

In the realm of the mind, the sky remains a chaotic expanse.

The enormous white wolf lay at the edge of the void, silently watching him.

On the giant tree in the fragrant Rukongai, the black-haired youth rested his chin on his hand, smiling as he watched the approaching birds.

Here it is.

"Since you were awake so long ago, why didn't you say anything sooner?" Asuka complained irritably. "I was determined too, and that knife almost hit me!"

"Well, actually, I do want to see what your choice will be." The black-haired man shrugged: "It seems you've really been changed a lot by these people, to the point of being willing to do evil to protect the whole world."

Asuka stared at the black-haired youth, making him feel a chill run down his spine.

Okay, enough joking... Actually, I just figured out what to do.

He looked at the bird's unwavering gaze and sighed helplessly: "I've come up with a somewhat troublesome solution. The choice is yours."

[If you don't want to kill her, the only way is to use the power of the stalker to forcibly strip away the core of her emotions, separating it from the essence of the Bead of Longing.]

Then, swallow it into your own body.

"Swallow it?" Asuka frowned.

"That's right." The black-haired youth nodded. "Those complex yet pure emotions are the core of Gu's existence."

In other words, it means changing the concept of the Thought Bead from Shizuku Akane to you.

"So nothing has changed?"

Asuka used her extraordinary brain to think carefully: "If it's just about condensing a new thought bead inside me, the valley won't close either."

It really is different.

The young man pointed to the sky, where, on the other side, lay the boundless mirror plain where the white figure stood.

[Your body has just absorbed a vast and violent amount of evil from this world, which can act as an excellent buffer to suppress the fluctuations of the Thought Bead.]

[This will not only solve the anchor point problem for you and close the spatial rift, but it can even help you suppress the insane malice deep within your soul.]

"Since there's such a perfect solution, why do you say it's troublesome?"

"Because no one has ever tried it before," the white wolf chimed in. "Who knows what the consequences would be of swallowing the very essence of a world?"

"Perhaps your soul will be overwhelmed by those chaotic memories, or perhaps the evil of this world will devour those memories and then revive, turning you into a complete madman."

"In short, it's a very risky thing."

The black-haired youth didn't refute the white wolf's words, but added with a wicked smile: "There's one more thing..."

Once you remove the core of the Bead of Longing, that girl loses the foundation for her existence.

Although she won't die immediately, she will become a spirit in a different sense. Without an extremely large amount of spiritual energy to sustain her spiritual core, she will still dissipate within a short time.

[Or... because you absorbed her core, you could also keep her by your side day and night, bathing her in your spiritual pressure, thus maintaining her existence.]

"However, I think that Miss Butterfly might have some objections..." The young man's three eyes curved into a sly smile.

After listening, the bird fell into a brief silence.

"It's troublesome, but so be it." He looked firmly at the young man:

"...Let's save them first, we'll talk about the rest later."

"Tell me, how do I peel it off?"

The real world.

The bird suddenly opened its eyes, its gaze flashing with a sharp light.

"Everyone, stand back!"

He shouted and reversed the weapon in his hand, pressing the tip of the knife against his own arm and slashing it down hard!

Blood gushed out instantly, staining the blade red.

"Uncle, what are you doing?!" Yusuke was startled by Asuka's self-harming act.

Asuka ignored him and gently pressed the blood-stained raccoon against Shizuku's chest.

"It might hurt a little, just bear with it."

He took a deep breath and began to activate the profound spiritual pressure within his body.

"Devour it, plunder it!"

Buzz!

A strange power erupted from the tip of the blade.

Akane Shizuku's body trembled violently. She tilted her head back in pain and let out an uncontrollable scream.

In the blink of an eye, a ball of energy, radiating a seven-colored halo and as dreamlike as a bubble, was being forcibly pulled out of Shizuku's body bit by bit!

That is the core of the Longing Bead!

Asuka held onto his Zanpakuto, watching the seven-colored ball of light flow slowly into his body along the blade.

The process was unpleasant; he felt as if sharp blades were cutting through his entire body's energy channels, but he could only grit his teeth and persevere.

As the sphere of light peeled away, Shizuku's body began to become transparent at a visible speed, and her Zanpakuto, named Mirokumaru, also turned into specks of light and dissipated into the air.

"Akane Shizuku!" Yusuke tried to rush forward, but Kurama held him back tightly.

"Don't go over there, Yusuke! Can't you see? He's saving her!" Kurama's eyes flashed with shock: "He's transferring that core, filled with immense spiritual power, into himself!"

"That must be what he meant by the reason for the existence of this anomalous space."

boom!

Feiniao felt as if his brain had been stuffed with the memories of tens of thousands of people.

Laughter, tears, anger, sadness...

Countless emotions crashed against his soul like a tsunami, causing him to waver in his mind.

The evil lurking within him, like a shark smelling blood, frantically pounced on these external emotional energies.

Two completely different forces engaged in a fierce battle within the bird's body, causing his skin to bulge and sag repeatedly, and the veins on his forehead to almost burst.

Uh....

The bird grunted, using its sword to support its body, and tried its best to guide the two forces, attempting to find that fragile balance point in the collision.

Having lost her core, Akane Shizuku has become like a faint shadow, easily blown away by a gust of wind.

"Oh no... her spirit is too fragile!" Shinobu Kocho, unaware of the situation, anxiously assessed, "If this continues, she'll dissipate!"

"What should we do?! Peony, do you have any ideas?!" Yusuke asked hurriedly.

Peony was also so anxious that tears streamed down her face: "I...I'm just a guide! I don't have enough spiritual power to sustain her soul!"

At this critical moment.

"Honestly, a bunch of troublemakers."

"How could such a major surgery, involving the laws of the world, be performed without my guidance?"

A clear and dignified male voice suddenly rang out in mid-air.

Everyone looked up abruptly.

In mid-air, a gate radiating a sacred golden light slowly opened.

A tall, slender man with short hair, who was sucking on a pacifier, walked out slowly.

Two large English letters were written on his forehead.

JR.