Crossover Anime: Starting with Bankai from Demon Slayer

Chapter 421 Exploding Dragon Venom?

Old Master Trompo should have been asleep by now, but he was waiting because he had to receive Asuka and his companion.

Upon seeing Nini and Noel, he smiled and said, "Oh, it's Nini and Noel."

"You've brought the guest safely. Thank you both for your hard work."

"It's not safe at all!" Nini fumed, sitting on Trompo's desk. "Captain! Do you know what we just encountered outside? A masked dragon! And right in a residential area!"

"It's been a century since the Dark Dragon invaded central London, hasn't it?!"

"Haha, it's 1996."

Trompo seemed quite used to Nini's temper, and calmly took a bag of cookies from the drawer and handed it to her.

"Isn't that the same, Captain!" Nini grabbed a biscuit and stuffed a couple of bites in. "I really don't know what those guys in the Sabre Squad are doing? They just collect their paychecks and do nothing!"

"Alright, alright, Nini, calm down," Trompo soothed her with a smile. "I'll report this to the corner. You two just got back from London, you must be exhausted."

"Go and get some rest. We'll give you a break in a few days."

"That's more like it..."

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Nini pouted, grabbed Xinqiao's arm, and started to pull him outside: "Let's go, Noel!"

"Excuse me." Shinbashi bowed slightly to Tromp, then followed Nini out of the office, closing the door behind him.

After the two girls left, the office fell silent.

Trompo lightly jumped off the chair, walked around the desk, and stood in front of Asuka and Shinobu.

He pointed to the leather sofa next to him and arranged for the two to sit down: "Would you two guests who have come from afar like something to drink?"

Black tea or coffee?

"No need to be so polite, Captain." Asuka looked at the seemingly kind old man and said bluntly, "Let's get straight to the point."

He could sense that the spiritual power contained within this old man was more than a hundred times more terrifying than that of the two girls combined.

If I had to describe it, it would be very similar to Captain Unohana of the Fourth Division.

"Oh dear, young people these days are so impatient." Trompo didn't mind, poured himself a cup of black tea, and slowly sat down on the sofa.

He picked up his teacup, blew on the steam, and the smile on his face gradually faded.

"Speaking of which, it's been quite a long time since we in London and your Wolf's Court have had any official contact."

.

"The last time we met was probably a hundred or two hundred years ago." Trombo looked up, raising his white eyebrows. "How has that witch been lately?"

A witch? Tokihime?

Fei Niao's brow twitched.

Sure enough, the truth could only be found out when we arrived at the West Gate...

...If you are referring to Tokihime, she has passed away.

"Really? What a pity... What about that monk? Is he still alive?"

"They're talking about Ichibei, aren't they?" Asuka thought.

"He seems to be in good spirits..."

As he spoke, he handed over the documents and materials that the Zero Division had given him before he came to the other party.

As he flipped through the contents, Trompo's eyes shifted constantly, and his white beard twitched.

"The entire House of Forty-Six was wiped out? Yamamoto Shigekuni is in trouble too?"

"Wow... this is a really big deal..."

'

As he watched, Trompo suddenly stopped.

He suddenly looked up at the birds, then at the documents, as if repeatedly confirming something.

...I see, I see...

'

Snapped!

He closed the file, gently placed it beside him, took a sip of hot tea, and remained silent.

The atmosphere became extremely oppressive in that instant, and the magic in the office began to weigh heavily on Trombone's emotional state.

After a long pause, he spoke again: "Young man, what's your name?"

'

...birds.

"Flying birds..."

'

Trompo chewed on the name repeatedly, as if recalling some distant memory.

Do you have any relatives?

"have.

Who is your father? Do you have any siblings?

"They're not family, just a bunch of guys sticking together for warmth."

Asuka took some time to explain, and Trompo nodded repeatedly in agreement.

...So that's how it is. That's good. Being alone is too lonely.

Finally, Trompo composed himself and reverted to his kind and amiable old man persona.

He jumped off the sofa and took out a flat object from his desk drawer that looked like a modern smartphone.

Trombone walked up to Asuka and handed her the object.

"Use your tongue to lick this screen."

"Huh?" Asuka frowned.

Trompo pointed to the smooth black touchscreen and said with a smile, "This is the detector we use to check whether outsiders carry dangerous pathogens, especially dragon toxin."

"Lydon is very vulnerable, please understand."

Feiniao's brows furrowed instantly.

Licking the screen? What kind of inspection method is this?

Even if the Soul Society's Technology Development Bureau is outdated, it has never conducted such a disgusting physical examination.

He turned to look at Shinobu Kocho beside him, only to find that Trompo showed no intention of giving her a second device.

"Doesn't she need to be tested?" Asuka pointed at Shinobu Kocho.

"Oh, this beautiful lady's spiritual energy is very pure; there's no need to test it."

Trompo smiled and explained, his hand holding the screen stubbornly fixed on Asuka: "Only you, Asuka, this is an indispensable procedure."

Asuka stared at Trompo's smiling little eyes, trying to find a flaw in them.

But he couldn't see anything.

Well, when in Rome, do as the host says...

Suppressing her discomfort, Asuka grabbed the item.

He stuck out his tongue and quickly licked the cold, black screen.

drop--!

The moment they made contact, the originally black screen began to light up.

Before the bird could even look, the old man snatched the screen back with an agility completely out of character for his age.

A buzzing overload sound emerged from the screen, and a burst of colorful flashes illuminated the old man's face, as well as his slowly shrinking pupils.

In the end, he put the screen in his pocket and didn't look at the result again.

He didn't say anything more.

The office fell silent again, with only the ticking of the wall clock.

"Are you done testing?" Asuka took a deep breath, breaking the silence.

...The test is finished.

Trompo turned around, still wearing that kind smile.

"It's nothing serious, just some ordinary smog from London."

He glanced at Asuka, then at Shinobu Kocho, and said gently, "You two have come from afar and must be tired. I have already arranged for someone to prepare guest rooms for you at the team."

"For the next few days, you two can treat this as a vacation here."

"You can wander around London with Nini and the others to get familiar with our environment and local customs."

"As for the rest..." Trombone turned around and looked out the window at the magical London sky. "In a few days, I will give you both an answer together with the people of the Horned Tribe."

Feiniao's intuition told her that the old man was definitely hiding something extremely important.

But he really didn't want to stay another second.

The feeling of panic was getting stronger and stronger...

This was the first time in many years that he had felt so unwell and wanted to take a nap...

"I understand, thank you for your hospitality."

Asuka took Shinobu's hand and walked out of the office without looking back.

As the door closed, Trompo's smile vanished completely.

He pulled out the completely broken detector from his pocket, its screen covered in black lines.

His cloudy old eyes were filled with disbelief and shock.

"Tokihime, look what you've done!"