I Became a Demon Sword and Traveled the Anime Worlds Chapter 27 27: Is This Something You Can Actually Draw From

Led by the Kasugai Crow, Tanjiro and the others hurried down the mountain until they reached a mansion near the edge of a village.

The estate was quiet beneath the night sky. Wisteria flowers decorated the gate, their familiar crest carrying a strange gentleness after the blood and chaos they had just left behind.

The Kasugai Crow flapped down and landed on Tanjiro's hand.

"Rest! Rest!" it croaked. "The injured shall rest until fully recovered!"

Tanjiro blinked.

"But our injuries are already healed—"

Before he could finish, Zenitsu clamped a hand over his mouth from behind.

"You idiot," Zenitsu hissed, nearly weeping from sheer disbelief. "We finally get permission to rest! Do you want the crow to change its mind?!"

Beside them, Inosuke stared intently at the Kasugai Crow.

His thoughts were painfully easy to read.

Could this thing be eaten?

Alex noticed.

Now that he thought about it, Inosuke's own Kasugai Crow had never appeared once. There was only one reasonable explanation.

He had probably eaten it.

After running from one battle into another for so long, even Tanjiro could feel exhaustion weighing on him. His body had been healed, yes, but his mind had not been given a mont to breathe.

So in the end, he closed his mouth obediently and stepped forward.

Knock. Knock.

The gate opened a crack.

An elderly woman appeared from within, small and frail, her face lined deeply with age. Yet the mont she saw their uniforms, her expression softened with imdiate understanding.

"You are Demon Slayers, aren't you?" she said. "Please, co in."

She led them inside without hesitation.

Food was prepared.

Rooms were arranged.

A doctor was summoned to examine their injuries.

The doctor, however, soon found himself in an awkward position. The three young Demon Slayers were supposed to be wounded, yet after checking them carefully, he discovered no injuries at all. In fact, their condition was unnervingly good.

Still, the Kasugai Crow did not bring them a new mission.

For the first ti in days, they were allowed to rest.

Late that night, the three lay on the tatami mats inside the guest room.

Zenitsu turned his head and looked toward Inosuke, whose boar mask had been removed.

The face beneath it was far too pretty.

Delicate features. Soft skin. Long lashes.

Zenitsu stared for a mont, then made a face as though he had swallowed a bitter herb.

"Looking at your face makes feel weird. Why do you look like a girl?"

"Who told you to look?!" Inosuke snapped, pouting.

After that, the room fell into a strange silence.

The kind of silence that gathered questions.

A mont later, Zenitsu sat up.

He avoided looking directly at Tanjiro, but his voice had lost much of its usual shrillness.

"Tanjiro," he asked, "why are you carrying a demon with you? And what exactly is going on with that strange sword?"

Tanjiro paused.

Then he also sat up, his expression gentle. He had expected the question to co sooner or later.

"Well, about that—"

Before he could explain, the wooden box in the corner shifted.

The lid opened on its own.

Zenitsu's eyes bulged.

"Huh?! Tanjiro, you didn't even lock the box?!"

Tanjiro was still smiling, ready to continue.

From inside the box, the shrunken Nezuko crawled out. She stood quietly, then grew back to her normal size beneath the stunned gazes of Zenitsu and Inosuke.

"Zenitsu, this is my sist—"

He did not get to finish.

Zenitsu, who had been terrified a mont ago, suddenly changed completely. His face twisted, not with fear, but with outrage so intense it nearly burned.

"You've been carrying around such a cute girl this whole ti?!"

Tanjiro froze.

Zenitsu pointed at him with trembling fury.

"How could you do this to ?! We're both in the Demon Slayer Corps! Why do you get to travel with a girl?! I'll represent the entire Demon Slayer Corps and cut you down!"

He even scrambled toward the cabinet and grabbed his sword.

Tanjiro was speechless.

"You misunderstood. She's my younger sister, Nezuko."

The change was imdiate.

Zenitsu threw his sword aside so quickly it nearly bounced off the wall.

Then he leaned toward Tanjiro with a smile so flattering that it almost beca frightening.

"Tanjiro…"

That single word nearly sent Tanjiro straight to the afterlife.

Inosuke, anwhile, had already lain back down on the tatami.

He had given up on thinking entirely.

And so, the three of them temporarily settled into the wisteria mansion to recover.

Night deepened.

One by one, they fell asleep.

Inside Asuramaru, Alex opened his personal panel.

[Host: Alex]

[Template: Asuramaru]

[Demon Power: 1300]

[Drawn Abilities: Eternal-grade Buff: Unbreakable, Gold-grade Ability: Perception, Silver-grade Ability: Sharpness, Natural Pair...]

[Template Abilities: Blood Weeping, Devour, Healing, Feedback, Demonization...]

[Locked Abilities:]

[Free-Size Transformation: Allows the host to freely alter their size. Unlock cost: 10,000 Emotion Points.]

[Demon Curse: Allows the host to attach a demonic curse to targets struck, causing poisoning. Unlock cost: 10,000 Emotion Points.]

[Flight: Allows the host to manipulate the sword body and fly. Unlock cost: 10,000 Emotion Points.]

[External Incarnation: Allows the host to consu Demon Power and create a temporary physical incarnation. Unlock cost: 10,000 Emotion Points.]

[Emotion Points: 12,000]

Alex stared at the list of locked abilities.

He wanted all of them.

Unfortunately, poverty was still poverty, even after transmigrating into a demonic sword.

With only 12,000 Emotion Points available, he could unlock one ability first at most. After looking over the list, his gaze quickly settled on External Incarnation.

A question ford in his mind.

"System, I can already use Demon Power to create a body myself. So what exactly is External Incarnation? Are you trying to scam out of 10,000 Emotion Points?"

The system answered imdiately.

[Ding! Please do not slander the system. This system does not engage in deception or fraud.]

Alex's eyelid twitched.

The system continued.

[Ding! External Incarnation is fundantally different from the host condensing Demon Power into a temporary body.]

[The host's self-created body is rely condensed Demon Power. To be precise, it is only a temporary construct.]

[External Incarnation is different. It forms a true physical incarnation based on a real body structure. It can use special abilities such as Breathing Styles and is designed specifically for combat.]

[Its strength can be increased according to Demon Power output.]

Alex listened carefully.

In other words, the body he created himself was just a shell made of energy.

External Incarnation was an actual combat body.

The difference was enormous.

"Fine," Alex said without hesitation. "I'll buy it."

[Ding! 10,000 Emotion Points consud. Congratulations, Host, on unlocking: External Incarnation!]

His Emotion Points dropped sharply, leaving only 2,000 behind.

Alex looked at the remaining amount and fell into brief silence.

Then he gritted his teeth.

"Give two Gold-grade draws."

[Ding! 2,000 Emotion Points consud. Beginning Gold-grade draw.]

[Congratulations, Host. You have obtained: Thank You for Your Patronage.]

Alex fell silent.

The kind of silence that could kill.

"These 2,000 Emotion Points are probably going straight down the drain. If I'd known earlier, I would've—"

[Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have obtained Gold-grade Ability: Lightning Release: Chidori!]

Alex changed his tone instantly.

"If I'd known earlier, I would've drawn sooner."

The system's voice was rciless.

[Ding! What a hypocritical host.]

"You don't know anything."

Alex retorted without sha.

The next mont, information on Chidori surged into his mind.

It was exactly the Chidori from Naruto.

Not only that, the draw also included its various applications.

Chidori Stream.

Chidori Senbon.

Chidori Sharp Spear.

Chidori Sword.

The problem was consumption.

Activating Chidori even once required at least 100 Demon Power. The derivative techniques consud even more. With his current 1,300 Demon Power, a few careless uses could drain him dry.

But the power was real.

In the world of Demon Slayer, a technique from Naruto was practically an out-of-context weapon.

Alex stared at the newly acquired ability and could not help thinking one thing.

Is this sothing you can actually draw from a gacha?

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