"Great! Yaozai, your suggestion is truly wonderful! So, does this mean we can go back and take a little bit of everything?"
Zhong Chen praised Kagaya Ubuyashiki with excitement, his words having opened up Lord Chen's way of thinking.
This was the resources of an entire world. It seemed a bit wasteful to only go back for food, so he decided to take a little bit of everything.
No building materials? Take them! No daily necessities? Take them! No women? Take them… No, wait, can't take those! Rimuru and the others would go berserk!
In short, Zhong Chen, having opened the door to the New World, wanted to scour and bring back everything.
"Everyone! Think about what else we need! I'll make a list!"
"Lord Chen! Our engineering department is in urgent need of various construction tools!"
"Lord Chen! We are short on many medicinal herbs here! Although Lord Rimuru has provided healing potions, we haven't been able to mass-produce them!"
"A Chen! The school is also lacking many textbooks! Although Rimuru has provided elementary textbooks, we still need many advanced ones!"
"If possible, could you bring back some teachers?"
Zhong Chen stared at Miss Shizu in disbelief. He never expected the usually gentle Miss Shizu to make such a 'bandit-like' statement.
"A Chen! Why are you looking at me like that! I have no choice! I'll have to teach millions of children later!"
"How can the few teachers we have at the school now possibly be enough, especially when most of them teach combat!"
Listening to Miss Shizu's words, a drop of cold sweat involuntarily ran down Zhong Chen's forehead. It seemed Miss Shizu was truly pushed to her limit.
"Alright, I'll do my best. Is there anything else we need?"
"We need all kinds of clothing!"
"We need all kinds of minerals!"
"I need all kinds of manga!"
Zhong Chen listened to everyone's reports, nodding and repeating:
"Mm-hmm, tools, medicinal herbs, textbooks, clothing, minerals, and… manga… Wait! Manga!"
"Which guy mentioned manga?!"
Seeing Zhong Chen suddenly transform into a 'leader', Rimuru cautiously raised her right hand and said softly:
"Um… I think it was me!"
"Ha!!! It really was you!"
"Oh, A Chen, I was just joking!"
Rimuru looked at Zhong Chen, who was staring at her with wide eyes, and said with a mix of shyness and flattery.
"Hahahaha!"
"As expected of Lord Rimuru!"
"Rimuru-san is still so cute!"
Upon hearing Rimuru's answer, everyone present burst into laughter, and Rimuru's behavior broke the serious atmosphere.
"Sigh! There's no helping you! If there are any, I'll bring them for you! But don't get your hopes up too high! That world is only in its first industrial revolution!"
System: You really spoil her!
"Hehe! If there aren't any, then there aren't any. I was just joking!"
Zhong Chen shook his head helplessly and continued speaking to the crowd:
"So, the next step is to choose who will go with me. Benimaru, you don't need to consider it; that world has no monsters!"
"Hehe! Let me go with you! Our Ubuyashiki family still has some influence in Neon, after all!"
Hearing Zhong Chen's words, Kagaya Ubuyashiki spoke directly.
"A Chen, I want to go too. I want to take Shinobu and the others back to the Butterfly Mansion to see it!"
"Yes, you can. Is there anyone else who wants to go? If not, then taking a few more Demon Slayer Corps members will be enough!"
"I'll go too! Although it's not my world, I'd like to see similar scenery!"
Miss Shizu, sitting next to Kanae, spoke with a look of reminiscence.
"Then I want to go too!"
Hearing that Miss Shizu also planned to go, Rimuru hurriedly raised her hand and shouted loudly to Zhong Chen.
"No, Rimuru, you can't go!"
"Huh? Why not?"
Rimuru's face fell when she heard Zhong Chen refuse, and she asked unwillingly.
"One of us has to stay here to hold the fort. If both of us leave, what if something happens that Rigurd and the others can't handle?"
"Who will they turn to for a final decision then?!"
Zhong Chen explained to Rimuru with a helpless expression.
"Uh… I see! Then I won't go. I'll guard this place well."
"A Chen! You can go with peace of mind!"
Zhong Chen felt that these words sounded really off. It was as if he was about to meet the King of Hell.
I can still live until the end of the world, you idiot! No, even if the world ends, I can keep living!
Calming himself down, Zhong Chen no longer dwelled on the ambiguity of Rimuru's words and continued:
"Then, this time, I will lead Yaozai, Kanae, Miss Shizu, and Shinobu and the others, plus over a hundred former Demon Slayer Corps members, to the Demon Slayer World!"
"Your job is to find some teachers or something, and 'abduct'… I mean, invite them here. I'll handle the rest! Any problems?"
"No problem! I can handle teachers and everything!"
"If someone truly doesn't want to come, I will invite their family over. At that point, I believe they will make the correct choice!"
[My goodness! Was your Demon Slayer Corps a legitimate organization before?! Do you really have to be so skilled at kidnapping and threats?!]
Zhong Chen watched Kagaya Ubuyashiki speak the most terrifying words with the gentlest tone, and Zhong Chen felt truly scared!
Actually, Zhong Chen truly didn't understand Kagaya Ubuyashiki. Although Kagaya Ubuyashiki always appeared very gentle in front of them,
it was important to remember that as the leader of a combat organization, if he wasn't decisive, their Demon Slayer Corps would have been disbanded long ago.
"Uh… Alright! Then I'll leave it to you all!"
"No one has anything to add, right? Then that's settled!"
Zhong Chen looked at the silent group and directly decided on the personnel.
"One last question. This trip to the New World requires mobilizing a large force. Benimaru! What is the overall situation of the troops now?"
Benimaru, hearing Zhong Chen's question, immediately stood up and said:
"Currently, the Garrison is divided into 10 large battalions, each with 1,000 people, totaling 10,000 people!"
"If needed, we can expand the army at any time. Most of the Orcs can take up arms and go to the battlefield."
"It's just that we are currently undergoing major construction, so only a few thousand people have been conscripted into the Garrison!"
"According to the strength rating method you provided, Lord Chen, the entire Garrison has two Special A-ranks, which are me and Hakuro!"
"There are dozens of A-ranks; all the Pillars have recently broken through to A-rank, and even Gobuta and the others have reached A-rank!"
"As for B-ranks, there are even more, at least over a thousand people!"
"The rest of the team members are all C-rank or above in strength!"
"These do not include the spy organization led by Souei, and Miss Shizu, Miss Sakuya, and others!"
[Hakuro's teaching ability is truly strong. How long has it been, and the Pillars have jumped from B-rank to A-rank! Truly terrifying!]
Zhong Chen listened to Benimaru's report, nodded with satisfaction, and then said:
"Excellent! The development has exceeded my expectations! So, I plan to arrange it like this…"