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Chapter 361: Redemption Spanning Decades, Brulee's Restored Face!
Inside the pure white space, the concept of time did not exist. Only the cold, mechanical voice echoed in the ears of Katakuri and Brulee like a final judgment.
[Dungeon Settlement in progress...]
[Main Mission: Assist the Demon Slayer Corps in killing Kibutsuji Muzan (Completed)]
[Side Mission 1: Kill the Twelve Kizuki (Overachieved: Killed Upper Rank 1, Upper Rank 2, Upper Rank 3)]
[Side Mission 2: Zero Casualties (Achieved: All Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps survived)]
[Hidden Achievement: Aesthetics of Violence]
[Description: Crushed all hostile targets head-on with pure physical strength, sustaining no substantial damage.]
As the lines of golden subtitles pulsed, Katakuri stood there, expressionless. The scarf that always covered the lower half of his face had long since been crushed under his own foot back in the Infinity Castle. At this moment, he openly revealed that mouth full of terrifying fangs, yet his eyes revealed a tranquility unlike anything before.
"Big Brother..." Brulee nervously grasped the corner of Katakuri's coat. Although she knew it was over, the earth-shattering battle just now still made her little heart pound wildly.
[Comprehensive Evaluation: S+]
[Congratulations Player Charlotte Katakuri. You have obtained the following reward:]
[Demon God Body (Perfect Version)]
[Description: Extracts Kibutsuji Muzan's "Infinite Regeneration" and "Cellular Manipulation" traits, while removing all weaknesses such as sunlight and Wisteria Flowers.]
[Effect: The host gains near-immortal vitality. Severed limbs regenerate instantly, and stamina is infinite. The host can freely control every cell in their body for division and shapeshifting, perfectly compatible with the Mochi-Mochi Fruit abilities.]
Boom—!!!
Katakuri suddenly clenched his fist. He could clearly feel it—his body was undergoing some kind of earth-shaking change. Every cell was cheering. The sense of power surging up endlessly was like an active volcano about to erupt. The crushing exhaustion he used to feel when activating his Mochi-Mochi Fruit Awakening had vanished completely.
Replaced by an apparently inexhaustible energy! The current him could fight continuously for ten days and ten nights without even panting.
"Is this... the S+ Class reward?" Katakuri looked at his own palm. Some small scratches originally on his skin disappeared in less than the blink of an eye. This recovery speed was simply a hundred times more terrifying than any so-called Zoan Awakening!
[Congratulations Player Charlotte Brulee. You have obtained the following reward:]
[Blood Demon Art: Dimension Domination (Nakime Power Enhanced)]
[Description: Extracts Nakime's spatial manipulation ability and perfectly fuses it with the host's "Mirror-Mirror Fruit".]
[Effect: The host can construct their own "Infinity Castle" within the mirror world, and can freely control the folding, moving, and teleporting of space within mirrors. Wherever there is a mirror, it is the host's domain.]
"Eh?!" Brulee covered her mouth in surprise. She felt countless pieces of knowledge regarding space suddenly flood into her mind. As long as she willed it, it seemed she could drag anyone into that mirror labyrinth that belonged only to her at any time. This time, it was no longer simple reflection and imitation. It was true... domination!
[Settlement complete. Returning to the real world.]
[3... 2... 1...]
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Foosha Village, Makino's Bar.
A deathly silence, as if the air itself had been frozen solid. The originally noisy tavern hall was now silent as the grave. Everyone's eyes were fixed on the center of the hall where two figures were bathed in the gradually dissipating white light of teleportation.
It was Katakuri and Brulee, who had just returned from clearing the dungeon.
The head of the Three Sweet Commanders, the man who once made countless pirates tremble at the mere mention of his name, was openly revealing that large mouth full of fangs without any concealment. The heavy scarf that never left his neck was nowhere to be found. But the aura radiating from his body was at least ten times more terrifying than before he entered the dungeon!
If the previous Katakuri was a cold, sharp blade, then the current him was an ancient ferocious beast that had just broken free of its chains, ready to devour anyone in its path! Just by standing there, the surrounding space seemed to tremble slightly with his breathing. That was the pressure brought by the S+ reward—[Demon God Body]!
Infinite stamina, undying regeneration, and a terrifying level of life that transcended mortals!
"They... they're back?" In the corner, the candy cane in Perospero's hand fell to the floor with a clatter. He stared wide-eyed at his younger brother, who seemed to have been reborn. It felt like a ball of cotton had been stuffed into his throat; it was so dry he couldn't make a sound.
The other Big Mom Pirates members were shivering in fear. Through the live broadcast just now, they had witnessed with their own eyes how this man had crushed that monster called the "Demon King" like an ant! That kind of violence, pure to the extreme, and that kind of madness, daring to swing a fist at the entire world for the sake of his sister, completely overturned their perception of this "Perfect Big Brother"!
"Hoo..." Katakuri slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air. In that instant, the air around him distorted for a moment due to the high temperature. That was the manifestation of the overly vigorous blood and qi boiling within his body.
He lowered his head, ignoring the terrified and awestruck gazes around him. Instead, he looked immediately at Brulee beside him. In his eyes, that monstrous ferocity instantly dissipated, replaced by a gentleness strong enough to melt glaciers.
"How do you feel, Brulee?" His voice was still low and husky, but it carried an unconcealable concern.
Brulee was still a bit dazed at this moment. She stared blankly at her own hands. In her mind, a vast and obscure stream of information was frantically pouring in. That was her reward—[Blood Demon Art: Dimension Domination].
"I... I feel great, Big Brother," Brulee answered subconsciously. She could feel a strange yet powerful energy within her body. As long as she wanted, she could seemingly pull everything before her into the world inside the mirror at any time.
And... Brulee suddenly frowned. She raised her hand and touched her cheek with some confusion. "What's happening... My face... it itches..."
The sensation was strange. Not the itch of a skin allergy, but a tingling sensation, as if something was growing, reconstructing. Especially on that ugly scar that had spanned her entire face and accompanied her for decades. This tingling sensation was particularly intense!
"Itchy?" Katakuri's pupils shrank violently.
Observation Haki, activate! Future Sight!
The next second, this iron-blooded tough guy, who had just pounded the Demon King into meat paste, began to tremble uncontrollably. In those crimson eyes, uncontrollable ecstasy and tears instantly welled up!
"Big Brother?" Brulee was startled by Katakuri's reaction. Just as she was about to ask what was wrong, she felt the tingling on her face growing stronger and stronger. The dry, old bark-like texture was disappearing rapidly.
Replaced by... an unprecedented delicacy and smoothness!
Snap.
A piece of gray-black dead skin peeled off from her face and fell onto the floor of the tavern. Immediately after, like a chain reaction, large patches of scar tissue began to fall off. Like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon!
"This... this is..." The people in the tavern stared with eyes wide enough to pop out, looking as if they had seen a ghost.
Even Blake, who was sitting behind the bar drinking coffee, raised his eyebrows with interest. "It seems the S+ reward included a perfect physical restoration. After all, she inherited the constitution of a Demon. If it couldn't even heal a mere scar, that would be too cheap."
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