Tokyo — inside a villa.
Seven days had passed since the Shibuya Incident.
After Seele defeated Ryomen Sukuna and resolved the crisis, the jujutsu world was now busily preparing countermeasures against Suguru Geto—who had suddenly appeared and then vanished again after Shibuya—and the remaining Disaster Curses who had escaped that day.
On the surface, the jujutsu world had dispatched a large number of sorcerers to investigate and track them down, putting on a very serious show of "making them pay."
Of course, that was only the appearance.
In reality, Makima was simply controlling the higher-ups and having them send out a few people to go through the motions. As for Kenjaku and the Disaster Curses, after completing their mission they had already gone into hiding under Makima's arrangements, and likely wouldn't show their faces again for a very long time.
Putting aside the jujutsu world's reaction, the Japanese public had also been buzzing nonstop about what happened in Shibuya.
After all, the incident had involved a huge number of civilians. Combined with the fact that this was now an era where curses were publicly acknowledged, and that both the jujutsu authorities and the government had carried out such a large-scale evacuation that very day, there was no way the incident could be completely covered up.
Not to mention the massive battle scars left behind at the Shibuya site—especially the pure white flower sea and the hundreds-of-meters-long rift left by Seele's use of the power of creation. These had gone viral online, to the point where the area was almost developing into a tourist attraction, with people flocking there after the fact to take photos and check in.
Many Japanese netizens speculated about which sorcerer could have left behind such overwhelming destruction. Some wondered whether it was an unrevealed special-grade sorcerer besides Gojo Satoru, and the discussion even began drifting toward the age-old topic of who was stronger—Gojo or this mysterious new sorcerer.
It could only be said that power-scaling enthusiasts existed in every world. Humans were, at their core, creatures that admired strength—especially in Japan, where such tendencies were particularly pronounced.
That, however, was only among ordinary people.
Within the jujutsu world itself, Seele was now universally acknowledged as the strongest.
After all, Ryomen Sukuna—who had effortlessly crushed Yuki Tsukumo and Yuta Okkotsu, two special-grade sorcerers—had been unable to last even a few minutes in front of her.
Although the one who actually fought Sukuna during the Shibuya Incident was the curse residing within the girl's body—
Well, who cared? Dark Seele genuinely listened to Seele's words.
After Shibuya, many sorcerers who had been directly involved learned of Dark Seele's existence for the first time. Seele herself would also deliberately allow Dark Seele to appear during her activities, deepening other sorcerers' understanding of her.
To be honest, it was the first time they had ever seen a curse so stable, so powerful, and yet so clearly possessing human-level intelligence.
She had strength that could easily defeat even the Curse King, Ryomen Sukuna. At first glance, the impression she gave off was pure coldness and malice—
And yet, toward the girl she inhabited, she was completely obedient, almost to the point of being indulgent.
Forget plotting to harm Seele—Dark Seele didn't even have the slightest intention of leaving her body. On the contrary, she would proactively offer protection and assistance.
A curse like Dark Seele…
Even the most well-traveled veteran sorcerers could only sigh and say that in the thousand-plus years since curses first appeared, she was truly a one-of-a-kind anomaly.
(As an aside, the person who made that exact comparison was later "taken care of" by Makima.)
Naturally, none of this had much to do with An Xora at the moment.
Right now, he was in the villa, considering matters related to a new avatar and a new world.
As for who the new avatar would be, An Xora already had a candidate in mind—
Mebius.
A biologist from the Previous Era of the Honkai world, and one of the absolute top authorities in biological science across the entire Honkai Impact 3rd series.
In the original story, the MANTIS fusion warrior technology—which produced the Thirteen Flame-Chasers, including Kevin, widely regarded as the strongest combatant below the Herrscher of Finality—was developed by Dr. MEI and Mebius, with Mebius bearing the bulk of the research workload.
A large part of why An Xora chose Mebius was because the system shop's discount section had happened to refresh with the Sesha Gene, her signature item.
Still, he had very high expectations for this new avatar.
Of course, the most crucial reason was—
Mebius was beautiful.
Especially her childlike serpent form, which An Xora happened to like the most.
Snake girl.
Legal snake girl.
Absolutely peak.
Ahem.
In any case, if he wanted to research the Kryptonian bloodline he had previously purchased, Mebius was undoubtedly an excellent choice.
As for which world to send the new avatar to develop in…
An Xora looked at the travel interface, which displayed three options:
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He fell into thought.
"Ah, whatever. Why overthink it?" he muttered.
"I'll just manifest the avatar and let her choose for herself."
After all, avatars inherited all of An Xora's memories. And when it came to intelligence, Mebius would absolutely crush An Xora, who had been an ordinary person in his previous life.
Letting her decide was far better than him sitting here guessing.
"System, manifest a new avatar."
Ding! Manifesting avatar Mebius requires 50,000 points.
Do you wish to confirm?
"…Wait. How much did you say?"
An Xora froze, then immediately clarified.
"I want to manifest a baseline Mebius without fusion warrior abilities."
With the Sesha Gene already in hand, he had no intention of paying extra points for fusion warrior powers. Once she was manifested, Mebius could simply operate on herself using the gene.
Why waste points?
But even so—
A baseline Mebius still cost 50,000 points?!
That was equivalent to five Herrscher authorities. He didn't remember Mebius being that broken.
Ding! The cost of manifesting an avatar is not determined solely by combat power.
After comprehensive evaluation, manifesting Mebius without fusion warrior abilities still requires 50,000 points.
"…Then what if I manifest Ruan Mei or Herta from the Honkai: Star Rail world?"
"Also baseline—no Path powers, no Emanator authority, just their original memories and intelligence."
Ding! Manifesting avatar Ruan Mei requires 1.8 million points.
Ding! Manifesting avatar Herta requires 2.2 million points.
Upon hearing those numbers, An Xora immediately gave up.
It was obvious that avatars on the level of Ruan Mei and Herta were simply not something he could afford right now.
Most of their cost was probably tied to the absurd amount of world-breaking technology contained in their original memories. Otherwise, even if Mebius was a few tiers below the geniuses of the Star Rail world, the price difference wouldn't be so exaggerated.
"System—manifest the avatar."
50,000 points were deducted from the system balance.
A burst of white light bloomed in front of An Xora.
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