Chapter 53: I Think It Works
"Oh my, Lord Akaza, you seem to be quite angry?"
Doma chewed on a tender white hand, a pleasant smile on his face as he picked up a thigh and offered it to the grim-faced Akaza: "Do you want to eat?"
Boom!
A large hole instantly appeared in the wall behind Doma. He tapped his temple: "How troublesome. It would be bad if the sun shone in, but luckily it's a cloudy day today..."
Akaza's eyes were bloodshot. Watching Doma easily dodge his punch while still carrying that pile of food, he narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice:
"Is this the plan you created to complete Lord Muzan's mission? Hiding here to eat women? And collaborating with those humans?!"
Doma picked up a young girl's head, looking at the smile eternally preserved on it, and gently pressed his face against it: "This is part of the plan. Also, Lord Akaza, won't you eat?"
"Do you just not like eating women?"
Hearing Doma's punchable voice, the veins on Akaza's forehead bulged, and the bloodshot lines in his eyes deepened further.
He clenched his right fist tightly, his nails nearly piercing his palm before quickly regenerating.
Looking at Akaza who was on the verge of exploding, Doma tilted his head: "Still angry? Then how about having them send a strong person over to keep you company and relieve your boredom?"
"Get lost!"
Akaza practically spat those words out through gritted teeth.
In his life, he despised demons who ate women the most. As for those so-called strong ones... those guys who only knew how to sneak attack, they deserved to be called strong?!
Hmm?!
Only knowing how to sneak attack, then using various poisoned weapons to attack, and using numbers to overwhelm!
However, as long as they didn't die, their courage to keep attacking was still worth praising; they could barely qualify as his food, and that was all.
"I'm going out for a walk!"
Standing by the hole, Akaza looked back at the still-smiling Doma, suppressing his anger, and said in a low voice: "By the way, I'll look for the target Lord Muzan wants! Carrying an Odachi, right?"
Doma nodded.
Without looking back, Akaza disappeared into the overcast, rainy day.
"Oh my, it seems I said the wrong thing..."
Doma watched Akaza disappear through the hole in the wall and blinked: "How troublesome. I'll have to go find Akaza in a bit. Why hasn't that child come yet?"
Bang.
The door was kicked open, and several ninjas dressed in black rushed in, holding katanas on high alert.
Doma looked at them with a smile: "Sorry, that noise just now was made by my good friend."
"And here I thought someone had found this place."
A young man wearing a suit walked in through the door, looking at Doma and saying: "Have you finished considering? After all, our goals are the same..."
The corners of his mouth curled up, his eyes full of ambition: "You want to eliminate the Demon Slayer Corps, and we want to use swordsmen to feed our blades."
Doma tapped his chin with his fans: "I think... it works."
...Leaving the central room, Ryuji strolled through the village, looking at the gloomy sky and shaking his head: "The sun still hasn't come out, I don't even know what time it is."
He casually struck down a villager who tried to sneak attack him.
[Ding! Host detected, killed an evil citizen assisting pirates, reward military merit points +100]
"Ho, they're actually worth quite a bit."
Ryuji raised an eyebrow, and his Observation Haki immediately spread out. Suddenly, his vision went dark, and his head felt like it was exploding, buzzing loudly.
"Hiss, seems I overused it."
Ryuji held his forehead. After having mastered the Dual-type Haki, this was the first time he had overused it.
As is commonly unknown, Haki has a limited capacity.
That's why many experts concentrate their Armament Haki on their fists or specific areas they need to defend, rather than spreading it across their entire body.
The same applies to Observation Haki; using it for too long can lead to symptoms like headaches.
He had been keeping his Observation Haki active during this time, and although he had reduced the range to increase the duration, he had just pushed it to its limit to scan the entire village. At the time, he only felt tired.
Now it was flaring up... "Still weak. Just having mastered it isn't enough; I need to reach proficiency. I must cultivate hard..."
Ryuji thought as he caught a cleaver thrown at him and tossed it back.
[Ding! Host detected, killed an evil citizen assisting pirates, reward military merit points +100]
While recovering his Observation Haki, he swept through the village, killing all those irredeemable villagers.
"Well, the Kakushi might hate us to death for this much workload..."
Ryuji shrugged. It couldn't be helped; who told that demon's ability to be mental-based, similar to Enmu's. If its body were a bit stronger, it wouldn't have been a problem to be ranked as a Lower Rank.
After clearing the village, Ryuji's Observation Haki had mostly recovered.
He turned his gaze toward the back mountain, which should be the new base for that group of ninjas. Without a second thought, he walked toward the back mountain.
Are those ninjas?
Those are military merit points!
"System, how much military merit have I accumulated during this time? Calculate it for me."
Ryuji muttered in his heart.
[During this period, the host has killed a total of...]
"Stop, just tell me the conclusion, then list a kill count."
Hearing the System about to drone on with its mechanical voice, Ryuji quickly called a halt, letting it just produce the list so he could check it later.
[Very well. The host has accumulated a total of 8,000 military merit points. Below is the detailed list.]
Ryuji quickly scanned the list and recalculated in his head; it was roughly correct.
However, given that this System had previously taken kickbacks and cuts from his cultivation points...
He had to bluff it!
He couldn't let it fool him... Thinking this, Ryuji frowned, his expression serious: "That's not right. How come I remember it being over 8,500 points? Are you taking kickbacks from me again?"
The System was silent for a moment.
Ryuji's eyes lit up; he had actually caught it in a bluff!
[Upon detection, there were indeed omitted military merit points. The value is 200 points, making the total 8,200 points.]
"200 points? Then 200 points it is."
Ryuji nodded. This System definitely took a cut, and probably a large one!
Oh well, bluffing an extra two hundred is still two hundred.
Don't push things too far... what if he needed it later?
Thinking this, he asked again: "The Devil Fruit I've had my eye on—how many more military merit points do I need to exchange for it? Are there any discounts?"
[The host is still 6,800 military merit points away from the desired Zoan Type Devil Fruit. There are no discounts.]
"6,800 points? So less than half to go..."
Ryuji's eyes lit up. Not bad at all.
This harvest was quite substantial. Aside from the 200 military merit points from the demon, the rest all came from these villagers and ninjas.
One hundred per person, fifty-seven people in total.
If he could get another big job like this, he could gather enough military merit points to exchange for the Devil Fruit. As for why he wanted to exchange for a Zoan Type Devil Fruit, it was, of course, a choice made after careful consideration.
The first point was that it was cheap.
It only cost fifteen thousand, which was much easier to exchange for compared to the thirty thousand for Paramecia or fifty thousand for Logia. He didn't know how long it would take to save up that much military merit... he couldn't quickly turn it into power.
The second point was that Zoan Types increase physical strength. In fact, this point alone was enough... the body is the foundation of everything.
Furthermore, he was following the path of Taijutsu plus Haki, and a Zoan Type could maximize that aspect.
The third point was that the System's Devil Fruits were uniformly priced.
As long as they were in the same category, the price was the same.
Using Zoan fruits as an example, whether it was a regular Zoan, an Ancient Zoan, or even an Artificial Zoan, they were all fifteen thousand. Of course... the strongest Mythical Zoans were also fifteen thousand!
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