Chapter 88: Compensation Reward!

The sky was covered by thick, dark clouds. On a night without moon or stars, it was naturally darker than usual.

But the humans under the dark dome were not affected by the weather. Neon lights flickered, as if it were daytime.

This was a very modern-style city.

Jotaro's landing point was a quiet park. The streetlights here were somewhat dim, and on the narrow street path, there wasn't even a single pedestrian.

"Yare yare…"

Jotaro checked the things he carried with him, moved Nezuko's hand that was resting on his body, and looked at Shinobu, who was slumped on the ground in a W-shaped sitting posture, somewhat speechlessly, "Nezuko's presence I can understand. What's your situation?"

"I should have said earlier, don't come in. You'll be transported to another world."

Shinobu's expression was still somewhat dazed. Seeing Jotaro ask, she tilted her head and blushed, "I couldn't rest assured about Nezuko…"

Jotaro closed his eyes helplessly and said, "Yare yare…"

Dragging two unrelated people into this, this was something he really didn't want to see.

The system opened the space-time tunnel the moment he completed the ultimate mission, without giving him any time to react.

He clenched his fists. This was all the damned system's mess.

Although the system had already apologized to him, he was still angry now.

[It won't happen next time] The system's voice sounded in Jotaro's mind.

'How can I send these two back?' Jotaro furrowed his brows, his thoughts entered communication with the system.

[The world you're in is a single-ring loop world. There is a way to send them back, but it requires reopening the passage back to the Demon Slayer world from your original world.]

Jotaro roughly understood what it meant, and asked, 'How many more places do I have to go to next?'

[...] After a moment of silence, the system replied, [I cannot reveal that information.]

[To make up for my mistake this time, I can reveal some information about the next world.]

[Jotaro, the next world is very dangerous. Even with a Stand like Star Platinum, which can stop time, that world is still very dangerous for you.]

[Demon Slayer or this world, they are still within your range of understanding, but the next world will be beyond your understanding. Before that, you need to improve your strength.]

Looking at Shinobu and Nezuko beside him, Jotaro's expression became somewhat serious.

If that world was dangerous even for him, then for Shinobu and Nezuko, it would be hell-level difficulty. To feel fear of the unknown is human nature for most people.

Jotaro didn't worry much about the unknown, but he did worry about the safety of his companions.

"Yare…"

That's why he didn't want to drag these people into it.

[Jotaro, having two trustworthy companions in that world is actually a good thing. No one can endure long-term loneliness. Even you would go crazy from that kind of feeling!]

Without revealing any more information, the system issued this world's ultimate mission, create a world where humans and ghouls live peacefully together.

This left Jotaro confused. It didn't seem too difficult on the surface.

He shifted his attention to the compensation reward given by the system.

The training method for Armament Haki.

Jotaro quickly scanned it, it was an advanced body-refining method. As someone who had Star Platinum, aside from the short-range flaw, his biggest flaw was himself.

Although his physical quality was top-tier among normal people, in essence, it was still a human body. It hadn't surpassed human limits.

Training in Haki could, to some extent, surpass that limit.

Stands were the result of the dual effects of spiritual power and life force. If life energy became stronger, it should also increase the Stand's power, perhaps allow time-stop to last longer, or even extend Star Platinum's range.

Jotaro didn't yet know what kind of changes would happen to the Stand, but practicing Haki would definitely help him better deal with the upcoming dangers.

Most importantly, Haki didn't have many requirements for practitioners, just like Ripple, anyone could train it.

"Jotaro-san is from another world?" Shinobu murmured absentmindedly, "I should've realized this much earlier."

A Stand, and the ability to pull things out of thin air, no matter how you looked at it, these seemed like "specialties" from another world.

The current situation made Jotaro decide to share information with them.

Jotaro looked around. A modern-style civilized city. It shouldn't be too dangerous a place. And the system had said, this was a world within his understanding.

The difficulty of surviving in this world shouldn't be harder than in the Demon Slayer world.

He looked at Shinobu seriously and said, "Next, I will go to even more dangerous places. There's no need for you two to follow me."

"If possible, I hope you both can stay in this world. After I return to my own world, I will come pick you up."

As long as the passages between worlds were opened, these passages would be permanent for him.

Reentering the single-loop world travel might only take a few breaths.

Shinobu was silent for a while, then seriously said, "Jotaro-san, you said those worlds will be very dangerous. If you can't return to your original world, then what?"

She looked into Jotaro's light green eyes, not backing down at all.

"Nezuko and I followed you here of our own will. You don't need to worry about our safety."

"Mm~ mm~" Nezuko nodded her head.

Jotaro sighed. Knowing the attitude of the two, he wouldn't force them to stay.

Just like Shinobu said, if he died on the journey ahead, the two of them not only wouldn't be able to return to their own worlds, but would also fall into endless waiting.

Wouldn't that feeling be even more painful than death?

"All in all, let's settle here first."

In the Demon Slayer world, wave after wave of battles, even Jotaro felt a little tired.

Next, besides gathering intel about this world, he also planned to rest for a while, and secondly, improve his strength.

Before heading to the next world, not only him, Shinobu and Nezuko also needed to learn how to use Haki.

That would allow him to feel a little more at ease.

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