Chapter 444: Shikon Jewel Fragment
The nuclear explosion dissipated. Blue Cloud's remnant corpse completely turned into a piece of deformed and rotting minced meat. Kaito Shirogane pointed expressionlessly, and Dodon Ray instantly blasted the minced meat into nothingness.
At this moment, Osaka, where Kaito was located, had completely turned into a wasteland. The shopping street was razed to the ground, leaving only some broken ruins of reinforced concrete.
Most of the collapsed buildings were completely carbonized, with more than half of the frames remaining.
Kaito walked among them. There was no longer any sound in this world. Within the perception range of his [Mantra], there was no existence of life.
This was the price for the Multi-Faced Alien communicating with him once. Countless characters he had seen or hadn't seen were turned into flying ash.
Hachiro Oka, who could be considered talented in this world, and Reincarnators who might be hiding somewhere in the city, would all die in this explosion.
Kaito took a last look at those yokai on the ground whose corpses didn't even remain, feeling somewhat pitiful. He took out [Ace's Striker], stepped on it with one foot, and thunder surged from under his feet.
Because of the effect of [Emperor's Extreme Thunder Prison Scripture] LV1 and the acquisition of the new energy system [Current Push], the thunder and lightning Kaito could dominate and drive now was much stronger than before.
Using this item to fly basically consumed nothing.
Cloud Dials sprayed. Kaito rushed straight into the sky. He crushed Nurarihyon's Drop Card, but in his heart, he was thinking about the dialogue with the Multi-Faced Alien.
Regarding [Observer], what he could think of was that famous [Observer Effect], roughly stating that the act of observation would affect the observed.
The most intuitive example was in the double-slit experiment, where the wave-particle duality of photons would change depending on whether they were observed or not. When observed, they behaved as particles, but when unobserved, they behaved as waves.
The fact that objective entities would change due to the third-party subjective act of observation gave rise to many terrifying conjectures.
And the [Observer] described by the Multi-Faced Alien was probably such a concept. They believed there existed an extremely high-dimensional existence observing the world, universe, and everything. And because of their observation, the world would display different appearances and postures.
This power level was too high, already transcending the scope Kaito could touch now.
But combining the [Information] theory advocated by both Multi-Faced Aliens and the Space, Kaito generated many conjectures.
Then, there was the so-called [Heart].
Kaito knew the reason Multi-Faced Aliens said his soul weight was extraordinary might be because he was shattered by Saitama's Serious Punch, then repaired by Mob using the Golden Soul Fragments obtained from the One Piece world.
Whether Saitama's conceptual attack or those Golden Soul Fragments, both remained in his soul.
But even if Kaito activated [Transcendent Helix], he couldn't capture the impact of this change on himself.
Whether actual power, or influence on thinking and emotions, he perceived absolutely nothing. The Goddess and the Space also didn't show any abnormality.
"Heh, [Heart] is really elusive, formless and shapeless."
Kaito raised his head, recalling the [Black King] he met. The opponent was indeed incredibly powerful. Even without the overwhelming feeling of being completely unmatched that Saitama gave him, that intense despair and the feeling as if the whole world merged with him made one feel absolutely no possibility of victory.
Was that power related to [Heart]...
Kaito himself didn't realize that all his concern for [Heart] was linked to power. He didn't care about Heart; what he cared about, ultimately, was power.
[You opened Drop Card · Yokai King Nurarihyon]
[You obtained 2500 Dimensional Points]
[You obtained Material · Nurarihyon's Core (Unparalleled Rare)]
[You obtained Item · Shikon Jewel Fragment (Purple)]
Kaito's attention returned because of this quite successful extraction. He also broke away from that rare state of thinking.
Too distant things meant little to Kaito. He greedily wanted to obtain the power of [Black King] and [Saitama], but was unsure how much [Heart], something he completely couldn't understand, occupied in that power.
Therefore, he would explore; therefore, he would communicate with Multi-Faced Aliens.
But ultimately, only the power held in hand was the real and true power!
[Shikon Jewel Fragment (Small)]
[Quality: Unparalleled Rare]
[Description: Jewel fragment condensed from the pure soul of a Great Priestess and souls of many Great Yokai in a certain yokai era]
[Usage Requirement: Possess demonic power or spirit-related abilities]
[Effect 1: After wearing, obtain Low-Rank Demonic Power Resistance, Low-Rank Demonic Power Enhancement characteristics]
[Effect 2: Swallowing or implanting this item into the body will greatly amplify attributes like Spiritual Power, Demonic Power, etc., but simultaneously, oneself will be influenced by the souls within the jewel]
[Effect 3: This fragment can fuse with other fragments. With each fusion, the effect will be amplified until it becomes complete state]
This Shikon Jewel fragment was probably the smallest kind, only the size of a prism of a crystalline lens, but Kaito could indeed feel quite strong power from it.
This thing, if not for essentially belonging to a different system from Nurarihyon of this world, would probably indeed produce a considerable amplification for it.
Kaito looked at Effect 2 of this Shikon Jewel, that blatantly marked negative effect. He actually had an impulse to try.
If he could really introduce the souls of Great Priestess Midoriko and Great Yokai, Dragons of that era into his body, it would be a great enhancement for him.
Kaito fully experienced the power of Gojo Satoru's Limitless Technique in the nuclear explosion just now. With his current constitution, suffering a nuclear explosion at close range, originally there would still be a certain probability of risking total inactivation and completely turning into charcoal.
But with Limitless Technique, even his Busoshoku Haki wasn't completely shattered.
This rule-type technique allowed him to completely avoid damages like shockwaves and flames from the close-range nuclear explosion.
Therefore, Kaito increasingly looked forward to accommodating more and more powerful souls, then completely accommodating and simulating the power of these souls. By then, Kaito could completely be called the Reincarnator with the most diverse abilities.
And, no need to spend resources to cultivate and upgrade these abilities.
[Cleaner EX051, third coordinate broadcast is about to start for you]
The Space didn't mark Kaito as a target to be cleared, nor did it intend to deploy new Cleaners, directly starting the third round of coordinate broadcast.
A large amount of coordinate information immediately appeared in Kaito's brain, accompanied by images of those coordinates currently.
What surprised Kaito was that the coordinates where Reincarnators were most concentrated were in Tokyo.
And Tokyo at this moment wasn't destroyed by the nuclear explosion.
Kaito counted the number of coordinates carefully. There were as many as seven. Except for one target far away in Germany, other Reincarnators in this world were completely concentrated in Tokyo.
"In other words, one of those two targets that must be purged has already been teleported to Tokyo by Multi-Faced Aliens..."
Kaito associated with the agreement Multi-Faced Aliens reached with him without speaking. The opponent most likely placed it on this purge target.
Thinking of this, the corner of Kaito's mouth hooked up. He was very curious, in the eyes of high-dimensional races like Multi-Faced Aliens, what kind of chip they thought he would accept without communicating with him.
This point, Kaito understood when he returned above Tokyo and looked at the monster constantly destroying the city below. At the same time, he also knew why the nuclear explosion didn't destroy Tokyo.
A monster covered in scales, with several huge spikes erecting on its back, extremely similar to Godzilla in movies, was wreaking havoc in Tokyo urban area.
Shibuya had completely fallen. A large number of armed helicopters hovered above the urban area. Kaito could also see a large number of Black Ball Team members appearing on top of various high-rise buildings. Probably those Japanese chaebols issued new missions.
But Kaito knew very well that this monster resembling Godzilla was the gift Multi-Faced Aliens gave him, one of the... Reincarnators he must purge.
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