Eating Avatars' Soft Rice Starting from Jujutsu Kaisen

"It's just a little bit of money. Believe me, you'll gain much more valuable things from this relationship in the future."

In the blink of an eye, two and a half days passed.

During this period, a major event occurred in the Jujutsu World: Makima, a high-ranking official in the Jujutsu World, the head of the Tokyo Jujutsu sorcerers, and previously a Grade 1 sorcerer, submitted her application for Special Grade sorcerer.

After unanimous recognition from the Jujutsu World's higher-ups, along with guarantees from Special Grade sorcerers Seele and Gojo Satoru, Makima was confirmed to possess Special Grade sorcerer strength. Thus, with approval from the Director's Office, Makima was officially promoted to become the sixth Special Grade sorcerer in the Jujutsu World.

For a time, the middle and lower-ranking sorcerers of the entire Jujutsu World were once again shaken.

It's important to remember that, excluding the Special Grade sorcerer Geto Suguru, who defected from the Jujutsu World years ago to become a curse user, the Jujutsu World currently possessed a total of five Special Grade sorcerers: Gojo Satoru, Kokuo Yuki, Okkotsu Yuta, Seele, and Makima.

Looking back over the years, this was undoubtedly the most prosperous period for their entire Jujutsu World. their Jujutsu World was visibly flourishing!

As noon approached, in downtown Tokyo, Ginza.

On this commercial street, renowned as the most prosperous and expensive in all of Asia, a black luxury car was parked by the roadside.

As the car door slowly opened, Makima, having thankfully shed her work attire for casual clothing, stepped out of the vehicle.

She wore a white women's shirt, black women's trousers, and black high heels with gold soles. She appeared less serious and focused than in her work attire, yet still exuded an air of superiority. Coupled with her beautiful face, she drew frequent glances from passersby.

Behind Makima, Miwa Kasumi and Nishimiya Momo, dressed in matching suits, followed closely.

"Um, Makima-sama, is it really okay for us to be out like this during work hours?" Miwa Kasumi asked Makima with a hint of unease.

For this honest and straightforward girl, who likely had no experience lying to people, sneaking out with her superior during work hours felt a bit beyond her capabilities. Even though Makima-sama now simultaneously served as a Special Grade sorcerer and the head of the Director's Office, overseeing all Jujutsu sorcerer-related affairs in Tokyo, making her practically unrivaled and able to shake the Jujutsu World with a mere stomp of her foot, Miwa Kasumi still felt this was not quite right.

"I've already arranged the work for the Director's Office. I don't need to be involved in the subsequent tasks. Since that's the case, it's only natural to make good use of the saved time," Makima said with a smile.

"Alright, let's head over there first. It looks like the person we're waiting for hasn't arrived yet."

And so, the three women, each with their distinct styles, stood by the street and waited for nearly ten minutes.

Finally, a voice called out from a distance.

"Apologies for being a little late. I hope you haven't been waiting long?" An Xiu walked forward and greeted the three of them.

Naturally, his gaze was primarily fixed on Makima, who had changed into a different style of dress.

Chapter 42: An Xiu's Philosophy, System Update Complete

Inside a large shopping mall, Miwa Kasumi and Nishimiya Momo, standing beside her, each held a cup of milk tea, following An Xiu and Makima from a distance.

Honestly, neither of them had expected that their first outing with their superior after becoming Makima's escorts would be a date. This should be a date, right? After all, taking time out on a workday to accompany an acquaintance of the opposite sex shopping – if it's not a date, what else could it be?

Miwa Kasumi and Nishimiya Momo had some impression of An Xiu. He was the man who always appeared with Lord Seele and seemed to live with her. His strength was rumored to be at the level of a Grade 1 sorcerer. Although he couldn't compare to a Special Grade like Makima-sama, he was still quite formidable. However, An Xiu, who often appeared as Seele's accessory, didn't have a high presence in the Jujutsu World, so their impression of him was limited to that. This was thanks to his appearance at the Inter-school Exchange Event previously, which led the two girls to inquire about him.

Before An Xiu's arrival, they would never have imagined that the person Makima-sama had specifically come out to meet this time was him. They had thought that a woman like Makima-sama, who never showed favor to the men around her, was extremely responsible and serious about her work, and held a high position, would never have any intimate relationships with any men. However, this was Makima-sama's private matter after all. As minor characters, they clearly had no reason or qualification to interfere, so all they could do was offer their silent blessings in their hearts.

Thinking thus, Miwa Kasumi took a gentle sip of the milk tea in her hand, then revealed an expression of bliss.

"Ah, this milk tea is so delicious! I've never tried it before. It really is sweet, just like my friends said." Although it was a bit embarrassing to admit, due to her family's financial situation in the past, Miwa Kasumi had long heard about milk tea, a drink that was a hot topic among women, but she had never been able to afford to try it. This was her first time drinking milk tea.

"Kasumi, you're being a bit dramatic," Nishimiya Momo said with a slightly helpless expression, but she didn't say much else. Instead, she also took a sip of her milk tea, feeling quite pleased. After all, Makima-sama brought them along even on a date. What did that signify? It meant Makima-sama valued them, treating them not as insignificant figures casually recruited, but as genuine members of her inner circle. Even the milk tea in their hands was bought by Makima-sama. Makima-sama was truly good to them; no wonder everyone in the Director's Office respected her so much. However, the two girls were clearly unaware that while they were praising Makima-sama in their hearts and whispering to each other, Makima, walking ahead, was also whispering to An Xiu.

"What do you think about these two girls behind us, Master?" Makima asked An Xiu in a low voice, a faint smile on her face.

"Don't talk as if you're kidnapping people. Also, how did you find them?"

"They were characters who appeared in the original story, and they are both very cute girls, so I used some means to recruit them as escorts."

"What, Master doesn't like it?"

An Xiu shook his head in response. "It's not that I don't like them, of course. After all, they are female characters I quite liked when watching anime in my previous life. I naturally like them, but not to the extent where I absolutely must have them." Or rather, with the existence of avatars, An Xiu, while still liking the various anime girls he admired in his previous life, no longer possessed the fervent obsession of calling them 'waifus' at the slightest provocation.

After becoming real characters, compared to avatars, these two-dimensional female characters seemed a bit more troublesome to An Xiu.

Not to mention their varied and complex personality settings, the conflicts that arose when characters with different personal settings interacted could really give him a headache.

An Xiu was a very greedy person who loved everyone. If he were to travel to a two-dimensional world, he would definitely want to build a harem if he had the ability. After all, he was the type of person who wanted everything he liked.

But how many of those original characters could accept such an idea? Even if An Xiu was incredibly powerful, able to conquer characters and make them reluctantly accept, he would have to appease the existing characters while conquering new ones. A slight misstep could lead to disaster. Besides, the conflicts between different characters brought about a series of problems that made his scalp tingle just thinking about it.

In contrast, avatars created using the system could accept his ideas and wouldn't conflict with each other. Most importantly, they were in sync with An Xiu's thoughts, so there was no need to consider too much when interacting with them daily, unlike dealing with outsiders where he had to pay attention to all sorts of issues.

Unless it was a purely casual, no-strings-attached relationship, no matter how perfect a two-dimensional beautiful girl was, An Xiu found them inferior to his avatars.

"To put it plainly, Master, it's precisely because you like them and care about their feelings that you feel responsible once you've been intimate with them. At the same time, you believe that no one else besides us avatars can accept your thoughts, which is why you resist the characters you originally liked."

"In that sense, at least Master isn't a scumbag."

Makima knew An Xiu's thoughts perfectly clear. After all, these avatars not only possessed the memories of the original characters but also An Xiu's own memories.

It could be said that whether it was Seele or Makima, every avatar An Xiu materialized understood An Xiu as if they were him. They knew An Xiu's preferences, his kinks, and even his reactions and thoughts in various situations.

The reason for saying "roughly clear" was because people change. These avatars, in the end, only possessed An Xiu's memories up to the moment he created them.

Therefore, Makima, who could easily see through the essence of things, knew from the beginning that An Xiu didn't dislike the "gift" Makima brought this time. He was just worried that the gift itself couldn't accept it and didn't want to hurt the characters he liked in his past life because of it.

"You can rest assured about this, Master. People's views are very easily changed. Just because they can't accept it now doesn't mean they won't accept it later."

"If Master wants to stick to his principles, he can patiently wait until the day they are willing to accept Master willingly."

"Until then, you can just pretend these two lovely children don't exist."

Hearing Makima's suggestion, An Xiu nodded.

Indeed, in the end, acceptance or rejection depended entirely on him, the main body. He didn't have those thoughts yet, so he would just consider it as if nothing had happened for now.

And so, An Xiu and Makima strolled leisurely through the large mall, occasionally buying things they liked.

Suddenly, a notification sound echoed in An Xiu's ear.

"Ding! System's 72-hour online update has concluded. New features have been enabled. Please check them yourself."

PS: There's one more chapter before 6 PM.

Chapter 43: World Crossing Mechanism and Three New Worlds, Mall Discount Area Refreshed

"The system update is complete?"

Hearing the notification sound, An Xiu exchanged a look with Makima beside him and didn't choose to check it immediately.

After all, there were many people around. He would check the new functions after returning.

Thus, An Xiu and Makima continued to wander around the mall. During this time, besides shopping for herself, Makima also picked out several men's outfits for An Xiu.

An Xiu's taste in this regard was definitely not as good as Makima's, so he just accepted them and watched as Makima swiped her card under the astonished gaze of the sales assistant, successfully garnering envious, jealous, and hateful looks from the passing male compatriots.

After shopping, An Xiu and Makima had lunch together outside and visited several famous landmarks in Tokyo. They bought whatever they liked during the tour, with Makima covering all the expenses.

For Makima, who had now dominated the upper echelons of the Jujutsu World, money was truly just a string of numbers. In the original work, the Zenin family alone, one of the three great families, had the saying of "five hundred million for the Yugumo, one billion for the Fushiguro." The head of the Zenin family could readily produce ten billion in liquid funds without any apparent effort. The funds Makima could mobilize, having dominated the entire Jujutsu World's upper echelons, would only be higher.

In the evening, after escorting An Xiu back to the villa, Makima bid farewell to An Xiu and returned to the Director's Office with Miwa Kasumi and Nishimiya Momo following behind her.

Finally back home, An Xiu opened the system interface to check the new functions after this system update.

As soon as he opened the system, the first thing that appeared before An Xiu was an update announcement.

[System 2.0 Version Update Announcement]

1. Adjusted the system point acquisition ratio. Daily points obtained through "Living off others" behavior have increased. A multiplier mechanism has been added. When engaging in "Living off others" behavior with female characters who have higher overall ratings, the triggered point rewards will be increased based on the character's rating.

2. Added World Crossing function. Every time the host accumulates a certain amount of points, they will receive an opportunity to open a new world. After opening a new world, the host and their avatars can freely travel between different worlds.

3. Added Resurrection Mechanism. When an avatar dies, the host can resurrect the avatar after twenty-four hours. When the host dies, a surviving avatar can resurrect the host after twenty-four hours.

Looking at the update content on the announcement, An Xiu stroked his chin.

First, regarding the multiplier mechanism, the points obtained from daily "Living off others" behavior have increased, and the points obtained from "Living off others" with female characters who have higher ratings will also increase.

"System, how is this rating calculated?"

"Ding, a female character's rating is calculated based on multiple factors such as appearance, strength, power, wealth, and status. The more outstanding a female character is in these aspects, the higher her rating."

"Then, if a female character's rating is not high initially, but she later gains higher strength, power, wealth, or status, will her rating increase?"

"Ding! Ratings are dynamically updated and determined by the character's current situation."

"Understood."

After hearing the system's explanation, An Xiu nodded and then continued to look at the remaining update content.

There was nothing much to say about the resurrection mechanism. The system probably added this insurance because it saw him being so laid-back. It was quite thoughtful.

What An Xiu was more concerned about now was the World Crossing function.

Exiting the update announcement, An Xiu saw that among the system's many function options, a new interface labeled "World" had appeared.

Clicking to enter the new interface, a map page with a background of infinite void, similar to some war-themed games his past self played, appeared before An Xiu.

At this moment, there was only one illuminated green dot on the entire map, indicating An Xiu's current location, with the words "[Jujutsu Kaisen] World" displayed next to it.

Other than that, the entire page was black, with only an option to "Open New World" in the top right corner. The option indicated a count of 1, and next to it was a progress bar displaying "500,000 Points," with the current progress at zero.

"If I continue to accumulate 500,000 points, I can get permission to open a new world?"

Looking at this simple page, An Xiu immediately understood its meaning.

Was the one-time allowance to open new worlds a free gift after the update, or was it given after accumulating 100,000 points previously?

If it was the former, it meant that opening a new world would only require accumulating 500,000 points each time. If it was the latter, it meant that the cumulative points needed for each subsequent new world would increase exponentially.

"But there's no use thinking about this now. 500,000 points will probably take me some time to save. For now, I'll just open a new world and see."

Clicking the "Open New World" option in the top right corner, three new light dots immediately appeared on the system page, near the Jujutsu Kaisen world where An Xiu was currently located.

Undoubtedly, these three light dots represented three new worlds.

Clicking on the light dots, information about these three worlds appeared before An Xiu.

The three new worlds were: "[Arknights]", "[One-Punch Man]", and "[Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon]".

"So it's these three worlds."

Looking at the light dots representing the new worlds, An Xiu fell into thought.

Compared to a world like Jujutsu Kaisen, where the overall combat power was not high and the level was clear at a glance, the waters of these three worlds were much deeper.

Among them, the Arknights world was a two-dimensional mobile game An Xiu had played in his previous life. It told the story of an organization called Rhodes Island saving the land in a super cesspool named Terra.

The overall strength level was not too high. Although it was much stronger than the Jujutsu world An Xiu was currently in, it wasn't outrageously strong. Of course, this was only on the surface.

In reality, there were a bunch of world-ending crises in the background. Besides the Originium that was clearly visible, there were also Sea Terrors, Aberrations, and Lumberjacks, each of whom could be considered highly skilled.

As for One-Punch Man, there was no need to mention it. The final villains of each arc were basically star-busting level, and there was also a god whose strength was unknown but definitely not weak. Fortunately, with the protagonist Saitama around, there was no need to worry about a real world-ending crisis.