Starting to Eat Clone Soft Rice from Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 47

Mobius spoke with a hint of boredom.

The Sky Pit, hundreds of kilometers in diameter, still lay outside Londinium. She believed that after witnessing such a marvel with their own eyes, even the most irrational nation would regain its composure and approach the matter with a level head.

"Indeed. Then there's one last issue—what should the new country be called?"

"Why not call it the Holy Terra Empire."

An Xiu, seated in his chair, proposed a name that was concise yet guaranteed to ruffle the feathers of every other nation on Terra once more.

Chapter 100: The Persecution of Laterano, the Founding Ceremony

Victoria and the Ursus Empire were to merge. The new nation's name was the Holy Terra Empire.

The founding ceremony was set in Victoria's capital, Londinium.

With the news Talulah released, the high-ranking officials of every nation across Terra received the intelligence, their faces all grim.

Had the Red Dragon Emperor finally stopped hiding her blatant ambitions?

For some time now, they had been probing the towering white light that appeared over Victoria, visible to all of Terra. But with Victoria's volatile situation and its tightly sealed borders, they had gained nothing so far.

Now, after fully seizing control of Victoria, that Red Dragon Emperor was openly inviting representatives from every nation to enter the capital for the founding ceremony. This was undoubtedly a prime opportunity to gather intelligence.

What had truly happened within Victoria? Was Talulah's complete takeover connected to it? All of this could be unveiled during the ceremony.

Thus, the high-ranking officials of every nation hastily dispatched representatives and intelligence agents, entering Victoria under the guise of attending the founding ceremony.

After all, though the ceremony hadn't started yet, it was only natural for their nations to send representatives a few days early to show their respect and sincerity, wasn't it?

Beyond the representatives and agents, the major nations of Terra also covertly slipped their own experts into the delegations, ready to sabotage the grand event when the ceremony began.

As if they would let Terra's most terrifying war machine and its strongest nation merge so easily into some Holy Terra Empire! That battleship the Red Dragon Emperor was assembling had better crash and burn!

And so, the delegations from Terra's nations encountered no obstacles on their journey, all arriving smoothly at Londinium, Victoria's former capital.

Then, in unison, they silently halted before the Sky Pit, hundreds of kilometers in diameter.

W-what in the world? Was this scene real? Were they dreaming?

Staring at the colossal pit that had turned the once vast plains into a basin, the representatives from every nation swallowed hard in disbelief. Their eyes filled with terror, bodies trembling as they repeatedly checked if they had come to the wrong place.

Good news: they had found the source of the commotion in Victoria that day.

Bad news: the situation was too absurd. They would rather believe it was fake than accept it as real.

Half a day later.

"What? A Sarkaz named Jibril annihilated hundreds of thousands of the Duke Coalition Army in Londinium with a single strike, leaving behind a Sky Pit hundreds of kilometers in diameter? And the earlier disturbance in Victoria was also caused by her attack?"

After receiving intelligence gathered by their agents in Londinium, the high-ranking officials of every nation double-checked it for errors, then all wore expressions of utter disbelief.

A power that sounded like something out of myth—how could it truly exist on this land?

But the intelligence agents embedded in the delegations were professionals; they wouldn't fabricate such an absurd story to deceive them.

So, realizing it might be true, the officials felt a suffocating pressure, like a python coiling around them.

That meant a monster had truly been born on this land—one that could fly above their heads at any moment and wipe out them, their cities, and their armies in one go!

Driven by this unprecedented fear, Laterano suffered.

If that Sarkaz named Jibril could display such power, didn't that mean Laterano was hiding some kind of mass-destruction secret weapon? Confess now for leniency, or resist and face the consequences!

"No, what does this have to do with us?"

The current Pope of Laterano, Evangelista XI, said in exasperation.

First, they hadn't even found out when Laterano had produced a Sarkaz named Jibril. Second, the commotion in Victoria was clearly Jibril's own doing—it had nothing to do with Laterano at all!

For that matter, if Laterano really had a weapon of mass destruction on that level, would they still be sitting here taking questions? They would have bombed them already. Did they think Laterano had a gentle temper?

Unfortunately, the other nations refused to believe this. After all, it was far more plausible that Laterano possessed some special weapon than that an individual could wield such power. So, even with the slightest chance, they kept probing and testing tirelessly, driving Evangelista XI to the point where even his favorite cactus tart lost its appeal.

Neither An Xiu nor Talulah paid any attention to the undercurrents among Terra's nations.

After witnessing Jibril's power, Talulah had become like a rookie Doctor who got a max-level Wis'adel on the first stage—she had completely given up on thinking.

No matter what schemes the other nations cooked up, if they dared to cause trouble, Miss Jibril would just take a lap over their country, and they'd fall in line.

So, with no external threats to worry about, Talulah and the Doctor threw themselves into their work like oxen. After half a month of labor, they finally finished all the details and procedures for the founding ceremony.

On a certain day in the 1090s of the Terra calendar.

Londinium was packed with people. Civilians, tourists, and representatives from various nations and major powers all walked the streets, heading to witness the founding ceremony of the Holy Terra Empire.

In the royal palace of Londinium, Talulah had changed into a solemn and magnificent gown. As the empire's emperor, she stepped onto the stage, completing her coronation under the gaze of countless citizens, journalists, and national representatives. She formally proclaimed the establishment and birth of the Holy Terra Empire, delivering a passionate and stirring speech.

The citizens and representatives below were all captivated by the empire's noble ideals, raising their hands in cheers, and some even wept with emotion.

Of course, what the representatives truly thought in their hearts was anyone's guess. On the surface, Londinium was harmonious, with everyone rejoicing at the birth of a new empire.

As for causing trouble? Just look at the remains of the Duke Coalition Army outside the city. Until they figured out whether such an attack could happen again, no nation dared to make a move. In fact, as long as An Xiu didn't have Talulah stir things up next, all of Terra would enter an unprecedented era of peace.

While the founding ceremony proceeded smoothly, An Xiu, backstage, opened the system shop interface and began browsing the discounted items refreshed for the new month.

[Surprise Blind Box] (50% off): 2500 points

[Spiral Power] (30% off): 300 million points

[Endless Energy] (50% off): 5 million points

"..."

Staring at the items refreshed in the discount zone before him, An Xiu fell silent.

It wasn't that the refreshed items were bad—quite the opposite. The items in the discount zone this time were almost too good, so good that aside from a Surprise Blind Box, he couldn't afford a single thing.

PS: The unstable update schedule is mainly because the author writes every chapter on the spot. So whenever something comes up, it affects the update time. For example, today I originally planned to update in the evening, but my mom suddenly called me to go eat at my grandpa's house and help clean up the yard. So the scheduled evening writing time had to be pushed back to late-night writing. These two chapters were written from 11 PM to 5 AM. I'll try to find a stable update time going forward.

Chapter 101: Sakura's Magic Talent, WTF Which Sakura Is This?!

Three hundred million for Spiral Power, five million for Endless Energy—both looked great, but the problem was An Xiu couldn't afford either right now.

Even counting the 150,000 points earned from conquering all of Victoria and wiping out the Duke Coalition Army, An Xiu's total points barely reached over 500,000. That was still ten times short of Endless Energy's price, let alone Spiral Power.

Earlier, An Xiu had felt pretty well-off with over 500,000 points in hand. But now, the two discount items before him seemed to mock him, showing that his tens of thousands of points weren't even a fraction of what was needed for truly good stuff.

In the end, were these items supposed to appear in the early game? Shouldn't they have shown up in the late game, when he could grit his teeth and pull out a few hundred million points to buy them for a power boost? Especially Spiral Power, which could make someone infinitely stronger—even across many worlds, it was considered an overpowered power system. Getting it in the discount zone was an incredible stroke of luck, and at the highest discount too. If he could buy it now, he'd save a full 700 million points.

Unfortunately, no matter how much his mind churned, system points wouldn't appear out of thin air. So An Xiu finally grimaced and looked at the only item he could afford.

"System, purchase Surprise Blind Box."

2,500 points deducted. A golden gift box appeared in An Xiu's system space.

A Surprise Blind Box, as the name implied, was similar to a random draw. Anything could come out of it.

From top-tier items like Spiral Power, originally worth a billion or more, down to a bundle of weeds, a pack of sanitary pads, or a box of toothpicks—there was no upper or lower limit.

Looking at the golden blind box in his system space, An Xiu decisively chose to open it.

Maybe because the discount items had messed with his mood earlier, An Xiu didn't hold much expectation for what came out of the blind box. After all, the odds of pulling something truly good from the blind box's nearly infinite prize pool were extremely low. So An Xiu's demand wasn't high—as long as he didn't lose points, it was fine.

Calmly watching the opened blind box dissolve into light, the system's prompt sounded in An Xiu's ear.

"Ding! Congratulations, host, on obtaining the prize [Sakura's Magic Talent]."

Sakura's magic talent, huh? Is that the Sakura from the Nasuverse?

Looking at the reward he'd pulled from the blind box, An Xiu instinctively thought of Sakura Matou from the Nasuverse. But soon, he sensed something was off.

What he'd pulled was magic talent. Shouldn't the Sakura from the Nasuverse be described as having magecraft talent instead?

Wait—which Sakura's talent had he pulled?

Quickly scanning the item description, An Xiu's eyes shot wide open.

"WTF, Cardcaptor Sakura?!"

The First Generation Moe King's magic talent—the Sakura who hadn't even finished elementary school yet surpassed the strongest mage, Clow Reed, with a baseline of at least universal-level power and a ceiling of multiversal? That Sakura?

He'd pulled something like this from a 2,500-point blind box?!

"Unstoppable."

In an instant, the depression from not being able to afford Spiral Power and Endless Energy vanished. An Xiu now felt an unprecedented sense of ease from head to toe.

What One-Punch Man, what evil gods and Lumberjacks, what the gods of DanMachi and Konosuba—were these still problems? Once he manifested Sakura and let her develop for a while, the First Generation Moe King would stand there, and they'd all know they were wrong.

"System, I want to manifest a clone."

"Ding! Manifesting clone Sakura Kinomoto requires 500,000 points. Confirm?"

"That expensive?"

Hearing the system's quote, An Xiu raised an eyebrow. He already had Sakura's magic talent in hand, and the Sakura he was manifesting was a bare-bones version without Clow Cards. Even so, it cost 500,000 points?

But it was understandable. A body capable of bearing this level of multiversal magic talent—being expensive made sense.

Still, if he manifested Sakura as a clone, all the points he had would be drained in one go.

But compared to the returns Sakura could bring him in the future, this cost seemed trivial.

"I'll manifest her, but not in this world."

The Arknights World was too chaotic, not suitable for Sakura's growth. So before manifesting the clone, An Xiu planned to switch worlds first.

The Jujutsu World, with Makima in charge, was too comfortable, and the ceiling of its cursed energy system wasn't very high. The One Punch World wasn't suitable for Sakura's growth either. The JOJO World, with its bizarre Stands, was the same.

After a moment of selection, An Xiu decided to choose between the DanMachi World and the Konosuba World as his development site.

"Let's go with the DanMachi World."

It wasn't that the DanMachi World was particularly great, but An Xiu was interested in the Favor System used by its gods.

A system that could contract others into one's Familia and allow everyone to break through their own potential and keep growing—if possible, An Xiu wanted to get his hands on it.

That way, he could recruit Talulah and the Doctor, who had good relations with him in the Arknights World, into his Familia.

But relying on himself alone, he knew nothing about the Favor System. That was why he needed Sakura's help. He believed that once Sakura was manifested, with her talent, analyzing the Favor System would be a piece of cake.

With that thought, An Xiu contacted Mobius, telling her to keep an eye on the Arknights World for a while since he'd be leaving temporarily. Then he opened the system's travel option, activated a portal, and headed to the DanMachi World.

The world of DanMachi, the labyrinth city of Orario.

In an unnoticed corner by a street, two figures silently appeared in this world.

One of them was naturally An Xiu, and the other was Seele.

Considering that in the Jujutsu world, Makima's curse spirit army meant Seele wasn't needed to constantly hunt curses, and that here in DanMachi, Sakura might need some protection in the early stages, An Xiu decided to bring Seele to the DanMachi world, planning to have her team up with Sakura, whom he was about to manifest next.

"Is that the Babel Tower? Seeing it in person is indeed quite striking."

Gazing at the towering spire at the city's center that pierced the sky, An Xiu remarked, then turned his eyes to Seele beside him.

"Let's go. First, find a place to manifest Sakura."

"Mm, whatever An Xiu-ge says."

Seele naturally had no objections to An Xiu's arrangements, so the two stepped onto the street and formally merged into the city.

Chapter 102: New Clone Sakura Arrives in the DanMachi World

The labyrinth city of Orario was a massive city built atop the Dungeon, renowned as the center of the world.

With the Guild, which managed the city and the Dungeon, at its core, this city gathered a wide variety of races, including humans, Elves, Beastmen, and Dwarves.

These races gathered under the banners of different Gods, receiving their Grace to become Familia, and made a living in various ways. The most common method was for Familia members to become Adventurers and conquer the Dungeon.

Since the Dungeon continuously spawned Monsters, posing the world's primary threat, powerful Familia took pride in delving deeper, while weaker ones could sustain themselves by slaying lesser Monsters in the Dungeon and selling Magic Stones and other dropped materials.

In such a city, strength undoubtedly commanded much respect.

However, though both An Xiu and Seele were formidable in their own right, they were unknown in this world. After all, the people here largely judged strength through the simple and crude system of Levels.

From Level 1 to Level 9, ordinary people who received a God's Grace could improve their stats through training and combat. Once their stats reached a certain point, they could level up by achieving a Great Feat, gaining greater power and a new stat panel, and so the cycle repeated.