Will You Remember How Many Breads You've Eaten, JOJO

"What's going on?!" Hearing the piercing scream, Yu Luo couldn't bother researching the appearance of the demons in this world with the System. He quickly withdrew his consciousness from his mind, gripped Raikiri in his right hand, and observed his surroundings.

This world was also plunged into darkness. The bright moonlight hung high in the sky, allowing Yu Luo to clearly see his surroundings.

It was a small town with an Edo-style architecture, and not many people lived there, only a few hundred. The low, flat houses did not obstruct Yu Luo's view. Yu Luo was currently standing outside the wall of a house, leaning against a wooden utility pole.

"Bakumatsu? Meiji?" The blend of old and new eras was too peculiar. Yu Luo, who had a little knowledge of the history of the Land of the Far East, quickly pinpointed the era he was in.

"Screech..." Yu Luo drew Raikiri, pointing it diagonally at the ground. In his left hand, he held Sasaki Kojiro's Card, ready to transform at any moment.

However, the scream lasted for only one sound, and then the entire town fell silent. Only the crickets chirped in the grass, unwilling to be lonely. The town streets were deserted, with only Yu Luo's shadow stretching long, as if the scream had been merely Yu Luo's hallucination.

Yu Luo's spirit was tense, and any slight disturbance touched his nerves. A night breeze gently brushed his face, and his expression immediately changed. He smelled a familiar scent in the night wind – the smell of blood, which he often encountered in Changkong City.

"This smell..." Yu Luo carefully discerned the direction of the wind and rushed towards the scent of blood. For some reason, all the dogs in the town fell silent and cowered in their kennels, trembling. Even as Yu Luo ran past them, they paid him no mind.

"Is it a demon?" Such abnormal circumstances made Yu Luo recall the basic information about this world provided by the System, and he couldn't help but ponder in his heart.

The smell of blood in the night wind grew stronger and stronger, eventually turning into a foul stench. Even Yu Luo, who could kill Zombie Girls without a change in expression, couldn't help but frown. Finally, Yu Luo turned a corner along the street and stopped.

An alleyway, no more than two meters wide, was shrouded in the shadows of the high walls on both sides. A tall figure squatted in the middle of the road. The stench of blood was extremely strong. Yu Luo could only see the figure squatting on the ground, constantly heaving, accompanied by crunching sounds.

"Pfft!"

"Thud..." The figure's right hand casually tossed out a piece of something. It landed in front of Yu Luo with a dull thud. Yu Luo focused his gaze and saw what the piece was. He immediately felt dizzy, and his stomach churned.

The object thrown out was a clump of colorful internal organs, lying sticky and wet at Yu Luo's feet, still covered in fresh blood. The strong, foul stench assaulted Yu Luo's nostrils, almost bringing tears to his eyes.

"Fresh human..." a hoarse, inhuman voice came from the tall figure squatting in the middle of the road. The figure stood up, reaching a height of two meters. He was burly, with arms thicker than Yu Luo's thighs.

"Wuuu..." The burly figure lunged at Yu Luo in the darkness, throwing an object with a whistling sound. An ordinary person would have been crippled by such a blow. Fortunately, Yu Luo's spirit had remained tense, and he instinctively jumped to the left the moment the figure moved.

"Splat!" The fierce airflow was like a small knife. The unknown object grazed Yu Luo's cheek, leaving a small cut from which blood slowly trickled down.

The unknown object was smashed violently into the wall behind Yu Luo. Blood and flesh splattered, and the minced meat mixed with blood splashed onto Yu Luo's back, but it was ruthlessly blocked by Raikiri's built-in electromagnetic field.

"Food, food, food, it's food..." The figure seemed to have fallen into madness, shouting unconsciously. He pounced at Yu Luo like a leopard, his movements far too agile for a normal person. Yu Luo only saw a blur before his eyes, and a monster's claw extended towards him.

"Bang!" A dark blue electric light suddenly erupted in the air in front of Yu Luo. The claw, as big as Yu Luo's head, was violently repelled. Yu Luo himself was sent flying by the immense impact, crashing heavily into the wall. The air in his lungs was completely expelled, and he almost fainted.

The figure seemed to have been electrocuted by the electromagnetic field, as it didn't pursue while Yu Luo was incapacitated. Yu Luo took two deep breaths of the foul air and, under the bright moonlight, finally saw the tall figure that had attacked him clearly.

It was less like a human and more like a humanoid monster. Its crimson eyes were filled with madness, its muscles were knotted, and a ferocious single horn protruded from its head. Its hands, the size of an adult's head, were covered in sharp claws that could easily pierce flesh. However, its right claw hung limply, appearing to have been severely injured by Raikiri's electromagnetic field just now.

Yu Luo struggled to get up from the ground. The blade of Raikiri still emitted a dark blue glow. He held the bronze card between his fingers and drew a diagonal line in front of him.

"Henshin!" A blinding silver light flashed and dissipated. Yu Luo's blue ponytail fluttered in the wind. Dressed in a light purple kimono, he held Raikiri horizontally in front of him, fully alert as he faced the monster clutching its injured claw.

"Hey, you don't have the Heroic Spirit Card buffs anymore, so be careful!" The System suddenly chimed in. "Your physical condition after transforming is the same as before you transformed. You're just a normal person, don't get too reckless!"

"You said that already, are you getting dementia?!" Yu Luo retorted impatiently in his mind, then activated his B+ level Translucence and A+ level Mind's Eye.

The Mirror-Still Water state instantly took effect on Yu Luo. His entire being calmed down. Everything around him appeared in his mind without omission, allowing him to make the most advantageous reaction to any action the monster took.

This monster had clearly lost its mind, stimulated by human flesh, or perhaps it had never had any reason to begin with. As the pain in its right claw slightly subsided, its crimson eyes fixed on Yu Luo, like a ferocious beast staring at its prey.

Unfortunately, Yu Luo was currently in the Mirror-Still Water state and was completely unfazed. The monster roared and lunged at Yu Luo like a wild beast, incredibly swift. An ordinary person would have been unable to react.

"Swish!" A dark blue light suddenly appeared in the night. Yu Luo and the monster passed each other. A monstrous arm flew into the sky and landed heavily on the ground. The cut surface was charred black, with not a single drop of blood flowing out.

Yu Luo raised Raikiri again, cautiously observing the monster that had lost its right arm. With the Mind's Eye, he could find flaws in the enemy's movements. With the monster's beast-like attacks that relied purely on its body, it was impossible for it to touch Yu Luo.

"Roar!" The monster howled at Yu Luo, its mouth wide open, revealing teeth still stained with some unknown flesh. The severed right arm began to writhe, as if countless small worms were wriggling beneath its skin.

But soon, the wriggling stopped. The severed right arm remained charred black, unchanged. The monster's roar abruptly ceased, and a flicker of confusion crossed its crimson eyes. It glanced warily at Yu Luo, who stood ready with his sword. Seeing that Yu Luo had no intention of attacking, it decisively turned and fled rapidly into the distance, disappearing in just a few moments.

Yu Luo stared in the direction the monster had fled, dispelled his transformation, and milky white particles lit up around him, restoring his original attire. He sheathed Raikiri, which was unstained by blood, back into its scabbard at his waist and sat down on the spot, unconcerned about the dirt.

"Ah..." Yu Luo exhaled, his spirit slightly depleted. First, he had maintained a state of high alert for a long time, and then he had used the power of a Heroic Spirit to enter the Mirror-Still Water state. The mental strain was considerable.

"Was that monster a demon?" Yu Luo asked the System in his mind.

"Yes," the System confirmed Yu Luo's guess and added, "The demon just now had too little Demon King blood, so it couldn't even maintain its self-awareness and was left with only the instinct to prey. It can be considered the weakest type of demon."

"Higher-level demons, like the Twelve Kizuki, not only possess their own consciousness but also have special superpowers called [Blood Demon Art]. With your current strength, you'd probably be eaten in one encounter."

"I understand," Yu Luo sighed, stood up, and walked to the wall. A mangled corpse lay there – the unknown object the demon had thrown as a weapon earlier.

Half of its body had been devoured by the demon, making it impossible to determine its gender. A conspicuous bloodstain marked the wall where the corpse had hit. If anyone unknown were to pass by, they would probably think Yu Luo was a perverted murderer.