Star Rail: I, a Researcher, Joined the Chat Group

Upon hearing that, Chen Mu immediately spoke up as well.

Asta had clearly been distracted now, and he did not want her to remember what had just happened and create more trouble.

"Yes, yes, so hurry up and leave."

Seeing that Chen Mu was actually so eager to leave, Asta snorted irritably and even took the initiative to shove him out the door.

Watching Chen Mu's retreating figure, only after he was completely out of sight did Asta close the door.

She slowly returned to the sofa and sat down.

Thinking about Chen Mu's Space ability, Asta once again felt how incredible her little brother was.

Whether or not he was the reincarnation of an Aeon, as a human, being able to wield the power of an Aeon was already utterly unbelievable.

Her fingers accidentally brushed against her lips.

Asta froze, instantly recalling that accidental kiss between her and Chen Mu. A blush gradually surfaced on her face again...

Aahhh!

Asta!

What nonsense are you thinking about?!

You're Xiao Mu's older sister!

Asta covered her face and screamed inwardly.

Then she buried her face beneath a pillow, trying to hide the fact that it was getting redder and redder.

Heading to the Demon Slayer World

The next morning.

After resting well, Chen Mu entered the Chat Group at the first opportunity.

Ding! Group member Chen Mu successfully checked in and received 100 Points.

Hoshino Ai: "666, another hundred. I'm almost used to it by now! All I can say is, Lord Chen Mu is awesome!"

Hoshino Ai: "I've said I'm jealous so many times already, but to Lord Chen Mu, who has a million Points, this must be nothing more than a drop in the bucket, right?"

Gotoh Hitori: "It may be a drop in the bucket for Lord Chen Mu, but for us, it's a huge sum."

Tokisaki Kurumi: "...Hard not to agree."

Chen Mu: "No, it's a huge sum for me too. I've already used up those million Points, and my Points are even in the negatives now."

Chen Mu: "Points -200.jpg"

Hoshino Ai: "???"

Gotoh Hitori: "???"

Tokisaki Kurumi: "???"

Tokisaki Kurumi: "Negative? The Chat Group's Points can actually go negative?!!"

Hoshino Ai: "N-No... that's not the point. The point is, what exactly did Lord Chen Mu do to use up a million Points all at once?"

Gotoh Hitori: "Dad said... people who make a lot of money spend it quickly too. So he really wasn't lying..."

Tokisaki Kurumi: "I tried it... There's no way to go into debt at all. I wonder how Mr. Chen Mu managed it."

Hoshino Ai: "Haha, maybe that's because the Chat Group won't lend Points to poor people."

Hoshino Ai: "Still, I never expected Lord Chen Mu to be so short on Points. In that case, let me sponsor Lord Chen Mu a little!"

Ding! Group member "Hoshino Ai" sent an exclusive Red Envelope.

Ding! Group member "Gotoh Hitori" sent an exclusive Red Envelope.

Gotoh Hitori did not say anything, merely silently sending Chen Mu a Red Envelope as well.

Tokisaki Kurumi: "..."

Tokisaki Kurumi also wanted to send Chen Mu a Red Envelope and build a good relationship with him.

But the problem was...

She did not have a single drop left.

Every time she got Points, the first thing she did was convert them into time. How could she possibly have any Points left?

Chen Mu: "Haha, I appreciate the thought, but you should keep your Points. It's only two hundred Points. So what if I owe them? At most, it'll only take two days."

Chen Mu smiled as he spoke.

Did he lack Points?

Of course he did.

But what he lacked were tens or millions of Points to integrate the abilities he had once developed into himself.

A few dozen or hundred Points, on the other hand, would not help him much.

Yet a few dozen or hundred Points were by no means insignificant to Hoshino Ai and Gotoh Hitori.

Chen Mu naturally declined both Red Envelopes as well.

Chen Mu: "@Kochou Kanae, Miss Butterfly, are you ready over there? I can come over now."

After what happened yesterday, Chen Mu had become much more cautious. He decided to ask first.

Kochou Kanae: "Eh, eh, eh? Now?"

Chen Mu: "Yes. Is something inconvenient?"

Kochou Kanae: "...Um, not really. It's just that I've run into a troublesome demon right now, and I won't be able to deal with him anytime soon."

Chen Mu: "What? A demon?!!"

Chen Mu's eyes immediately lit up.

Chen Mu: "Please let me come over right now."

Kochou Kanae: "Alright... I don't have any problem with that."

Demon Slayer World.

Kochou Kanae panted heavily, her gaze fixed solemnly on the demon before her.

Upper Rank Two—Douma.

Kochou Kanae had never imagined it.

She had only taken her younger sister, Kochou Shinobu, on a minor mission, yet they had encountered an Upper Rank among the Twelve Kizuki.

"Big Sister!"

Kochou Shinobu sat kneeling on the ground and called out to Kochou Kanae with a worried expression.

She had never seen such a powerful demon before.

In Kochou Shinobu's eyes, even her invincible older sister was now being suppressed by this demon.

"Don't worry, it's fine."

Kochou Kanae called back to Kochou Shinobu, though she did not dare let down her guard in the slightest.

As she looked at Douma, a trace of cold sweat even ran down her forehead.

If it had been the old her, she probably would not have had any power to resist before this Upper Rank.

Even after being strengthened with Points since joining the Chat Group, she was still being suppressed by Douma.

It left Kochou Kanae feeling somewhat despairing.

Not because she was worried for herself.

Rather, she despaired at the gap in strength between the Demon Slayer Corps and the demons.

An Upper Rank alone was already this powerful—just how powerful was Muzan Kibutsuji?

And on the Demon Slayer Corps' side, the current Kochou Kanae could be called the strongest without any exaggeration.

"Fine? My, my, I have to admit, your strength really has exceeded my expectations a little."

Douma slowly walked forward, fanning himself with the fan in his hand, a smile appearing on his face.

"I really didn't expect the Demon Slayer Corps to have someone as strong as you."

Kochou Kanae looked at Douma and tightened her grip on her Nichirin Blade.

"What should I do? Killing you would indeed be a bit troublesome. After all, once the sun rises, I'll have no choice but to leave."

"How about this? Why don't you both become demons? Once you become demons, you'll be even stronger than you are now!"

As though he had come up with a wonderful solution, Douma proposed it with a smile all over his face.

Such a suggestion

naturally filled Kochou Kanae's face with anger.

She had just been about to tell him to keep dreaming, when, to her surprise, Chen Mu tagged her in the group.

Seeing that Chen Mu wanted to come over now, Kochou Kanae hurriedly told him about the situation here.

To her surprise, Chen Mu seemed even more excited.

Kochou Kanae was a little dumbfounded.

Wasn't he supposed to be just an ordinary person who liked doing research?

Hoshino Ai: "Is Lord Chen Mu going over there to teach the demon a lesson?"

Hoshino Ai: "@Kochou Kanae, Kanae, remember to start a live stream! A live stream! I want to see how Lord Chen Mu teaches the demon a lesson!"

Gotoh Hitori: "+1 for starting a live stream. I-I'm really curious what Mr. Chen Mu looks like. I want to see what kind of person she is..."

Tokisaki Kurumi: "Curious +1. Sorry to trouble you, Miss Butterfly, @Kochou Kanae."

???

Kochou Kanae looked at the messages in the group.

For some reason.

It felt like... the tense atmosphere had suddenly vanished without a trace.

Demon Material

Ding. Group member "Kochou Kanae" started a live stream.

Hoshino Ai joined the Live Stream Room.

Gotoh Hitori joined the Live Stream Room.

Tokisaki Kurumi joined the Live Stream Room.