A flood of memories rushed in, and Lord of Mysteries Morien quickly accepted the recent experiences of his other two selves.
Just as he had guessed, the flow of time differed for all three of them, only briefly synchronizing within the Synchronization Space.
During this period, Honkai: Star Rail Morien had experienced the longest stretch of time but the fewest events.
After leaving the space, he had continued being bored aboard the spaceship.
Still, he could barely be said to have found something to do.
Floating in zero gravity, he had listlessly sorted through the memories of his other two selves.
Thus, aside from eating and sleeping each day, he studied the Cursed Energy and Cursed Techniques Morien had brought back, occasionally entering that empty space. Five days passed like that.
Over those five days, he had fully organized all the memories and spent five days researching Cursed Techniques, Cursed Energy, and the space itself.
He discovered that time outside did not pass while he was in the Synchronization Space. It could serve as a mental hyperbolic time chamber.
He had not figured out much about Cursed Techniques, after all. There was no one there for him to test them on.
However, his command over Cursed Energy had deepened considerably.
Finally, when he entered on the fifth day, he at last met another version of himself and excitedly ran over for a huge hug.
Then he got stabbed in the back.
After five days of flavorless nutrient meals, the first thing he tasted was sweet strawberry-flavored mapo tofu.
Meanwhile.
Time passed very slowly on Jujutsu Morien's side. More than ten hours in the Lord of Mysteries World amounted to only half an hour in the Jujutsu World.
Having returned to reality, Jujutsu Morien quickly found an area that was barely safe, thanks to his newly enhanced body and reaction speed.
It was an empty convenience store.
In the convenience store's prepared-food section, Morien found several dishes and a self-heating rice meal. He spent half an hour heating them with the store's microwave.
After finishing dinner, he entered the Synchronization Space with vacant eyes.
However, Jujutsu Morien was not the only one who had hidden a trump card.
"Heh." A crafty smile appeared on Lord of Mysteries Morien's face.
"Take my Immeasurable Void Touch!"
Knowledge Pursuer.
The knowledge that the Hidden Sage had crammed into Morien's memories all surged into Jujutsu Morien's mind at once.
Jujutsu Morien let out a strangled "Hurk," rolled his eyes, and nearly collapsed to the floor.
It was a counterattack.
A huge success!
They were all still villains, as always.
Soon, the three of them finished exchanging memories and synchronizing their abilities.
"Your day was really exciting," Honkai: Star Rail Morien said enviously. "It was far more enjoyable than my entire five days."
"But now I finally have something to do." He smiled in satisfaction.
After returning, Honkai: Star Rail Morien decided to study every ritual, every spell, and every piece of witchcraft.
Although, at the Mystery Pryer stage, he could only "understand" them, and ninety-nine percent of the Beyonder Abilities he had grasped were unusable.
But that was fine. At least he had something to do.
"You spent five days stacking loneliness, so why did your mana bar only go up a tiny bit?" Lord of Mysteries Morien joked.
He was referring to Path Power.
The driving force of the Path of Propagation was loneliness. Honkai: Star Rail Morien had been shut in for five days, yet his loneliness had barely increased.
Still, it would be impossible to say it had not increased at all.
Being alone in a cramped room was painful, even if he had things to study.
"Because my days were still fairly fulfilling. At least I wasn't completely idle," Honkai: Star Rail Morien replied. "It'll probably increase even more slowly from here on."
"Mm, that's not bad either." Lord of Mysteries Morien nodded.
At the end of the day, they were all himself. He could not possibly wish ill on another version of himself.
He had only been joking just now. If Honkai: Star Rail Morien could truly live a little better, he would actually prefer that.
"What a pity. You're only a Mystery Pryer, not a Melee Scholar." Jujutsu Morien sighed regretfully. "Mystery Pryers go down so easily. Absorbing a Melee Scholar directly probably wouldn't be too hard either."
"It still would be." Lord of Mysteries Morien understood that best. "My Spirituality is too unstable."
Though the two of them possessed the same memories, firsthand experience and recollection were ultimately different.
Just like how, no matter how much Jujutsu Morien tried to screw over his other two selves, the one who suffered the most would only ever be himself in the Jujutsu World.
"I plan to buy the Melee Scholar Potion at the hidden gathering in Tingen. I remember there's one beneath Dragon Bar."
"Once I know the ingredients, a Sequence 8 Potion won't be hard to obtain."
He glanced at Jujutsu Morien.
"I hope I can advance before you join the Culling Game."
Jujutsu Morien nodded and casually thanked him.
He had decided to join the Culling Game.
After all...
Since he was already here.
"But the most important thing I need to face right now is the Shibuya Incident," Jujutsu Morien said.
"Right," Honkai: Star Rail Morien suddenly cut in. "If you're planning to fight Sukuna, you might want to prepare yourself."
"Hm?" Jujutsu Morien looked at Honkai: Star Rail Morien.
"Sukuna's slashes within his domain are omnidirectional, with no blind spots," Honkai: Star Rail Morien said.
"In other words, Sukuna's attacks will cover your little brother, continuously striking at speeds capable of reducing a house to dust."
Jujutsu Morien froze, his expression changing drastically.
"Oh no! Brothers, change of plans. I'm not fighting Sukuna anymore."
Jujutsu Kaisen World.
Shibuya, inside an ordinary 7-Eleven convenience store.
Morien opened his eyes and disgustedly pushed aside the food container on the table before him.
He rose from the dining area in the corner of the convenience store, walked to the shelves behind him, took a bottle of yogurt from the refrigerator, opened it, and drank it all in one gulp as a mouth rinse.
There was no need to pay, because there was no one left in the convenience store.
He had no idea where the clerk had gone. In any case, the store had already been empty when Morien arrived.
He turned to look at the clock hanging nearby.
21:22.
There was still quite some time before the Shibuya Incident ended.
"What should I do next..."
Morien muttered to himself as he listlessly tapped his head with an empty plastic drink bottle.
He had to do something.
Since he was already here...
Morien turned his head and looked around.
Wish Power was everywhere. It passed through the walls and entered Morien's field of vision with perfect clarity.
The last time he returned from the Synchronization Space, he had noticed the mask on his face, as well as the Wish Power permeating the skies above all of Shibuya.
He felt that he could draw upon this Wish Power, but he did not dare.
In Honkai: Star Rail, absorbing too much Wish Power would corrupt and transform a person.
The Trailblazer had a Stellaron to contain Wish Power. He did not.
Sure enough, after seeing another version of himself nearly get swallowed by Wish Power, Morien was certain that he could not absorb it.
He had nearly lost himself after absorbing the Wish Power from just one ship. If he let all this Wish Power flood into him now, there was absolutely no way he could handle it.
He walked back to the shelves, took down two kitchen knives, tore open their packaging, and shoved them into his pockets without removing them from their sheaths, one on each side.
Then he took a pack of tissues from the counter and wiped his mouth, hung the mask from the side of his face back over the front, and pushed open the door to leave the convenience store.