Seeing that Loki had brought her up, Hephaestus replied calmly.
"I made this dragon maid together with Karyuusai Shouko and Medea. It incorporates automaton technology, biological Teigus, and Einzbern homunculus techniques."
She continued evenly.
"She can switch between three forms: human, dragon, and weapon. She has self-regeneration, autonomous learning, and continuous evolution. She has the potential to become a god in the future."
Takashi Natsume was stunned.
"W-whoa, whoa, whoa. Isn't that a bit exaggerated?"
"Shut up," Loki said.
"Okay!"
Hephaestus looked at Loki.
"So I won't overcharge you. Thirty billion Valis. It's a fair price."
Finn was shaken.
"Thirty billion Valis? That's far too expensive."
Nami was equally stunned and asked curiously, "Valis is Orario's currency, right?"
"Yes," Finn replied. "It's the currency of our world."
"So how much is that in Berries?" Nami asked.
Emiya thought for a moment.
"I think Valis and Berries are similar, but Valis is a bit more valuable. At most, the exchange rate would be one-to-two or one-to-three."
He remembered that in Orario, fifty Valis was enough for a meal.
In the One Piece world, Berries had purchasing power similar to Japanese yen.
A bento cost three to four hundred yen.
A bowl of ramen could reach seven or eight hundred.
So Valis clearly had stronger purchasing power.
Nami went stiff.
"If it's one-to-two, that's sixty billion Berries. One-to-three would be ninety billion."
"That's insane. Ridiculously expensive."
Karyuusai Shouko disagreed.
"Spending a few hundred billion to buy a dragon maid with godhood potential is cheap, no matter how you look at it."
Robin nodded.
"If you consider future value, it really is a bargain."
"Can't you make it cheaper?" Loki complained.
"Thirty billion Valis is so much that even if I sold the Loki Familia, I wouldn't have it."
"That's not true," Hephaestus said calmly.
"If you're willing to transfer Riveria and Finn to my Familia, I can reduce it by twenty billion."
Finn laughed awkwardly.
"I didn't know I was worth that much."
Riveria added quietly, "My feelings are... complicated right now."
"No way!" Loki immediately objected.
"How could I sell my captain and vice-captain for a maid?"
"What kind of person do you think I am?"
She paused.
"How about I sell myself instead?"
Riveria covered her face.
"My feelings are even more complicated now."
Loki turned to Finn.
"How much money do we have in the vault?"
Finn sighed.
"A few hundred million Valis. If we push hard, maybe one billion."
"But thirty billion is impossible."
The gap was simply too large.
"I have an idea," Shizuka Hiratsuka said.
Loki's eyes lit up.
"Hey, I just thought of something too. What about installment payments?"
Shizuka was surprised.
"That's exactly what I was about to suggest."
Hephaestus understood immediately.
"How many installments?"
"Three hundred," Loki said without hesitation.
"One hundred million Valis a year. Paid off in three hundred years."
Hephaestus thought seriously.
"Three hundred years isn't that long."
"It's reasonable."
She paused.
"But you don't think I'll give you an interest-free loan, do you?"
Loki's eyes widened.
"We're best friends, Hephaestus!!"
Nami felt her worldview collapse.
"Paying thirty billion over three hundred years... and that's considered reasonable?"
"Please forgive me for not being able to understand divine time scales."
"Same," Akemi Miyano added.
"I'm only thirty," Shizuka said.
"A three-hundred-year loan is beyond imagination."
Hayato Furinji smiled bitterly.
"In a sense, it really is unimaginable."
"Gods really can do whatever they want," Mai Shiranui muttered.
Hephaestus looked at Loki.
"I'll accept this deal."
"When you pay one-third as a deposit, I'll make the automatic dragon automaton."
"Deal," Loki agreed.
At that moment, a new message appeared.
"Lord Hephaestus. Lord Emiya. We've found Muzan Kibutsuji's location."
Emiya was slightly surprised.
"Oh? You found him?"
"Yes," Ubuyashiki Kagaya replied.
"I left headquarters and used myself as bait."
"I casually leaked the information that I possess the Blue Spider Lily."
"Muzan Kibutsuji has taken the bait."
Emiya hadn't expected such a desperate method.
"Do you have protection?" he asked.
"I only have two Hashira with me," Kagaya replied calmly.
"I'm confident he will appear."
"Alright," Emiya said.
"I'm coming to you now."
"Lord Emiya, I want to go as well," Shinobu Kocho said immediately.
"Me too!" Tanjiro Kamado added.
"I want to kill Muzan Kibutsuji."
The other Hashira all expressed the same intent.
Emiya didn't refuse.
He asked them to gather in Orario.
Then he went there, gathered the Hashira, and returned to the Demon Slayer world.
But he didn't take them to Kagaya.
He told them to wait at headquarters.
Emiya went alone.
Naturally, he didn't use his original face.
That face had already wiped out nearly all of Muzan's Upper Moons.
If he showed up like that, Muzan would flee immediately.
So Emiya changed his appearance using shape-shifting magic.
He transformed into the young emperor.
By then, the sun had set.
The last light had vanished beyond the horizon.
Emiya found Ubuyashiki Kagaya seated in a carriage, returning to headquarters.
After boarding, Emiya noticed a black box in Kagaya's hands.
"Do you think he'll bite?" Emiya asked.
Kagaya answered calmly.
"Muzan has searched for the Blue Spider Lily for over a thousand years."
"His patience is long gone."
"You told him it only blooms during the day, which is why he never found it."
"But this time, I did."
He opened the box.
Inside was a flawless blue flower.
A genuine Blue Spider Lily.
It only bloomed during the day.
Yet it was blooming now.
Kagaya was using Nen to maintain it.
"I used myself as bait," he continued.
"I prepared this plan for over two months."
"I'm certain he won't resist."
Emiya understood.
No wonder Kagaya was so confident.
Real bait.
Minimal guards.
If Emiya were Muzan, he wouldn't miss it either.
"Well done," Emiya said.
"The moment he appears, I'll bring the Hashira over."
"We'll end your thousand-year wish tonight."
Kagaya bowed deeply.
"Thank you, Lord Emiya."
"No problem," Emiya replied.
As night deepened, the carriage drew closer to headquarters.
Then Emiya suddenly opened his eyes.
"It worked," he said.
"Muzan Kibutsuji has arrived."
"It seems desire has finally clouded his judgment."
A sharp whistling sound cut through the air.
Something massive was flying toward them.
Emiya sensed it instantly.
A giant tree.
Thrown to crush the carriage.
Tengen Uzui intercepted it, blasting it aside.
At the same time, demons poured in from all directions.
Sanemi Shinazugawa counterattacked immediately, slaughtering them.
They were expendable.
Cannon fodder.
Muzan was testing the waters.
If it was a trap, he would retreat instantly.
He was cautious.
But Emiya's Observation Haki was far more terrifying.
He locked onto Muzan's position in moments.
"Wait here," Emiya told Kagaya.
He vanished.
And reappeared directly in front of Muzan Kibutsuji.
With a clap of his hands, space locked.
Muzan's escape route to the Infinity Castle was sealed.
Then, to Muzan's horror, Emiya opened a portal.
It connected directly to Demon Slayer headquarters.
The Hashira poured out.
Giyu Tomioka.
Gyomei Himejima.
Kyojuro Rengoku.
Iguro Obanai.
Mitsuri Kanroji.
Shinobu Kocho.
They attacked without hesitation.
Without words.
The final hunt began.
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