Demon Capital Slayer

Chapter 84 Artificial Asura

"Rin-chan, nice body!"

Motoko Hideya raised her hands in cheers, then let out a long, wet whistle like a middle-aged man.

"You need to be confident in yourself."

"Show off your beauty boldly."

"Huh? Huh?" Tenyu Rinne looked at her uncertainly.

Yu Jian sighed and rubbed his forehead. Was this child a little too honest? He seemed like someone who could be easily fooled.

She was so dashing and heroic when she first appeared, but is she actually just a natural airhead?

"Is it necessary?" he asked directly.

"Of course it's necessary. Those places will need to be in direct contact with the sensing electrodes in order to detect Suzune-chan's motor nerve signals."

"Speaking of which, originally it was supposed to be done by inserting a probe, and even the girl's precious hair would have to be shaved off, and maybe there would be other things too, hehehe."

Steel House Motoko opened and closed her five fingers repeatedly, while Amane Suzune's whole body stiffened, but she still stood there with her teeth clenched, glaring fiercely at her with a very stubborn look.

What are you doing? Are you going to activate Spinosaurus form too?

"Hmph, I'll let you off this time for the sake of the Sword Master. You should be grateful to the Sword Master," said Motoko Hagane with a sly laugh.

Yu Jian glanced at the guy, wondering what he was up to.

A sudden thought struck him: if the experiment didn't go well, the evil company driven by capital might do something even more outrageous.

This company is inherently evil; watch me solve it using traditional methods...

"Alright, I'll stop teasing you. Let's go straight to the lab." Motoko Hideya waved her cane, recalled her five spirits, and headed towards the elevator first.

"Are you just going to walk out like this? I can't do it!" Tianyu Lingyin shouted sharply, her face flushed.

"..." Yu Jian sighed helplessly, took off his coat and threw it to her.

"Thank you," Tianyu Lingyin said softly, then quickly put on the men's coat.

There was a height difference between the two. Although Tianyu Lingyin was about 1.68 or 1.69 meters tall, Yujian was close to 1.9 meters tall. When Tianyu Lingyin put on his coat, it was almost like she was wearing a short trench coat, with only half of her thighs exposed.

On the other side, Motoko Hideya turned her gaze to the wakizashi hanging on Mitsurugi's body.

Without a coat to cover it, the black-sheathed, blue-handled [Vajra Wisdom Fire Exorcising Blade] was fully exposed, which made her feel uneasy.

I didn't have time to examine it closely that day, but it really was the Wisdom Fire Retreat. Although this wakizashi was not well-known in the past, it was one of the exorcising spirit swords of the Tendai sect.

Most importantly, its predecessor is rumored to be on his way to becoming a high-ranking monk.

Did those guys place their bets in advance?

Shaking her head, she felt a sense of urgency and decided to immediately increase her efforts. Investing early is better than adding flowers to brocade; providing help in times of need is far more effective.

The group took the elevator down to the ground floor, but instead of stopping, they continued deeper into the building.

After passing the third underground floor, the elevator panel automatically removes its optical disguise, revealing the hidden underground floors.

Both Yu Jian and Tian Yu Lingyin were stunned.

No wonder this company didn't have elevator attendants; they even had this kind of hidden design.

“The new coastal land was created through land reclamation, and Steel House Corporation was involved in the project from its early stages, so it’s not surprising that there are some secret little spaces beneath the headquarters, is it?” Steel House Motoko said, raising an eyebrow.

Ding.

The elevator doors opened, revealing an exceptionally spacious testing ground.

The elevator exit is located on a suspended second-floor platform, and the huge space below is a multi-functional venue that integrates shooting range, sports testing field and other functions.

Other enclosed observation rooms with similar layouts and structures are located at the same height as the second-floor platform.

Apart from the transparent portholes with hardened glass on the front, these suspended compartments were completely surrounded by thick metal armor walls, just like the armored bridge of a battleship.

Clearly, the items being tested at the site below are not ordinary daily necessities, but extremely dangerous military equipment.

But all that can be seen so far is the enclosed metal box placed in the center of the venue.

Yu Jian's mind raced. Secretly developing military equipment in a third-party country—this whole situation seemed strangely familiar. Wasn't he afraid…?

"This is our company's masterpiece." Motoko Hideya pressed a button on the control panel crisply.

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Accompanied by a sharp friction sound from the airflow, the sizable metal box opened layer by layer under the drive of the internal mechanism, revealing a cylindrical glass container filled with white mist.

Motoko Steel House was the first to open the airtight door next to her and walk down the gangway into the testing area below.

Out of curiosity, Yujian followed closely behind, and Tianyu Lingyin stomped her feet and followed after her.

Upon arriving at the test site below, the ground is paved with ultra-wear-resistant polymer material, which can withstand repeated passage of heavy vehicles and is slip-resistant and corrosion-resistant, with good wear resistance and a certain degree of elasticity.

The surrounding walls are all made of alloy armor plates with a matte, rust-proof finish.

If Motoko Hideya hadn't entered first, Mitsurugi certainly wouldn't have voluntarily walked into such a place. Fortunately, as she had said before, she did intend to make good use of the reputation of the world's greatest swordsman to promote the trade fair in March, so she was very frank and didn't do anything unnecessary.

"Want to touch it?" Motoko Hideya asked with a strange laugh as she leaned against the cylindrical glass container.

Yu Jian silently stepped forward, raised his hand and pressed it against the surface glass, a cool sensation emanating from it.

"Focus your attention, and you'll be facing this child in three months." Motoko Hideya smiled and pressed the switch.

The white mist filling the container was quickly evacuated from below.

Then, Yu Jian saw a mirror, a silver mirror.

His own image was reflected in it.

Taking two steps back, I could finally see that it was a piece of armor as smooth as a mirror.

Inside the container stood a humanoid being over two meters tall, even approaching three meters, its body cast from silver metal. Its shape resembled that of a contemporary gujutsu, yet it also possessed the ornate decorations unique to ancient great armor. Upon closer inspection, one could also discover that its detailed outline was filled with a cold, hard modern military style.

It seems to be a product of the fusion of modern technology and ancient armor.

Although it resembled a suit of armor, Yu Jian noticed that its head did not have an observation port for looking out, but only a red mechanical eye fixed on a track, just like the legendary Cyclops.

However, the Cyclops obviously wouldn't have two antennas, one high and one low, on its head, nor would it have six openable signal-enhancing antennas on its face, instead covering the area around its single eye like a closed flower bud.

To be honest, the former looks a bit like rabbit ears. The latter, on the other hand, just looks weird.

"The prototype power armor—Armor Warrior Asura α—is an artificial holy sword that uses the light of technology to defeat demons and quell spiritual calamities," Motoko Hideya proudly stated.

"How about it? Isn't he incredibly handsome?"

"Do you really like rabbits that much?" Yu Jian couldn't help but ask.

“Because the rabbit was the first spirit I was attracted to,” Motoko Hideya replied casually with a shrug.

"Rin-chan will also be riding this child later, aren't you excited?"

"Don't call me that so affectionately." Tianyu Lingyin muttered casually, wearing a coat, but her gaze couldn't leave the armor.

To reiterate, we swordsmen are very pure.

If you like something, you like it; the same goes for sword riding.

His gaze was fixed on the silver armor, and while he admired it, he sensed something strange about it.

Something seemed off; it was as if a faint sound was coming through a thick wall, indistinct and unclear.

Yu Jian squinted his eyes, drawing upon his intuition, and saw wisps of blue light rising from the surface of the armor like a viscous liquid. They were not obvious, but they were definitely there.

Is it the spiritual energy technology used in it...?

After pondering alone for a moment, he did not make a big fuss about using his sword.

"Alright, this child is just an exhibit right now. Today, I'd like to ask Suzune-chan to test an early experimental version. After all, people have to learn to walk before they can try to run."

With that, Motoko Hideya pressed the button again, filling the cylindrical transparent container with white mist.

Yu Jian noticed that the blue light was immediately swallowed up by the mist.

After finally managing to tear his gaze away from the container holding Asura α, he saw the earlier version that Motoko Steel House had mentioned.

"So ugly," Tianyu Lingyin couldn't help but mutter under her breath.

This is also the first impression of using a sword.

That thing was larger than Asuro α, but it looked much simpler in appearance, like the difference between a buyer's show and a seller's show.

In terms of appearance, it is somewhat similar to the half-body frame worn by Yasunoro, but by removing the armor and adding the waist and legs, it appears wider and bulkier.

Its limbs are also attached to a larger frame, so that its legs look like they are on stilts and its hands look like they are wearing two oversized gloves.

When the user puts their arm in, their five fingers do not directly enter the frame, but are controlled by a mechanical structure, similar to the design of the 50-dollar buddy in StarCraft.

Overall, he's not very handsome, and even a bit ugly.

However, it is vaguely discernible that this is a device similar to an exoskeleton armor.

Tenyu Rinne's eyebrows drooped visibly.

However, this was not Yujian's main focus.

Aslo...

I feel like I've heard this word somewhere before.

His memory flashed by, and he immediately retrieved the relevant information from his mind.

This word originates from the ancient Pali language of Sindhu and can also be translated as 'non-heaven'.

It also has a more widely circulated transliteration—Asura!

(End of this chapter)