The Jujutsu Luke returned stronger, and the Hyuga Luke, half-demon Luke, and One Piece Luke immediately brightened.
Smack.
The Hyuga Luke hurried over and slapped palms with him.
“I’ve been waiting for the Jujutsu Luke’s healing technique.”
Their abilities and memories were shared.
The Hyuga Luke had already registered for Konoha’s wartime medical-nin selection.
The Hyuga clan had given him one condition: he would only be allowed into the medical system if he demonstrated exceptionally high talent in medical ninjutsu.
The Reverse Cursed Technique from the Jujutsu Kaisen world had arrived at exactly the right time.
After receiving the method for using it, the Hyuga Luke looked expectant.
“I’ll test it when I get back. If I can successfully enter the medical system during wartime, things will become much easier for me both within the clan and in Konoha.”
Medical units were highly valued in both war and peacetime.
During war in particular, medical-nin could accumulate military merit, which could then be used for promotions and exchanged for training resources.
“Then we’ll wait for your good news. The Naruto world is a huge treasure trove waiting to be developed. You’ll definitely make something of yourself there.”
The other Lukes offered their encouragement.
Next came the One Piece Luke.
“The Devil Fruit I ate specializes in regeneration. I’ve been studying that recently, so Reverse Cursed Technique might give me some ideas.”
The One Piece Luke was a gladiator owned by the Celestial Dragons.
He had eaten a Zoan-type Lizard Fruit, giving him the appearance of a large green-skinned reptilian humanoid.
Because the Celestial Dragons regularly forced him into lethal gladiatorial matches, obtaining reliable healing and survival abilities was crucial.
A Lizard Fruit capable of regenerating lost limbs seemed highly compatible with Reverse Cursed Technique.
The Jujutsu Luke slapped palms with him and shared his experience and memories.
“Hope it helps.”
Within the One Piece Luke’s memories was an endless series of bloody battles with no visible end.
Among the Nine Unlucky Lukes, he had experienced the most killing, taken the most lives, and lived closest to the edge of death.
His daily life might be uncertain, but that also meant he had accumulated the richest experience in desperate life-or-death combat.
Every Luke could benefit from his battle instincts and killing techniques.
Even the Dragon Raja Luke studying at Cassell College could gain something from them.
That was the value of real combat experience.
All the Lukes hoped the One Piece Luke could survive for as long as possible.
The Dragon Raja Luke asked,
“One Piece Luke, what level of opponents are you getting matched against in the Celestial Dragons’ arena right now?”
The One Piece Luke raised one finger.
“About the level of pirates with one-million-Berry bounties. Roughly Marine Major level. I can still handle fights at that tier.”
That wasn’t particularly powerful by the standards of the One Piece world.
If someone at that level were thrown into a famous battle like the Marineford War, they would probably amount to little more than cannon fodder.
There was certainly no chance of escaping Celestial Dragon control through personal strength alone.
“For now, my strength is enough, as long as that Celestial Dragon doesn’t suddenly lose his mind and match me against someone worth ten million Berries.”
Worry appeared on the One Piece Luke’s face.
Most Celestial Dragons were deranged World Nobles who acted however they pleased.
They could brutally execute one of their slaves simply because the mood struck them.
Forcing his slaves into battles to the death had long since become normal.
The gladiators had to keep winning for their owner if they wanted to remain useful enough to stay alive.
Those who lost had only one ending.
Death.
That was why the One Piece Luke remained constantly tense.
Even he didn’t know what kind of opponent would be waiting in his next match.
Among all the Lukes, his expression seemed perpetually grim.
At that moment, another Luke spoke up.
“You’ve got it rough, but don’t get too tense. I’ve been working on a new plan lately. If it succeeds, it should help you too.”
The speaker was the half-demon Luke.
Ever since wearing the fragment of an Oni Mask, his soul had completely fused with the fragmented spirit of an Oni General.
His face now carried obvious demonic features.
Even so, his condition remained good.
For one thing, the Oni General’s soul was incomplete and couldn’t fully take over his body.
For another, the half-demon Luke could refresh his memories and correct his mental state through synchronization with the other Lukes.
The One Piece Luke asked curiously,
“What are you planning?”
The half-demon Luke first slapped palms with the Jujutsu Luke, then explained,
“Now that I have the Jujutsu Luke’s Reverse Cursed Technique, I should be able to strengthen the Good Chi inside me even further and use it to suppress the demon. With some additional support from certain items, I might even be able to carry the power of another demon.”
His path to becoming stronger still revolved around balancing Good and Evil.
It was a self-reinforcing loop.
Now that the Jujutsu Luke had given him a method for producing positive energy, the half-demon Luke could strengthen his Good Chi side, which in turn would allow him to safely strengthen his demonic side as well.
He smiled.
“Let’s discuss it. Which demon should I choose next if I want the greatest benefit for both myself and the group?”
The others genuinely started thinking about it.
“Now that you mention it, Jackie Chan Adventures really does have quite a lot of demons, and their abilities are all different.”
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Jackie Chan Adventures world, West Coast of the United States.
The half-demon Luke withdrew from the shared space.
The malicious whispers of General Razo’s fragmented soul immediately returned inside his mind, like countless thin needles piercing his soul and constantly tempting him to fully embrace the darkness.
That was the price of gaining demonic power.
Someone who wore an Oni Mask constantly stood on the edge of corruption and losing control.
Inside the room, shadows twisted and churned wildly.
Pairs of crimson eyes flickered in the depths of the darkness, restless and ready to emerge.
Luke restrained the urge to release the darkness and smiled.
“You really think I have no way to deal with you demons?”
He recalled the Reverse Cursed Technique he had just obtained from the Jujutsu Kaisen world.
“Reverse Cursed Technique combines two forms of negative energy to produce positive energy, almost like multiplying two negatives to get a positive. If I follow the same principle and convert the Oni General’s Black Chi into Good Chi…”
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Luke began chanting the spell for Good Chi magic.
“Yu Mo Gui Gwai Fai Di Zao…”
Good Chi rose from within his body and began gathering to suppress the consciousness of General Razo.
At the same time, Luke actively drew out the power of the Shadowkhan and attempted to use the logic of Reverse Cursed Technique to transform that evil Black Chi into positive energy.
For a time, two completely opposing forces surged through his body and collided.
Good Chi gathered toward him from the surroundings, while the shadows around him became violent and malicious.
Luke focused completely on maintaining the fragile balance between the two forces.
Deep within his mind, an image resembling the rotation of a taijitu slowly emerged.
“Extreme yang gives birth to yin, and extreme yin gives birth to yang. Good and Evil restrain each other, but they can also give rise to one another.”
He did everything he could to realize his idea.
But the attempt lasted only ten minutes.
Boom!
The two opposing forces finally lost balance and ran completely out of control.
The accumulated Good Chi exploded.
A violent shockwave instantly hurled every appliance in the room away, while tables, chairs, and cabinets shattered under the impact.
At the same time, the uncontrolled shadows twisted and lashed wildly, carving hideous cracks across the walls and even tearing apart and twisting the steel reinforcement inside them.
The entire room was wrecked in an instant by the collision between Good Chi and Black Chi.
Luke himself was thrown heavily into the wall.
He shook his head.
He wasn’t seriously hurt, but he muttered in frustration,
“It failed? Am I just not skilled enough yet? Is the idea itself wrong? Or do the rules simply not allow it?”
The extreme opposition between Good Chi and Black Chi made Luke wonder whether converting one into the other was fundamentally impossible.
“Can the two forces only restrain each other without ever generating one another? If that’s the case, I’ll have to rebuild my entire plan from scratch…”
He fell into thought.
Gradually, one question became clear in his mind.
“How do I make Good Chi accept the existence of Black Chi?”
Luke continued thinking about that key problem.
After several more failed attempts, a tremendous explosion suddenly came from outside.
Boom!
Immediately afterward, an overwhelming wave of demonic Black Chi spread through the surroundings, far more evil and domineering than anything General Razo could produce.
It surged outward like the presence of a ruler emerging from hell.
Even the fragmented Oni General soul sharing Luke’s body showed fear and tension beneath the pressure of that overwhelming Black Chi.
“This Black Chi is…”
Luke froze and abruptly looked out the window.
A huge hole exploded open at the top of a skyscraper.
A tall, imposing figure covered in bright yellow scales leaped out and flew toward the sky.
The instant Luke sensed that presence, his pupils contracted.
“Shendu has been revived?!”