My Upgrades Are Invincible

I spent the next week learning Shinobu's insect breathing style's method of breathing as well as learning the original Water and Flower style of breathing, as well as some more general sword play tips as she said there is no way in hell, I could emulate her techniques without just brute forcing them and she was sort of right as her dragonfly sting technique was insane on how she turned her entire arm and shoulder limp in order to launch some eight attacks within less than a couple seconds along her with her zig zag technique putting her speed somewhere around a level fives dead spring forward but doing that torn her up her muscles if done for more than a couple seconds.

"Man, you guys are just nuts." I muttered continually trying to make my arm go limp so it could stab and retract faster.

"Hmm no you are the monster for being able to make as much progresses as I made in months in a matter of days..." Shinobu pouted before a bright smile crossed her face. "Maybe it's just how great of a teacher I am!" She said cheerily.

Now the thing is that her actual breathing method didnt really tax my lungs when I was using it casually, so Shinobu said that I was already basically at the point where I needed to get used to breathing in my preferred breathing styles method subconsciously even when I was sleeping.

But I knew Shinobu's breathing style wasn't really for me and she agreed saying how it was meant for smaller people more focused on speed and agility rather than a pure power type like me.

"So Giyu and Kyojuro are at headquarters?" I clarified after hearing how Kagaya was ecstatic to hear how Tanjiro and Kyojuro making good headway into reforming the Sun Breathing Art after Kyojuro bonked the shit out of Tanjiro's head sending into a mini coma where he saw Yoriichi Tsugikuni the creator of the Sun Breathing Method demonstrating the forms and teaching the first generation of demon slayers the breath methods.

Honestly, I think he actually died for a few minutes because of how the more overt supernatural thing's within this world are based on reincarnation and death.

So, I am going to need to thrash Kyojuro a bit when I see him...

After all my week of training under Shinobu's supervision we grew a bit closer, and I would like to say we were friends of sorts though she hadn't opened up to me about her quest to kill Doma but I could only hope that should she face him she will be able to kill him without becoming a poison bomb.

"Alright Shinobu, I think I should go back to headquarters as I need to check up on Tanjiro's progress as well as see if Kagaya has any information on where I can find any of the Upper Moons." I said to her as we sat down beside one another, on top of the demon slayers safe houses roof outside Kyoto.

"Oh, Jake you are always running around don't you get tired of all the flying around?" She whispered lazily as she leaned forward and although her face was only inches from my own, I knew she was just teasing me so I didnt get flustered or anything.

Hmm honestly, she is right as this little weeklong training trip was one of the most relaxing times I have had since I had reincarnated into Danmachi and with all the more modern amenities like electricity and running hot water I was starting to feel like I was losing my adventurer edge and falling into more of a civilian mindset or something like when I was in my first life.

"You are probably right but I still have people back home I need to get back to sooner than later." I answered staring into the night sky and wondering if one of those stars in the night had the planet of Danmachi orbiting it.

Shinobu just hummed lightly in thought, and we shared a few minutes of companionable silence before she spoke again. "You were full of nonsense about being from Europe weren't you."

I stilled and I could heavily exhale tiredly as I knew with how attentive Shinobu was that she would be able to pick up a bald-faced lie like me saying 'yeah, I am from Europe' but having never once been in their in my life she could easily just ask me a couple common sense knowledge of Europe from this time like who was the king or queen of Britain and I wouldn't be able to answer seeing as I was American in my first life and we never bothered to learn who was the queen/king before the current undying Elizabeth.

"Shinobu, it doesn't matter if I tell you the truth or a lie but either way you won't believe me." I replied thinking of her just bursting into laughter after me telling her I was from a different world or something.

"What you are from a different world?" I jerked in surprise and saw Shinobu giggling at my reaction. "Come on Jake you literally delivered a massive demonic creature into our backyard, defeated Muzan, and are freely using magic not seen outside of demon blood arts so of course you are an out of context being as Kagaya used every bargaining chip he could to try and find information about you and got nothing..." She shook her head. "Jake you don't know the amount of political capital the Ubayshiki family has raised over the generations in favors and life debts from noble families and the royal bloodline in protecting them from demons so when I say he burnt a lot of his favors..." She led off and I could imagine what she meant as she was stating how they used pictures and such to ask people who may have seen me around the ports or whatever to enter the country but got nothing.

'Well in the end I wanted to bring the Hashira into my Familia anyway.' I thought mentally shrugging. "Alright you got me. I am from a different world of sorts." I confirmed her words and then I went on to explain the city of Orario and how the gods interacted with the mortals, granting them a falna and such, for them to delve into the dungeon.

"Can you bring someone back to life?" She finally asked me solemnly and I saw her tense even though her hands weren't on her sword it still put me slightly on edge.

Hmm honestly that's a good question as I could certainly go to Harry Potter and yoink the Resurrection Stone and then shove the souls brought back into a homunculus body or something though I would need a sample of the original body to make sure the homunculus body wouldn't reject the soul and vice versa. So, in other words a tentative yes...

I frowned lightly as I went to speak but my mind was still racing as I went over where I could actually get a homunculus body and the only place, I could think of that did good soulless bodies would be the Nasuverse though I would need to be careful to not allow the homunculus to actually grow an identity. "Yes... It would be complicated, but I could fairly easily call upon a soul with the right mystical tool I would need to go back home to get and then I would need to make a new body to inhabit and most importantly they wouldn't be able to come back to this world as the underworld/reincarnation cycle would drag it back over time." I made up basically and I knew I got exactly what I wanted as Shinobu shuddered in place and her hand flashed to my shoulder and pulled my face to her own and our noses were touching, we were that close.

"I will give my everything if you can bring back my sister..." She said solemnly and I could see the tears leaking out of the sides of her eyes.

I pulled back lightly as Shinobu looked one second from jumping me and trying to 'seal the deal' as it were. "Shinobu Kocho, I came to this world not only for the breathing styles but to recruit the Hashira as they are phenomenal talents and with the falna of my world they would be able to shine the brightest." Hell, I can probably snag Kyojuro and Gyomei as well by promising to bring back his beloved mother and those orphans that demon killed as well.

Shinobu nodded and bowed deeply but with the distance she was she almost put her head onto my knee making my lips twitch in amusement as she rose from the gesture. "I stand by my words... show me proof of your words and I will give you my all."

Whelp time for a little pit stop to Harry Potter to get the Resurrection Stone... Oh and get snacks from the modern world as I am dying for some real Pizza Hut and Dr. Pepper.