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Chapter 22 - The Three Stooges are back together again

After I ate the tasty low quality omelet, I hoped over to see rimuru, by the time I arrived, they seemed to have finished their meeting with the beastketeers.

Kaijuno: Hello again you three

Phobio:Hello, Kaijuno-Sama. You've finally awakened

Kaijuno: Yep, bright and early

Albis: it's 2 in the afternoon

Kaijuno:Really? Huh, I guess I slept in a bit more than I thought

Rimuru:Oh, hey Kaijuno.

Kaijuno:Heyo

Rimuru: you guys go on ahead with the refugees

Albis:very well

I was rushed into Rimuru's office. I could tell there was an atmosphere of concern but I wasn't sure what it was about

Kaijuno:...sooo, how are you feeling?

Rimuru: I'm doing alright...but how about you?

Kaijuno: I mean, I just had brunch so I'm feeling quite fine

Rimuru: I meant that are you feeling any different? Since you evolved into a demon lord?

Kaijuno: mmmmmm, I feel stronger. So I guess I feel different. Although I can see colors that I haven't seen prior so I guess my evolution let's me see the entire electro magnetic spectrum. Pretty neat stuff

Rimuru: how about your lycanthrope form

Kaijuno:what do you mean?

Rimuru: well I've clearly grown taller, don't you want to see if you changed on that front?

This made me remember what I applied to earlier, kinda awkward since I wasn't confident that the Japanese were to into tattoos as far as I can recall

Kaijuno:...actually, I did saw it earlier, I just grown a bit too, nothing majo-

Rimuru: Kaijuno, what are you hiding?

Highly reluctantly, I morphed back into my lycanthrope form but with a noticeable feature that widened Rimuru's eyes

Rimuru:K-....what are these marks?

With how the tension suddenly rosed, I froze in place much to Rimuru's frustration

Rimuru:KAIJUNO!

Kaijuno: ok ok ....so, I got a bit "messy" during my slaughtering. Basically to sum it up....

Rimuru: Oh my... freaking goodness

Kaijuno: what!?

Rimuru: Kaijuno, we were only supposed to just kill them, simple as that

Kaijuno: and kill them I literally did. Why is this such a massive deal when this was the plan that both of us decided to do?

Rimuru: ONLY kill, specifically just kill them. I only pierced their skulls, YOU were going around completely and unstably berserk. Don't think I didn't heard what went on from the reports

Kaijuno: What's the big freaking deal?! As far I'm concerned, if those jackasses really decided to resort to killing us, then all gloves are off, LITERALLY. You're not actually telling me I should've been nice about killing them are you?

Rimuru: I'm not concerned about what you've done to Falmuth's soldiers. I'm concerned about what you could've done to our own

Kaijuno:what!?

Rimuru: From what I'm hearing from the reports, you were brutally torturing them to death

Kaijuno: yes?

Rimuru: and as you were killing them, you were increasingly become more unstable, concerningly around our peers. Benjamin thought he would've had to fight you, Some of the soldiers you were throwing almost hit Leonardo's men, Dovakin and his troops thought they were gonna get butchered next. What do you have to say about this Kaijuno?

Kaijuno:I-....

Rimuru:WELL!?

Kaijuno:....

Rimuru:....just.....I don't know how-....*sigh*

It was only afterwards that I realized I could've just removed the edge lord blood stains. I may have technically gained an increase of intelligence but utter dumbassery is just something that just sticks

Meanwhile somewhere else in tempest

Lavandra:WHY THE HELL WERE KAIJUNO-SAMA'S HANDS STAINED?!

Benjamin:Lavandra, please calm-

Lavandra:HOW THE DID LET THIS HAPPEN, BENJAMIN?!

Benjamin:alright! alright! what happen was-

*short time later*

Benjamin:-and that's what happened...

Lavandra:h-how could...I have let this happen

Benjamin:Lavandra

Lavandra: HOW COULD I LET HIM RESORT TO THIS?!

Benjamin: Lavandra! It's not your fault

Lavandra:How is-...I-I let myself get killed! if only I didn't let myself get so reckless, then Kaijuno-Sama wouldn't have gotten such blood on his hands

Benjamin:It wasn't just you, a lot of other people were killed that day

Lavandra:...

Benjamin: other people were killed so all that has happened would've still occurred either way

Lavandra: still, How can I face him after all of this?

Benjamin: you.....simply become stronger

Lavandra: stronger?

Benjamin: yes, Kaijuno-Sama did everything he could to obtain the strength of a demon lord. He did it for all of us. He did it for you

Lavandra:for me?

Benjamin: Absolutely. And as his subordinates, it is expected of us to make sure we can be of use to him in return. We gained back what we lost, now we move past this and learn from our mistakes. To prove we won't make him worry again

What Benjamin had said reminded Lavandra of a convo she had with Kaijuno in regards to improving herself

Kaijuno:"Being weak is nothing to be ashamed of. However, staying weak is!" Don't let this make you feel like a failure. Let this be a lesson that you still have the luxury to still harness your skills, that you haven't plateaued"

Recalling this memory, Lavandra knows what's intended

Lavandra:r-right! I was simply weak before, now it's on me to make I don't repeat the same mistake

Benjamin:( honestly, I'm fearing that this isn't the end of what this experience has brought out)

some time later, just outside of the capital city, Rimuru sat right top of his fluffy tempest star wolf pondering for his move to carry out

Rimuru Pov:

Rimuru:*sigh* how gonna deal with all of this, seems I got a lot on my plate

Noir:kufufufu, I'd like to congratulate you in your awakening milord

Rimuru: thanks.....who are you?

Noir:?!!...!...! y-you jest. I may be a demon but even I hold feelings

Rimuru:Eh?

Ranga: Master. this is one of the demons that you summoned

Rimuru: oh you're still around! well sorry for keeping you stuck here, you're free to go now

Ranga: master

Rimuru: yeah ranga?

Ranga: he's about to burst into tears

Rimuru: uh-oh. uuum, was the reward not enough?

Noir:no no, it's not that. As requested I wish to serve you from now on. could you please grant this selfish wish of mine

Rimuru:(oh right, he did ask for something like that. wait, weren't there two other demons, what happened to them)

Raphael:(Answer, The greater demons had the majority of their magicules consumed to execute the ritual of resurrection. They have since returned to the world of demons)

Rimuru:(I guess I owe it to them as well)

Rimuru: alright, you're one of us then. I'll make sure to summon your friend back too

Noir: Oh! I am overwhelmed with great gratitude milord

Rimuru eh, drop the whole milord stuff, just call me Rimuru

Noir: Rimuru-Sama, what a gorgeous name

Rimuru:soooo, do you have a name?

Noir: No I do not. I am a nameless demon

Rimuru:hmmm, ok in that case, your name is Diablo. live up to it

When I gave him a name, I felt a huge chunk of my magicules was used in the name

Rimuru:(geesh, He took about half of my magicules. I just wanted name him after a supercar, only to have a large chunk of my magicules drained. I actually thought he would taken more given how superior he felt compared to beretta who took 30%)

Raphael:(Notice, master's magicules capacity has increased approximately 10 times. Therefore, the percentage of energy taken is not a useful metric

Rimuru:(10 times! ugh, as if I didn't already have a fiend to keep my eye on already)

Diablo: I, Diablo would be delighted to serve you faithfully

Rimuru: awesome

Diablo: now then, if there is something troubling your mind, I might be of assistance

Rimuru:hm? well I have too many things piling up. There's the matter with Carrion's whereabout along with what milim's attack on eurazania. Then there's settling our conflict with the Kingdom of Falmuth. There's also the Western Holy Church along with their views of monsters. Lastly, Kaijuno seems to have been severly affected by his own evolution, making him a sort of unstable wildcard.

Diablo: If you give the order, I shall handle one of these matters for you

Rimuru: eh? I'd like to go over all of this with everyone else before taking any action

Diablo: As you wish

Raphael:(Notice, the matter of the western holy church is of no concern)

Rimuru:(why not?)

Raphael:(Due to evolving into Rapheal, my computional power has jumped considerably. Therefore, analysis and assessment of "Unlimited Imprisonment" will soon be complete. Completion will result in Veldora being freed and once unleashed, should be able to keep the western nations at bay)

Rimuru:(Holy Crap! Veldora!? I thought it would take centuries to free him. Also you're definitely talking more fluently now!)

Raphael:(Negative, it's just your imagination)

Rimuru:(Oh, nevermind. I have a lot on my plate but I think I can see a way around this now)

Rimuru: There's a matter I must take care of

Ranga:what is it master?

Rimuru: You'll know afterwards. While I'm taking care of it, I'd like you to show Diablo around town.

Ranga:Hai!

Diablo: I am grateful for your consideration. Please do take care

I teleported inside of Veldora's cave where I was met with Dovakin

Dovakin: Hello Rimuru-Sama, what brings you here?

Rimuru: Hey Dovakin, I'm just gonna take care of somethings in this cave. Can you inform Kaijuno to come over here along with letting everyone already here to leave along with making known for no one else is to enter until we finish our business

Dovakin: Sure thing Rimuru-Sama

Rimuru: Good. Also I decided to promote you to Developer Sector Executive. From now on, you'll be present for meetings to discuss important matters. Do your best

Dovakin:...Wha-

Suddenly, there were cheers from other dragonnewts that made up of Dovakin's fan club

Dragonnewts: Hooray! Dovakin got promoted! Dovakin! Dovakin! Dovakin!

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I wait for a while inside the cave after telling Kaijuno to come over. It was taking a bit longer than I would've liked. But I really didn't want to selfishly leave Kaijuno out of this though, I know they also were looking forward to this too

Kaijuno: I'm here!

Rimuru: took you a while

Kaijuno: This isn't exactly a small cave by any means. Also I'm not the one here with transportation magic

Yagami:(Notice, the magic circle for transportation magic has already been analyzed for use and is already being analyzed to be upgraded into teleportation magic)

Kaijuno:(...don't let them know about that)

Rimuru: so do you know why we're here again?

Kaijuno:hmmmm, because of big bro?

Rimuru: yup I can free him now

Kaijuno: Nice!

Rimuru:(Raphael, Dismantle the "Unlimited Imprisonment")

Raphael:(Task Completed)

All at once, a large gust of magic and smoke was released from my body. The intensity of it made the cave tremble and making the walls crack. We were met with a nostalgic laugh

Veldora: kukuku kuhahaha kuahahahahahaha! This is my Grand Resurrection!!

Kaijuno: Hey Big Bro!

Rimuru: Heya, long time no see. How have you been?

Veldora:hmph, after all this time for my great return, you welcome me so nonchalantly

Kaijuno:The Hell!?

Rimuru:Eh?

Veldora:But still, I'm surprised that this happened so soon

Rimuru: yeah sooo a few things has happened. We evolved into demon lords. Some of my unique skills evolved into ultimate skills which is why the analysis of "Unlimited Imprisonment" went faster than expected

Veldora: yeah, I already know

Rimuru: you do?

Veldora: yeah this old college frat man overheard both of your trash talking

Rimuru: uuuuh, eheheh....

Kaijuno: I have no comments

Veldora: goodness, but even awakening as demon lords is quite ridiculous. But I suppose it's expected from my little siblings

Rimuru: haha! well what can I say? I guess I'm some sort of amazing aren't I? I can even name all of my subordinates all willy nilly, you see

Veldora: you morons! The reason why both of you weren't killed from over naming was because you two stole my magicules from our soul corridors. Seriously! you two made me worry far too many times

Kaijuno: ah uuum, I'm sorry Big Bro Veldora

Rimuru: I'm sorry as well, won't you please forgive us

Veldora: ... if I can have some of those creampuffs then I might overlook this

Rimuru: Deal!

Kaijuno: I can see why, those creampuffs are so tasty, especially if Cameilla makes them for me

Veldora: speaking of who, how is it going between you three?

Kaijuno: what do you mean?

Veldora: Don't think I didn't noticed. Even I caught on that you have eyes set for Lavandra and Cameilla. "Mister Ogre Lover"

Kaijuno:...eh? EEEEEEH!? N-N-N-N-N-NO! IT'S NOT LIKE THAT! I SWEAR!

Rimuru/Veldora:HAHAHAHA!

Rimuru: yeah, Kaijuno here has a "little" crush on those two. He's even gotten bold enough to get close to them in their time at the bathhouse haha!

Veldora: Indeed, how bold of you haha!

Kaijuno: SH-SHUT UP! I'M NOT A PERV! IT'S ONLY IN MY SLIME FORM ANYWAYS! I CAN'T FEEL A THING!

Veldora; haha! phew. I haven't had such a great laugh in who knows how long

Rimuru: yeeeeah...Oh! did either of you two received a gift by any chance?

Rimuru:(actually did I received a gift?)

Raphael:(Answer, gifted from individual Kaijuno's harvest festival, master has received the Unique Skill "Four Leaf Clover" due to master's desire for the best outcome for revival)

Rimuru:( I did!? what does "Four Leaf Clover" do?)

Raphael:(Answer, Unique Skill Four Leaf Clover contains the sub-skill "best outcome" which as long as the odds aren't zero, the target can achieve the best possible outcome for their situation)

Rimuru:(Really!? that sound pretty powerful for a Unique Skill. I wonder if these two also got something good as well)

Veldora: Yes! thanks to your gifts, I gained the Unqiue Skill Hardened Defense Dragon Scales, raising my defense massively! While my Unique Skill Investigator evolved into the Unlitmate Skill Investigation King Faust which helps me seek the ultimate truth!

Rimuru: cool!, what about you Kaijuno?

Kaijuno:(actually, I haven't checked yet. Since Rimuru gotten Four Leaf Clover from my gift, did they also gifted me something?)

Yagami:(Answer, gifted from individual Rimuru's harvest festival, Kaijuno has received the Unique Skill "Murphy's Law" due to Kaijuno's dread of the worst possible outcome)

Kaijuno:(eeeh, I'm not sure I want to be reminded of what could've been. Wait! Murphy's Law? isn't it the term for what could go wrong, will go wrong?)

Yagami:(Correct, Unique Skill Murphy's Law contains the following sub-skills: worst outcome and law manipulation)

Kaijuno:(guessing it causes the worst outcome?)

Yagami:(Correct, sub-skill worst outcome cause the worst to happen to the target as long as the possibility isn't zero)

Kaijuno:(Woah! that actually sounds pretty good! I guess I can get tricky with this hehe)

Kaijuno:yeah I got the Unique Skill Murphy's Law which can give the worst luck to it's target. Did you get a gift too?

Rimuru: yeah I ended up getting Four Leaf Clover which can grant great luck

Veldora: seems you two gotten some cool powers too

Rimuru: yep *morph* how about we head back to the surface?

Veldora: right, buuuut we should do something about my body, especially since despite dissolving my physical body into magicules in your stomach, my remaining astral body is still quite huge

Rimuru: good point, oh! you can inhabit a body double of mine

Veldora: Perfect! I'm sure it could strengthen our bonds even more

Kaijuno: strength bonds....wait before we head out, you should supress your aura as well, you can kill everyone with how overwhelming

Rimuru: Yeah, we worked so hard to get them all back, last thing we want is to do it all over again

Veldora:!.....Hey

Kaijuno/Rimuru:?

Veldora: Seeing the both you triumph through such grave times, I just wanted to make it clear that as your big brother.....I am so proud of you two

Kaijuno: (he really said this? stating how proud he was for our achievements. It just....made me bl-felt complimented! yep cause slimes don't blush, it's just a visual gag. Still I can't help but looked away and scratched the back of my head in embarrassment)

Kaijuno:I-.....uuuuuuh.....em...

Rimuru:...hmph when did you became so mature?

I brought out the body double for Veldora to inhabit much to his delight

Veldora: Fantastic!

Kaijuno:(Man, this moment would go great with some music. Hey Yagami, could you activate radio please)

Yagami:(Notice, Extra Skill Radio evolved into the Unique Skill Radioshack which includes the following sub-skills: sound manipulation, concert hall, headphones, and open mic)

Kaijuno:(So it became a unique skill. What does the sub-skills do?)

Yagami:(Answer, Sound Manipulation: to alter and manipulate sound waves

Concert hall: to play sound in a large area for others to openly hear

Headphones: To hear sound exclusively for the user

Open mic: To majorly increase the user's vocal volume)

Kaijuno:(So I basically have better control over sound....let's try it out! And I know just the character to impersonate)

Kaijuno:"yare yare"

Veldora:huh?

Rimuru:...why did you sound like a deep voice delinquent for a second there?

Kaijuno:it's part of my new Unique Skill Radioshack, it's gives great control of sound waves. aka I can even give myself the voice of Jotaro Kujo

Veldora: Oh! like from the sacred text?

Rimuru: So you can sound like what Jotaro Kujo would sound like with that Skill?

Kaijuno: What do you mean would sound like? This was what he did sound like in the anime

Rimuru: anime? I read Jojo manga but there definitely wasn't an anime. Especially not for stardust crusaders

Kaijuno: Never? what are you on? They have been making the manga into an anime series since 2012

Rimuru: 2012?

Kaijuno: Yeah!

Rimuru:...dude, I died in 2009

Kaijuno: What!?

Veldora:uh?

Rimuru:(I thought Kaijuno coisidently reincarnated around the same time as me. Does the timeline of reincarnation works differently? Or did Kaijuno came from some sort of parallel world that was a couple of years ahead of mine?)

Rapheal:(Not enough information to provide an answer)

Rimuru:( Yeah, I can't wrap my head around it either)

Rimuru: ok, nevermind that. So you got a skill to change your voice, that's it right?

Kaijuno: Not only that but I can also play music openly instead of just exclusively in my mind

Rimuru: what is this all of a sudden?

Kaijuno: well Big Bro Veldora, you wanted some hype to go along with your resurrection correct?

Veldora:yeah?

Kaijuno: then how about we add some badass music to go along with it, to set the mood of how awesome this is

Veldora: hmmm that sounds like a great idea, what do you have in mind?

Kaijuno: I got something you might like a lot infact

To my confusion, both just stood in silence, not saying for a moment. So I had to break the ice

Rimuru:...are you gonna have him listen to it?

Kaijuno: he's already listening to it through thought communication

Rimuru: oh ok

Veldora:...that is...PERFECT! Infact, I want to make it my theme song!

Kaijuno: I knew you would like it, let's do this! Radioshack, concert hall!

["Immortal temptation, takes over my miiiiiiind, condeeeememnd"]

Rimuru:(what the?)

["Fallen weak on my kneeees, summon the strength, of mayheeeeeeeeeeem"]

Kaijuno:(the tune of it all, it's absolutely perfect)

Veldora:(here I go!)

Veldora went inside of the body double in-between the lyrics making perfect sync with what's next

["I am the STORM that is APPROOOAAACHING! PROVOOOKING!

Black Clouds in ISOLAAATION! I AM THE RECLAIMER OF MY NAAAAAME! BORN IN FLAMES! I HAVE BEEN BLESSED! MY FAMILY'S CREST IS A DEMON OF DEEAAATH!"]

Kaijuno seemed to be so moved by intense emotion he was feeling. He brought out a stick he must've collected from his stomach and waved it around like he was a conductor. He also put on some gloves as if I didn't already know of the blood stains underneath

Rimuru:(what am gonna do with these two?)

["Forsaken, I am awaaaakened! A Phoenix's ash in dark diviiiiine! Descending MISEEEERY! Destiny chasing TIIIIIIIIIME!"]

This moment felt epic, this moment felt amazing, this moment felt perfect

Veldora: Kuahahahaha! I am the Great Storm Dragon Veldora! Reviiiived! And all that opposed me shall be slaughtered! Kuahahaha!

Thus it was revealed to the world of the revival of the feared storm otaku dragon Veldora and the awakening of a new chuunibyou demon lord Kaijuno but of course we can't forget

The petite princess rimuru

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