Hearing Rimuru's exclamation, Gu Jie asked in confusion,
"What did I say?"
Rimuru excitedly said,
"Did you just say that you just arrived in this world not long ago!"
"Yeah? What's wrong?"
"You're a Transmigrator, right? After all, your current identity is human. If you were reincarnated, then you'd be a monster like me."
"Ennn, I'm similar to a Reborn, but also a bit different."
"To be honest! Gu Jie, I'm so envious of you! Even if you're Reborn, you're still human!"
Afterward, Rimuru, as if finding a kindred spirit, immediately started complaining with snot and tears.
"You're lucky, though. Even though I was Reborn as a human, my gender changed! Unlike you! You can freely choose between male and female."
"By the way, Gu Jie, why do you always wear an eye patch? I don't think you're blind, are you? Did your eyes get injured before?"
"No, this eye patch seals the curse within my body! If I take it off, I'll be consumed by my own curse!"
At this moment, the Great Sage in Rimuru's mind said,
"Analysis! Based on analysis! Individual Gu Jie herself has no abnormalities detected, and her life force is even more abundant than that of a top-tier biological individual."
"Analysis! Based on analysis! The eye patch worn by individual Gu Jie has no trace of magicules detected. It is initially estimated to be an ordinary eye patch."
"Report! Combining the above conclusions, the possibility of individual Gu Jie suffering from chuunibyou is higher."
Listening to the Great Sage's analysis, Rimuru also thought that Gu Jie's words were just her chuunibyou acting up, and that she probably wore an eye patch to cover her entire eye because of chuunibyou. Rimuru thought this at the moment, and his gaze towards Gu Jie became awkward (ー_ー)!!
At this moment, Gu Jie looked at Rimuru's expression and asked, confused, "What's wrong? (o_o)"
Due to the different systems, coupled with the fact that the Demonic Yin Body is a curse similar to immortality, and the eye patch is synthesized by the system using special materials, Rimuru's Great Sage could not analyze it.
At this moment, Rimuru was already curious about Gu Jie's appearance under the eye patch and planned to take it off to see it if he had the chance later. However, what Rimuru didn't know was that everything Gu Jie said was true, and Rimuru would definitely regret personally taking off Gu Jie's eye patch in the future.
After the banquet, Rimuru and Gu Jie finally stopped complaining to each other and began to seriously address the threat posed by the Pighead Clan.
Because Hong Maru and the others wanted revenge, and Rimuru and his group wanted to protect the village, they ultimately decided to form an alliance.
And when Rimuru stated that he would give names to Hong Maru and the others, making future addressing simpler, Hong Maru and his group hesitated and looked towards Gu Jie, who was off to the side.
Seeing his subordinates looking at him, Gu Jie said,
"This matter was discussed and agreed upon by Rimuru and me. Although my magicule amount is enough to name all of you, the skills granted to you from me after naming are not very suitable for you."
"Rimuru is different. Many of the skills within him are very compatible with your origins, so I asked him to help you with the naming."
"However, you are still my first batch of subordinates, so I will choose two people most suitable to inherit my skills and name them."
Subsequently, the naming began. As in the plot, the names of Hong Maru and others did not change, but their race changed from Ogre Clan to Demon Ogre Clan. Their overall strength saw a significant improvement, and their appearances became more human-like, with their Ogre horns shrinking. However, there were two exceptions: Zhu Cai and Zhu Lai. Gu Jie had already told Rimuru beforehand that she intended to personally name them.
When Gu Jie named the two of them, Gu Jie specifically used the Origin Evolution Fusion she had obtained from signing in earlier. At this time, nearly half of Gu Jie's magicule amount was drawn away. At the same time, the skills bestowed upon them were Secret Technique - Ancient Mirror Illuminating the Divine, and Swordsmanship - Flowing Shadow's Square Radiance.
"Ding! Detected that the host used Origin Evolution Fusion, performing Origin Evolution for Zhu Lai. Race: Ogre Clan evolves into Demon Ogre Clan. Bestowed skill: Secret Technique - Ancient Mirror Illuminating the Divine is merging with its origin! Ding! Fusion successful! Secret Technique - Ancient Mirror Illuminating the Divine mutates into Demonic Art - Extreme Cold Feast!"
"Ding! Detected that the host used Origin Evolution Fusion, performing Origin Evolution for Zhu Cai. Race: Ogre Clan evolves into Demon Ogre Clan. Bestowed skill: Swordsmanship - Flowing Shadow's Square Radiance mutates into Demonic Skill - Blood Moon Blade Art!"
At this time, Zhu Lai and Zhu Cai, who had evolved into Demon Ogre Clan, had no difference in appearance from the original work, except for strange runes appearing on their horns. Feeling the power emanating from themselves, Zhu Lai and Zhu Cai were both shocked.
Besides their shock, Hong Maru and the others, who had just familiarized themselves with their own powers, were also shocked.
"A higher-ranking race than the Demon Ogre Clan!" Bai Lao exclaimed at this moment.
At this moment, Hong Maru and the others all gasped. It was false to say they weren't envious. At this moment, everyone regretted why they weren't chosen and named by Gu Jie-sama earlier, so they would have been even stronger.
At this moment, Rimuru also looked at Zhu Lai and Zhu Cai with a shocked expression. At this time, Zhu Lai and Zhu Cai's magicule amount was almost catching up to Rimuru's, but still a little bit behind Rimuru.
For example, Rimuru's strength is roughly equivalent to Gu Jie's when she uses her Jing Liu form without Transformed Soul, both at the peak of Yellow-rank. After being named, Zhu Lai and Zhu Cai went directly from Human-rank Intermediate to Yellow-rank Intermediate. Hong Maru and the others went from Human-rank Intermediate to Yellow-rank Initial.
Slime World Combat Power Divisions: (Note: The following is purely made up, please do not criticize)
Mortal-rank Initial = Ordinary people (ordinary animals), Intermediate = Ordinary soldiers (ordinary wild beasts), High = Junior adventurers or junior apprentice mages (low-level monsters)
Human-rank Initial = Intermediate adventurers or mages (intermediate monsters), Intermediate = High-level adventurers or mages (high-level monsters), High = Top-tier adventurers or mages (top-tier monsters)
Yellow-rank Initial = Great adventurers or great mages (named monsters), Intermediate = Legendary adventurers or legendary mages (upper-tier named monsters), High = Junior heroes (calamity-level)
Profound-rank Initial = Heroes (demi-demon lord species), Intermediate = Top-tier heroes (demon lords), High = Legendary heroes (upper-tier demon lords)