"conversation"

(interior monologue)

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Aki looked at the empty cigarette pack in her hand, stared at it for a moment, then threw it in the trash. He turned around and saw the devil angel lounging on the bench, holding an ice cream in his hand.

Aki: "Haven't you finished eating yet? Hurry up so you can work"

Angel: "Just looking at it like that, eating ice cream is very tiring, I don't want to do anything else today"

Aki looked at Angel, his face showed no emotions but inside he was extremely uncomfortable, Aki tried to suppress his anger to calm down.

Aki: "We know the location of the gun demon. To participate in that campaign, I need to kill more demons to gain reputation. Now you are my partner, let's cooperate."

Faced with Aki's words, Angel completely ignored those words and just focused on eating his ice cream.

Angel: "Oh...I don't know...how about I eat another ice cream and think about it again?"

Aki: (I miss himeno)

"Stand up" Aki walked over, placed her feet on the bench between Angel's legs, leaned forward and looked straight into the demon angel's eyes. "If I report to above how useless you are, you will also be killed like the other demons, is that what you want?"

Angel: "hmmm...I think dying would be better than working"

{Aki's flashback}

Makima: "he is the second strongest member of team 4 after captain Kishibe, but that only happens if you ignore his laziness. If you want to destroy the gun demon, you better find a way to deal with him."

Aki: "I feel like I don't get along with demons..."

Makima: "aren't you very close to power?"

Aki: "I almost got into a fight with Power this morning if Denji hadn't stopped me."

Makima: "There's no need to be too close, just take advantage of his actions to your advantage. But be careful with Angel, he has the ability to drain other people's lives and turn them into weapons."

Aki: "weapons?"

Makima: "your katana is also from him, they are very special, can cut even ghosts. Even if you pretend, try to get along with each other, he will become a valuable pawn for you

{back to present}

Aki and Angel continued to patrol and discovered the body of a demon lying in an alley, surrounded by civilians watching the story. The corpse of the pig demon lay on the ground with a large hole in its body. Aki looked around, completely unaware of who killed it.

Aki: "Please everyone stay away from its flesh and blood!"

"wow that looks so delicious" Angel bent down, looked at the pig demon's corpse, discovered something inside the corpse, Angel waved to Aki.

Angel: "hey...human, come here for a moment"

Aki: "What's wrong?"

Angel: "there's something inside the body"

Angel pointed inside the pig demon's body, something moved inside.

​"Save me" a weak voice came from inside the corpse, Aki immediately used his katana to cut a line on the corpse and out fell a bald man wearing a demon hunter uniform.

Aki: (denji... no. not)

"Luckily, I almost died." The man jumped up, breathing hard. Except for some scratches on his body, his body was completely healed.

??? : "thank you everyone for saving me"

Aki: "The demon wasn't killed by us, no need to thank us, what's your name?"

"My name is Karatsu" the bald man said while brushing off the pieces of demon meat on his body.

Aki: "So Karatsu, do you know who killed this demon?"

Karatsu: "I don't know, because I was swallowed by that demon at that time"

After a few minutes of questioning, Aki and Angel continued to patrol, Angel still remembered the large hole in that pig demon, and seemed to remember something.

Angel: "maybe it's because of that person"

Aki: "who"

"Don't you know about that rumor?" Angel said, looking at Aki with surprised eyes. 'That rumor was from 3 years ago'

Aki: "tell me"

Angel: "sigh.. there is a mysterious person who has been killing demons and leaving corpses everywhere recently, not only in Japan but also in other countries around the world, no? Who knows the identity of the person who destroyed those demons?"

{change scene}

Denji wore a school uniform, a backpack on his back, and walked tiredly into the shop. where Reze is working.

Reze: "Ah! There's a guest"

Reze smiled, looked away from the pile of schoolwork and smiled even more when he knew it was the bald boy.

Reze: "diarrhea guy is here! Where is the dog next to you?

Denji: "DON'T CALL OTHERS THAT! Pochita is at home now"

{at Aki's house}

The little dog was lying on his back in the middle of the room, looking up at the ceiling without any expression.

Pochita: (fuck you Denji)

{back to the couple}

Denji walked over, sighed and lazily sat at the table next to Reze.

Reze: "Can I have another cup of coffee?"

Denji: "Please forgive me, I will be haunted by that story for the rest of my life."

Reze: "eh? Why are you carrying a backpack?"

Denji: "I study the morning shift"

Denji took the menu and ordered a plate of fried rice. Reze just looked at the bald boy and smiled gently. Suddenly she noticed blood on the back of Denji's right hand

Reze: "There's blood on your hand"

Denji: "ah this..."

"You are injured! Boss, please get me the first aid box!" Before Denji could finish speaking, Reze interrupted him. Reze approached, lifted Denji's right hand and observed, the expression on her face clearly showing concern for Denji, making the bald boy completely surprised by her actions.

​Denji: "No, it's not, I'm not injured, this is the blood of a devil."

Reze: "I see, you surprised me. Come on, please put away the first aid box."

"Are you guys trolling me?" The shop owner mumbled uncomfortably and quietly put the first aid box away.

"Are you going to be a demon hunter?" Reze sat next to Denji, her expression also calmed down.

Denji: "Yes, I work for the security department"

Reze: "but you're still in school, right? Even though you're 16 years old, I think you're much worse than me."

Denji: "partly because it's food, partly because it's a hobby"

Reze: "haha you idiot, no one considers demon hunting a hobby!"

Denji: "leave me alone"

Reze just smiled gently at Denji's attitude. Then she brought her homework to where Denji was sitting and did it. Denji put one hand on his chin and carefully observed the purple-haired girl, feeling in his heart that the girl in front of him was extremely cute.

"I wish I could go to school with Reze" Denji mumbled softly in his mouth, but loud enough for Reze to hear. She turned her head towards Denji, tilting her head to look at the bald boy while she had a slight blush on her face.

Denji:(I think I just said something really weird, right?)

Reze got closer to Denji and put his arm around his shoulder, making Denji quite shy.

Reze: "Do you want to go? tonight too. Let's explore the school at night."

Denji: "ah...yeah...ok"

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A mysterious man hissed, washing his face. He stood in a completely shabby bathroom.

"Hey storm" the man said, looking at the water slowly flowing into the sewer, forming a spiral.

"what?" a distorted voice came from deep inside the sewer.

"Why do you guys want a demon saw so much?" the man said, the sound coming from his throat was as distorted as the demon he was talking to.

Devil???: "You don't need to know, just focus on our contract"

???: "Knowing a little about each other is still better than storm demons. After I take the saw demon's heart, you will let me use your power for the rest of your life."

Storm Demon: "Don't be subjective, that saw guy has killed many of my kind"

???: "That's because you're not smart enough. I once killed a Chinese demon hunter, his cold-bloodedness and cruelty when hunting demons made him famous."

Storm Demon: "How did you kill him?"

???: "Turns out he's not as told when it comes to humans. I kidnapped his wife and children and flayed them for him to see. After that, he was nothing more than a sheep waiting to die."

​-end chapter-