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"conversation"

(interior monologue)

Galgali: "why did you come now?!"

Denji: "I got lost"

"What the hell..." Reze slowly stood up from the rubble and held her head in pain. Before she could notice, someone attacked her. Reze looked up and saw the giant head of the storm demon lying on the ground, right next to it was Denji standing facing Aki and Galgali. Denji suddenly turned his gaze towards Reze, making her startled and startled. scared her. Denji walked towards Reze, neither quickly nor slowly. Galgali was planning to stop Denji but was stopped by Aki.

Denji: "Reze, we need to talk"

Reze: "Is there something you need to say?"

Denji: "all this rubble...was created by you?"

Reze: "that's right, so what?"

Denji: "why did you have to do that? why did you betray me?"

Hearing Denji's question, Reze suddenly laughed loudly, hugged his stomach and covered his mouth as if mocking Denji and what he was saying.

Reze: " HAHAHAHA!!! what the hell?! Denji, what are you misunderstanding?! I never loved you! never... I approached you because of the devil and not because "Denji...I never loved you"

Hearing Reze's cold words, Denji still appeared indifferent and unconcerned. He stared at Reze and then slightly lifted his left leg, approached Reze at a speed invisible to the naked eye and hugged her tightly in his arms. Reze was startled by Denji's hug. She tried to struggle, using every means to escape the hug but could not.

Reze: "LET ME OUT!!! PERVERT LET ME GO!!!"

Denji: "Let's take a shower to cool down"

Denji bowed slightly while hugging Reze and then immediately jumped into the sky, creating long columns of smoke towards the sky and where Denji was headed was the sea. After flying in the sky for a while, both of them immediately fell into the cold sea and sank completely into the depths. Reze also gradually passed out in Denji's arms, fainting due to lack of oxygen.

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Reze slowly opened her eyes, feeling the sand on her back and the warm ocean waves continuously lapping at her feet. She blinked once, eyes wide with surprise. She sat up and saw Denji next to her, unconsciously staring at the dawn. They are sitting on the beach.

Reze: "unbelievable... why did you save me?"

Denji: "I don't know...maybe because I still love you"

Reze: "even after everything I've done to you?"

Denji was silent and said nothing, just staring at the sun without looking at Reze at all.

Denji: "it's okay, I don't care...but can you leave now? I want to be alone..."

Reze was stunned, she looked at Denji and it seemed like she wanted to say something but stopped, she turned to leave but after taking a few steps she suddenly stopped and turned back to look at Denji.

Reze: "I'm really leaving!"

"Yeah...leave...just go away..."Denji said, but still didn't look at Reze even a bit. Reze really left this time, leaving Denji alone, staring blankly at the sun.

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Aki and Kishibe were looking at the humans trying to clear the battlefield where they fought Reze and the Storm Demon.

Kishibe: "In the Soviet Union there was a story that mothers used to tell their spoiled children...about a secret military warehouse...filled with orphans... That child has no freedom, is not allowed to go out...they are treated as guinea pigs and are experimented on to death...I thought it was fiction but who knew it was true..."

Pochita, in semi-complete form, after saving people with Beam and Angel, sat on the rubble to rest and also wait for Denji. Pochita sat hugging his knees, suddenly from nowhere a little girl approached Pochita and looked at him with curious, fearless eyes. Pochita looked at that child, he suddenly stood up and dug through the concrete as if looking for something. After a while, Pochita found a healthy stuffed bear. Pochita gave the teddy bear to the little girl. The girl took it and happily thanked Pochita and then trotted away.

After Pochita saw the girl leave, he sat down, hugged his knees, and continued to wait for Denji. After a while of waiting, Pochita also saw Denji coming from afar. The saw devil happily immediately rushed towards Denji, jumped into the air and transformed back into dog form, fell down and clung to the boy's face. bald.

Pochita: "woof woof woof!"

Denji lifted Pochita from his face and looked at the little dog.

"good morning pochita" Denji said, but Pochita had discovered something, Denji's face looked sad. Denji dropped Pochita on the ground and walked towards Aki and Kishibe and greeted them both.

Denji: "good morning"

Kishibe: "good morning"

Aki: "Where is the demon?"

Denji: "ran away"

Kishibe: "did you release it?"

Denji: "I don't want to let go, that demon is gone"

Kishibe: "lie, right? Lying is not good"

Denji: "I don't lie"

"Hey bald guy" a man's voice said, Denji instinctively turned towards the direction of the call. That call came from a person standing on a concrete mountain, next to him were two other men, one of them had a plaster cast on his right hand and the other had a medical bandage tied on his head. .

"He hit me, boss!" The guy with the broken arm spoke up and pointed his good arm at Denji. "I was about to crush the purple-haired girl when she appeared out of nowhere and he beat us up like this!"

Denji: (who are they again?)

Aki: "do you know these guys?"

Denji: "I don't know you, who are you?"

"You bastard! You don't even remember..." the man with his head tied was talking when the leader signaled him to stop. The leader had a calm face, he looked at Denji with disdain and then opened his mouth. "Little brother, idiots like this won't apologize, if you play, you have to play like this..."

Then he took a deep breath, turned towards Denji and shouted: "SO IT'S YOU?!!!!"

The leader suddenly shouted loudly, surprising Denji. Not only was the bald man surprised, but so were the surrounding civilians, all of whom turned towards the source of the loud voice.

The other two juniors were surprised to see what their big brother did. They smirked with a few drops of sweat on their faces. The two juniors know what their big brother plans to do, the big brother intends to use public opinion to destroy Denji on their behalf.

"HOW COULD YOU DO THAT YOU BASTARD!!! DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE LOSE THEIR HOUSES BECAUSE OF GUYS LIKE YOU?!!! IF YOU KNOW YOU ARE WEAK, GET OUT OF THE WAY AND LET OTHERS DO IT!! !" The big brother shouted loudly, continuing to attract public opinion.

"he...he's right..." someone among the group of civilians spoke up. The fish took the bait, the big guy smirked, continued to point his finger at Denji and continued to attract public opinion.

"HEAR SOMETHING!!! THE SOUNDS OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ROBBED FROM THEIR PEOPLE AND HOME!!! ARE YOU GOING TO AVOID RESPONSIBILITY?!!!!

"My dog is also dead..." provoked by the boss, another one of the civilians spoke up. She used her hand to wipe away her tears, looking at Denji with half-confident and half-suspicious eyes. "If it weren't for irresponsible people like him, my dog wouldn't have died!"

"coward!" another person said.

After that, all the civilians present said in unison "LET IT GO!!" continuously and evenly.

Hearing these words, Kishibe, Aki and Pochita did not react on the surface, but inside they were all having their own thoughts.

Kishibe: (That's the reality, Denji...you're very strong, Denji...but I don't want you to be drowned by this corrupt society so I won't hesitate to say...it's okay to give up is a good choice"

Aki unconsciously clenched her fists, angry but unable to say it, is this human... these are the people that the demon hunters had to sacrifice to save them... human. ..are they such creatures?

Pochita wanted to kill everyone who was insulting Denji. The dog continuously growled and turned the chainsaw above his head, preparing to transform if they dared to attack.

Seeing that Denji did not move at all but just stood still, the big brother snorted coldly, signaling the two juniors next to him to pull out weapons, the one with a broken arm pulled out an electric baton, the other guy pulled out an electric baton. then pulled out a sharp knife. "Today we will act on behalf of heaven! Brothers! fight him!"

The two juniors rushed forward, immediately heading towards where Denji was silent.

"Leave it to me" Kishibe wanted to rush forward but was stopped by Denji. The distance between him and the two thugs was only an inch away. They approached with weapons in hand, aiming for Denji's stomach and stabbing him.

RUNH! RUNH!

The sound of flesh clashing rang out, the two juniors were sent flying in the blink of an eye, foaming at the mouth and falling down with large swellings on their faces, their weapons falling to the ground. Denji was there, unharmed, raising his hand.

"what!" The boss was surprised. He looked at his junior and then turned back to Denji. The big brother took a stance and rushed towards the bald boy.

"Don't joke! I'm the Boxing champion!" He rushed forward, intending to throw a punch at the boy's head, but was easily caught by Denji. He grabbed the boss's fist tightly, making him cry out in pain.

Big brother's name: ""AUUUU IT HURTS!!! I GIVE UP I GIVE UP!!! I'M SORRY FOR LIE!!!"

Denji: "no, you're not wrong"

Big brother: "huh?"

Denji: "SAY WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY!!! I'M LISTENING!!!"

A certain civilian: "It's because of you that my house..."

"SHUT YOUR MOUTH!! SHUT UP!! WHY SHOULD I CARE ABOUT YOUR DAMAGES?!!! LISTEN LIKE YOU YOU GUYS, I AM NOT A DEVIL HUNTER FOR YOUR ADMIRATION!!! I DO IT BECAUSE I WANT!! LIKE IT, HATE IT!!

Some civilian: "you're bald..."

Denji: "WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?!!!"

"Denji!!" a voice rang out from behind Denji, the bald boy turned around and saw Aki and Pochita walking towards him. Aki looked at Denji with a serious face and continued: "You go home, let us take care of it"

Denji looked at Aki with an expressionless expression, the fierce expression on his face also disappearing.

Denji: "Oh yeah...let's go home"

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The sunlight gradually went down, a little bit of remaining light still shone on the desolate ruins of the city, which had been destroyed by Reze. Denji and Pochita walked through a road full of broken concrete blocks stacked haphazardly on top of each other. Denji took the lead and Pochita followed behind.

"Damn, I remember those guys' faces..." Denji muttered "I definitely won't forget"

Pochita: "denji"

Hearing Pochita's call, Denji turned around, not knowing when, Pochita had transformed into a semi-complete form.

Pochita: "I...have never met anyone as great as Denji"

Denji: "What are you saying all of a sudden, it's disgusting"

Pochita: "Even if society doesn't recognize you, I still wholeheartedly follow you"

Denji was silent after hearing what Pochita said, with an indifferent face Denji said: "There's no need for that"

Denji turned to leave and suddenly he had a gentle smile on his face, Pochita continued to follow.

Pochita: "By the way Denji, Aki's house was destroyed"

Denji: "what..."

-end of chapter-