Chainsaw Man: Mangekyo Sharingan

Chapter 101: Chapter 101: Unlocking the Codex: Control Devil

They only kissed softly. There was nothing intense about it, but neither Kotone Asaba nor Reze felt calm inside.

"The more you know, the more disgusting it becomes. If I had the ability, I’d want to clean up those filthy, rotten things too," Reze said with a faint sigh.

Clearly, she also found the truth behind the Gun Devil deeply revolting.

There were not many people in the world who both knew the truth and hated it like she did, but there were still more than a few. None of them could do anything about it.

Only her man could accomplish something so unbelievable even she found it hard to process.

"I’ll solve this," Kotone promised Reze.

"Yeah. I believe in you, Koto."

After saying that, Reze kissed him lightly again.

Then Kotone brought Reze into the Kamui dimension with him.

Inside the Kamui dimension, Kotone had already transformed into the Gun Hybrid in advance and activated Perfect Susanoo.

He had Reze stay in the Kamui dimension while he teleported to the Soviet Union alone.

Through the Affinity Codex’s information about the Gun Devil, he had known the location of the Soviet Union’s Gun Devil heart for a while now. It was also inside a secret base somewhere in Moscow.

Naturally, he teleported straight there.

The "Gun Devil" that had just appeared in New York City half an hour earlier appeared again in Moscow.

The Soviet Union had long predicted that the Gun Devil would appear. They had even loosened the control around the Gun Devil heart they were holding, effectively giving up resistance.

The Gun Devil heart inside the secret base was drawn out by Kotone Asaba and merged with him.

The United States’ twenty percent of the Gun Devil’s body, plus the Soviet Union’s twenty-eight percent, along with his own portion, meant he now possessed half the strength of the complete Gun Devil.

After absorbing the Gun Devil heart, Kotone left the Soviet Union without harming a single person.

At that moment, countries across the world were in close contact with one another. With the United States and the Soviet Union as examples, the other nations had completely given up on resisting.

The United States and the Soviet Union, which had divided most of the Gun Devil’s body between them, had not suffered revenge from the Gun Devil. Looking at it that way, the others figured they should be even safer.

Kotone Asaba continued to his next destination and retrieved each Gun Devil heart one by one.

In that short span of time, Kotone Asaba recovered all of the Gun Devil hearts. Altogether, they accounted for sixty-three percent of the complete body.

And he did not merge with all of them. He kept one Gun Devil heart he had obtained from the United Kingdom and treated it as Little Gun. More accurately, it had always been Little Gun.

As for the remaining thirty-seven percent of the Gun Devil flesh fragments, he did not deliberately recover them. The fragments were too widely scattered. They were practically everywhere in the world, and he did not know their exact locations. The information in the Affinity Codex only covered the hearts.

In London, this time alone, the "Gun Devil" did not leave immediately.

The surrounding London citizens suddenly had an ominous feeling. Confusion, fear, anxiety, all kinds of gazes looked up at the "Gun Devil" ahead.

Then, the "Gun Devil" suddenly spoke. It was the first time in history that it had ever spoken, and it spoke in English.

"My name is the Gun Devil. I am the one who knows all. Today, here in London, I speak to every nation in the world. From this day forward, I will no longer kill humans at random. I also apologize for the massacre that occurred back then. Anyone who wants revenge may come after me."

The moment those words fell, the "Gun Devil" vanished instantly.

As for the truth about the Gun Devil that every nation had hidden, Kotone Asaba thought it over again and again, but ultimately did not expose it.

That news was simply too explosive. If he said it out loud, it would spread across the entire world at a frantic speed. The governments of many countries might collapse, and people would fall into chaos.

The consequences would be severe. National unrest was not a good thing for many ordinary people.

In any case, he had already solved the problem at its root. The only truly pitiful ones were the Devil Hunters who had been used and sacrificed for nothing.

Kotone Asaba returned to the Kamui dimension with Little Gun.

As soon as Little Gun came back, it went to play video games with Pochita. It could be said to be no different from the previous Little Gun.

This time, Kotone Asaba was also even more cautious. As the Gun Hybrid, he could confirm whether Little Gun’s body contained a "self-destruct program" like last time. The result was that it did not.

Although Reze had stayed in the Kamui dimension the entire time and had never gone outside, she at least knew how each of Kotone Asaba’s operations went. After all, every time Kotone Asaba went to the next place, he had to transfer through the Kamui dimension.

That way, she would not worry.

This time, when he returned, Kotone Asaba changed back into his normal human form.

Seeing that, Reze immediately asked, "Is it done?"

"Yeah. I’ve taken away the Gun Devil bodies held by every country. No one will have to die for this farce anymore."

Kotone Asaba nodded.

"That’s amazing. As expected of my man."

Reze smiled warmly.

"Ahem... from now on, I’ll slowly recover the Gun Devil flesh fragments scattered in different places. The ones held by the different governments aren’t really a problem. The main issue is making sure devils don’t get their hands on them."

Kotone Asaba explained his plans for the future.

Gun Devil flesh fragments boosted ordinary devils far too much. If ordinary devils possessed Gun Devil flesh, they would be an enormous threat to both civilians and Devil Hunters.

Putting the flesh fragments aside for now, the very existence of the Gun Devil had greatly increased humanity’s fear of devils, causing every devil to be indirectly strengthened.

He would not deliberately kill people just to make himself stronger. His double Kamui was already powerful enough. The reason he had just announced, in the Gun Devil’s name, that he would no longer kill people at random was to reduce humanity’s fear of devils as a species.

"That part will be much easier. We don’t even need to put in that much effort ourselves. Every country will still continue gathering Gun Devil flesh fragments," Reze said. "The difference is that their purpose has changed. From now on, it will truly be to weaken devils as a whole."

Just as Reze said, even if every country had lost the Gun Devil hearts, that did not affect their continued strict control of a special object like Gun Devil flesh.

That was exactly what Kotone Asaba and Reze wanted to see.

"By the way, is that little guy the Gun Devil?"

At that moment, Reze looked toward the little creature playing video games with Pochita.

Its appearance resembled the Gun Devil’s features, making it look like the Gun Devil’s heart.

"Yeah. This is the Gun Devil body that the United Kingdom was holding. Or rather, the Gun Devil heart. Either way, it’s the Gun Devil."

Kotone Asaba nodded.

"You’re not going to merge it with you too?"

Reze could not help asking.

"No. I’ve actually gotten a little attached to it, and it’s honestly very well-behaved," Kotone Asaba said. "Right, its name is Little Gun. I named it. Calling it the Gun Devil every time is a bit troublesome."

"I see. Being on such good terms with the Gun Devil is unbelievable."

Reze sighed. "As for Boom inside my body, I don’t really have any feelings for it. Back then, we were forcibly fused into one."

"Do you usually talk to Boom?" Kotone Asaba asked.

Boom was actually the Bomb Devil.

"No. It basically ignores me, and I haven’t really taken the initiative to talk to it either."

Reze shook her head.

"It should have some dream or something, right? If you can help it make its dream come true, maybe your relationship will improve a lot."

Kotone Asaba gave Reze a suggestion.

"Boom’s dream? I’ve never asked about that. I’ll go ask."

Reze felt that was a good idea, so she immediately communicated with Boom through her mind.

"Boom, do you have a dream?"

"..."

"Boom?"

"..."

"Can’t you hear me? Boom!"

"You’re so annoying! What are you suddenly bothering me for?"

Boom finally replied, but her tone sounded extremely impatient. Her voice was female.

Reze thought that what Koto said really had worked, because in the past, Boom had almost never responded to her.

Of course, as the heart, Boom could definitely hear that thought.

"How is that bothering you? I just wanted to ask what your dream is."

"A dream? Hmph. That’s the kind of childish thing only humans have."

"How is it childish? Do you really not have a dream?"

"Go keep flirting with that human man of yours and stop bothering me."

After a snort, Boom stopped answering.

However, through that exchange, Reze could roughly guess what Boom’s dream was.

She did not point it out directly. She only raised the corners of her mouth slightly.

Feeling that her relationship with Boom had grown much closer, Reze’s mood also improved.

"How did it go?"

Seeing the change in Reze’s expression, Kotone Asaba asked.

"I understand now. Boom is actually just a slightly naive, slightly tsundere little girl."

Reze said it with a smile.

As the heart, how could Boom not hear that? She immediately became unhappy. "You’re slandering me!"

This time, it was Reze’s turn to ignore Boom. After being exposed, Boom flew into embarrassed anger, but she could only sulk by herself.

Because she had no way to do anything to Reze. She was only a consciousness, and the initiative was entirely in Reze’s hands.

"A little girl? The Bomb... I mean, Boom is female?"

Kotone Asaba almost said the Bomb Devil out loud.

"Yeah. At first, I thought it was male too," Reze said.

After that, Kotone Asaba went home to rest.

He had maintained Perfect Susanoo for quite a while this time, and the drain on him had been enormous.

Naturally, Reze also noticed that Kotone Asaba’s face was a little pale and weak.

She asked him directly, "Koto, do you want to drink my blood?"

"No. I’ll recover after some rest."

Kotone Asaba shook his head faintly.

The main cost of maintaining Susanoo was that the cells throughout his body were burning. Anemia was only part of the aftereffects.

However, now that he had the special identity of a Hybrid, with enough blood, he could actually "restart" directly. But he felt there was no need. He did not want to drink someone else’s blood.

In any case, his Constitution was high enough, and his self-recovery ability was strong enough. Aftereffects such as vision deterioration and anemia would all recover on their own.

"I see... then rest right here."

As she spoke, Reze lightly patted her thighs.

Clearly, she wanted to give Kotone Asaba a lap pillow.

"Sure."

Kotone Asaba thought that sounded pretty good too and lay directly on Reze’s thighs.

As an agent and a Hybrid, Reze would not feel tired even if she held that posture for a long time. Instead, she gazed at Kotone Asaba’s sleeping face with a pampering expression and stroked his hair.

[Reze Affinity +5%]

The next day.

Kotone Asaba had mostly recovered. He no longer felt as weak as he had the day before.

After eating the breakfast Reze made, he went to the Kyoto Private Guild with her.

Akane Sawatari had been waiting for them in the guild hall since very early.

"Good morning, Coach. Good morning, Reze!"

Seeing her coach and Reze arrive, Akane Sawatari immediately greeted them.

"Have you eaten breakfast?"

Seeing Akane Sawatari there so early, Kotone Asaba had his suspicions.

"Ah, not yet..."

Akane Sawatari answered.

She was a little excited today and had rushed over without even eating breakfast.

In truth, the main reason was that she did not have the habit of eating breakfast. Usually, she could not even eat enough for lunch.

"Then go eat breakfast first. There’s no hurry to go experience things in Kyoto. We can go anytime," Kotone Asaba said. "No matter what, you have to eat breakfast. How can a Devil Hunter go hungry?"

"Yes, Coach. That was careless of me."

Akane Sawatari nodded repeatedly, then obediently went to buy breakfast.

Kotone Asaba and Reze waited in the hall for Akane Sawatari.

"I heard the Gun Devil appeared in several countries yesterday. It actually didn’t attack humans the entire time. I wonder why it ran around everywhere."

"Didn’t it say it won’t attack humans anymore from now on? It feels pretty believable. At the very least, there were no casualty records yesterday."

"It’s pretty strange too. By doing that, the Gun Devil reduced humanity’s fear of it, which means its strength will also drop. It actually did something that doesn’t benefit itself. Looks like it really is friendly toward humans now."

"..."

The Devil Hunters in the hall were almost all discussing the Gun Devil, not knowing that the "Gun Devil" they were talking about was sitting right beside them.

A while later, Akane Sawatari returned after finishing breakfast.

"By the way, what happened with Iwasaki Denta?"

Kotone Asaba suddenly remembered that matter.

"He already paid me the full amount. From now on, I’ll have nothing to do with him ever again."

After saying that, Akane Sawatari suddenly sighed with emotion. "It’s all thanks to you, Coach. Otherwise, I never would have been able to vent my anger like that."

[Akane Sawatari Affinity +5%]

Kotone Asaba immediately flipped open that page of the Affinity Codex. What it displayed was...

Control Devil!

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