Chainsaw Man: Mangekyo Sharingan

Chapter 103: Chapter 103: Makima’s Enlightenment Plan

Kotone Asaba did not care much about Makima currently wanting to hunt down Pochita.

As long as he kept Pochita inside the Kamui dimension, Makima would never find him.

Kotone Asaba and Makima continued walking and talking.

"By the way... can I ask why you want to kill the Chainsaw Devil?"

At that moment, Kotone Asaba asked.

"The reason is simple. Chainsaw Man killed my followers. He even killed all of his own followers. If he had only killed them, that would have been fine, but if they were eaten by him, they would cease to exist."

Makima did not hide anything. Instead, she said it directly, "Because of that, I reached an agreement with the other three Horsemen to eliminate Chainsaw Man, this severe threat. Unfortunately, no matter what we did, we could not kill him, and then he suddenly disappeared."

It was just as Kotone Asaba had guessed. He had asked that question because he wanted to see whether there was some special reason.

He had to admit that Pochita’s nature really was something else. Whenever someone called for help, he would appear. Once he appeared, he would definitely kill the other side. After killing the other side, he would want to hug the one who called for help. Then, because his body was covered in chainsaws and he was far too strong, he would cut down the one who called for help too.

He clearly only wanted to do good and ask for a hug, yet he ended up becoming a thorn in the side of every devil in Hell.

"Then aside from hunting down the Chainsaw Devil, is there anything else you want to do, Miss Makima?"

Kotone Asaba asked.

"I want to understand human society. I’m quite interested in human society."

Makima answered honestly.

There was only one thing she did not mention to Kotone Asaba, which was that she still had to prepare for hunting down the Chainsaw Devil.

However, in the next moment, Kotone Asaba brought that topic up directly.

"Aren’t you going to make preparations first? As far as I know, the Chainsaw Devil is very powerful. Miss Makima, you’ve only just come to the human world, so I imagine you don’t have many extra abilities yet."

Based on what he knew, Makima was the kind of devil that depended heavily on development, and she was also rather fragile.

In the original story, if she had not made a contract with the Prime Minister of Japan and transferred all damage she suffered to Japanese citizens, she would have been very easy to kill instantly.

Makima had only just come to the human world and had not developed yet. She only had her own ability, "control." As for whether the air gun ability was innate, he was not sure.

In this situation, if she encountered Pochita in his black Chainsaw Man form, she would only be instantly killed. But even after making preparations, it would still be extremely difficult for Makima to defeat Pochita.

In the original story, she had only barely managed to defeat Pochita after insane planning, along with a nearly infinite resurrection bug of a contract.

"Naturally, I need to prepare. It’s simply not time yet."

Makima clearly did not want to say more.

Kotone Asaba could not figure it out either. At this current point, Makima had not been led astray yet. She might not necessarily do certain things she did in the original story, such as forcibly controlling Pochita’s followers from Hell or scheming to control Reze and the other Hybrids.

For now, it could be seen that Makima would not casually control people at random. Otherwise, when she had no money to buy the Husky earlier, she could have simply controlled the shop owner and clerks, and that would have been the end of it.

"Speaking of which, a completely humanoid devil like you really is unprecedented."

At that moment, Kotone Asaba sighed.

"There truly are not many like me. That is also why I have a relatively high fondness for humans."

Makima said.

Kotone Asaba smiled faintly. If Makima were led astray by the Japanese Cabinet, that morbid level of fondness was not something normal people could endure.

"We’re almost home. It’s just up ahead."

Kotone Asaba said, "Didn’t you want to understand human society? This is the kind of housing most of us humans need to rent. Some of it requires payment. Mine was arranged for free by my workplace."

"Rent? You don’t buy it directly?"

Makima asked.

"You need enough money to afford that. For Devil Hunters, it’s still manageable, but for ordinary people, it isn’t that easy. Though housing prices right now are actually still all right. In a few years, or even a few decades..."

Kotone Asaba chuckled.

Especially in a place like Moscow, housing prices in the future would rise terrifyingly.

"Looking at it that way, money is very important to humans. Housing, entertainment, daily life, it’s indispensable in every aspect."

Makima analyzed this seriously.

"Something like that. In any case, you don’t need to worry about money. Killing any random devil can earn you a large sum."

Kotone Asaba said.

"A devil? I only know that humans and devils are generally hostile. What does that have to do with money?"

Makima asked.

"It’s a little complicated to explain. In order to fight devils, humans developed a profession called Devil Hunters. They are mainly divided into Public Safety and private categories..."

Kotone Asaba patiently explained the relationship between devils and money to Makima.

"I see. Public Safety has high salaries and good benefits, while private Devil Hunters have bounties. These are all methods you humans use to maintain public order."

Makima nodded slightly.

In her eyes, there was nothing strange about humans hunting devils. Devils harmed humans, and humans hunted devils to protect themselves. That was perfectly normal behavior.

She would not sympathize with devils just because she herself was one. On the contrary, she liked humans more.

"Trading devil corpses can also earn a lot of money. But I’m not too clear on the reason either. Maybe certain parts of a devil’s body have high value."

Kotone Asaba said.

After that, Kotone Asaba brought Makima into the room.

"It seems that if I want to understand human society, the first goal should be money."

Makima murmured to herself.

Kotone Asaba did not know why Makima had suddenly reached that conclusion, but there did not seem to be anything wrong with it either.

"You could say that. But that’s just a small matter. If you want to understand human society, reading more books, watching more television, and going outside to interact with more people are better methods."

As he spoke, Kotone Asaba picked up a copy of Aesop’s Fables from the desk beside him.

From a certain perspective, the current Makima was like a young child. As long as she was not brainwashed by the Japanese Cabinet, there would not be a problem. He could start by using books like Aesop’s Fables to instill normal human values into her.

"Here. You can start by reading this."

Kotone Asaba directly handed the copy of Aesop’s Fables to Makima.

Makima took Aesop’s Fables and stood in place, opening it to read.

She casually flipped to a page and read the contents aloud.

"A hungry crow stood on a fig tree. It noticed that the figs were hard and green, so it stayed there, waiting for them to grow ripe. A fox saw that the crow was always standing there..."

Halfway through, Makima stopped and asked Kotone Asaba, "Why are they all other animals? What I want to understand is things related to humans."

"That’s not it. Don’t be fooled just because most of the content inside is about animals. There are actually many things contained within it, and all of them are closely related to humans."

Kotone Asaba explained, "For example, the story you’re reading right now is a metaphor for certain people who only wait blindly without knowing how to work hard or take action. Once you finish reading the story, you’ll understand what I mean."

Makima said nothing else and continued reading the story to the end.

"The fox saw that the crow was always standing there, so it went over and asked the reason. Then it said, ’Oh, my friend, how foolish you are. Waiting blindly is useless. It can only deceive yourself and will never fill your stomach.’"

Makima gradually understood what Kotone Asaba had just said.

"Don’t keep standing there. Go sit on the sofa and read."

Seeing Makima standing in place the entire time, Kotone Asaba could not help saying that.

"Okay. Next, you’ll help me explain what these stories contain."

Makima stared fixedly at the book in her hands as she walked over to the sofa and sat down.

"Sure."

Kotone Asaba was naturally willing and sat beside Makima.

Each time Makima finished a story, he explained the philosophy within it to her, or how it exposed and criticized social contradictions, expressed insight into life, or summarized everyday experience.

[Makima Affinity +5%]

[Makima Affinity progress has reached 10%. Achievement reward obtained: Constitution +1]

During this time, Makima’s Affinity rose slightly.

Time passed very quickly, as though noon had arrived in the blink of an eye.

"I’m hungry. It’s time for lunch. This is the eating behavior we humans carry out every day. You can read by yourself for now. I’m going to buy groceries and cook."

At that moment, Kotone Asaba stood up and said this.

Even Hybrids could get hungry. If the body was human, it would feel hunger and could even starve to death, though it could revive.

"Is it like how we devils want to drink human blood?"

Makima said casually.

"Not quite. We humans mainly eat to survive, while you devils drink blood mainly because it tastes good and maintains your strength."

Kotone Asaba said.

After that, he went out to buy groceries and cook.

In truth, with Kotone Asaba’s earlier help, Makima was already gradually able to understand those fables on her own.

On the way to buy groceries, Kotone Asaba was also thinking about Makima.

If he remembered correctly, Makima’s dream in the original story was to build an equal relationship like a family.

As for controlling Chainsaw Man and making him kill and eat devils like War, Famine, and Death, erasing those unhappy factors and building the new world she expected...

Those were not actually her dreams. Rather, they were thoughts produced after being brainwashed by the Japanese Cabinet, making her mistakenly believe that only in such a new world would there be a possibility of building equal relationships like a family.

All he could say was that the Japanese Cabinet’s brainwashing was absurd. No matter what, Kotone Asaba would not let the Japanese Cabinet come into contact with Makima.

Lunch was ready.

Kotone Asaba had specifically made enough for two people.

Of course, there was also dog food for the Husky.

When Kotone Asaba carried the prepared dishes out of the kitchen, Makima smelled the aroma and immediately said, "Is this the smell of human food?"

"How does it feel? If you like it, you can come try some. Although you don’t need to deliberately eat, tasting good food is one of humanity’s great pleasures."

Kotone Asaba said, "As for that book, you can mark the page you reached with a bookmark."

"Okay."

Makima used a bookmark to mark the page, then gently placed Aesop’s Fables closed on the table. Each of her movements was ladylike and elegant.

At the dining table, Makima tried to taste the food Kotone Asaba had made, but she did not know how to use chopsticks.

"You don’t know how to use chopsticks?"

Kotone Asaba immediately demonstrated for Makima himself.

Makima quickly imitated him properly, though she was still a bit clumsy when using them.

She picked up a small piece, put it into her mouth, and carefully tasted it for a while.

She had never drunk human blood, not even devil blood, but this human food tasted quite good to her.

"It’s delicious."

Makima said expressionlessly, "For humans, aside from the need to survive, eating delicious food is also an additional pleasure."

"Exactly."

Kotone Asaba agreed.

After lunch ended, Makima had not eaten much. She only tasted a bit of every dish, along with a small bowl of white rice.

Then she continued reading Aesop’s Fables. Kotone Asaba had nothing to do, so he sat beside her and read with her.

"The complex emotions of humans created these stories."

Suddenly, Makima summarized it in one sentence.

"More or less."

Kotone Asaba nodded.

"Diligence, arrogance, greed, and many other emotions. Only humans can possess such rich emotions."

Makima sighed in an emotionless tone.

Compared with them, the emotions of devils were much more monotonous.

Ordinary devils only thought about killing people. Even special devils were very simple. Pochita wanted to hug people. Makima wanted to have a family. The War Devil was an idiot.

Seeing that Makima was about to finish reading Aesop’s Fables, Kotone Asaba said, "Keep reading, or you can watch television too. I’ll go buy you some more books."

There were not many books at home, and even fewer suited for Makima to read, so he planned to buy more introductory books like Aesop’s Fables.

Before going out, Kotone Asaba taught Makima how to control the television with the remote.

Before long, he returned from a nearby bookstore with several books.

At this moment, Makima was still sitting on the sofa and had not wandered around.

"Once you finish that book, you can keep reading these. They’ll be very useful for understanding human society."

Kotone Asaba placed the books on the table and said this to Makima, tricking her a little.

More accurately, it was only half-tricking her. Although these were actually introductory books meant for human children, they could still help her understand human society to some extent.

Kotone Asaba had nothing to do, but he also did not dare stray too far from Makima for too long. What if Makima was discovered and taken away by someone from the Japanese Cabinet?

As soon as she finished Aesop’s Fables, Makima immediately picked up one of the books Kotone Asaba had bought.

By chance, she saw a story related to "family."

This immediately sparked her interest. After finishing that story, she began searching for the next story related to "family," repeating the process again and again.

Kotone Asaba was idly playing games beside her out of boredom and did not notice what Makima was reading.

At that moment, Makima suddenly murmured, "Family..."

"Hm?"

Kotone Asaba immediately raised his head and looked at Makima with slight surprise.

"Family is wonderful. Unfortunately, humans and devils are destined never to become family..."

Makima murmured to herself.

Hearing this, Kotone Asaba was stunned for a while. Gradually, he seemed to understand something.

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