Chapter 112: Chapter 112: Pochita and Makima Meet
"I... I get it, just get away from me!"
Elena pushed Denji away, her face slightly bashful.
"So you’re saying you agree?"
Denji immediately stuffed all the lollipops in his hand into Elena’s hands.
With Elena’s personality, she probably would have gone straight to the staff to report this kind of rule-breaking behavior.
But for some reason, she did not want to do that. Not only did she accept the lollipops Denji gave her, she even unwrapped one of them.
The staff and scientists basically did not come over during ordinary hours, so there was no need to worry about getting caught in a sudden inspection.
Since she had accepted the lollipops from Denji, Elena also kept her promise and taught him Russian.
With Elena’s help, Denji learned a few more basic words and phrases.
At the same time, Kotone Asaba and Makima had already left the experimental base.
When mealtime arrived, the children would consciously go to the cafeteria to eat without needing the staff to remind them.
Denji glanced at the time. It was already mealtime. "It’s time for dinner. Let’s go."
Every meal here was delicious, so Denji was naturally very enthusiastic. Besides, he was getting a little hungry too.
Elena hid the remaining lollipops under her pillow, then went to the cafeteria with Denji.
As they walked through the hallway, the gazes of many children around them gathered on Denji and Elena.
They were not particularly envious or jealous. Right now, they were still quite ignorant about what a Hybrid really was.
They only felt that Denji and Elena were amazing. Compared to them, the devil hearts would not even pay attention to the other children.
After arriving at the cafeteria, Denji and Elena received their respective dinners and found a place to sit down and eat.
Before this, Elena had always sat alone at a table. The other children were not close to her, so they would not come and bother her.
Only Denji was different. From the first day he became her roommate, he insisted on sitting at the same table as her during meals. His reason was that friends should definitely sit together when eating, but at the time, she had not considered Denji her friend at all.
Later, this guy directly revealed his intentions, saying he wanted to become even closer friends with her, and even said something about thinking she was very cute...
In any case, it left her feeling helpless.
"Denji... do you really think I’m cute...?"
At that moment, Elena asked the question almost in spite of herself. The moment the words left her mouth, she immediately regretted it. "Wait! Just pretend I didn’t say anything."
However, Denji ignored Elena’s attempt to take it back and said bluntly, "It’s true. You’re really cute."
Elena lowered her head slightly, doing her best to suppress her happiness and bashfulness.
Denji’s thoughts were very simple. Elena really was the cutest girl his age he had ever met. On top of that, he had been influenced by Kotone. Kotone had someone as beautiful as Makima by his side, so Denji also wanted to fall in love with a girl.
His words and actions were very direct. He said whatever he thought and did whatever he wanted to do.
......
After leaving the underground experimental base, Kotone Asaba and Makima returned to Tokyo.
[Makima Affinity +5%]
During those days at the experimental base, Makima’s Affinity had also increased somewhat.
At night.
Just as Kotone Asaba was about to fall asleep, Makima suddenly hugged him. It seemed she had seen something in a book again.
"Do you like this feeling?"
Makima asked.
"I do..."
Kotone Asaba answered honestly as well.
At that moment, a flash of inspiration suddenly crossed his mind, and he naturally followed up, "By the way, did you know that the Chainsaw Devil’s dream was actually just to hug someone?"
Makima opened her eyes and looked at Kotone Asaba in confusion. "How do you know that?"
"You saw it before too, didn’t you? My relationship with the Chainsaw Devil is actually quite deep. You could even say I’m good friends with it, so I also know its dream."
Kotone Asaba felt it was about time to lay his cards on the table with Makima. "Back when it was in Hell, whenever a devil called its name and asked for help, it always answered. In truth, it only wanted a hug, but it was too strong, and its body was covered in chainsaws, so whenever it tried to hug someone, it accidentally killed the one who had asked for help."
Just as Kotone Asaba said, Makima had known for a long time that he had a deep relationship with the Chainsaw Man.
But even she had not expected the Chainsaw Man’s dream to be hugging someone. After all, the Chainsaw Man never spoke, and every time it appeared, it would kill the other side before immediately killing the one who had asked for help.
What devils feared most was the Chainsaw Man’s ability. After being eaten by the Chainsaw Man, aside from the exceptional few weapon-type devils, they would disappear completely.
But in reality, the Chainsaw Man had never actively gone after other devils to eat them. The ones it ate were all devils who had come to kill it themselves.
"How do you see it now? Do you still want to hunt it down?"
Kotone Asaba said, "At least I can say that its dream has already been fulfilled now, and it won’t go around hurting other devils anymore unless a devil takes the initiative to cause trouble for it."
"Were you the one who fulfilled the Chainsaw Man’s dream?"
Makima asked in a tone that sounded both like a guess and a statement of certainty.
"That’s right."
Kotone Asaba admitted it.
"In fact, I no longer want to hunt the Chainsaw Man. My dream has already been fulfilled too. There is no need for me to place myself in danger."
In Makima’s original plan, she had considered controlling many sufficiently powerful devils, including the Angel Devil, slowly accumulating her own strength in order to deal with the Chainsaw Man.
But later, she met Kotone Asaba. Kotone Asaba became her most important family member, and her desire to hunt down the Chainsaw Man gradually weakened. Since Kotone Asaba clearly did not want her using her control ability casually, she had even less reason to oppose the Chainsaw Man.
"Let’s sleep for now. Tomorrow, I’ll let Pochita come out and meet you. The Chainsaw Devil’s name now is Pochita. Compared to the name ’Chainsaw Man’ that you all gave it, it likes the name Pochita more."
Kotone Asaba said.
He felt that he had to let Pochita meet Makima eventually. It was impossible for him to deliberately keep Pochita and Makima from meeting all the time.
"Mm, but you still must..."
Makima stopped halfway and changed her words, shifting from a commanding tone to one that allowed for discussion. "But I still hope you will try to have less contact with it."
"You don’t need to worry about that. Pochita is different now from how it was before. You’ll understand tomorrow."
Kotone Asaba said.
"Mm..."
Makima slowly closed her eyes.
[Makima Affinity +5%]
[Makima Affinity progress has reached 60%. Achievement reward obtained: Constitution +1]
......
The next morning.
Kotone Asaba prepared to let Pochita out. First, he entered the Kamui dimension to give Pochita a warning.
"Pochita, in a bit, I’ll bring you outside to meet Makima, or rather, the Control Devil."
Kotone Asaba said to Pochita.
"Woof?"
Pochita was somewhat confused and somewhat reluctant.
Back then, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, including the Control Devil, had left it with unforgettable memories.
Meeting her would be very troublesome, and it did not want to fight the Control Devil anymore either.
"It’s fine. I’ve already talked it over with the Control Devil. She won’t do anything to you. Besides, even if something really does happen, I’ll be there."
Kotone Asaba reassured Pochita.
Only after hesitating for a while did Pochita agree.
"Little Gun, you come out too."
Kotone Asaba also planned to let Little Gun get acquainted with Makima.
Afterward, Kotone Asaba appeared before Makima with Little Gun and Pochita.
The moment Pochita saw Makima, it immediately jumped onto Kotone Asaba’s hands and looked at Makima warily. Kotone Asaba held Pochita in both hands like that.
Little Gun, meanwhile, did not know Makima at all.
Seeing Pochita like this, Makima was slightly stunned.
She simply did not have the habit of distinguishing people and remembering them with her eyes, but there was no problem with her vision. Seeing the infamous Chainsaw Man become so small still surprised her quite a bit.
"This should be the Chainsaw Man’s heart, right? Why did it become like this?"
Makima asked Kotone Asaba.
Back then, she, the other three Horsemen, and the devils they led had been unable to kill the Chainsaw Man no matter what they did. More precisely, every time they killed the Chainsaw Man, it would return. At the very end, for some unknown reason, it suddenly disappeared and then arrived in the human world.
"I’m not especially sure about that either. I’d guess it was partly because of you Four Horsemen, and partly because of it."
The "it" Kotone Asaba referred to was Little Gun.
"It is... the Gun Devil?"
Only after deliberately using her eyes did Makima distinguish that this seemed to be the Gun Devil, because she had no impression of the Gun Devil’s scent. She only knew that this scent was highly similar to the scent on Kotone Asaba’s body.
"That’s right. In any case, Pochita currently has a contract with me. It won’t hurt me, and it won’t turn back into its original Chainsaw Man form to hurt others either."
Kotone Asaba said.
"That’s good. However, although I do not intend to do anything to Pochita anymore, the other three Horsemen are another matter."
Makima said.
"That’s fine. We’ll deal with them when they come."
Kotone Asaba did not pay too much attention to those three Horsemen.
Aside from the Death Devil, whose situation was still unclear, the War Devil was an idiot, so there was nothing to fear. The Famine Devil would not appear that soon either.
"Normally, I’ll still let them stay in the space inside my eye. That way, it won’t be easy for the other three Horsemen to discover them."
Kotone Asaba said.
Sensing that the Control Devil really had no hostility, Pochita gradually relaxed its guard.
Although it had once been surrounded and killed by the Four Horsemen, including the Control Devil, Pochita did not hate them. Since the Control Devil could now get along with it normally, it would not hold old grudges either.
"By the way, the devil heart inside your body should be the Gun Devil’s, right? Why is this one still here?"
Through scent, Makima could judge that the devil heart inside Kotone Asaba was the Gun Devil’s heart. But then why was there another Gun Devil heart in front of her? What was the one inside Kotone Asaba?
"That’s a bit complicated to explain. Simply put, it’s special. Its heart was previously split into many pieces, and I deliberately kept a portion of it preserved. The rest are all inside me."
Kotone Asaba explained it simply.
"I see."
Although Makima still had many questions, she did not continue asking.
After a while, Kotone Asaba felt that it was enough and had Little Gun and Pochita return to the Kamui dimension.
At that moment, Kotone Asaba’s phone suddenly rang.
"It’s been so long since I last saw you. What have you been doing recently?"
He heard Yuki Kirisu’s voice from the other end.
"Get to the point."
Kotone Asaba said flatly.
"Hm? We haven’t seen each other in so long, and not only do you not miss me, you’re even this cold to me?"
Yuki Kirisu’s voice instantly became unhappy.
"...If you don’t talk business, I’m hanging up."
Kotone Asaba mainly said this because Makima was right beside him.
"Fine, I’ll talk business first. There’s a rather difficult mission. I feel that if you’re willing to go, we can avoid heavy casualties."
"What exactly is the situation?"
"Inside an apartment building, two households were attacked by a Fiend. We’re not sure what kind of Fiend it is yet. Those two households each only have one survivor left. If possible, I’d like you to deal with that Fiend. Tokyo Public Safety doesn’t have enough powerful personnel available right now, and if weaker people go, they’ll easily lose their lives. Of course, if you don’t want to go, I won’t force you."
In reality, Yuki Kirisu was already being very polite.
Under normal circumstances, Public Safety Devil Hunters had to absolutely obey their superiors’ orders. Even if they were ordered to subjugate an extremely powerful devil, they had to go. How could someone ask for Kotone Asaba’s opinion as politely as Yuki Kirisu was doing now?
"Fine, I’ll go take a look. Tell me the details."
Kotone Asaba agreed almost without hesitation.
"Then come to Tokyo Public Safety first. I’ll hand you the detailed mission information."
"Mm. I’ll be there soon."
After saying that, Kotone Asaba hung up the phone.
Then he said to Makima, "Time to get to work. Do you want to come with me?"
Makima immediately nodded.
Kotone Asaba directly transferred to Tokyo Public Safety with Makima.
Since he had just let Pochita and Makima meet, he no longer needed to move Pochita around like before to avoid letting it run into Makima.
The two arrived outside Yuki Kirisu’s office. Yuki Kirisu had already seen the people outside through the surveillance cameras.
"Come in."
After hearing Yuki Kirisu’s voice, Kotone Asaba pushed the door open.
"And who is this lady?"
Yuki Kirisu looked at Makima and asked.
"Her name is Makima. She’ll be coming with me on this mission."
Kotone Asaba introduced her.
"Oh? Is she a Devil Hunter too? I don’t think we have someone like her in Tokyo Public Safety, do we?"
Yuki Kirisu asked.
She paid attention to Makima’s eyes for a while. Those golden ringed eyes seemed to concern her somewhat.
"She really isn’t a Tokyo Public Safety Devil Hunter, but she is very strong, so there’s no need to worry."
Kotone Asaba said.
"If even you say she’s very strong, then there shouldn’t be any problem. The mission details are here. Take them."
Yuki Kirisu handed a file to Kotone Asaba.
Kotone Asaba roughly scanned it, memorized all of it, then casually placed the file into his coat, preparing to head to the mission site to investigate.
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