Chainsaw Man: Mangekyo Sharingan

Chapter 114: Chapter 114: The Control Ability Shows Its Might

Takuya Ishikawa immediately called his relatives far away.

During the short dozen seconds while he waited for the call to connect, every second felt like torment to Takuya Ishikawa. He was terrified that the call would not go through.

Finally, the call connected, and Takuya Ishikawa could not wait to ask, "Are you, are you all okay?!"

"Takuya? What happened? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Hearing his mother’s voice and tone, Takuya Ishikawa knew his parents were probably fine, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"...It’s nothing. I just suddenly missed you."

After hesitating for a while, Takuya Ishikawa still did not tell his mother the truth. He did not want his parents to worry about him. If he said he had been attacked by a Fiend, then no matter what, his parents would never be able to relax.

"What a silly child. Isn’t it already summer break? Come back in the next few days."

Hearing his mother’s gentle voice, Takuya Ishikawa suddenly became so emotional that words failed him, and his eyes could not help growing wet.

He felt incredibly grateful that his family was safe.

"Mm... I have something to handle, so I’ll stop here. I’ll come back in the next few days."

After Takuya Ishikawa hung up, he immediately called his other relatives.

After asking around, he learned that everyone was safe and sound, and only then did he relax completely.

Otherwise, if his relatives had died because of him, he would have felt guilty for the rest of his life.

"So your relatives far away are all fine, right?"

Kotone Asaba asked.

"Mm, yes. None of them were affected."

Takuya Ishikawa nodded.

"Then I understand. Thank you for your cooperation."

Now, Kotone Asaba had more or less figured out the Loneliness Fiend’s ability.

Anyone hit by the Loneliness Fiend’s attack would have their family members die mysteriously, but if the family members were too far away, nothing would happen to them.

After a devil became a Fiend, its original strength would be weakened. Fortunately, the Loneliness Fiend’s ability did not have such a wide range. Otherwise, even more people would have died.

The investigation was mostly complete. Now, Kotone Asaba only had to wait and stake out the place tomorrow evening.

Before that, he first had to communicate with the residents of Room 404.

"Sorry to disturb you. We are Devil Hunters from Tokyo Public Safety. We need to talk to you about something important."

"Huh? Is this about the Fiend incident from the past two days?"

"That’s right. Based on our deduction, that thing will come attack you tomorrow evening."

"Ah?! Why? We didn’t do anything!"

"Don’t panic. Devils don’t care whether you’ve done anything when they attack you. We came to your door because we want to protect you."

Kotone Asaba soothed him.

"A little after five in the evening the day before yesterday, that Fiend attacked the resident of Room 101. A little after five yesterday evening, it attacked the resident of Room 202. Today, just now, it attacked Room 303 again. So following that pattern, tomorrow evening around this time, it will come attack the residents of Room 404, which means you."

Kotone Asaba said, "During that period tomorrow evening, please try not to go outside. By the way, how many people are in your family?"

"Ah, there’s me, my wife, and our daughter. They’re in the bedroom right now. Should I call them out?"

The person in front of Kotone Asaba was a man who looked around thirty years old.

"That won’t be necessary. Just explain the situation to them later."

Kotone Asaba said, "That Fiend’s ability is very cruel. If any one of the three of you is attacked, the other two will die, while the person attacked will survive instead. You should have already heard about the incidents from the previous two days."

"So that’s what happened..."

The man realized the severity of the situation. "Mm, mm. I’ll tell my wife and daughter. We won’t go out at all tomorrow."

"Mm..."

After saying that, Kotone Asaba did not plan to stay there for long. "Then we will come again tomorrow."

"Um!..."

The man said uneasily, "Can you leave us a way to contact you? In case that Fiend attacks us at some other time..."

"...All right. This is my phone number."

Although it was completely unnecessary, Kotone Asaba still gave it to him.

After all, Makima’s monitoring ability was much more convenient than a phone. Once the Loneliness Fiend appeared, they would know immediately.

"All right, thank you very much!"

The man bowed repeatedly.

Afterward, Kotone Asaba and Makima left the apartment building.

"When we catch the Loneliness Fiend tomorrow, don’t kill it right away. Let Pochita eat it."

At that moment, Makima suddenly spoke.

"That... depends on whether Pochita is willing or not. We can’t force it."

Kotone Asaba smiled a little awkwardly. "Besides, if we let Pochita eat the Loneliness Fiend, that means the concept of loneliness will disappear. Thinking about people no longer having the emotion of loneliness is actually kind of frightening. It would definitely affect other emotions between family members too."

If affection between family members was deep, then once someone lost their family, they would inevitably feel loneliness, sadness, grief, and other emotions.

Conversely, if the emotion of loneliness directly disappeared, there would inevitably be a chain reaction, such as familial affection becoming bland.

If many things in this world vanished, it might not necessarily be a good thing.

"For example, if the emotion of loneliness disappeared, then the relationship between you and me would very likely become bland as well."

Kotone Asaba used himself and Makima as an example.

In any case, his view was that the Loneliness Fiend deserved to die, but the concept of loneliness could not disappear.

"Then forget it. Sending it back to Hell will be enough."

Makima said decisively.

"It won’t be long. We can take care of it tomorrow. For now, let’s go back and eat dinner."

Kotone Asaba transferred back home with Makima.

......

Early the next morning.

Kotone Asaba and Makima arrived at the apartment.

Although it was not particularly necessary, for the sake of a serious and responsible work attitude, he patrolled inside the apartment building and around the nearby area to see if they could find the Loneliness Fiend in advance.

There were also quite a few police officers patrolling near the apartment.

At that moment, Kotone Asaba and Makima passed by a police car.

There were two people inside the police car, watching as Kotone Asaba and Makima walked past them.

"Are those two the Public Safety Devil Hunters responsible for this Fiend incident? They look so young. Aren’t they basically high school students?"

"Public Safety Devil Hunters this young are indeed rare, but they’re not unheard of. The question is whether their abilities are enough to resolve this incident."

"It feels a little uncertain. They still haven’t found that Fiend’s hiding place."

"..."

Every word the two of them said was heard clearly by Makima through her monitoring.

However, she did not care about that kind of thing at all.

......

Sure enough, after patrolling for most of the day, they still found nothing.

When evening was about to arrive, Kotone Asaba and Makima returned to the apartment building and prepared to wait inside Room 404.

"According to what you said, that Fiend will appear soon, right? I already had my wife and daughter hide in the wardrobe in the bedroom."

The man said.

"No. I suggest the three of you stay together instead, because we can’t determine which one of you that Fiend will attack. If you separate, it will be even more troublesome."

Kotone Asaba said.

"I see. Then I’ll go stay in the bedroom too. I’ll leave everything to you two in a bit..."

The man immediately went to hide in the bedroom as well, placing all of his hope on Kotone Asaba and Makima.

Kotone Asaba and Makima waited there for the Loneliness Fiend to come. They were only worried that the Loneliness Fiend would not show up.

At that moment, Kotone Asaba glanced at the time again. It was already a little past five in the evening.

Time slowly passed, second by second. The man, his wife, and his daughter did not dare make any sound. Even their breathing was cautious. The man hid in the wardrobe as well, holding his wife and daughter.

In contrast, Kotone Asaba and Makima were very calm. He sat on a chair with his eyes closed, resting, while Makima sat directly on his lap.

Just then, a person in black wearing a black hood suddenly appeared on the balcony outside the bedroom. The black crossbow in its hand was aimed at the three people hiding in the wardrobe, though it was unclear who its target was.

However, Makima was even faster.

A trace of coldness appeared on her expressionless face. She pointed her right index finger at the Loneliness Fiend, and a chain immediately shot out, piercing through the Loneliness Fiend’s head.

The Loneliness Fiend’s entire body instantly stiffened, its hands dropping weakly as it stood motionless in place.

Clearly, it had already been controlled by Makima.

"Woof!"

Suddenly, the Loneliness Fiend let out a dog bark. Its previously standing posture also changed into one with both hands and feet on the ground.

Not only had it been controlled by Makima, Makima had also turned the Loneliness Fiend into a dog.

"Have it leave first. Don’t scare them."

Kotone Asaba said to Makima, who was sitting on his lap with her legs crossed.

Just that sudden dog bark alone had already frightened the man, his wife, and his daughter quite badly.

Immediately afterward, the Loneliness Fiend jumped out from the balcony in a leap of faith.

"All right, the Fiend has already been dealt with by us. You can come out now."

At that moment, Kotone Asaba reminded the three people inside the wardrobe.

Only then did the man poke his head out from the wardrobe. After confirming that the Fiend was gone, he dared let his wife and daughter come out.

This was also Kotone Asaba’s first time seeing the man’s wife and daughter. The mother and daughter were hugging each other, and the little girl’s face was both confused and frightened.

"Where did the Fiend go?"

The man asked in confusion.

He had not seen the Fiend’s corpse, and the dog bark from earlier had made him feel very strange.

His family did not have a dog, and neither did the neighboring households.

"You could say that the Fiend has already been eliminated by us. As for the corpse, we are required to bring it back according to regulations."

Kotone Asaba explained.

As for Makima’s control ability, he did not mention a single word.

Makima’s control ability should be exposed as little as possible, to avoid being targeted by the Japanese Cabinet or people from other countries.

However, Kotone Asaba and Makima’s current posture left the man, his wife, and his daughter staring blankly.

Kotone Asaba coughed lightly. "Ahem... Pay attention to your image. They’re watching."

Only then did Makima get off his lap.

"Um, then are we safe from now on?"

The man was still a little worried and asked in a low voice.

"It’s hard to say. In any case, this Fiend is already dead, but there is no telling when it might reincarnate. Other devils may also appear."

Kotone Asaba patiently explained these things.

"That makes sense... I asked a stupid question."

The man smiled awkwardly and apologetically.

"Then we still have things to handle, so we’ll leave first. If necessary, we will send someone to provide psychological counseling for you."

Kotone Asaba said.

"Thank you very much, but there’s no need to trouble you. After all, we were not harmed."

The man said.

"All right."

Kotone Asaba and Makima then left.

Next, they still needed to deal with the Loneliness Fiend.

"Where did you have it go? Don’t tell me you directly made it jump to its death."

Kotone Asaba asked.

"No. A fall would not be enough to kill it. I had it hide first. Let’s go deal with it now."

Makima said.

She had not dealt with the Loneliness Fiend on her own, but waited to see what Kotone Asaba wanted to do with it.

Under Makima’s deliberate control, the Loneliness Fiend had hidden itself, so the police officers downstairs had not discovered it either.

"Actually, directly killing it and bringing it back to Tokyo Public Safety to report the mission complete is enough."

Kotone Asaba said.

Soon, they found the Loneliness Fiend’s hiding place. At this moment, the Loneliness Fiend was completely like a dog, sticking out its tongue and barking at Kotone Asaba and Makima.

The black hood on its head had already fallen to the ground, revealing its full face. It had the face of a middle-aged man, a pair of eyes with no whites, and the sharp teeth common to Fiends growing around its mouth.

"It really has completely turned into a dog..."

Kotone Asaba casually sighed, then directly finished off the Loneliness Fiend.

He stored the Loneliness Fiend’s corpse into the Kamui dimension and returned to Tokyo Public Safety with Makima.

They returned directly to Yuki Kirisu’s office.

"You’re back already. How did it go?"

Seeing Kotone Asaba and Makima suddenly appear, Yuki Kirisu immediately asked.

"Although a new victim appeared, there were no new deaths. At present, the Loneliness Fiend has been successfully subjugated."

As he spoke, Kotone Asaba threw out the Loneliness Fiend’s corpse.

"Loneliness Fiend?"

Yuki Kirisu immediately reacted. "No wonder the victims’ families all died mysteriously too. So that was what happened."

"That ability has a distance limit as well. Family members who are too far from the victim will not have anything happen to them. That is also why there was a new victim but no deaths."

Kotone Asaba added.

Yuki Kirisu was just about to say something when the phone on her desk suddenly rang. She immediately answered the call first.

After a while...

"Mm, mm, I understand. It can actually do something like that..."

A trace of surprise appeared on Yuki Kirisu’s face.

After hanging up, she immediately said to Kotone Asaba, "Someone just reported to me that a deceased person who had been about to be sent for funeral cremation suddenly revived for some reason. Thankfully, the cremation had not started yet."

"Then it was probably because of the Loneliness Fiend. Once this guy died, the people it killed with its special ability came back to life."

Kotone Asaba guessed.

The Loneliness Fiend’s ability was already fairly abstract in itself, so being able to bring people back to life was not especially strange. In any case, it was good news worth celebrating.

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