Chainsaw Man: Mangekyo Sharingan

Chapter 118: Chapter 118: Speedrunning Master

"It’s delicious. Master, your cooking is wonderful."

Kotone Asaba praised her.

Santa Claus smiled faintly. "As long as you like it. After we finish eating, let’s go for a walk."

Acting was acting, but Kotone Asaba did not hold back when he ate. He had several bowls and only stopped once he was full.

Kotone Asaba helped Santa Claus wash the dishes and the pot, then they prepared to go out for a walk.

At this moment, heavy snow had begun falling outside. This was also Kotone Asaba’s first time walking through a snowy landscape like this.

"Master, aren’t you a Public Safety Devil Hunter? Do you really live here in seclusion for long periods of time?"

As they strolled, Kotone Asaba asked casually.

"Master prefers quiet places like this. Cities are good, but they’re noisy. When there’s a mission that needs me, Master comes down from the mountain."

Santa Claus spoke softly.

"I see..."

Kotone Asaba did not know whether Santa Claus’s explanation was true or false, so he chose to believe it for the time being.

"But now that I have a good apprentice, Master will take you along to carry out Public Safety missions more often from now on."

Santa Claus said.

They walked for a long time, and during their casual conversation, Santa Claus’s Affinity rose easily again.

Santa Claus Affinity +5%.

Santa Claus Affinity progress has reached 20%. Achievement reward obtained: Constitution +1.

By nightfall.

Santa Claus had already prepared a room for Kotone Asaba to sleep in.

Naturally, the room was very plain. All the furniture was made of wood, a wooden bed, a wooden table, wooden chairs... and an oil lamp.

Kotone Asaba was worried that Santa Claus might come over in the middle of the night, so he had no intention of returning to the Kamui dimension to sleep.

Putting aside the fact that the door had no lock, even if it did, Santa Claus would still knock.

If she discovered that he was not there, it would inevitably raise suspicion. He did not want all his previous efforts to go to waste.

It still should not be difficult to raise Santa Claus’s Affinity above 50%. It probably would not take long. He was thinking that once it reached 50%, he would immediately leave. As long as he could unlock a new Codex entry, that would be enough. He had no intention of deepening his relationship with Santa Claus.

Deep in the night, what Kotone Asaba had been worried about really happened.

He had already fallen asleep, but his awareness was very sensitive. If someone approached, he would wake up.

Santa Claus gently pushed open the door and entered the room, barely making any footsteps.

Of course, this was not because she wanted to ambush Kotone Asaba, but because she did not want to disturb him while he was sleeping.

At this moment, Kotone Asaba’s consciousness had already awakened, but he did not open his eyes.

Santa Claus held an oil lamp in her hand. However, Kotone Asaba had not put out the oil lamp on the table before sleeping, so the room became even brighter now.

She walked softly to the bedside, tucked the blanket around Kotone Asaba more snugly, then put out the oil lamp on the table before leaving the room.

The next day.

Santa Claus woke Kotone Asaba early. "Asaba, it’s time to get up and go hunting. Let’s try to get ingredients before noon."

"Mm."

Kotone Asaba immediately got up without the slightest bit of lingering in bed or delay.

The good thing was that he was not afraid of the cold. Otherwise, in such a freezing environment, it really would not be easy to avoid staying in bed.

After getting dressed and eating a bowl of hot soup Santa Claus had prepared in advance, they set out to hunt.

And the hunting tool Santa Claus had prepared was only a bow.

Kotone Asaba really wanted to comment on that. Although he knew Santa Claus was trying to hide herself in front of him, did she really have to disguise herself this poorly...?

"We’re actually using this kind of tool? We’re Devil Hunters, aren’t we?"

Kotone Asaba still could not help commenting.

"Master’s devil power isn’t suitable for hunting. The price I have to pay each time I use it is too great. Besides, I’m used to this tool."

Santa Claus explained.

As for hunting rifles, that went without saying. In this era, ordinary people in any country were not allowed to possess firearms, and that naturally included hunting rifles.

"All right..."

Kotone Asaba said.

Santa Claus definitely would not show the Doll Devil’s ability in front of others. Aside from the Doll Devil’s ability, the prices required for the Hell Devil and the Darkness Devil were heavier than the last. They indeed could not be used for hunting.

Even the Curse Devil, which had a comparatively lighter price, would consume a large amount of lifespan. Using it for hunting would be far too extravagant.

"Master, why didn’t you contract with some practical, ordinary devil? Wouldn’t that be nice for hunting?"

Kotone Asaba asked casually.

"That would also require me to have something I can use as payment for the contract..."

Santa Claus’s gaze dimmed slightly as she spoke about the condition of her body. "Master’s body isn’t doing very well anymore. Even my lifespan only has a few years left, so I want an apprentice who can inherit my abilities."

"..."

Kotone Asaba fell silent for a brief moment.

He could hear that Santa Claus was deliberately trying to instill the emotion of "pity" into him. He continued acting along with her. "Don’t worry, Master. I’ll definitely work hard."

Santa Claus Affinity +5%.

"Mm... Let’s hunt first. Otherwise, we might accidentally miss the prey without realizing it."

Santa Claus said, "You probably haven’t used this kind of hunting tool before, so leave it to Master today. After we return, I hope you can practice."

"Okay."

Just as Santa Claus said, Kotone Asaba really did not know how to use a bow.

It was not that he could not use one at all, but knowing how to use it and being able to shoot accurately were two different things. Without specific practice, he definitely would not be able to handle it properly.

At that moment, Kotone Asaba was the first to notice prey appearing in the distance. "Master, there’s a sheep in that direction."

Santa Claus looked in the direction he pointed and watched very carefully for quite a while before finally seeing the sheep. "Your eyesight really isn’t ordinary. Let’s slowly get a little closer. It’s too far away to hit easily."

Santa Claus and Kotone Asaba cautiously approached little by little, doing their best not to make any movement that would startle the prey.

Once they reached an appropriate distance, Santa Claus stopped and prepared to formally begin the hunt.

Whoosh!

An arrow pierced through the air and accurately struck the sheep in the neck.

Although it could still struggle, there was no longer any possibility of escape.

Whoosh!

Santa Claus shot another arrow, making the struggling prey die faster.

However, the name "arrow" had almost ceased to exist in this world. Only the weapon itself still existed. Quanxi was precisely the Arrow Hybrid. Only those like Makima, who had come to the human world from Hell without losing their memories, still remembered that name.

Once the prey could barely move, Santa Claus and Kotone Asaba went forward to claim it.

"Asaba, how do you feel watching an animal die like this?"

At that moment, Santa Claus asked Kotone Asaba.

"How I feel... I guess it’s a little pitiful..."

Kotone Asaba was acting again.

He knew Santa Claus wanted him to feel pity, so he simply went along with her wishes.

After hearing his answer, Santa Claus said nothing more and dragged the prey’s corpse back the way they had come.

However, Kotone Asaba took the initiative and asked to do it instead. "Let me handle this kind of hard labor. Master’s body is in such poor condition."

"Mm."

Santa Claus smiled.

Santa Claus Affinity +5%.

Santa Claus Affinity progress has reached 30%. Achievement reward obtained: Constitution +1.

Kotone Asaba suddenly sighed inwardly. This Affinity really was rising fast.

At this rate, he felt he would be able to slip away in just a few days.

After returning to the wooden cabin, Kotone Asaba and Santa Claus processed the prey together, such as removing its fur. This was his first time experiencing something like this.

Before he crossed over, at most, he had seen elders slaughter chickens and ducks and pluck their feathers when he was little. He had never personally tried anything like that himself.

"Asaba, how do you feel now?"

While they were processing the prey, Santa Claus asked again.

"I’m all right. I’ve more or less gotten used to it."

Kotone Asaba did not deliberately say he felt pity again. That would make it a little too easy to expose himself.

"Mm."

Santa Claus once again said nothing else.

Over the course of the day, Affinity made some progress again.

Santa Claus Affinity +5%.

Not long after, Santa Claus brought Kotone Asaba down the mountain.

In order to create a perfect doll, Santa Claus needed to instill emotions such as respect, admiration, and pity into Kotone Asaba. In the end, she herself also needed to feel enough guilt toward Kotone Asaba. The conditions were extremely strict.

This was also why Santa Claus’s Affinity was rising so quickly. Santa Claus herself was pushing herself to deepen her feelings for Kotone Asaba.

Today, Santa Claus had accepted a commission, similar to a bounty hunter. They were going to deal with rioters who had been killing people recklessly in the streets yesterday. It was said that not only did they have guns, there were also Devil Hunters with considerable strength among them. Ordinary police officers could do nothing against them.

Santa Claus mainly handed this commission to Kotone Asaba, treating it as his first test.

"If you can complete this smoothly, Master will first introduce the Curse Devil to you."

Santa Claus said.

"Mm..."

Kotone Asaba responded on the surface, but in his heart, he did not care at all what devil Santa Claus planned to introduce to him. In any case, with his current Hybrid characteristics, he could no longer make contracts with devils.

Even if it had been before he became a Hybrid, he still would not have wanted to contract with the Curse Devil. The Curse Devil’s ability was rather useless to him. It was ineffective against powerful opponents, and against weaker opponents, it was far too overkill.

Afterward, Kotone Asaba followed Santa Claus and found the rioters’ hideout.

"Master, just watch from outside. It’s too dangerous inside. I’ll go in and deal with them alone."

Kotone Asaba acted like an innocent, obedient apprentice.

"Be careful."

Santa Claus reminded him, then waited outside.

Santa Claus Affinity +5%.

Santa Claus Affinity progress has reached 40%. Achievement reward obtained: Constitution +1.

Kotone Asaba walked straight inside. As soon as he entered, he saw several gun barrels pointed at him.

"Where did this brat come from? Another Devil Hunter who accepted the commission?"

One of them shouted at him.

At the same time, the others had already opened fire on him.

Kotone Asaba did not want to waste time. He only wanted to end it quickly.

"Use one thousand years."

He barely hesitated before directly using up the only thousand years of lifespan reserve he currently had.

Immediately, a black hole-like ring of light appeared in midair. Inside the black ring of light was a scene like a cosmic starry sky, and around the ring were the illusory shadows of three humanoid monsters.

A gigantic spear seemed to pierce through space from the starry sky. It was the Spear of Longinus.

In a single instant, it caused wide-scale damage. Every rioter in the hideout was killed instantly, and all of them died from having their lifespans drained dry in an instant.

There were more than a dozen rioters in total, including one Devil Hunter. Before the lifespan damage caused by the Spear of Longinus, there was no real difference between a Devil Hunter and an ordinary person.

Because of this, Kotone Asaba gained more than eight hundred years of lifespan reserve in total.

The commotion caused by the Spear of Longinus was far from small, and Santa Claus, standing outside, saw it clearly.

That level of destructive power surprised Santa Claus somewhat. The devil Asaba had contracted with was not only very powerful, he could also almost fully bring out its devil power.

At this moment, the rioters’ lifespans had been drained dry, but their corpses remained. Kotone Asaba walked out and said to Santa Claus, "Have the client send someone to confirm the rioters’ bodies. There isn’t a single living person left inside."

"You did very well."

Santa Claus praised him.

Afterward, Santa Claus notified the client by phone. Once the bodies were confirmed, they received the bounty owed for the commission.

One hundred thousand euros.

This was not a small bounty. Compared to the difficulty of the commission, it was quite fitting.

"It’s still early. Asaba, is there anything else you want to do? Or should we go straight back?"

Santa Claus asked.

"We just earned this money, so I want to take Master to try some city food."

Kotone Asaba suggested.

"City food... all right."

Santa Claus nodded.

Then, Kotone Asaba directly brought Santa Claus to a burger shop.

"This is... a burger shop?"

Santa Claus looked at the sign above the storefront.

"Yeah. This is one of the most classic foods in the city."

Kotone Asaba had brought Santa Claus here on purpose.

Santa Claus followed him into the burger shop. When ordering, he asked her, "Master, what do you want to eat?"

"This is my first time here, so I don’t know what’s good. You order for me."

Santa Claus said.

"Sure."

Kotone Asaba then ordered two burger, fries, and cola combos.

About ten minutes later, the server brought the two combos over.

"My first time eating a burger..."

Santa Claus unwrapped the burger and tried taking a bite.

"How is it?"

Kotone Asaba asked.

Santa Claus Affinity +5%.

"Mm! It’s so good it makes me want to dance, if there weren’t people here!"

A faint blush immediately appeared on Santa Claus’s cheeks, and her face filled with a happy smile. There was even ketchup stuck near the corner of her mouth.

Seeing Santa Claus’s reaction, Kotone Asaba could not be sure whether she was acting or showing her true feelings. Still, he felt it was most likely the former.

He immediately used a napkin to wipe the ketchup from the corner of Santa Claus’s mouth. Santa Claus’s reaction was quite adorable.

After she finished the whole combo, Santa Claus’s Affinity rose again.

Santa Claus Affinity +5%.

Santa Claus Affinity progress has reached 50%. Achievement reward obtained: Constitution +1.

Sure enough, it was about the same as Kotone Asaba had estimated. It had only taken a few days for Santa Claus’s Affinity to reach 50%.

Now that the new Codex entry was unlocked, he could leave directly.

However, before leaving, he first checked what the newly unlocked Codex entry was.

That was, the thirteenth page.

After opening it, what he saw was...

The Snow Woman?

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