Chainsaw Man: Mangekyo Sharingan

Chapter 128: Chapter 128: Bounty Mission (20 Chapters Today!)

Among the bounty missions, three belonged to the highest-paying batch, all displayed at the very top of the screen.

The first mission was located in a Hong Kong slum. The bounty reached two hundred thousand U.S. dollars, the highest among all the bounty missions, but the mission details were to be discussed privately.

In this timeline, the exchange rate between yen and yuan fluctuated between the teens and twenty-to-one, while the exchange rate between yen and U.S. dollars was roughly one hundred-to-one.

Two hundred thousand U.S. dollars did not seem like much, but converted into yen, it was about twenty million yen.

Back when he was in Japan, if Kotone Asaba casually hunted a devil that was not particularly strong and sold its corpse on the black market, he could only earn around one million yen.

However, this bounty mission still was not enough. Converted into yuan, it was only about one million. Even after completing the mission and receiving the bounty, he would still be short by about another million.

Taking Pingtsi and Long away really was not easy. When he thought about it carefully, this transfer fee was terrifyingly high. To be honest, it was almost as much as what he had spent buying a villa in Tokyo.

In fact, even though this mission did not provide much information, experienced bounty hunters could understand just from the words "slum."

This kind of mission was basically always related to gangs. And with such a high bounty, it was very likely that one gang wanted to hire bounty hunters to wipe out a rival gang.

If it were a devil-hunting mission, the mission details would state that directly instead of hiding it like this.

Even Kotone Asaba, who had barely worked as a bounty hunter before, could guess what the mission details would be.

The last time, and also the only time, he had done a bounty mission was back in Germany.

A gang conflict would certainly be full of danger, but Kotone Asaba had no fear of it at all. After all, no matter how dangerous it was, could it be more dangerous than Santa Claus or the Gun Devil?

He decided that he would directly take this slum mission in a moment.

"The mission with the highest bounty is only two hundred thousand U.S. dollars?"

At this moment, Pingtsi said with some disdain.

After doing a bounty mission worth five hundred thousand U.S. dollars before, she looked down on this one a little. Mainly, even after adding everything together, they still would not be able to gather five million yuan.

On top of that, last time, each person received five hundred thousand U.S. dollars. This time, there was only two hundred thousand U.S. dollars in total. The difference was too large.

"That Fiend girl sure talks big. She actually thinks two hundred thousand U.S. dollars is too little. Is this her first time here?"

"Even if they’re Public Safety Devil Hunters, they shouldn’t be looking down on two hundred thousand U.S. dollars, right? I remember Public Safety’s salary is mainly stable, not ridiculously high."

"Besides, would she even dare take this mission? A mission of this difficulty would make even experienced bounty hunters think it over carefully."

"..."

However, just as the surrounding people were saying they would not dare take this mission, Kotone Asaba directly went to the staff member at the front desk.

"The slum mission, the one worth two hundred thousand dollars..."

Kotone Asaba said to the staff member.

But before he could finish speaking, a familiar figure suddenly appeared beside him, and a familiar voice rang out.

"It’s mine."

Kotone Asaba immediately frowned slightly. The moment he heard the voice, he knew it was Quanxi. "What is this supposed to mean?"

"Nothing. I just happen to be short on money."

Quanxi said expressionlessly.

"..."

Kotone Asaba was speechless.

Clearly, Quanxi had come here deliberately to get in his way. It was because he had not followed her wishes and had instead changed back into a man. There was definitely at least some hint of revenge in this.

Yesterday, Quanxi had learned from others that Kotone Asaba had suddenly turned back into a man. She had not even received any news about the Gender Swap Devil yet and had no idea how Kotone Asaba had found it.

The staff member was immediately stunned. Who was he supposed to listen to now?

On one side were Public Safety Devil Hunters made up of Fiends. On the other side was not only a Public Safety Devil Hunter, but also the bounty hunter known as the strongest.

He did not dare offend either side, but if he had to say which side he absolutely could not offend, it would still be the white-haired woman with an eye patch and a lazy expression.

Seeing this, the surrounding bounty hunters all watched the scene with surprised and interested expressions.

"Well, this is a surprise. The one who’s dominated the top of the underground ranking for years actually showed up. And from the look of it, she’s clearly stealing the mission, right?"

"But aren’t they all colleagues from Hong Kong Public Safety? Did they offend Quanxi or something?"

"Who knows? Anyway, let’s just watch. That said, the gang targeted by this mission is doomed. Quanxi is known as the strongest bounty hunter who has never failed."

"..."

The underground ranking listed all bounty hunters in China with a certain level of strength. Ordinary people generally could not learn about this ranking without special channels. It usually only circulated within bounty hunter circles.

And ever since the underground ranking first appeared, a woman named Quanxi had always dominated the top spot without ever falling off it. She was also publicly recognized as the strongest Devil Hunter in China.

They did not know much about Quanxi. They only knew she was a mysterious woman with connections in both legitimate and underworld circles, someone whose emotions never showed on her face, and an extremely dangerous figure.

"Why is it you again?!"

At the same time, Pingtsi was also unhappy and directly pointed at Quanxi.

"I don’t like people pointing at me..."

Quanxi did not look directly at Pingtsi. Her tone carried a faint hint of warning.

Kotone Asaba gently pressed Pingtsi’s hand down and said to Quanxi, "Why don’t we compete, then? You and I both take this mission, and we’ll see who completes more of it when the time comes. How about it?"

"Fine."

Quanxi agreed.

To put it plainly, she had come here to cause trouble. She did not care at all about Kotone Asaba wanting Pingtsi and Long to transfer. As long as she had a way to pick a fight, that was enough.

"Five glasses of juice."

Kotone Asaba still had the leisure to say that to the staff member.

"Ah, yes!"

Only then did the staff member come back to his senses. He had almost just stood there doing nothing.

He hurriedly prepared five glasses of juice for Kotone Asaba.

Naturally, those five glasses were one for each person.

"Let’s sit down and talk slowly first."

Kotone Asaba handed one of the glasses to Quanxi, then calmly walked toward an empty seat.

Quanxi said nothing, but she did follow Kotone Asaba over and sit across from him.

As for Pingtsi, Long, and Cosmo, they all sat on Kotone Asaba’s side. None of them were willing to sit on Quanxi’s side.

"So what exactly do you want? For example, after we decide the winner."

At this moment, Kotone Asaba controlled his voice.

It was roughly loud enough for Quanxi to hear clearly, but not loud enough for the surrounding outsiders to hear.

"If you lose, I’ll go find the Gender Swap Devil, and then you’ll obediently become my woman."

Quanxi said flatly.

Even though Kotone Asaba had already turned back into a man, Quanxi was still this persistent.

Hearing that, Kotone Asaba could not help sighing slightly. "I seriously don’t know what to do with you. Why are you so stubborn?"

Quanxi did not answer.

Although Pingtsi was a little worried, she still chose to believe in Kotone Asaba’s strength and held back from cutting in.

Long restrained herself from attacking, but she failed to control her strength. By accident, she crushed the glass cup holding her juice.

"Ah, Long, how did you break the cup?!"

Pingtsi’s attention immediately shifted to the Long Fiend. She hurriedly helped Long clean up the broken glass and spilled juice. A staff member also ran over to help and brought Long another glass of juice.

Cosmo basically did not care about these matters and focused only on tasting her juice.

Quanxi also drank her juice as if nothing had happened.

Only after the staff member left did Kotone Asaba continue, "Then I’ll keep going. If I win, you’ll come work for me. Also, stop thinking about making me turn into a woman."

Kotone Asaba said bluntly, "I have a special team under Tokyo Public Safety’s name, but it isn’t restricted by Tokyo Public Safety. When the time comes, you’ll work for me as my direct subordinate."

"Tokyo Public Safety? My old partner’s place..."

Quanxi seemed to recall something.

"So you still remember your old partner. If you lose this time, you’ll probably end up partnering with him again."

Kotone Asaba smiled faintly.

He more or less understood that although Quanxi was very free in Hong Kong Public Safety, she was still somewhat restricted by the military.

However, in the original story, although Quanxi’s personality seemed to be willful and self-directed, she also went along with Public Safety or military arrangements when it suited her. For example, she partnered with Kishibe in Tokyo for ten years, and later, during the plan to seize Chainsaw Man’s heart, Quanxi also went along with it.

She did not care much about herself. The only things that could make her care were her women.

As for why Kotone Asaba wanted Quanxi to work for him, first, he valued Quanxi’s strength. Second, it was purely out of personal interest. He wanted Quanxi and Kishibe to partner up again.

"Whatever."

Quanxi agreed very casually.

She seemed extremely confident and did not think she would lose at all.

And Quanxi did indeed have the strength to back up that confidence.

After finishing their juice, Kotone Asaba and Quanxi went together to accept that mission.

"They’re really going to do that mission together? Is that kid serious? He actually wants to compete with Quanxi?"

"He has the identity of a Public Safety Devil Hunter, and he can keep those three Fiends under control. Just thinking about it, his strength definitely isn’t ordinary. But wanting to go toe-to-toe with Quanxi is still unrealistic."

"I’m really curious what bet they made. I couldn’t hear what they were saying at all just now."

"..."

Almost no one in the crowd believed Kotone Asaba could match Quanxi.

That was normal. After all, Quanxi’s true strength was already in a class of its own among humans.

And so, Kotone Asaba and Quanxi became temporary partners.

Next, the staff member contacted the sponsor behind the mission.

"The mission has been accepted?"

"Yes. There are five people in total."

"Who are they? Are any of them ranked on the underground ranking?"

"Yes. Only one of them is, but she’s the top-ranked Quanxi..."

"Only one... wait! What did you say? Quanxi?!"

"That’s right. It really is that Quanxi. The other four seem to know her as well. The exact situation is a bit complicated. In short, they accepted this mission together."

The staff member could not make heads or tails of the relationship between Quanxi and Kotone Asaba. Since it would not be easy to explain in a sentence or two, he simply did not explain.

Immediately afterward, the sponsor excitedly told the staff member to pass along the meeting time and place.

It was at exactly twelve o’clock today, at a certain five-star hotel in Hong Kong.

This was because of Quanxi. Naturally, the sponsor wanted to show enough respect. If it had been anyone else, they definitely would not have received such good treatment.

After all, Quanxi taking action meant this operation was guaranteed to succeed.

The sponsor had not expected that the Quanxi would actually take an interest in this mission. Originally, he had thought Quanxi would not even spare a glance at two hundred thousand U.S. dollars.

And that was indeed the truth. Quanxi was not doing this for such a small amount of money.

At first, the sponsor no longer cared who the other four people were. Having Quanxi was enough. In any case, no matter how many people there were, he only needed to provide the bounty of two hundred thousand U.S. dollars.

However, following the rules, the staff member still told the sponsor about all the bounty hunters participating in the mission.

"The other four are also Devil Hunters from Hong Kong Public Safety. Three of them are Fiends, and the remaining one is a normal human. He looks like the leader of those three Fiends."

"How strange..."

The sponsor found it increasingly strange.

From the sound of it, the other four were also quite capable. Even without Quanxi, having those four participate in the operation would probably be more or less enough. With Quanxi added on top, their combat power was overflowing far too much.

Were they really doing this for two hundred thousand U.S. dollars?

At this moment, the sponsor was even considering whether he should add more to the bounty when the time came.

After the staff member ended contact with the sponsor, he relayed the meeting time and location to Kotone Asaba and the others.

"Noon, huh? It’s still early."

Kotone Asaba glanced at the time. It was only a little past nine in the morning.

He said to Quanxi, "Keep chatting here?"

"Whatever."

Quanxi said flatly with an indifferent look.

Kotone Asaba could tell that Quanxi’s current attitude was a bit colder than before.

Quanxi had already been quite cold originally, but after he changed back into a man’s body, she became even colder than before.

He was speechless. The old him and the current him were both still him. She was so uninterested in men, yet so stubbornly obsessed with him.

Time gradually passed, and now it was already past eleven.

It was about time for them to set out.

"Call a taxi?"

At the entrance to the black market, Kotone Asaba asked Quanxi for her opinion.

"I have a car."

Quanxi said flatly.

Following Quanxi’s gaze, they could see a white supercar.

"Nice."

Kotone Asaba got into Quanxi’s supercar together with Pingtsi and the others.

He sat in the passenger seat, while Pingtsi and the other two sat in the back.

"Fasten your seat belts."

Quanxi reminded them.

However, the moment she finished speaking, she slammed down on the accelerator. Pingtsi and the other two in the back had not even had time to fasten their seat belts. To begin with, the back-seat belts were rarely used.

As the supercar shot forward, Pingtsi and the others slammed hard into the backs of the seats.

And that was not all. Aside from red lights, Quanxi basically drove straight through everything without slowing down. Whenever she needed to turn, she drifted through it.

Even Kotone Asaba felt his poor heart could barely take it.

Pingtsi and the others in the back had it even worse. They were tormented so badly that they were close to throwing up.

Kotone Asaba felt somewhat surprised. He had not expected Quanxi to be this wild behind the wheel.

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