Chainsaw Man: Mangekyo Sharingan

Chapter 137: Chapter 137: The Corpse Is Talking

Kotone Asaba’s expression did not change. He knew Reze was only teasing him. "Dinner first, obviously. Also, where did you learn a line like that?"

Although in his previous life, that line had already been old enough to make him cringe whenever he heard it, in this era of the Chainsaw Man world, it was probably still very fresh.

"Of course I learned it back when I was still working as an agent."

Reze smiled playfully.

Although Kobeni was next to them, Reze had actually already told Kobeni long ago that she had been an agent for the Soviet military.

Her relationship with Kobeni was very good. She often told Kobeni things she absolutely could not tell outsiders, and she also trusted Kobeni enough.

"All right, all right, jokes aside. Dinner is almost ready. Call Pingtsi and the others up to eat too."

After saying that, Reze returned to the kitchen.

Of course, Makima was also in the kitchen. Otherwise, the steak Reze had just been frying probably would have been overcooked.

Kobeni Higashiyama also put down her schoolbag and went into the kitchen to help.

It was only a few steps away, so Kotone Asaba quickly went downstairs and called Pingtsi and the others up.

"Perfect timing. I was hungry too, and I was just worrying about what to go out and eat."

Clearly, Pingtsi, Long, and Cosmo did not know how to cook.

Back when they were in Hong Kong, Pingtsi and Long had eaten out every day.

The three of them quickly washed their hands and sat at the dining table to wait.

One finished dish after another was brought out, and once everyone was seated at the dining table, they officially began eating.

"How is it? Does it taste good?"

Reze specifically spoke to Pingtsi in English.

"It’s good."

Compared with Makima, Pingtsi felt that Reze was much easier to get along with, giving her an approachable feeling.

"But Koto likes girls who know how to cook more."

Whether intentionally or casually, Reze said that line.

"Really?"

Pingtsi immediately cared and could not help asking.

"Of course it’s true. Koto is so good at cooking himself, so he definitely likes delicious food. Naturally, he would like girls who can cook even more."

Reze spoke with sound reasoning and evidence.

"I see..."

Pingtsi’s expression became a little gloomy, because she could not cook at all.

As for the conversation between Reze and Pingtsi, Kobeni could not understand English. Makima could understand it, but had absolutely no interest in participating in the topic, because she had known this kind of thing for a long time already.

Long and Cosmo, meanwhile, had their attention drawn in just like Pingtsi.

"That’s enough. Stop teasing Pingtsi."

At that moment, Kotone Asaba spoke up.

"Mm-hmm."

Reze obediently stopped continuing the topic.

However, Pingtsi had already been affected, and she ate the whole dinner somewhat distractedly.

Kotone Asaba naturally noticed Pingtsi acting strange, but he did not know what to say. After all, what Reze said really was undeniable.

Besides, he did not think this was a big deal. After dinner, once Pingtsi rested for a bit, she probably would not think so much about it anymore.

While Kotone Asaba went to the bathroom, Pingtsi quietly asked Reze, "Miss Reze, when you have time, could you teach me how to cook? Long and Cosmo want to learn too."

"Of course."

Reze smiled kindly.

It seemed the things she had said to Pingtsi earlier had been for this very purpose.

She did not want Koto to be too tired in the future, so she wanted Pingtsi and the other two to learn how to cook for themselves too.

When Kotone Asaba returned, he found Pingtsi chatting and laughing with Reze. He could not help feeling a little puzzled. Since when had these two become so close?

But seeing Pingtsi now chatting and laughing, no longer distracted like she had been at the dinner table earlier, he no longer had to worry.

...

Late at night, Kotone Asaba had originally been preparing to sleep when he suddenly received a phone call from Yuki Kirisu.

"What is it in the middle of the night?"

Kotone Asaba asked.

"It’s not convenient to explain the specifics over the phone. Tomorrow morning, if you can, come to my office early. I’ll explain it clearly then."

"Okay."

Kotone Asaba did not hesitate and casually agreed.

After all, Yuki Kirisu had done him quite a few favors too. Waking up early was only a small matter.

...

Early the next morning, Kotone Asaba washed up and ate breakfast. While eating, he explained something to Reze. "Pingtsi and the others still have tutoring at the cram school today, but I have something to do at Tokyo Public Safety later. I’m not sure when I’ll be back today, so I’d like to ask you to take them there when the time comes."

Pingtsi and the others had only just arrived in Tokyo. They could not even speak Japanese, and on top of that, they had the status of Fiends, so he was still a little uneasy about letting them go to the cram school by themselves.

Since Kobeni went to a different cram school and her schedule was not the same as Pingtsi’s group, it would not be convenient to entrust Pingtsi and the others to Kobeni.

"Of course. No problem."

Reze nodded.

"I can relax if I leave it to you."

Kotone Asaba said, "Oh, right, there’s another Fiend over at Quanxi’s place too. She’s also tutoring at the same cram school as them. Do I need to tell you where Quanxi’s dorm is?"

"No need. Don’t underestimate a former agent’s ability to gather intelligence."

Reze smiled as she said it.

"Then there’s nothing else. I’ll head out first."

After saying that, Kotone Asaba directly entered the Kamui dimension, then transferred to Yuki Kirisu’s office.

As soon as he arrived in the office, Kotone Asaba asked, "Is it something very important? Important enough that you had to tell me here?"

"It is quite important. I need to go to Kyoto today to meet some major figures from Kyoto Public Safety, but it’s not very safe for me to go alone, so naturally, I need at least one or two powerful Devil Hunters to accompany me."

Yuki Kirisu said.

"So you want me to go with you?"

Kotone Asaba asked.

"Bingo. Correct."

Yuki Kirisu smiled.

"If I remember correctly, your strength within Tokyo Public Safety is second only to Captain Kishibe, right? Even then, you’re afraid it won’t be safe?"

Kotone Asaba asked in confusion.

"Sigh, do you have to make me tell the truth? The safety issue is indeed just an excuse. In reality, I don’t want to face those troublesome people alone, so I need you to come with me."

Yuki Kirisu helplessly spread her hands.

"All right..."

Kotone Asaba still remembered that in the original work, Makima had said she did not really want to meet the major figures from Kyoto Public Safety.

He did not know whether Makima had simply said that casually, or whether those major figures really were that troublesome. Looking at Yuki Kirisu’s reaction now, it was most likely the latter.

"How long will it take?"

Kotone Asaba asked.

"We’re going there today to discuss some matters. We’ll be back tomorrow at the latest."

Yuki Kirisu said.

"Then fine. I’ll go with you."

Kotone Asaba agreed.

Yuki Kirisu had helped him quite a lot before, so as long as the request was not too excessive, he would not refuse her.

"Good. If those old bastards say anything difficult later, you have to help me deal with them."

Yuki Kirisu said.

"Wait, can I sit in and listen while you’re discussing things?"

Kotone Asaba asked in confusion.

"You’ll be my secretary, so you can sit beside me and listen."

Yuki Kirisu said.

"All right. I’ve become your secretary now, huh?"

Kotone Asaba was a little speechless, but he did not have any objections.

"There’s nothing bad about it, is there? You should feel honored to be my secretary."

Yuki Kirisu spoke with a proud look on her face.

"Heh..."

Kotone Asaba only chuckled.

Yuki Kirisu’s tone became a little more serious. "All right, jokes aside. We can set out in a bit. We should arrive in Kyoto around before noon."

...

At this time, Yuki Kirisu and Kotone Asaba had already set out.

Yuki Kirisu had bought two bullet train tickets to Kyoto in advance, as if she had already expected that Kotone Asaba definitely would not refuse her.

On the bullet train, Kotone Asaba and Yuki Kirisu sat in the same row, right beside each other.

However, not long after sitting down, Yuki Kirisu fell asleep.

And it was not the kind where she slept groggily and accidentally leaned onto his shoulder. Before falling asleep, she directly hugged his arm and leaned against his shoulder.

Kotone Asaba looked at Yuki Kirisu sleeping so soundly and thought to himself that this woman really had treated him as a bodyguard after all.

It seemed that as long as he was there, she did not have to worry at all about whether she would be attacked.

But Yuki Kirisu probably had not rested properly for a long time. Since it was rare for her to sleep so peacefully, Kotone Asaba tried his best not to disturb her.

However, if nothing unexpected happened, something unexpected was about to happen very soon.

At that moment, the people sitting in front of, behind, and to the left of Kotone Asaba and Yuki Kirisu suddenly stood up. Each of them quickly pulled a handgun from inside their clothes. Most aimed at Yuki Kirisu, while a small number aimed at Kotone Asaba as if incidentally.

With Kotone Asaba’s Mangekyo Sharingan, he naturally reacted in time.

His expression still did not change. The only movement he made was using his right hand to hold Yuki Kirisu’s left hand.

This was to prevent Yuki Kirisu from being startled awake by the gunshots later and moving away from him, which would cause the phasing effect he was applying to Yuki Kirisu to fail.

That was right. He had now applied the phasing effect to Yuki Kirisu.

The next instant, continuous gunshots rang out.

These people were pretty good at their quick-draw routine. Each of them emptied the magazine in their handgun.

After emptying their bullets, they even pulled the empty triggers several more times before finally stopping.

But they were horrified to discover that although the seats where Yuki Kirisu and Kotone Asaba were sitting had been shot into sieves, the two of them were completely unharmed. It was as if they had not been hit at all, and not even a trace of blood could be seen.

When the other passengers on the bullet train heard the gunshots, they were immediately so frightened that they did not dare move, thinking a violent hijacking incident had occurred on the train.

Although people’s fear of the Gun Devil had weakened considerably, if a shooting incident happened right beside them, there was no way they would not be afraid.

At this time, Yuki Kirisu had naturally already been awakened by the gunshots, but she realized she did not feel anything on her body.

"Don’t be nervous. Leave it to me."

At that moment, Yuki Kirisu heard Kotone Asaba’s voice and finally noticed that Kotone Asaba was holding her hand. Her slightly tense body immediately relaxed.

"Use five years."

Kotone Asaba slowly stood up and immediately created a one-handed blade made from a five-year lifespan weapon.

He held Yuki Kirisu’s small hand with his right hand and the one-handed blade with his left, then gently swung it forward.

That seemingly meaningless action actually contained many movements. His speed was simply too fast, so from the gunmen’s perspective, they could not see his movements at all.

Even Yuki Kirisu, who had been moved along with Kotone Asaba, could not see Kotone Asaba’s movements clearly. She only felt the scenery before her eyes change rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, she had returned to her original spot, as if she had never moved at all.

"They’re still fine even after that? Monsters!"

"Hurry! Change magazines!"

Those gunmen still did not know what had happened. They still wanted to reload and shoot Yuki Kirisu and Kotone Asaba to death, unaware that their lives had already entered the countdown, and it was a one-second countdown.

"The corpses are talking."

Kotone Asaba imitated Pingtsi’s classic line.

"What?"

None of the gunmen understood what Kotone Asaba was saying.

The next moment, a blood-red line appeared across each of their necks. It was actually a cut.

Kotone Asaba did not have Quanxi’s strange bad taste of slicing people’s faces in half when killing them. A direct beheading was clean and efficient, at least without being quite so grotesque.

At that moment, their heads were still pressed tightly against their necks. Only when their bodies collapsed first did their heads fall to the floor one after another.

Only then did they realize they had died, or perhaps they did not even know they were dead.

Seeing those heads fall neatly to the floor, Yuki Kirisu could not help showing surprise. So Kotone Asaba had killed all of those people in an instant just now.

"All right. There shouldn’t be any enemies left on the bullet train."

Kotone Asaba glanced in front of and behind himself. All he saw were passengers frightened stiff in their seats, not daring to move.

He brought Yuki Kirisu back to their seats and sat down with her.

Although the seats had nearly been shot into sieves, they could still be sat on.

His calm expression made it seem as if nothing had happened just now, and as if he had done nothing at all.

"I’ll send someone to investigate these guys’ identities. They actually dared ambush me while I was sleeping."

Yuki Kirisu was still a little shaken. Looking at the corpses on the floor, she spoke in a vicious tone.

If it had been under normal circumstances, she definitely would not have fallen asleep so easily while traveling.

It was precisely because Kotone Asaba was accompanying her that she had dared act so casually. Sure enough, Kotone Asaba had not failed her trust and had protected her perfectly.

"I feel like they’re very likely remnants of that Hamano gang from before. Ordinary people wouldn’t have a way to get guns either."

Kotone Asaba said.

Judging from these guys’ behavior, they felt very much like gang members.

"I think so too, but you should have left one of them alive. That would have made it easier to find the rest of the remnants’ hideout."

Yuki Kirisu said with some regret.

"Leaving them alive wouldn’t have been useful. They all had things on them for suicide. Some had them hidden directly in their mouths. One bite and they could kill themselves."

Kotone Asaba said.

That was something he had discovered just now with his extremely sharp insight, so he had not left any of these people alive.

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