Chainsaw Man: Mangekyo Sharingan

Chapter 152: Chapter 152: Aki and Himeno Resign

"Since you’re that stuffed, let’s take a walk and digest a little."

Kotone Asaba said.

After that, Kotone Asaba and Power strolled down the street.

As they walked, Kotone Asaba thought about a few things.

Although Tokyo Public Safety traditionally assigned every Public Safety Devil Hunter a partner, his Special Division did not have that many rules.

Partners were mainly for safety. During daily patrols, encountering a Devil without a partner would greatly increase the level of danger.

Kotone Asaba did not plan to assign Power a dedicated partner. The main reason was that Power was troublesome. If he was not watching her, there was no telling what kind of trouble she might cause.

Besides, in the Special Division, he did not expect Power to carry out any real missions, so whether she had a partner or not did not matter.

Once they had walked enough, Kotone Asaba took Power home.

"This is your dorm. Including you, there are already four people here, but this dorm has plenty of space."

Kotone Asaba arranged for Power to stay with Pingtsi, Long, and Cosmo. "This is Pingtsi, this is Long, and this is Cosmo. They’re Fiends just like you. Get along with them and don’t cause trouble."

"They really are all Fiends! I got it!"

Power immediately nodded.

She carefully looked over the three girls in front of her. All of them had very obvious Fiend features on their heads. Long especially had two horns on her head just like Power, which somehow gave Power a sense of closeness to her, though in reality, the Dragon Devil and the Blood Devil had nothing to do with each other.

Power was still very obedient toward what Kotone Asaba said.

Just like how Power deeply feared Makima in the original work, the Power here also deeply feared Kotone Asaba.

Pingtsi habitually used her insight ability on someone she was meeting for the first time, then saw through Power with her ponytail. "Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. So you’re the Blood Devil. More accurately, you should be the Blood Fiend."

"Huh? How do you know I’m the Blood Devil?"

Power suddenly seemed to understand something, and her face filled with pride. "Oh! I get it! Looks like it’s because I’m already super famous!"

"No. Her ability lets her see through your true identity. That’s all."

However, Kotone Asaba’s calm sentence shattered Power’s delusion.

But even after Kotone Asaba exposed her, Power did not look embarrassed at all. After all, she was very thick-skinned.

After that, Power was not shy in the slightest. She naturally moved in with the cat as if she had known them forever.

"I won’t force too much on you in other areas, but you absolutely have to pay attention to hygiene."

Kotone Asaba emphasized this to Power.

"I know, I know!"

Power’s tone was somewhat perfunctory, so she probably did not take it to heart.

"You can say you know all you want, but I’ll come check on your hygiene from time to time. If things are really bad, you know what’ll happen..."

Kotone Asaba’s words carried a slight hint of threat.

Power’s attitude immediately became proper.

Of course, in reality, Kotone Asaba was only pretending to threaten her. Even if Power’s hygiene really became terrible later, at most he would just lecture her verbally. After all, he was rather softhearted.

After explaining everything he needed to tell Power, Kotone Asaba went back upstairs.

However, just as he was about to leave the room, he suddenly thought of something and immediately turned back to ask Power, "Right, Power, can you speak English?"

Only now did he suddenly remember that Pingtsi, Long, and Cosmo’s Japanese was still far from the level needed for normal communication, so whether Power could speak English was very important.

If Power could not speak English, she would not be able to communicate normally while living with Pingtsi and the others, and that would be a serious problem.

"English? I think so."

Power spoke as if she half-understood.

"Then try listening to this."

Kotone Asaba said the next sentence in English. "The sentence I just said was English. Can you understand it?"

"I understand it. So this is English. I was wondering what it was."

Power also replied in English.

"Good. Since you understand English, there’s no problem. Pingtsi and the others still aren’t very familiar with Japanese, so they can only understand English."

Kotone Asaba explained.

"Of course! With my IQ, there’s no language I, the great Power, don’t understand, whether it’s Japanese or English!"

Power’s nose was practically pointing at the sky.

In reality, however, she only knew those two languages.

After that, Kotone Asaba went back upstairs, while Power started chatting with Pingtsi and the others, naturally in English.

"My name is Power!"

Power spoke with great energy. "Since you already know what my true identity is, tell me what your true identities are too!"

"Me? My true identity is the Insight Devil. Long’s true identity is the Dragon Devil, and Cosmo’s true identity is the Cosmos Devil."

Pingtsi did not hide anything and told Power honestly.

The main reason was that Power had been brought back by Kotone Asaba. She trusted Kotone Asaba a great deal, so she could also trust Power.

"Oh, oh! They all sound really strong! Just as strong as me!"

Power said.

Although Power’s last line sounded like she was bragging, Pingtsi did not deny it.

That was because she had already seen through Power earlier and knew that the Blood Devil had tremendous room for growth. The more blood she absorbed, or the stronger the blood she absorbed, the stronger she would become. Once she reached her limit, she would be terrifying.

If they only compared Power at her absolute maximum combat strength, then Pingtsi, Long, and Cosmo would not be Power’s match. For example, Cosmo’s weakness was too obvious, while Pingtsi did not have much combat ability. Only Long had relatively well-rounded combat strength.

"Then let’s get along."

Pingtsi quickly became friendly with Power.

At that moment, however, Power’s attention turned to Long and Cosmo. "Speaking of which, why haven’t you two said anything this whole time? Do you hate me?"

Long shook her head.

"No... Halloween."

Cosmo barely managed to say "no" in broken Japanese, but she still added her verbal tic, "Halloween." She probably would have a hard time changing that habit.

"Halloween?"

Power was immediately confused.

"No. Long and Cosmo don’t hate you. They just still don’t know how to talk, but they can understand what you’re saying."

Pingtsi immediately explained.

"I see. That makes sense. Not every Fiend can have an IQ as high as mine!"

Power grew proud again at the slightest opportunity.

On the other side, the moment Kotone Asaba entered the door, Reze questioned him. "Koto, I heard from Makima that you went out and picked up another Fiend girl?"

"Mm. That’s the Blood Fiend. Her name is Power. I thought her ability was pretty good, so I brought her into the Special Division."

Kotone Asaba said this without blushing or his heart skipping a beat.

"Her ability was pretty good... Then why are all the people you bring in girls?"

Reze questioned him further. "In the entire Special Division, aside from you, Aki Hayakawa, and Kishibe, everyone else seems to be a girl, right? And Aki Hayakawa is about to resign and return to the private sector. Kishibe was also transferred here by Miss Kirisu."

"Well... maybe it’s a coincidence..."

Kotone Asaba also felt like making a sarcastic comment.

This was a question that should be asked of the original author. Among the prominent and powerful characters, there were not many men, while the women each had their own traits and were stronger than the last.

Speaking of which, he did not know when Reze and Makima’s relationship had become so good.

Makima had even told Reze about his contact with Power.

At this moment, Reze only sighed softly and did not continue questioning him. "When it gets a little later, call Power up to eat dinner with us too."

Reze and Makima had already gotten used to Kotone Asaba occasionally going out and picking up another girl.

"Mm. Power will definitely like the dishes you two make."

Kotone Asaba nodded.

That evening, Kotone Asaba did not even need to go downstairs to call them. Pingtsi and the others had already prepared themselves to go upstairs and freeload dinner.

Seeing Pingtsi, Long, and Cosmo leave, Power could not help asking, "Where are you going?"

"To Asaba’s place to freeload dinner, of course. We eat there every day. The food is really delicious."

Pingtsi said.

"I see. Then I’m coming too!"

The moment Power heard there was food to eat, she could not sit still anymore.

Although she had been extremely stuffed during the day, she had digested quickly too.

Because her stomach had felt too uncomfortably full, she had deliberately used her blood to help digest the food. Because of that, she had lost some blood, and the two tiny horns above her ears that had only just sprouted like seedlings had now shrunk back again.

A while later, just as Kotone Asaba opened the door and was about to go downstairs to call Power and the others, he immediately saw all four of them already standing in front of him.

"Wow. You’re all pretty self-motivated. I was just about to go downstairs and call you, but you’d already come up on your own."

Kotone Asaba could not help sighing.

"Of course. If you’re not proactive about eating, there’s something wrong with your head."

Pingtsi said with a completely matter-of-fact expression.

"That smell is amazing!"

As soon as Power came in, she was drawn in by the aroma drifting from the kitchen.

"Wait on the couch for a bit. It’ll be ready soon."

Kotone Asaba said.

"So this is Asaba’s home. Who’s cooking in the kitchen? Is it some chef you hired?"

Power asked Kotone Asaba.

Kotone Asaba was just about to answer when Reze walked out of the kitchen carrying a dish. She spoke before Kotone Asaba could. "You must be little Power. Makima and I are both Koto’s family."

"Oh, oh. That’s right. I’m Power."

Power could not understand that there was another meaning behind what Reze meant by family.

Right after that, all the dishes were brought out, and everyone sat at the dining table to eat together.

However, when Power ate, she specifically picked out only meat and did not touch a single vegetable.

"You can’t be this picky. Eating both meat and vegetables is healthier."

At that moment, Kotone Asaba could not help saying, "And besides, Reze and Makima worked hard to make this food."

At a place like an all-you-can-eat barbecue restaurant, he could let it slide if she only ate meat. But if she still acted like this at home, that was a little unreasonable.

"No! It tastes awful! I absolutely won’t eat it!"

Power instantly became extremely resistant.

Seeing Power resist so much, Kotone Asaba thought it over and decided to drop it.

If he remembered correctly, making Power eat vegetables really could make her throw up. If that happened, it would ruin everyone else’s appetite.

"It’s all right. If little Power doesn’t want to eat it, she doesn’t have to. She’s a Fiend anyway, so there’s no need to worry about malnutrition."

At that moment, Reze spoke.

"Exactly, exactly!"

Power immediately expressed strong agreement with Reze’s words.

Her sense of closeness toward Reze also increased greatly because of this.

"Fine, fine. I don’t want to force you either."

Kotone Asaba said casually.

[Power Affinity +5%]

Good grief...

Kotone Asaba now deeply understood just how much Power hated vegetables. Even something like this could make Power’s Affinity rise.

Today, Kotone Asaba suddenly received a call from Himeno.

"Captain Asaba, Aki and I have decided to resign today. Tomorrow, we’ll return to the private sector in Hokkaido."

The voice coming from the other end of the phone was Himeno’s.

"No problem. Once you have your resignation letters ready, just give them to me. I’ll immediately help you pass them on to Chief Kirisu."

Kotone Asaba answered.

"Mm-hmm. We’ve already prepared our resignation letters. We’ll be troubling you with the rest, Captain Asaba."

[Himeno Affinity +5%]

[Aki Hayakawa Affinity +5%]

After that, the call ended.

About half an hour later, Aki Hayakawa and Himeno came to Kotone Asaba’s home together and handed their resignation letters to him.

"All right. I’ll make a trip to Tokyo Public Safety later."

Kotone Asaba accepted the resignation letters and continued, "Once you return to the private sector, you both need to be careful too. Especially you, Aki Hayakawa. If you really run into any trouble, call me directly. Absolutely do not use the Curse Devil’s power."

"Mm. I know."

Aki Hayakawa nodded.

At that moment, Himeno also said, "Don’t worry, Captain Asaba. No matter what, I won’t let Aki use that thing!"

They chatted for a while longer, then Kotone Asaba said goodbye to Aki Hayakawa and Himeno.

Before Aki Hayakawa and Himeno left, Kotone Asaba also gave them quite a few gifts.

"Remember to tell me when you two get married someday."

Kotone Asaba even said this as a joke.

"Ahem... That sort of thing is still too early."

At that moment, Aki Hayakawa said this with a serious expression.

"Aki is just like this. Way too serious."

Himeno, however, did not feel reserved at all and said with a smile, "When the time comes, we’ll definitely invite you, Captain Asaba."

[Himeno Affinity +5%]

[Aki Hayakawa Affinity +5%]

[Himeno Affinity progress has reached 90%. Achievement reward obtained: Constitution +1]

[Aki Hayakawa Affinity progress has reached 90%. Achievement reward obtained: Constitution +1]

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