Chainsaw Man: Mangekyo Sharingan

Chapter 42: Chapter 42: Cooking

In the original story, the identity of the Devil Kobeni Higashiyama had contracted with was still unknown.

One theory said it was the Secret Devil, while another said it was the Forbidden Devil, but there was no way to know what it actually was.

Kotone Asaba could also sense that Kobeni Higashiyama’s aura was completely different from usual.

However, the next moment, when Kobeni Higashiyama realized that Kotone Asaba was safe and unharmed, she subconsciously loosened her grip on the "weapon" in her hand, which had already turned back into a foam baton, and her demeanor returned to its usual fragile state.

"T-thank goodness..."

Kobeni Higashiyama looked like she was about to cry from relief, rubbing her reddened eyes while feeling overjoyed.

"Sorry for worrying you."

Kotone Asaba more or less understood that Kobeni had erupted with that mysterious power because she had been worried about him, and he could not help feeling a little moved.

That said, Kobeni had just used her power, yet she did not seem to have paid any price.

It was also unlike Himeno, who had lost an eye from the moment she formed her contract.

Based on Kotone Asaba’s impression of the original story, he could basically infer the terms of Himeno’s contract with the Ghost Devil. Himeno had paid the price of one right eye, allowing her to use the Ghost Devil’s right hand unconditionally. If she wanted to use the Ghost Devil’s full power, she had to offer a greater price.

Or there was Aki Hayakawa’s case, where he did not pay a price when forming the contract, and only had to pay with his own skin, flesh, or hair each time he used the Fox Devil’s power.

But Kobeni Higashiyama was neither like Himeno nor Aki Hayakawa. She had no missing body parts like Himeno, and when she used her power, she did not have to pay a price each time like Aki Hayakawa.

Maybe it was like Aki Hayakawa’s contract with the Future Devil, where he allowed the Future Devil to live inside his eye, and in exchange, he could use the Future Devil’s power without paying any other price.

Kobeni Higashiyama might be similar. By allowing some Devil to reside inside her body, she could freely use that Devil’s power.

However, this was only Kotone Asaba’s guess. It might not be correct. After all, the price of a contract depended entirely on the Devil’s mood. If the Devil was in a very good mood, any strange and insignificant price was possible.

Although Kotone Asaba was very curious about what Devil Kobeni Higashiyama had actually formed a contract with, digging too deeply into someone else’s secrets was not exactly polite.

Because the appearance of the Labyrinth Devil had caused quite a few casualties, the amusement park was shut down in an emergency, and the visitors who were still playing were all given full refunds for their tickets.

The park would probably also have to take responsibility for the dead, the injured, and the terrified visitors, but Kotone Asaba did not pay attention to the specifics.

He had already left the amusement park with Pochita, and Kobeni Higashiyama had also gone home.

As for the Labyrinth Devil’s corpse, it was just a heart, and Kotone Asaba had stored it inside the Kamui dimension.

Before going home, he first made a trip to the black market.

The black market staff had only just heard that the Labyrinth Devil had appeared at the amusement park when Kotone Asaba brought in the Labyrinth Devil’s corpse to sell.

Then he received five hundred thousand yen. After all, the Labyrinth Devil’s corpse was only a single heart, and smaller corpses generally were not worth much money.

Without the piece of the Gun Devil’s flesh, the Labyrinth Devil would not have had such great power either.

As for that piece of the Gun Devil’s flesh, Kotone Asaba had no plans to hand it over to Chiba Public Safety or Tokyo Public Safety for the time being.

He was going to enter Tokyo Public Safety sooner or later anyway, so he would just keep it for himself for now. With it stored in the Kamui dimension, no one would know that he was privately holding a piece of the Gun Devil’s flesh.

When the weekend arrived, Kotone Asaba took Pochita to the arcade and the burger shop to eat and play.

[Pochita Affinity +5%]

[Pochita Affinity +5%]

[Pochita Affinity progress has reached 60%. Achievement reward acquired: Constitution +1]

Over those two days, Pochita’s Affinity increased both times. It was not because Pochita especially liked eating burgers or playing games. The main reason was that Kotone Asaba was spending time with him.

Of course, they did not run into any Devils over the weekend.

He was not some pint-sized murder-mystery magnet who had incidents happen wherever he went.

Sunday night.

Kotone Asaba specifically gave Denji a call, checking in on his recent situation. Only after confirming that nothing was wrong did he hang up.

Monday.

After getting up in the morning, Kotone Asaba still remembered that he needed to bring the ingredients and cooking tools to school.

School had already returned to normal classes, and the matter involving Ivan Goto and the Jealousy Devil had more or less been dealt with.

Just as before, Kotone Asaba had Pochita stay inside the Kamui dimension, and he also conveniently placed the ingredients and cooking tools inside the Kamui dimension.

After arriving at school, he first went to the Reading Club’s clubroom, then took out the ingredients and cooking tools and set them in place.

As far as Kotone Asaba was concerned, the morning classes were as easy as ever. Every time there was a break between classes, several classmates came over to chat with him, either praising him or thanking him.

Clearly, this was the influence of the previous Jealousy Devil incident. If he had not intervened back then, the school would probably have suffered massive casualties.

Although if he had not come to this school, Ivan Goto might not have been used by the Jealousy Devil at the time, as long as the Jealousy Devil was inside the school, something would have happened sooner or later.

After the fourth morning class ended at noon, Kotone Asaba went to the clubroom together with Kobeni Higashiyama.

Kobeni Higashiyama naturally remembered their promise. She was going to personally make a meal for herself and Asaba as their lunch.

Over the weekend, she had even made thorough preparations for it, learning every dish she could and reinforcing her memory of the dishes she already knew how to make.

Unfortunately, she had no conditions to practice at home. How could she dare casually use her family’s ingredients? Because of that, she was also a little flustered today.

After all, Kobeni Higashiyama’s astonishing skills were not something she could display whenever she wanted. They only erupted every time she was pushed into an extremely intense situation.

In the current situation, where she was very nervous and a little panicked, it was actually even easier for her to mess things up.

Making food for Asaba, Kobeni Higashiyama suddenly realized that this was almost like something newlyweds would do.

The moment she thought of that, her hand could not help trembling, and while she was chopping vegetables, she nearly cut her own finger.

Kotone Asaba was somewhat worried about this, but he did not say anything.

He knew Kobeni Higashiyama was so nervous because of him, so he said to her, "I’ll step out for a bit. Take your time, and don’t rush."

After Kotone Asaba left, sure enough, Kobeni Higashiyama’s nervousness eased slightly.

On top of that, she also restrained the wild thoughts in her head, so at the very least, she stopped making basic mistakes.

After quite a while, Kobeni Higashiyama barely managed to finish the meal. She tasted a small bite herself and felt it was passable, but it was not exactly delicious either.

Worried whether it would suit Asaba’s taste, she walked out of the clubroom to look for him.

But when she opened the door, the person she ran into was not Asaba. Instead, it was a girl wearing a middle school uniform, with two hair clips in her hair as well. Her features looked somewhat similar to Kobeni’s, and a friendly smile bloomed across her face.

"Kobeni, I heard you got a boyfriend?"

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