Chainsaw Man: Mangekyo Sharingan

Chapter 77: Chapter 77: Akane Sawatari

Afternoon tea was nearly over, and Kotone Asaba and Reze left Himeno’s home.

Himeno’s Affinity progress had already reached 50%, and at that moment, the eighth Codex page was unlocked as well.

Kotone Asaba summoned the Codex with his thoughts and opened it to the eighth page.

The subject of the eighth Codex page was the Angel Devil, a handsome long-haired young man with a halo floating above his head and a pair of white wings growing from his back.

There was also some additional information. The Angel Devil had a name, but it was a name Makima gave him after taking control of him, Angel.

To put it simply, Angel was just the English word "angel" used as a name.

Then came the introduction to the Angel Devil’s ability. Anyone touched by the Angel Devil would have their lifespan drained away. He could turn lifespan into all sorts of weapons, and the more lifespan he consumed, the more powerful the weapon he created.

There was also the Angel Devil’s current location. He was currently in a coastal Indigenous tribe in South America.

Looking at it this way, the Control Devil probably had not come to the human world yet, nor had she gone to find the Angel Devil. In the original story, after Makima found the Angel Devil, she forcibly controlled him and made him use his ability to kill every person in that small tribe.

Makima’s purpose in doing that should have been to make the Angel Devil accumulate lifespans and store them away, making things more convenient for her later plans.

Although doing so was extremely cruel, forcing the Angel Devil to personally kill the villagers who had been kind to him, no matter how much Makima looked like a human, she was ultimately still a Devil. Devils did not have emotions as rich as humans.

To Makima, she did it purely for the sake of her own plan, without the slightest guilt.

Kotone Asaba had not expected the eighth Codex page to be the Angel Devil.

But that was fine too. While the Control Devil still had not appeared, he would go and help the Angel Devil when the time came.

It was already evening now, so Kotone Asaba and Reze went home first.

The next day, he took Reze to see Yuki Kirisu.

If Reze wanted to join Tokyo Public Safety, Yuki Kirisu definitely had to approve it first.

At present, Yuki Kirisu’s status in Tokyo Public Safety was about the same as Makima’s status in Tokyo Public Safety in the original story.

The Cabinet probably replaced Yuki Kirisu after training Makima. In the original timeline, Tokyo Public Safety had no such person as Yuki Kirisu at all.

They arrived at Yuki Kirisu’s office.

"Well, well, you’re back this quickly? Don’t tell me the Devils over in Moscow were too strong and scared you into running back? If that’s the case, wouldn’t that make you a total lightweight? Weakling, weakling."

The moment Kotone Asaba entered, he heard Yuki Kirisu teasing him.

Yuki Kirisu had actually known about Kotone Asaba’s return for a while. She had received the news yesterday, when Kotone Asaba appeared at the hospital.

However, Kotone Asaba had long since gotten used to Yuki Kirisu’s personality. He directly ignored those words and moved on to business. "I came back this time, and I won’t be going to Moscow again for the time being. This is Reze, my partner from Moscow Public Safety. From now on, she wants to work at Tokyo Public Safety."

Reze did not belong to Moscow Public Safety. At Moscow Public Safety, she had only been a temporary Devil Hunter. Or rather, her identity as a Public Safety Devil Hunter had been forged to begin with, so there would be no conflict in joining Tokyo Public Safety. It all depended on whether Yuki Kirisu agreed.

"Sure. But we still have to go through the required procedures. After all, we don’t know how strong she is yet."

Yuki Kirisu agreed casually, but Reze’s strength still had to be tested.

Reze was different from Kotone Asaba. Tokyo Public Safety had clear records of Kotone Asaba’s previous achievements in the private sector, so he had not needed to be tested again and could be directly recruited into Public Safety.

Reze, however, was from the Soviet Union’s side. Tokyo Public Safety had no related records of her, and Yuki Kirisu did not even know Reze.

"That’s fine. We’ll go through the proper process."

Kotone Asaba had no objection at all. With Reze’s strength, he was not worried either.

Even if Reze did not transform into a Hybrid, her martial arts in human form were very strong.

"Is this young lady the leader of Tokyo Public Safety?"

Reze looked at the petite blonde girl in front of her and asked.

"That’s right. I am Yuki Kirisu, the one in charge of Tokyo Public Safety."

There was a trace of pride in Yuki Kirisu’s tone.

"Miss Kirisu really does have the presence of a leader, and you’re a great beauty too. You’re different from what I imagined."

Reze praised her naturally.

"You’ve got a good eye, girl. Not bad, not bad! You can pass the interview stage directly. Go get your strength tested later, and if there are no problems, that’ll be enough."

Yuki Kirisu was praised so comfortably that her nose was practically pointing at the sky.

"Thank you very much, Miss Kirisu."

Reze smiled.

Watching this scene, Kotone Asaba thought that Reze really knew what she was doing. As a former agent, Reze had probably already understood Yuki Kirisu’s personality very well. No matter what, praising her directly was the right move.

Of course, he did not think Yuki Kirisu was truly that easy to fool. The interview stage was not very important to begin with. If it were an important matter, she definitely would not be so easygoing. Otherwise, she could not have become the leader of Tokyo Public Safety.

"By the way, you were in Moscow for so long. Didn’t you bring anything back from there?"

At that moment, Yuki Kirisu asked Kotone Asaba.

"I did, but I gave them all to Aki Hayakawa and the others."

Kotone Asaba answered.

"What? You prepared gifts for Aki Hayakawa and the others, but you didn’t prepare one for me?"

Yuki Kirisu immediately became unhappy and puffed out her cheeks as she complained.

"If you really want one, I do still have some. But there’s a condition. This counts as canceling out that third request you still haven’t decided on from before."

Kotone Asaba said.

He really had not thought about preparing a gift for Yuki Kirisu. The leftovers in the Kamui dimension were just extras he had bought in passing, so he and Pochita could eat them whenever they wanted.

However, since Yuki Kirisu brought it up, he wondered whether he could use this chance to cancel out the third request Yuki Kirisu had still not decided on from before.

"Hmph. I’m only asking you for a gift, and you’re actually setting conditions for me? That’s way too unfair."

Yuki Kirisu said unhappily.

"If you don’t want it, then forget it. I only meant to keep it for myself anyway."

Kotone Asaba said bluntly.

"Fine, fine. I haven’t thought of the third request yet anyway, so let’s use this to cancel it out. But I want to see how sincere you are first."

Yuki Kirisu compromised.

Kotone Asaba then took those gifts out of the Kamui dimension.

"Not bad. They all look pretty tasty. This is acceptable."

Yuki Kirisu nodded in satisfaction.

With that, the third request Kotone Asaba had still owed her from before was canceled out.

Combined with the first two requests, it could be seen that Yuki Kirisu had been very casual about all of them and had never made things difficult for him.

He felt that aside from having a somewhat strange personality, this girl was not as unreliable as he had initially imagined. When she needed to be serious, she was still quite serious.

"Right, there’s one more thing. I’m going to the private sector in Kyoto next. Since I have nothing better to do, I want to mentor some private Devil Hunters. Please help me contact the Private Devil Hunter Guild over in Kyoto, Miss Kirisu."

At that moment, Kotone Asaba suddenly spoke.

"Oh? You’re going to Kyoto? For the sake of the gifts you gave me, I can help you out."

Yuki Kirisu said, "I’ll contact the private guild over in Kyoto later and say that I’m arranging for you to go there as a mentor."

"Sure, that works."

Kotone Asaba nodded.

Through this method, he could make contact with Akane Sawatari in a relatively natural way. Otherwise, it would seem a little too deliberate.

After that, Yuki Kirisu arranged for someone to take Reze to test her strength. Kotone Asaba went with them as well.

Next, Reze needed to carry out a simple simulated battle against a Devil arranged by Tokyo Public Safety. It would be light combat, close to real combat, but neither side was allowed to fight to the death. The Devil’s side in particular had to control its strength carefully.

The Devil arranged by Tokyo Public Safety was naturally one that had been locked up. To put it harshly, it was imprisonment. To put it nicely, it was cooperation. It provided Public Safety Devil Hunters with contracts at reasonable prices, and when the occasional simulated battle was needed, it came out and put in some effort.

The treatment Tokyo Public Safety gave it naturally was not bad either. At the very least, it could guarantee that it would not die. Very few Devils wanted to return to Hell.

Although they had no memories of Hell from before their reincarnation, they knew that once they died in Hell, they would essentially no longer be themselves. Even their memories would be gone, which was no different from true death.

Before long, Reze successfully passed the simulated battle.

Kotone Asaba had watched the fight. That Devil looked extremely clumsy in front of Reze. It could not even touch her, and Reze bullied it all over the place with a dagger.

In truth, that Devil was not weak either. It was just that Reze’s movements were far too agile. By comparison, the Devil looked very clumsy.

The situation remained the same for several minutes. The Devil was already covered in wounds, but none of them were fatal. Reze, on the other hand, was completely unharmed. The examiner in charge of the simulated battle also felt there was no need to continue.

Afterward, the Devil could recover from its wounds by drinking blood. The blood also came from legitimate sources, such as blood donations. If someone had just passed away and their family agreed to donate the deceased person’s blood, Public Safety would give the family compensation.

Starting today, Reze also became a member of Tokyo Public Safety.

It just so happened that Kotone Asaba did not have a partner. Previously, he had temporarily formed a three-person team with Aki Hayakawa and Himeno. From now on, his partner was Reze, so Reze was also assigned to Devil Extermination Division 2.

At this point, Yuki Kirisu had already finished contacting the Private Devil Hunter Guild in Kyoto, and Kotone Asaba could more or less set out.

At the Kyoto Private Devil Hunter Guild, many private Devil Hunters who had nothing to do were resting and chatting in the guild hall.

"Have you guys heard? Tokyo Public Safety is apparently sending a Devil Hunter over to guide us. They say it’s someone really strong too."

"I heard that too. I just don’t know what kind of guidance it’ll be. If he can take us along on operations, it feels like that’d be a great opportunity. There’d be a lot of benefits if we could follow that person and make a name for ourselves."

"Yeah, I think it’s an opportunity too. Kyoto Public Safety will probably be watching this as well. The ones who perform well might get recruited by Kyoto Public Safety. I’ve always wanted to join Kyoto Public Safety!"

"..."

Today, the hot topic in Kyoto’s private guild was that Tokyo Public Safety was sending a Public Safety Devil Hunter over.

Many people were eager to give it a try, feeling that this was a rare opportunity.

In one seating area, four people were sitting together.

A young woman with heavy makeup, decent looks, and flashy clothing was serving a large man whose face looked somewhat fierce. A hideous scar ran across his face.

There was also a tall, thin young man whose facial features had a sleazy feel to them. His left hand was wrapped in bandages.

The fourth person was a young girl dressed in old-fashioned, worn-out clothes. Her hair was yellow, and she did not look very energetic. Her sitting posture was unnatural too, somewhat timid and withdrawn.

Still, she herself was fairly pretty. Even such plain and unfashionable clothes could not hide her good foundation.

"Boss, you heard what they’re talking about too, right? Do you have any thoughts?"

At that moment, the tall, thin young man said to the large man.

"Who cares? There’s no way one person can take a whole crowd of us along. He’ll probably just choose a few people and give them special guidance."

The large man said indifferently.

However, he only looked like he did not care on the surface. In reality, he also wanted to get involved. If the other person really was an elite Devil Hunter from Tokyo Public Safety, then he was still very interested.

But he was not interested because he wanted to join Public Safety. In his view, the people who wanted to join Public Safety were either idiots or righteous avengers burning with hatred. No matter how good Public Safety’s benefits were, could they matter more than staying alive?

Public Safety Devil Hunters were in much greater danger than private ones. The main issue was that they could not freely choose their targets. If Public Safety arranged for them to hunt a certain Devil, they had to go.

It was not like the private sector, where they could choose however they wanted. If they looked at the mission information and felt that a Devil was too strong, they could just refuse the mission. As long as they were careful, they could live quite comfortably.

"Even if there are only a few slots, I feel like the boss has a great chance of getting one. There aren’t many Devil Hunters in Kyoto’s private guild stronger than you, boss."

The tall, thin young man immediately began flattering him.

"Hard to say. I can only say there’s hope."

The large man deliberately acted humble.

The flashy woman serving him picked up a piece of cut fruit from a plate with a toothpick and personally fed it to him. "The boss is so strong. I’m sure there’ll be no problem."

"We’ll see when the time comes. For now, let’s deal with our own business first..."

The moment she heard the large man say that, the plain-looking girl’s whole body trembled slightly.

"Akane Sawatari... You were caught red-handed secretly stealing funds from our team. Do you have anything to say?"

The large man slowly said to the plain-looking girl.

This plain-looking girl was Akane Sawatari, the person Kotone Asaba was looking for.

"I... I was just too hungry, and I couldn’t stop myself... so I stole a little..."

Akane Sawatari’s face was very frightened. She lowered her head and did not dare meet the large man’s eyes. Her explanation was quiet and stammering.

"Too hungry? I give you food every day. Don’t make it sound like I abuse you."

The large man said with a cold expression, "Tch... I’ve always hated thieves more than anything. Get out of our team. Also, as punishment, you have to repay ten times the amount you stole back then. Understand?"

Akane Sawatari’s face instantly turned deathly pale. "T-Ten times? I can’t possibly come up with that much money..."

"Who cares whether you can come up with that much money or not? Sell yourself if you have to, sell your organs if you have to, but you have to repay that money tenfold. That’s our team’s rule. I’ll give you one month at most. Otherwise..."

The large man made a throat-slitting gesture.

Akane Sawatari was so frightened that her face lost all color, and she was completely unable to speak.

"Hurry up and get lost. You’re not only useless, you’re a thief too. Our team doesn’t need someone like that."

The large man’s tone remained calm the entire time, but the words he spoke were very unpleasant.

Akane Sawatari could only get up and stagger away, covering her face with one hand, as though she did not want anyone else to see the tear tracks on her face.

The other Devil Hunters nearby saw this scene and could not help but quietly discuss it.

"That’s miserable. I remember that girl’s name is Akane Sawatari, right? The Devil she contracted with seems to be the Grass Devil. That guy Iwasaki Denta is pretty excessive. Every time they kill a Devil, he pockets the money that should be her share, and he still has the nerve to say he doesn’t abuse her."

"Although I feel a little bad for her, her ability is too useless. I heard her devil power has no attack methods at all. It can only help people recover from injuries, and the recovery effect is pretty average."

"Yeah. When you’re fighting a Devil, who has time to wait for her to slowly heal you? And according to the rules, after killing a Devil, you’d still have to give her a cut of the money. If you don’t split it with her, your reputation gets ruined. I doubt anyone wants to take her in."

"Iwasaki probably recruited her at first because she was pretty, but I heard that girl has some kind of illness in that area, so Iwasaki didn’t dare touch her."

"..."

At that moment, Akane Sawatari walked toward the restroom in despair, utterly hopeless inside.

Her devil power really was very useless, but during every battle, she always did her best. Even so, Iwasaki Denta never gave her a single cent. Every day, he only gave her some barely edible food as charity, which was not enough to fill her stomach at all.

And she also had a younger sister at home. To keep her younger sister from going hungry, she secretly went to work part-time every day.

Because she did not dare let Iwasaki Denta know she was working part-time, afraid he would realize she had a younger sister, her daily working hours were very limited, and the money she earned was very little.

It was barely enough to keep herself and her sister from starving. In fact, the reason she had stolen money this time was to pay her sister’s tuition. In the end, not only had she failed to successfully steal the money, but now she was being forced to repay it tenfold.

Akane Sawatari could not possibly come up with that much money. After being kicked out of this team, no other team would take her in either. Two-person partner teams definitely would not want her even more.

Now, aside from entering sex work or selling her organs, she was basically facing a dead end. Even worse, she was afraid that Iwasaki Denta would discover her younger sister at home.

If he discovered her, her sister definitely would not escape his clutches. Before, Akane had only avoided being touched because she had lied and claimed she had an illness in that area.

Although that had damaged her reputation, at least she had protected her chastity...

What was she supposed to do next?

Did she really have to enter sex work or sell her organs?

Akane Sawatari would rather die than enter sex work. As for selling her organs for money... it would be better to find a powerful Devil and make a contract with it.

Either way, she would be left disabled. If she obtained powerful devil power, at least she would have the ability to fight for her future.

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