Chainsaw Man: Mangekyo Sharingan

Chapter 78: Chapter 78: The Foot-Fetish Snake Devil (Yup...)

The reason Akane Sawatari could only make a contract with the Grass Devil was because other Devils looked down on her.

When Devils made contracts, the price they demanded depended entirely on their mood. If they looked down on Akane Sawatari, the price they asked for would not be low, and those prices were all difficult for her to accept.

She also had no way to come into contact with better Devils, such as Devils cooperating with Public Safety, because that was not free. It required paying a fee.

That fee actually was not very high, but she was just too poor. She had a hard time affording it.

Her part-time work could only barely support herself and her younger sister. If she tried to save money, who knew how long it would take to save enough for that fee?

And there was risk too. If the Devils at Public Safety also looked down on her, that money would be wasted for nothing.

Now that she had already reached a dead end, Akane Sawatari no longer cared whether the price was large or not. As long as she could make a contract with a powerful Devil and gain a chance to survive, she could accept any price.

At the very least... she wanted to leave as much as possible behind for her younger sister.

After secretly crying in the restroom for quite a while and venting all the grievance and pain inside her, Akane Sawatari forced herself to be strong.

Then she left the private guild and went to look for a Devil she had previously discussed a contract with. There was one Devil whose strength was still decent, and whose contract terms were barely acceptable.

It wanted one of her arms and one of her kidneys. That was still barely within what she could accept. At the very least, she could still live, and it would not affect her ability to hunt Devils too much.

As Akane Sawatari walked along the road, she suddenly saw a section of snake tail sticking out from the grass beside her.

Curious, she immediately walked into the grass.

Many people were afraid of snakes, but she was not afraid of them at all. On the contrary, she liked animals like snakes.

When she saw the full appearance of the snake in the grass, Akane Sawatari’s pupils suddenly shrank.

This snake was very small, but its appearance was very strange. It looked different from an ordinary snake, or rather, it was much uglier than an ordinary snake.

However, the most important thing was that this snake had been cut into two pieces. The two halves of its body writhed in the grass, as though it were struggling to survive.

Akane Sawatari crouched down and looked at the snake. She felt a little sorry for it, and quietly sighed to herself, "I’ve heard that snakes can still live for a long time after being cut in half, but they’re still doomed to die. You’re the same as me. Both our lives are counting down. But I still have a younger sister I can’t leave behind..."

At that moment, the snake suddenly spoke. "I’m a Devil! Don’t lump me in with ordinary snakes. I’m just sunbathing here!"

After saying that, the snake’s two severed halves magically joined back together. It had only cut itself into two pieces for fun.

"A Devil?!"

The small snake in front of her suddenly speaking immediately startled Akane Sawatari. "What kind of Devil is this tiny?"

Still, she already had a sense of the truth in her heart. Not only could it speak, but it also would not die even after being split in two. There was a very high chance it really was a Devil.

It was just that this was the first time she had ever seen a Devil this small. If her eyesight had not been sharp just now, she would not even have noticed this creature.

"I already told you I’m a Devil! Isn’t it normal for a Devil to be able to change size however it wants? I’m only this small because I don’t want to cause trouble!"

At that moment, the Snake Devil looked back at Akane Sawatari. The first thing it saw was a pair of pale, soft, shapely legs, and its tone immediately became unserious. "Huh? Your legs are really nice. So pale and smooth."

"Legs?"

Akane Sawatari nearly failed to react for a moment. After all, who could have imagined that a dangerous, frightening Devil would be this unserious?

After realizing what it meant, her small face immediately flushed slightly. She could not help getting up and retreating a few steps, afraid that the Snake Devil would suddenly "attack" her.

However, the Snake Devil did not do anything inappropriate. Instead, it said, "Your legs are nice. Interested in making a contract with me? I can give you powerful devil power."

Akane Sawatari was immediately stunned for a moment, then asked, "You’re the Snake Devil, right? You’re really willing to make a contract with me?"

According to the idea that a Devil’s strength was related to the degree of humanity’s fear toward it, the Snake Devil’s strength should be very powerful. She had never dared to imagine making a contract with a Devil as strong as the Snake Devil.

She just did not know whether the price would be severe...

"Of course. Your legs are a feast for the eyes."

The Snake Devil did not hide it at all.

"..."

Akane Sawatari was a little dazed by what she heard, but right now, she did not care about any of that. She only wanted to obtain powerful strength as soon as possible. "Tell me what price you want."

As long as the price was not something she truly could not bear, she would endure it.

It was not easy to encounter such a powerful Devil, so she definitely would not let this opportunity slip away easily.

"Let me think... How about this? Give me a foot massage, and I’ll let you use my power however you want. But when you use my power, you have to pay with fingernails as the price. If you overuse my power, then the price will also include nosebleeds."

The Snake Devil immediately stated the contract terms.

"Huh...?"

Akane Sawatari even wondered whether she had misheard.

Fingernails and nosebleeds. It only wanted such a small price?!

She had originally thought that a Devil as powerful as the Snake Devil would definitely demand an outrageous price. Instead, the result far surpassed her expectations.

Fingernails would grow back after they were gone. Nosebleeds were not a big deal as long as she did not bleed too much. Compared to missing limbs or anything like that, this kind of price was completely insignificant.

However...

Akane Sawatari only belatedly realized what the Snake Devil had said just now about a foot massage.

Now she was certain that the Snake Devil really did like her legs. Otherwise, the contract terms would not be this easy.

Thinking about that, Akane Sawatari could not help showing a shy expression.

It was because she could not afford skirts or long pants that she wore shorts this short. Less fabric was cheaper, so her thighs were exposed. She had never imagined there would be a day when being poor would somehow become a good thing.

Although giving a foot massage made her feel somewhat embarrassed, in order to obtain the Snake Devil’s power, she decided to go all in.

"Okay. I accept these contract terms!"

Akane Sawatari agreed in a firm tone. "But I also have one condition. You can’t hurt my younger sister."

"That condition is no problem. I just want to keep my head down. I’m not interested in attacking humans."

The Snake Devil accepted without hesitation.

It knew that if it attacked humans, it would definitely be hunted down by Devil Hunters, so it had no interest in attacking humans. It had even turned into this miniature form that was not easy for people to notice.

Unless someone took the initiative to provoke it. In that case, it would definitely not indulge the other party either.

If things really went badly, it could just surrender and cooperate with Public Safety. That way, it could continue keeping its head down.

With that, Akane Sawatari and the Snake Devil officially formed a contract.

"All right! Hurry up, hurry up. Give me a foot massage. And remember to take off your shoes."

The Snake Devil impatiently urged Akane Sawatari.

"..."

Akane Sawatari felt somewhat embarrassed and shyly said, "Doing that in a place like this is too embarrassing. Can I massage you after I get home?"

"That works too."

The Snake Devil immediately leapt up with extreme speed. With a quick flicker, it jumped onto Akane Sawatari’s hand and coiled around her left wrist like a bracelet.

If an ordinary person did not look closely, they would think it was just a bracelet, and they would never associate it with a Devil.

Seeing the Snake Devil wrapped around her wrist like a bracelet, Akane Sawatari felt that this was quite convenient.

Otherwise, if someone else discovered the Snake Devil, it would be troublesome. It would cause panic among passersby and attract the police.

"You won’t casually attack people, right?"

Akane Sawatari was a little worried about this, and could not help asking.

The contract condition she had made was only that the Snake Devil could not hurt her younger sister. It did not include other people, so she was afraid that the Snake Devil might attack someone else and bring trouble to her.

"Of course I won’t. I don’t want to be hunted by Devil Hunters. Unless someone insists on provoking me."

The Snake Devil promised.

Although it was only a verbal promise, Akane Sawatari felt much more at ease.

After that, she brought the Snake Devil home with her.

Akane Sawatari and her younger sister rented a very small, ordinary apartment. The whole place was only a little over ten square meters, just over a hundred square feet. Every day, she and her younger sister squeezed into this tiny room and barely scraped by.

Although the apartment was very small, the rent was not cheap either. After the money she earned from part-time work was used to pay rent, there was not much left for food. Because of that, she almost never ate her fill, trying to let her younger sister eat more instead.

No one was home right now. Her younger sister was at school, attending middle school.

Although middle school was compulsory education and did not require tuition, textbook fees, school trips, outings, and other such "school fees" still had to be paid. The expenses were not very high, but to Akane Sawatari, they were still an unbearable amount.

With her situation in the private guild, she had almost no other source of income aside from part-time work. Relying solely on part-time work, she definitely could not save enough money in a short period of time, so she could not help wanting to steal the team’s funds.

But what she had done did not even count as stealing! That money should have belonged to her in the first place, and Iwasaki Denta had embezzled all of it.

Thinking about all of this, Akane Sawatari could not help feeling extremely wronged.

However, her mood quickly eased. Now that she had successfully formed a contract with the Snake Devil, the devil power she had obtained was probably even stronger than that scumbag Iwasaki Denta’s. From now on, she no longer had to suffer those grievances.

Akane Sawatari immediately became somewhat excited. She wanted to go straight to the guild hall, accept a mission, hunt a Devil, and earn a large sum of money.

But right now, she had to give the Snake Devil its massage first...

After locking the door properly, Akane Sawatari awkwardly took off her shoes. She even went to the bathroom and carefully washed her feet clean.

Normally, she would never be willing to waste so much water washing her feet until they were spotless, but things were different starting today. She had enough strength to earn money now, so she wanted to satisfy the Snake Devil as much as possible.

After walking out of the bathroom, Akane Sawatari found that the Snake Devil was lying on the bed, and its body had grown a little larger. It was no longer in its previous miniature form.

This really was more convenient. If it were too tiny, giving it a foot massage would be difficult too.

"Come on, come on. Start already!"

The Snake Devil urged her.

Akane Sawatari immediately got onto the bed, but she had never given anyone a foot massage before, much less massaged a Devil. She had no idea what she was supposed to do.

She sat on the bed, supporting her body with both hands behind her, and stretched her bare feet over. Her movements looked very awkward.

"That won’t work. It’s too awkward. Just step on me with your whole body!"

The Snake Devil even began teaching Akane Sawatari what to do.

"Will that really be okay?"

Akane Sawatari was a little dazed.

"I’m a Devil! How many times do I have to emphasize this? I. Am. A. Devil... Even if you jumped all over me, you wouldn’t hurt me."

The Snake Devil was getting a little impatient. This human was a bit too slow.

"Oh, okay."

Akane Sawatari stopped overthinking it and directly stepped onto the Snake Devil.

"Ah, this feels amazing! Step more! Step over every part of my body!"

The Snake Devil shouted.

Akane Sawatari blushed even more. She already felt embarrassed, and the things the Snake Devil said were so strange.

She stepped on it for about half an hour before the Snake Devil was finally satisfied.

"All right, all right. I’ve never felt this good before. Although this time was part of the contract terms, and you didn’t seem very willing, I still hope you can give me more massages in the future if possible."

The Snake Devil said.

"...I’ll think about it."

Akane Sawatari had been relatively embarrassed at first, but gradually, she got used to it and felt that it was not really that big of a deal.

Now that the massage she had promised the Snake Devil was complete, Akane Sawatari immediately set off and returned to the Private Devil Hunter Guild.

She had to quickly accept a mission and hunt a Devil, so she could pay those fees for her younger sister in time and move to a better place.

As for the tenfold punishment Iwasaki Denta demanded, she definitely would not pay it.

Now that she had powerful devil power, she had no need to fear Iwasaki Denta at all. She had already suffered so many grievances before. It was already generous of her not to go and settle accounts with Iwasaki Denta.

But she did not have enough courage to confront Iwasaki Denta. She still felt that avoiding trouble was better than inviting it. As long as that guy did not come looking for trouble with her, she did not want to cause any problems either.

The Snake Devil had still shrunk into its miniature version and disguised itself as a bracelet on Akane Sawatari’s left wrist. Other than leaving the Snake Devil at home, she could only carry it with her. She felt more at ease keeping it by her side.

When she arrived at the guild hall, Akane Sawatari discovered that the hall was unusually lively. There were also many more Devil Hunters in the hall than usual.

Normally, most Devil Hunters spent long periods of time outside, and there would usually not be many people gathered in the guild hall at the same time.

"The Devil Hunter from Tokyo Public Safety has already arrived at our guild. Everyone interested can wait in the hall for a while."

She heard one of the guild attendants say that.

Only then did Akane Sawatari understand that the hall was so lively because of this matter. However, she did not care much about it. She herself was not qualified to participate.

After all, in the guild’s records, the Devil she had contracted with was still the Grass Devil. Once someone from Public Safety saw the Grass Devil, they would completely stop considering her.

For the time being, she also did not want to expose the Snake Devil’s existence. She only wanted to quietly accept missions, hunt Devils, and earn money.

Kotone Asaba had transferred directly to Kyoto through the Kamui dimension. Although he did not have the Kyoto private guild’s "coordinates," he knew Kyoto’s general direction. With a blind transfer, he teleported to a place not far from the Kyoto private guild.

Reze had also come with him.

After arriving at the private guild, he was currently chatting with one of the guild’s important figures.

"I’m Fumishi Ueno. I heard that Tokyo Public Safety would send a Devil Hunter over, but I didn’t expect it to be Mr. Asaba!"

Kotone Asaba’s appearance seemed to greatly surprise the other man.

It was probably because Kotone Asaba’s previous deeds had spread quite widely, especially the incident at the gang building, which had become a hot topic among Public Safety offices everywhere. The main reason was that a large quantity of Gun Devil flesh pieces had been found in that gang building.

Although Fumishi Ueno was only a member of a private guild, someone of his status definitely had some interaction with Kyoto Public Safety, so he was also quite familiar with Kotone Asaba’s achievements.

"By the way, is this person also a Devil Hunter from Tokyo Public Safety? Didn’t they say only one person was coming?"

At that moment, Fumishi Ueno looked at the girl sitting beside Kotone Asaba.

He had absolutely no impression of this girl. If not for the fact that she was indeed wearing a Tokyo Public Safety uniform, he would not have recognized her at all.

"Yes. She is my partner, Reze. She’s just acting together with me."

Kotone Asaba introduced her.

"I see. Then I welcome Miss Reze as well."

Fumishi Ueno spoke respectfully to Reze.

"You’re too kind, Mr. Ueno."

Reze also replied politely.

"Then, Mr. Asaba, how do you plan to arrange things this time?"

Fumishi Ueno asked.

"I’m planning to choose one or two private Devil Hunters and specially train them. My energy is limited, so I can’t deal with too many people at once."

Kotone Asaba said.

In truth, to put it plainly, he had come for Akane Sawatari. He would probably only choose Akane Sawatari alone.

If he was in a good mood, he might choose one more person. In any case, he would not choose more than two.

"That works too. Then I’ll have to trouble you, Mr. Asaba."

Fumishi Ueno was only relatively curious about Kotone Asaba’s actions this time.

As for what Kotone Asaba planned to do, it did not matter much to him. After all, there was no benefit to him. The main reason he received Kotone Asaba like this was out of respect.

After that, it was time for Kotone Asaba to go to the hall.

While walking down the corridor toward the hall, there was no one else nearby. Reze suddenly spoke. "Koto came here this time for a certain person, didn’t you?"

Reze easily saw through Kotone Asaba’s true thoughts.

"That’s right. I came here specifically for someone."

Since Reze saw through him, Kotone Asaba did not find it surprising. Rather, it was only natural, so he directly admitted it.

"So who is it? Don’t tell me it’s a girl."

Reze narrowed her eyes slightly, and her tone was meaningful.

"You guessed right..."

Kotone Asaba admitted it as well.

"So it’s another girl after all... Koto, seriously. Can’t you stop being so fickle?"

Reze sighed softly.

Kotone Asaba was a little speechless. "...Don’t make wild assumptions. I’m not here for the kind of thing you’re imagining."

He actually thought it would be best if this did not develop in a romantic direction. Otherwise, he would not have gone through so much trouble and deliberately arranged a mentor identity.

"Really? Then I’ll be watching you carefully, Koto."

Reze said.

Kobeni already had a relationship with Koto, and earlier than her at that. She could not say much about that, nor did she want to cause trouble for Koto.

But if a new girl appeared, she definitely would not simply stand by and do nothing. She would interfere moderately, as long as she did not go too far.

"Do whatever you want. Although I really am a little fickle."

Kotone Asaba thick-skinnedly admitted it too.

"So Koto does have some self-awareness."

Reze lightly pinched the soft flesh at Kotone Asaba’s waist, as though venting her anger.

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