Chainsaw Man: Mangekyo Sharingan

Chapter 83: Chapter 83: The Angel Devil

Time turned back to when Akane Sawatari was getting ready to take her younger sister out to buy new clothes.

Just as they were about to leave, Yui Sawatari stared at her sister’s eyes. "By the way, Akane, why do your eyes look so strange now?"

She had noticed it during breakfast and had been curious, but they had been talking about other things at the time, so she had not asked.

"Huh? What do you mean, strange? Did something happen to my eyes?"

Akane looked puzzled as she picked up the small mirror on the table and checked.

Only then did she realize her eyes had completely changed. They had become a pair of snake eyes, and she was so startled she nearly jumped.

"What... Why? Why would my eyes...?"

Akane froze in shock for a moment, then realized it was probably an effect of forming a contract with the Snake Devil.

"This is the effect of making a contract with me. But what is that look supposed to mean? Aren’t the snake eyes I gave you way cooler than your old eyes?"

The Snake Devil was speaking to Akane through their contract. No one could hear its voice except her, not even her younger sister, Yui Sawatari, who was sitting right beside her.

Akane did not answer the Snake Devil. Instead, she asked, "Aside from looking different, it doesn’t seem like there are any other effects?"

"None," the Snake Devil replied.

"Then it’s fine..."

Akane immediately relaxed.

If only the appearance of her eyes had changed, then there was no problem. She did not feel uncomfortable either. Come to think of it, she remembered that her teacher’s eyes were also extremely unusual.

However, Akane did not know she needed to communicate through the contract, so Yui heard what she had said to the Snake Devil.

"Akane... Who are you talking to?"

Yui glanced around the room. There was clearly no one there except her and her sister, yet Akane was talking to herself, which made her feel a little scared.

"Oh, I’m talking to the Snake Devil. The Snake Devil is the new devil I just made a contract with. These snake eyes are the result of my contract with it."

Akane explained it to her sister while she was at it.

She did not hide the Snake Devil’s existence from her sister either, because Yui, like her, was not very afraid of snakes.

"The Snake Devil? That sounds really powerful. Akane, it’s great that you were able to make a contract with such a strong devil."

When Yui heard the Snake Devil’s name, she did not look afraid. Instead, her face filled with curiosity.

Although she was not afraid of snakes, she knew people who were not afraid of them were only a minority.

The more feared a devil was, the stronger it became. That was something everyone had to learn at school, so she could tell the Snake Devil was very strong.

"Speaking of which, this human girl is your sister, right? How are her legs? Are they nice and smooth?"

At that moment, Akane suddenly heard the Snake Devil’s voice again.

Akane immediately stopped wanting to deal with the Snake Devil.

Her sister was still so young. She did not want the Snake Devil to set its sights on Yui. That was absolutely out of the question.

The next day.

When he arrived at the guild hall, Kotone Asaba found that Akane Sawatari had arrived even earlier than him. She was already sitting somewhere, waiting for him and Reze.

Kotone and Reze sat down across from Akane’s table.

Akane immediately said respectfully, "Good morning, Master. Good morning, Miss Reze!"

"Good morning, Akane," Reze said with a smile.

"Good morning. How are the injuries to the fingernails on your left hand?"

Kotone first asked about Akane’s injuries.

"They’re all right. It’ll probably take a while for them to recover completely, but I still have fingernails I can use as payment for the contract, so it doesn’t affect my normal activities for now."

"That’s good. Anyway, if paying too much makes your body unable to hold up, tell me at any time. It’s better not to push yourself."

At that moment, Kotone suddenly remembered that Akane also had the Grass Devil’s devil power. "But didn’t you make a contract with the Grass Devil before? Can you use the Grass Devil’s ability to speed up your fingernails’ recovery?"

"Ah... I’m not sure either. I’ll try it..."

If her teacher had not reminded her, Akane would have almost forgotten she still had the Grass Devil’s ability.

That was because the ability had been practically useless in the past. After making a contract with the Snake Devil, she had basically stopped thinking about using the Grass Devil’s devil power.

Akane then tried using the Grass Devil’s devil power to heal the fingernails on her left hand.

Her left hand immediately felt a faint warmth. The healing effect was honestly too weak, and Akane could not sense much of an effect for the time being.

In exchange, however, the cost of the contract with the Grass Devil was also extremely light. She had only paid an insignificant one-time price when she first formed the contract. After that, she did not need to pay any additional cost to use its devil power.

"I feel like it should work. It really can speed up my fingernails’ growth."

After a while, Akane said that to Kotone.

Although the effect was not very obvious, fingernail injuries were different from flesh wounds.

Normally, when she used the Grass Devil’s ability to heal her teammates’ flesh wounds, those wounds could recover within a few minutes.

But this time, she was not trying to close a wound. She needed her fingernails to grow back, which was a completely different matter.

Right now, each fingernail on her left hand was only about one-third intact. Under normal circumstances, it would take at least one or two months for them to grow from one-third back to full length. By using the Grass Devil’s ability, she could greatly shorten the time needed for them to regrow. If she kept treating them, they would probably recover in only a few days.

That was still very useful to her.

This could be considered the first time the Grass Devil’s ability had played such a major role for Akane.

This way, she could use the Snake Devil’s power much more freely. She would not have to worry about the awkward situation of losing all her fingernails and needing to rest for several months.

"All right. Rest for the next few days. It’s not too late to hunt devils after your fingernails recover. Now, let me see whether you can correct that weakness of yours."

Akane understood the implication behind her teacher’s final sentence. He wanted her to settle things with Iwasaki Denta.

She nodded seriously. Aside from not wanting to disappoint her teacher, she really did want to settle things with Iwasaki Denta.

After being bullied by Iwasaki Denta for so long, she had long since built up deep resentment.

At that moment, Akane walked toward Iwasaki Denta with an expressionless face.

The tall, thin young man noticed Akane first and immediately whispered to Iwasaki Denta, "Boss, that Akane Sawatari girl seems to be coming this way!"

Iwasaki Denta’s expression changed slightly at once. "What does that woman want? She couldn’t be planning to get back at us, could she?"

A moment later, Akane was already standing in front of Iwasaki Denta. Expressionlessly, she said, "It’s about time you paid back the money you kept taking from my share."

Sure enough, Akane had come to settle old accounts.

But what Iwasaki Denta had not expected was that this woman would make such a bold demand.

"With what little you contributed, you had no right to take that much money!"

Iwasaki Denta resisted.

But he did not dare act too arrogant, and his voice was not too loud either, because the two Public Safety Devil Hunters from Tokyo were also in the hall. Those two were the main reason he was afraid.

"So that was your reason for taking all of it? When you demanded tenfold compensation, did you ever consider how I felt?"

Akane’s face gradually turned cold, and a trace of killing intent showed in her snake eyes. "You have one month to hand over all the money that should have been split evenly. Otherwise..."

She used the same method Iwasaki Denta had used back then. Just as her teacher had said, she was giving him a taste of his own medicine.

Those snake eyes filled with killing intent immediately frightened Iwasaki Denta. He quickly looked away, not daring to meet Akane’s gaze. "Y-yes..."

Akane’s threat, combined with the pressure from the two Public Safety Devil Hunters, left Iwasaki Denta with no courage to act tough at all.

The main reason was that he also understood the situation clearly. Now that Akane had made a contract with the Snake Devil, the devil he had a contract with could not possibly contend with it. Even if he faced Akane alone, he had no confidence.

After that, Iwasaki Denta obediently handed over the only 100,000 yen he still had on him.

"This is all I have left. I’ll make up the rest as soon as possible..."

Iwasaki Denta admitted defeat while suppressing the pain of parting with the money.

He had always spent money lavishly, and this really was all he had on him at the moment. He could only take more jobs later to earn money.

In truth, according to Akane’s demand, if the money that should have been split evenly was given to Akane, the total would not even exceed 1,000,000 yen. That was because Akane had not been part of the squad for very long, and they had only taken three jobs during that period.

At that moment, the flashy woman and the tall, thin young man beside him did not dare make a sound. They were both considering whether they should run away.

Akane nodded slightly and deliberately maintained her cold demeanor. She did not waste any more words on Iwasaki Denta and turned around to return to her teacher’s side.

"Iwasaki Denta finally got put in his place. He folded so hard in front of Akane Sawatari, hahaha..."

"I’d fold too if I were him. Not only did she make a contract with the Snake Devil, she also has those two from Tokyo Public Safety backing her up. But Iwasaki Denta really was too shameless. Getting treated like this is exactly what he deserves."

"This is so dramatic. Just yesterday, he kicked Akane Sawatari out of the squad and treated her like dead weight. In the blink of an eye, she became someone he can’t afford to offend."

"..."

Almost everyone in the hall had been watching the conflict between Akane and Iwasaki Denta, so it naturally sparked a heated discussion.

After returning to her teacher’s side, the cold expression on Akane’s face immediately returned to normal. Her behavior just now had all been an act.

This made her feel much better. She had returned the anger she had endured from Iwasaki Denta’s bullying, and she could also gain a large sum of money. Her and her sister’s living conditions could improve by a lot again.

This was also thanks to her teacher. If she had not met him, her mindset would have simply been to let bygones be bygones.

[Akane Sawatari Affinity +10%]

[Akane Sawatari’s Affinity progress has reached 40%. Achievement reward obtained: Constitution +1]

Akane was in an extremely relaxed and happy mood. At the same time, when she thought of the tremendous help her teacher had given her, her Affinity immediately rose quite a bit.

Kotone had seen everything that had happened earlier. In a satisfied tone, he said, "You did well."

"It’s mainly thanks to you, Master. Without you, I wouldn’t have had the courage to do that."

Akane spoke with gratitude.

"That settles it, then. Contact me after you’ve recovered enough. This is my phone number..."

Kotone gave Akane his phone number.

Even if Akane did not have a phone, she could still go to a phone booth and call him.

"Okay."

Akane nodded, preparing to go back and focus on using the Grass Devil’s ability to treat herself, hoping to recover as soon as possible and continue acting with her teacher.

While Akane was recovering, Kotone did not plan to stay idle either. He was preparing to go find the Angel Devil in South America.

After returning to their temporary hotel room, before setting out, Kotone said to Reze, "I’m planning to make a trip to South America. Do you want to come with me?"

"South America? Why are you suddenly going somewhere that far away again?"

Reze was a little confused.

"There’s a devil over there with a very special ability. It’s worth making contact with."

Kotone made up that reason without revealing the slightest flaw.

Reze did not suspect anything either. After all, she already knew that Koto wanted to expand his fighting strength in order to deal with the Gun Devil.

"It’s not a woman again, is it?"

Reze asked probing.

"Stop messing around. That one’s male. What kind of person do you take me for?"

Kotone felt somewhat speechless.

However, now that he thought about it, if the original work had not clearly stated that the Angel Devil was male, he himself would have almost mistaken the Angel Devil for a woman disguised as a man.

"I’m joking, I’m joking," Reze said. "I’ll go with you too. As long as it isn’t an extremely obscure language, I know it. I should be able to help you when the time comes."

"..."

Kotone parted his lips slightly. After hesitating for a moment, he decided not to say it and embarrass Reze.

The place he was going this time was a small Indigenous village. Although many Indigenous people had been forcibly assimilated and could speak English, a remote little coastal village in South America like this was not guaranteed to be the same.

Most likely, they spoke an Indigenous language, and "Indigenous language" itself was only a general term. If subdivided, there were more than a hundred languages.

Reze probably had not studied those languages. They were extremely difficult to learn and did not have much practical meaning, since they would only be used to communicate with a small number of Indigenous people whose languages had not been assimilated.

Fortunately, Kotone had his cheat and understood all human languages.

After that, Kotone brought Reze straight to South America.

Crossing the entire Pacific Ocean, Kotone instantly teleported from Japan to South America, arriving near the small village where the Angel Devil was located.

The information about the Angel Devil in the Affinity Codex had provided a specific direction. He teleported according to that. Although it was not perfectly precise, the deviation was not too large either.

They were already not far from the village. Kotone could see thatched huts in the distance, the villagers, and some wooden boats.

He also saw the Angel Devil’s figure. The halo above his head and the white wings on his back were highly recognizable. He was wearing only a pair of shorts, which were probably given to him by the local villagers.

Kotone and Reze then entered the village. When the villagers saw the two unfamiliar outsiders, they immediately went to notify the village chief.

Soon, an elderly man came out to receive them.

Kotone spoke first. "We’re Public Safety Devil Hunters. We discovered that a devil had appeared here, so we came to check on the situation."

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