Chainsaw Man: Mangekyo Sharingan

Chapter 84: Chapter 84: A Devil in Love with a Human

Kotone Asaba listened to the conversation between the villagers and the chief, identified which Indigenous language this was, and immediately switched to the corresponding language thanks to his understanding of every language.

When Reze heard Koto speaking a language she could not understand at all, her expression froze slightly. Only then did she realize that these Indigenous people only understood their native language.

She had been planning to help Koto translate, only to find that the people here spoke an Indigenous language she basically did not understand, while Koto seemed able to communicate normally instead.

"Public Safety Devil Hunters?"

When the old man serving as chief heard the other party speak their own language fluently as soon as he opened his mouth, surprise immediately appeared in his eyes.

The chief did not know where he had come from, yet he actually understood their language.

Even the invaders who had landed in the Americas had "interacted" with them for centuries, yet very few of them understood their language.

To put it plainly, they looked down on their language, believing English could pull them out of ignorance and backwardness, and used English to forcibly assimilate them.

Fortunately, this place was only a small village with a modest population. It was almost isolated from the rest of the world and rarely made contact with outsiders, relying on farming, fishing, and other means to remain self-sufficient.

The chief had heard the term Devil Hunter before. It was only that they rarely had contact with the outside world, not that they had no contact at all. Especially as an elder who had lived for so many years, he roughly understood what devils and Devil Hunters were.

"Is the devil you mentioned that child?"

The chief pointed at the Angel Devil, who was sitting on the beach not far away and gazing out at the sea.

"That’s right. It should be him."

Kotone nodded.

"Although that child is a devil, he has already been in contact with us for a while. We can tell that he bears no malice toward humans. He is different from ordinary devils."

The chief was worried that the other party would execute the child directly, so he wanted to plead on the Angel Devil’s behalf.

Based on his understanding of Devil Hunters, they were people who specialized in hunting devils.

"Don’t worry. We won’t hunt devils indiscriminately. As long as we confirm he has no malice toward humans, we’ll leave on our own."

Kotone spoke very politely. "After all, devils without malice toward humans are extremely rare. We won’t feel at ease unless we confirm it properly. I hope you can understand that, Chief."

Hearing him say this, the chief immediately relaxed. "No problem. Our village welcomes you both."

Although Reze could not understand what Kotone and the chief were saying, she could roughly guess some of it from their expressions and gestures.

Kotone and Reze followed the chief and walked behind the Angel Devil. As for the two strangers behind him, the Angel Devil seemed not to notice them at all. His gaze remained fixed on the sea ahead.

"Angel..."

The chief called out to the Angel Devil.

The chief directly called the Angel Devil "Angel," but he said it in very awkward English, similar to using a native-language approximation to pronounce an English word.

Most likely, when the Angel Devil first came into contact with the people of this village, they had been unable to communicate. The people here had only barely learned that the Angel Devil’s name was "Angel."

As for why the Angel Devil understood English as soon as he arrived in the human world, Kotone did not know.

Not to mention the Angel Devil, even the devils in Japan all knew Japanese as soon as they arrived in the human world. In any case, they always seemed able to speak some kind of human language.

It was even possible that the Angel Devil also knew Japanese. Kotone did not know whether Makima later controlled the Angel Devil and made him learn Japanese, or whether he had already known it himself.

Only then did the Angel Devil turn around.

"I’m very sorry. For now, we still can’t communicate normally with Angel. We only know that this child’s name is Angel."

The chief said this to Kotone.

"It’s fine. I should be able to communicate with him normally."

Kotone then switched to English and said to the Angel Devil, "You should be able to understand English, right?"

[Affinity Codex activated: Angel Devil]

[Reward obtained: Constitution +1]

[Current Affinity: 0%]

The Angel Devil’s entry was activated just like that, and his Affinity was the normal 0%.

"Ah... Do you need something from me?"

The Angel Devil asked.

Seeing that Kotone could communicate normally with the Angel Devil, the chief was not too surprised. He knew that Angel could speak English, and he also knew that English was a language many people could speak. He simply had not learned it, nor did he want to.

"I’m Kotone Asaba, and she’s Reze. We’re Devil Hunters, and you’re a devil. You should understand what I mean, right?"

Kotone said to the Angel Devil, "But we won’t do anything to you for now. We only want to judge whether you have any malice toward humans."

"Whether I have malice toward humans?"

The Angel Devil seemed to suddenly remember that he was a devil. "...Oh, right. I’m a devil, aren’t I? I should want to kill humans and treat them as food. But I don’t want to do that. It feels exhausting."

The Angel Devil’s tone sounded extremely lazy.

It seemed that whether or not Makima had controlled him, the Angel Devil’s inherently lazy nature remained unchanged.

However, the main reason was still that the Angel Devil’s appearance was close to that of a human. The closer a devil’s appearance was to a human’s, the relatively friendlier it tended to be toward humans. His laziness came second.

He already had no real malice to begin with, and once laziness was added on top of that, he had even less desire to attack humans.

"You should be the Angel Devil, right? We’ve looked into records related to the previous Angel Devil. Your ability seems very dangerous."

Kotone tried to mislead the Angel Devil.

The Angel Devil was a brand-new individual after coming to the human world, with none of the memories from before his reincarnation. Because of that, he did not understand what Kotone meant by "the previous Angel Devil." Aside from instinctively knowing what abilities he had, he knew almost nothing.

He was not afraid of Kotone and Reze despite their being Devil Hunters, also because he currently had no idea what Devil Hunters were. He had not been in the human world for long.

Reze, meanwhile, thought Koto was trying to draw information out of this devil.

"My ability might be dangerous. It seems I can drain the lifespan of people I touch, but I can control this ability myself."

The Angel Devil said this.

Hearing that answer, Kotone’s brow rose slightly.

The question he had just asked had not been merely to find a topic of conversation. He wanted to know what the Angel Devil’s ability had been like before Makima controlled him.

He clearly remembered that in the original work, Makima had forcibly controlled the Angel Devil and made him kill the villagers. Before that, he seemed able to have normal contact with the villagers. Because of that, Kotone had guessed that perhaps before the Angel Devil was controlled, he could limit his own ability.

As it turned out, his guess had been correct.

"So you mean that if you consciously restrict your ability, even if you touch a person, you won’t drain their lifespan, right?"

Kotone asked in detail.

"That’s right. I feel like I get along pretty well with everyone here. I don’t want to hurt them with such a cruel ability."

The Angel Devil said this.

"I understand. A devil without malice toward humans really is rare. During the time we observe you, I can help you."

Kotone said this.

"Help me with what?"

The Angel Devil asked in confusion.

"You want to be able to communicate normally with everyone here, right? I know both English and the local language. With my help, you’ll learn faster."

Kotone knew that at this point in the timeline, the Angel Devil had not yet learned the Indigenous language used here. He probably only knew some of the most basic words and was temporarily unable to communicate normally.

"Now that you mention it, that’s true. If it isn’t too much trouble for you, I’ll leave it to you."

[Angel Devil Affinity +10%]

[Angel Devil’s Affinity progress has reached 10%. Achievement reward obtained: Constitution +1]

The Angel Devil’s Affinity immediately increased.

At that moment, a girl walked out from one of the houses. She seemed to be looking for the Angel Devil to play with.

But when she saw the chief and two strangers standing there as well, she could not help asking the chief, "Chief, who are those two?"

"They say they are Devil Hunters. I’m not sure where they’re from exactly, but I can be certain they are not bad people. They only came to confirm whether Angel has any malice toward humans."

The chief explained this to the girl.

"Devil Hunters?"

The girl did not know much about Devil Hunters. She only knew that Devil Hunters hunted devils, and Angel was a devil. Her small face immediately turned a little pale.

Her small hand trembled slightly as she tugged at the hem of Kotone’s clothes. Although she was afraid, she gathered her courage and said, "Angel isn’t the kind of devil who hurts people. Please don’t hurt him..."

Kotone turned and glanced at the girl. She had wheat-colored skin, delicate features, a chain worn across her forehead, and a white dress.

If he remembered correctly, this girl was the person the Angel Devil liked, and she also liked the Angel Devil in return.

The girl regretted it as soon as she finished speaking. She suddenly realized that the other party was an outsider, so he definitely could not understand what she had said. This might instead anger him.

She had been so anxious just now that she had forgotten that point.

"Don’t worry. As long as he has no intention of hurting anyone, I definitely won’t hurt him."

Kotone spoke to the girl in a gentle tone.

When she heard the other party speaking her language fluently, the girl’s face immediately filled with surprise. She had originally thought he could not understand her.

Seeing Karana arrive, the Angel Devil immediately smiled at her.

He and Karana could not understand each other’s languages, so he could only greet her that way.

Karana immediately responded with a smile as well, a faint blush appearing on her face.

Watching this scene in front of her, Reze immediately understood something and exclaimed softly, "A devil actually fell in love with a human."

The reactions of the Angel Devil and Karana were very obvious. They looked exactly like a pair of young boy and girl experiencing their first crush.

What made it special was that this "young boy" was a devil.

Devils did not have emotions as rich as humans. They had joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, but generally speaking, their emotions were not delicate enough to reach the level of romance.

That was why the Angel Devil was so special. He was already almost no different from a human.

"Maybe it’s because he has no malice toward humans to begin with. Devils don’t have rich emotions, but that doesn’t mean they can never possess them. If they can interact with humans in a friendly way, they’ll learn those richer emotions sooner or later."

Kotone responded to Reze’s amazement.

Many devils only thought about killing people and did not care at all about humans’ rich emotions. Of course, some devils really were just not very bright.

"Pretty interesting. A devil and a human falling in love. If this happened in society, they’d definitely be pushed away and criticized by all sorts of people."

Reze murmured.

"Um... Mister, can you communicate normally with Angel?"

At that moment, Karana suddenly asked.

"I can. What’s wrong?"

Kotone asked.

"Then could you please help me tell Angel that today, I’ll teach him how to speak instead of my father?"

Karana said this somewhat shyly.

"Sure."

Kotone immediately relayed the words to the Angel Devil in English without changing them.

"Sure. Let’s start now."

The Angel Devil said this happily.

Kotone also translated those words into the Indigenous language for Karana.

He had practically become a translator.

Although Karana looked a little shy, she was still quite bold. She directly grabbed the Angel Devil’s hand and ran toward one of the houses.

This also allowed Kotone to confirm that the Angel Devil truly could control his ability. Otherwise, if that girl held the Angel Devil’s hand for a while, she would die from having her lifespan drained away.

Looking at it this way, Makima really was a wicked woman. To be more precise, it was Makima after being led astray by the Cabinet. Kotone remembered that in the original work, Makima was already wearing a Tokyo Public Safety uniform when she came to find the Angel Devil. That meant she had already long since been led astray by the Cabinet at the time.

She controlled the Angel Devil and deliberately made him unable to control his own ability, causing him to automatically absorb lifespan whenever he touched someone.

Kotone and Reze followed along as well.

The chief went off to handle his own business.

"This is a home the people here built specially for me. They’re actually this friendly to me, even though I’m a devil."

At that moment, the Angel Devil sighed with emotion.

However, he spoke in English, so Kotone and Reze could understand him, while Karana could not.

"Isn’t it also strange for you, as a devil, to get along with humans in such a friendly way?"

Kotone said, "Since they treat you so well, and you have no malice toward them either, then work hard to fit in with them."

"That’s what I’m thinking too. Otherwise, I wouldn’t want to do something as exhausting as learning a language."

The Angel Devil found learning a language dull and boring. However, when he studied with Karana, he somehow became much more motivated.

"Learning languages really is exhausting..."

Reze, who had once been forced by the military to learn multiple languages, understood that deeply.

Because of that, she was also very surprised that Koto knew even more languages than she did.

"Mister, what is Angel saying?"

Karana cared a lot about Angel’s words and actions, so she could not help asking Kotone.

"He said you treat him very well."

Kotone embellished the truth a little, wanting to secretly help the Angel Devil and this girl along.

Karana’s cheeks immediately flushed slightly, and she looked visibly happy.

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