Chapter 96: Chapter 96: Tsundere

Even Little Gun and Pochita were stunned by Kotone Asaba’s blood.

It was completely different from the first time Pochita had sucked Kotone Asaba’s blood.

Although it was incredibly delicious, Pochita only took a little before letting go. It knew that if a human lost too much blood, their life would be in danger.

"Woof!"

It also reminded Little Gun beside it, who had gotten a little too absorbed in drinking. Only then did Little Gun reluctantly let go.

The wounds Little Gun and Pochita’s teeth had opened on his arm were healing rapidly, but Kotone Asaba took advantage of that moment to fill the blood bags.

A little while later, both empty blood bags were nearly full.

First Little Gun and Pochita had sucked his blood, and then he had filled two whole blood bags. The amount of blood he had let out looked a little alarming.

But for Kotone Asaba, it was actually a negligible effect. The blood he had lost would recover very quickly.

Little Gun’s Affinity had now reached 50%, and the tenth page of the Affinity Codex had also unlocked.

Kotone Asaba turned to the tenth page of the codex with a thought. The target shown there was... Quanxi?

Damn it...

Kotone Asaba could not help cursing inwardly. That woman was not only dangerous, she was also into women.

On top of that, she was not someone he could easily get in contact with, because she was China’s strongest Devil Hunter and directly under the military.

The information given by the codex stated that she was the first Devil Hunter, born in Hong Kong, and currently active in Shanghai.

Kotone Asaba had no intention of deliberately approaching Quanxi. There would be chances to meet her sooner or later anyway.

After that, he left the Kamui dimension and returned to Pingtsi and Long.

Pingtsi and Long were eating doughnuts, obediently staying put instead of running around.

When they saw Kotone Asaba return, Pingtsi and Long immediately put down the doughnuts in their hands. The doughnuts were delicious, sure, but they were still nowhere near as good as Kotone Asaba’s blood.

Their eyes locked tightly on the two blood bags in Kotone Asaba’s hands, which were almost completely full.

Pingtsi impatiently rubbed her little hands together, and the expression on her ponytail changed in the same way.

Long was practically drooling as she stared.

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

Kotone Asaba handed the blood bags to Pingtsi and Long.

He also took a tissue and wiped Long Fiend’s mouth for her. Drooling that much was not exactly graceful.

Pingtsi and Long could not hold back anymore and were about to start.

"But there are a lot of people on the street. You should find somewhere with fewer people before you begin."

Kotone Asaba and the two of them were currently on the street outside the supermarket.

This place was already crowded and full of eyes. Most of the passing pedestrians around them were looking at Pingtsi and Long with strange, frightened gazes. If they drank blood in public, it would cause an even bigger commotion.

Pingtsi could still listen to Kotone Asaba, but Long was already unable to wait any longer.

Long directly stuffed the entire blood bag into her mouth, chewing the whole thing to pieces as if it were food. Some blood immediately spilled from the corner of her mouth.

"Long! You’re not supposed to eat the bag!"

Pingtsi immediately reminded Long when she saw it, but it was obviously already too late.

Long had already swallowed it, and she looked completely satisfied.

Luckily, Kotone Asaba’s Tokyo Public Safety uniform was very conspicuous. The people around them did not cause too much of a disturbance. Only a few particularly frightened people quickly walked farther away.

Since Long had already finished enjoying hers, Pingtsi’s resolve wavered a little too. She could not help asking Kotone Asaba, "Do we still need to go somewhere with no people now...?"

"That’s obviously unnecessary now. Do whatever you want."

Kotone Asaba said.

"Mm-hm!"

Pingtsi and her ponytail nodded at the same time.

Compared to Long, she was much more ladylike. She held the blood bag in both hands and slowly sucked from it like she was drinking a pouch of fruit jelly. The blood bag was also covered by both of her hands, so it was not easy for others to notice.

Pingtsi’s cheeks flushed slightly, while her ponytail’s expression looked cartoonishly happy.

After slowly drinking the entire blood bag in one breath, Pingtsi immediately felt wonderfully refreshed. She had finally gotten her fill.

"By the way, I’ve wanted to ask this for a while. Does that ponytail of yours only reflect your emotions, or does it also have its own consciousness?"

Kotone Asaba was a little curious and reached out to touch Pingtsi’s ponytail.

The instant her ponytail was touched, Pingtsi’s whole body shivered, and her cheeks could not help turning bright red.

"Y-you, you can’t just touch me there!"

Pingtsi was clearly very agitated, but the ponytail’s expression looked comfortable, as if it did not dislike being stroked by Kotone Asaba.

"Uh... is it really that serious?"

Kotone Asaba thought he had only touched her ponytail. Pingtsi’s reaction was unexpectedly intense, which surprised him.

"Although I’m a Fiend, there are still certain places you can’t just touch randomly. It’s the same as the horns on her head, though her horns aren’t as sens... sensitive for her as my ponytail is for me..."

Pingtsi crossed her arms in front of her chest and explained to Kotone Asaba.

When she said "sensitive" at the end, she hesitated a little, as if she was embarrassed to say it out loud.

The "her" Pingtsi mentioned naturally referred to Long Fiend.

"Oh? Is that so?"

Kotone Asaba followed Pingtsi’s words and went to touch the horns on Long Fiend’s head to see what would happen.

He tentatively poked one of the horns with his finger.

Long Fiend had originally only been staring blankly and dazedly at Kotone Asaba’s hand, but the instant he touched her horn, she also reacted.

However, her reaction really was not as big as Pingtsi’s. Her cheeks only flushed slightly, and she involuntarily took a small step back.

Now Kotone Asaba completely understood. So those were sensitive spots...

Huh? Wait.

Only then did Kotone Asaba suddenly realize that this was a little bad, and he immediately withdrew his hand. "Sorry, I only just realized."

"It’s nothing. You didn’t know, so you didn’t do anything wrong. Just be more careful from now on."

Pingtsi did not mean to blame Kotone Asaba. Some of the blush on her face still remained and had not completely faded.

However, something strange was that her ponytail really did seem to have its own consciousness. It took the initiative to lean toward Kotone Asaba, as if it wanted him to keep stroking it.

Seeing this scene in front of him, Kotone Asaba immediately froze slightly. It really had its own consciousness?

Pingtsi noticed her ponytail’s movement and intention, then hurriedly grabbed it back with her hand.

In truth, she could clearly control her ponytail with her mind, but in her panic, she got anxious enough to use her hands directly.

"What’s going on here?"

Kotone Asaba could not help asking.

"N-nothing!"

Pingtsi’s blush had almost faded, but at that moment, her entire face instantly turned red again.

Sensing that Pingtsi seemed to be hiding something, Kotone Asaba speculated, "So your ponytail really does have its own consciousness, right?"

His first reaction was to think that Pingtsi wanted to hide her weakness, such as the fact that her ponytail had its own consciousness.

"Yes! That’s right! It has its own consciousness! It’s definitely not because it’s more honest than its owner!"

Pingtsi nodded repeatedly, but she did not notice that she had let something slip.

The truth was that the ponytail mainly reflected Pingtsi’s true inner emotions. It did have a little self-awareness, but not much.

However, Kotone Asaba’s attention was completely focused on whether the ponytail had its own consciousness. Of course he had not gone selectively deaf and missed that last sentence, but his thoughts revolved around the point of self-awareness.

It seemed that this ponytail really did have some self-awareness, and it did not completely follow Pingtsi’s surface emotions. It reflected Pingtsi’s true inner feelings.

In other words, deep down, Pingtsi actually...

"I understand."

Kotone Asaba slowly nodded.

Pingtsi had already realized too late that she had let something slip. When she heard Kotone Asaba say that, her heart tightened even more, and she suddenly felt almost like she could not breathe.

"Your ponytail doesn’t actually feel bad when someone touches it. On the contrary, it feels pretty good, right?"

Kotone Asaba stated his guess.

Since the ponytail reflected Pingtsi’s true inner emotions, the fact that it had actively leaned toward him just now already explained everything.

"Huh...?"

Pingtsi had not expected Kotone Asaba to say that. "What you said is true, but I thought you were going to say something else..."

The more she spoke, the quieter her voice became, and her gaze shifted elsewhere, avoiding Kotone Asaba’s eyes.

Her feelings were a little complicated and confused.

I’m a Fiend. I shouldn’t have human emotions like this...

Could it be that after taking over a human body, I’ve gradually gained human emotions without realizing it?

Pingtsi understood what this feeling in her heart was.

And the ponytail understood too.

The ponytail began to slip a little out of her control again, showing Kotone Asaba an expression of affection.

After Pingtsi noticed it, she hurriedly controlled the ponytail tightly, terrified that Kotone Asaba would see it.

Kotone Asaba did not think any further, because he had already drawn his conclusion just now.

Out of politeness, he also did not intend to randomly touch Pingtsi’s ponytail again. Whether Pingtsi thought it felt comfortable or unpleasant, that kind of sensitive spot really was not something that should be touched casually.

"You’re going to try sushi next, right? I’ll take you to a nearby sushi restaurant. They have conveyor belt sushi there. You’ll probably like it."

Kotone Asaba said.

"Conveyor belt sushi? Okay! I want to eat that."

Once the topic changed, Pingtsi immediately stopped acting as awkward as before.

Long Fiend’s reaction to conveyor belt sushi was even simpler. A bit of drool seeped from the corner of her mouth again.

Kotone Asaba wiped it away for her with a tissue again, then said to her, "Even if you’re a Fiend, now that you’ve become a girl, it’s better to act a little more ladylike."

After saying that, he also handed Long Fiend a pack of tissues.

However, Long Fiend could not understand what "ladylike" meant.

"I also think Kotone Asaba is right. Long, you really should pay a little more attention to your image. When we eat sushi later, remember not to eat the plates too."

Before they had even reached the sushi restaurant, Pingtsi was already reminding Long.

It seemed as if she had already foreseen that Long would eat the sushi along with the plate.

Long Fiend merely nodded blankly. Who knew whether she had actually understood or not.

After that, Kotone Asaba brought Pingtsi and Long to a sushi restaurant.

This sushi restaurant looked large and well-decorated. He had passed by it before while patrolling, but he had never gone in to eat there.

When he pushed open the door, a waitress immediately came forward to greet them.

But when she realized that two of the girls were Fiends, the waitress, who still looked like a female student, immediately shrank back timidly, frightened into silence.

She looked like a high school girl working part-time at this restaurant, so Kotone Asaba naturally would not make things difficult for her. He smiled and explained, "Don’t be afraid. They’re Fiends, but they’re also Devil Hunters. They have no ill will toward humans."

Only then did the waitress relax a little, but she forgot to add a greeting.

When Kotone Asaba and the other two went to find seats, the manager immediately came over and scolded the waitress. "Why didn’t you greet the customers just now?"

"I’m sorry! I’m sorry!"

The waitress bowed repeatedly and apologized again and again, not daring to explain herself. She simply admitted fault as desperately as she could.

Because if she explained the reason, even if the reason was perfectly valid, she would still be scolded from head to toe.

The manager did not continue blaming the waitress. Instead, he personally went over to Kotone Asaba, bowed, and apologized.

"...It’s fine. I didn’t mind."

Kotone Asaba was a little speechless.

The manager was not flattering him because of his Public Safety identity. Japanese people were just this rigid. Even if he had been replaced with some other customer, the situation would have been the same.

Pingtsi and Long did not care at all what the manager was saying. They only wanted to start eating immediately.

"Take whatever you want to eat."

Kotone Asaba said.

In front of them was the conveyor belt for the sushi. On the conveyor belt were plates of all kinds of sushi.

Conveyor belt sushi was different from ordering off a menu and different from a buffet. You could take whatever you wanted to eat, and the bill would be calculated at the end based on the plates you had taken.

Condiments and various supplies were already prepared on the table. Kotone Asaba casually took a plate of seafood sushi.

"Do you want to hear some shrimp facts?"

At that moment, Pingtsi, who was passionate about showing off knowledge, suddenly spoke.

"No. When we’re eating, let’s just eat properly."

Kotone Asaba did not really like having someone chattering in his ear while he was eating.

Pingtsi originally still wanted to say something, but then she suddenly saw Long grab an entire plate and prepare to bite down on it.

"Aah, I told you the plate isn’t edible!"

Kotone Asaba reacted quickly and snatched the plate out of Long Fiend’s hands.

"I’d better feed you."

He picked up a piece of sushi and brought it toward Long Fiend’s mouth.

Long Fiend sat obediently there, waiting for Kotone Asaba to feed her.

Damn it, I’m actually a little jealous...

Pingtsi watched Kotone Asaba and Long’s movements, then bit hard into a piece of sushi. Her ponytail’s expression also looked a little jealous.

Coincidentally, at that moment, Aki Hayakawa and Himeno also walked into this sushi restaurant.

"Hm? Isn’t that Asaba? And those two girls sitting with him are... Fiends?"

Himeno was the first to notice Kotone Asaba.

"He really is here. But those two Fiends don’t seem to be from Japan."

Aki Hayakawa had faintly heard Kotone Asaba’s conversation with the two Fiends. They were not speaking Japanese. It sounded like English.

"Come on, let’s go mess with them a little."

Himeno walked directly toward Kotone Asaba. Aki Hayakawa also silently followed her.

"I didn’t expect to run into Asaba at a sushi restaurant. Are you on a date with two Fiend girls?"

Himeno patted Kotone Asaba on the shoulder and teased him with a smile.

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