Note: I just graduated, so that is why I didn't upload any chapter in this past few days, but now I'm here again lol
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As expected, things went just as Chiya had predicted—just one piece of Gun Devil flesh was enough to instantly lift Aki's spirits.
However, this only made it even more impossible for him to tell Aki the truth right now.
The truth was that the threat of the Gun Devil had long since vanished. Its main body had already fallen apart a long time ago.
Even though Japan didn't obtain the Gun Devil's core body, the top leadership—the Cabinet—chose to keep this secret. After all, even just the Gun Devil's flesh was still incredibly powerful. What the Cabinet needed was a constant supply of pawns to gather more of the flesh for them.
These "pawns" were, of course, the Public Safety Devil Hunters. The Cabinet had long assigned branches of Public Safety all over the country to treat collecting Gun Devil flesh as a top priority—especially Tokyo Public Safety, which placed the most emphasis on it.
In other words, the upper echelon of Japan was exploiting the rage and hatred of the children whose lives were ruined by the Gun Devil years ago—luring them into willingly becoming Devil Hunters, chasing a completely meaningless revenge. Because the truth was, the Gun Devil had already fallen apart and even lost its memory.
Over 80% of these people would eventually die at the hands of devils—never knowing the ugly conspiracy behind the Cabinet's decisions, even in death.
It was a cruel and utterly ridiculous tragedy—one that Aki, as he was now, simply couldn't bear.
Night fell. Tokyo's night district was brightly lit and bustling with life.
An entire street was lined with all sorts of entertainment venues—restaurants, bars, arcades, cinemas, clubs, street food stalls… the crowd was massive.
But as the night got later, the street gradually quieted down.
At that moment, Chiya and Aki happened to pass by the street. Amid the noise, they also heard screams and cries for help.
Chiya instantly realized—a devil must've appeared! He immediately said to the driver:
"Driver, drop us off here!"
"Oh—oh, sure…"
The driver hadn't noticed anything, only reacting to Chiya's request to stop.
Aki also reacted quickly, immediately helping Himeno-senpai out of the car.
His thinking was similar to Chiya's—there was definitely a devil in that street. He couldn't just leave Himeno-senpai in the car. If a devil showed up and the driver saw it, he'd probably panic and slam the gas pedal to escape.
"You stay here and watch over Himeno-senpai. I'll locate the devil." Chiya told Aki.
As soon as he finished speaking, his figure vanished in an instant.
Aki was stunned for a moment, unable to tell where Chiya had gone at all.
But he took his words seriously and stayed behind to protect Himeno-senpai, not daring to act rashly. Otherwise, he might end up putting her in danger.
Meanwhile, Chiya had already moved to the top of a distant high-rise building.
His figure stood silently and steadily atop the building. Looking down at the nightscape below, his sharp eyes immediately locked onto the devils—right beneath him.
Not just one devil. Two devils had descended simultaneously!
The people below had already begun to scatter, but some were injured by falling debris or trampled by the crowd, unable to move. It was only a matter of time before they became food for the devils.
Of course, Chiya wouldn't just sit back and watch. In fact, he had been thinking about finding a chance to test out Susano'o—and now, that chance had come!
He leaned forward and dropped straight down in free fall.
In the moment before landing—
Susano'o!
BOOM!
With a thunderous crash, the shattering ground burst into a cloud of dust.
Chiya landed unscathed. A light blue ribcage of Susano'o enveloped his entire body, while the concrete beneath his feet was already fractured and broken.
Each Mangekyō Sharingan's powers were unique. The first and second abilities of Kamui were offensive and defensive versions of the same technique, but the third power was one every Mangekyō possessed—Susano'o, known as the Power of God!
What Chiya was using now was only its initial form—just a two- to three-meter-tall ribcage—yet even this made him feel like a part of his life force was being drained.
Susano'o was a physical manifestation of chakra. In Chiya's case, it was formed from life force—essentially a form of absolute defense!
This dramatic entrance immediately drew the attention of everyone nearby.
"What is that?! Another devil?!"
"Damn it! Why are three devils appearing in a place like this?! We have to wait for Public Safety to send reinforcements now!"
"No—wait! That looks like a human inside. He must be a devil hunter!"
"..."
At first, most people mistook Susano'o for another devil, because the massive glowing blue ribcage was so eye-catching.
It wasn't until they looked more closely that they noticed a young human inside the ribcage.
At the same time, the two devils' attention was drawn toward him. For now, no one had been killed.
Though the initial form could grow arms, Chiya didn't feel that was enough. He immediately advanced to the first full form.
CRACK—
With a sound like bones expanding, Susano'o rapidly grew outward from the ribcage, forming a more complete upper body, head, and arms.
Its appearance was skeletal, and it now stood nearly ten meters tall—instantly towering over the two devils.
He didn't bother progressing to the second or higher forms, as even the first form was more than enough to handle these two devils. Anything more would've been total overkill.
"What… what the hell is this?!"
The crowd stood frozen, stunned, gazing up in disbelief at the massive blue giant before them.
Some of them were civilian devil hunters who had just arrived. They had never seen anything like this. The sheer impact of it shook them to their core.
Even the two devils were stunned. They couldn't tell if this blue giant was a human or one of their own kind.
"What the hell are you?!"
Even with their sharp noses, it was useless. With so many humans around, and Chiya completely wrapped in Susano'o, the devils couldn't detect his scent at all.
Chiya had no intention of wasting words. He directly controlled Susano'o's hands and grabbed both devils—each only a few meters tall—as if he were grabbing a pair of dwarfs.
Then he squeezed!
BANG! BANG!
Both devils were crushed by Susano'o's hands!
[Ding! Host has successfully hunted "Coffee Devil," gained 8 attribute points!]
[Ding! Host has successfully hunted "Grill Devil," gained 10 attribute points!]
In an instant, blood, intestines, and guts splattered through the air.
For the surrounding ordinary people, this was undoubtedly the most terrifying scene they had ever witnessed!
They were too shocked to even avoid the flying bits of devil flesh, staring blankly at Chiya's Susano'o.
Even the few civilian devil hunters present had never seen such a method of devil extermination. In their eyes, the most powerful devil hunter was one from Public Safety who used the Fox Devil—but this boy had summoned a giant!
At that moment, Chiya released Susano'o's form.
To avoid unnecessary trouble, he spoke calmly to the civilian devil hunters:
"I'm Otonashi Chiya, Vice-Captain of Tokyo Public Safety Division 1. Though… I may have stolen your prey?"
Hearing that, the civilian hunters finally snapped out of their shock and nodded hurriedly.
"No, not at all!"
"We couldn't have handled two devils at once. Thank you so much for your support!"