“Want a smoke?”
Aki Hayakawa took a long, slender cigarette from the pack and offered it to Su Tang.
From the look of him, he seemed like a man with a story.
People with stories usually liked to reminisce about their past through cigarettes and alcohol.
But Su Tang had no story.
So he refused.
Aki Hayakawa did not mind being turned down.
He took the cigarette back, held it between his index and middle fingers, and placed it between his lips.
Snap.
A flame from the lighter swayed in the air.
A wisp of white smoke drifted upward.
Then Aki Hayakawa pinched the cigarette out in his palm.
Seeing this, Su Tang’s eyelid twitched.
Good grief.
What kind of epic-level lung capacity was that?
Two puffs?
Three?
And the whole cigarette was already gone.
Still, fast as he smoked, that melancholic aura was displayed to perfection.
Su Tang could only lament that being handsome really did make a difference.
“Haa…”
With his back to Su Tang, Aki Hayakawa exhaled a smoke ring and saw a Public Safety staff member running toward him.
“What is it?” Aki Hayakawa asked.
“Report.
We found a piece of the Gun Devil’s flesh inside the Leg Devil’s corpse.”
The staff member handed Aki Hayakawa something shaped like a bullet and reported, “This fragment is relatively small.
After weighing, it came out to only 0.02 kilograms.”
Hearing the commotion, Su Tang leaned closer.
So it was a piece of the Gun Devil’s flesh.
No wonder the Leg Devil had felt stronger during the fight earlier.
So it had swallowed something like this.
As expected of a legendary powerful Devil.
Even a mere 0.02 kilograms of its flesh could turn a Leg Devil that no one feared at all into a serial-killing terrorist.
Su Tang was not unfamiliar with the Gun Devil.
No—rather, everyone in this world was familiar with the Gun Devil.
That was because the firearm bans issued by countries all across the world existed precisely to resist that powerful and terrifying weapon Devil.
After entering the modern era, humanity invented guns to fight Devils.
Although they achieved enormous success in the beginning, the power of firearms also caused public fear of them to grow with each passing day.
Finally, on November 18, 1983, the Gun Devil landed.
In just five minutes, it killed more than 1.2 million people across the world, then mysteriously vanished afterward.
On that day, countless families were destroyed.
Some of the people lucky enough to survive chose revenge.
They made contracts with Devils and became Devil Hunters, all for the sake of collecting the Gun Devil’s flesh fragments and finding its true body.
Looking at Aki Hayakawa’s expression now, Su Tang knew he was most likely one of those avengers as well.
“Sorry.
You had to see that.”
Aki Hayakawa skillfully composed the expression on his face and clenched the bullet-like flesh fragment tightly.
“In that disaster thirteen years ago, my entire family was killed by the Gun Devil…”
“I understand,” Su Tang said with a nod.
“Thank you.
Also…”
Aki Hayakawa looked at the flesh fragment in his hand.
“According to regulations, when a civilian Devil Hunter kills a Devil, all spoils belong to the person who killed it.
Since you killed the Leg Devil alone, this flesh fragment naturally belongs to you as well.
However… Public Safety is willing to purchase it at ten percent above market price.
I wonder if—”
“No problem.
Just pay the purchase fee together with the compensation.”
Su Tang agreed directly before Aki Hayakawa could finish.
He had no objection to that.
In any case, he had no connection to the Gun Devil.
Since Public Safety was willing to buy it, he might as well go along with the flow and sell it to them.
But speaking of compensation…
Su Tang looked toward Power, who was currently on the phone nearby.
By coincidence, Power happened to turn her head at that moment, preparing to look at him.
In the next second, that very distinctive, flamboyant female voice poured into Su Tang’s ears.
“Miss Makima, listen to my excu—explanation!
Things are absolutely not like that!
It was all that human!
Yes, that male human in the white coat and long pants is making things up!
He forced me to smash his roof…”
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Devils never lie!
Only cunning humans deceive people!”
Hearing that, Su Tang and Aki Hayakawa exchanged a glance.
“A Devil is still a Devil.
Never believe a Devil’s words,” Aki Hayakawa said calmly, the katana on his back.
“Power was only brought back by Miss Makima a few days ago.
She still retains some Devil habits.”
Su Tang smiled, deeply agreeing.
After all, there was a certain “never keeps his promises” fellow living in his own mind.
In that regard, Shendu could absolutely be called a model Devil.
He was practically a Devil among Devils.
While the two of them were talking, Makima seemed to say something else over the phone.
Power, who had still looked like she wanted to struggle, immediately pulled a sour little cat-face, her whole body wilting like an eggplant hit by frost.
She radiated the aura of a defeated dog from head to toe.
Then, listless and weak, she tossed the phone back to Aki Hayakawa and stood off to the side with her arms crossed.
“Yes.
Understood, Miss Makima.”
The call ended.
Aki Hayakawa put away his phone and nodded to Su Tang.
“Miss Makima agreed.
However…”
“Because this was caused by Power’s personal actions, the compensation method has been changed.
Public Safety will pay half, and Power will pay the other half.”
“In addition, since Power has only just joined, she cannot produce that much money at once.
Therefore, Mr.
Su Tang, you may have Power come work here without pay during her days off to repay the debt.
She is the Blood Fiend, so she is very sensitive to blood.
I imagine she should be able to help with some things.”
Hearing this, Su Tang raised an eyebrow.
Oh?
So in the blink of an eye, he had become Power’s creditor and boss?
As if sensing Su Tang’s gaze, Power, who had been standing there all wilted and lost in thought, instantly regained her spirit and jumped up yelling.
“Hmph!
Human, don’t you dare think I’m afraid of anyone!
This great me is merely showing mercy and deliberately coming to help because you are so pitiful!”
Aha.
What was this, some insane, arrogant, tsundere madwoman attribute?
Was her mouth the only hard thing on her whole body?
The corner of Su Tang’s mouth lifted slightly.
He did not expose Power and merely smiled.
“Very well.
Then, on your days off, I’ll have to ask our kind Lord Power to come here and work.
Remember to be on time.
Otherwise, if Miss Makima asks about it…”
The moment that name was mentioned, no matter how haughty and overbearing Power had been a second earlier, she immediately behaved like a cat grabbed by the scruff of its neck.
“I know already.
Humans really do nag so much.”
Waving her hand, Power ultimately agreed.
There was a smile in Su Tang’s eyes.
He had originally planned to hire an assistant for the clinic, but because labor costs in Tokyo were too high, he had temporarily put the idea on hold.
He had not expected to directly obtain a Fiend instead.
A Fiend, after all, would naturally be better than an ordinary person in terms of stamina and all sorts of other aspects.
This was a small profit.
“Also, Mr.
Su Tang.”
Aki Hayakawa’s voice sounded again from the side.
“Miss Makima wants to meet you.”
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55 Transmigrated as Sukuna 80 Checking In in Demon Slayer 85 The Reincarnating Trainer of Tracen Academy 100 I Refuse to Become a Heroic 85 My Best Friend Into a Slime?
80 A Saiyan Stands Above Marvel 90 What Do You Mean by Using a Lab Mod to Be the Hero?
75 Tanya Starts from Re:Zero 80 Why did they assign me to Uma 75 MYGO Beauties 70 DanMachi: Emiya the Giant Hero 70 The Gacha Merchant Who Started 80 Honkai’s Otherworld?
Wait—Who Are You People?!
80 Emiya Shirou, Determined to Slay Every Curse and Evil Spirit 57 The Uma Musume Who Became 55 I’m Definitely Not the King of 60 After Maxing Out Every Class 45 Naruto: I’m Konoha’s Local Men 35 Honkai: World Modulation Mode 34 I, the Elden Sword Saint 27 Dio Brando Is Challenging FGO 24 No One Knows Pokémon Better 18 I, Sakazuki, Won’t Go Down Tha 20 From Trilobites to Titans 10 Chainsaw Man: Contracted with 17 Arknights: Starting Out as a S 27 DanMachi: