Chapter 230: Dark Humor
Then, Denji and Power, under the protection of Aki Hayakawa, Yoshida, and the others, continued to serve as bait in the city to lure the enemy.
At that moment, the Violence Fiend was driving the car that Koji had just bought and found Denji and the others with the fake Kurose.
The fake Kurose was still using his realistic acting skills so that Aki Hayakawa and the others wouldn't doubt him.
But at that moment, Power, with her active nature, noticed the car that Koji had just bought.
"Is this yours?" Power asked with curiosity, pointing at the bright yellow car parked next to him.
"Yes... ah...".
Although Koji was somewhat reluctant, she admitted it and said, "I bought it with my salary and I can also use it to pick up and drop off my family."
"Oh! I'm tired of walking lately... I could use a sit-down for a while!" Power suddenly exclaimed at Koji's malicious gaze.
Then she got into the driver's seat while still threatening Koji.
Power also said very confidently, "Don't worry! I still have a driver's license!"
Outside the car, the fake Kurose gained the trust of Aki Hayakawa and the others, and began to contact Denji.
"Is that blond kid the chainsaw man?"
He looked at Denji and asked.
"That's me, what's up?"
Denji didn't doubt the fake Kurose and answered naturally.
"I'm also a professional and I'm not going to harm you."
The fake Kurose extended his right hand to Denji and said, "Can I help a little in this operation? Shake on it."
"I don't want to shake hands with men," Denji said with disgust.
"Hey!" Aki Hayakawa gestured.
Denji then extended his hand with dissatisfaction and shook hands with the fake Kurose.
The fake Kurose said politely, "Please give me more advice. I will protect you well, even for Tendo and the others...".
But at that moment... the little red car behind the fake Kurose suddenly started! It ran directly over the fake Kurose and Denji, who had approached to shake his hand! Both were sent flying, and the back of the fake Kurose's head hit the iron railing next to him.
Denji was also sent flying, spitting up a lot of blood.
Koji's car went through the sidewalk railing and stopped on it.
Luckily... there was no one like the fake Kurose and Denji among the common people on the sidewalk...
and Power and Koji, who were sitting in the car, watched the scene in horror.
A lot of blood was flowing from the fake Kurose's nose and mouth, and his eyes were open with dilated pupils. It was obvious he wouldn't survive.
Denji also fell onto the main road, with a lot of blood spreading from his face downwards...
But considering his demonic physique, he could probably survive again after starting the engine.
So... it's okay.
"Huh?"
This scene happened, which completely surprised Sakura Yoshida. She opened her eyes wide and made a sound of bewilderment.
But she soon came to her senses, her eyes lit up and she said, "Great! The guy pretending to be Kurose was run over and killed!"
"This... this...".
Koji, obviously, still didn't know, and she looked at Power, who was driving and killed the fake Kurose, with her face soaked in sweat, and said, "You... you...".
Power was also sweating and panicking, but she suddenly regained her composure.
She looked at Koji on the side and said, "This is your car, it has nothing to do with me."
"You... me?".
Koji, panicking from her sudden guilt, burst into tears.
However, Power said firmly, "You don't want to blame anyone else!"
"Murderer!"
Power got out of the car and closed the door, trying to show that it wasn't her problem.
Sakura Yoshida saw it and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The way Power blamed others was... very funny. Clearly, it was she who forced Koji to drive her beloved car and accidentally killed the fake Kurose. She also said that since it was Koji's car, she blamed her.
What a scoundrel! After this, Aki Hayakawa, Yoshida, and the others panicked.
Well done! The enemy hasn't arrived yet, and one of their own was killed by one of their own. If Denji hadn't had the constitution of a devil, he would have been killed directly. At that moment, the target of the protection died at their hands... If this gets out, all the major forces will laugh their heads off!
"You, you..."
Aki Hayakawa looked at Power with panic and rage, and said, "Look what you did! You!"
"It's not my car I'm driving, it's her fault!"
Power was still evading responsibility.
But at that moment, Kusakabe shouted, "What's wrong...! Aki, look!"
"His face has changed!"
Aki Hayakawa looked at the fake Kurose. After his death, his disguise gradually faded, revealing his original face.
"There's no doubt about this face."
Tamaki crouched in front of the fake Kurose's corpse and said, "He's a devil hunter who also works as a hitman in the United States."
"One of the three brothers who signed a contract with the Painted Skin Devil can alter another person's appearance just by touching the corpse...".
"So it's the Painted Skin Devil..."
Sakura Yoshida suddenly felt that that name was perfect.
At first, she thought it was a disguise devil, but the name "Painted Skin Devil" fits the aesthetics of the Republic more.
In Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, there is a story called "Painted Skin."
Everyone present breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing it.
And when Power heard it, she went from evading responsibility at the beginning to...
"Of course!"
Power put on a smug smile and said, "It seems I'm the only one who has discovered the enemy's true identity!"
It's all my merit! It's all my merit!
"Denji! I've avenged you!"
She ran towards Denji, who had been knocked down, hugged him, and shouted excitedly.
Denji was seriously injured, and being hugged like that, he spat out blood miserably.
"As expected..."
Sakura Yoshida laughed out loud.
But she didn't hate Power at that moment, and even found him a little adorable.
Yoshida regained his composure and said with a smile, "Three brothers signed the contract, and there are two more...".
"Maybe they're among us!"
"To confirm our identities, let's show our respective devils and go to places with fewer people."
Kusakabe made a good suggestion.
Yes, appearance can be disguised, but their respective contracted devils cannot.
And the contracted devils of the three immortal brothers are all painted skin devils.
As soon as they appear, it's easy to determine that they are the remaining two of the three brothers.
Koji is sitting in the car with a sad expression.
Among the passersby, there are also two apparently normal people observing the situation with horror.
The scene changes: the two people arrive at the alley, and one of them starts to vomit on the ground.
Then they reveal their true nature: they are the remaining two of the three brothers.
Although the older brother is very scared, he is not as nervous as the third, who is killing someone for the first time.
"Damn it! Damn it! Calm down! Calm down!"
The older brother forced himself to calm down, but in the end, "Damn it... how am I supposed to calm down!".
It was his biological brother, and Power killed him with a stupidity! "I still have to kill that devil!"
The more he thought about it, the more furious he became. The older brother turned around and was about to kill Power.
But...
"You... huh?"
The older brother seemed to see someone and was immediately dragged out of the third brother's sight.
Suddenly, a stream of blood splashed into the third brother's eyes.
Soon, the older brother, who once claimed that the three brothers were "immortal," fell silent.
In that direction, Yoshida slowly walked out.
He killed the older brother!
Yoshida smiled and looked at the third brother.
But he turned to a passerby.
"Are you okay?" asked Yoshida with a smile. "You don't look very well."
"Just now..." said the third brother, panicking. "Ah... I saw the car accident... So...".
His panicked expression, added to the fact that he was alone with the older brother, most would think he was wrong and wouldn't believe him.
But Yoshida smiled slightly, turned, and left, saying, "Experts won't vomit...".
"He should be able to recognize it."
Sakura Yoshida said, "It's impossible not to recognize it. His lies are too clumsy. It seems that, because he's a rookie, they let him go."
After reading this chapter, she proceeded to open the next one in the volume.
The assassin Quanxi, from the former dynasty, also arrived in Tokyo with her four companions.
Thanks to the ability of the demonic companion who shouted "Halloween!" to make others shout "Halloween!" inexplicably, Quanxi and her group settled there without any problems.
The last of the three immortal brothers who survived saw a group photo left by Kurose, with his friend's residence in the background.
He disguised himself as Kurose again and found his old friend, Tomono.
The two reunited, chatted, and began to talk about Kurose's past.
Seeing Kurose in the photo, murdered by the three brothers and whose identity had now been stolen by him, the third brother felt deeply guilty and said through tears, "I'm sorry... I'm sorry!".
It seems this is really the first time he has killed someone.
And he does have a conscience, he's not a purely bad person.
In the end, he and Tomono accompanied each other to sleep.
At that moment, Tomono began to persuade him, "Next time... I'll quit my job."
"Shall we open a second-hand clothing store?" said Tomono. "I'll pay the initial expenses."
"If you continue to be a devil hunter, one day the devil will devour you."
"Just like your brother."
This friend is so kind... It's obvious he doesn't want his friend Kurose to continue in the dangerous profession of a devil hunter.
Just like when Himeno convinced Aki Hayakawa.
Observing the manga's plot, Sakura thought again of Himeno.
Yes... In this world, being a devil hunter is undoubtedly a high-risk profession.
Fighting devils all the time, with the risk of death.
And you not only have to fight devils, but also devil hunters from other forces.
Just like that time, when Denji was exposed, the devil hunters from the major forces of the world pounced on them and unleashed a great melee.
Even the most experienced devil hunters can be killed by the three immortal brothers and others through simple negligence, like Tendo, Kurose, and Subaru.
Even if you were strong, experienced, and lucky, you survived like Aki Hayakawa and Torik's master.
But even so, you wouldn't live for a few years.
Because to obtain power, you paid too much for the contract with the devil.
Even if you're not absorbed by the contracted devil like Himeno, you'll only live for a year or two at most, like Aki Hayakawa.
Sakura suddenly remembered Ren's original work, Edgerunners.
The devil hunter of Chainsaw Man is actually equivalent to the cyberpunk of Edgerunners.
To obtain greater power, cyberpunks install more and more prosthetics, stronger and stronger, and the final result is to fall into the infinite abyss, become cyberpsychos, and be killed by the violent mobile terrorist team.
But without prosthetics, they will be killed by enemies or old hostile opponents.
Devil hunters also continue to make contracts with devils to obtain greater power. In the end... they either die in battle against devils and their equals, or they are completely absorbed by the contracted devils! For Sakura and other manga fans, Chainsaw Man is actually the same core story as Edgerunners.
But in this world, Chainsaw Man and Edgerunners are, after all, Ren's works.
So they don't think there's anything wrong.
When Tomono spoke of the older brother of the third brother among the three immortal brothers...
The third brother closed his eyes, and the figures of his two brothers, standing on the ruins, appeared before him, looking at him from afar.
"...We are immortal."
He began to imitate his brothers' tone, saying, "Since we have no blood, soul, or emotions, I'm not afraid...".
"Experts should complete their work with mastery."
At that moment, Tomono unexpectedly said, "How cool...?".
The scene changed, and the Santa Claus who had appeared before appeared on the street.
He reached out and touched a pedestrian, who looked up in horror, and finally his eyes became numb and lifeless, like a puppet.
But the pedestrian reached out and touched another.
Thus, the pedestrians on the street seemed to turn into puppets, one by one.
"Very good, very good, very good," said Santa Claus without any expression. "I can't deliver all the gifts by myself."
"It's a puppet devil."
Santa Claus's ability is very easy to identify, and Sakura guessed it instantly.
But... the concept of a puppet, isn't it very scary?
Is this Santa Claus so difficult to handle? Does he deserve the high rating from Kishibe and Makima?
Sakura immediately expressed her curiosity and continued reading the next chapter.
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