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Chapter 127 Anti-Demon Lesson 2 (55)

"Name?"

"Chen Lai."

"Chinese?"

"Yes."

"If you encounter demons, why don't you run away? Aren't you afraid of them?"

"Not afraid."

Why aren't you afraid?
"Not afraid, just not afraid."

Inside the Osaka Public Security Bureau, Chen Lai's wounds were properly treated, and his ears were wrapped in layers. His questioning was conducted in written form, with a police officer named "Tamaki" writing a dialogue with him.

Tamaki has a buzz cut, looks somewhat listless, has a mole between his eyebrows, and his eyebrows are sparse. He speaks and acts quite gently and has no difficulty communicating with Chen.

In reality, he will be one of the public security officers that Makima hired to protect Denji. He is an ordinary demon hunter who is instantly killed upon meeting the [Dark Demon]. He is a minor character among minor characters.

Chen Lai didn't remember this person, nor did he need to. He only needed to know the overall trajectory of Chainsaw Man. As for the fate of the extras, all he could say was:

If it's going to rain, it's going to rain; if a mother wants to remarry, let it be.
The handwritten exchange between the two ended quickly. Tamaki walked out of the room and nodded slightly to his companion.

"Is he alright?"

“No problem. He’s a foreigner, but he’s been in Japan for several years, his resume is clean, and he doesn’t have any demonic traits.”

"Okay, leave the rest to me."

"it is good."

After a brief exchange between Tamaki and Kusakabe, Kusakabe pushed open the door and entered. As soon as he entered, he saw Chen Lai tearing at the bandage next to his ear.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm waiting for you." Chen Lai stopped what he was doing and looked at Kusakabe. His ear was bleeding again, but he didn't care.

His hearing wasn't completely lost; it was just that the covering made him unable to hear anything.

"Ah, it seems you know exactly what we do. What was the purpose of asking you those questions earlier?"

"The police are questioning me, someone who killed a demon, just to find out my background and why I dared to kill a demon... and ultimately recruit me as a demon hunter, right?"

Chen Lai spoke at a moderate pace, his tone calm as if stating a fact, as if he had already seen the future.

"So why did you kill the demon? We checked, you're not a civilian demon hunter. In this dangerous situation, you could have just run away."

Kusakabe didn't care whether Chen Lai was leading the conversation; he only cared about Chen Lai's motives, or rather, whether he had a deep-seated hatred for the devil.

"Do you need a reason to kill a demon?"

Chen Lai feigned surprise: "Where we live, killing demons is a matter of course. Men step forward and women step back, so as not to let demons interfere with our normal lives. This is a consensus."

"Oh, I almost forgot you're a foreigner."

Kusakabe tapped his head with a pencil. Chen Lai's Japanese was so fluent that he had almost forgotten about it.

"So, would you like to join the Public Security Bureau? Join the Anti-Demon Division II, and we..."

"I do not want to."

Before Kusakabe could finish speaking, Chen Lai directly rejected him. Kusakabe stopped tapping his head, and his gaze turned cold.

"Why?" he asked again. In Kusakabe's opinion, if Chen Lai didn't want to join the Anti-Demon Division 2, he wouldn't have needed to fight demons to the death and attract the attention of the Public Security Bureau.

After all, the anti-demon class is always short-staffed. Ordinary police officers who have no family members who have died at the hands of demons are unwilling to fight those monsters, and ordinary people are not qualified to fight demons.

"Because I want to join the Anti-Demon Section 4, the Public Security Bureau located in Tokyo." Chen Lai scratched his cheek, unsure if his request was excessive.

After all, this was on the Second Section's territory, and Chen Lai directly said he wanted to join the Fourth Section. This clearly indicated that the Second Section was not up to par.

"why?"

Kusakabe stopped packing and adjusted his black-rimmed glasses: "Tokyo has a large population, so demons appear more frequently. Being a demon hunter there is very dangerous."

"That's right!"

Chen Lai clapped his hands so hard that his other ear also started bleeding.

"I won't go anywhere that isn't dangerous! It's the Fourth Demon Division, I've decided! Ideally, I'd like to face the Demon of the Gun directly; I want to see just how strong it is!"

"Ah."

Kusakabe looked at Chen Lai, as if remembering someone. He put away his things, walked to the door, and turned to speak:
"In that case, you can take a car to Tokyo tomorrow. The Fourth Section will pick you up there. Honestly, only madmen and idiots flock to the Fourth Section."

After saying that, Hikari opened the door, and the sunlight reflected off his black-rimmed glasses.

"I hope... you live to face the Demon of the Gun."

……

The next day, Tamaki brought a new suit, which was considered the special uniform for Devil Hunters: a white shirt, a black suit jacket (or trench coat in winter), black trousers, and a black tie.

Black and white is a classic color combination. Wearing this outfit makes those in the Magic Class look solemn, and it's also very practical.

The advantage is that if a companion dies, there's no need to change clothes at the funeral; you can just wear the same outfit.

"Change your clothes and I'll see you off. Kusakabe doesn't have time; there have been several serious incidents in the area recently, probably involving demons."

Tamaki listlessly lit a cigarette, speaking with little energy.

"Oh."

Chen Lai took off the hospital gown he wore when he entered the hospital and put on a shirt and suit from the Anti-Demon Class. Although the entrance exam had stripped him of his physique and physical abilities, his appearance and general body proportions were restored. After putting on this outfit, he looked more like a professional demon hunter than Tamaki.

"Let's go."

Tamaki glanced at him a few times, as if trying to remember his appearance... Every year, many colleagues die fighting against demons. The more colleagues die, the more families are broken because of demons; the more broken families there are, the more children will want to join the Public Security Bureau.

Chen Lai is a rather special case. He had no relatives who died at the hands of the devil, nor did he suffer any economic or emotional losses because of the devil. But he still stood up and killed the devil, in the devil's way.

To be honest, Tamaki had heard his instructors say that people like them, who harbor "hatred" and "fear," could never defeat the devil.

Only the most irrational people can defeat the devil.

The two walked into the crowds of Osaka one after the other and boarded the subway to Tokyo. They didn't exchange a single word the whole way, which was typical for Devil Hunters in the Public Security Bureau. They were all there for the same goal, but with different motives, so there wasn't much to talk about.

The silence lasted until Tamaki's phone rang.

"Hello, yes, this is Tamaki, from the Anti-Magic Section 2. I'm bringing over someone who wants to join your Section 4. The formalities have been completed."

"What's the name of his partner? Dongshan Xiaohong, right? Okay, okay, I'll remember that."

Upon hearing the name, Chen Lai felt a pang of emotion. He glanced out the window, his eyes slightly narrowed, lost in thought.

(End of this chapter)