Chainsaw Man, starting contract to cut down the Demon Line

However, after killing the zombie demon last time, Yan Liang still retained the right to set the rules once.

"Shut up."

Yan Liang coldly uttered two words, his nonchalant manner immediately stinging the bat demon's pride.

In its view, its identity as a demon was supreme, and it regarded all humans as ants without distinction. Naturally, it could not tolerate Yan Liang's attitude at this moment.

"How dare you, a mere human, speak to me with such arrogance?!"

The bat demon roared in fury. At the same time, its other giant claw suddenly rose up and slammed down heavily on Yan Liang's head!

"go to hell!!!"

Faced with this terrifying attack, Yan Liang lowered his eyes. Under everyone's gaze, he slowly extended his right hand, his index and middle fingers joined together. In an instant, a new rule was established—

[People who make noise exceeding 80 decibels in public places]

Without even glancing at the descending giant claw, Yan Liang, relying on his senses, raised his arm and drew an invisible trajectory in mid-air from bottom to top.

The bat demon's voice immediately disappeared from the noisy restaurant.

The giant claw, which was only a few feet away from Yan Liang's head, froze in mid-air.

"..."

怎麼回事？

A moment of confusion flashed through the bat demon's mind. It felt no pain, yet it simply couldn't move.

Then, it suddenly realized that its field of vision had been deflected.

The gaze of the left eye tilted uncontrollably to the left, while the gaze of the right eye slid to the right. Suddenly, a gap appeared in the world in the middle, as if some unspeakable power had drawn a clear line in the very center of its field of vision.

A look of astonishment involuntarily crossed the bat demon's ferocious face. It muttered to itself in a daze:

"……what?"

"Pfft—!"

A red line appeared in the middle of the bat demon's body, splitting it in two from its crotch to its head.

Foul-smelling blood gushed out to both sides. Its two massive halves of body lost their support and crashed into the ruins on either side.

Chapter Twenty-Eight: We're Just That Skilled

"Boom—!"

The bat demon's enormous body collapsed, causing the entire restaurant floor to tremble violently.

"Ouch!"

With the death of the demon, Dianci, who had been holding onto the ground, lost his support and crashed to the floor with a scream. Unfortunately, the bat demon's huge half-corpse landed on top of him.

Denji grumbled as he crawled out of the pile of mangled flesh, wiping the blood from his face. When he reappeared, he had already deactivated his Chainsaw Man transformation.

"Damn it...it's so heavy it's killing me!"

Then, his gaze fell on something not far away.

Within the bat demon's neatly cleaved body, two figures, one large and one small, lay in the same spot. They were Pawa, whom she had just swallowed whole, and her pet cat, Mimi.

Pawa, holding the pitiful little kitten, only dared to cautiously open her eyes after the commotion around her subsided. Perhaps because she had been swallowed by Maru, she was now limp on the ground, unable to even lift a finger, let alone get up.

Seeing this, Yan Liang, who was standing not far away, was not surprised.

The ability to sever demons that he contracted is essentially a conceptual severing. As long as the target triggers the rules, regardless of who it is, the severing will definitely take effect. Moreover, as the one who contracts with the entity, he can actively decide whether the severing is triggered.

Therefore, the invisible strike just now only targeted the bat demon that violated the rule of "public noise exceeding 80 decibels." Pava and the cat inside the belly were naturally unharmed.

"Cough cough..." Pava weakly turned his head, his gaze meeting Denji's.

Dianci glared, and the image of himself being brutally beaten by the bat demon as a punching bag flashed through his mind. He finally found an outlet for his pent-up grievances.

He rushed forward, pointing at Pawa who was lying on the ground, and began to curse:

"You still have the nerve to live?!"

"You blatant liar! I trusted you so much, and you actually conspired with that stinky bat to betray me!" Denji grew angrier the more he thought about it, turning around and shouting furiously at Yanliang, "Hey! Captain! Shouldn't we arrest this kind of dishonest devil?!"

"Does Japanese law even have a crime called fraud?! Handcuff this woman right now! I'm definitely sending her to jail!"

Faced with Denji's accusations, normally the eccentric Power would have jumped up and argued back. But this time, she was in the wrong first, and Denji had indeed ended up in such a terrible state while trying to save her and the cat.

For once, Pawa felt guilty and didn't dare to look Dianci in the eye.

"It's so noisy, so incredibly noisy..."

She tried her best to defend herself, but her voice lacked conviction: "This old man... this old man only did it to save Miaozi... and, and you're still alive and kicking, aren't you..."

Seeing Pava's guilty and half-dead state, Denji, though still furious, couldn't muster any more anger. He irritably scratched his hair:

"You're hopeless, woman!"

"If it weren't for that, why would anyone bother to save you!"

"..."

Yan Liang, standing to the side, didn't get involved in their argument. He turned around and looked out at the street.

The frightened crowd had long since dispersed, leaving only overturned cars and lingering dust on the street; everything seemed to have calmed down. However, Yan Liang's gaze remained fixed on a utility pole across the street.

There stood a crow quietly.

The crow tilted its head, preening its feathers. By all accounts, it looked like an ordinary crow that had just happened to be passing by.

But in Yan Liang's view, the appearance of this crow had connected all his guesses.

"..."

Yan Liang calmly withdrew his gaze.

really.

Based on the information from the original work, Yan Liang knew very well that Machima could use small animals for surveillance. Although there was no conclusive evidence that the crow was her informant, he had to treat it as the worst-case scenario out of caution.

Thinking of this, Yan Liang's eyes darkened.

He wasn't a reckless fool. From the various signs before, it wasn't hard to deduce that Machima was very interested in the power of the Severing Demon within him. Now that he realized the woman might be watching him from the shadows, he absolutely couldn't use his abilities as carelessly as he had before.

He had just swiftly defeated the bat demon; it was all so sudden that he hadn't had time to think things through. But if he were to continue displaying his abilities so recklessly, given Machima's intelligence, it would be very easy for her to deduce the mechanism of his powers.

Once the information gap is lost, it's equivalent to throwing away a trump card. Therefore, in the following actions, he must conceal his weaknesses as much as possible.

While Yan Liang was considering his next move—

"Boom—!!!"

Without any warning, the already crumbling half of the wall outside the restaurant completely collapsed.

A muffled thud came from the other end of the street, accompanied by a bloody smell.

Denji, who was arguing, and Pava, who was on the ground, froze and turned to look at each other at the same time.

A bloated monster, larger than a bat demon and covered in fleshy tentacles and enormous suckers, slowly appeared in everyone's sight, wriggling its body and crushing the car blocking the road like a child's toy.

A hissing sound came from the monster's spiraling maw.

"My bat...who...killed my bat?!"

The leech demon has arrived.

Faced with this colossal creature radiating a terrifying aura, Pava, already unable to move, could only hug the cat in his arms tightly. In contrast, Denji, looking at the newly appeared demon, showed not a trace of panic on his face.

After all, he had just witnessed Yan Liang's methods firsthand!

"Hey, here comes another disgusting creature."

Instead of running away, Dianci casually pointed at the leech demon outside and shouted at Yan Liang:

"Captain! It's up to you! Just like before, slice this guy in half with a swish!"

However, when faced with Denji's expectant request, Yan Liang simply glanced at him quietly and shook his head expressionlessly.

"I refuse."

"...Huh? Why?" Denji's jaw almost dropped to the ground, his face full of disbelief.

Yan Liang spoke calmly, holding up two fingers and scolding Dian Ci:

"First of all, I really dislike the way you speak. Get this straight, I'm the team leader. Since when did it become your place to give me orders?"

"second……"

"If you're just slacking off, what's the point of the police paying you a salary?"

"A mere demon? You think I need to deal with it? Can't you handle it yourself?"

Having said that, Yan Liang looked at Dongshan Xiaohong, who had been hiding behind him since earlier, and gave her a command:

"Dongshan Xiaohong, go find me a chair."

"Huh?! Yes, yes! I'm so sorry!"

Xiao Hong pulled out a relatively intact chair from a corner of the ruins and hurriedly dragged it to Yan Liang's side.

Yan Liang didn't stand on ceremony and sat down directly on the chair, crossing his legs.

Seeing this, Dianci felt a surge of resentment and pointed at Dongshan Xiaohong, who was hiding behind Yan Liang, shouting:

"Hey! Are you kidding me? That's too cunning! Are you trying to make me fight all by myself?"

"You're the captain, I won't say anything, but why should this useless woman be able to just find a chair and hide on the sidelines to watch the show, while I have to fight that disgusting monster to the death?!"

Hearing Denji's dissatisfied grumbling, Yan Liang raised an eyebrow, looked at Higashiyama Kokoro who was trembling beside him, and spoke in a calm tone:

"Making the best use of her resources, it's a bit much to ask of Xiao Hong to deal with that kind of demon..."

Hearing this, Dongshan Xiaohong finally let out a long sigh of relief. But before she could catch her breath, Yan Liang's voice rang out again, and he said to Xiaohong:

"But Denji's point is also valid."

"In my team, everyone must demonstrate their usefulness."

“Dongshan Xiaohong, you’re also one of my teammates. If I treat you differently, it will inevitably discourage the other teammates.” Yan Liang leaned back in his chair. “You need to find something to do to prove your worth. Otherwise, you can go with Dianci to deal with the Leech Demon right now.”

"Huh?!"

Xiao Hong was startled. Following Yan Liang's words, she turned her head and glanced at the leech demon that was wriggling towards her in the distance. Her face turned pale with fright.

Between dealing with the terrifying demon and finding something to do, she didn't think at all and looked at Yan Liang, who was leaning back in his chair with his eyes closed, resting.

"I...I'll massage your shoulders!"

Dongshan Xiaohong immediately darted behind Yan Liang, stretched out her hands, and obediently placed them on Yan Liang's shoulders, beginning to ingratiatingly massage them.

Yan Liang closed his eyes, feeling the just-right pressure on his shoulder, completely relaxed, as if preparing to watch a show. Then, he turned his gaze back to Dianci:

"Alright, now Dongshan Xiaohong has something to do."

"Dianci, you can go and take care of that leech demon now."

Dianci, who witnessed Xiaohong's sycophantic behavior throughout, was completely dumbfounded. He wanted to refute her, but he didn't know where to begin.

Finally, he could only point at Yan Liang and Xiao Hong, who was vigorously massaging him from behind, his forehead veins bulging:

"You, you all..."

"Why are you guys so skilled?!"

Chapter Twenty-Nine: For the sake of!

"Boom—"

With a heavy scraping sound, the leech demon finally crawled up to the group. Its enormous body almost completely blocked the street.

"My bat... my poor bat..."

A mournful wail emanated from the leech demon's spiraling, layered maw. It had no eyes; only its fleshy, wrinkled head constantly sniffed the air, seemingly sensing its surroundings in some special way.

Soon, it saw the bat demon's corpse lying in the ruins, cut in two.

"My bat! My man..."