Chainsaw Man, starting contract to cut down the Demon Line

The leech demon's voice turned cold and chilling, "I never thought... you would actually be killed by the demon hunter."

Then, it turned its eyeless head, pointing its huge, slime-dripping mouth at the people in the restaurant.

"Who...? Who killed my man?"

Standing behind Yan Liang, Dongshan Xiaohong's hands, which had been resting on Yan Liang's shoulders, were now trembling like chaff. If Yan Liang hadn't been sitting there steadily, she probably would have turned and run away long ago.

"This is it—!"

Dianci raised his hand almost reflexively, but just as he was about to point at Yan Liang, a chilling killing intent came from behind him.

Dianci stiffly turned his head and saw that Yan Liang was still sitting leisurely in the chair. But his right hand was raised, his index and middle fingers together, making the same gesture as when he had instantly killed the bat demon.

"..."

Threat! This is a blatant threat!

A cold sweat broke out on Dianci's forehead. He had no doubt that if he dared to point his finger at that man, Yan Liang would snap his fingers and kill him and the leech demon together.

Hey, hey, hey, are you kidding me?! A simple snap of your fingers would have solved the problem, why are you making me do all this?! You suit-wearing sadist, do you just enjoy watching me suffer?!

Denji thought to himself, but his body was actually quite agitated.

"Uh, that..."

Denji's finger curved in mid-air and pointed back at himself.

“…It’s me.” Denji was on the verge of tears, then, as if he had given up entirely, he cursed at the leech demon:

"That's right! It was me who chopped it down! That stinky bat really annoyed me, so I killed it! Do you have any objections, you fat worm!"

Hearing Dianci's provocation, the leech demon did not fly into a rage. Its fat body wriggled, emitting a sinister laugh.

"Hehehe... So it's you, you ignorant stray dog..." the leech demon said regretfully, "I originally... planned to rule humanity with my bats, turning this city into our buffet... What a romantic, what a wonderful dream..."

"But this great dream has been ruined by a stray dog ​​like you, who reeks of poverty."

The leech demon's spiraling maw drew closer, its eyeless head tilting as if scrutinizing the electric creature.

“However…” the leech demon suddenly let out a chilling laugh, “Upon closer inspection, your face is actually quite pretty, just my type.”

“Young man, although you killed my bat, I can let you off the hook. As long as you agree to one condition…” The leech demon looked at Pawa, who was lying in the ruins, and Yan Liang and Dongshan Xiaohong beside him.

"If you just stand there obediently and let me eat that horned girl on the ground and that pretentious man in the suit over there, I'll mercifully let you go, how about it?"

"what?"

Upon hearing this suggestion, Denji was clearly stunned.

Let yourself off the hook? As long as you hand over Pawa and Yan Liang?

In an instant, Denji's already not very bright brain started to go into overdrive.

Honestly, this offer sounds incredibly tempting!

First of all, there was that horned female liar. I came to save her out of kindness, but she actually teamed up with that stinky bat to sell me off as a sacrifice. This kind of liar deserved to be eaten!

And look at that sadist in the suit named Yan Liang over there! He could easily kill the demon with a snap of his fingers, but he insists on hiding in the back watching the show, even comfortably letting girls massage his shoulders! It's infuriating! If this fat worm could devour them all, he could not only save his own life but also vent his anger!

No matter how you look at it, this is a sure-fire way to make money!

……but!

Denji's gaze involuntarily fell on the half-dead Pava on the ground, his brows furrowing more and more.

No way! If this female con artist gets eaten up, who will he turn to for his grand dream of groping breasts?! It's about groping breasts! I risked my life fighting that stinky bat until now, getting beaten to a pulp, and what was it all for? Just to be able to touch a girl's breasts?!

If my dreams are shattered here, wouldn't all the suffering I've endured today make me nothing more than a complete clown?

Moreover...

Dianci curled his lip. Although Yan Liang was indeed annoying, without him, he would probably still be living a life of scavenging for food in the trash can.

How is betraying one's comrades to save one's own life any different from the gangsters who exploit him?

"What a joke..." Denji muttered under his breath.

"What? Have you thought it through?" The leech demon was still patiently waiting for his answer.

"What do you mean, 'figure it out'? You ugly freak!"

Dianci raised his head and laughed loudly, "I refuse! Don't try to get close to me with your offers!"

"I'd rather be spared by you, you fat worm! I'm more interested in that swindler's breasts! If you eat her up, my grand dream of groping breasts will be completely ruined! Get out of my way!"

"...rubbing the breasts?"

Upon hearing this absurd reason, the leech demon's enormous corpse stiffened and let out a long, drawn-out hiss:

"Are you going to refuse my gift for such a lame reason...?"

In the blink of an eye, before anyone could react, a fleshy tentacle lashed out!

"Smack, smack..."

"...Then I'll start by eating you!"

The leech demon was chewing something, and scarlet blood spurted out from its mouthparts.

Dianci froze for a moment, his gaze shifting downwards. His left arm had vanished completely at the root, and blood was gushing from the wound like a fountain.

"Don't get too cocky, you fat worm!"

The excruciating pain did not deter Dianci; instead, it ignited the ferocity within him. Enduring the agony of his severed arm, he grabbed the rope binding his chest with his remaining right hand and yanked it outward with all his might!

"Boom boom boom boom—!"

The chainsaw engine roared to life!

Chapter Thirty: Stray Dogs Don't Need Tombstones

Denji's head transformed into a ferocious chainsaw as flesh reassembled, spewing forth large amounts of steam. In the blink of an eye, his severed arms were restored, and two chainsaws emerged from his arms, their orange-red teeth spinning rapidly on his forehead and arms, emitting a buzzing roar.

Unlike the demons whose bodies are possessed by demons after death, or the contracted beings who have made a pact with demons, Denji, who is one with the chainsaw demon, belongs to the category of weapon humans. Even if he suffers a fatal injury, he can be restored to his original state by pulling the pull ring and transforming into the chainsaw human.

At this moment, Denji, now transformed into the Chainsaw Man, had gone completely mad, charging head-on into the enormous body of the Leech Demon.

"go to hell!"

"Buzzing—!"

The electric current leaped high, roaring as it collided with the leech demon's tentacles, sending blood and bits of flesh flying everywhere.

"You lowly wild dog, don't be so arrogant!" the leech demon roared shrilly. Its enormous body also unleashed a speed that was disproportionate to its size, and countless tentacles lashed out wildly, sweeping in from all directions.

"Stop talking nonsense! Turn me into meat filling!" At this moment, Denji abandoned his defense, acting like a madman who felt no pain. Facing the huge tentacle that was crashing down on him, he crossed his arms and thrust upwards, splitting the tentacle in two.

However, the leech demon had far too many tentacles, and the difference in size was too great. Some tentacles still managed to break through the chainsaw's defenses, lashing out at Denji's body and tearing away large chunks of flesh.

"Is that all you've got?" Denji let out a wild laugh. Instead of retreating, he forcibly twisted his body in mid-air, driving the chainsaw above his head deep into the leech demon's body.

He simply used his own body as an accessory, and the chainsaws on his arms, like a meat grinder, pushed hard against the leech demon's flesh, carving a bloody groove into the leech demon's body.

Minced flesh clattered to the ground, and the stench of blood filled the air. However, amidst this fierce, life-or-death struggle, Denji's peripheral vision involuntarily drifted backward.

Behind them, Yan Liang was enjoying a vigorous massage from Dongshan Xiaohong while leisurely watching the battle unfold.

Seeing this, Denji felt a surge of anger rising within him.

Are you kidding me...?

On what grounds? What did Yan Liang say when he lured him into joining the police force? He said the police had excellent benefits, that he could eat lavish meals every day, and that he could boss around hot female colleagues in uniforms.

And the result?

He entered full of anticipation, but didn't enjoy much of the benefit and was even sold out by that horned female con artist. Most importantly…

He hasn't even touched a woman's breasts yet.

Why can that bastard in the suit comfortably let girls do manual massages, while he has to have his hand chopped off here and fight to the death with this disgusting fat worm?

Why am I always the one who suffers?

This resentment made Denji's movements increasingly ferocious, but also caused him to lose his composure. In such an intense battle, this distraction was a fatal flaw.

"Gotcha, you stray dog."

"boom--"

A thick tentacle slammed into Denji's chest. A crisp sound of ribs breaking rang out, and Denji was sent flying like a cannonball, crashing into the nearby ruins.

A cloud of dust billowed up. Seeing Dianci thrown back, his fate unknown, Pava, lying on the ground, finally couldn't hold back anymore. She hugged her cat tightly and frantically shouted at Yan Liang:

"Hey! Captain! Hurry up and help! That guy's going to die!"

Although there was no real affection between them, Denji was risking his life for her, and even if she was heartless, there was a limit. The situation was critical, and Pawa couldn't care less about anything else; for the first time, she swallowed her pride and asked Yan Liang for help.

However, when faced with Pawa's plea for help, Yan Liang merely glanced at the ruins and shook his head.

He had no intention of making a move.

As someone who knew the inside story, Yan Liang was well aware of just how powerful the Chainsaw Man was. Even if Denji couldn't fully utilize this power yet, it was more than enough to deal with the Leech Demon in front of him.

Moreover, in the original work, Denji was still able to barely fight the Leech Demon after being exhausted from a fierce battle with the Bat Demon. But now, the Bat Demon has already been easily defeated by him, so how could Denji, who is in his prime, fall down so easily?

Before the ruins, the leech demon writhed and approached. It looked down at Dianci, buried in the rubble, and let out a cold laugh:

"How ridiculous, to fight for such a lowly dream..."

"But it suits you perfectly. Since you, stray dog, enjoy wallowing in this pile of garbage so much, then let you rest here forever."

“Using ruins as a tombstone for a stray dog ​​like you is more than appropriate.”

With that, it raised its enormous flesh-colored tentacles high.

Just as they were about to smash Denji into a bloody pulp in the ruins, even Higashiyama Koko, who was hiding behind and massaging his shoulders, stopped what she was doing and couldn't help but plead for Denji:

"Captain! Denji-kun is about to be killed! Please save him!"

Yan Liang remained unmoved.

Because of everyone present, no one knew more about chainsaws than him.

Sure enough, the next second, an unusual movement came from deep within the ruins.

"……inferior?"

From beneath the heavy stone came a sound of extreme anger.

"Click, click-click-click..."

Sparks flashed repeatedly in the dim ruins. With a sudden burst of strength, he lifted the concrete block that was pressing down on him and stood up unsteadily.

"Stop talking nonsense!"

"Boom! B ...

An even more ferocious engine roared out!

Debris exploded everywhere, and the chainsaw man, covered in blood, suddenly stepped out of the ruins. Steam billowed from the chainsaw above his head, and the chainsaws on his arms turned crimson red from the excessive strain.

“You all… whether it’s that stubborn samurai with the hair on his head, that horned female swindler, or you, you ugly, fat worm…”

Slowly raising his head, Denji's menacing chainsaw-like head was faintly visible in the smoke and dust.

"Everyone is saying I'm a stray dog, that my dreams aren't serious enough, that my dreams are too low-class."

"Fine... since you all look down on me so much, then I'll just be a stray dog."

Dianci screamed at the top of his lungs, his frantic roar echoing throughout the entire street:

"But a stray dog ​​like me doesn't need a tombstone!"

"I'd run until I rot just to touch a woman's breasts!!!"

Dianci neither dodged nor evaded; instead, he crossed the chainsaws on his arms into a cross, like a shooting star, and charged forward fiercely!

Chapter Thirty-One: Police Arrive