Chainsaw Man, starting contract to cut down the Demon Line

With a ferocious, almost suicidal charge, Denji plunged the chainsaws from his arms deep into the leech demon's body.

Blood poured down like a torrential rain, staining the surrounding ruins red.

Yan Liang, sitting in his chair, watched the scene unfold with great interest and couldn't help but murmur a sigh:

"As expected of a young man, he certainly has a lot of energy..."

He suddenly realized that a large part of the reason he was interested in the manga "Chainsaw" was because of the tense battle scenes and the courage that Denji displayed.

Even though Denji's power was unleashed for such a ridiculous reason as touching someone's chest, Yanliang didn't look down on him. On the contrary, he admired the intense desire to achieve his goal at all costs, and the resulting determination to overcome all difficulties and defeat all enemies in his path.

However, it seems that while courage is strong, it cannot compensate for an absolute power gap.

"Insanity!"

The leech demon shrieked, enraged by Denji's reckless fighting style. Several thick tentacles quickly coiled around Denji, locking his limbs and torso.

"Buzz... Buzz click!"

Dianci frantically spun the chainsaw above his head, but the saw teeth were stuck in the leech demon's layers of thick fat. The high-speed spinning saw teeth seemed to be stuck in the mud and could not advance an inch.

"Can't it cut in?" Denji gritted his teeth, no matter how hard he tried, it was no use.

"That's enough, chainsaw stray dog! Die!"

The leech demon roared, opening its massive maw filled with sharp teeth and snapping down at Denji, who was suspended in mid-air, with no way to dodge.

"Denji-kun!" Little Red, who was massaging her shoulders from behind, closed her eyes in fright.

At this critical juncture...

Yan Liang, who had been sitting in his chair observing, finally made a move.

Although he didn't want to take the initiative because Machima might be there to monitor him, it depends on the situation.

If Denji is truly defeated, the leech demon's attack will inevitably turn against him, and he will still have to take action personally, which would be no different from taking action from the beginning.

Even if Machima can now spy on me through some means, it doesn't matter. The information he really wants to mislead people about is that he needs a cooldown time each time he activates his ability, and that he must make a specific gesture before killing someone.

He can cover up his actions by secretly helping Dianci.

Without any movement, a glint of light flashed in Yan Liang's white eyes. A cut, imperceptible to the naked eye, appeared on the leech demon's body.

"Give it to me...cut it, ahhhhh!"

Yan Liang timed it perfectly. In the next second, the electric saw in mid-air used its last bit of strength to push the chainsaw on its arm forward.

"Pfft—!!!"

The chainsaw, which had been unable to advance an inch, suddenly lost all resistance. Like a red-hot blade cutting into butter, the leech demon's body was instantly cleaved in two by the chainsaw!

"Gahhhhh?!"

"How could this be—!"

Before it could even let out a scream, the leech demon's two severed halves crashed to either side.

"……Why?"

With the death of the leech demon, Denji landed steadily on the ground. He looked at the chainsaw still dripping blood in his hand, then at the dead leech demon on the ground, and fell into a daze.

"Strange... I couldn't cut it no matter what I did just now..." Denji shook his arms and muttered, "Why does this guy's body suddenly feel as soft as tofu? Could it be that I've gotten stronger?"

Although he was full of doubts, the joy of successfully defeating the demon quickly overshadowed his unease.

"Never mind! I'm the one who won! Hahaha!"

White steam rose up, and the chainsaw on the electric head melted like paint. He deactivated his transformation and returned to his human form.

"Puff".

However, due to excessive blood loss and exhaustion, Denji collapsed halfway through his laughter, his legs giving way, and he fell into the blood-soaked ground, panting heavily.

"Damn, damn it..." Xiao Hong, who was behind, also poked her head out and swallowed hard when she saw the mess on the ground.

Yan Liang stood up from the sofa chair, patted the wrinkles on his clothes, ignored Dian Ci's doubts, and instead turned his gaze to the end of the street outside the restaurant, which had been completely leveled.

"You've come at just the right time," Yan Liang thought to himself with a slight smile, his eyes lowered.

Just minutes after the leech demon collapsed.

The sounds of speeding car engines and hurried footsteps came from the other end of the street.

"Warning! Confirm the demon's fate!"

Several black government cars stopped outside the ruins, and the fully armed Public Security Anti-Demon Special Division support team finally arrived late.

At the forefront of the crowd, Hayakawa Aki, carrying a katana, strode over. When he saw the horrific scene, resembling a slaughterhouse, and Denji lying in a pool of blood, his life hanging in the balance, a look of astonishment appeared on his usually cold face.

"What on earth is going on..." Hayakawa Aki gritted her teeth, her brows furrowed.

Because he had to deliver files to Yan Liang in the morning, he couldn't keep an eye on the two problem children all the time. He had only assigned the most basic patrol duties to Dianci and Pawa, thinking that no matter how incompetent the two were, they would at most find a place to slack off.

I never imagined that simply looking away would cause such a big problem.

Immediately afterwards, a pair of black high heels stepped onto the dusty, gravelly ground.

Seeing the figure emerge from the crowd, Yan Liang was slightly surprised by the other person's arrival.

It's Machima.

But why is the other party here?

In the original storyline, Machima was not present at the end of this battle.

To be able to appear here...

So, does this mean my guess was right? The coincidence of the bat demon and the leech demon crashing into the restaurant where I am was indeed a setup she orchestrated to test me.

Her long pink hair swayed gently in the breeze. Before Yan Liang could think further, Maqima had already passed the group of police officers. Stepping over the mess on the ground, she walked unhurriedly into this battlefield.

The pair of golden ring-shaped eyes first calmly swept over the mangled corpses of the bat demon and the leech demon, as well as the lying-on-the-ground Denji and Pawa. Finally, Machima's gaze fell on Yan Liang, who was standing in the center of the ruins.

"I received intelligence that demons have appeared in the city, and that the chainsaw man here is fighting demons..."

"Considering that Denji is still a newcomer to the Public Security Bureau, I was a little worried, so I personally led the team here."

Machima looked at Yan Liang with a flawless smile on her face.

"It seems we're a little too late."

She tilted her head, her deep eyes staring directly at Yan Liang:

"Then, Yan Liangjun, since you're here, can you tell me in detail... why you're here..."

"And what exactly happened here?"

Chapter Thirty-Two: Limitations of Ability

Faced with Machima's question, Yan Liang's face remained expressionless. He calmly replied:

"As you can see, I'm just taking a short break here with my team."

"Who knew that some clueless bat would smash through the glass and ruin my good mood..."

Before Machima could even speak, Hayakawa Aki, who was carrying a katana, stepped forward and said in a deep voice:

“Miss Machima. Although Yan Liang is the team leader, isn’t it a bit too undisciplined for him to take his subordinates to the restaurant to slack off during work hours?”

"What's more, it has now caused such a large riot..."

However, before Hayakawa Aki could finish speaking, Machima gently raised a slender finger, interrupting him.

"It's alright, Qiu."

Machima's smile remained gentle:

"The police have never hesitated to grant special privileges to those who are truly capable."

"Since Captain Yan Liang was able to control the situation and prevent the casualties from escalating further, then taking a short rest won't hurt, will it?"

"While their actions are debatable, I don't think that's the main issue; we can discuss that later. What we need to figure out now is who killed the bat demon and the leech demon."

Hearing Machima's blatant defense, Hayakawa Aki, though somewhat displeased, could only swallow the rest of her words.

Higashiyama Kokoro, who had been hiding behind Yan Liang, breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that Machima wouldn't pursue their absence. But Denji, who had been lying in a pool of blood, suddenly jumped up from the ground as if he had been given a shot of adrenaline.

"Miss Machima! It was me! I did it all!"

Ignoring his own blood-soaked and disheveled appearance, Dianci scurried over. Pointing to the pile of demon flesh on the ground, he loudly boasted:

"This is all thanks to me! I fought those two disgusting monsters for three hundred rounds to protect the citizens, and I chopped them all into mincemeat!"

"As for that useless monster, it was swallowed up without doing anything!"

As he spoke, Denji couldn't help but glance guiltily at Pawa, who was huddled on the ground.

The reason he stepped forward at this moment was not only to steal the limelight, but also largely to shield the other party from criticism.

After all, Pava had promised that he would let her rub his chest if she rescued the cat.

If the whole story were revealed, Machima might execute Pawa on the spot in a fit of rage. For the sake of his great dream, he felt he had to bite the bullet and take the blame for everything.

Seeing Denji's impatient look, Hayakawa poured cold water on his enthusiasm.

"Stop talking nonsense, you idiot."

Upon arriving, he immediately observed the situation. With his extensive experience, Hayakawa Aki quickly deduced what had happened.

Turning around, he respectfully reported to Machima:

“Miss Machima, the cause of this matter should be that the demon Pava made some kind of deal with the bat demon in order to save his pet cat.”

"Denji chased the bat demon all the way here to save her, and then encountered Captain Yanliang eating in the restaurant. Then, due to the urgency of the situation, Captain Yanliang had no choice but to take action."

At this point, Hayakawa Aki's gaze fell upon the bat demon's corpse, neatly cleaved in two:

"The bat demon's death was very bizarre. Judging from the cut, it was split in two in an instant. Only Captain Yan Liang could pull off such a feat."

Following Hayakawa Aki's analysis, Makima took long strides and slowly walked to the remains of the bat demon.

She bent down, carefully examining the incisions on the corpse, her long pink hair falling over her shoulders.

A few seconds later, Machima stood up again, and his golden ring eyes looked at Yan Liang once more.

"What a beautiful cut."

Machima's smile deepened slightly:

"Then, this must be Captain Yan Liang's doing, right?"

“I heard about it when we were fighting the zombie demon. It seems that Yan Liangjun made a pact with a mysterious demon and gained great power…”

Machima approached Yan Liang and asked directly:

"But we still know nothing about that mysterious demon. I'm very curious about it, Yan Liangjun, could you tell me about it beforehand?"

Faced with Machima's increasingly aggressive probing, Hayakawa Aki held her breath.

He was actually quite interested in the demon that Yan Liang had made a pact with.

However, this information is very private, and asking the other party directly would be considered impolite. At this moment, Machima asked the question on his behalf, as he also wanted to know the answer.

However, Yan Liang, who had become the focus of everyone's attention, simply stared at the woman in front of him with a blank expression.

After a full two seconds of silence, Yan Liang suddenly let out a cold laugh and said something that surprised everyone:

Why should I tell you?

"Ha ha……"

Maqima wasn't angry at Yan Liang's terrible attitude. He let out a pleasant chuckle and then made a light, sarcastic remark:

"Yan Liangjun is really cold."

"However, as your superior, I need to understand my subordinates' abilities so I can assign you the most suitable tasks in the future. Isn't that right?"

Faced with Machima's watertight answer, Yan Liang already had a plan in mind.

He knew very well that if he kept refusing and making excuses, it would only make Machima more suspicious. Since she wanted to know, he would just go with the flow and give her the answer she wanted.

"All right……"

Yan Liang, with his hands in his suit trouser pockets, calmly replied: