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Chapter 10: Settling Denji In

Chapter 10: Chapter 10: Settling Denji In

After waking up early, Kotone Asaba went out to buy breakfast and brought it back home.

After he and Pochita finished eating breakfast, he left one portion on the table for Denji to eat when he woke up.

The Zombie Devil’s corpse was still inside Kotone Asaba’s Kamui dimension, but he was not in a hurry to take it to the black market and sell it.

That was because once he sold the Zombie Devil’s corpse on the black market, the fact that he had killed the Zombie Devil and those zombified gang big shots would be exposed.

Although from a legal standpoint, what he had done was not illegal, gang members did not care about the law. As long as the other members of the gang learned that he had been the one who did it, they would definitely retaliate against him.

Just like in the original story, even though that old bastard surnamed Hamano had already been zombified, his grandson, Daiki Hamano, still thought his grandfather might have been able to be saved. He hated Denji for killing his grandfather and wanted revenge.

(TN: non-canon name used by the OC for Samurai Sword/Katana Man)

Kotone Asaba himself was not afraid of retaliation from those gang members, but he did not want Denji to be retaliated against too, so he had no intention of exposing the Zombie Devil’s corpse. In any case, he was not short on money yet.

This way, the gang would not be able to discover that he had done it. As for how Daiki Hamano, who became Katana Man in the original story, knew that his grandfather had been killed by Denji, that was because Makima had orchestrated everything herself.

Once the time was right, he would directly wipe out the entire Hamano family’s gang and remove that future trouble at the root.

Because Denji had gone to sleep very late last night, and because this was also the first time he had ever slept so comfortably, he did not wake up until ten in the morning.

Only after washing up and changing clothes did Denji come out of his room.

"Good morning, Kotone."

"Morning. Breakfast is right here, so hurry up and eat. It’s already almost cold."

Denji sat in the chair and ate breakfast. Even now, he still felt as if he were living in a dream.

"By the way, Denji, do you want to go to school?"

At that moment, Kotone Asaba suddenly asked.

"School? ...I’ve never even thought about that. I never even went to elementary school..."

Denji smiled a little awkwardly.

"At your age, you should be in middle school. If you want to go, I can send you."

Kotone Asaba said, "Once you’re in middle school, you might meet a girl you like, or a girl who likes you. You can also make friends with your classmates."

"A girl..."

Denji was right at the age where he was beginning to care about that kind of thing, so he was immediately tempted. "I want to go! I want to go to school!"

[Denji Affinity +5%]

Sure enough, his Affinity increased a little again.

However, Kotone Asaba was not doing this only for Affinity. It was also to settle Denji properly.

He could not stay by Denji’s side forever, nor could he always take Denji with him while acting. Leaving aside the retaliation the gang was about to carry out, in the future, he would also come into contact with increasingly dangerous people and devils.

That was why he wanted to settle Denji properly and let him receive compulsory education, make friends at school, and meet girls he liked. That could be considered a very good arrangement. After all, this was exactly the kind of dream Denji had.

After Denji finished breakfast, Kotone Asaba took him to a nearby middle school.

In Japan, elementary school and middle school made up nine years of compulsory education. Precisely because it was compulsory education, public middle schools allowed students to enroll directly without taking entrance exams. Therefore, even if Denji had never attended elementary school, it was not a problem.

However, this middle school had already been in session for a while, so Kotone Asaba had already prepared himself mentally to spend some money and use connections.

When he brought Denji to the school gate, it happened to be morning dismissal, and the gate was already open.

However, the security guard at the school gate obviously would not let him enter casually. Leaving aside his unusual eyes, he was also bringing a devil like Pochita with him.

The students heading home after school all avoided them one after another. However, there were also some students who were not that afraid of devils and thought Pochita was cute. After all, in normal circumstances, Pochita really did look like a harmless pet.

Just as the security guard at the gate made a blocking gesture and was about to speak, Kotone Asaba had already shown his identification.

The security guard immediately froze. "...You’re a Devil Hunter?"

He checked carefully and found that it was indeed identification issued by the Private Devil Hunter Guild. His attitude immediately became much more respectful.

"He’s my companion. Can you let him go in with us?"

Kotone Asaba was naturally talking about Pochita.

"Well... I can, but..."

The security guard looked troubled.

Although this orange dog was probably a devil contracted to the other party, and normally there should not be anything to worry about, he was afraid of the small chance that this devil might hurt someone. After all, a devil was still a devil.

"If anything happens, I’ll take full responsibility."

Kotone Asaba added the words the security guard had wanted to say but had been too embarrassed to say out loud.

"Then there’s no problem."

The security guard immediately let them through.

The students nearby had also heard what the security guard said. After learning that this older boy in the pure white trench coat was a Devil Hunter, they immediately looked at him with admiration.

"Did you hear that just now? That guy seems to be a Devil Hunter."

"It’s true. He doesn’t look much older than us, but he’s already a Devil Hunter certified by the Private Devil Hunter Guild. I wonder when I’ll be that amazing too..."

"By the way, his eyes look so cool. Do you think he got them by making a contract with a devil?"

"..."

These students, who were still in middle school, all worshiped Devil Hunters like heroes. After all, Devil Hunters were originally heroes who protected them from being harmed by devils.

Among these students, there were also quite a few who wanted to become Devil Hunters. Some were because their family members had been killed by devils and they wanted revenge, while others had simply made it their dream.

After entering the school gate, Kotone Asaba went directly to the principal’s office.

He had originally thought it would be more troublesome, but unexpectedly, once the principal learned that he was a private Devil Hunter, he very politely allowed Denji to enroll right away.

Only after asking did he learn that the principal greatly respected Devil Hunters. Whenever he encountered a child brought in by a Devil Hunter, he would relax the restrictions as much as possible.

This saved Kotone Asaba quite a bit of trouble.

After that, he took Denji to lunch.

While they were eating lunch, he explained things to Denji. "Next, I still have other things to do, so I won’t stay here the entire time. Take this phone and this money. If anything happens, you can call me anytime."

Kotone Asaba had already prepared two cell phones. Of course, in this era, they only had the kind of cell phones specifically used for making calls. The phone he had prepared for Denji already had his number saved in it.

"Okay..."

Although Denji was very reluctant to part with him, he did not want to cause trouble for Kotone even more, so he did not say anything.

Before separating from Denji, Kotone Asaba marked a "coordinate" on Denji’s body.

Kamui could achieve spatial teleportation. For example, even if he were in Chiba Prefecture, he could use the Kamui dimension to teleport directly to Denji’s side.