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Chapter 33: Reason Falls Apart (EC)

Chapter 33: Chapter 33: Reason Falls Apart (EC)

Kotone Asaba bought dozens of books in one go.

He remembered that when he saved Kobeni Higashiyama in the library back then, the book Kobeni had been holding was related to history.

So this time, half the books he bought were history books, while the other half were all kinds of other genres.

Kotone Asaba stored all the books in the Kamui dimension. While he was out, he also casually ate lunch, then returned to school.

Before entering the school gate, he once again had Pochita return to the Kamui dimension.

After afternoon classes ended, it was time for the class to clean together.

While cleaning, a few classmates asked Kotone Asaba questions.

"I heard Asaba started a Reading Club himself. What does it do? Are the club activities just reading books?"

"Can I join your Reading Club, Asaba? I like reading too."

"That’s so nice. Too bad I’m already in the art club, or I’d want to join the Reading Club too."

The students who temporarily did not belong to any club wanted to apply to Kotone Asaba to join the Reading Club. Some had never joined any club before, while others had quit a previous club and had not joined a new one.

In truth, they did not want to join the Reading Club for the sake of reading. It was because this club had been founded by Kotone Asaba.

To them, being able to take part in club activities with this genius Devil Hunter was something fresh and exciting.

Japanese students were mostly like this. In Japanese schools, the most popular people were not necessarily handsome boys or pretty girls with good looks, nor honor students with excellent grades. People like that were actually more likely to be envied and isolated, though outright isolation was still rare.

The most popular students were often those who performed well in a certain field and had a special skill. If they had won some award in a competition, they would become even more popular and admired. For example, an upperclassman from the baseball club or an upperclasswoman from the archery club.

Kotone Asaba, a genius Devil Hunter who had been widely promoted by the media, was especially respected and admired by his classmates, and on top of that, he was good-looking too.

Listening to those classmates talk with Kotone Asaba, Ivan Goto, who already found it hard to control his jealousy, quickly reached the breaking point.

That was because he had invited these same students to join the Devil Research Club before, but without exception, they had all rejected him.

Now he saw them take the initiative to ask Kotone Asaba about joining the Reading Club, and Ivan Goto’s unstable jealousy was instantly ignited.

"Asaba..."

Kotone Asaba was just about to respond to those classmates when he suddenly heard Ivan Goto behind him calling his name, but his voice sounded strange.

He had only said Kotone’s name, yet in that brief moment, Ivan Goto’s voice had gone from normal to low and hoarse.

It sounded a little like... a Devil’s voice.

Kotone Asaba’s eyes widened slightly, as though he had realized something, and he immediately turned around.

He saw Ivan Goto with his head lowered, his expression twisted beyond recognition. A number of disturbing bulging veins had appeared on his face.

What was especially strange was Ivan Goto’s back. It had swollen grotesquely, black lumps of flesh growing out of it and quickly piling up into an enormous eyeball.

The huge eyeball was a dark green color, faintly tinged with blood-red aura, and it was two or three times the size of Ivan Goto’s head.

The swelling black flesh and the horrifying giant eye both showed that Ivan Goto had already become a monster.

"G-Goto, what happened to you?!"

"Oh no! A Devil! Goto turned into a Devil!"

"Run! Hurry up and run!"

The other students around them also noticed Ivan Goto’s terrifying appearance. Some froze in place, the cleaning tools in their hands falling to the floor, while others reacted quickly and ran away at once.

Kobeni Higashiyama was one of the ones frozen in place, too frightened to move.

Only Kotone Asaba remained calm, merely furrowing his brow slightly as he asked Ivan Goto in front of him, "Goto... did you make a contract with a Devil?"

Goto’s current condition was neither Devil, Fiend, nor weapon hybrid. Instead, it was somewhat like Yuko from the original story after she made a contract with the Justice Devil.

Normally, Devil Hunters who made contracts with Devils could maintain their ordinary human appearance. When they used Devil power, they would usually summon a certain body part of the Devil to attack.

But after Yuko made a contract with the Justice Devil, aside from gaining the ability to see through other people’s thoughts, whenever she used the Devil power that served as her means of attack, she completely transformed into the appearance of a Devil.

Ivan Goto’s current situation was somewhat similar to Yuko’s. Certain parts of his body had already become Devil-like.

Ivan Goto gave no answer, because his rationality had already been suppressed by extreme jealousy. He could barely think. The only thought in his mind was to kill Kotone Asaba, then kill the classmates who had made him feel jealous.

"Kill... I’ll kill you..."

Kotone Asaba was waiting for Ivan Goto’s answer, but Ivan Goto suddenly erupted. As he muttered, "I’ll kill you," the giant eyeball standing upright on his back shot out something like an air bullet.

With the Mangekyo Sharingan, Kotone Asaba clearly saw the movement of the air. He tilted his head and easily dodged the air bullet.

Bang!

The wall behind him was instantly punched through.

At the same time, the school had already learned that a Devil had appeared and immediately sounded the relevant alarm. The teachers of each class led their students to evacuate quickly and in an orderly manner.

They also requested help from the police and private Devil Hunters right away. Even though the school knew Kotone Asaba was on campus, in this kind of situation, they still had to do what they were supposed to do.

"Looks like normal communication isn’t possible. I’ll remove that thing from your body first."

Kotone Asaba discovered that Ivan Goto had almost completely lost consciousness and reason. This was very different from Yuko. Yuko’s reason had merely been somewhat affected by the Justice Devil, but her consciousness had still been very clear.

His left eye immediately focused on the connection between Ivan Goto’s back and the black lump of flesh. The connection was instantly twisted and torn apart by Kamui’s spatial distortion, and the entire black lump of flesh, along with the giant eyeball, fell to the ground.

But immediately afterward, something black began writhing on Ivan Goto’s back again, as though it was about to grow back once more.