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Chapter 36: Unlocking the “Reze” Codex (EC)

Chapter 36: Chapter 36: Unlocking the “Reze” Codex (EC)

After returning home and finishing dinner, Kotone Asaba prepared to deal with the Jealousy Devil’s corpse.

When he had been giving his statement, the police had told him that the Jealousy Devil had originally appeared in Tokyo and fled here after being badly wounded by Tokyo’s Public Safety Devil Hunters.

Public Safety in Tokyo had even issued a bounty. Providing useful leads related to it would earn a reward of one hundred thousand yen, while killing the Jealousy Devil and turning in its corpse as proof would directly earn a bounty of two million yen.

The fact that Tokyo Public Safety was willing to put out a two-million-yen bounty was enough to show how dangerous the Jealousy Devil was.

Whether people’s fear of "jealousy" was especially serious was another matter. A devil’s strength was not determined entirely by how much people feared its concept.

The type of ability was determined by the devil’s name, while the upper limit of that ability was determined by people’s fear.

For example, take the Doll Devil contracted with by Master. How much fear could people really have toward "dolls"? Yet its ability type was extremely powerful, letting it turn anyone it touched into a doll.

As for the Jealousy Devil, leaving aside the upper limit of its ability for now, the type of ability it possessed was also very powerful. It had probably hidden under the school to absorb the students’ jealousy and recover from its injuries. Then, after granting people devil power, it could also make them develop jealousy very easily. Once that jealousy reached a certain level, they would lose their reason. In other words, they would be controlled by the Jealousy Devil.

That kind of ability was far too dangerous to ordinary people.

However, if he wanted to claim that two-million-yen bounty, he would have to make a trip to Tokyo Public Safety. If he sold it directly on the black market, he would probably get around the same price, maybe even a little more.

Kotone Asaba had the right to choose for himself whether to hand the Jealousy Devil’s corpse over to Tokyo Public Safety or sell it on the black market.

Compared to that, selling it on the black market was more convenient, and the price would most likely be higher too.

Just as Kotone Asaba was preparing to take Pochita with him to the black market, he suddenly remembered that Pochita’s Affinity did not seem to have risen in quite a while.

Or had it risen while he was not paying attention?

Kotone Asaba immediately willed the Codex to appear before his eyes. He opened to the first page, Pochita’s entry, and saw that Pochita’s Affinity had already reached fifty percent.

But in his memory, Pochita’s Affinity had clearly still only been at forty-five percent. He had no idea when it had risen again. Could it have been while he was asleep?

No longer dwelling on such a small matter, Kotone Asaba flipped the Codex to the fourth page. Since Pochita’s Affinity had already reached fifty percent, the Codex’s fourth page had definitely been unlocked.

When he turned to the fourth page, he saw that the newly unlocked target was "Reze."

There was also related information, age unknown, Bomb hybrid, affiliated with the Soviet military.

Reze?

The fact that the fourth page of the Codex was Reze made Kotone Asaba feel a little surprised.

Reze was one of the people in the original manga who had left the deepest impression on him. Even now, thinking about her still left him feeling somewhat regretful.

But Reze was currently in the Soviet Union, so it was not convenient for Kotone Asaba to make contact with her for now.

He had not finished the things he needed to do here in Japan, so he did not have the time to go to the Soviet Union right now.

Moreover, Reze was both a soldier, or rather a "guinea pig," who devoted herself to her country and an agent of the Soviet military. Even if he went straight to the Soviet Union, it would still be very hard for him to meet Reze.

He could let Pochita return to his Black Chainsaw form, or fuse with Pochita and become a hybrid, using the Chainsaw Devil’s appearance in the world to lure the Soviet Union into sending Reze.

But when that time came, there would be many troublesome things besides Reze. North America and the countries of Western Europe would definitely send people to make trouble for him. He was not afraid of trouble, but he hated it.

Besides, Pochita clearly had no intention of returning to his Black Chainsaw form. He only wanted to stay like this and live an ordinary, happy life with him every day. Otherwise, Pochita could return to his Black Chainsaw form whenever he wanted.

Of course, it might also have been influenced by their contract. Back then, Kotone had given Pochita blood to drink and told Pochita to follow him, and Pochita had taken that as a contract.

In any case, for now, he could only set Reze’s matter aside and see what to do once he had a better idea later. Right now, Kotone Asaba only wanted to go to the black market first and sell the Jealousy Devil’s corpse.

But just then, his phone suddenly rang.

He saw that it was an unfamiliar number. It was not Denji, nor was it Aki Hayakawa.

Other than Denji and Aki Hayakawa, someone else actually knew his number?

It could not be some advertisement or scam call, could it?

With that doubt in mind, Kotone Asaba answered the phone.

"Hello? Who is this?"

"This is Tokyo Public Safety. I am Takeuchi Heichi, captain of Devil Extermination Division 2. I got your number from Hayakawa, one of my division members."

The other party explained his identity and how he had obtained the number in a simple, direct manner, and Kotone Asaba immediately understood the situation.

The Control Devil probably had not come to the human world yet, and even if she had, she would not have founded the Special Division so quickly.

In the original story, the Special Division was a special project personally founded by Makima, the Control Devil. On the surface, it was called experimental, but in reality, it was a setup prepared in advance to destroy the contract between Denji and Pochita.

Just think about what kind of people were in the Special Division. The ordinary humans all died, while Aki Hayakawa and the others were used by Makima to make Denji’s heart collapse. Other than Kishibe and Kobeni Higashiyama, who barely survived, the rest were all followers Pochita had in Hell.

In the timeline Kotone Asaba was currently in, Tokyo Public Safety did not yet have the Special Division. There were only Devil Extermination Divisions, and Public Safety branches in various regions all had Devil Extermination Divisions.

Aki Hayakawa had also entered Devil Extermination Division 2, just as he had expected. He remembered that in the original story, before Aki Hayakawa was assigned to Public Safety Devil Extermination Special Division 4, he had been in Devil Extermination Division 2.

"So, Captain Takeuchi, what do you need from me?"

"It is nothing major. I only wanted to ask you about the situation. Has the Jealousy Devil really been killed by you? Although the Chiba police have already explained the circumstances to us, I still wanted to confirm it with you. After all, it was a fairly dangerous devil."

"That’s right. I already killed it. The corpse is with me."

"Understood. Then would you be willing to let us send someone to inspect the corpse? The bounty from the bounty notice will also be paid to you."

"...Sure."

Since the other party had already put it that way, Kotone Asaba could not very well refuse.

His attitude was good, and he was even going to send someone directly to his home.

The issue Kotone had cared about to begin with was that making a round trip to Tokyo Public Safety was too troublesome. As for getting a little more or a little less money, he truly did not care. Selling it to the black market would not earn much more anyway, and he did not care about that bit of money.

Sooner or later, he would join Tokyo Public Safety, because Makima would also appear in Tokyo Public Safety in the future. Giving Captain Takeuchi this bit of face would still benefit him.

"Thank you for your cooperation. I hope we can become colleagues in the future. Tokyo Public Safety welcomes you at any time."

With that, the other party hung up.

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