[1st POV]
*Ting-Ning*
I heard the doorbell while I was busy watching a Japanese show on TV.
"Coming!" I got up and ran to the door.
My apartment was the exact mirror of Aki's apartment but much nicer and with personality. I quickly reached the door and opened it without a second thought.
I rarely had visitors other than Aki. It was also the time when he came back from work, so I thought it would be him.
But when I opened the door, I saw a familiar woman that made my heart drop.
"Hello Jin," she smiled.
"...Miss Makima," I said to the red-haired beauty.
"I didn't expect you here," I said.
"I told you I would visit your apartment someday," she said, "May I come in?"
I moved back from the door, "Sure, come in."
She took off her shoes and entered my apartment. I closed the door behind her and stood there for a second to gather my thoughts. She looked around while venturing deeper into my home.
It felt like I invited a monster into my house. As I got stronger, my hunger only grew. And Makima smelled like a feast. I guess it was a way for my body to tell me that I could take her and possibly eat her now.
"I love what you've done to the place," she commented in her cool-headed voice. It didn't really sound like a compliment with her tone.
"Thanks, I guess," I said, walking behind her and following her gaze.
The Public Safety Commission was a dangerous organisation to join, but they paid extremely well, especially when you could kill strong devils like me. It also came with many benefits, like the apartment I was living in. I lived here free of rent, and I didn't even have to pay for the water and electricity.
So I spent most of my money on food or premium ingredients and buying whatever trinkets piqued my interest. For example, I had many objects sellers claimed were cursed or even some figurines from a show I never watched. But hey, they were cute girls. You don't need to watch the show to appreciate their design.
After she reached the end of my kitchen, she turned to me.
She stared me dead in the eyes, and if my eyes were to be believed, I think I saw her yellow eyes shine in an eerie light.
"Make me tea," she said, her tone quite different from her usual cool. It sounded like a command.
Silence.
I tilted my head.
"You could have asked me nicely," I said and folded my arms, "Wanna try again?"
For a second there, she almost looked surprised. But she quickly masked any emotion and put on that fake smile.
"May I have tea?"
I shrugged and headed to the kitchen to make tea. "How do you like your tea?"
I asked while filling the kettle with water and taking out the tea leaves from the cupboards.
"Sweet and tons of milk," she said.
"Okay, that's how I like my tea too."
She headed to the living room and sat on the small couch I bought a few weeks ago. It had springs and shit, so it was extremely soft and bouncy. You could literally melt in its softness. The only downside was that it was hard to get up after sitting because it was so comfortable.
We did not exchange words anymore after that. I threw a glance towards her occasionally and she seemed to be deep in thought. She stared at the TV but she was not watching it.
A few minutes later, the tea was done. I brought them to the living room and set them down on the table in front of her.
"Thank you," she said before she took a sip.
A satisfied hum left her mouth after the taste.
"Jin, sit down beside me," she said once more, completely out of the blue. Her voice took a commanding tone.
"Here is fine," I said and sat down on the single couch on the side.
"I see," she said in an odd voice.
Okay, was it just me, or was she acting awfully weird today? I mean, she was always weird, but she got even weirder today.
"You okay?" I asked.
"I'm fine," she smiled, "Just a bit shook from today's work, I suppose."
I took a sip of my tea, and damn was it good. I guess I always made it too intense when I made mine alone, but making it for two people gave me the perfect balance.
"Jin," she called me again.
Not sure why she called me when it was literally just the two of us, but I turned to her anyway.
"You do know I am your superior right? After two months of working here, you should realize that by now," she said.
"Yup, you're the boss."
"So you know you are beneath me," she said again.
"Sure?" I said, "Where are you going with this?"
She took a small pause and stared deeply at me.
Then she renewed her smile, "I want to fix that relationship between us."
"I have another big mission for you. And if you complete this mission, I will appoint you as the captain of the 4th Special Division of Tokyo," she said.
"You can do that?" I asked, "I've only been here for two months, though."
I did not expect to get promoted that easily, especially since the Japanese work culture was so uptight about seniority and experience.
"Yes, I can," she said, "The 4th Division is a new and experimental division. The members in it will also consist of people beyond the average Devil Hunter, like you. So I think you will be the perfect fit."
"Does it mean I get more pay?"
"More pay, more power, more benefits," she said.
I did not really need all that, but the greed of a pig knows no bounds. "Then I'm in."
"So what am I killing this time?"
"You'll be going out of Tokyo again this time," she said, "There is a town in the Chiba prefecture where people started to attack each other randomly. Eyewitnesses claim that the attackers were trying to eat their neighbours."
"Is it the Zombie Devil?" I guessed from my canon knowledge.
But Makima shook her head, "We sent a few squads from Tokyo to help the Devil Hunters in Chiba, but half of them were wiped out. And it was not the Devil that killed them, but their own members."
"That's strange," I said.
"Indeed, but we've figured out the cause. It was the Cannibal Devil that made them attack each other. Its ability twisted the bonds shared by people and turned that into a need to consume them. The more they love or care for the person, the fiercer they attack," she said.
I took a few seconds to digest that information. What a fucked up ability that was. I expect nothing less from this fucked up world.
"That means trying to exterminate the Devil through numbers wouldn't work. They would just turn on each other. And even if you put a new squad of people that did not care for each other, they would not have teamwork," I said, "You'd need a bunch of psychopaths to kill this devil as a team."
"Or you could send a solo Devil Hunter strong enough to kill the Devil by himself," I concluded.
Makima showed a pleased smile, like a mother smiling proudly at her son.
"Smart boy," she said.
Should I bark?
"I will give you more details tomorrow, so come to my office," she said and stood up to leave.
"Wait, are you not going to finish your tea?" I asked.
"Oh," she bent down and picked up the cup before downing the whole thing. But I guess the tea was still hot because she spilt it and got it all on her chest.
"I'll get that," I said and gave her a clean rag from the kitchen counter.
"Thank you," she said and took the rag before cleaning the leftovers on her chest.
I was standing in front of her, and as she wiped the tea off her shirt, I could see through the fabric that hugged her bosom. I could see her red laced bra and the soft boobs they were cupping.
I stared shamelessly.
I was always a boob guy, both in this life and my past.
Damn it. I swear if she was not an evil bitch, I would.
Wait a minute, maybe I can fix her.
...
"Sorry to spill the tea you made for me," she said.
"It's fine, you can come again." What the fuck did I just say?
She showed a pleased smile when I said that, like she figured something out. She looked up because I was taller than her and gazed directly into my eyes.
"I've never noticed before but standing up close, you're handsome," she said.
I blushed at the sudden compliment.
She walked past me and headed towards the door. She put on her shoes quickly, not because she was fast but because she did so effortlessly.
"I'll hold you up on that invite," she said before opening the door and finally leaving me in peace.
Now I was conflicted. The image of her boobs remained in my mind. I think I saw her areola.
Fuck men and their obsession with the mammary gland of the opposite sex.
It's like God gave us superior strength, speed and every advantage possible and then gave women tits to balance it out. And we still fucking lost.
..
That night, I reflected on the events that transpired between us. I thought more about what happened then.
Was she trying to control me and fail when she commanded me and her eyes shone? She is the Control Devil, right? So maybe she could hypnotise people with her eyes. I'm not sure.
But whatever it was, it failed.
Why?
My powers as the Pig Devil were not as simple as I thought they were. At first glance, it seemed very weak and ordinary, but perhaps it was a strong devil.
I could eat and consume anything to make myself stronger, including devils. Mostly devils, actually, because I gained only minimal powers when I ate materials like steel or rocks. The only thing I gained was temporary adaptation.
Like the blades I ate from the Scalpel Devil, and my fur became sharp, so I was taking less damage from the cuts.
Weak devils, I completely absorbed them to become stronger. I did not gain their abilities or their characteristics. It was like my body was able to digest them completely and turn it into nutrients to grow me stronger.
But stronger devils were a different case.
I could not absorb them completely, so my body imprisoned them so they became a part of me. In this state, I could even use their abilities and turn into their corresponding forms while still retaining some Pig features.
There were five Devils inside of me.
The Scalpel Devil.
The Forest Devil.
The Rabies Devil.
The Teeth Devil.
And...
And....
AND!!!...
The Sex Devil. (Fucking damnit. How the fuck was this thing strong enough to be inside of me!! If Aki ever finds this out, he can say that not only did I eat dick, but I have a dick inside me too)
He must never find out. No, no one should ever find out.
I'll fucking eat them after chewing a hundred times!!
Of course, there was also my Pig Devil hybrid form and the full form which I had from the beginning. My bite and my blood also apparently had some kind of disease/poison effect.
These are the powers I had that I was aware of so far. There could be more to it.
The Pig Devil was more than meets the eye, just like the Chainsaw Devil.
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[Woof woof]
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