[1st POV]
(The next day)
"Captain, we have a problem!!"
Hiro barged into my office and yelled in a voice that obviously said it was an emergency without actually saying it.
"No!!" I responded in kind, "Fuck!!"
The reason why I raged was different, though, as that moment of surprise caused me to hit my own body on the sofa. I was about to surpass my highest score and possibly complete the game.
"I swear to god if someone is not dying..." I said while pocketing my phone and shifting my posture. I was lounging on my chair, feet on the table and all that.
"We got reports of the appearance of the Bat Devil in the Tokyo Industrial Belt," Hiro said, still screaming from the threshold of the door instead of coming in.
"That's more of a Shinagawa business than the Minato ward. Why isn't the Second Division on it? Don't tell me they can't take down the Bat Devil of all things," I said.
"Because Special Division 4 members, Power the Blood Fiend and Denji the devil hybrid, are already on the scene," he said, talking fast.
"....."
I blinked. Did something like that happen in the anime? Fuck, it's hard to remember.
And even if I did remember, the Chainsaw Man author was always so vague about timelines and locations. It wouldn't have mattered if I knew things beforehand if I didn't know when it would happen.
"Ok, let's go," I said, getting out of my chair and quickly putting on the overcoat hanging at the backrest of the chair.
The whole team was mobilised immediately. We used two different cars and made our way to the Tokyo Industrial Belt region.
"Have you informed Aki about this?" I asked while in the car.
"All personnel around the area had been informed," Hiro said. He was truly a good subordinate. He was the uptight type, always following rules and regulations.
We rode quickly for a few minutes. The black cars of the Public Safety Commission were known to the public. So the other vehicles on the road always gave way to us like they would do for an ambulance so we didn't have to worry about traffic.
But soon enough, our car had to be stopped. The whole place was in the middle of evacuation and we could see the police already making a perimeter.
The team got off the car and from this distance, we could hear the sound of destruction and an ongoing fight.
"I'll go first, the rest catch up," I said, easily jumping on the roof of the building and making my way to the scene.
When I got there, a wide area near the hospital was destroyed. Buildings had crumbled and streets were raised. I guess the Bat Devil was not as weak as I initially suspected. Perhaps it was due to bats' relation with vampires and other horror stories.
Or maybe it's just Batman.
I arrived just in time to see Denji lift a whole ass car over his shoulder. The car still had the driver inside, who screamed like crazy when he was lifted.
"I don't give a fuck about a random man's life!!" Denji screamed, his voice came out crooked like the voice on a bad radio.
He was in his Devil form. A chainsaw popped straight out from his face and also on both his arms. They were buzzing nonstop, creating a sort of constant scream of the battle.
Denji threw the car, the driver managed to get out just in time before the car slammed into the Bat Devil. The force knocked the Devil back but did nothing else as the giant bat simply swiped away the car like it was an empty can.
I would interfere in the fight, but not now.
I decided to sit on the edge of a roof, my feet hanging while I had a wide smile.
It wasn't every day that you get to see an anime come to life. This was like watching the best real life action of an anime.
"If you are this strong!! Why do you side with the humans!! Join us! Join me!" the Bat Devil screamed. He was a giant bat monster the size of a van.
"Because Devils don't have boobs! And my dream is to touch them one day!" Denji said, running towards the Devil with his chainsaw singing with rage.
The Bat Devil anchored himself on the ground. His huge claws and hind legs gripped chunks of asphalt like they were a blanket. It lowered his back before releasing a sonic scream towards Denji.
The shockwave erupted like circular discs. It threw Denji away and carved a path through the buildings. The explosion could be heard for miles, but somehow it was drowned out by the sonic scream.
I pressed my ears, feeling them ringing even after the attack was over.
The Devil seemed pleased with its work. Denji was nowhere to be seen anymore. Probably crashed at the final building amid the destruction.
But then the Bat Devil paused.
Before it slowly turned its head towards me.
"....."
"....."
Amid all the destruction and chaos, silence dominated and stillness came into existence. We locked eyes for a few seconds.
"Hi,"
*BOOOOOM!!!*
A violent swing of its wings caused the Devil to take to the sky. It was not charging at me. Quite the opposite, it was running away from me.
My transformation was instant and minor. When I figured out that the Devils I ate literally became a part of me, it was easier to use their powers. I was not merely channelling their power, I was them.
I was their prisoner and their abilities were mine while they were trapped.
My arm turned into a blade and with a swing, I sent a slash that cleanly sliced off the wingspan of the Bat Devil.
Its body tilted in the air before it crashed back down on the ground. It was only about to run so it hadn't made far. It crashed within the already destroyed zone so no civilians were harmed.
It would be a fucking drag if I killed civilians. Those usually came with tons of paperwork. Not to mention I'd feel bad about it.
I jumped off from the roof and landed before the Bat Devil. Green vines began growing through concrete and wrapped around the Devil. My trousers exploded as a grotesque greenish leg with hooves replaced my human legs.
The vines wrapped around the Devil before slowly lifting it off the debris.
"Wait a minute! Wait just a minute!! We can talk about this! We can form contracts! We can solve this some other way!!" the Bat Devil screamed, trying to get free but the Forest Devil was in a much higher category than he was.
"You can talk, you really are a powerful Devil," I said, "Your kind usually tastes better than the small fries,"
And then my head transformed.
A pig's head exploded outwards, ripping through my human skull and face. My human head looked like a balloon that was popped for a more sinister head to emerge.
My head continued to grow, flesh, bones and muscles intertwined to stitch together an imperfect pig's head that was not covered by skin. It looked grotesque enough to scare the Bat Devil.
It grew to a ridiculous size, until it was enough to swallow the Devil whole. The rest of my body remained the same so the sight was equally terrifying and ridiculous. Like a horror cartoon.
I ate the Bat Devil in one bite, chewing it a few times to savor the taste but then I tasted something different. I swallowed the rest of the Devil while I let the different objects remain in my mouth.
I spat them out after I was done.
It was Power, holding a cat that was put inside a cage.
My transformation began decaying as I released a groan of anguish. My giant pig head shrunk until it revealed the head of a human while my arm and my leg also turned back to normal.
Power was unconscious, but even then her hold on the cage was strong.
I took out a cigarette and lit it up in the aftermath. I took a long drag of the tobacco while looking around the destroyed area. It was not too much but it'd still cost some big money to fix everything up.
But like I said, it was not too big. Not enough to upset the higher management.
Denji walked to my side, already back in his human form. He looked virtually unscratched but he was rubbing the back of his head with a wince on his face.
"You okay?"
"I'm fine,"
"So what happened?" I asked the important question.
"That bitch tried to kill me and offer me up to the Bat Devil," he said, pointing at the unconscious Power.
A woman trying to kill Denji?
"Sounds about right," I said.
"But she did it for a reason. The Bat Devil held her cat hostage and said he would only return it after offering up a human. But then the Devil did not hold onto his deal and still ate the cat. Power got eaten too when she tried to save the cat," he said, explaining everything quite well. Colour me impressed.
I hummed, finally recalling this part of the anime. Which is why I asked, "Then why did you try to save them?"
"Because we made a deal. She said I could touch her boobs if I helped her save her cat. There wouldn't be no boobs to touch if she got eaten," he said.
I laughed. It sounded even more ridiculous in person. He truly was the boy who lived on whims.
"You can touch them now," I said, gesturing at the unconscious Power.
"Nah dude, that's wrong," he said, although his face said he considered the idea.
"At least you have a line," I said.
After I finished my smoke, I took out another one and lit it up. I was standing there, waiting for the second Devil to appear. In the anime, the Leech Devil and the Bat Devil were lovers so the Leech Devil should come to take revenge.
But even after I finished my second smoke, no more Devil appeared.
It was the rest of my team that reached first, including Aki.
"Since I've already done the hard part, the cleanup is up to you," I said to Aki.
He nodded without protest.
"Hiro, take Power and the cat and bring them there," I pointed at the destroyed building, "That's a hospital. Well, half of a hospital at least,"
Hiro nodded before scooping the wet Power and the cat cage up in his arms.
"Kobeni, help the injured. Madoka, search for anyone else. Maybe people buried in the rubble or dead bodies. Scan everything," I said.
"Himeno and Aki will be working with the police and other departments for the cleanup," I said and pointed towards the last person.
"And Takeda, you will write the report. Try and keep the destruction mild," I said and pointed to a car that was folded in half and looked like a scrap than a car.
"This is a damaged car okay," I said with a straight face. "It's not wrecked or demolished. People like to use those flowery words in their report, don't do that,"
The process of compensation between a car considered demolished and damaged was completely different, although it would lead to the same result and amount compensated. Let us not create more work for ourselves.
He nodded.
"Good luck team," I said and walked away from the scene.
"Oh yeah, Denji," I turned back, "You come with me,"
Denji followed.
"And did you bring it Madoka?" I asked to which he simply threw a new uniform that was still wrapped.
"Thank you,"
"Where are we going?" Denji asked.
I unwrapped the new uniform and gave him the shirt while I took the trousers for myself.
"There's some things I need to teach you regarding the use of your powers," I said, "But we will do that over something to eat. I don't like the aftertaste of the Devil,"
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Merry Christmas everyone. It's still not 25th for me but maybe it was for others. Or maybe by the time you read this, it is Christmas.
Tomorrow is Christmas for me and if I can find time between the family gathering, I'll give y'all a present extra chapter.
Author : This is an event that happned in the anime but with some changes. But I mostly did this to show Jin work as a Captian. He is not only a leader by name.