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Chapter 339: Chapter 336: What's the price to Contract You?

Hearing Fang Mo's statement.

To be honest, Makima was also slightly stunned.

It was obvious that the 'Control Devil' mentioned by the other party was targeting her. She didn't believe it was a coincidence; the other party must know something.

But how to put it...

Makima really couldn't fathom the depth of Fang Mo.

Her nose was extremely sensitive, able to remember every person just by smell, distinguishing between Devils and humans.

But the Fang Mo standing before her now, his scent was neither human nor Devil. His smell was filled with an indescribable chaos and depth, like a boiling, tangible nightmare. Even Makima found it eerily peculiar.

To put it simply.

This guy shouldn't exist in this world.

Honestly, Makima was a bit at a loss about what to do in this situation. She had thought he would be a new pawn, but now it seemed this pawn was too hot to handle.

After pondering for a moment, Makima decided to stay calm and continue observing his situation.

"Among the members of the Devil Hunter, many hate the Gun Devil and are willing to pay any price to kill it."

Makima didn't directly respond to Fang Mo's statement about the 'Sex Devil', but pretended to be ignorant: "If Mr. Fang Mo is interested, you can certainly try to make a contract with them. Of course, the terms of the contract can be set by you. I believe they would definitely please Mr. Fang Mo."

"Hmm..."

Fang Mo stroked his chin, guessing that Makima wouldn't take the bait.

After all, her scheming was indeed very deep. On the surface, she seemed to treat everyone equally, with a pleasant demeanor, but in reality, there was an indelible arrogance in her eyes.

This was not the attitude one person should have towards another.

But rather, the attitude of a person towards a dog.

"Mr. Fang Mo, if you are a Devil, then you probably don't have a place to live?"

Makima maintained a gentle demeanor, speaking calmly, "How about I arrange a place for you to stay? Although other Devils are in the Devil Public Security prison, Mr. Fang Mo is a collaborator, so please stay with Aki. He has extra rooms at his place."

"Is his house big enough?"

Fang Mo asked.

"A normal accommodation is no problem," Makima said. "There should be a separate room, and Aki also cooks..."

"That won't do."

Fang Mo immediately waved his hand and said: "Too small. I usually live in temples."

"But this is Japan, and even if Mr. Fang Mo says so, we can't build a temple for you," Makima said. "Our budget is very limited, and it's already not easy to provide a place to stay."

"Oh, no problem, I'll figure it out myself."

Fang Mo waved his hand and then walked outside directly: "Anyway, I'm going to find Hayakawa Aki now, just call me if there's anything."

Makima did not stop Fang Mo.

Instead, she stared at his back, seemingly lost in thought.

However, soon after, the phone on Makima's desk suddenly rang. The ringing brought her back to her senses, and she picked up the phone: "What's up?"

"That... Miss Makima..."

On the other end of the phone, Hayakawa Aki's hesitant voice came through: "Did you send that Devil over?"

"Yes."

Makima calmly replied: "I want you to help keep an eye on that guy. He's very dangerous, but I believe you can minimize the risk, because you're the person I trust the most."

"Ah... yes..."

The voice on the phone sounded much happier.

But not long after, Hayakawa Aki hesitantly said again: "But Miss Makima, he threw my neighbor's house onto the street, is this... really okay?"

"...What?"

Makima was a bit confused: "Did he start killing people?"

"It's not about killing." Hayakawa Aki said with a headache over the phone: "He said my house was too small and cramped. Then he knocked on my neighbor's door, threw a gold nugget at them from nowhere, and with a wave of his hand, the entire house suddenly lifted from the ground and was thrown by an invisible force into the middle of the road, causing a traffic jam here..."

"..."

After hearing Hayakawa Aki's description, Makima also fell into a long silence.

For some reason, her view of Fang Mo had already started to change. She had originally thought of using him, but now she was just praying he wouldn't cause more trouble.

His background was too mysterious and bizarre. On the surface, he said he was just looking for fun, but Makima didn't believe a word of it. However, starting a fight now would affect her own plans, so she could only delay for now, at least until she understood his background and abilities.

With this in mind, Makima also came up with a strategy.

Anyway, leaving it to Hayakawa Aki was the best option, and she could take the opportunity to observe the other party's abilities in secret.

Thus, Makima also comforted Hayakawa Aki briefly and told him about another arrangement, which was to leave Denji and Power in his care.

Of course.

Unlike the Happy Devil.

These two were living with Hayakawa Aki.

On the surface, it was to take care of daily life, but in reality, Makima's intention was to have Hayakawa Aki monitor them and eliminate them if they dared to betray Division 4.

Actually, Hayakawa Aki himself was very reluctant.

But how well Makima understood, almost the entire Division 4 was made up of dogs she had trained, so Hayakawa Aki had no choice but to accept the task, and could only pinch his nose and carry it out.

So very quickly.

Power, having drunk blood, kicked the door open with one foot.

And as for Fang Mo, he happily followed behind Power.

"Why are you here too?"

Upon seeing Fang Mo, Hayakawa Aki's expression immediately changed: "Didn't you say my house was too small..."

"It is too small."

Fang Mo said: "But I have already built a house next to yours. I heard that after moving to this area of Japan, one should first visit the neighbors, so I came."

"You're not welcome here..."

Hayakawa Aki almost subconsciously wanted to speak.

"I brought ingredients." Fang Mo reached out and magically pulled out a lot of food, including watermelon, bluefin tuna, frosted steak, eel, honeydew, mango, shrimp, and more.

"..."

Hayakawa Aki was stunned at the sight.

"Please stay!!!"

While Hayakawa Aki was stunned, a figure rushed out of the house.

Without a doubt, this person was the protagonist of Chainsaw Man, also known as Denji, who was now eagerly licking his lips and excitedly said: "Wow, so many foods I've never seen before!"

"Yo, Denji, you're here too."

Fang Mo smiled and greeted: "I'll be living across from your house from now on, look, that villa over there."

"Can I live with you?"

Denji immediately asked.

"Me, me, and me too." Power also raised her hand: "This house is so small, I don't want to live in such a crappy place, even a cat can't move around."

"..."

Among those present, only Hayakawa Aki didn't speak.

He silently walked to the window and glanced at the location not far from his house.

The place where Hayakawa Aki currently lives is actually an apartment, which is quite common in Japan. Near this apartment, there are typically two-story houses, similar to the 'single-family home' style of Japanese wooden buildings.

The building not far away had already disappeared, replaced by a very modern villa.

After all, it is a building brought out from the Marvel Universe, and this thing looks very technologically advanced, even feeling out of place with its surroundings, standing there abruptly.

Hayakawa Aki rubbed his temples with a bit of a headache.

Through a call with Makima, he already knew that his task was to monitor these three people.

But honestly, even if this is Makima's order, Hayakawa Aki was still very upset after seeing these three people. He hated Devils the most, and these three were pretty much the same kind of thing. The last one, the Happy Devil, was particularly troublesome, so what should he do?

But of course.

Fang Mo also understood Makima's attitude towards him.

After all, this guy is the Control Devil, with a control desire so strong it's almost ridiculous. Naturally, she couldn't trust people she couldn't control. But Fang Mo didn't need to earn her trust; just deceiving her to death would do.

"What are you thinking about, Aki?"

So, Fang Mo walked up to Hayakawa Aki cheerfully: "Hurry up and cook, don't you see the kids are hungry? And you still want to be a parent like this?"

"I won't take care of them like I do to children..."

Hayakawa Aki said, but still reluctantly took the stuff: "Where did you get all these things? They weren't all bought, were they?"

"Nonsense, of course, I grew them myself."

Fang Mo put the watermelon on the table next to him: "So I never understood you Japanese people, selling watermelons so expensively. This thing only costs a few cents per pound in province. Don't tell me you grow them with isotopes? I'm really radiated..."

"This fish, you grew it too?"

Hayakawa Aki glanced at the bluefin tuna, which weighed over a hundred kilograms. Luckily, as a Devil hunter, he often exercised and was able to lift such heavy things.

"Did a Devil eat your brain?"

Fang Mo looked at Hayakawa Aki: "Can tuna grow from the ground in your house? This was clearly fished by me using the Luck of the Sea + Lure. No common sense at all, later as a punishment, you can only eat fish gills, I'll keep the belly for myself."

"..."

Hayakawa Aki didn't say a word, just silently started to prepare the ingredients.

While the other party was handling the ingredients, Fang Mo casually took out a pineapple, cut out the core with four slices, and started munching on it: "By the way, Hayakawa Aki, today Makima talked to me about the Gun Devil."

"Yeah, and then?"

Hayakawa Aki was cutting watermelon, and upon hearing Fang Mo's words, he asked directly.

It was said before, Hayakawa Aki's family was all killed by the Gun Devil, so he hated Devils immensely. However, Hayakawa Aki also knew that he was no match for the Devil, which was one of the reasons why he endured Fang Mo. If this guy was really strong, he could indeed be useful.

"Actually, I haven't figured it out either."

Fang Mo said with a smile, "Why do you fear a mere Gun Devil... Just because it killed B? Shouldn't it be called the Little Angel of Guns, then?"

"I don't know who B is, but the crimes committed by the Gun Devil are indescribable."

Hayakawa Aki stopped his work and looked up at Fang Mo, "Thirteen years ago, it landed for only five minutes and killed over 1.2 million humans. Do you call such a thing an angel? I used to doubt whether you were a Devil, but now it seems you definitely are one..."

"Young man, you're focusing on the wrong point."

Fang Mo said, "The point is not whether the Gun Devil is an angel or a Devil, but the words 'mere', understand?"

"So, Mr. Fang Mo is even more formidable than that gun bastard?"

Denji, who had come up unnoticed, took a piece of watermelon that Hayakawa Aki had cut and started chewing it, "Mr. Fang Mo is really great. He's strong and can bring out so many delicious things. This is the first time I've eaten a watermelon that isn't rotten, really crunchy."

"The Gun Devil just shoots a lot, shoots a substantial amount, but in reality, it's not very useful."

Fang Mo shrugged, "But I'm different. When I get serious, one shot to the soul, and I can blast the... no, the earth's core."

That was indeed the truth. According to the power of the Longbow of the Heavens, Fang Mo at full power could shoot through the earth's core, but he himself didn't know what the consequences would be, whether it would just make a big hole or cause the core to explode.

"You're that strong?"

Hearing this, Hayakawa Aki couldn't help but ask, "Then why don't you just destroy the world?"

"What's fun about destroying the world?"

Fang Mo spread his hands, "The power of Devils comes from human fear... If I kill all humans, then who would be afraid of me? Eggs? Would eggs be afraid of me?"

"But other Devils..."

"They are just small fries, it's normal for them to lack common sense." Fang Mo waved his hand and said, "You don't think the Gun Devil is the limit of our hell's fighting power, do you? In the eyes of us Root Devils, it's just a sewer worker, can't even lift a manhole cover."

"What is the Root Devil?"

Hayakawa Aki, hearing this term for the first time, couldn't help but ask.

"A Devil crowned with Root fear." Fang Mo briefly explained, "Something that humans, and all life forms, have always feared since their existence, like darkness, death, and such concepts..."

"You're a Root Devil?"

Hayakawa Aki asked.

"Yes."

Fang Mo nodded.

"So why would someone fear Happiness?" Hayakawa Aki asked, "It seems impossible that anyone would fear such a thing."

"That depends on how you understand the word."

Fang Mo smiled and said, "A pack of hyenas brought down a buffalo by anal dragging. The hyenas are satisfied and happy to have a feast. But what about the buffalo?"

"...Is that even possible?"

Hayakawa Aki's expression looked a bit subtle, "If it's as you say, shouldn't they be more afraid of death, predators, or the hyenas themselves?"

"Happiness itself implies a form of enjoyment, and this enjoyment can easily evolve into depravity. Like Sex, which is originally for reproduction, but humans covet this pleasure and thus fall into depravity or persecute others. So, Happiness itself means a kind of desecration, a kind of fall."

Fang Mo spread his hands, "Of course, I'm just referring to one of the countless ways of Happiness. Besides that, there's gambling, drugs, tax evasion, greed for power and wealth, enslaving others, and even standing on a moral high ground to criticize others. There are too many things in this world that can bring Happiness, and in pursuit of Happiness, humans can brew the deepest malice... Dare you say I'm not a fundamentally evil Devil?"

"But even so..."

"Shut up! Shameless thief!" Fang Mo slammed the table, "Whether you are the Happy Devil or I am, you don't understand what fun is!"

"Exactly."

Denji also chimed in, "You should just stick to handling the ingredients."

"..."

Hayakawa Aki was speechless and lowered his head to continue processing the ingredients.

However, after a while, Denji and Power started quarreling over something about a cat, and at this moment, Hayakawa Aki spoke to Fang Mo again.

"Can I make a contract with you?"

Hayakawa Aki asked.

"That depends on whether you are qualified or not," Fang Mo glanced at Hayakawa Aki, "I only make contracts with interesting people, at least starting as a commentator."

"Commentator means..."

"Hello everyone, I am Hayakawa Aki's brother, Hayakawa Taiyo."

Fang Mo suddenly said loudly.

Due to the abruptness of Fang Mo's words, even Power and Denji were stunned, both of them looking at Fang Mo in surprise.

"You Devil!"

Hayakawa Aki directly gritted his teeth and said, "Don't desecrate my family with that disgusting pun!"

(In Chinese)

"Pun? What's that?"

Power, still completely baffled, asked, "What are you two arguing about?"

"Uh... not bad." Fang Mo ignored Power and just rubbed his chin: "Although she's a tsundere type which I'm not very good at dealing with, at least I found a point to tease. So, I'll reluctantly agree to make a contract with you."

"What?"

Hearing this, Hayakawa Aki was also stunned.

"I can give you power, but in return, you will suffer from headaches," Fang Mo said with a clap of his hands. "The more power you get, the greater the cost. Understand?"

"Wait, this headache you're talking about is..."

"A headache in a broad sense."

Fang Mo revealed a malicious smile: "If you borrow just a little power, it will be like just now, when I threw our neighbor into the middle of the road."

"And if I borrow all of the power?"

"Ha, watch out! I'll carve the moon into a cubic stone block! And I'll even engrave a visible black big Jβ on it, as the saying goes, look up at the bright moon, look down at your torn trousers..."

"Okay, stop talking."

After listening, Hayakawa Aki immediately held his forehead: "I think I understand what you mean by headache."

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