Chapter 134: Round Two of the Love Rival Showdown, "Kiss Me"

Chapter 134: Chapter 134: Round Two of the Love Rival Showdown, "Kiss Me"

They arrived at Yuki Kirisu’s office.

"You’re back pretty fast. And who are these people?"

Yuki Kirisu asked this.

Kotone Asaba had left alone, yet only a few days had passed, and he had returned with seven people. Aside from Kotone Asaba, they were all women.

"One, two, three, four, five, six, and they’re all girls. Nice work, you~"

Yuki Kirisu teased him.

Immediately after that, her gaze settled on Rou Fang. "But this little girl... Asaba, you do know that’s illegal, right?"

Kotone Asaba immediately rolled his eyes at Yuki Kirisu. "Don’t let your imagination run wild. She’s Quanxi’s student. Her name is Rou Fang."

"Quanxi? No wonder she looked so familiar. So it’s Ms. Quanxi."

Yuki Kirisu was surprised by this. Kotone Asaba had actually brought Quanxi over as well.

Although she had still been very young when Quanxi and Kishibe were partners, to be precise, she had only just been born when Quanxi left Japan, she had specifically studied Tokyo Public Safety’s history, so she knew about Quanxi’s accomplishments here.

"As expected of Ms. Quanxi..."

Yuki Kirisu said this meaningfully.

So many years had passed, yet Quanxi’s appearance had not aged at all. Sure enough, it was just as the classified information described. Quanxi was an unaging, undying Hybrid.

"Then why has Ms. Quanxi returned to Tokyo Public Safety this time?"

Yuki Kirisu asked curiously.

After so many years, this was the first time Quanxi had come to Japan again.

"No reason. He told me to come, so I came."

Quanxi said this faintly.

Quanxi had spent so many years in Japan back then, so she naturally knew Japanese. She was also speaking to Yuki Kirisu in Japanese.

"Oh? Is that so..."

Yuki Kirisu was quite surprised.

How had Asaba managed that? He could actually make Quanxi so obedient.

"All right, let’s talk business."

At this moment, Kotone Asaba said, "I plan to establish another Special Division 2. Special Division 1 already has enough people with Pingtsi, Long, and Cosmo added in. Quanxi, Rou Fang, and the others can be assigned to Special Division 2 for now."

Although he already had quite a bit of authority in Tokyo Public Safety now, establishing a new Special Division was not a minor matter. He still had to tell Yuki Kirisu first.

"Of course, that’s not a problem. As long as performance standards are met, you can establish as many Special Divisions as you want. With Quanxi here, performance definitely won’t be an issue."

Yuki Kirisu said, "But... are you serious about assigning that little girl to the Special Division too?"

"It’s not like we’re making her fight. Quanxi is her teacher, so she’ll take good care of her."

Kotone Asaba said this.

Because they were speaking entirely in Japanese, Rou Fang could not understand what they were talking about at all.

However, she was also very well-behaved, quietly standing there while holding Quanxi’s hand.

"By the way, should I transfer Captain Kishibe to your Special Division 2 as well and have him continue partnering with Ms. Quanxi?"

Yuki Kirisu suggested this.

Tokyo Public Safety, or rather all Public Safety branches, needed Devil Hunters who could shoulder major responsibilities. That could greatly reduce casualties.

Otherwise, when difficult missions piled up together and there were not enough elite personnel, they could only throw lives at the problem. Each time that happened, casualties would be severe.

Back when Kishibe and Quanxi had partnered for those ten years, that had been the period with the lowest casualty rate in Tokyo Public Safety’s history.

That was also the reason the Special Division could be established. They needed an elite unit dedicated to major missions.

"If that’s possible, then transfer him over."

Kotone Asaba was naturally willing.

Quanxi, meanwhile, remained silent and showed no reaction.

Before long, Yuki Kirisu directly called Kishibe to the office. She had already explained the specific situation to Kishibe over the phone.

The flask in Kishibe’s hand never left him. He walked straight toward Yuki Kirisu’s desk without expression. When he passed by Quanxi, he did not even glance at her.

Quanxi was the same. It was as if she had not seen Kishibe either.

The two of them acted as if they did not know each other at all, not at all like old friends who had partnered for a full ten years.

"So, what do you think, Captain Kishibe? About transferring you to Special Division 2."

Yuki Kirisu asked this.

"I naturally have no objections, but these old bones of mine might not be able to handle missions that intense anymore."

Kishibe took a sip of alcohol and slowly spoke.

"Not only have you become an old bag of bones, you’ve also lost some of your spine."

At this moment, Quanxi suddenly spoke.

"You’re still the same as ever. No mercy with your mouth."

Kishibe’s tone was flat.

"Then that settles it."

Yuki Kirisu clapped her hands, cutting off Kishibe and Quanxi’s banter. "As for the position arrangements, Asaba can decide. I won’t meddle."

Kotone Asaba thought for a moment, then said, "Captain Kishibe already has deep experience in the position of captain. I think it would be better for him to serve as captain. What do you think, Ms. Quanxi?"

"Whatever."

Quanxi said indifferently.

"Then it’s decided."

Kotone Asaba said this.

At present, Special Division 2 had a total of four members, Kishibe, Quanxi, Rou Fang, and the stitched girl. Although they were few in number, their combat power was already top tier.

At this moment, Kishibe’s gaze lingered on Rou Fang for a while, as if he was thinking for a moment.

"She’s just my student."

Quanxi seemed to see what Kishibe was thinking and explained.

"Yeah. I may be old, but my brain hasn’t gone that dull yet."

Kishibe said this.

Afterward, Kotone Asaba brought them to the office space. To put it plainly, it was an activity room. For the time being, the personnel of Special Division 1 and Special Division 2 would all operate here.

It could be seen that the room was completely empty. Clearly, Makima and the others usually stayed at home and only went out on missions when needed.

"For now, Special Division 2 only has the four of you, but there’s no rush to recruit new people. Recruiting newcomers who don’t meet the strength standard would be meaningless."

Kotone Asaba said this.

He did not have strict standards for his own people, but when it came to outsiders, there was a threshold for strength.

"Mm."

Kishibe answered casually.

Quanxi simply gave no opinion.

"Then I’ll leave matters related to Quanxi and the others to Captain Kishibe. I’ll take Pingtsi and the others to their dormitory."

Kotone Asaba said this.

"No problem."

Kishibe answered faintly.

After that, Kotone Asaba took Pingtsi and the others to the dormitory.

It was also in the same apartment building as Kotone Asaba’s dorm. Many Tokyo Public Safety Devil Hunters lived in this apartment building, since these were dorms uniformly arranged by Tokyo Public Safety.

Of course, there were other apartment buildings as well. Those with money could even buy their own homes. If they did not live in the dorms, Public Safety would provide some subsidies, even though the dorms themselves were already free.

"This is your dorm. It’s just right for the three of you."

Kotone Asaba pushed open the door in front of them. Inside was Pingtsi, Long, and Cosmo’s dormitory.

"It’s pretty nice."

Pingtsi said, "What about you, Asaba? Where do you live?"

"I’m right upstairs."

Kotone Asaba said this.

"Great. I’ll go find you later."

Pingtsi said this.

"Mm..."

Kotone Asaba answered with a slightly stiff expression.

After arranging the dormitory for the three of them, Kotone Asaba returned to his own dorm.

"I’m back."

Kotone Asaba knocked on the door.

Reze soon opened it.

"Welcome home, darling~"

Reze was wearing a smock and holding cleaning tools. It seemed she had just happened to be cleaning. Combined with that one line, she looked exactly like a proper, virtuous wife.

When Kotone Asaba arrived at Tokyo Airport, Makima had already learned of his return through surveillance, so she did not react much now.

"By the way, where’s Kobeni?"

Kotone Asaba could not help asking, as Kobeni was the only one he did not see.

"Kobeni went to cram school. She probably won’t be back until tonight."

Reze said this.

"Oh, cram school."

Kotone Asaba nodded slightly.

After all, once summer break ended, Kobeni would be a third-year high school student. This would also be the most important year. Going to cram school in advance to study more would help her get into a top university.

Japanese high school class hours might look easy, but in reality, most people still had to go to cram school after school. It was just as competitive as his previous life’s country. At most, the level of competition was only slightly better.

The biggest difference was that the competition was not forced. After school ended early, people could do whatever they wanted. They could go to cram school and throw themselves into the grind, or they could choose to go home, play around, and slack off.

In short, if someone wanted to get into a top university, it would be very difficult without grinding through cram school.

Kobeni being able to put most of her focus on studying was definitely something Kotone Asaba wanted to see. He did not want Kobeni spending too much time on the Devil Hunter side of things.

At this moment, Makima put down the book in her hand, stood up, and walked in front of Kotone Asaba.

"There are four... Fiend smells."

"Four Fiends? Don’t tell me they’re all girls again."

Reze’s intuition was sharp.

"..."

Seeing Kotone Asaba’s expression, which looked like he could not refute it at all, Reze knew they were indeed all girls again.

Speak of the devil. At that moment, someone knocked on the door again.

It was going to happen sooner or later anyway, so Kotone Asaba did not think too much about it and turned back to open the door.

Sure enough, standing outside the door were Pingtsi, Long, and Cosmo.

"These three girls... are all Fiends?"

Reze carefully sized up Pingtsi and the others in front of her. They all had obvious Fiend features on their heads. Had Koto directly brought them back home?

Makima was not surprised, because she had already known from her surveillance earlier that several women had been traveling with Kotone Asaba.

"Yeah. They were originally Devil Hunters from Hong Kong, but they all wanted to come to Japan, so I brought them back with me."

Kotone Asaba explained, "Aside from the three of them, there’s also Quanxi, the Stitching Fiend, and Quanxi’s student. I arranged for them to be assigned to Special Division 2."

"Quanxi?"

Hearing the name Quanxi, Reze’s eyes immediately sharpened. Back when she was still working for the Soviet military, the name "Quanxi" had been one of the people she had needed to pay the most attention to.

"How did you bring her back too?"

Reze could not help asking.

"I thought her strength was good, so I poached her and assigned her to Special Division 2."

Kotone Asaba answered honestly.

"I see..."

Reze did not doubt him either, because she had deliberately learned about and gathered intelligence on Quanxi. She knew Quanxi was a lesbian.

She could roughly guess that Koto had probably used force to make Quanxi submit. Otherwise, Quanxi was not someone who could be poached so easily.

"What are you talking about? ...Forget it."

At the same time, Pingtsi could not understand the Japanese Kotone Asaba and Reze were speaking, so she instinctively used her ability to observe Reze and Makima.

She could see that Reze, like Quanxi, was one of the so-called Hybrids.

Reze did not react with much resistance.

But when Pingtsi’s gaze fell on Makima, Makima was clearly displeased.

Inadvertently, Pingtsi was directly struck by the chain Makima fired from her fingertip, and was thereby controlled.

Long and Cosmo had not yet realized what had happened. After all, they had no idea what Makima’s ability was.

"Hm?"

Kotone Asaba had just been talking to Reze and had not noticed Makima directly making a move on Pingtsi. By the time he realized it, it was already too late.

"No, wait. Why are you two fighting?"

Kotone Asaba immediately went over to stop them.

Although he had long expected another love-war situation, he had not expected Makima to go straight to using real power this time. He had overlooked Pingtsi’s habit of observing people.

"Not only is she stealing my thing, she’s also peeking into me."

Makima voiced her dissatisfaction.

The "thing" she mentioned naturally referred to Kotone Asaba.

"Don’t be angry. She didn’t do it with bad intentions. It’s just a habit."

Kotone Asaba explained on Pingtsi’s behalf.

"Woof~ Woof, woof~"

At this moment, Pingtsi could only bark. However, Makima had not gone too far. She had not made Pingtsi get down on all fours like a dog. Pingtsi was merely standing there and barking.

Pingtsi’s ponytail had also entered a "crashed" state, because Makima had not deliberately given Pingtsi any emotion inside, so the ponytail no longer reacted.

Hearing Pingtsi suddenly start barking for no reason, Long still looked confused and poked Pingtsi’s cheek with her finger.

Cosmo was the first to react. Even without her memories of Hell and without recognizing the Control Devil, she could still tell that Pingtsi had been controlled.

"Halloween!"

Cosmo had spent quite a lot of time with Kotone Asaba, Pingtsi, and the others. In a situation like this, she naturally sided with Pingtsi by instinct and looked at Makima with displeasure.

"I can release my control over her, but you have to kiss me."

Makima stated her demand.

"Kiss you?"

Kotone Asaba was slightly stunned.

Come to think of it, only now did he suddenly realize that his first kiss seemed to still be intact. Was today finally the day he would hand it over?

Upon hearing this, Reze’s pupils instantly narrowed into vertical slits like a cat’s.

"Fine. But we have a deal. After I kiss you, you have to release your control."

Kotone Asaba emphasized this.

"Of course."

Makima nodded, then tilted her head slightly, turning her right cheek toward Kotone Asaba.

Obviously, this gesture meant she wanted Kotone Asaba to kiss her right cheek.

Seeing this, Kotone Asaba finally realized that he had misunderstood just now. He had thought she meant a kiss on the lips.

He did not cross the line on his own. He simply followed Makima’s request and lightly kissed Makima on the right cheek.

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