Chapter 223: She Actually Doesn’t Have Even the Slightest Goodwill Toward Me?

Chapter 223: Chapter 223: She Actually Doesn’t Have Even the Slightest Goodwill Toward Me?

"One million yen? I don’t have anywhere near that much money!"

Asa immediately protested.

She had only brought a little over one thousand yen with her today, and she did not have much money left in total.

She needed one million yen while trapped inside an aquarium she could not escape. How could she possibly get that much money?

"I have one million yen. There are other ways to gather that amount, but they would be too troublesome, so forget it."

As he spoke, Kotone Asaba transferred a briefcase out of the Kamui dimension. It contained exactly one million yen.

The "other way" he was referring to involved secretly taking all the money and valuables that visitors and employees had lost inside the aquarium.

Furthermore, because the aquarium had become endless under the Eternity Devil’s power, all those lost valuables would also appear again and again. Gathering one million yen would merely be a matter of time.

Kotone simply did not want to wait that long.

"I can’t do that. I can’t take your money," Asa immediately refused.

"It’s fine. After you kill the Eternity Devil, its corpse should sell for at least a few million yen on the black market. The Bread Devil’s corpse is also worth several hundred thousand yen," Kotone explained. "Consider this one million yen a temporary loan. Once we sell the two Devil corpses, you can pay me back. There should still be plenty left over for you."

"Oh..."

Asa nodded. What he said certainly made sense.

"Our priority is getting out of here, so don’t worry about anything else and prepare to act," Kotone reminded her. "As I said earlier, use this one million yen to purchase the aquarium, then turn the entire aquarium into a weapon. By directly and forcefully breaking the Eternity Devil’s power that way, we’ll be able to escape."

The Eternity Devil’s ability trapped people inside the aquarium forever. Once Asa "claimed" the aquarium and transformed it into a weapon, the Eternity Devil’s power would naturally cease to function.

"I understand..."

Asa nodded solemnly.

What concerned her most was that Asaba somehow understood her own abilities even better than she did.

Perhaps Asaba had known Yoru for a long time.

Yoru constantly talked about "Chainsaw Man," so the two of them were clearly old acquaintances.

Asa decided not to worry about that for now. Their first priority was escaping the aquarium.

She held the briefcase Kotone had given her in one hand and pressed her other hand against the aquarium’s viewing glass. Closing her eyes, she repeated the thought inside her mind.

Asa... Believe in yourself... It doesn’t matter how absurd the logic is. Everything depends on your own perception...

"Aquarium Spear."

The surrounding scenery underwent a tremendous change in an instant.

Kotone and Asa suddenly appeared on the street, while the enormous aquarium building had mysteriously vanished.

In its place, Asa now held a strangely shaped spear. A large number of marine animals were flopping and struggling on the ground after the aquarium’s disappearance.

Asa had successfully transformed the aquarium into the Aquarium Spear. Its spearhead was shaped like two fish.

Judging solely from its appearance, the Aquarium Spear looked ordinary and even somewhat ridiculous, but its power was definitely considerable.

Asa had purchased the aquarium for one million yen. That amount of money was naturally extremely important to her, and the more important something seemed in her eyes, the stronger it became after being transformed into a weapon.

Once the aquarium disappeared, the Eternity Devil revealed its true form.

Its upper body vaguely resembled a human, but it had no legs. Its lower body was a large mass of rotten, mud-like flesh. Its head consisted almost entirely of a hideous mouth, and there was no telling where its eyes were located.

The enormous mouth was formed from rows of human fingers and extended all the way down to its chest.

"You think one million yen could buy an entire aquarium, you dumbass?!"

The Eternity Devil mocked Asa.

When the Eternity Devil appeared, many nearby pedestrians screamed in terror and fled in every direction.

"A Devil! A Devil appeared!"

However, the Eternity Devil ignored the pedestrians and began muttering to itself.

"Damn you, Famine...! This isn’t anything like what you promised...!"

Asa escaping the aquarium so quickly and releasing all the other humans had completely exceeded the Eternity Devil’s expectations.

Now that Asa had escaped, Yoru was also able to return to her body.

"Asa, I’ll deal with this thing."

Asa suddenly heard Yoru’s voice and willingly handed control of her body over to her.

Scars instantly appeared across her face, indicating that Yoru had taken control.

"Guilt over destroying the aquarium... I can’t believe you can feel guilty about something like that. That’s Asa for you."

Yoru muttered to herself.

The next moment, she turned toward the Eternity Devil, a sharp murderous gleam flashing in her eyes.

"One million wasn’t enough? Then take the rest!"

Yoru made a throwing motion and hurled the Aquarium Spear at the Eternity Devil at a speed that was almost impossible to follow with the naked eye.

The spear instantly pierced the Eternity Devil’s abdomen. Countless intestines and marine creatures erupted from its back.

In the blink of an eye, the Eternity Devil was sent back to Hell once again.

Meanwhile, Fami stood on the railing atop a nearby building, tilting her head slightly as she watched everything below.

"Hmm... It failed, just as expected. However..."

As her words trailed off, Fami’s gaze settled on Kotone.

Although she already knew certain things about him, his actions this time had still exceeded her expectations.

Sensing Fami’s gaze, Kotone raised his head and looked upward.

However, he immediately looked away because, from that angle, he could faintly see beneath her skirt.

An ordinary person would not have been able to see clearly from such a great distance, but unfortunately, Kotone was no ordinary person. His Mangekyo Sharingan saw everything far too clearly.

White...

Ahem...

Feeling slightly awkward, Kotone stopped looking up.

Fami clearly failed to notice the reason. She could not understand why Kotone suddenly seemed to be avoiding something.

After the Eternity Devil was killed, control of the body returned to Asa.

"This date was a complete disaster..."

Asa sighed softly.

The entire aquarium was gone, so none of the plans she had prepared could continue.

Thinking about that reminded her of what Yoru had said earlier.

"Asaba... Am I really a boring person?" Asa asked Kotone.

Her sudden question made Kotone pause for a moment.

"Giving such long lectures inside the aquarium was admittedly a little boring, but you yourself aren’t a boring person, Mitaka."

Kotone gave her his honest and impartial opinion.

Asa’s eyes widened slightly. Delight rose inside her heart.

"That’s right... I’m an interesting woman...!"

Yoru’s earlier words had clearly shaken Asa deeply, and she immediately became somewhat emotional.

"I’m interesting, right?!"

Asa’s cheeks reddened as she asked excitedly.

"Yes, yes."

Kotone nodded.

"Oh..."

Yoru stood nearby with her arms crossed, speechless at Asa’s reaction.

"You have excellent judgment if you can recognize that, Asaba!"

Asa’s confidence immediately soared.

Just as she thought, she was interesting and charming!

[Asa Mitaka’s Affinity +5%]

However, after Asa calmed down, she reconsidered what Asaba had said about her lectures being somewhat boring.

She then connected it with Yoru’s remark that either he had an incredibly good temper or had already fallen for her.

Asa still did not want to admit that her explanations had been boring. They had clearly been extremely interesting.

But if they really had been that boring, then perhaps Asaba had already fallen for her.

"It’s just a shame the date was ruined," Asa said regretfully.

"It’s fine. We can go on another date whenever we’re both free. It’s not as though this was our only chance," Kotone replied.

"All right!"

Asa smiled happily.

Meanwhile, Yoru was considering something of her own. She also felt that Asaba had probably fallen for Asa.

In that case, she could finally act.

Without saying a word, Yoru suddenly seized control of Asa’s body.

Before Asa could understand what was happening, she saw Yoru place a hand on Kotone’s head. A faint smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"Asaba Spinal Cord Sword."

It was not that Kotone had failed to react. The moment Yoru seized control, he had already predicted what she would do next.

He was simply confident that Yoru could not turn him into a weapon, so he did not even bother resisting.

When nothing happened, Yoru froze before immediately trying again.

"Asaba Spinal Cord Sword!"

"Asaba Spinal Cord Sword!"

"Asaba Spinal Cord Sword!"

She shouted it several times in succession, but nothing happened. Even Kotone’s expression remained unchanged.

Kotone calmly ignored Yoru and instead spoke to Asa beside her.

"I should probably head home now. Goodbye, Mitaka."

As Kotone turned and walked away, Yoru stared blankly at his back.

"You...?!"

Asa looked at Yoru in horror, cold sweat appearing on her face.

"What were you doing?! Thank goodness he didn’t turn into a weapon...!"

"Why didn’t he become a weapon...? Our relationship is already so close..."

Yoru muttered in confusion.

She had never imagined that her ability could fail.

There was only one possible explanation. He did not like her, or rather, he did not like Asa.

Asa also reached the same conclusion, and a sudden sense of disappointment filled her heart.

"So he doesn’t like me...? Whatever. It’s not like I like him that much either."

Yoru naturally recognized that Asa was only pretending not to care, but she did not expose her.

"Then we’ll leave it at that. He said you could go on another date whenever you wanted, so we’ll think of a way to win him over further next time."

Afterward, Asa and Yoru returned home.

"Wasn’t Fami your sister? Why did it look like she was trying to hurt us today?" Asa asked, still concerned about the matter.

Yoru did not answer directly. Instead, she warned Asa, "That insane woman doesn’t think normally. Never get involved with her..."

"But isn’t she your family?" Asa asked.

Thud!

Yoru did not answer. She simply threw herself facedown onto the bed.

"Hey! I’m talking to you! Take a shower before going to sleep!"

Yoru instantly fell asleep.

In truth, Yoru had no need to bathe. She existed in something resembling a spiritual form. Asa was simply rather particular about such things.

Asa quietly sat down on the bed.

Her mind was completely occupied by thoughts of Asaba. She could not prevent herself from feeling disappointed and miserable, and she also began sulking.

So Asaba really doesn’t like me...

We’ve already spent so much time together, and he even said all those things that could easily be misunderstood. Does he seriously not have any feelings for me at all...?

I just don’t understand him...!

Elsewhere, Kotone did not return home immediately. Instead, he went to find Fami.

"Why were you looking for me?" Fami asked expressionlessly.

"Obviously, there’s something I want to discuss with you," Kotone calmly replied.

Fami remained silent for a moment. She did not refuse, but said, "Then you should show some sincerity, shouldn’t you?"

"Just tell me what you want."

"There."

Fami pointed toward a café a short distance away.

"Buy me something delicious, and you can discuss whatever you want."

"Fine. My treat."

Kotone agreed without hesitation.

He knew Fami possessed an absurdly enormous appetite, but he did not care. Money was something he had no shortage of.

"Then we have a deal."

Fami agreed just as readily.

The two of them headed toward the café together.

"Welcome! A table for two, right this way!"

The moment Kotone and Fami entered the café, a server greeted them.

However, the server was also a female student from Fourth East High School who worked part-time at the café.

She recognized President Fami immediately. After all, the student council president was a minor public figure within the school.

She did not recognize the boy beside Fami, but his uniform revealed that he attended the same school.

The waitress immediately became excited as her imagination ran wild.

The cold, mysterious, and beautiful student council president had come to a café with a boy from the same school. The boy was also quite handsome, and the two of them looked surprisingly well matched.

Could this... possibly be a date?!

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