53 Aftermath

Japan, Tokyo....

Devil Hunter's HQ...

Within a medical recovery room, three injured youths lied on a three beds, with one of them having multiple drip stands attached to his body as blood continually flowed into his veins replenishing his vitality.

"Sigh. This was literally one of the worst devil hunter experiences I've ever had in my life. I never thought I would get so close to death.."

One of them, a youth who had his medium length dark hair sprawled across the pillow spoke with a sigh.

Feeling the embers of death brush across his body back then, he now truly understood what it meant to have life and to have hope.

"It wasn't that bad. At the very least, we got to experience the truly overpowered powers that lurk within this universe firsthand, and in addition, I have a feeling it's not over.."

Lying next to him was another silver haired youth in pair of dark tinted glasses. There was no injury on his body whatsoever, and his reason for being in the medical recovery room was unclear at the moment.

"Easy for you to say...and why are you even here anyway?.."

The dark haired youth let out a breath and asked with looking at the silver haired youth in annoyance.

"Hey...I'm a human too. I'm here because I want to heal my emotional injuries..."

The silver haired youth spoke with a serious face, and instantly his colleagues immediately burst out in unbridled laughter.

"How dare you.." The silver haired youth raised an eyebrow, seeing them laugh at his remark.

"Oh man. That was a good laugh..." Aki wiped a tear from his eye and spoke, while Denji who had been silent most of the time continued laughing.

"Anyway, I still have to give you a thumbs up for saving our asses back then, Satoru. To think you'd even be able to defeat that thing..."

Aki said and looked at Satoru who only rolled his eyes and sat up.

"A simple thumbs up isn't enough to thank me for saving your ass back then Aki.."

Satoru snarled and flashed a glare at Aki.

"Fine fine...after this, I promise to get you some of that strawberry cake you like so much.."

Aki said with a wink, as Satoru smirked and nodded.

"Humph! You better.." Satoru harrumphed and smiler afterward.

"Oi. Satoru. How were you able to defeat that thing we met over there?"

Suddenly, Denji asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah, What was that Technique you used at the last moment. Was it a part of your technique? It felt overwhelming.."

Aki added with a sense of powerlessness.

"You guys have it wrong. I didn't defeat it..I only managed to put it into a comatose state for a few minutes. That was how I was able to teleport us away."

Satoru spoke with a sigh. He didn't how to feel seeing as there was a being in the world even more powerful than he currently was, and not to talk of the fact that there were other Primordial devils lurking within the shadows of this world.

"So that thing is still alive?!" Denji and Aki asked simultaneously.

"Unfortunately it still is...and even I'm powerless to completely kill it off.." He sighed and added, as a realization dawned on the two youths.

It seemed like there weren't safe after all. No one knew when that thing would decide to strike for revenge or anything. There was nothing humanity could do against such a being. Heck, even the strongest had only managed to stall for sometime for them to escape.

'Why does humanity have to live in the shadow of that? Why couldn't they be truly free of devils and be their own masters without having to worry about when the next devil would go on a rampage?!'

Aki's emotions got the best of him as his thoughts to descend in madness.

"Hmm?" Sitting on his bed, Satoru flashed an interested smile, seeing the amount of negative energy diffusing out of Aki's body.

'It seems this guy has had a couple of negative thoughts bottled up within himself.."

Satoru smiled, and mumbled to himself, seeing the immense energy Aki was diffusing at the moment. Although it wasn't on his level, at the very least, it was quite impressive for a normal human to have such immense amounts of negative energy.

"I see you're awake.." Suddenly a voice rang out, as Angel and Makima walked into the recovery room.

"You guys seem fine, and should be able to return to assume duties soon.."

Makima flashed a glance at Denji and Aki, meanwhile, although she could feel the pair of azure gem like eyes watching her intently, she couldn't bring herself to face him.

She didn't know what she felt and decided to call it a weakness, and for someone as headstrong as her, weakness wasn't something to be tolerated in her line of work.

Turning around, she ignored his gaze and walked away with her head held high, with a conceited look in her eyes.

However, just as she was about to exit from the room, a hand grabbed hers suddenly, forcing her body to come to stop abruptly. Normally, if any person had dared to even touch her without permission, not even the most gruesome torture would've been able to appease her soul, however, this time it was a whole different issue.

Feeling that familiar sense of weakness overwhelm her, her heart rate sped up slightly, followed by a shiver which sent chills down her spine.

'What is this? Why do I feel this way?! Why does he make me feel this way?!'

Screaming out internally, she tried maintaining her composure, however, anyone with keen senses would've noticed something wrong seeing the distraught expression on her face.

And clearly with the most keenest vision in the world, Satoru clearly felt her body shiver under his touch, while he could feel her negative energy flow haphazardly accompanied by an increase in heart rate.

"Hey? Are you sick or something?" Raising a brow, he asked with a smirk, as a subtle naughty light flashed within his eyes.

A/N: Short chapter? Forgive me. I'm exhausted 😩