9 In action.
Within a huge temple that resembled a court in one way or another, several figures could be seen seated in front of a desk, while another figure stood before them.
The figure standing before them was a beautiful woman dressed in black pants, a white shirt with pink hair. Her hands were folded behind her, as she listened attentively to the words of the figures seated at the high table like some sort of jury.
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"The American issue has got the Soviet war hawks crowing even louder the usual." The first figure seated at the table, a middle aged man dressed in a suit and glasses spoke with an evil sneer on his face.
"There have been rumors of military use of devils as well..." He finished his statement and adjusted his glasses. "Hopefully, devils will stay as Japan's only enemies in the future." Another man by his side said with a sigh.
"Makima, how have the hunting dogs who have been added to the squad performing?" A new figure spoke, as Makima raised her head.
"One is promising, the other interesting and another unpredictable." She said swiftly.
"Unpredictable?" The figures at the high table looked at each other in dismay.
"Gojo Satoru. He is neither a devil nor a fiend, yet his body naturally produces negative energy like devils do." Makima spoke as the figures listened attentively.
"Also, the sheer output of negative energy from his body is unlike anything I've ever seen before, and most importantly, he seems to be able to manipulate Space to an extent." She finished her statement as the figures finished taking notes on pieces of paper before them.
"Makima, your job is to grow the hounds and then put them to work. Any hound outside of your control should be directly eliminated in order not to pose future problems." Another middle aged man seated in the middle said with a raised eyebrows.
"His abilities are too useful to us to be discarded so easily. He might not be under my control now, but he will not be able to escape his fate." She said with a smile, as the figures nodded.
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"Oi Power! Are you sure this is the place?" Walking towards an abandoned shack, Denji who was holding an axe on his shoulder asked the figure walking beside him with an annoyed expression.
"Just shut up and come along you idiot. We're almost there." A young girl with long blonde hair wearing a shirt with a tie, black pants and white boots responded with a fierce glare. Her most notable feature was the blood red pair of horns which were growing in the middle of her head.
'I can't get near the bat devil, or hell sense my presence.' Suddenly, Denji stopped, remembering what she had told him a while ago in the train, as the grip on his axe tightened.
Without hesitation, he swung it towards his partner, the young girl. However, before his axe could even reach her, a blood red hammer smashed into his head with a powerful force, knocking him out cold with a bleeding skull, after which she dragged him to the warehouse.
...DEVIL HUNTERS HQ...
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Within a training room, a shirtless youth with bandaged knuckles was furiously smashing his fists and legs into a punching bag before him.
His body glistened with sweat, as he unleashed multiple combos on the punching bag which seemed to fold with every punch and kick.
After a while, he stopped and took a deep breath, before he picked up a towel nearby and wiped himself, before taking a seat on the floor.
Right after making substantial progress with the Limitless, Satoru had devoted almost all his time to an intense training schedule. After a few days of this crazy schedule, although he had not made another breakthrough in the main abilities of the Limitless, he had managed to at least strengthen his previous ones and its applications. Even more importantly, he could feel his body's strength increase dramatically with every training session, as well as his cursed energy reserves.
After taking a couple of breaths, he lifted up one end of his blindfold, revealing a sparkling blue eye, before he beckoned with his finger. The next second, a small pebble began to levitate and spin as it moved closer to him, until it was about eye level.
*BOOM!*
With a slight move of his eyebrows, the pebble shot forward at immense speed, like a bullet, and instantly penetrated a wall in his room, as massive cracks formed on the wall.
With a laugh, his cursed energy flared once more, and soon, his body began to levitate in the air. Although he hadn't mastered actually flying yet, he had figured he could harden spatial molecules to a level where it could support his body weight and so he did.
Gently, he lowered his body to the ground and sat down once more.
*BUZZ!*
Suddenly beside him, his phone began to buzz as he picked it up and placed it on his left ear.
"What?" Suddenly his eyes widened in shock, as he rushed out at full speed, distress and urgency etched all over his face.
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Meanwhile, back at the warehouse, the morning sun had already set, with beautiful sun rays cascading down with blessings and goodness.
*BOOM!*
The next second, the huge warehouse collapsed as a figure was hurled like a rocket, his body smashing into multiple buildings, as the civilians roared in horror and began to run for their lives.
Just as the civilians were trying their very best to escape, a massive suction force erupted, as most of them were pulled backwards by a strange force. The next second, a huge purple tentacle with the head of a leech burst out of the warehouse, swallowing all the civilians like a vacuum.
"Hahahaha!!! Human flesh tastes the best when it's seasoned with fear!!!" A shrill laughter reverberated, as a huge purple creature walked out. The creature had large body with long and huge tentacles with mouth like leeches. It's neck was long and the black hair on its head covered it's eyes, as a huge mouth filled with sharp teeth revealed a smile.
"Here! Have some snacks my batsy!" It pusher it's tentacles into the mouth of another creature beside it, as humans were swallowed and chewed like good. The second creature was a massive bat with a huge wingspan.
"Ughhh!" Suddenly, a figure walked out from the collapsed buildings. His arms morphed into long chainsaws, and his robotic head also had a chainsaw protruding out of it. His buttons were opened up, and the malicious glow in his eyes intensified with every minute.
"Oh? You're not dead?" Seeing him walk out unharmed, the two devils couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. "You two have killed many humans right? I guess it's okay for me to kill you then!!!!"
"Die brat!!!" The leech devil shot multiple tentacles towards him, which exploded forth towards him with a powerful force.
Denji snarled and blasted forward, his body moved like a bullet, as he slashed his chainsaws towards the incoming tentacle, drawing massive spirits of blood, along with a shrill cry of pain from the leech devil, but he didn't stop there.
He rushed towards the bat devil who seemed to take a step back in fear, as she slashed his chainsaws with all of his might.
However, before his attack could land, another tentacle from the leech demon smashed into his body, swatting him from mid air into a building like a fly, as he crashed into the ground and caused a large crater.
"Sonar cannon!!!" The bat devil's mouth morphed into a cannon, as it fired a massive blast of sound wave which immediately eased multiple buildings to the ground, sending Denji flying like a comet, as he crashed into the ground a few meters away.
Before he could even react, a tentacle wrapped around his body, attempting to squeeze the life out of him, as his bones let out creaking sounds.
The tentacle pulled him towards the leech and bat devil, as both of them looked at him with ridicule.
"Very soon! Your friend and her pet will rot in my stomach you wretched human!!" The bat devil roared in laughter, as the leech devil squeezed even tighter, causing jets of blood to spurt out of Denji's body, causing him to let out a painful roar.
"Poor human, let me put you out of misery." The leech devil laughed evilly, bringing Denji close to her face, as he mouth opened wide.
However just as she was about to drop him into her disgusting mouth, her tentacle was cleaved by an invisible force, as the space around her body seemed to fold like a mirror and shatter. Multiple buildings behind her were slashed into two by the same invisible force as they collapsed.
*AARGHHHH!*
A shrill painful cry reverberated, along with a spurt of blood, as Denji's body was pulled away by an invisible force.
Suddenly, the dust cleared, as a figure dressed in a black leather jacket with both of his hands in the side pockets, an inner white shirt, black pants and shoes appeared.
His silver hair was spiked up, and one end of his blindfold was pulled up to his forehead, revealing a glistening blue eye.
His body levitated in the sky, and indifferently glanced at the two devils before him, as he gently lowered Denji's body unto the ground.
"Who do you think you are?!!! Sonar Cannon!!!" The bat devil roared out in fury, as it's mouth morphed into a cannon and fired a highly condensed sound energy wave which instantly destroyed everything in its path.
The dust settled after a few moments only for the two devils to see the silver haired youth standing in the air as if were a solid ground with his fingers in a hand seal and a cocky smile on his face.
"Let's get this over with." Satoru smiled, as he stretched forth his palm and pointed it towards the bat devil first. Instantly, immense fear seemed to seize the body of the bat devil, as it was rendered completely immobile.
The space around its body, to the normal eye resembled a shattered mirror, as it began to fold. The next second, the sound of whistles and slashes reverberated, as the bat devils body was cleanly divided into three, as blood and intestines spurted all over painting a bloody scene. The figure of a young girl with blood red horns on her head instantly fell to the ground, along with a white fluffy cat in a cage. Satoru merely glanced at her, as an invisible force grabbed her and the cat, and brought them near Denji' body.
"Sigh. I was planning on slicing you into two pieces but you're so weak." Satoru chuckled, as his eye glanced at the leech devil who seemed to be paralyzed due to fear and immense horror.
"Is this his true power?!" Meanwhile on the roof of a building a few meters away from the battlefield, Aki stood with a completely gobsmacked expression, as he saw Satoru in action.
