Chapter 13 - Public Safety Devil Hunters

Chapter 13 – Public Safety Devil Hunters

It was a nice day, and there was no mission, so Gojo invited his students to a newly opened café for a vacation.

But something didn't seem right. Half way through their visit, he suddenly had a sense of déjà vu. He looked back at the waiter who was plating some cakes on their table, and asked, "have I met you before?"

"I don't think so."

"Huh." He was utterly confused. He didn't sense anything really wrong and they were having a great time, so giving it the benefit of the doubt, he put it to the back of his mind and carried on like normal.

At the same time, Sukuna who was living inside Itadori also had the same feeling. He tried really hard to think about something but every time it just came out blank.

He was sure there was something and trusts his instincts, but the truth was right before him. Nothing. Even when Gojo asked about it, he still didn't feel like anything's wrong, but at the same time he felt like something was amiss.

It was strange.

What they didn't know, however, was that both of their instincts were right.

It was Rimuru and Ciel who revived them and modified their memory.

When the four died, Ciel resurrected Gojo, Sukuna was resurrected by Rimuru, Nobara and Megumi were naturally resurrected by the fighting chamber. It had the convenient ability to revive anyone who died in the place.

After their memories were deleted, and time rewinded, once again they came to the café and asked for a meal.

But this time was different, because Rimuru secretly changed not only Sukuna's, but all the people relevant in this context. Basically, everyone that had something to do with this were brainwashed and altered.

Well, apart from one person.

All in all, a happy ending.

...

They were in bed, kissing. After their lovely session of passion-making but not crossing the last step, Rimuru started talking.

"Hey Ciel."

"Yeah."

"I noticed something with my soul."

"Go on then."

"Its kinda hard to explain you know? Wait. Actually you do know. Its to do with the weird things in my soul. Do you know anything more about this."

"Of course darling. 'Tis only obvious for one such as I." Suddenly, Rimuru saw the sun behind Ciel's head, which was lying on a pillow. Her eyes sparkled with brilliance. Despite this however, Rimuru just cringed and gave a look of disbelief.

"Just get on with it."

The sun then changed to clouds of rain which poured oceans of water onto Ciel, completely drenching her and the bed. Rimuru looked at her and smiled, which completely scared Ciel and cleaned everything up. With a cough, she started.

"Uh humm. So, about those things. They are called devils, which are the manifestation of fear. If at least one person fears an object or concept, it will manifest into a devil. However, some are too powerful to manifest since they don't have an appropriate body.

So when you appeared, all the powerful ones rushed into you, but didn't expect that your soul was so powerful. In a way, it benefits them more since all of them can survive in their ideal conditions.

They even have an entire system going there, which is admirable. There's also this thing called a fiend which is basically a devil that has human intelligence and can communicate in the human way.

Some devils just kill humans for their blood, but some make contracts instead. Compared to straight up slaughter, this is a more civilised way. A human and a devil can contract and discuss terms, and when the human is in need of the devil's power, they sacrifice something to call upon the devil.

Anyway, that's about it. If you want to know more, why don't you join the Public Safety Devil Hunters? They are all specialised in this area."

"Public Safety Devil Hunters? Hmmm. I'll pay them a visit tomorrow. You sure you don't mind me leaving the café for this? What if something goes wrong?"

"Don't worry, it will be fine."

(You don't even help anyway, so with or without you is probably just the same thing.)

Although Rimuru cannot read Ciel's mind, he definitely just sensed some bad thoughts coming from Ciel, so he decided to punish her.

Catching her off guard, he turned Ciel completely human, with a heart and lung and blood etc. Before Ciel reacted, he kissed her

Ciel just returned the favour and savoured the experience, since she didn't mind, but what happened next was something she actually did not expect.

A human body requires oxygen to function, since it is needed in respiration for energy. Rimuru and Ciel has been kissing for 5 minutes, and her human body couldn't keep up. She suddenly started to feel desperate and hot from the intimacy, but a bit of pain from not breathing.

She tried to pull away, but Rimuru overpowered her and continued. She struggled but to no avail, and slowly went quiet.

It was only after another minute before Rimuru separated, and Ciel began gasping for air.

He was originally happy with this trick he invented, but soon that smile was wiped off his face when he saw Ciel's expression.

He expected her to be annoyed, or angry, but what he saw was... enjoyment.

(Wait wait wait wait. Why does she have a look of bliss on her face even when she's gasping for air. And... wait wait chottomatte, the sheets are wet. Don't tell me...)

Yes, in fact, since Ciel became human, she naturally had other parts as well, which also functions correctly. And since she genuinely loves Rimuru, this contact could only be considered blissful and intoxicating for her.

"M-master, c-could you perhaps... choke me again?"

And with that, Rimuru's non-existent brain short circuited, and he stared at her in a daze.

The night was still young...

...

"You can either join the devil hunters, or die as a fiend."

Currently, brownish-red haired women with swirly pupils was confronting Rimuru. He was crossing the road, trying to get to the other side, when suddenly a cop-like car almost crashed into him.

He was going to go to the Public Safety Devil Hunters HQ, so he didn't supress all his aura. Currently, he was under the disguise as a fiend. His identity was the 'mythology' fiend. He was really proud of himself for coming up with this.

(Fufufu. Mythology covers such a broad range of abilities and it is hard to predict their power. And plus I can use flashy moves and look cool. They won't suspect a thing...)

Rimuru listened to Ciel and went to join the hunters, but then this incident happened.

The car stopped just milimeters away from him, then out appeared two people. One on a dog leash, and a girl holding the dog leash.

(What is a devil doing here? And is that a fiend as well? He has the power to delete concepts? No wonder everyone has some lock in their brains! Turns out this is why.)

He wanted to modify their memories, but then the girl started speaking.

"You can either join the devil hunters, or die as a fiend."

Now, Rimuru couldn't refuse. Not because a girl was pointing her hand like a gun towards him, but because this would save a lot of time.

"Huh? Who are you?"

"My name is Makima. And this is Denji. I am one of the superiors of the organisation of devil hunters that kill them. Fiends like you are quite dangerous if left to the public, so I will offer you to join. If not, then you will die here."

Rimuru then sensed some faint energy through her words. To any ordinary and above average person, it would unnoticeably alter their decision making. He pretended to be entranced by this.

"Ummm. I guess I'll join then?"

"Wonderful" She put her hand down and returned to the car. Denji and Rimuru followed suit.

And before he knew it, he was in a building.

"This is Aki Hayakawa. I will assign you two to him. Aki, this is Rimuru and Denji. They are both fiends. Denji's is chainsaw, and Rimuru's is mythology. They will join your experimental squad."

After a bunch of arguing between Denji, Makima and Aki, Aki eventually gave up and accepted it.

"Quick question." Rimuru put his hand up.

"If I want to... you know, not be present for some missions, will that be okay?"

"That will have to depend on Aki."

He felt like all stares were now directing at him, so he replied, "sure, but if you are killing people then you know what happens."

"Of course."

And with agreement, everyone went on with business like usual.

...

"This is power. From today she will be joining you. She is the blood fiend."

"My NAME IS POWER!" A weird blonde girl with fangs for teeth introduced herself. All she got was a nod from Rimuru and a lustful gaze from Denji.

"Now back to business. Denji," she specifically looked towards him, "if you can complete this mission, then I will fulfil any request you wish.

Same for you, Rimuru and Power."

"Really?" Now, Denji had a very lustful gaze, and his thoughts were definitely very clear to everyone.

"What is the mission then?" Being the only mentally stable one in this room, Rimuru decided to ask.

"Simple. You have to kill the gun devil.

13 years ago, due to excessive use of guns and firearms both devil hunting and the wider world, fear over the weapons began to build. On the day of a major terrorist incident in the USA, the Gun Devil suddenly appeared.

Since then, the devil has been missing, leading to a ban of all firearms globally as well as an increase in the power of all devil die to the heightened climate of fear.

Small chunks of the body were left as residue after the attack, and by reclaiming the pieces and reattaching them together, the gun devil can be resummoned and killed permanently.

Your first target is tomorrow."

...

The next day, the four and a couple others arrived at a hotel. It was believed that there was a fragment of the gun devil here, so they came to retrieve it. However, as they entered the eight floor, they found out that they couldn't move up or down floors.

This caused a certain girl to start screaming, which was quite annoying.

(Can she be quieter! Listening to her scream is literally giving me a headache.

But, this place is interesting. The devil is able to manipulate space to an extent and trap people here. I 100% want to see what happens.)

Enduring the high decibel screaming, Rimuru closed his eyes and sighed internally.

"Hey Rimuru."

"Whassup."

"I never asked this before, but what are your powers?"

Also ignoring the screams, Aki asked him. He knew that there was no point panicking, and what they should do now was to stay calm and try to figure a way out, which is why Aki was asking Rimuru about his power.

"Oh, basically I can call upon the power of various figures in different myths. For example, I can call upon King Arthur from Great Britain since he is from the Arthurian mythology. I can do this for pretty much anyone."

"Then is there someone that can help us now?"

"Unfortunately not." He lied to his face, "I think that there is a devil here that is connecting the exits together. I can't do anything about that."

Falling into serious contemplation, Aki walked away and began digesting the information.

(Why am I teamed up with these people. The chainsaw guy and blood fiend are mentally unstable and unreliable. Then the humans here don't possess the power to get us out. Kobeni is screaming her lungs out in fear. Then there is Rimuru who is probably quite strong but he is too relaxed. He probably knows something but is just uncooperative, or he is just lazy and can't be bothered.)

His heart started crying.

...

It's been a while, and Aki suddenly appeared in front of them with news.

"I found something."

And that something turned out to be a large and imposing wall of flesh.

"This is most likely the eternity devil."

The devil then mocked the group for being trapped, but offered them a contract, promising to release them and in return allowing the devil to eat Denji.

If she wasn't crazy enough, she was now. Aki and Himeno had to team up to subdue Kobeni, who was trying to stab Denji. After, Aki tried to summon Kon but is unsuccessful.

Himeno used her contract with the ghost devil to attack, but it only grew in size with each attack.

Eventually they settled down, and Aki offered to use the sword, but Himeno just refused the suggestion.

Basically, their mission wasn't going anyway, until for some reason Power decided to attack Arai, who then screams out of fear.

Having this stimulation, the eternity devil immediately lunges at Denji and tilts the room.

"Hey Rimuru, the main body is here now right? Can't you try at least?"

The somewhat panicked Aki asked Rimuru, who was still leaning on the side of the wall.

With a sigh, he stood up and approached the devil. Surprisingly enough, he walked as though he wasn't affected by the room changing, and just stood there magnificently.

(Finally. After all that time of acting quiet, it is my time to act cool!)

Feeling an imaginary tear of happiness falling from his eyes, he raised his hand in a sword position into the air.

A bright light enveloped the room, causing the shifts to stop, and even caused the eternity devil to retreat.

"What is that?"

Using his quick thinking and chuuni skills, Rimuru started chanting some waffle.

"I call upon the legendary Artoria Pendragon!"

A golden sword appeared in his grip and he swung down.

The momentum from the slash pushed everyone off their feet, and when their vision adjusted, they saw a deep, golden slash that cut very, very far into the devil. In fact, it looked like the devil itself was cut in half, despite the fact that it was called the 'eternity devil'.

However, much to the disappointment of Rimuru and surprise of the others, it began to regenerate, albeit slowly.

"Arrghhhhh it hurts. IT HURTS!" It cried quite pitifully.

Seeing this, two clogs clicked in his mind, and Rimuru just smiled and looked at Denji.

Before anyone could react, he appeared next to him, pulled his trigger on his chest, and kicked him into the hole.

"Try and cause as much pain as possible, 'kay?" Rimuru whispered into his ears.

Contrary to the situation, Denji's mind was spinning since he was in such close contact with Rimuru, who he still stubbornly believed is a god-like female.

And with a slight nod, he disappeared into the devil.

After confirming this, he turned back and stood still again with his eyes closed, carrying on this mysterious, powerful but quiet appearance to everyone here.

(I totally nailed it!)