Chapter 8

After the fight, Gojo had disappeared from the scene, leaving Reze's head on the ground. She had had time to regenerate and leave the scene but she ran into Denji and the others causing another fight in the city.

The incident had caused some deaths but a large part had survived.

Denji had let Reze go but the next day she met Makima in an alleyway. She was watching her with a cold sweat as she prepared to activate her hybrid mode.

"As you told Denji, I also prefer song rats. Friends of mine own fields in the provinces. I come to give them a hand every year when autumn arrives. The rats that destroy the crops are hiding in the earth... And you have to get rid of them before the snow covers the ground.

So we dig the earth and feed them to the dogs ... Why? I don't know... But it reassures me to see them like this." Makima cut off his arm, preventing her from acting.

In the next instant, Reze appeared behind Makima. She was still smiling at his actions and then a bar with a metal tip coming from above, to stab Reze.

She was shaking and slowly starting to collapse to the floor while Makima held her hand still with a smile.

Then she closed her eyes thinking about Denji.

"I told you to come with Aki though." Makima was saying.

"Knowing him, he would never have agreed to kill a girl. It is very considerate of you. I am an angel after all." said the angelic demon on the roof of the building.

Without knowing it, a figure would observe them from a distance with a smile.

"So you spared her, huh? She was also part of Makima's plans because of how she wasn't surprised about the events with Denji. Wowww, Makima really has big ambitions to figure everything out and have the situation under control in what I see. I wonder what power of devil does she hold...Hmm... I bet it's Manipulation Devil or something like that. Hehe~, she's really intriguing, Makima-chan" Gojo walked quietly up to at the convenience store near him to buy some candy.

The next day, Denji was with his 2 roommates. He was mentally depressed while he ate lunch.

Makima had come to the apartment to offer to travel with her for her days off. But suddenly members of the Devil Hunter Society were showing up in the room, breaking the good atmosphere.

"What's the mess?" Power was confused.

"Things have gone wrong," Makima was saying as he watched the TV that had just been turned on with an image of Denji under his hybrid forehead on the screen.

"The terrible chainsaw man! The one who turned the demon coin that appeared in town... was none other than the demon chainsaw wearing the uniform of the police devil hunters. Witnesses claim he saved a woman but a man reportedly said he ruined his car. There are also rumors of a bandaged man with white hair who fought this demon before him according to the few witnesses." said the journalist to the screens.

"The colleagues failed to control the media coverage this time. The damage was too much due to Denji's fight, they couldn't stop the cameras." Makima said.

"Look! Denji is fighting on a train!" said Power.

"It's cool I'm on TV! But it had to be Gojo-san getting merits, I just finished it..." Denji was still glad he was on TV.

The others were not in the same mood as him when they understood the gravity of the situation.

"Looks like Miss Explosion has finally fulfilled its mission... Journalists have let the world know that Denji is in Japan. The US and China are bound to be interested in him. A being neither demon nor possessed like you is extremely precious. Then there is Gojo who is a human able to fight a demon whose powers they do not know and how far he can go. The countries will either eliminate him or take him to them to add a new powerful weapon." Makima was saying.

"This bomb was working for the Soviets, right? Why would they want to make more enemies?" Aki asked.

"They're trying to show them all you have to do is come and get it from me." Makima replied.

"The trip is to Enoshima, it's an island, right?" Denji ignored the discussion and chatted with Power.

"Denji, The trip is postponed." Denji was confused while Power was happy.

"Call Kusakabe and Tamaoki from Miyagi Police's Second Anti-Demon Section. Also bring Subaru from Kyoto Section 1. Contact Yoshida Hirofumi and hire him for a month. We will need Gojo Satoru, just tell him to come, he will do it." Makima was giving orders to the officers who nodded.

"In the days to come, agents from several countries will be coming to try to kill you. Be still for a while." They leave the apartment leaving Denji and Power in the dark.

As they walked outside the apartment, Makima was saying a few things to Aki.

"The small operations will continue, but next year we will face the Gun Devil.

I also want you to participate, Aki. Keep Denji alive and watch Satoru's actions. We'll need everyone's help to kill the Gun Devil. "

Meanwhile, other people were hired to capture Denji or Gojo according to the agents.

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Somewhere in the air, Gojo was thinking about wanting to create a new technique with his Six Eyes to pass the time. He had his blindfold removed while trying various things checking the atoms in space.

He had his right hand on his chin with a thoughtful look on his face as he watched the various clouds passing by.

"Hmm... These demons are immortal, I can't kill them. What if I tried to squeeze all the atoms in space all the way down to explode in my target? Kind of like Makima's gaze. As much try." Gojo placed his hands in front of each other in the shape of a circle but he left a space of about thirty centimeters.

'Now I just have to focus the cursed energy on the hands to compact the atoms into a small area to give it a try.'

The cursed energy flowed through his hands and then he concentrated on the pressure of the atoms using his strength to the maximum for the effect to be greater.

A clear frown appeared on his face as he continued to squeeze the surrounding atoms between his hands.

A few seconds passed, vibrations and a sort of vapor could be seen in the hands of Gojo who was now more than fifteen centimeters apart.

'That's enough for now for the first try.

I just have to put more pressure immediately then release and it should cause a fairly small explosion or repulsion at the limit.'

He sent out triple the pressure before then the environment would start to shake and in a fraction of a second he was releasing all his strength.

At the next moment, several cracks of a few meters were noticeable in the air then a huge explosion followed from behind.

* BOOM * the sound could be audible a few hundred yards from the explosion site as a huge revulsion with vibrations had spread at the same time.

'Oya ? I just concentrated the atoms of the environment to bring it together and compact it into my hands. Isn't that a bit of a reaction? If I had squeezed even more and added more, I might even be able to shave towns with it. Hehe, interesting.

I still have to work on controlling the effect to achieve the impact I want.' Gojo was watching the show from afar, he had teleported before the explosion to watch the phenomenon closely.

"It even created cracks in the space... It looks a bit like {Lapse: Blue} but here I'm just using brute force with cursed energy on the atom... But what

if I manages to make cracks in space I can also break it ! I can perhaps create a nothingness with the atoms leaving no traces to make everything disappear in the nothingness... With that, the demons will not be able to resuscitate be the place passed away. Hahahaha. I wonder how they would react if I can harness the nothingness to erase their existence." He had a smile that could give a cold sweat to any demon seeing that smile.

Gojo had no idea that the technique he was about to master could probably make someone obsessed with him later... (sweating Makima).

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At the same time, Makima was speaking with Kishibe about people potentially hired to capture Denji.

"Apparently China will send Quanxi. She will surely come with her possessed friends. Good, and how are you going to take care of her?" Makima said.

"I don't want to go near it. If all of humanity were to go head to head in a hand-to-hand combat competition, Quanxi would have the top spot or that white haired boy maybe. This woman is going to talk to us problems." Kishibe said.

"Surely she won't be the only celebrity coming to visit us. No need to worry about her... The one who deserves our full attention is the Santa Claus."

"Do you think he's going to show up?" Kishibe asked.

"I don't know. Some say he has used up all of his life expectancy..."

"If he uses demons against us, we're screwed. Pray that heaven has already taken him away." the 2 continued their discussion for a few moments ...

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* On Denji's side *

Denji was still confused and disappointed that all the demons wanted to grab his heart. He had made a resolution to kill anyone who came for his heart so that he could go on a trip with Makima.

The next day, 3 other people with Aki and the angelic demon were hired to stay near Denji, there were also other agents who will protect him in the shadows.

They had gone to a restaurant to eat but Denji and Power had to eat healthy.

A figure had just arrived next to it.

"Yo! Came a little late but I was busy, an agent already told me everything. No need for unnecessary introductions." Gojo still had his usual headband with his black outfit.

"Ohhh, Gojo-sa… sensei! It's been a while since we last saw each other." Denji was saying.

"Hmm... We can also say that you have some pretty boring problems at the moment. Makima even sent an agent to come over, besides it's been a long time since I saw him too..." Gojo said before seeing a woman walk past Denji's table and nail him 3 times with a nail without anyone noticing but him.

'She's fast enough not to be noticed by others, but I've seen it all hehe ~.' As they left the restaurant to continue walking the streets...