Looking at this girl who perfectly embodied the word 'sweetness', Makoto paused for a moment, his gaze immediately falling on the ring-pull collar around her neck.
The next second, he put on a look of disgust and said, "Don't call me Uncle. I'm still young."
"Pfft!"
Hearing this, the girl covered her lips with one hand and couldn't help but laugh, her eyes curving with playfulness.
"Hey hey hey~ pretending to be young isn't good, you know. Your information was already in the newspapers. You're 29 this year, and I'm only 16. Doesn't that make you an Uncle?"
As she spoke, she reached out a finger and gently scratched her cheek, making a shy expression.
Makoto was speechless. Come to think of it, he had already been in the Chainsaw Man World for over ten years.
But if he added up the time after his transmigration, his experiences in the Reincarnation Space, and his previous life, he would be in his sixties or seventies.
But so what?
Even if he were 70, even if he were 700, he would still enjoy the company of women.
Not for any other reason, but simply for his own happiness.
"Stay away. If you get caught up in this, I won't bother saving you."
Makoto pretended to be annoyed and waved his hand at the girl, signaling her to leave quickly.
"Ehh~ so heartless. I'm a good citizen who pays taxes to your Public Safety, can't you be a little friendlier?"
The girl pouted, complaining in an adorable manner. Then, she pointed to a coffee shop on the other side of the street and added, "My name is Reze. I work part-time at that coffee shop over there. If you have time to come by, I can buy you a drink."
With that, the girl named Reze turned and walked away with light steps. After a few steps, she suddenly turned back, waved vigorously at Makoto, and called out, "You have to come!"
"Damn, how could any virgin resist such flirting?"
Makoto muttered quietly to himself.
"Boss! We found this thing inside the Eternity Devil's body."
At that moment, the muscle-bound Teddy Devil suddenly approached Makoto and handed something over.
Bang!
On instinct, Makoto threw a punch, directly turning the lower half of the Teddy Devil's body below the waist into mincemeat.
"Th-That's too much, Boss! I-I worked so hard to fish this out of the corpse!"
The Teddy Devil cried out in pain, its remaining limbs twitching slightly.
"Don't approach me in this form from now on."
Makoto said coldly as he took the item from the Teddy Devil. It was a small piece of flesh, smaller than a fingernail.
"Boss, this is a piece of the Gun Devil."
The Rabbit Devil, standing at a sensible distance, explained: "Whether human or Devil, consuming fragments of powerful Devils grants a significant boost in strength."
Put that way, it was quite similar to the Shikon Jewel shards in the Inuyasha World.
Some powerful Devils would also give their fragments to humans in exchange for rewards.
Over the years, Public Safety's Devil Hunters would occasionally find Gun Devil's fragments inside powerful Devils.
Everyone, including Aki, believed that the Gun Devil used these fragments to win over other Devils, making them its subordinates.
But the real reason was… 13 years ago, the Gun Devil was defeated by Pochita, its fragments scattered across the world, and were subsequently collected by the five major nations as war reserves.
Some scattered fragments were also consumed by other Devils.
Back at Public Safety, Makoto parted ways with Makima.
Makima had her standard smile and said, "Well done, Makoto-kun. By defeating the Eternity Devil this time, the public's evaluation of you has increased even more."
As she spoke, she turned on a nearby television. On the screen, many citizens held banners with the words [Chainsaw Man] or [Nishikawa Makoto], cheering in unison:
"Chainsaw Man! Chainsaw Man! Chainsaw Man!"
"Makoto-sama! Makoto-sama! Makoto-sama!"
Most of those cheering the former were male.
Those cheering the latter were female.
After all, now that his body had reached the age of 29, Makoto's demeanor had undergone a dramatic transformation, entering the mature phase of a man… a type that young girls found irresistible.
"Is this a good thing?"
Makoto scoffed, sitting across from Makima.
He knew very well that the source of a Devil's power was human fear.
But now, Makima had almost turned the Chainsaw Man into an idol, drastically weakening his power.
And Makoto understood that this was Makima's goal… to weaken the Chainsaw Man in this way, to seize the Chainsaw Devil's heart.
Recalling that night, Makoto couldn't help but reflect.
'All those past events, do you still remember?'
Hmm... well, actually, Makoto didn't really care himself.
Makima walked over, squatting down in front of Makoto. Her tone was as calm and flat as ever: "I'm sorry. I thought you would like it. To apologize, let me help you."
Ziiip—
As she finished speaking, Makima reached out and unzipped his zipper, then slightly opened her mouth and slowly lowered her head.
"Hiss—"
Makoto's breathing suddenly quickened.
Truth be told, compared to doing that with Makima, he preferred this.
Because this way, he didn't have to look at Makima's doll-like, perpetually expressionless face.
About half an hour later.
Makima picked up a napkin from the table, wiped her mouth, and said calmly, "By the way, there's one more thing I need to tell you, Makoto-kun."
"Hmm?"
Makoto, who was also cleaning up, raised an eyebrow and looked at her.
"Come in."
Makima called out softly. The office door was pushed open from the outside, revealing Yu's face.
Makima explained promptly, "The person I wanted to introduce to you isn't Ishigami-kun, though."
No sooner had she finished speaking than the ground by Yu's feet rippled like water, and then emerged... a shark's dorsal fin?
Whoosh!
Like a fish leaping from the water, a figure suddenly burst out from underground and lunged wildly at Makoto!
"Waaaaah! Chainsaw-sama! The real Chainsaw-sama! Chainsaw-sama is the best! The best!!"
Watching this freak, naked from the waist up, wearing only a pair of dark shorts, the upper half of his face covered by a shark's head, charge toward him, Makoto kicked out.
Bang!
The Shark Man was sent flying, even cracking the wall behind him with the impact.
"Ch-Chainsaw-sama... Chainsaw-sama..."
Even so, after crashing to the ground, the Shark Man still crawled over step by step, trying to hug Makoto's leg.
Yu stepped forward and kicked him again, sending him flying once more. "Watch it! Can't you see you're bothering Senpai?"
'Damn, where did this idiot come from? Is he trying to steal my position as Senpai's right-hand man?'
Yu cursed inwardly.
Makima explained, "He is the Shark Devil, Beam. Although he's usually too violent to communicate with, he says he'll obey Makoto-kun completely."
"Huh? Why?"
Makoto asked, puzzled.
"I don't know. Maybe it's because he heard that Makoto-kun likes having animal-type Devils as subordinates."
Makoto: "..."
Well, thinking about it, that was true.
Teddy, Rabbit, Dolphin, Gorilla, and now a Shark.
If he ever transmigrated to the One Piece World, he might be able to replace Kaido-sensei immediately.
"Chainsaw-sama! I will absolutely obey Chainsaw-sama! Chainsaw-sama is the greatest! The strongest!"
Beam instantly regained his energy, rushing forward again and clinging tightly to Makoto's thigh.
Makoto waved his hand in disgust. The next moment, the Teddy Devil and Gorilla Devil appeared out of thin air, grabbing Beam's arms from left and right and forcibly dragging him away.
Afterward, Makoto left Makima's office side by side with Yu.
According to Makoto's orders, Beam, like the Teddy Devil and Gorilla Devil, was to remain hidden normally and not appear without Makoto's command.
"Senpai, um..."
Yu started to speak, but Makoto raised a hand to stop him.
Makoto pulled a piece of paper from his pocket and showed it to Yu. On it was written: Don't talk. Makima will hear.
Yu's expression changed slightly. The two arrived at a coffee shop.
"Oh my! I didn't think you'd come so soon."
Reze, wearing an apron and attending to customers, saw Makoto and called out with a delighted look on her face.
Yukiko, who was busy brewing coffee, asked in surprise, "Reze, you know him?"
"Huh? Does Owner know him too?"
Reze blinked her large eyes, equally astonished.
That's right, this shop was opened by Yukiko. Thanks to having a beautiful owner, business had always been good.
What a coincidence, Reze had just started working here part-time.
"Hey hey~ I said I'd treat you. Order whatever you want."
Reze hopped over to Makoto's side like a little rabbit and handed him the menu.
While waiting, she hummed a little tune, her every move radiating a girl's liveliness and charm.
Noticing that Reze's gaze toward Makoto was practically 'sticky', Yukiko gritted her teeth inwardly, cursing silently: 'Damn dog of a man, how does he manage to attract new girls every few days?'
Yukiko knew that starting three years ago, Makoto had deliberately kept his distance from her to avoid her being targeted by Makima.
Yukiko could understand that, but what was the deal with this young girl?
'Did he like them this young?!'