"Power has a cat?" Denji's impression of Power was that she was crazy and a total loner. Raising a cat required patience and a sense of responsibility. Obviously, Power showed absolutely zero signs of possessing either of those virtues.
"How do you know the great me has a cat?" Power looked highly suspicious. She had originally planned to trick the two of them into helping her rescue the cat, knock them out when they weren't looking, and use them as bargaining chips to exchange with the Bat Devil. Arata blurting it out and volunteering to find the cat completely ruined her plan.
"When we were in the hospital room, I saw you staring out the window at the stray cats. I just figured you must have raised one before."
"You actually noticed that? The great me is really starting to like you more and more." Power smiled and leaned closer to Arata. "I do have a cat, but it went missing."
"So Power really does have a cat. I can't believe this girl actually raised one. I bet the cat probably just ran away on its own."
"You... the great me feels like we are not on the same path," Power pointed angrily at Denji.
"We were never on the same path to begin with. If you didn't have something on your body that I wanted, I wouldn't even be talking to you."
"The great me has something you want on my body?"
"He means this." Arata pointed meaningfully.
"This?" Power looked confused, then fired back, "Don't you have your own?"
"Are you a pervert? Who gropes their own chest? Plus, I'm a guy."
"Boring. To think you're only interested in the great me's pectoral muscles and can't discover any of my other excellent traits." Power was left speechless by Denji's interests.
"Aside from being big, you don't really seem to have any other traits."
"Alright, alright, stop bickering. If we don't get moving, I'm worried your cat is going to be used as a blood pack by the Bat Devil."
"The Bat Devil!! You actually know about the Bat Devil?" Power was so shocked she sized Arata up again. For the first time, she felt curious about a human.
"Spill it, have you been stalking the great me? Back when I was living in the forest, I often felt like someone was following me. That person must have been you."
"The Bat Devil? What are you guys talking about?" Among the three of them, only Denji was completely lost.
"Power's cat was taken by the Bat Devil. The Bat Devil is using the cat to threaten her, demanding she bring it humans in exchange."
"Dammit!!"
"How do you know everything!!! You absolutely stalked me."
"You'll never understand the secrets I carry," Arata laughed. "But after I help you rescue your cat, you have to agree to one condition."
"No problem. As long as you help me save my cat, I'll agree to any demand." Power answered incredibly fast, without even a second thought.
"Can I cop a feel?" Hearing this, Denji instantly got fired up and asked quickly.
"No problem, you can do whatever you want." Power agreed just as easily. As a Fiend, she didn't care about being groped at all. In fact, she felt that trading a grope for her cat was a massive steal.
"Can I use both hands?" Denji asked again, but Arata smacked him on the head.
"This is a deal between Power and your master. If you want some, figure out your own way."
"So Master doesn't want to grope them?"
"Grope my ass. Your master isn't that horny." Saying that, he hailed a taxi. "Get in. We'll talk about the rest on the way."
After the three of them got in, the driver greeted them with a wide smile. But when he saw a Fiend sitting in the passenger seat, his smile instantly froze.
"D-Devil..."
"Don't be afraid, we're Public Safety Devil Hunters. The harmless, helpful kind."
"Public Safety Devil Hunters?" The driver was sweating bullets, his hand already gripping the door handle.
"I definitely need to ask Himeno for a badge next time, otherwise I have to explain this every single time."
"Relax, old man. The great me isn't interested in aged meat like you. Right now, you just need to drive. If you delay me saving my cat, the great me will be very unhappy." Power glared at the driver.
The driver's legs were already leaning toward the door. His hand slowly pulled the handle.
But Power saw right through him and grabbed his arm. "If you dare run away, I'll twist your head right off."
"I... I won't run. Where do you want to go?" The driver hurriedly pulled back his trembling legs.
"The suburbs. Just keep driving, I'll tell you when we get there." Saying that, Power leaned back and kicked her legs up onto the dashboard over the AC vents.
"O-okay." The driver wiped a layer of sweat from his forehead and started the car.
"Don't be scared, sir. We're all good people. We won't hurt you, and we'll pay the fare." Seeing the driver's legs trembling so badly he could barely drive, Arata quickly tried to comfort him.
"I can tell. Otherwise I'd be dead already." The driver forced a stiff smile.
"How about turning on the radio to ease the mood?"
"Okay." The driver didn't dare refuse. An upbeat song started playing from the car speakers. In an instant, the driver felt his nerves relax quite a bit.
Halfway through the drive, the driver's worries had gradually dissolved, and he even started making conversation. "What are you guys going to the suburbs for? Are you on a mission?"
"Yeah, going to save my cat."
"Save a cat? That cat must be very important to you."
"That's right, it's very important to me. She was my only companion when I lived in the forest."
"Going all this way just to save a cat, I can tell you must be a very kind-hearted girl."
Hearing that they were going to rescue a cat, the driver's heart finally landed in the safe zone. He no longer viewed the three passengers as bad guys.
"She's only kind to cats, not to us." Denji didn't forget to throw in a sarcastic comment, seemingly unable to stand hearing someone praise Power.
"If your master wasn't here, I definitely would have knocked you out and fed you to the Bat Devil."
"If it wasn't for copping a feel, I wouldn't have come with you."
"I never said you could grope me. I only said your master could. Even if he goes all night, I'd be willing."
"What!!!! All night." Denji looked like he had just been struck by lightning. To think such a blissful thing was happening right next to him. His attitude immediately did a 180-degree flip. "Don't worry, Power! I will absolutely rescue your cat."
"Tch, I don't need you. Your master is way stronger."
"Master, could you give this opportunity to me?"
"Even if I agreed, Power wouldn't."
"Then... after you're done, you definitely have to shake my hand."
"What the hell are you thinking?" Arata smacked Denji hard on the head. "Your master isn't that kind of guy. I have a different demand."
"What demand?" Power turned her head and asked.
"We'll talk about it after we save the cat."
"What exactly are you guys groping?" the driver chimed in.
"What, you want some too?" Power asked fiercely.
"If you need a hand, I could give it a try."
"Fine. Seeing as you're driving us, you can do it too."
"What!! Even the driver gets to do it?!" Denji was shocked all over again.
"Yeah. How about that? You're the only one who can't." Power stuck her tongue out at Denji.
Meanwhile, sitting in the back seat, Denji was already sour enough to turn into a lemon.