The café!
A flash of light.
The figures of Ayato and Anastasia reappeared.
Their sudden disappearance and reappearance...
Did not elicit any exclamations.
Because all the idle people in the café had been cleared out.
"What you said... was actually true?"
Anastasia sat in her chair, still completely dazed.
The experience just now...
Was more dreamlike than a lifetime.
A world of heroes and monsters, the One Punch Man world.
A world with millions of monsters, the Black Bullet world.
Each world had its own brilliance.
After a long while, her eyes grew brighter and brighter.
As a businesswoman...
She knew exactly what these worlds meant.
And what the other had said was completely credible.
"So, are you tempted?"
"Yes, yes."
Anastasia nodded repeatedly.
"How about this: I let you do business across these worlds, and you agree to one condition?"
Hearing this, Anastasia quickly said, "What condition? Just say it."
"If it's about money, I can give eighty percent, no, ninety percent of the wealth."
"You just need to leave me a little bit as capital."
"It's not those vulgar things I want."
Ayato shook his head. "All along, I've just wanted you."
Anastasia shuddered, jumped to her feet, hugged her arms, and said, "What are you talking about?"
"Who does business like this?"
"Person?"
Ayato looked at her playfully. "I never said I was a person."
"If you're not a person, what are you? An elf, or..."
Before Anastasia could finish, with a whoosh,
A pair of slender, pitch-black wings unfurled from beneath his clothes.
"A real... Devil?"
Anastasia's pupils contracted violently.
Her usually sharp mind had completely short-circuited, unable to react.
Whoosh!
And at that moment.
Anastasia's scarf, however, began to glow faintly, reaching towards Ayato.
Slap!
Ayato casually swatted it back.
"Hiss, that hurts."
The scarf rewrapped around Anastasia's neck, actually emitting a delicate female voice.
Ayato smiled. "Eridna, attacking someone stronger than you is not a good choice."
Anastasia's pupils contracted. "You even know about Eridna?"
Her scarf was actually a spirit in disguise.
She was the only one who had ever known this.
"Of course."
Ayato smiled. "And I know much more than you imagine."
Anastasia: "..."
This was a threat, right?
This was absolutely, definitely a threat, right?
She had probably been targeted by this Devil for a long time.
Now, what should she do?
It seemed her intelligence...
Was meaningless against absolute power.
"So, have you decided?"
Ayato looked at Anastasia and smiled calmly. "Are you ready to agree to my terms?"
Hearing this, Anastasia took a deep breath.
Although she was like fish on the chopping block...
Her nature as a businesswoman still made her want to fight for the best deal.
Her eyes flickered slightly as she spoke, "Mr. Devil, I want to know, if I agree to your terms, what benefits can I get?"
"Or is it just the ability to do business between worlds?"
"Of course not."
Ayato shook his head. "Besides that, I can grant you immortality and eternal youth."
"And power you can't currently imagine."
"Even, if you work hard, one day rivaling the gods is not impossible."
Hearing Ayato's words, Anastasia was completely stunned.
To be honest, she had guessed that agreeing to the terms would come with more than just one benefit.
But she hadn't imagined...
The benefits would be so generous.
Immortality, eternal youth, rivaling the gods.
Which of these wasn't something ordinary people couldn't even dream of?
And...
If she agreed to the other's terms...
Her long-held goals seemed to become insignificant.
Thinking about it this way...
This deal seemed to be a huge profit for her.
She took a deep breath and spoke, "Alright. I agree to this transaction."
"A wise choice."
Ayato smiled slightly. "Then, take off your clothes."
"Ha?"
Anastasia instinctively stepped back. "Do you have to be so eager?"
"Of course, things like this should be done immediately."
"..."
Anastasia fell silent.
Well, it didn't seem like she had any choice.
She slightly closed her eyes, continuously convincing herself.
No matter what, this was an already-agreed transaction.
And he was very handsome, also her type.
Most importantly, she had no choice.