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Chapter 188: Memories
Ren's hospitalization slightly alarmed the Akatsuki Cultural Company and chief editor Takashi.
After all, he is now a renowned mangaka, and his hospitalization also alarmed the manga fans who follow the Chainsaw Man series.
However, soon, the official website of the Akatsuki Cultural Company published an official notice stating that Ren is not in danger.
This relieved the manga fans.
As for the cause of Ren's hospitalization for acute gastroenteritis, no one cared too much.
The most important thing is that this week's Chainsaw Man series will not be suspended due to his hospitalization.
That's a relief.
Although Ren recovered after the gastric lavage, he remained hospitalized for a while.
After all, his acute gastroenteritis seemed somewhat serious.
Ren was discharged in the second week.
On this occasion, a new issue of Chainsaw Man has come out.
Yuka returned home, took off her shoes, put away the milk tea in the shop, and returned to her room with the manga magazine and the newly purchased single volume of Chainsaw Man.
In last week's serialization, although Makima stopped attacking Sawatari Akane and the samurai sword, just when they thought they had escaped and were still planning to take Denji away, an unexpected person appeared.
And, as if that weren't enough, even the manga fans were.
Because the person who appeared was... the one who seemed very weak and had a very fragile psychological defense line before... Koji Higashiyama!
She didn't die; not only did she not die, but she ran to rescue Denji!
And Koji Higashiyama's memory explained to the manga fans why they attacked her but didn't kill her.
It turned out that just as the old woman who attacked them with a gun opened fire, Hiroichi Arai reacted.
He turned in time and blocked Koji with his body.
However, Hiroichi Arai was shot and killed.
His death enraged Koji, always weak.
After witnessing the death of her companions, Koji Higashiyama was enraged and blamed herself.
So she went straight for Sawatari Akane and Katana with a knife.
Koji Higashiyama also demonstrated a great combat ability, never before seen.
With a simple sharp knife, she directly defeated Katana, who couldn't transform but attacked with a gun, and Sawatari Akane, the snake girl, who controlled the snake devil to attack.
Katana and Sawatari Akane, seeing their defeat, feared reinforcements from public safety, so they fled.
Koji Higashiyama also saved Denji.
At the same time, the situation changed, where Makima received a new superior order: the Special Anti-Demon Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Public Safety were merged due to the attack and the shortage of personnel in the Special Anti-Demon Section. Makima obtained command of the new Special Anti-Demon Section 4.
But she also accepted the resignation of the public safety devil hunter named Yuan.
Yuka opened the latest issue of Chainsaw Man.
Amidst the news broadcast on television, Aki Hayakawa, who was lying in the hospital bed, slowly woke up.
Then he saw Power and Denji next to the bed. Because Denji had the physique of a fiend, even if he were cut in half, he would recover much faster than him.
But his expression was lost, and his scattered hair made him look a bit miserable.
"Senior Himeno died to save him..."
Yuka also had a somber face, which was what saddened Aki Hayakawa the most.
At that moment, Denji and Power were fighting over the apple and arguing.
"Give me the apple, I want to eat it!" Power exclaimed loudly.
"No! The apple is mine!"
Denji looked at Power and said with disdain, "Those who desert in the face of the enemy are not qualified to eat the apple!"
"I didn't run away!" Power argued. "I'm just hungry, so I'm going back first!"
In the midst of the argument, Aki Hayakawa had a dull expression.
"Who survived from Section 4...?" he suddenly asked.
"That girl named Koji..." Denji calmed down and said sincerely. "And the one with the glasses also survived, but he has already resigned."
He also noticed that Aki Hayakawa was in a bad mood. now that he was awake, he didn't need to watch over him.
"I'll leave you an apple, goodbye."
So, after leaving an apple, he took Power out of the room.
Aki Hayakawa was left alone in the room. He took out the long nail with which he had signed a contract with the curse devil and extracted it.
"Kas, how many years can I live?" Aki Hayakawa asked the curse devil Kas.
"Two years."
The curse devil Kas said with its mouth open in the darkness.
"Two years..."
Yuka was a little incredulous. "So... Aki Hayakawa is about to die?"
This is the price of signing a contract with the devil... Ordinary people must give up everything to obtain great power.
Himeno gave her life and her entire body for this.
Although Aki Hayakawa is not yet dead, he only has two years left to live...
This suddenly aroused Yuka's curiosity. What kind of devil did Makima make a contract with to be so powerful?
The key is, what price did she pay to obtain a power much greater than Aki Hayakawa's?
Aki Hayakawa discovered that he still had two years of life left.
But he didn't seem to care much, or rather, this was already within his expectations.
He simply took the cigarette next to him, put it to his lips, and then used a lighter to light them one by one.
But at that moment, as the sparks from the lighter flew everywhere...
The sparks from the lighter flew everywhere, but it never lit.
At that moment, in front of Aki Hayakawa, he suddenly remembered the scene of Himeno handing him a lighter.
This left him stunned, and the cigarette fell from his mouth onto the hospital bed.
When he tried to pick up the cigarette in front of him again, he burst into tears.
Because... the senior who once taught him to smoke is no longer here...
the very kind senior, the senior who always took care of him, the senior who gave everything to save him...
Aki Hayakawa lowered his head and continued to sob.
Imagine if a friend who used to be with you day and night suddenly died one day.
Wouldn't you be sad?
This type of memory assassination is the most painful. Yuka wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with some discomfort.
Outside the room, Denji, who wanted to go back for the manga, heard the sobs coming from the room and was a little lost.
"Alas, it's normal to cry..."
"Many colleagues died, even my partner Himeno..."
Denji's gaze reappeared in the scene of his previous interactions with Himeno.
But... he squatted in a corner and said helplessly, "But... I can't cry at all..."