Chapter 1: Beating an Etrinity Devil and Meeting Public Safety Devil Hunters

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???: We're stuck on the eighth floor...

A group of six people was all sitting inside a room discussing a problem.

A young man with medium-length black hair and blue eyes started speaking up

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A young man with medium-length black hair and blue eyes started speaking up.

Aki: Here's the run-down of our situation. No matter how many stairs we climb up or down from the eight-floor stairway, we always end up on the eighth floor. It's likely the handiwork of a devil. We can't use the elevators for some reason. We can't get outside through the rooms or windows. We tried climbing up through the ceiling, but the eighth floor was above that too.

A teenage girl with blond and scruffy hair spoke up next.

Dana: Isn't it because Power went and killed that devil? I bet that devil used its power to trap us in here, and then it died without turning it off!

Power: You said to kill it!

Dana: Did not!

A young woman with strawberry blonde hair and two red horns yelled at the teenage girl.

Aki: Devils' powers are undone when they die. So that's impossible.

A young woman with short smooth dark hair wearing an eye patch spoke up next.

Himeno: Aki, any movement from the flesh piece?

Aki: About that...It completely stopped moving.

Himeno: So we walked straight into a trap, with that devil as the bait...This is the first time I've had a Devil try anything this tricky.

A young man with short spiky hair and a scar on his left cheek spoke next.

Arai: But...when we don't come back...won't other devil hunters come to rescue us.

Himeno: We can only pray that they won't get trapped like us.

A petite young woman with short black hair tied in a ponytail had a face full of fear.

Kobeni: We're all going to die here...We're going to starve to death...

Arai: K-Kobeni! Stay Strong! You're working as a devil hunter because you want to put your older brother through college, remember?!

Kobeni: I was half forced into it...My parents only care about my gifted brother...They want to put him through college, so they put me to work...My only options were to be a sex worker or a devil hunter! I wanted to go to college too!! But I'm gonna die here!!

Power: Gaha! Hahaha! That face!

Arai: Why you...! Don't laugh!!

Himeno: Oh, Kobeni...Fear is a devil's favorite food. If you act scared, you'll be giving them exactly what they want. 

Kobeni: But I'm so scared!!

???: You all are too loud...

Everyone in the room began looking around for the voice.

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