Ardent Hope: Chainsaw Man x Male Reader Insert.

25. Hug.

Denji felt the oppressing weight of countless dolls clashing against his body, swarming him and rendering his body completely unable to move. The marionettes had been powered up by the darkness' veil, just as Makima had warned him, but still, he didn't imagined they would turn up to be so strong.

Countless piercing arrows penetrated through all the puppets that held Denji in place, a sudden whirlwind of force struck them out of its way; a being approaching that resembled a force of nature as it moved quickly shooting projectiles at every moving puppet around. Denji looked up, and saw the figure of a fair and slender woman, completely naked. The human head Denji was expecting to see was replaced by one similar to his own devil transformation, with huge, angular and sharp teeth always visible. Still, the shape embedded in her skull resembled a crossbow, and several pointy pieces of metal surrounded her neck and protruded out of her forehead, similar to arrows and bolts. "Who're you?" Denji hurried to ask, worried that he may have to fight just another damned thing.

"Chainsaw Man, give me a hand until I kill that damn devil." The woman spoke, this time looking straight at Denji. "That bastard killed my women."

"A'ight!" Denji excitedly exclaimed, preparing himself to fight the approaching horde of puppets. "Watch my ba- Wait! You're gone!?"

"I didn't anticipate you joining us." The Doll Devil said. "It's an honor to meet the human who was known as the first devil hunter." She said, before her whole body was met by a powerful barrage of arrows and bolts that destroyed every part of her already cracking self, although every wound was promptly healed due to the darkness power. "That tickles..." She said, her whole body regenerating. "Ah, I see. I can spread my sense of pain across the other dolls too." Excitedly, the devil berated almost only for herself to hear. "Now, how to hunt an invisible hunter...? As for you, Chainsaw, can you kill these dolls?"

"Huh?" Denji was confused, but he suddenly heard the upcoming horde of puppets running towards him. However, when he turned around to see the marionettes, he was surprised to see a horde of common persons lunging at him. Many of them were yelling, crying, screaming in horror and confusion, exclaiming they couldn't control their own bodies as they spearheaded towards Denji. "Wait really? That's like that move only super evil villains use, you shithead!"

Denji tried to run away from the approaching horde, even trying to run using the walls as a route when he made two small chainsaws emerge from the sole of his feet. "I don't wanna be a murderer!" He cried as he ran, but it was no use, as the amount of puppets only seemed to increase, and he was swiftly cornered by them.

Denji kicked into one of the puppets that approached him, and sunk the roaring chainsaw straight into its chest. Caught off guard by another one, he made a slashing motion behind him swinging one of the chainsaws on his arm, impaling another puppet with it. The puppet fell to the ground as Denji backed off. "Murderer." It spoke before giving his last breath.

Denji was promptly swarmed by these puppets once again, and was saved by Quanxi, who had shot a barrage of arrows against them like she had done moments ago. "The dolls are only imitating humans!" She said to Denji. "Kill them, don't hesitate."

"But how do you know that!?"

"If you understand it that way, you'll be able to kill them, right?" She stated. "Ignorance is bliss, Chainsaw Man." She said, and Denji could only stare at her for a couple of seconds trying to process what she had just said.

The Doll Devil emerged from the building from where Quanxi was hanging on, and caught the hybrid with all of her arms. "Caught you!" The devil said, grasping Quanxi's crossbow arm with one of hers.

"I don't like that shitty attitude of yours!" A voice could be heard from above, and the Doll Devil tried to look upwards to discern its source, before she was suddenly sunk into the floor as a kick connected right above her forehead. "Night's coming, you morons!"