One Above All

Chapter 27: And the World Keeps Spinning.

Disclaimer: Chainsaw Man belongs to Tatsuki Fujimoto.

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"What a dreadful situation..."

"I don't think humanity has ever seen an attack of this magnitude before."

"Was it a terrorist attack?"

"I doubt it..."

"We need to consider all possibilities."

"How many citizens lost their lives?"

"At the moment, there are 40 thousand confirmed deaths in Japan alone, but the number will only increase as hours pass."

"Shit..."

"Should we consider the possibility of another attack?"

"I highly doubt it's an attack from another neighboring country, considering that even the United States and the Soviet Union were targeted. Unfortunately, Japan and the United States bore the brunt of it."

"It's not like it's the first time a country sacrifices its own to gain an advantage over others"

"We must remember that we live in a world plagued by Devils; man ceased to be the sole enemy of human existence"

"That just makes it even worse; devils are so unpredictable... But it makes sense according to the reports; bullets rained down as if millions of machine guns were all firing in one place."

"Both the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as China, have access to more than enviable weaponry, but not even they would be capable of launching an attack that could traverse the entire planet."

"So there's no doubt... A devil was the cause of all this."

"Do we have any information about its appearance and abilities?"

"At the moment, we don't have precise information about that, but if we look again at the chaos it caused across the planet in just five minutes, we can assume it's a demon of colossal size."

"As for its abilities... I think it's more than clear that it's related to firearms. Which brings us to our next point..."

"Did this devil arise from the fear of guns?"

"It's very likely. Not long ago, there was a terrorist attack in the United States related to firearms; many people died, and it paralyzed the country for a long time. Also, because the trafficking and sale of firearms have been on the rise for the past five years, it has led to people having doubts about whether they are still safe with so many guns scattered around. With all that combined, it's probable that this devil was born from the fear and skepticism people had about these objects."

"Armed murders, terrorist attacks, maniacs misusing guns and other types of weapons... They only fueled people's fear... In the end, we paid a very high price."

"All the signs were there, but we didn't realize until now. We should have anticipated that something so destructive, with a history filled with deaths, would be capable of creating one of the strongest devils humanity has ever seen."

"Knowing how the creation of a devil works, the fact that millions of people around the world fear firearms only fueled the power of this devil"

"We should have done something about it."