just a guy who's a devil hunter for fun

Chapter 45: The Hunt

CRASH!!! BANG!!!

"HEY! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!?" a man shouted, sticking his head out of his car window. His vehicle had just been hit while parked in a lot.

"Halloween!" the demon, with its brain protruding from its head, screamed, freezing the man in place.

"Hallo...ween..." he muttered, confused by himself.

"Halloween!" the demon shouted again and then turned to leave.

"Hallo...ween? HALLOWEEN! HALLOWEEN!" the man yelled, increasingly panicked and terrified.

Quanxi: "Let's go, ladies."

Quanxi drew on a cigarette and led her harem out of the car. Suddenly, the demon with the messy hair bun, a bizarre creature, shouted.

"Sis Quanxi! Sis Quanxi! Look over there!" she said excitedly, pointing at a nearby restaurant. "Conveyor belt sushi!! It's really famous in Japan!"

Quanxi: "Hmm... alright..."

"Welcome...?" the waiter greeted them but froze at the sight before him.

"Halloween!" the eyeball-popping demon yelled.

Waiter: "A demon!?"

"Halloween! Halloween!" the demon continued to shout.

Waiter: "This way, Halloween."

The waiter led them to a table. The girls in Quanxi's harem (except the one with stitched scars) were now buzzing with excitement, staring hungrily at the sushi plates moving along the conveyor.

"Sis Quanxi! What will you eat?" the girl with the unusual hair asked.

Quanxi: "Hmm, I want to eat mackerel sushi."

"Sis Quanxi! Let me show off my knowledge of fish?" the odd-haired girl said.

Quanxi: "No need... and I don't want to know."

"Me neither!!!" the odd-haired girl chirped.

Quanxi picked up her sushi and ate it, deep in thought, recalling what Wu Long had said before. She wondered how strong the one who defeated Wu Long could be.

Elsewhere, Denji, along with Pochita and Power, were patrolling. Denji sneezed suddenly, making Pochita, perched on his shoulder, jump.

Denji rubbed his nose with his fingers, feeling as if someone was talking badly about him.

The next morning

On a crowded street somewhere in Tokyo, the pedestrian crossing was jammed with commuters and residents trying to get to their destinations.

"GYAH-!" a man shouted as SANTA CLAUS's hand touched his shoulder, before he froze completely after a transformation. His pupils dilated and hollowed, lines stretching from the corners of his mouth to his chin, making him look like a puppet. He reached out to another person, who was also transformed, and they did the same to someone else. In moments, the entire population was turned into puppets.

Santa Claus: "Good children... I can't deliver all the gifts alone..."

The puppets moved as he walked, splitting into small groups to hunt their prey.

Elsewhere in the city, Tolka stood beside his master, his hand still in a cast.

"It's time..." the woman muttered.