"Snake! Tail!"
Sawatari Akane felt her scalp tingling and instinctively activated her ability.
As her voice echoed, a tremendously large snake suddenly appeared behind her. This Snake Devil coiled its entire body, and then its tail suddenly lashed out with great force.
It must be said that the strike was quite powerful.
Perhaps because many people fear snakes, a casual strike from this Snake Devil could pierce through the air, accompanied by a sonic boom. Pale white waves of energy surged, and the gigantic snake's tail, like a spear, shot straight towards Sawatari Akane, piercing through everything in its path instantly.
But in the next second.
This snake's tail abruptly stopped mid-air.
At the same time, Fang Mo had already appeared in front of Sawatari Akane.
"What..."
Sawatari Akane's pupils contracted, and at that moment, the Snake Devil suddenly let out a scream. Immediately after, its tail started to twist, as if it were pierced by some immense force, shattering into pieces, turning into a rain of blood.
"What... what is this..."
Sawatari Akane, terrified, turned pale and staggered, sitting down on the ground: "What on earth are you?"
"I'm a Death Hastener from Special Division Four."
Fang Mo cheerfully waved his Manyullyn Cleaver: "Well, Captain said tonight the Special Division Four is making dumplings, and asked me to find some meat filling. So I've decided on you."
Saying this, Fang Mo unhesitatingly reached out towards Sawatari Akane.
"Snake! Kill him!"
Sawatari Akane felt a shiver down her spine and immediately waved her hand forward.
However, to her surprise, the Snake Devil didn't make a move, but instead spoke directly in her mind: "This guy is too terrifying, I'm bailing out."
"What?"
Hearing the Snake Devil's words, Sawatari Akane froze in place.
"No, wait, little sister, where's your snake?"
Fang Mo waited for a long time, but the Snake Devil never showed up. Fang Mo found this strange: "Weren't you supposed to eat me? Why is there no movement?"
"I…"
Sawatari Akane's face was ashen, completely at a loss for words now.
"Then there's no choice, I'll have to use you as filling."
Fang Mo shook his head, then reached for Sawatari Akane again. Of course, she tried to struggle, but she was no match for Fang Mo. He grabbed her by the hair and dragged her back, eventually throwing her roughly into the pit where the samurai sword man had been chopped up.
"Look at your delicate skin and tender flesh, so shy. You must be delicious as a filling."
Fang Mo waved the Manyullyn Cleaver in his hand: "Oh, right, you don't have any infectious diseases, do you? I don't want everyone to end up with oral herpes."
"I surrender, don't kill me…"
Sawatari Akane was indeed a bit scared silly, saying this subconsciously.
"See, you're quite cooperative." Fang Mo laughed upon seeing this: "Well then, first tell me who sent you?"
"I…"
Sawatari Akane opened her mouth, but before she could speak, her face suddenly seemed to be pressed down by something. Then, she exploded into a shower of blood and gore.
"Huh?"
Fang Mo was also stunned by this scene.
This ability was very familiar to him, and he almost immediately realized it was probably one of Makima's powers.
In fact, in the original story, Sawatari Akane's death was also very strange. After being captured by Hayakawa Aki and Kobeni, her contracted demon suddenly appeared out of nowhere and bit off her head.
This sudden death prevented Hayakawa Aki from continuing the interrogation, cutting off all leads.
As for now, Sawatari Akane was crushed to death by Makima's remote spell, which explained a lot of things. It's estimated that all this was part of Makima's plan, which in the original story was to train Denji and eliminate Himeko, finding a way to make Hayakawa Aki pay more attention to Denji and Power.
As for now…
Perhaps it was to test his own strength?
Fang Mo thought for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter. He guessed that Makima probably thought he was unaware of these things, otherwise, she wouldn't have thought about silencing him.
Since Makima wanted to play, Fang Mo decided to play along. Honestly, he was quite curious to see how Makima would struggle. If he got serious, he was capable of piercing through the Earth with his strength. He really couldn't understand how she could possibly resist him.
With this thought in mind, an idea suddenly emerged in Fang Mo's heart.
He glanced at Himeno unconsciously, thought for a moment, and then walked over to her, pulling out the healing greatsword from her body.
"Aki-kun!"
After regaining her freedom, Himeno immediately ran towards Hayakawa Aki: "How are your injuries? Are you alright?"
"I'm fine, no serious harm."
Hayakawa Aki, holding his chest, shook his head: "Has Himeno-senpai's injury been healed?"
"This..."
At this point, Himeno also fell into silence.
"What's wrong?" Hayakawa Aki sensed something amiss: "Himeno-senpai, you..."
"Aki-kun, you must live well."
Before Hayakawa Aki could finish his sentence, Himeno suddenly looked deeply at him: "Don't blame yourself, and don't be angry with Fang Mo. This was my choice. As long as you can live well, that's enough for me. I hope Aki-kun can cry for me when you have time."
"Wait... wait a minute!"
Hayakawa Aki panicked upon hearing this: "Himeno-senpai, what... what's happening!?"
"Are you being silly?"
At this moment, Power interjected, "Of course, there's a price to pay for having a Devil do your bidding. This girl wasn't talented enough, so she ended up sacrificing himself entirely. I guess she's about to die, maybe get eaten or something."
"What!?"
Hearing this, Hayakawa Aki suddenly felt a chill surge through his heart.
He instinctively turned his head and found that Fang Mo was indeed walking towards him, and his gaze was indeed on Himeno. This immediately made him anxious. He tried to lift his sword to block, but he spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground.
"Damn it... Don't..."
Hayakawa Aki, lying on the ground, yelled desperately, but no one present paid him any attention.
Power didn't want to bother with this matter, and she couldn't if she wanted to. Denji was out of his mind, and currently, no one was helping him to trigger his engine for revival. As for Himeno, she just looked at Hayakawa Aki with deep affection. Now that she was about to die, there was no need to hide anything anymore. All her emotions were written on her face.
And so, very quickly.
Fang Mo reached Himeno.
"Well then, I'll begin."
Fang Mo first said this, then placed his hand on the top of Himeno's head. In the next second, before anyone could react, Himeno instantly disappeared, leaving only an eyepatch on the ground.
...
Hayakawa Aki looked dazedly at the eyepatch on the ground.
Suddenly, he felt a tightness in his chest, then his eyes rolled back and he fainted.