"Aki-kun... how could this be?"
Hearing this, Himeno seemed to lose focus, feeling somewhat distraught: "Why does it have to be him?"
"Because Hayakawa Aki is too kind, and he's an ordinary person."
Fang Mo spread his hands out: "He appears cold on the outside, but he's actually very gentle inside. At the same time, he loathes the Gun Devil. For Devils, a person like Hayakawa Aki is too easy to control... Didn't Kishibe tell you about this?"
"Aki-kun is indeed that kind of person..."
Himeno, with his head lowered, looked anxious and confused: "What should I do, what can I do, Aki-kun cannot die."
"Do you want to save him?"
Fang Mo suddenly asked.
"Can you save him?" Himeno looked up abruptly: "I can promise you anything, as long as you save..."
"But you've already given everything to me." Fang Mo spread his hands out: "You are already mine now, you don't have anything left to trade with me, do you?"
"This..."
Himeno was suddenly at a loss.
"You now have two choices." At this moment, Fang Mo's voice rang out again, Himeno looked up to see him slowly extending two fingers: "One is to stay here honestly, do nothing, and I won't tell you what's happening outside."
"And the other?"
Himeno asked without hesitation.
"Play along with my act." Fang Mo suddenly showed a mischievous smile: "I will find a way to give you power, to return you to Earth, but everything must follow my script, understand?"
"The script means..."
"Life is like a movie, and after everyone dies, they go to the cinema to watch this movie."
Fang Mo said: "In any case, I'll make you an actor, and I'm the director. You have to cooperate with me seriously for fun. If you do well, I will help you save Hayakawa Aki."
"Okay, I agree."
Himeno almost nodded without thinking and asked, "What should I do?"
"International convention, start by eating shit," was the reply.
Fang Mo somehow pulled out a large box, and then took out a pile of stuff and placed it on the box, "First, finish eating this box of Green shit. Then eat these two Yellow Delicious Shit, and finally gouge out your eyes and put this in. I happen to be thinking of a script for you on this end."
"I understand."
Himeno was straightforward, immediately starting the task.
However, in the next second, she knelt on the ground and began to retch.
"Don't vomit, this stuff is quite expensive," Fang Mo said upon seeing this. "If you can't eat it, you can starve for a few days..."
In summary,
After making proper arrangements for Himeno.
Fang Mo didn't stay long and soon left Ego Planet.
Himeno still needed time to enhance her strength, and it made no sense for Fang Mo to stay there. He might as well come out and think about how to arrange the script.
After all, except for Himeno herself, everyone else thought he had eaten her.
Hayakawa Aki waking up would probably hate himself to death.
Thinking it over.
Fang Mo decided to go to the hospital.
The Special Devil Hunters is, after all, a government department under the Police Headquarters, so they have some privileges at the hospital. When Fang Mo arrived at the hospital, Hayakawa Aki's surgery was already completed.
As for Power and Denji.
Just like in the original story, they were waiting in Hayakawa Aki's hospital room.
Of course, what they called waiting was just reading manga and sneakily eating fruits.
They even started arguing over eating an apple, the noise loud enough to be heard outside, and Hayakawa Aki was awakened by their noise, struggling to sit up slowly from the bed.
"Division Four... Who else is alive?"
Just woken up, Hayakawa Aki seemed a bit dazed.
"Huh?"
Hearing this, Denji also stopped his scuffle with Power: "It seems to be that shorty, Kobeni and a guy with glasses, but I heard he already resigned."
"Is that so?"
As Power nibbled on an apple, she remarked, "Kobeni that coward, right? Her male partner with the scarred face was shot through the head, and then there's Himeno, eaten by the Happy Devil, just like how I'm eating this apple!"
Upon hearing this, Hayakawa Aki silently looked up at Power.
"Uh..." Realizing she might have misspoken, Power quickly stood up: "I, I just came to bring some fruits for the patient. I'm leaving, bye."
"I should go too."
Seeing this, Denji also stood up: "Miss Makima seems to need me for something, I'll go first. I'll leave an apple for you."
After waving their hands, they walked towards the door.
However, just then, the door suddenly opened on its own, and Fang Mo slowly walked in from outside.
"Even through the door, I can hear you two talking bad about me." Fang Mo gave Power a chop on the head: "Next time I hear you badmouthing me, I'll punch your chest in."
"Ow... uh..."
Power, now a bit scared, responded: "I won't dare to talk about you again, I was wrong."
"Ah, Fang Mo."
Denji, however, seemed fine and even waved to Fang Mo: "Are you here to visit Hayakawa Aki?"
"After all, he's someone who made a pact with me, I should show some concern, right?"
Fang Mo cheerfully said and handed a Burrito to Denji: "Take it and eat it on the way, I want to have a private chat with him."
"Fang Mo is really nice, always giving me tasty things."
Denji, being carefree, immediately cheered up: "If you were a woman, I might have fallen for you, just like Miss Makima."
"For me, form is just an empty appearance."
Fang Mo shrugged. He could indeed transform into a cute girl, but that was only amusing for girls like Quanxi. But to tease Denji... better not.
That guy's thinking is abnormal. He might really dare to cast a spell on himself at night, which would be too much.
"Alright, go out and eat your piece."
So, Fang Mo waved his hand and shooed him out.
After Fang Mo had dismissed the unwitting Denji, he refocused his attention on Hayakawa Aki.
"..."
Hayakawa Aki was also staring at Fang Mo but remained silent.
"Do you hate me?"
In the end, it was Fang Mo who broke the silence.
"I don't know." Hayakawa Aki slowly shook his head, his voice sounding inexplicably hoarse: "I want to hate you, but Himeno-senpai doesn't want me to."
"It was you who asked me to save Himeno, and I kept my promise to rescue her," said Fang Mo. "But when Himeno saw you fall, she immediately asked me to come back and help you. I refused once, but she insisted, offering everything she had to persuade me to help you."
"I know."
Hayakawa Aki nodded silently: "You Devils must abide by contracts. I shouldn't blame you. It's just... I'm really in pain. I would rather have died myself."
"That's typical of mortals."
Fang Mo shrugged: "Humans indeed have many things beyond their control, which makes them suffer. Sometimes, living is indeed harder than dying, but that's how it is... after all, fate is like a damned Makima, setting up such a ridiculous script for you."
However, just as he said this, the door of the hospital room was suddenly pushed open from the outside.
Makima, dressed in a black coat, entered from outside.
"Were you just talking about me?"