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Chapter 14 - Chapter 14: "Getting to Know the Members of the Group"

Dante, coming out of the demonic world and arriving in the now-destroyed city, looks at Lady, who was waiting. Dante says to her, "You're still here." Lady looks at him and replies, "I need that back." Dante tries to give Lady the Kalina Ann, but before she grabs it, Dante holds onto it and says, jokingly, "I hope there aren't any late fees?" Lady says, "Hmm... I'll think about it." Dante hands the Kalina Ann to Lady. While looking at the clouds beginning to clear in the sky, he says, "For now, we should be fine, but I'm sure they'll return soon. Very soon."

Lady looks at Dante's face and asks, "Are you crying?" Dante turns around and replies, "It's just the rain." Lady looks up at the sky and extends her hand, saying, "The rain has already stopped." Dante looks straight ahead and says, "Demons never cry." Lady says, "I see." Then she asks Dante, "Maybe somewhere, even the devil cries when he loses a loved one. Don't you think?" Dante responds, "Maybe."

Lady, looking ahead, starts to pull out one of her guns and says, "By the way..." Then she shoots some demons in front of her. After that, the demons begin to appear, surrounding them. Lady says, "Looks like we're going to be busy for a while." Dante looks at the demons surrounding him and begins to prepare to fight, saying, "Bring it on! I love this... This is what I live for! I'm absolutely crazy about it!"

The music ('Devils Never Cry') begins to play.

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[Guitar Hero: "Another song with lyrics. Seems like it reflects what Dante feels, doesn't it?"]

[Crimson-Haired Princess: "How interesting. It seems like the demons in his world can't feel emotions, or at least that's implied."]

[Blooming Butterfly: "Or maybe they just don't believe they can feel emotions. It reminds me of those in my world."]

[Golden Lady Caged in Ice: "Dante is half demon and half human. Maybe his human side is what lets him feel emotions, right?"]

[Cat Guru: "So, it's finally over, huh? It's been a long night, and soon I'll have to go to school."]

[Guitar Hero: "True, I didn't sleep, but at least I heard good music and had fun. I hope I can stay awake in school."]

[Golden Lady Caged in Ice: "Now that I think about it, I didn't sleep either. I don't know how I'll keep up with my studies and not sleep at school."]

[Crimson-Haired Princess: "Well, it's just getting dark here. Maybe some worlds share the same time zone, right?"]

[Blooming Butterfly: "In mine, it started in the morning; now it's the afternoon."]

[Cat Guru: "Looks like only our worlds share the same time zone."]

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After finishing the fight and bidding farewell to Lady, Dante begins walking towards his destroyed office. As he does so, he notices the chat group he couldn't pay attention to for most of the night. Seeing the information, he focuses on the time zones of the worlds and reflects on what he'll do now that, until there's something bigger to handle, it will take a while to act.

After recalling that the only ones who introduced themselves in the chat group were him and Bocchi, he decides to start writing and, in passing, figure out why some worlds share the same time zone.

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[Demon Hunter: "Hey, it was fun, right?"]

[Guitar Hero: "A lot, but now some of us are in a tricky situation."]

[Demon Hunter: "Speaking of which, aren't you curious why some worlds share the same time zone? Also, I remember that not everyone introduced themselves, right? It was only Bocchi and me."]

[Crimson-Haired Princess: "Now that I think about it, that's true. We also didn't claim the points for the day, though a lot happened today. I'll go first. My name is Rias Gremory, I'm a demon from the Gremory family, and I currently live in Kuoh, Japan."]

[Blooming Butterfly: "I'll go next. My name is Kanae Kochō, I live in Japan, and I'm part of a group called the Demon Slayer Corps. We hunt demons that eat people."]

[Cat Guru: "My turn. My name is Yukino Yukinoshita, I'm a first-year student at Sobu High School in Chiba, Japan."]

[Golden Lady Caged in Ice: "Kaguya Shinomiya, the youngest daughter of the Shinomiya group, currently a first-year student at Shuchi'in Academy."]

[Guitar Hero: "Introducing myself again. My name is Hitori Gotou; I also study at Sobu High School and am in my first year. Plus, I just joined a band. You can call me Bocchi."]

[Cat Guru: "Now I think I know why we share the same time zone."]

[Demon Hunter: "Haha, look! So you're in the same world."]

[Golden Lady Caged in Ice: "Isn't it supposed to be that each of us comes from a different world?"]

[Guitar Hero: "That's right; why are we in the same one?"]

[Demon Hunter: "Maybe it's to make up for there being nothing supernatural in your world, or perhaps there's more to your world than you think. It could be either."]

[Guitar Hero: "Really... It would be scary if a monster suddenly appeared."]

[Demon Hunter: "Well, being in the group, we should be able to travel to other worlds if they're in danger, right?"]

[Cat Guru: "Weren't you on the verge of death several times? The group didn't mention anything about that."]

[Demon Hunter: "You're right, but remember, I'm really strong. Besides, it's quite difficult for me to be killed. Most of the time, it's because I don't like going all out."]

[Golden Lady Caged in Ice: "It seems you don't value your own life. So, if we come from the same world, are you also in ours? After all, we have almost the same time zone, right?"]

[Demon Hunter: "I think you're mistaken. Remember, I'm not in Japan, so it's not the same time zone. But don't worry about that. Since we introduced ourselves, it's my turn again."]

[Demon Hunter: "My name is Dante. I'm a demon hunter."]