Chapter 26

Officer Hisata was hiding in the corner of the hall at the moment, with a scarecrow emitting a faint bloody glow floating in front of him.

The black line that only Officer Hisada could see extended from the scarecrow's body, and the other end was submerged in the white steam. If there was no steam, one could see that the end of the black line was connected to Douma's body.

The scarecrow with a chilling painting style has an abstract face that seems to be drawn in blood, with its bloody mouth bent to reveal a smile that looks weird no matter how you look at it.

The sudden and permeating laughter in the hall came from the mouth of this strange straw man, and everyone in the hall felt as if the laughter was ringing in their own ears.

This weird bloody scarecrow is the foundation for Hisata's ability to gain a foothold in the port mafia and successfully secure his position as an executive. His special ability is [Daughter of Ugly Times].

The reason why Officer Kobayashi, who had already become a defeated general, suddenly showed an ecstatic expression was because he heard the laughter of the [Daughter of Ugly Time] who had successfully infiltrated.

Although Officer Hisada and Officer Kobayashi have always disliked each other, they have worked together in the port mafia for many years, and even if they are unwilling, there is some tacit understanding and understanding between them.

Long before Officer Kobayashi took action, Officer Hisada gave him a silent look.

The seemingly brainless officer Kobayashi understood this in his heart, and his subsequent series of seemingly reckless and stupid actions were partly to provide sufficient time for Officer Hisada to launch the "Daughter of Ugly Time".

"Kill him! Kill him quickly!" Officer Kobayashi screamed in excitement, as if he was completely unaware of the serious injury he had suffered. He looked up at Douma with eyes filled with intense malice.

[Daughter of Ugly Times] is a very powerful supernatural power. Although its lead time is extremely long, in contrast, no one who has been marked by it has escaped a tragic death.

Officer Hisada, who holds the trump card, hears Officer Kobayashi's commanding tone. Although he wants to ignore him and let Douma kill that idiot first, the two of them are ultimately grasshoppers tied to the same boat.

In order to fight against Mori Ogai, or to make his escape smoother in the future, Officer Hisada could only hold his anger and save his life for the time being.

Thinking of this, Officer Hisada reluctantly suppressed his dissatisfaction and took out the dagger from his arms with little interest.

The unsheathed dagger reflected a chilling light under the lamplight, and it looked extremely sharp, which was indeed the case.

There was a flash of cold light, and Hisata raised his knife and cut off the head of the scarecrow connected to Douma.

At the same time, on the other side of the white steam, Douma, who was about to give the final blow to Officer Kobayashi, felt a pain in his neck.

He lost his head.

Head lost.

It fell off.

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Douma's confused head was reflexively held in his arms by his headless body, and it was saved from falling and rolling on the marble floor.

Officer Kobayashi looked at Douma, who had just looked down upon him and was about to kill him, but now had lost his head, and could not help but laugh triumphantly: "Haha... cough, you want to kill me too? Cough... who of us will die first in the end? Hahaha... cough cough..."

Just now, an ice spike pierced Kobayashi's lungs, making it extremely difficult for him to speak and breathe. His gloating laughter made him cough until tears came out, and blood kept oozing out from the corners of his mouth as he coughed.

Officer Hisada, who had come over following the sound, saw Officer Kobayashi's miserable state and couldn't help but curl his lips in disdain: "Well, stop laughing. Don't let yourself die of laughter instead of dying at Douma's hands. That would be a joke."

While Officer Kobayashi was catching his breath, Officer Hisata bent down and used his dagger to smash the cone of ice connecting the opponent's body and the ground.

"Hiss, be gentle!" Kobayashi's face turned pale from the pain and he kept gasping for air. His tone was naturally not much better.

After taking the trouble to help and still being complained about, Hisada became angry and retorted: "If you are awesome, pull the ice pick off yourself, don't ask me for help."

"Grass (a kind of plant)." Officer Kobayashi cursed in his heart, but he could only show a flattering expression to the impatient Officer Hisada, and his tone softened: "No, no, no, can't I just stop talking? Please help me."

People under the eaves have to bow their heads. If he pulled out all the ice spikes on his body, he would probably die from excessive blood loss in a short while.

Seeing that Kobayashi, who always had a tough mouth, had given in, Hisada felt much better. He couldn't help but laugh at him, "You almost died at the hands of a 20-year-old boy, and in the end you still had to rely on me to do it."

Officer Kobayashi was helped up from the ground. Hearing this, his face flushed and he shouted stubbornly, "If I hadn't wanted to buy you some time, I wouldn't have been careless and fallen for his trick. I would have knocked him down long ago!"

"Really?" A faint voice came from behind the two of them.

However, Officer Kobayashi mistakenly thought that it was Officer Hisada who answered the call. He pushed away Officer Hisada's arm and said stubbornly, "Go away. You don't need to help me. I can walk by myself."

"No...it's not me." The Hisata cadre, who staggered after being pushed, stood there stiffly, not daring to move, because he had already recognized who the voice belonged to.

But...isn’t Douma already dead?

Officers Kobayashi and Hisada finally realized something was wrong and turned their heads stiffly at the same time, looking in the direction where the sound came from. What they saw was a scene that made their sanity values ​​drop wildly.

Douma, who was supposed to be dead, was looking at them and smiling.

The smiling severed head was being held in Douma's headless body. The two could even see the flesh and blood squirming in the severed neck.

Tsk…

Officers Kobayashi and Hisada rubbed their eyes wildly in disbelief, but no matter how they refused to acknowledge the outrageous scene before their eyes, it was all real.

With his worldview shattered, Kobayashi dragged his heavy body and took a trembling step back. He asked the question in his heart with a horrified look on his face: "You...are you a human or a ghost?"

Officer Hisada was already a little crazy because of the scene in front of him. He pulled his hair madly, staring at Douma's lonely head that was not connected to the body, and muttered nervously: "Impossible... fake... not real... must be the enemy's hallucination... yes, hallucination!"

Douma was forced to experience the feeling of a pair of real head-holding chopsticks. Looking at the two people opposite him with devastated faces because he did not die after being beheaded, he was indeed a little happy.

No wonder in the plot of Demon Slayer, Douma, the Second True Upper Moon, likes to play this trick, it's really fun.

However, although Douma surprisingly didn't feel much pain, it was still hard to get used to such a low vision.

Douma was no longer in the mood to scare the two men out of spite as he could only look up at his opponent's discomfort. He calmly put his head back on his neck.

Then, Officers Kobayashi and Hisada, who had just regained some consciousness, saw with their own eyes the squirming growth of flesh between Douma's broken neck and head, and the growth spontaneously grew together, and in a short while it recovered as if it had never been cut off.

Even though this is a society with special abilities and they themselves are people with special abilities, there really is no person with special abilities who can survive having their head chopped off. At least they have never seen such a person.

The two cadres who had never seen the world were so frightened that their legs went weak. They supported each other and tried to escape from this scary place and stay away from Douma who they didn't know whether he was a human or a ghost.

However, it is obviously impossible for Douma to let go of someone who saw his secret, especially since they just teamed up to chop off his head.

Although this experience was actually quite fun, it doesn't mean that Douma doesn't hold a grudge.

After being beheaded, Douma's character became even darker without him noticing.

After realizing the truth that "being kind to the enemy means being cruel to yourself", he stopped the two people who were moving forward at a turtle speed in almost the blink of an eye.

Douma put away his smile and showed no expression. He stretched out his hands as fast as lightning and grabbed the necks of Officer Kobayashi and Officer Hisada with one hand each before they could react.

In the desperate eyes of the two, Douma tightened his fingers with a cold expression, and after two teeth-grinding snapping sounds, Officer Kobayashi and Officer Hisada had their necks broken by him.

After solving the culprit that caused his accident, Douma, who was very concerned about his own safety, returned to normal. His cold expression quickly faded, replaced by his usual gentle smile.

However, at the murder scene, the murderer smiled gently in front of the corpse, which seemed even more perverted.

Douma, who was completely unaware of this, gave himself a thumbs up, and sincerely thought from the bottom of his heart: I am still the ordinary person I used to be, and I haven't changed at all! (bushi)

At the same time, in the office of the leader of the Gang Black Building.

Mori Ogai sat in front of a huge screen, and the picture displayed on it was a blurry image of Douma holding two corpses in his hands.

Can he win without any damage in a one-on-two battle? Douma-kun's strength is truly unfathomable.

Alas, it's a pity that the steam from before covered up the most crucial battle, otherwise he would have a better understanding of Douma-kun's strength. Mori Ogai sighed with great regret.

On the other side, Douma completely forgot about the fact that he was under surveillance. It was only because of his high luck that he was able to avoid being discovered by the sinister Mori Owl.

The two people in the leader's office also happened to see on the screen that Douma raised his head and gave them a meaningful and gentle smile.

"Eh——, that smile is so perverted, Rintaro, turn it off, Alice, don't look at this guy." Alice turned her face away and whispered, "The guy with the same voice as Dazai is really a pervert."

"Okay, okay, I'll turn it off right away, Alice-chan." Mori Ogai quickly dimmed the screen and reviewed all of Douma's actions tonight with an unpredictable expression.

Finally, I came to the conclusion: What a terrible perception, can it detect prying eyes even through electronic products? It even used this battle to give me a warning without revealing its own trump card.

Mori Ogai: It’s as expected of you, Douma-kun.

Douma: ???