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Chapter 343: Chapter 340: Eternity Devil

Kobeni is indeed very timid.

But at the same time, she is particularly concerned about money.

This actually has nothing to do with her, it's mainly because her parents are extremely greedy. They not only refused her wish to go to school but also ordered her to go out and work to make a lot of money, either to become a Devil hunter or to go into porn industry.

Kobeni said she really didn't want to do porn, so she had no choice but to become a Devil hunter.

And because of this.

When she saw this emerald.

She was crying while somehow pulling out a kitchen knife, tremblingly walking at the forefront.

Beside her was Denji, holding a fireman's axe. Just now, Himeno said that she would kiss the person who kills the Devil, and Denji, this little pervert, immediately agreed after hearing it.

Originally, Power had agreed to let him touch her chest, but after Fang Mo exposed the truth about the pad, that matter was dropped. Now hearing that he could get a soft kiss from a girl, he immediately turned into a lustful evil spirit, insisting on personally killing this damn Devil.

"This little hooligan-like guy..."

Even Arai blushed a bit, biting his teeth and rushing forward: "We can't let this kind of ill-gotten guy succeed, Himeno-senpai... I will protect you!"

"Yes, you have become very spirited."

Seeing this scene, Himeno also smiled: "As expected of Mr. Devil, very understanding of human needs."

"This bunch of guys... looks very troublesome."

Hayakawa Aki sighed and then turned his head to ask Himeno: "Himeno-senpai, can the newcomers on your side be useful?"

"If it's Arai, although he is very enthusiastic, his ability is a bit lacking. On the contrary, Kobeni, although she seems timid, actually has very strong abilities," Himeno said. "How about your side, Aki-kun?"

"A pervert and a fool."

Hayakawa Aki held his forehead: "These two were already troublesome, and then Miss Makima arranged the most troublesome guy for me."

"The Happy Devil?"

"Yes." Hayakawa Aki rubbed his temples: "The contract with him does not involve life span, but just living with him, I already feel like I'm starting to lose years of my life..."

"This is the first time I've seen Aki-kun so troubled."

Himeno smiled and said, "But speaking of which, do you think these four newcomers will survive, Aki-kun?"

"No matter whether they are very strong or seem very ordinary, there are only two possible outcomes after a year," Hayakawa Aki calmly said. "Either they die or retire to civilian life."

"Sly, that's not the answer I wanted."

Himeno paused for a moment and then said, "Anyway, you can't die, Aki-kun."

"You seem very afraid of him dying."

As they were speaking, Fang Mo suddenly came over and interrupted, "If you're afraid of him dying, why don't you make a contract with me? People under my protection, even if the Holy Father comes, he can't kill them, after all, I'm a divine doctor."

"Can I also make a contract with you?"

Himeno curiously looked at Fang Mo and asked, "What's the price?"

"I treat everyone the same when making contracts; you can ask Hayakawa Aki about the specific price," Fang Mo said cheerfully. "But let me say the ugly part first, if you're not qualified, I won't make a contract with you."

"Aki-kun?"

Hearing this, Himeno also turned her head to look at Hayakawa Aki.

"...It's like this." Hayakawa Aki hesitated for a moment but still explained to Himeno: "He's a guy who likes to cause trouble for people, you just have to..."

"Seems like there's some commotion up ahead!"

While they were talking, Power, who was walking in front, suddenly shouted.

"Oh, I'm going to kill this damned Devil!"

Upon hearing this, Denji immediately showed an excited smile, swung his axe, and kicked open the door of the room in front.

Seeing this, everyone quickly became alert. Soon, footsteps were heard from inside, and then a strange head emerged.

This head was obviously unusual just by looking at it; its right cheek had a foot growing on it, and its left cheek had a hand. The hand and foot moved slowly on the ground, and, disturbingly, it had a strange smile on its face that was unsettling just to look at.

"Eek!!!"

Seeing this scene, Kobeni from their group screamed in fright.

And it seemed that the severed head also sensed her fear. Suddenly, it bared a terrifying smile and leapt towards her face with a snap.

But in the next second, Kobeni, who had been screaming, panickedly swung a knife forward. The head Devil, originally flying towards Kobeni, accidentally got hit by the knife, split into two halves, and fell to the ground with a plop, like two lumps of rotten cloth.

"Ah Ah Ah!!!"

Even though Kobeni had dealt with the head, she was so scared that she sat down on the ground, continuously backing away.

"The despicable humans stole the first move."

Seeing this, Power showed an annoyed expression: "This must be an accident, right?"

"Oh sh*t..."

Denji also looked as if he had eaten something disgusting and said in frustration: "Why does the girl have to compete with me for affection? Are you crazy?"

"This thing is weak, it's probably not the enemy, right?"

As a veteran, Himeno quickly grasped the situation upon seeing this.

"Exactly."

Hayakawa Aki also nodded, examining a piece of the Devil's flesh he took out. Finding no movement, he concluded: "It seems that it's not the target. The real one must still be hiding in this building."

"Let's go upstairs."

Himeno suggested: "Anyway, everyone, please continue to stay alert."

Everyone nodded and proceeded upstairs. Having casually eliminated a Devil, the atmosphere seemed to relax slightly. Even Kobeni felt a bit relieved, still a bit scared but no longer trembling.

However, at that moment.

Denji, who was leading, suddenly froze.

"What's wrong?"

Power, standing next to him, immediately asked: "Stupid, you're not tired from climbing the stairs, are you?"

"Shut up." Denji ignored Power and turned to ask the others: "Hey, what floor are we on now?"

"We were just on the eighth floor."

Hayakawa Aki said, "We're currently climbing the stairs, we should be reaching the ninth floor soon."

"But... this is still the eighth floor." Denji pointed to the floor indicator sign next to him, a bit bewildered. "Should we send someone down to check if there's been a mistake with the floor numbers or something?"

"I'll go take a look."

After hearing this, Arai immediately ran downstairs, but after a few steps, he mysteriously appeared above everyone else.

"This... What!?"

Not only Arai, but everyone else was stunned too. They had clearly seen Arai run downstairs, but now he suddenly appeared above the stairs. This was too strange, right?

Seeing this, Himeno also walked downstairs. In a blink of an eye, she too walked down from above with a surprised look on her face.

"Hmm."

Realizing what was happening, Himeno said, "So, that means..."

"It must be the power of a Devil."

Hayakawa Aki frowned, "Kobeni, you stay where you are."

After saying this, he immediately opened a guest room on the right, intending to climb out of the window. Surprisingly, on the other side of the window was an identical room. Passing through this room's door, Hayakawa Aki came out from the guest room on the left.

Seeing this, everyone else also realized what was happening.

Obviously, this was the power of some Devil. The entire eighth floor was trapped in a spatial loop, and no matter how they walked, they couldn't get out.

Arai even opened the skylight above their heads, but it also led back to the eighth floor. All exits were sealed into a dead loop, and everyone was trapped here.

"We're doomed..."

Seeing this, Arai also started to panic, "We won't be trapped here, will we?"

"That's not good, we've checked everything."

At this moment, Denji also slowly walked over, "We tried the elevator too, it's completely unusable. Forcibly opening it also only leads to the eighth floor."

"What a cunning Devil."

Himeno frowned, "We've never encountered such a creature before."

After an unsuccessful search, everyone could only gather in one room for the time being. The conclusion they came to was that they were indeed trapped here. Moreover, this Devil seemed to have the ability to stop time. All the clocks on this floor were also stopped at 8:18.

This meant that calling for help was useless too.

"So, was that severed head just a bait?"

Denji couldn't help saying, "It must be because that crybaby woman killed the Devil, which activated that ability."

"I... I didn't mean to..."

Kobeni started to get nervous again, trembling as she said, "I don't want to be trapped here either. I haven't even gone to college yet, and now I have to be trapped here until I'm starved and die. Woo ah ah..."

"Kobeni, Devils love fear the most."

Seeing this, Himeno also comforted her, "If you're so scared, it will only make the Devil happier."

"Yes, yes."

Fang Mo quickly nodded in agreement, "I'm so excited right now..."

"But I'm really too scared."

Kobeni sniffled, then continued to cry and say, "I really don't want to die."

"What a hassle, anyway, you guys think of something first." At this moment, Denji suddenly yawned, "I was cleaning the toilet until late last night, and now I'm a bit sleepy. This bed looks nice; I'm going to sleep for a while."

After saying that, he lay down on the bed and closed his eyes.

"Hey, you..."

Hayakawa Aki was about to say something, but in the next second, Denji's even breathing could be heard. Hayakawa Aki was stunned, "He... fell asleep?"

"You, you ran away secretly!"

Power, seeing Denji asleep, also ran to another bed, "I can't lose to you. It's rare to have such free time, so I might as well think about how to win the Nobel Prize. By then, all of humanity will look up to me!"

After saying that, she leaned on her arm and started daydreaming.

"...The people on Aki-kun's side are really carefree."

Seeing this scene, Himeno also started to get a headache, "Compared to that, the people on my side seem very timid."

"I...I'm so scared..."

And just like Himeno said, Kobeni here was already a bit delusional, crying and laughing, "Ha... Haha... I lost so much water from crying, my mouth is so thirsty, I want to drink water from the toilet..."

"Don't say such weird things, Kobeni."

Arai was also a bit scared, there was no helping it, the atmosphere was indeed a bit too eerie, and now he felt a bit of chill running down his spine.

"Don't be so scared," Himeno sighed. "Devils feed on fear. The more afraid you are, the stronger this thing becomes, and then we really won't be able to get out..."

"So why not make a contract with me?"

Fang Mo, hearing this, cheerfully interjected, "A trash Devil like this, wouldn't it be scared to death just by me shouting at it?"

"Speaking of which, it seems like the ghost Devil is indeed very afraid of you."

Hearing Fang Mo's words, Himeno also looked at him: "It hasn't dared to come out until now. What exactly did you do to it?"

"You mean the ghost Devil?"

Fang Mo spread his hands, seriously educating: "Strictly speaking, a ghost is a ghost. I just explained materialism to it a bit, made it believe that it doesn't actually exist..."

"Huh?"

Himeno was dumbfounded after listening.

"Hmm? That's right!"

Power, lying on the bed nearby, suddenly brightened up: "If I can discover and prove the existence of ghosts, I should be able to win the Nobel Prize, right? It must be like this, so which prize would they award me?"

"Good grief."

Hearing Power's quirky train of thought, Fang Mo also laughed: "Nobel himself will present the award to you."

"Haha, amazing," Power, not understanding the sarcasm, instead stood proudly with her hands on her hips: "As expected, I am the strongest!"

"These guys..."

Seeing this, Hayakawa Aki immediately felt a headache and rubbed his temples: "Feels like they're not helping at all."

Shaking his head, Hayakawa Aki decided to ignore them for now. The current priority was to find the Devil, so he walked towards the door, planning to check this floor again to see if he could find any clues.

However, just as he pushed open the door.

A 'bang' sound came from the corridor not far away.

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