Chapter 48
"Pfft—ahahahahaha~ Den, Denji, did he just say he wants to eat you?!"
Power acted like she'd heard the funniest joke in the world—she slapped her thigh wildly, laughing so hard she could barely stand straight.
But in the very next instant, her blood-cross golden pupils flared brightly. Endless killing intent turned into a terrifying aura; sourceless wind erupted, making her golden hair flutter slightly in the air!
"Denji, how do you want it to die?"
"It's fine, I'll handle it~"
Denji lightly placed a hand on Power's shoulder and gently pulled her a step behind him.
"He wants to taste me, right?
Then I'll… let him have a proper taste!"
The first half of Denji's sentence was still light, cocky human speech. But the second half suddenly dropped low and magnetic—then grew less and less human, finally becoming a high-frequency vibrating roar, carrying savage penetration and hardcore ferocity.
"ROOOAR—!!!"
After dimensions were peeled away, colors turned into an incomprehensible ultimate black that suddenly bloomed!
The surrounding light patterns were the dying swan song of "devoured" light, while the true core of the black was "nothingness."
Accompanied by a hellish roar, that ultimate ink began to flow—moving in rhythm with the sound of chainsaw cutting.
SHRRRIIIP—!
There was no physical impact sound—only the terrifying noise of space being brutally torn apart.
That mysterious existence seemed to ignore all physical rules. Every rotation of the saw teeth precisely crushed any matter that tried to resist.
Space couldn't defy His will—it could only allow Him to ravage, cut, and split across its body!
From top to bottom, like slicing through water—zero resistance.
The torn space fragments didn't scatter to the sides. Instead, like melting asphalt, they flowed, decomposed, and fused layer by layer into the abyss behind Him.
It was a visual dislocation—as if the entire world was being devoured and reconstructed by the black hole behind Him.
All things must perish; only He stands eternal.
He slowly advanced through this torn, collapsing-yet-rebuilding spatial turbulence.
The black hole behind Him kept sinking—as if escorting Him to the supreme throne at the peak.
One step completed—the roar stopped abruptly.
The violent black hole underfoot suddenly contracted, vanishing into even deeper annihilation in an instant.
The mangled, pulled-apart space—after the black hole disappeared—rapidly rewound and restored like a flashback, until the world returned to its original appearance.
It healed perfectly. It became what it was before.
But what it could not restore… was the towering figure still standing in the same spot.
Waves washed away everything—only He remained.
No words were needed to describe it. He simply stood there—and the world understood:
The endpoint of all things, the end of the cosmos… is this.
The black knight stood motionless like an inanimate object, yet he tugged at the heartstrings of the entire world, bringing heaven and earth to a complete hush.
Until beneath that jagged helmet, a pair of crimson eyes burning with madness and killing intent flickered like abyssal hellfire.
Only then did the world escape its deathly silence. All things began to move once again…
Everyone was completely dumbfounded. Why did this thing feel like it belonged to a completely different art style from the world…?
They thought they had seen enough kinds of devils already.
The weak ones weren't even worth a dog. Slightly stronger ones were all kinds of bizarre shapes. Bigger ones were at most epic-mythology giants. Even the most terrifying "Gun Devil" only had a natural-disaster-like image.
But they had never seen a devil like this Denji… one that possessed "divinity."
He seemed favored by the world's will, born into this world carrying some grand mission.
Carrying a mystery ordinary people could not comprehend…
"Is… is that a devil?"
Himeno muttered unconsciously.
"Uh… probably not?"
Aki wasn't sure.
"Eek—eek?! Eeeeek—!!! H-how could that be a devil…"
Koharu's tone was low and depressed. She thought she had already set her psychological bottom line low enough, but apparently there was still lower.
She was on the verge of tears with no outlet. Even humans could derive so many terrifying plays from a pure girl's body… let alone a devil?
She was really going to die~~~
Wuwuwu…
Deep inside she kept screaming in despair, yet an abnormal flush quietly rose on her cheeks~
"I knew it from the start—you're not right! You really are a devil!" Uh—the guy who had basically zero presence suddenly shouted loudly.
But the black chainsaw's red eyes only glanced briefly in his direction.
And instantly he was scared small…
So small that even an ant had more presence than him.
"Oh! Oh! Oh! Denji finally wants to shed his human shell and become a noble devil like this great one?!"
"…No, that's not it."
The jagged, vicious mouth under the chainsaw helmet suddenly opened. Deep in the darkness was Denji's head…
"What devil or not devil—I'm Denji. Den-ji. Denji. Stop getting my name wrong, you unreliable coworkers!"
His voice returned to natural human tone—slightly frivolous, yet because of that strange confidence, it paradoxically felt extremely reliable.
And upon seeing this form, the Eternity Devil's trembling voice was filled with complete breakdown!
"You—you're still alive?
Why… why are you still in this complete form?
This isn't what was supposed to happen!
You should be a crippled wreck with almost no power left!
I—I—I!
I beg you—just this once, please don't kill me this time?
I promise—I promise I'll never appear in front of you again!
I'll never dare think about revenge again—please, can't you spare me just this once?"
"What? I haven't even fought yet?
How do you know I'm not in the crippled state you mentioned?
What if this form is just for show?"
While saying this, Denji swung his double-chainsaw arms in exaggerated motions—as if trying to make his words more convincing.
Perhaps the pressure in its heart was too great—the Eternity Devil couldn't hold back and asked in a hopeful tone:
"R-really?"
"Hehehe haha~ Of course I'm lying, you idiot!"
Denji laughed so hard his tongue stuck out, expression full of ultimate mockery—like he was looking at a complete moron. He stared toward the core of the Eternity Devil by instinct.
BZZZZ—!
The chainsaws spun at high speed.
He would perform for the world… what true ultimate speed looked like!
First slash: the most direct thrusting cut—the Eternity's "∞" was sliced into two 3s.
Second slash: vertical spinning cut—the two 3s became four semicircles. At this moment, Denji's afterimage at the original spot still hadn't disappeared.
Third slash: warm-up over—he started spinning.
The Eternity's "∞" was cut into "infinite" ∞s.
After finishing all this—he flashed back to his original position.
From everyone's perspective… it looked like he just… swayed a little?
Did he move?
Did he even move at all?
Aki shook his head.
The tense Himeno let out a breath of relief.
Scared me—I didn't even blink. I knew he didn't move~
Aki thought for a moment and said:
"I blinked just now… so I might have missed it."
"…"
Koharu's gaze was completely blank. In those unusually dead-black pupils, something was continuously engraving a certain figure.
That deep black shadow carried the most vivid streak of red.
Power suddenly twitched her delicate little nose.
Her expression gradually transitioned into excitement and wild joy~!
"Yay! Denji is the strongest!
Heaven above, earth below—only Denji reigns supreme!
Denji is the world's first Great President—this great one is the Great President's wife! Hehehe!!!"
Before Power's cheers ended, the ground beneath everyone suddenly vanished.
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