[1st POV]
"Are you almost done?" Aki asked impatiently. He was standing beside me, drawing some things on the dirt using his sheathed nail sword.
I, on the other hand, was still in my hybrid devil form. I had a horrific pig head that could open wide enough to gobble up a human head whole. And I was occupied with eating every remaining part of the devil.
"Don't rush me," I said. I could not pick between speaking or eating, so I did both. "You can't rush good food."
"Is it really good?" he said, poking at the few remaining devil flesh on the ground.
I nodded my head. "Imagine fruits, vegetables, berries and everything you could eat from a forest. You get a different flavour with each bite, it's crazy."
He did not look convinced, so I showed him a piece of flesh. "Wanna try some?"
"Never in a million years," he said.
"Not even if it could help you kill the Gun Devil?" I asked.
"I'll just roll over and die, my vengeance unfinished," he said with a straight face.
I scoffed. Forget devil flesh, he would eat a devil's liquid shit mixed with the Sex Devil's yellowest smegma if it could kill the Gun Devil. He was dark and bitter like that.
"Do you have to eat everything? You've eaten most of it already," he asked while strapping his sword on his back.
"Let me enjoy my victory," I said and continued feeding.
After twenty or so minutes, I was done. I could still lick all the blood on the forest floor, but I held myself back. I turned back to my human form and at that point, I was completely naked. My clothes were either ripped apart or dissolved in stomach acid.
"Can I get your pants?" I asked while Aki took off his coat to give me.
"No," he said and threw his coat at me.
I spread the coat and wrapped it around my waist, hiding my giant member that unfortunately could not return to human standard. It was just too pretty and big.
"Not like you have anything to hide down there. If no one narrowed their eyes, they wouldn't see anything anyway," I joked, his face deadpan.
"They'd probably think you are wearing skin colour leggings," I added. He still did not find it funny.
I looked at my lower body and turned a few more times to see if my whole dignity was covered. But the clothes were only able to hide my front. My butt was still exposed.
"Give me your shirt," I said, reaching out my hand.
"Is that really necessary?" he sighed, but still unbuttoned his shirt to take it off.
I took his shirt and tied the arms around my waist once more. I made a skirt looking thing with his two clothes and my dignity was finally covered.
"Okay, this should be enough. Let's go," I said.
We left the Todoroki Valley soon after. We took the first taxi we saw and headed back to the headquarters to report.
When I first got out of the taxi, everyone was looking at me weirdly. But I shamelessly strode towards the building. After entering, I made my way towards the all too familiar sector.
"I require a brand new uniform, Mr Shigan," I said to the male receptionist. He was an old man with curly hair. Apparently, he was retired but used to be a really good swordsman and devil hunter in his youth.
"You know my size," I said with a smile.
He released a dramatic sigh. "We will run out of our stock if you keep taking them every day."
But he still stood up from the counter to take out a new Public Safety uniform which was my size. When he returned, he threw the clothes at me from over the glass panel between us.
By that point, Aki also caught up to me after paying the fare. He probably negotiated with the driver again so that was why he was so late. He was stingy like that, which was weird because he had no reason to save up. He told me himself he did not expect to live long.
I threw his clothes at him. He immediately hit them away with his hands. "I'm not wearing them again. Mr Shigan, please give me a new shirt and coat."
"Did you see that? He has perfectly good clothes but demands new ones. Let him pay for them," I said while wearing the new uniform.
If they were damaged during combat or while on a mission, it was chalked up as collateral damage and we did not have to buy a new uniform. This was why I was able to get many new uniforms over the past week without spending a penny.
"They've been soiled by a devil," Aki simply replied. "But I can pay for new ones too."
"No need, here you go," Mr Shigan said while tossing a shirt and coat at Aki.
"Thank you."
"You know, Mr Shigan, it's not really my fault that I need so many new clothes. It's the humans that find anything to fear," I said while buttoning up my shirt.
"I heard you're one of them too. I heard it from someone that you're scared of rats, quite an odd fear for someone working at storage management," I said.
"Well, it is something that happened in my youth. My team and I encountered a Rat Devil once. The small critters crawled up my comrade's behind, ate their way up his insides and came out from the mouth," he revealed.
I paused and blinked.
"Understandable. I won't blame you if I ever fought the Rat Devil," I said.
He nodded.
"That sounds awfully similar to what you did to the Forest Devil," Aki commented.
"Shut up, they are nothing alike," I denied and gazed at myself at the shallow reflection on the glass panel.
I flashed a thumbs up. "Thank you, Mr Shigan."
I left the strange sector. Makima told us to report to her after we returned, so we would have to do that first before we could go home.
"It's not that serious, lover boy," I said while messing up Aki's clothes and necktie. He only had the shirt and coat to wear, but he took longer to get dressed than me.
Part of it was because he wanted to look flawless when we report to Makima.
I creased his shirt, pulled the collar and loosened his necktie before walking past him. "Let's go quick."
Aki released a tired sigh before following me and fixing his uniform again.
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(Makima's Office)
"The Forest Devil, huh, I didn't expect such a powerful devil to be hiding there. We only received a few reports of people going missing while driving in the valley. I suppose it was a good decision to send someone like you, Jin," Makima said after hearing what happened.
She had a smile on her face while looking right at me. She was a beautiful woman. Had I been any weaker man, I would melt at her smouldering gaze and praise.
But I only gave her a cold shoulder. In fact, I crossed my arms to show my distrust and dislike towards her.
I did not know exactly why or how she was evil since I did not read the manga. But I knew she was evil. And after getting used to my power, I realized why she smelled so good to my nose.
She was a devil, it was undeniable. And I know that not only because of a spoiler comment I read in my past life.
"I understand you're sending me since I am hard to kill and can heal. But why did you send Aki with me?" I asked.
"It's only been a week since you began, Jin. No one trusts you yet," she said while leaning back and folding her arms, mirroring my action.
Her boobs grew bigger when squished by her arms like that. I wanted to bite those off and eat them.
"So what, he is like my babysitter or something?" I asked.
"Precisely. And a babysitter I know you will protect. Had I assigned anyone else, you would not care for them and even let them die," she said.
I did not feel good at all about how manipulative everything she did was.
"But I think this proves your loyalty to the side of humanity and the Public Safety Commission," she said, smiling once more.
"I think it's time you have your own apartment. If you want, I can arrange the apartment next to Aki's," she said.
"Really?" I asked, surprised at the unexpected reward. Giving me my own apartment like that, they finally trusted me to operate on my own and stuff.
She nodded.
"Awesome," I dropped my folded arms and smiled.
"I will be visiting you in your new apartment very soon," she said with a sweet smile.
"If that is all, you can go," she said. "But before that, are you sure you've told me everything I'm supposed to know?"
Silence.
Aki and I shared a look.
We had not told her how we defeated the Forest Devil, specifically about my new ability where I gained the Scalpel Devil's power whom I consumed a week ago.
My eyes said no, no need to tell her.
But Aki's eyes hardened and he turned to Makima.
"Actually, something odd happened during the fight.." he started and described the battle in detail, including my new power.
I facepalmed.
After he said everything, Makima was silent in contemplation. She looked at me, her yellow eyes almost shining intensely.
"And you were going to tell me this right?"
"..of course," I said.
"It's an interesting ability. I will look into past reports of the Pig Devil," she said. "You may go."
After we left her office, I exploded on Aki.
"She is our superior, we are supposed to tell her everything," he said.
"Gahh you uptight bitch. You seem like the type of classmate who tells on the teacher about snacking in class," I said.
He merely tilted his head. "What's wrong with that?"
I dropped the subject. I suppose I could not really blame him. And we had only known each other for a week. Although we got close quickly, our bond was not that deep yet.
After returning home. Aki helped me move to my apartment and starting that day, I finally had my own home in this world.
Talk about progress, am I right?
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(At night)
The apartment already had furniture and everything ready since it was prepared by the Public Safety Commission. Other than a few of my things, it was an easy move and I was able to spend the night there.
My first night in my own apartment.
But it was not going as well as it should have.
"Who are you?" I asked while lying on my bed and staring at the dark ceiling. I had already turned off the lights and was ready to sleep.
(Don't kid yourself. You know exactly who I am)
The voice echoed in my mind. I already figured out that only I could hear the voice. It was literally coming from inside me.
"...."
"The Scalpel Devil. How are you still alive? I thought I killed you," I asked.
(A devil cannot truly die. When we die here, we simply return to hell. And when we die in hell, we are reborn in this world again. It is a never ending cycle.)
(But the state I am in is something I have never experienced or heard before. Not dead, yet not quite alive. I am a prisoner of your stomach)
I smiled. "That's neat. I think I understand what my ability is now."
I could get stronger by devouring weaker devils. And the stronger ones, I could absorb them after eating them, and today I learned I could even use their abilities.
The pig, a cursed animal and a sin of gluttony. Many religions and myths believe them to hold evil spirits or be a vessel of demons.
My ability to get stronger by eating materials or weak devils in specific, that was the sin of gluttony.
And for strong devils, I could imprison them inside me by eating them. They became a part of me entirely so I gained their powers, their names and their abilities.
Like how pigs could be a vessel for demons.
Interesting, really interesting.
(Pig Devil, I want to make a contract with you. In exchange for releasing me from this prison, you can ask me to do anything)
"Nope. You are part of me now. There is nothing you can offer me," I said and rolled to my side and pulled up my blanket.
The Scalpel Devil continued to bargain, begging me to let her escape from the prison. But I simply tuned out her voice from my mind which I learned I could do and slept peacefully.
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[MC's appearance for reference]
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Author : Image is MC appearance or kinda similar. I like the contrast of pretty human face and ugly devil form.