"Lady Quanxi is so cool!"
"Roar!!"
"Halloween."
Quanxi's women immediately cheered.
Himeno was a bit confused. First, Quanxi suddenly appeared behind the human wall out of nowhere, and then her women started screaming for no apparent reason. It was as if something had happened that everyone else understood except her.
"Arata, do you know what's going on with that group of people?"
"It doesn't matter, because they're all dead." Arata was the only one present who clearly saw the speed of Quanxi's draw.
"Dead?" Himeno was just getting confused when Pingtsi walked up to the crowd and gave them a light push.
The human wall instantly collapsed all at once. As they hit the ground, their heads split neatly in two.
"You killed them!" Himeno questioned Quanxi.
"Just killed a few islanders, that's all. Don't make a fuss." Quanxi felt absolutely zero guilt. She was just about to leave when she noticed quite a few more people sprinting madly toward them from outside the screening room.
At the same time, the audience from the screening room behind them also charged out. Division 4 was instantly surrounded by crowds from both the front and the back. Everyone's eyes were bloodshot, veins bulging on their faces, wearing expressions that looked like they wanted to eat people alive.
Seeing this, Kobeni hurriedly hid in the middle of the group. She was already in terrible shape, and now this was happening!
Arai put up his fists in front of his chest, ready to fight until he went bald.
Aki Hayakawa drew his black katana, his right eye gazing into the imminent future.
Himeno pressed close to Arata, feeling a massive sense of security.
Reze and Denji stood back-to-back, their hands already resting on their pull cords.
"They're all hopped up on adrenaline. If I'm not mistaken, they've been mind-controlled by the Poppy Devil."
"The Poppy Devil! Wasn't he killed by you?!"
"Yes, but I gave the corpse to someone else. I'm afraid that guy is here."
Thinking back to Natsume Noriyuki's words earlier, Arata quickly guessed it was Baseball Guy and his never-before-seen younger sister. Now that the corpse given to Baseball Guy's sister had suddenly resurrected, it was safe to deduce that she possessed the ability to manipulate corpses, or some similar power.
And the possibility of the Poppy Devil resurrecting straight from Hell was practically zero. After all, devils resurrected from Hell lose their memories. Let alone coming to seek revenge against him.
"Everyone, be careful. This group is different from crowds controlled by other devils. Their overall physical stats are several times stronger than normal humans."
"No matter how strong they are, they can't possibly be stronger than the Great Me!" Power gripped her axe, itching for a fight. It had been a long time since she had taken a big gulp of human blood.
"Do it. Don't hold back against them."
Arata was the first to unsheathe his claw blades. The crowds pincer-attacking from the front and back also began to swarm toward the group. In an instant, the area erupted into a massive brawl.
There were over 40 controlled people. If they didn't use their devil powers, they'd only end up as punching bags.
"Moo!!"
Arai immediately transformed into the Ox Devil and stood guard behind Division 4. With a single punch, he sent three lunging attackers flying. However, his movements weren't exactly agile, and he took several consecutive punches to the face from the people coming up behind them.
Power swung her blood axe, trading blows back and forth with a lunging man. She hacked four or five times but didn't manage to hit a single person. Instead, she got kicked straight to the ground. The surrounding crowd swarmed her, unleashing a flurry of punches and kicks on Power.
This was the very first time Power had actually lost the upper hand against mere humans.
Aki Hayakawa wielded his black katana, using the back of the blade to attack. He tried to take them down by knocking them unconscious.
In reality, he was overthinking it. Not only was it ineffective, but it was also incredibly difficult to even land a hit.
The humans controlled by the Poppy Devil had their strength and damage resistance doubled. Even a single woman's physical strength was greater than Aki Hayakawa's.
"Ah!!" With a miserable scream, Aki Hayakawa had his arm severely twisted.
"Ghost." At the critical moment, Himeno hurriedly summoned the Ghost Devil to lock down the woman who was twisting Aki's arm.
BOOM!!!
At this moment, a powerful sonic wave blasted apart the crowd lunging from the rear. The back area was instantly cleared. But some still scrambled to their feet, charging at the group once again.
However, no matter how much they were buffed, they couldn't turn into Captain America.
They were quickly harvested by Arata and Quanxi simultaneously.
Slash, slash!
Flashes of blades and shadows of swords; heads tumbled to the ground. The floor of the screening room was dyed crimson with blood.
"You're slow," Quanxi said, having been the first to finish off the adrenaline-junkie humans rushing in from outside.
The number of people the two had taken down was about the same. But when Quanxi sheathed her swords, Arata was still one person short.
"The reason I'm slow is that half the people on the floor are just unconscious women." Arata replied.
"Damn it, devils have been appearing quite frequently lately." Looking at the corpses on the ground, Himeno sighed helplessly.
"Kobeni, are you alright?" Seeing Kobeni squatting on the ground, Arai kindly asked.
As a result, Kobeni instantly sprang up and delivered a vicious uppercut to Arai's jaw. This single punch literally knocked Arai from his Ox Warrior form straight back into a human.
"Kobeni, what are you doing?!"
"Himeno-senpai!" Aki Hayakawa suddenly shouted.
At this very moment, he was swinging his black katana straight at Himeno.
CLANG!!!
Arata instantly materialized in front of Himeno, blocking the strike with his claw blades.
On the other side, Reze also managed to restrain Kobeni.
"Aki-kun!!"
"He's being controlled," Arata's eyes darkened. When it came to his own people, he definitely wouldn't strike to kill.
"Go to sleep for now."
DING!!!
DING!!!
Kobeni and Aki Hayakawa were locked in the Third-Level Dream Realm. Their bodies completely ceased all movement.
"Will Aki-kun and Kobeni be able to recover?" Himeno asked anxiously.
"As long as we kill the person controlling them, Aki-kun and Kobeni will both return to normal."
Murderous intent surfaced in Arata's eyes. This was a look Himeno had never seen from him before. It was obvious that Arata was finally getting serious.
"You guys go hide in the Mirror Dimension first. Leave the rest to me."
Arata summoned the Mirror Gate right in front of him. As soon as the gate opened, Power was the first to dive inside.
The people he was about to face next belonged to the Moore Family. Arata didn't want Division 4 to get dragged into this. Sending everyone away as quickly as possible was the wisest choice.
"Are you sure you want to handle this alone?" Quanxi asked.
"Don't tell me you want to help me clean up the Moore Family?"
The moment Arata casually dropped the name 'Moore Family,' Quanxi instantly chickened out. She took her four women and walked straight into the Mirror Dimension.
"Arata-senpai, be careful." Arai and Reze carried Kobeni and walked into the Mirror Dimension.
Before entering the gate, Himeno was still uneasy, her eyes full of worry. "Arata, you must save Aki-kun! And please, be careful yourself."
"Himeno-senpai, don't forget that I'm the strongest in Division 4. Aki Hayakawa and Kobeni will both be fine." Arata patted Himeno on the shoulder gently.
"Master, do you need my help?" Denji asked, carrying Aki Hayakawa on his back.
"Hurry up and get inside." Arata shoved Denji straight into the Mirror Gate and then closed it shut.
At this moment, the area outside the screening room became eerily quiet.
"Come out. I know you're nearby."
Right as his voice fell, a figure walked out from Screening Room No. 1.
"You caught me."
This person looked exactly like the Poppy Devil. But when they spoke, it was with a woman's voice.
"You must be that Baseball Guy's younger sister, right?"
"Correct. You must be Arata. My brother has mentioned you."
"What do you want?"
"I came here just to make a deal with you."
"The Gluttony Devil's corpse?"
"I changed my mind. I want you to be my boyfriend. As long as you agree, I'll let your friends go. Otherwise, they'll remain under my control until the day they die." After saying that, the woman flashed a bizarre, twisted smile.
Her face was even uglier than Gargamel's.
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