"Dumb bitch," Arata cursed in Chinese.
"What does that mean?"
"It means you're beautiful."
"Is that so? Then I'll call you a dumb bitch too," the woman replied in fluent Chinese.
"So you can understand me."
"I've been proficient in multiple languages since I was a child, and Chinese was the second language I learned."
"Since you knew, why were you so happy when I called you a dumb bitch?"
"I don't want to argue with you. Are you agreeing or not?" the woman asked again.
"I agree," Arata answered this time without a shred of hesitation.
"You're not just humoring me, are you?"
"I always keep my word. Now you can release your control over those two."
"Alright, I'll trust you." The woman waved her hand at the empty air and added, "Your friends are back to normal now."
Arata casually created a small mirror shard to check on Aki Hayakawa and Kobeni inside the Mirror Dimension. He then cancelled the Third-Level Dream Realm on them. The moment the dream realm was lifted, neither of them showed any abnormalities.
"How about it? I kept my word, didn't I?" the woman said, taking large strides to Arata's side.
She was just about to link arms with him when Arata ruthlessly swatted her away.
"What are you doing?!"
"I don't like girls who try to hold hands the moment we meet. We aren't compatible. Let's break up."
"You..." The woman was infuriated. As a woman of the Moore Family, her suitors were all heirs from major, prestigious families. Yet now, she was being rejected by a measly civil servant!
"This actually isn't my true appearance. I can change back, but I left my original body at home."
"I told you, I don't like girls who hold hands right after meeting. It doesn't matter how pretty you are, it's a no-go."
"Y-you just wait! I'm going to make all your colleagues slaughter each other! If you're so tough, just keep them trapped in your Mirror Dimension forever and never let them out!" the woman spat viciously, stomping her feet in anger.
But Arata's expression remained unusually calm. "You will pay the price for your bratty behavior."
DING!!!
In the next second, the woman froze perfectly in place. Arata didn't leave her any chance for a counterattack. He then prepared to lock her inside the Mirror Dimension for the time being.
But right at that moment, a massive surge of murderous intent erupted from behind.
Arata swiftly ducked.
The ambushing baseball bat completely missed him and violently smacked the frozen woman right into the air.
"Little sister!!" Baseball Guy roared, immediately rushing toward where the woman had landed.
However, taking a direct hit from that bat had completely smashed his sister's current body to pieces.
"You killed your own sister," Arata said, throwing his hands up in a shrug. He had just been worrying about how to dispose of the woman, but Baseball Guy's strike had solved that massive headache for him.
"If you hadn't dodged, my sister wouldn't have died!"
"If you hadn't sneak-attacked me, your sister wouldn't have died either."
"Whatever. You have to take responsibility for my sister's corpse." Baseball Guy stood back up, his expression suddenly devoid of any grief. Such a flippant change in attitude didn't look like a real brother at all.
"Your sister probably isn't dead. She said she left her original body at home."
"Regardless, you ruined one of my sister's decent 'clothes.' If you hand over the Gluttony Devil and date my sister, I can let you go."
"Heh. Are people from the Moore Family all this overbearing? Forcing people into relationships?"
"It's a blessing that my sister fancies you. Hurry up and make your choice." Baseball Guy's tone was no longer friendly. His eyes brimmed with killing intent as he rhythmically tapped his baseball bat into his palm.
"Handing over the corpse is impossible, and dating her is even more impossible. But I can gift you a mirror."
"You're courting death!!" Baseball Guy suddenly flew into a rage, swinging his bat and charging at Arata with breakneck speed.
DING!!!
But in the next second, he was locked in place.
"This sibling duo... one is thick-skinned, and the other is too scared to show his face. What a perfect match," Arata muttered as he pulled off Baseball Guy's baseball cap.
Underneath the cap was a face severely scarred by burns. After confirming the look in his eyes, Arata simply slapped the cap back onto Baseball Guy's head.
"The corpse I gave away... looks like I can take it back now."
Arata walked over to the Poppy Devil's corpse. After confirming the woman using it was truly dead, he dragged it into a blind spot away from the security cameras and absorbed it.
As for Baseball Guy, Arata planned to stuff him into the Mirror Dimension first.
But when he turned around, Baseball Guy was gone.
This made Arata furrow his brows, utterly baffled. He had definitely controlled Baseball Guy with the Third-Level Dream Realm. But before he could think too deeply about it...
Whoosh~
A sudden gust of wind whistled behind him. Arata spun around, taking a bat swing head-on. His body was sent flying out of the screening room, crashing heavily against a movie poster on the wall.
Just as he hit the ground, the baseball bat was already in his face.
CLANG!!!
Arata swiftly brought up his claw blades to block.
Their speeds were evenly matched, and they were only getting faster.
Clang clang clang!!!
The sound of claw blades clashing against the baseball bat rang out continuously. In a single minute, they exchanged over three hundred blows. After five hundred strikes, Baseball Guy's speed astonishingly increased even further!
Arata spent the entire time blocking. Seeing the situation turn unfavorable, he unleashed a close-range sonic blast, sending Baseball Guy flying back into the screening room.
His body smashed into the display shelves behind the concession stand, snapping the shelves in half. Everything on the shelves rained down, burying Baseball Guy in a pile of merchandise.
But judging from the attack just now, Arata didn't believe Baseball Guy would die that easily.
Rumble!!!
Baseball Guy stood back up, a can of cola suddenly in his hand. "Not bad, you have other abilities too. That body of yours is a perfect fit for my sister."
"I knew it! You guys only lust after my body, you aren't actually interested in me."
Arata wasn't going to give Baseball Guy the chance to drink his cola. Another sonic blast roared forward.
Baseball Guy tossed the cola can, freezing it in mid-air. He gripped his bat with both hands, taking a home-run stance. A massive gust of wind pressure erupted from his body and spiraled around the bat.
BANG!!!
With a single swing, the sonic wave was completely shattered!
"Having a lot of devils is useless. What matters is how strong they are." Using the bat to prop himself up, Baseball Guy grabbed the cola he had set aside and started chugging it.
"You must have contracted with more than one devil," Arata stated.
"That's right. But I'm not going to tell you how many I contracted with, or what they are." Baseball Guy went back to aggressively chugging his drink.
"The one you just used was the Wind Devil's ability. As for the other one that allowed you to break free from my control... I haven't figured that one out yet."
"You'll naturally find out once you're dead." He crushed the empty cola can in his hand and tossed it high into the air.
BAM!!!
He swung his bat with explosive force. Even though it was just a cola can, the sheer power behind it was terrifying.
Arata sidestepped to dodge. The cola can whistled past his face accompanied by a violent gale, embedding itself straight into the concrete wall.
Whoosh~
Baseball Guy appeared in front of Arata once again. This time, his speed was even faster.
Arata had no way to dodge the strike, but his body instantly turned intangible.
Swish!!!
The baseball bat phased right through his body, hitting nothing but air.
Arata seized the perfect opportunity, plunging his claw blades straight into Baseball Guy's throat.
It was a solid, devastating hit. The blades pierced clean through Baseball Guy's neck, blood pouring out instantly.
"Let's not make this so complicated. Once you're dead, I'll know exactly what devils you contracted with anyway."
Arata ripped his claw blades out. He then plunged both hands into Baseball Guy's chest and gave a savage pull, literally tearing his body apart. Thrusting his hand into the upper half of the corpse, he ripped out the heart and crushed it into mush.
Having thoroughly dealt with the problem, Arata shook the blood off his hands. He then walked down to the men's restroom at the end of the hall to wash up.
Splash!!!
Tap water washed away the gore on his hands. "Baseball Guy is dead. Next, I need to kill that guy's sister. If she leaks info to the rest of the Moore Family, I'll be in for a lot of trouble."
Just as the words left his mouth, a violent gale suddenly funneled into the restroom.
Bang! Bang! Bang!!!
Every single stall door was blown wide open by the wind. Mixed within the howling gale was a voice filled with berserk fury: "You dared to kill my sister?! I will erase you entirely from this world!"
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