Power broke out in a cold sweat:
"N-no... I can smell it..."
"That guy... is angry!!!"
Inside the pure-white Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
Su Wei undid his Electric Lizard transformation and returned to his ordinary human appearance.
Yet he did not immediately begin the exam. Instead, through a god's-eye view visible only to him, he quietly watched everything unfolding in the Chainsaw Man world.
The Dark Devil had fallen into a fury after being forcibly driven back;
while Makima, far away in the real world, was quietly observing everything through the Spider Devil as a medium.
Seeing Makima's pupils narrow slightly, Su Wei nodded in satisfaction.
That was more like it.
After all, he had no intention of letting Horikita Manabu return to school so soon.
His greatest value at the moment was serving as bait—occasionally showing his face to lure Nagumo Miyabi, Horikita Suzune, and Tachibana Akane, adding a little spice to things.
If he just let his future brother-in-law skip school for free like this, wouldn't Nagumo Miyabi's efforts lose all meaning?
And if he wanted Horikita Manabu to stay there naturally, the best method was to show Makima, just a little, how the Black Sphere Main God stood above demons.
That way, Makima—who had long ago overheard the concept of the "Black Sphere" from conversations between Aki Hayakawa and Horikita Manabu through the animals she controlled—
would naturally become interested in Horikita Manabu, who had been left behind from the start.
Su Wei could also use this opportunity to keep Horikita Manabu there and let him receive Makima's care.
Though if he wanted to keep Horikita Manabu behind, there were actually as many excuses as he wanted.
For example, "When Makima pulled them out of Hell, he unfortunately triggered the interference mechanism and got locked inside the