"Burp~"
After swallowing Reze,
the Snake Devil belched out a puff of black smoke.
But it soon realized something was wrong.
Its pupils instantly widened.
Bzzzz!!
Three chainsaws burst out of its belly, one after another.
Then its body began to swell.
Boom!!
With its head exploding first,
the hundred-meter serpent went off like a string of firecrackers with a lit fuse.
The explosions traveled from its head all the way to its tail.
There were fifty blasts in total.
The explosions were deafening.
The black smoke they produced kept spreading, draping a thin black veil over the surroundings.
At that moment, a torpedo-headed devil stood with her back to the Snake Devil.
The blast's lingering gusts fluttered the hem of her skirt.
She was holding two men by their ankles.
"Denji, I saved you." Reze let go, and their feet dropped to the ground.
"Reze, what are you doing here?" Denji scrambled up and asked.
"I was shopping nearby. I heard a commotion and rushed over, but the moment I arrived, I saw the Snake Devil swallow you."
"I wouldn't want our teacher to come back and find himself one student short."
"I let the Snake Devil eat me on purpose. I was going to slice its belly open, but you beat me to it."
"That's a pretty good excuse, Denji."
"It's not an excuse!! It's true!" Denji roared, apparently unwilling to let Reze underestimate his strength.
"Lord Chainsaw isn't lying. He really was cutting up the Snake Devil from inside," Beam argued, clenching his fists.
"Looks like you've taken on a student too, Denji."
"He's not my student. He's a male fan."
"Denji!!" Himeno's shout rang out from beyond the smoke.
After the Snake Devil died, Himeno quickly plunged into the smoke to check on Denji and the