"The Fox Devil?"
"I thought you'd contracted a devil that demanded such a steep price you didn't dare use it in battle," Himeno sneered.
Kana Ogura lowered her head like a child who had done something wrong. "Himeno, it was my first battle, so I was too scared. But I promise I won't let you all down next time."
"All right, you're forgiven. I hope you keep your word," Himeno said.
"Um, Himeno, how long are you going to keep hugging me?"
"Sorry, I forgot." Himeno hurriedly let go and chuckled.
"Say, Meng Fan, why weren't you answering any of my calls?"
"My phone died, and I didn't bring a charger. I'll take a few extra phones next time I go out."
"You're going out again?"
"Not for now, but you never know when someone might come looking for me."
As the two of them talked,
the dispatcher called again.
Two devils had appeared near the Tokyo Shinkansen.
They were the Bat Devil and the Cockroach Devil.
Their appearance had forced the Shinkansen to suspend operations immediately.
"You came back just in time, Meng Fan. We can just watch this time, right?" Himeno asked with a smile after relaying the assignment from the dispatcher.
Earlier, Meng Fan hadn't been with the Fourth Division.
They had struggled to deal with a single Snake Devil that had eaten a piece of the Gun Devil's flesh.
Now that Meng Fan was beside her, Himeno's morale instantly shot up by 1,000%.
"We certainly can, but didn't Kana Ogura just say she wanted to show us what she could do? We can watch the rookie first. If anything goes wrong, I'll step in right away."
"That works too. As long as you're here, I can relax." Himeno had rarely smiled since Meng Fan left, but