But before those Private Devil Hunters could make out the face of the boy floating in midair, he suddenly vanished.
By then, Asaba Kotone had already returned to his beach chair, his expression as calm as ever, as though nothing had happened.
Although the Octopus Devil had been eliminated, the tourists still did not dare approach that stretch of sea. It was an unavoidable psychological reaction.
A small number had even been badly frightened. Although they were unhurt, they did not dare stay any longer, afraid another devil might appear next.
Asaba Kotone could not be bothered to deal with that sort of unavoidable trouble. It was not the responsibility of Public Safety Devil Hunters like them in the first place.
With the beach so large and the crowds so dense, those Private Devil Hunters could not find the boy from earlier at all.
"Sorry to bother you, but do you know who that boy who killed the devil just now was?"
They could only ask around in the crowd.
It was not that they wanted to do anything to the boy; they were simply curious.
"No idea... I was busy running for my life and didn't notice who saved us at all..."
"I saw someone flying in the sky too, but I didn't notice what he looked like. I feel like he might be a Devil Hunter from Tokyo Public Safety. Didn't they say some Devil Hunters from Tokyo Public Safety came here on vacation too?"
"I'm not sure, but I heard there were Public Safety Devil Hunters nearby. I'm guessing it was one of them?"
"..."
Of the answers these Private Devil Hunters received, once the unhelpful ones were excluded, most said he was a Devil Hunter from Tokyo Public Safety.
That made it clear to them that