After a while, Asaba Kotone felt that Denji and Elena had nothing he needed to worry about, so he went home.
Afterward, he rented a room for Denji and Elena in his own apartment building, deliberately arranging for just the two of them to live together.
Then there was only one final step left in Asaba Kotone's plan: getting Denji and Elena to join Tokyo Public Safety's Special Division for Devil Affairs as well.
To put it plainly, it was so they could earn a salary.
Besides, didn't Denji like showing off? This could satisfy him a little on that front, too.
This time, however, Kirisū Yuki did not simply agree to Asaba Kotone's request.
Inside Kirisū Yuki's office at Tokyo Public Safety.
"Seriously, you want to recruit another two newcomers? And they're both sixteen-year-old high school students?"
Looking somewhat troubled, Kirisū Yuki said, "I've given you as much authority as possible, but you can't go overboard with recruiting. Salaries in the Special Division for Devil Affairs aren't low. All of this puts pressure on my performance targets."
"If they're like those Fiends from before, who were clearly powerful, I can let you do as you please. But sixteen-year-old high school students with no record of killing Devils? Even if I approved, the higher-ups wouldn't."
"In short, they need at least a decent record of killing Devils. If they really are capable, that shouldn't be difficult."
Kirisū Yuki spent quite a while explaining.
"All right, I'll have them build up a record."
Asaba Kotone nodded, understanding Kirisū Yuki's difficulties.
In any case, building up a record of killing Devils really was no difficult task for Denji and Elena as they were now. There were barely any Devils that could stand up to Weapon Humans.
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