A Dangerous Woman

"It's my companion, I'll keep an eye on it."

As soon as he finished speaking, Asaba Kotone tossed the Field Mouse Devil's head out from the Kamui Dimension.

Since it was all done in the blink of an eye, the spatial vortex generated by opening the entrance and exit of the Kamui Dimension vanished in a flash. Barely anyone noticed the distortion of space, seeing only a massive devil's head appear out of thin air.

At once, quite a few people in the lobby were startled, especially the receptionist closest to the devil's head whose face drained of color in fright as the bloody head suddenly materialized right in front of her.

"Eeeaaahhh!..."

"..."

Asaba Kotone was slightly speechless. "Don't be nervous, I just want to register as a private devil hunter."

A female receptionist in her late twenties, composed and experienced, pulled the frightened newcomer behind her. "Sorry you had to see that. She's a newcomer who just arrived and isn't used to devil corpses yet."

"It's fine, part of it was my fault."

With Asaba Kotone tossing the devil's head out of the Kamui Dimension so abruptly, it was only natural for others to be startled.

"Then you're here to register as a private devil hunter, right? This devil's head will be confiscated by our guild as proof of your membership and your initiation fee. If that's acceptable to you, please provide your name and contact information."

"That's acceptable. My name is Asaba Kotone, and as for contact information, I don't have any at the moment."

"You don't have contact info for now? That's fine, you can come back and supplement your information later. For now, please wait here for a moment."

The female receptionist immediately called someone to carry away the Field Mouse Devil's head, and she left along with them.

Asaba Kotone glanced around, spotted an empty seat, and prepared to head over and wait there.

Pochita followed along with him, jumping up onto the sofa chair beside him to sit.

He poured two cups of tea, one for himself and one for Pochita, and even fed Pochita some small snacks.

There was complimentary tea and small snacks on the table, though they were free exclusively for private devil hunters.

Although Asaba Kotone had not yet completed his registration, the prerequisite condition for registering as a private devil hunter had already been met-successfully hunting down any devil.

Right now, he was simply waiting for the receptionist to process the paperwork, so no one came to stop his free-loading behavior.

Seeing Pochita looking quite happy as he ate, Asaba Kotone thought to himself that it was a pity Denji wasn't here, as Denji would definitely love eating these small snacks.

Denji was probably still sitting at home with an empty stomach, so he planned to immediately ask where the black market was after getting his identity registered, take the Field Mouse Devil's corpse from the Kamui Dimension to sell it at the black market, and then take Denji to fill his belly.

"Little bro, interested in teaming up with big sis?"

Right at that moment, a young woman wearing heavy makeup and revealing clothes walked toward Asaba Kotone and sat down across from him at his table.

Devil hunters usually looked for partners, teaming up in pairs or trios to operate. While this woman's behavior might seem normal on the surface, she actually had ulterior motives.

"That woman is starting to look for targets to prey on again. Didn't she just hook a young guy yesterday... and she's done already?"

"The money and valuables on that kid yesterday were probably completely scammed out of him, and he might even have been silenced by that woman Matsuno Yoshiko."

"Tsk tsk tsk... That kid is truly pitiful, being targeted by this woman."

"..."

Quite a few people around them began to whisper and gossip quietly.

Those private devil hunters who had been around for a while tended to steer well clear of a woman like Matsuno Yoshiko.

This woman had a peculiar hobby: she liked to seduce people, scam them out of all their money and valuables, and then brutally murder them.

It wasn't because she was short on money or anything; she simply enjoyed the process, which was why it was called a peculiar hobby.

This woman specialized in targeting newcomers who had just become devil hunters and young people with no social experience, and the youth with the strange eyes happened to fit both criteria, naturally catching her eye.

Although Matsuno Yoshiko's behavior was cruel and twisted, no one dared to meddle in her business, and at most they only dared to whisper behind her back.

Because Matsuno Yoshiko had quite close ties with the local yakuza boss, the police could do nothing at all to her, and these devil hunters certainly didn't dare to cross that gang.

That gang's sphere of influence was not limited to just this small town; it had long since spread throughout Tokyo, and it was one of the most notoriously famous major yakuza syndicates in all of Japan.

Asaba Kotone didn't hear the whispering of the people around him because their voices were too soft to reach him.

Even so, he could still sense that there was something wrong with this woman.

He gave a faint glance at Matsuno Yoshiko sitting across from him, then took a sip of tea. "Sorry, I'm not interested."

"Is that so... Well, what a pity. Big sis is going to be lonely all by herself tonight again~"

Matsuno Yoshiko wore an expression of regret, then stood up and swayed her hips as she walked away.

She could tell that this kid's vigilance was very high and he hadn't taken the bait right away, so she decisively gave up, intending to look for her next target.

Not long after Matsuno Yoshiko left, a bald man sauntered over, placing one hand on the sofa chair where Asaba Kotone was sitting. "Little bro's vigilance is pretty good. It's a good thing you didn't let that woman seduce you, otherwise you'd be in deep trouble."

"What, is she that formidable?"

Asaba Kotone asked casually.

"Of course she's formidable. Mostly because she's got the yakuza backing her up. As long as she doesn't kick up too much of a fuss with a major incident, basically no one can do a thing about whatever she wants to do."

"Yakuza?"

This seemed to pique Asaba Kotone's interest. "The boss of the yakuza you're talking about, is his surname Hamano?"

"Huh...? Yeah."

The bald man looked slightly startled, somewhat surprised that this little bro actually knew quite a bit.

Asaba Kotone nodded slightly, a certain scheme seemingly already formed in his mind.

He immediately stood up and gave chase to the woman who had just left.

"Woof!"

Pochita also immediately jumped off the sofa and followed along.

The bald man was completely bewildered watching Asaba Kotone's actions. He had just told this little bro how dangerous Matsuno Yoshiko was, so why on earth was he chasing after her instead?

Noticing that Asaba Kotone was following her, Matsuno Yoshiko frowned slightly. She had no leisure time to waste on Asaba Kotone since he was no longer her target. "Is there something else, little bro?"

"Isn't big sis feeling lonely? I think I'll do."

A smile appeared on Asaba Kotone's face.

"Alright~"

Matsuno Yoshiko's frown immediately smoothed out, and her interest in Asaba Kotone was piqued once more.

A moment ago she had thought this kid's vigilance was very strong, but it turned out he was just a little pervert after all, and she loved to toy with little perverts like him.