Recaps

Asaba Kotone met his superior, Kirisū Yuki, the Public Safety Minister’s daughter, and found her boastful and childish despite being seventeen. When she asked why he had been summoned, Asaba raised the Hamano Family’s hidden stockpile of Gun Devil Flesh, leaving Kirisū asking whether he had evidence.

• Himeno warned Asaba that Kirisū Yuki was prone to arrogance and excess as they accompanied him to her office.
• Asaba reflected on Makima’s history and wondered whether he could find the Control Devil before Japan’s cabinet shaped her into Makima.
• Kirisū mocked Asaba for knocking, and he entered her office to find a petite, blonde superior who claimed to be a genius educated in the United Kingdom.
• Asaba bluntly called Kirisū an elementary schooler, and she bristled before insisting she was seventeen and demanding to be addressed as Miss Kirisū.
• Kirisū said she had only summoned Asaba to see what he was like, so he told her the Hamano Family had a large stockpile of Gun Devil Flesh.
• Kirisū asked whether Asaba had evidence, and he calmly replied that he did not yet but would soon.

Asaba Kotone volunteered to gather evidence against the Hamano Family Yakuza so Tokyo Public Safety could raid and destroy the organization. He infiltrated their building and found a heavily guarded storeroom that might hold the Gun Devil Flesh.

• Asaba Kotone declined Kirisū Yuki's offer of assistance and left to collect evidence alone.
• Himeno and Aki Hayakawa offered to help, then explained that Kirisū Yuki was a capable fighter and Tokyo Public Safety's strongest Devil Hunter after Kishibe.
• Aki Hayakawa and Himeno took Asaba Kotone to collect his uniform and showed him his dormitory before he headed for the Yakuza building.
• Asaba Kotone teleported onto the building's roof and searched its floors while invisible, finding hidden firearms.
• On the eighth floor, Asaba Kotone discovered a heavily guarded storeroom that might contain the Gun Devil Flesh.

Asaba Kotone photographed the Hamano Yakuza’s hidden stockpile of Gun Devil Flesh and gave the evidence to Kirisū Yuki, aiming to help Public Safety wipe out the group without alerting them. Kirisū began gathering Devil Hunters and police for a coordinated raid, while Asaba warned her that the Yakuza had guns.

• Asaba Kotone entered the Hamano Yakuza’s Storage Vault undetected, photographed its large stockpile of Gun Devil Flesh, and left without taking any.
• Asaba Kotone handed the photographs to Kirisū Yuki and explained that stealing the flesh would warn the Yakuza and make them relocate.
• Kirisū Yuki agreed to gather Public Safety Devil Hunters and police so they could raid several Hamano Yakuza bases at once, likely within a day or two.
• Asaba Kotone warned Kirisū Yuki that the Yakuza had guns and urged her to make sure the operation’s personnel stayed alert.

Asaba Kotone helped Tokyo Public Safety prepare a joint raid on the Hamano Yakuza, warning the hunters that the gang had guns and had obtained them through a deal with the Gun Devil. When the operation began, he disabled the gang’s weapons and eliminated the guards protecting its Gun Devil Flesh.

• Asaba Kotone showed Aki Hayakawa and Himeno evidence of the Hamano Yakuza’s Gun Devil Flesh and warned them about the gang’s guns.
• Kirisū Yuki briefed Tokyo Public Safety’s Devil Hunters, coordinated with the police, and finalized the operation plan.
• Asaba Kotone rested at home with Pochita, whose affection progress rose to 65%.
• The next day, Asaba Kotone, Aki Hayakawa, and Himeno drove to the Yakuza building as Public Safety and the police launched their raid.
• Asaba Kotone used the Kamui Dimension to kill the guards in the gun storage area and remove the guns.
• Asaba Kotone killed the guards protecting the Gun Devil Flesh as the police sealed off the area and the Devil Hunters stormed the building.

Asaba Kotone helped Tokyo Public Safety raid the Yakuza, preventing casualties and securing a kilogram of Gun Devil Flesh. After earning a bonus and strengthening Aki Hayakawa’s affection, he unlocked Himeno’s compendium entry and joined her and Aki for lunch.

• Public Safety Devil Hunters and police arrested the Yakuza members at their hideouts and seized a kilogram of Gun Devil Flesh, while Asaba Kotone revealed the firearms he had stored away.
• Asaba Kotone spoke with Kishibe about the missing guns and Kishibe admitted he had not fought during the raid.
• Tokyo Public Safety credited Asaba Kotone for the operation, awarded him a substantial bonus, and Aki Hayakawa’s affection toward him rose to 50%, earning him a physique reward.
• Asaba Kotone unlocked Himeno’s compendium entry, then activated it when he met her and received additional physique rewards.
• Himeno invited Asaba Kotone and Aki Hayakawa to lunch and told Asaba that Aki had secretly cried after a colleague died.

Asaba Kotone spent several quiet days patrolling with Aki Hayakawa and Himeno before Special Division 2 was mobilized to fight the Elephant Devil, which likely possessed Gun Devil Flesh. After Asaba rescued a hunter from being crushed, the team prepared to attack, but a teammate warned that they might not need to intervene.

• Asaba Kotone ate lunch with Aki Hayakawa and Himeno, then patrolled with them while keeping Pochita nearby.
• Over the following days, Special Division 2's routine patrols yielded no fights, and Asaba Kotone's affection ratings with Aki Hayakawa and Himeno rose to 55% and 40%.
• Asaba Kotone received an emergency call about a powerful devil carrying likely Gun Devil Flesh, and all seven members of Special Division 2 assembled under Captain Takeuchi Hirachi.
• The team reached a plaza where the ten-meter Elephant Devil was overpowering police and Private Devil Hunters.
• Aki Hayakawa used his Gun Devil Flesh chain to confirm that a piece was inside the Elephant Devil, while Asaba Kotone suddenly transported a hunter away from its trunk.
• Captain Takeuchi ordered the team to move in, but a teammate trembled and said they might not need to do anything.

Asaba Kotone killed the Elephant Devil and attended a welcome dinner with Special Division 2, where he learned about an upcoming exchange with the Soviet Union. Hoping to use the program to find Reze, he considered going, while the drunken Himeno began kissing the team.

• Asaba Kotone used Kamui and Pochita's chainsaw to kill the Elephant Devil, leaving its corpse for Tokyo Public Safety to collect.
• Captain Takeuchi ended the mission, and Special Division 2 received paid leave.
• At Himeno's welcome dinner, members discussed Asaba Kotone's strength and warned him that Himeno kissed people when drunk.
• Asaba Kotone learned about the upcoming exchange between Tokyo Public Safety and Moscow Public Safety and decided he wanted a place so he could search for Reze.
• Himeno kissed Aki Hayakawa and lunged at Asaba Kotone, who turned intangible to avoid her.

Asaba Kotone asked Kirisū Yuki to nominate him for Japan's international exchange with the Soviet Union, and she agreed on the condition that he fulfill three demands. After he completed her first two demands, a Devil Hunter misunderstood their conversation and fled, leaving Kirisū Yuki embarrassed and furious.

• Asaba Kotone visited Kirisū Yuki and asked to be considered for the Soviet Union exchange.
• Kirisū Yuki agreed to put Asaba Kotone's name forward if he fulfilled three demands, beginning with praising her beauty and massaging her shoulders.
• Asaba Kotone delivered the praise without enthusiasm, then awkwardly massaged Kirisū Yuki's shoulders.
• A young Devil Hunter overheard their conversation outside the office, misunderstood it, and dropped his documents.
• The Devil Hunter apologized as he fled, and Kirisū Yuki realized what he had assumed and angrily chased after him.