When Pochita directly transformed and charged forward, Power was stunned.
In fact, she had been nervous when she arrived.
She knew Pochita was strong. That day, she had witnessed Pochita single-handedly defeat the leech demon!
But the key was, she didn't know how strong the Bat Demon was.
That's why she was so anxious.
The reason is simple.
She couldn't beat the leech demon, she couldn't beat the Bat Demon, and she certainly couldn't beat Pochita.
So, from Power's perspective,
Since she couldn't beat anyone, how could she judge the strength of all three parties?
So, when she came,
Her trust in Pochita came from the last battle, and her trust in Lin An.
Since Hayashi didn't let Tohru come,
He let Pochita come.
Doesn't that mean Pochita can handle it?
What Power was worried about was only this.
And whether the cat would be killed.
But the result was clear.
Power had overthought it.
"VROOM—!!"
With the roar of the chainsaw,
Pochita immediately burst into the dilapidated house.
Next, the house, accompanied by a roar and splashing blood, exploded!
"Ah! Who are you?!"
The Bat Demon screamed in agony, then shattered the roof and flew out violently.
Power looked up.
The Bat Demon's left arm was completely gone, but in his right hand, he was holding a cage with a cat inside.
It was likely that Pochita's chainsaw revving sound had a buildup, allowing the Bat Demon to hear it and instinctively block it with his hand.
So, only the left arm was severed, and not the head.
At this moment, the Bat Demon's left arm was gushing blood.
The severed limbs on the ground were still wriggling.
The Bat Demon, now airborne, glanced at Pochita in fear and then saw Power standing in the distance, frozen.
Seeing Power, the Bat Demon immediately roared:
"So it's you! You betrayed me and brought other demons to help! Don't you care about your cat anymore?!"
"You said you'd deceive a few people, but you can't even do that?!"
"I'll swallow your cat right now!"
The Bat Demon finished speaking.
It was in the air, directly raising its right hand, opening its bloodthirsty mouth wide, ready to swallow the cat inside the cage whole.
"Don't!" Power shouted to stop it.
She immediately gathered up blood spikes and aimed to throw them at the bat demon's right hand!
The goal was to stop the bat demon from swallowing the cat!
But her aim was off.
The blood spikes only pierced the bat demon's shoulder, not affecting its subsequent movements.
"Don't!" Power yelled.
At that moment, inside the house, Pochita stared at the bat demon's right hand.
It recalled Hayashi's command: "Pochita, go take out the demon and save the cat, that's it, got it?"
Pochita nodded, prioritizing saving the cat.
It stomped the ground, aimed, leapt, and launched!
"Vroom~!!!"
The roar of the chainsaw sounded again!
A shadow shot up into the sky!
It passed by the bat demon and then slowly descended to the ground.
Under Power's astonished gaze.
The bat demon was stunned too.
The next moment.
Its arm exploded with a burst of fresh blood.
Under the pull of gravity, the unaffected right hand also fell to the ground.
"Boom~"
The cage also dropped from the air.
It landed on Pochita, waiting below.
Pochita nudged the cage with its head, sending it flying toward Power's direction.
"!"
Power saw the cat coming her way.
She immediately leaped to intercept it, catching the cage mid-air.
"Boom~!"
Even though her body crashed to the ground, Power was the first to check the cage, opening it and pulling the cat out.
She held the cat in her arms, looking left and right, as if the cat had no injuries.
"Kitty?"
"Meow~" the cat responded.
It seemed hungry, probably hadn't eaten anything for a while.
"Thank goodness!"
Power hugged the cat tightly, tears streaming down her face.
"I'm so glad you're okay!"
The cat rested on Power's shoulder, noticing her tears, and licked her before meowing a few times.
Meanwhile.
After throwing the cat's cage, Pochita was left with just one task in its mind.
"Take out the bat demon."
Threatening Hakimi, you deserve to die!
Pochita's chainsaw revved back to life!
"Vroom~! Vroom~!"
Like a motorcycle throttle, loud and intense!
At this point, the bat demon had regained its senses.
It looked at the beast-like Pochita.
It immediately began to counterattack.
The bat demon charged up in mid-air and unleashed an ultrasonic roar attack at Pochita!
"Chhh~~!"
A visible shockwave blasted toward Pochita!
Pochita sidestepped and jumped.
The ground where it had stood was instantly torn up, sending a large chunk of earth and grass flying!
The sound also brought Power back to her senses.
She looked up.
Pochita was still confronting the bat demon.
Power's instinctive reaction was: the cat is safe, time to run!
She was ready to leave while holding the cat!
But seeing Pochita still fighting, and having saved her cat, Power recalled Hayashi's words in her mind.
"If that idiot Blood Demon backstabs you, remember to cripple it and bring it back."
Power shuddered, her whole body freezing up.
"No, I have to help Pochita."
Under the pressure of suppressing her own instincts, Power put the cat down and said.
"Stay here, I'll be right back."
"Meow~" The cat immediately sat down.
Power nodded, her expression firm and fierce, ready to turn and help Pochita.
But just as she turned around.
"Ah!!!"
The bat demon let out a horrible scream.
"?" Power looked up.
The bat demon's chest had been torn open with a huge bloody wound!
A massive spray of blood poured out recklessly!
And Pochita was still on the bat demon!
It jumped onto the bat demon's shoulder, using the chainsaw mounted on its head, cutting fiercely into its back and shoulder!
The roar of the chainsaw continued!
It was like a chainsaw cutting through trees!
"Vroom~! Vroom!! Vroom!!!"
The bat demon screamed and shrieked.
"Get off! Go away! Get away! Leech Demon, dear, save me!"
It was calling for its dear, which was actually the Leech Demon.
The Leech Demon and Bat Demon were a couple.
Hearing this, Power raised her hand and dealt the final blow.
"By the way, Bat Demon."
"If you're talking about the Leech Demon, it was killed a few days ago."
With that, Power pointed at Pochita on its back.
"Pochita killed it a few days ago."
"Now it's your turn."
Bat Demon: ?!
Upon hearing Power's words, the Bat Demon froze.
The Leech Demon was dead?
Its dear was dead!
How could that happen!?
Impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
In its final moments.
The chainsaw's sound returned to its ears once again.
This time.
Pochita used its chainsaw to slash deeply through the Bat Demon's neck!
The next moment.
The Bat Demon's head flew off.
A fountain of blood erupted like it was free-flowing, spectacular like a geyser!
And the Bat Demon's wings flopped weakly, eventually crashing to the ground.
"Boom!"
The Bat Demon was dead.
Power delivered the final blow.
Pochita's team MVP, highest damage, final strike.
Pochita, covered in blood, landed.
It dropped its transformation pose.
Then returned to Power's side.
"Wow~" (Going home.)
Pochita's response was just two words: "Going home."
The demon was killed, the cat was saved, and the mission was complete.
Now, Pochita just wanted to return to that warm and hopeful home.
This battle was just an after-meal dessert.
A trivial responsibility.
I enjoy so much of this, isn't that how it should be?
Power heard this.
She quickly nodded in confirmation.
"No problem, I'll take you home right away, kitty..." Power glanced at the cat, which had been hungry for a long time, and thought about the abundance of food in the cafeteria.
So, they both decided: "Let's take the cat with us."
Pochita nodded: "Wow~" (Hurry up.)
Power, holding the cat, sincerely thanked Pochita at that moment.
"Thank you, Pochita."
Pochita shook its head: "Wow~" (It's all Hayashi's task, thank Hayashi if you must.)
Power nodded heavily.
"That's for sure, Hayashi will thank you too, I've already paid with meat!"
The matter was settled.
Power prepared to help Pochita clean up first, then they would go to the cafeteria with the cat.
But the two demons and the cat hadn't gone far.
They hadn't even left the fields.
Power's phone rang.
Power pulled it out, her eyes widened, and sweat started to pour.
"Ma... Makima-sama."
What should she do?
Answer or not answer?
How could she not answer? She didn't dare not to!
After a moment of hesitation.
Power finally answered, her tone weak: "Makima-sama..."
Makima was the same as always.
Her tone was flat, emotionless.
"Hey, Power, where are you now?"
Power: "...."
Makima: "I like obedient children, not children who lie."
Power swallowed hard: "I... I'm in the countryside."
Makima asked again: "In the countryside, what are you doing there?"
Power quickly thought: "I... I took Pochita to hunt a demon. I found a demon, and then I took Pochita to hunt it. It's already been taken care of, so, what do you think, praise me, is there a reward?!"
For a moment.
Power had become smarter, but not entirely smart.
Her words had huge gaps, her tone was frantic and unreasonable.
Makima heard this and chuckled lightly on the other end of the phone.
Then she spoke.
"You went AWOL, and Hayakawa Aki reported it to me right away. Demon security started tracking you after you left the city. Now, you're less than 2 kilometers from my location, waiting at the intersection for you."
"Now, Power, tell me, what do you plan to do next?"
Power: ....
Sweat was pouring down her face, her state at the moment.
Although there was no actual sweat, her heart was racing, almost about to burst out.
For a moment.
Power was so nervous she was momentarily speechless, like a mute.
It was Pochita, who was getting impatient, that spoke first.
"Wow~"
Pochita's meaning was: I'm here, Hayashi sent me.
Upon hearing this, Makima's tone shifted from emotionless to slightly emotional: "Pochita is there too, how is Hayashi-kun?"
"Wow~" (Went out to buy groceries, should be home soon.)
Makima: "Hmm, I'll prepare to have a meal this afternoon, see you later."
"Wow~" (Bye.)
Pochita and Makima chatted for a bit.
Then Power remembered the rest of the things.
She quickly said: "I plan to take Pochita and the cat to the cafeteria, I also have to thank Hayashi and clean Pochita's body!"
Makima, hearing the follow-up, responded with a sound of acknowledgment.
"Hmm, then just take the official car over, stay there, and wait for me to come. Tonight, I'll bring you back, is that okay?"
Power nodded repeatedly: "Mm-hmm, mm-hmm!"
Then the call ended.
"Phew~~~" Power instantly felt a huge sense of relief.
She looked at Pochita, then at the cat.
She immediately broke into a carefree smile.
"Great!"
Then she started walking with Pochita and the cat, heading to the road where the car was waiting for her.
At that moment, Power thought to herself.
Although there's no pick-up service, there's a pick-up after all!
On the other side.
Hayashi's small truck arrived at home.
He multitasked, watching the entire battle between Pochita and Power.
In simple terms, Pochita brought a pendant to speed things up.
The pendant was optional.
Once home.
After watching the movie.
Hayashi turned off the broadcast, unloaded the cargo with Tohru, and moved it to the kitchen.
They decided to have hotpot for dinner.
Hayashi also took the opportunity to check the ingredients, preparing in advance.
"Meat, seafood, vegetables, all here."
"The hotpot base is also ready, hmm, but it's just beef oil hotpot base, what about Kanna who doesn't eat spicy food?"
Not just Kanna, what if Tohru can't eat spicy food either?
How about making two bases, so everyone can eat what they want?
"Let's make another tomato base, a whole mixed hotpot, and we can even drink tomato beef soup later."
After deciding, Hayashi prepared to make another tomato base.
This one was easy, like making lemon tea.
But before he started.
Hayashi suddenly remembered something.
"It seems I didn't prepare dipping sauces!"
Hotpot without dipping sauces? What are you, eating Oden?
He had soy sauce and such, but no sesame paste.
Hayashi looked at the time, still enough, so he called out.
"Tohru."
"Coming~" Tohru came to the kitchen, sticking her head in: "Hayashi-san, what's up?"
"We forgot some things, the hotpot doesn't have the key dipping sauces, I'll write a note, you go buy them from the nearby mall." Hayashi said.
"Okay." Tohru nodded in agreement.
Hayashi grabbed a piece of paper and wrote down the ingredients for sesame sauce, satay sauce, and other dipping sauce recipes.
Then he handed it to Tohru: "Just buy one can of each, that should be enough."
Tohru agreed.
She took the note, opened her phone to check what the dipping sauce packaging looked like.
Then she grabbed a basket and left.
Kanna, seeing her, asked: "Tohru, where are you going?"
Tohru: "The dipping sauces weren't fully bought, I'm going to restock, do you want to come?"
Kanna immediately nodded: "I want to go."
So Tohru told Hayashi that Kanna was coming along.
And then the two left.
Hayashi stayed in the kitchen making the tomato base.
In a large pot, Hayashi chopped ingredients while boiling the soup on high heat, starting to add the seasonings.
"Peel the tomatoes, cut into pieces, chop the onions, slice the ginger and garlic."
"Add oil first, simmer the spices, then add the onions, ginger, and garlic to extract the flavors."
"Then add water, followed by tomatoes, salt, sugar, and tomato paste."
"Finally, turn down the heat and simmer."
"When it's done, let it cool and it will be the base."
The tomato base began to simmer.
Hayashi washed his hands, preparing to play with his phone for a bit.
At that moment.
Two cars drove into the alley and stopped.
Hayashi easily recognized that these were the official cars from Demon Security.
However, from the back of the first car, the person who stepped out was Pochita and Power, holding the cat.
After they got out, they---
The car didn't stop and left immediately.
Power got out and cheered, "Manager, I did it! Pochita killed the demon, and the cat is saved!"
Hayashi nodded in satisfaction, about to say something when Power added the final sentence: "When do you want my meat payment?"
Hayashi: ....
Can this be said out loud?
Hayashi glared at Power coldly.
Power shrank her head, awkwardly laughing, "Sorry, sorry, I'll handle it myself later."
Only then did Hayashi look at Pochita.
But what he saw was a blood-soaked Pochita.
He waved his hand, "You're a bit dirty, come wash up."
"Wow~!" Pochita immediately jumped and ran off to take a bath.
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