"Damn, isn't it cold standing up so high? Cosplayers these days are really dedicated..."
Muttering casually, Li Bei acted as if he hadn't noticed anything special, ignoring the person standing on the building above, retracting his gaze, and continuing towards his home.
Holy Makima... Indeed, misfortunes never come singly.
Although currently pretending to be an innocent passerby, not meeting Makima's gaze again, Li Bei could still feel the stare from above locked onto him.
Don't panic, don't panic. The current Makima had no reason to suspect him. She should just be subconsciously observing her surroundings after just arriving on Blue Earth...
Comforting himself inwardly, Li Bei walked out of the alley as if nothing happened. After turning the street corner, that gaze finally disappeared, just as he expected.
After confirming Makima wasn't watching him anymore, Li Bei still didn't act immediately. Only after returning home, closing all doors and windows, and drawing the curtains, did his consciousness finally expand, beginning a large scan of the surrounding situation.
With his current strength, the range of his divine sense had reached an extremely exaggerated level; covering the entire Blue Earth wasn't difficult. And within the reach of his consciousness, the situation left Li Bei somewhat speechless.
Too many... Due to Blue Earth docking with the Chainsaw Man world, spatial fluctuations appeared in over a dozen locations nearby alone. This didn't even count situations like the family restaurant and Aki Hayakawa earlier, which he couldn't detect. It was no exaggeration to say the current Blue Earth was like a sieve, riddled with holes.
Li Bei didn't scan for more specific details. After all, Li Hua and the people around her were also in this city of Kongchang. Just now, merely releasing his consciousness slightly, he already sensed Kevin and the others nearby. Consciousness itself was a form of power. Although the possibility was small, if he alerted them, it would be troublesome.
And the more troublesome situation now was Makima...
Her strength certainly wasn't strong compared to Kevin and those lunatics, but she was more troublesome for his current situation. After all, as the Control Devil, Makima could dominate any creature she deemed inferior to herself. Therefore, the insects, birds, humans... all animals in this world could become her eyes and ears for surveillance.
With Makima around, whenever he went out, he had to be mentally prepared for 'Makima is watching you' at all times.
Directly erase Makima's memory...? No, might expose his identity; the risk was too great. Besides, there were so many manga on Blue Earth; even if her memory was erased, she might quickly remember again.
Have to figure out a solution. And preferably, a permanent one...
Leaning back on the sofa, the light in Li Bei's eyes flickered uncertainly, finally solidifying into determination. As they say, fortune favors the bold. To achieve his goal, perhaps he had to take some risks.
Since risks must be taken, then not only solve Unit Two's problem, but solve all problems!
...
This world.
Suddenly transferred from her office to a new world, Makima didn't feel nervous. After all, more and more devils and humans had been mysteriously disappearing recently; today it was finally her turn. Makima took out the phone she found years ago, one not belonging to the Chainsaw Man era, and quickly confirmed it belonged to the world she was currently in.
Those things that shouldn't appear in her world had drifted over from this world. And those devils that disappeared from her world had also come to this world.
Using her abilities, Makima quickly controlled many people and learned all the necessary information from them.
Quite a few devils had been eliminated after arriving in this world, from the weak Tomato Devil to the powerful Gun Devil... This world itself seemed incapable of dealing with them, but it had many visitors from other worlds.
Her world wasn't an isolated case, it seemed.
Using the phone she just obtained from someone else, Makima watched the scene of that strange giant with egg-like eyes fighting the Gun Devil, feeling a strange pressure. Although she didn't know what it was, just through the video, she could feel this existence was extremely incompatible with devils.
After all, devils needed fear to grow strong, dark beings clearly marked as villains, while this giant practically radiated brilliance from head to toe.
Looks like I can't act rashly in this world—?!
The moment she glimpsed the next post, Makima's pupils abruptly constricted. Forgetting her previous thought, she quickly clicked on the video.
It was a young girl, petite and cute. Even with a McGrukey's bag over her head, one could still sense she was definitely a beauty.
And in the video, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, she just raised her hands, her voice filled with laughter. "Everyone, please look this way! I have an important announcement to make!"
Makima subconsciously lifted her finger, rewinding the video to the beginning, listening to the girl's voice over and over again. A smile gradually appeared on her originally cold face, until finally, it could no longer be suppressed.
Found her...
Found her, found her, found her!!! Right here! Shoko is right here!
Why was she wearing a bag? Why could she turn into that strange giant? Did it matter—not at all!
Now, for Makima, the only important thing was that she had found a clue to the person she longed for day and night!
What came next was simple: just find her... Shoko must really want to see her too. As for not acting rashly, that thought was completely tossed aside.
Countless rats poured out from every corner of the city. Dense flocks of birds circled in the sky. Stray dogs on the street, house cats in homes... At this moment, almost all animals in the entire city began to stir restlessly, then suddenly fell quiet, before scattering outwards in all directions, as if searching for something.
As for whether such a situation would cause any commotion... What did it have to do with her? When had she, Makima, ever been a devil who cared about the lives of others?
"Miss Makima, you're here too?!"
Just then, an exclamation came from the alley entrance. The newcomer was precisely Aki Hayakawa. He had seen the sudden flood of rats earlier and investigated the direction they came from, unexpectedly seeing his superior.
"Do you know where exactly this place is, and what happened?"
Makima glanced coldly at Aki Hayakawa, turned, and walked away without looking back, completely ignoring him.
Denji, Aki, these guys... If not for Shoko's request back then not to harm them, she would have long shown these guys the wrath of the Control Devil. Even so, just seeing them annoyed her; she usually didn't even want to see them once.
Unexpectedly, now arriving in a new world, it was this annoying guy who followed... Whatever.
As long as she could find Shoko, everything else was trivial.