I work 9 to 5 in Chainsaw Man

Chapter 363: Their respective lives

"Give me a choice..."

He finished smoking and left the shore, as he always did, leaving behind only wisps of smoke and Gao Mu who was lost in thought.

"I will not remember the names of my dead companions. While I still remember you, Gao Mu, if you don't want to get stuck in the quagmire, stay away from the whirlpool of Sand Country. This is advice and a reminder."

The words on the shore lingered in Takagi's mind like a spell, preventing him from falling asleep for a long time.

He undoubtedly hated demons. After experiencing the death of his wife and daughter, he was blinded by hatred and wanted to kill all the demons in the world.

As he reached middle age, having raised Alice and Mizumi, the dark hatred in his heart was soaked and dissolved by the ups and downs of life, and Takagi shamelessly came up with the idea of ​​just letting it go.

Every time he cleared out demons, he was no longer the vanguard who rushed to the front, and he was no longer so proactive when accepting missions. He was like a general who had fought all his life and lost the enterprising spirit of his youth.

With the passing of Alice and Mizumi, Takagi became confused again and he once again lost the meaning of living.

Living and watching your loved ones pass away little by little, but being unable to do anything, is this what life is?

It seemed as if Takagi was alive only because everyone else was alive.

No...I can't die yet.

Vera, who has taken over a human body, is still very young and needs protection. Chi Ke has been possessed by the power of a demon and is acting impulsively. Although Xu Sheng is powerful, he has a bad character. The captain has just been promoted to president, and he has not yet repaid the captain for his kindness...

Gao Mu lit a cigarette with his shaking hands. The flame illuminated his deep pupils. He exhaled a puff of smoke and murmured, "It will be soon. I will come to find you soon."

On the other side of the city, Vera tiptoed to open the door. After her first long trip, her father Petrov gave her the key to the house in case Vera had to return home for some reason and was unable to open the door.

But Petrov's original intention of giving Vera the key was definitely not to let her go out early and come back late every day!

When Vera opened the door carefully, she saw Petrov's face, as black as the bottom of a pot, through the moonlight.

Vera: “ ???? ”

Petrov: “→_→”

The two looked at each other in bewilderment. Finally, Vera touched her head and said, "Oh no! I met my stinky old man while sleepwalking. How come I walked into the wrong room?" After saying that, she walked back.

"return!"

Petrov let out a suppressed roar, and Vera immediately turned around and sat down obediently.

Petrov grinned and asked fiercely: "What's the reason today?"

Vera raised her hand like a good student and answered quickly: "I'm going to have dinner at a friend's house today, and then I'll go to the cattery to pet the cats after dinner!"

"Playing with cats until 11pm?"

"…The cat I petted was stolen."

Petrov: "...robbed?"

Vera nodded obediently: "Well, the cat didn't like its owner, so I took it away, and in the end the bad guy even called the police! I almost didn't spend the night in the police station today!"

Looking at Vera calmly talking about her experience of being caught stealing a cat, Petrov was hesitant to speak and his face turned black.

Actually, there is no need to explain it to him in such detail, really.

Petrov covered his forehead, left Vera's room with a headache and said, "Go to bed early."

Vera jumped up and down, kissed Petrov, and threw herself on the big bed, shouting, "Daddy, you're the best!"

Petrov pulled the corners of his mouth as if recalling something or in pain, listened to the rustling sounds in his room, sighed, and went back.

Originally, Xu Sheng was going to go find Chi Ke after he left, but he was invited by the police station to have a cup of tea. After rescuing Vera and sending her home, he went to his old place with Chi Ke.

He did not find Chi Ke in the familiar pub. When Xu Sheng ordered two glasses of vodka at the bar as usual, he realized that Chi Ke no longer remembered this place.

He suddenly felt bored and drank two glasses of wine in one gulp. The spicy wine was like a fire burning in Xu Sheng's lungs, but he did not feel drunk at all.

It's impossible to find Chi Ke at this time. I guess we can only go tomorrow.

He didn't enjoy the drink enough, so he ordered two more cups. After looking at the cups reflecting the bright lights and wine, Xu Sheng realized that he had nothing to do!

In his previous life, he should be playing games all night with a few buddies, but for Xu Sheng, who had experienced real fighting, games were child's play. When he had no missions, he would go on patrol with Vera and Maxim, go shopping, go to Gao Mu's house for meals in the morning, noon and evening, occasionally go to Sashaman to do experiments, and have a drink and play billiards with Chi Ke in the evening. His life was wonderful.

I feel a little lonely suddenly without Chi Ke, my drinking buddy.

Relying on the generous funding for the mission, Xu Sheng just treated the drinking as fun. His heroic drinking posture and his hormone-filled body attracted many beautiful girls who came to the bar to play. When they came up to him and chatted with him, Xu Sheng simply shut them up by saying that his son was two years old.

The beautiful bartender Susan came over and joked, "Mr. Xu is really popular! Why did you come alone today?"

Even though he didn't know how many cups he had drunk, Xu Sheng still wasn't drunk. Seeing an acquaintance coming over, he smiled and said, "I don't know which beautiful woman Chi is sleeping on. Little Susan, don't think about him."

"Bah! Who misses him!" Susan rolled her eyes.

Xu Sheng smiled, it was nice to have someone to talk to: "By the way, Chi Ke keeps bringing me to this bar, is there something going on between you and him?"

"There's nothing wrong with him and me." Susan pouted.

"Then how did you two meet? Tell me about it."

"Ah!"

Chi Ke sneezed, feeling as if someone was talking about him behind his back.

He had been to Bai Luosheng's home today. He has an older brother and a younger sister, and his parents are still alive. Bai Luosheng's savings and pension were given to them. Together with the money transferred by Remlossi and a man named Ogochi, this amount of money can be considered a huge sum.

But it can be seen that Bai Luosheng is difficult for both old people to accept. The pain of losing a son in old age is unbearable for anyone.

His sister is getting married next month, but Bai Luosheng won't be able to attend.

Whenever he thought of the sadness in Bai Luosheng's family's eyes, he couldn't help but clench his fists.

He will become even stronger!