The Contractor of the New Sister Devil

"But-"If you are willing to carry out your original surveillance mission in the future," I can help you. You can also prevent the current Demon King faction from knowing your identity is exposed."

Regarding Blade's proposal, Takikawa frowned and said:

"...What does this mean?"

"If you know that you have failed, the Demon World will send another guy. In order to prevent another failure, "Of course it will be a guy who is stronger and troublesome than you." Maybe it will give up monitoring and directly adopt tough Means to act."

but--

"We, who have done our best just to deal with you, will definitely not be able to deal with that kind of enemy. Moreover, even if that guy is killed, there will be more powerful guys. If it is worse, there may be several at once. If that is the case, We have no chance of winning at all. It is better to maintain the status quo for the time being, as if nothing happened, and let you continue to be responsible for monitoring, that is better for us."

and--

"In this case, the failure of your mission will not be discovered-this negotiation is good, right?"

Join forces with Takikawa who is an enemy.

This is the conclusion I finally got after thinking about the advice of Chisato Hasegawa, a teacher in the health room.

She said that if there were enemies, she would increase her partners.Regardless of whether it is an enemy or a friend, the important thing is not quantity but quality-but don't put quantity and quality on the balance.That should be telling me not to treat the enemy as an enemy all the time. If I can't find a new partner, try to turn the current enemy into a partner-probably that's what it means.Even if you are now isolated in the class, there is no need to give up.This principle also applies to the current situation of Mio.

Because Yuxi, a brave clan, had already rescued Mio in the park.

That is to say, the identities of the enemy and ourselves are sometimes interchangeable.That being the case-the current blade and they want to win, it is necessary to join forces with Takikawa.then--

"...So that's it, Xiaobian's proposal is indeed good."

Takikawa finally muttered to the blade's proposal.

"But don't forget...We are enemies. Once the situation of both parties changes, it is not surprising when they will betray. In such a trustless situation, how can we cooperate?"

"That question, I don't think I need to worry..."

Although we are in a restricted situation, we will pick our partners.

If it is deemed inappropriate, no representations will be made at the beginning.

"We only tried to kill you a while ago, why would you dare to say not to worry?"

After listening to Takikawa's words, the blade pierced his cheek even more.

"Because we are friends... Isn't this reason good?"

"No, although it's a pity."

Let's put it this way.

"'Because I am-still alive like this.""

"What you plan to do, it should be similar to stimulation therapy."

The blade standing in front of Takikawa even said:

"In that case, I should try my best to choose a method that can cause Mio's impact. That will be more effective. However, you didn't kill me... Not only that, but also let the "dark shadow" penetrate the dagger in my abdomen, avoiding the vitals as much as possible. . It’s like letting the thread go through the eye of a needle—very careful. That’s why I was able to rescue Mio, and although I took a long time to treat the wound, it was fine in the end."

"It's just that Xiao Jian's luck is better."

"No, as you said, we are desperately trying our best. To be able to be saved in that situation, to call it good luck, unfortunately I am not that simple."

Ren Geng went on to say "and".

"The focus of your plan should be to increase Mio's trust in me as a victim. In that case, the stimulation will be greater when I fall. But if there is such a plan, there should be a very hindering existence. It."

"Huh...who?"

"'Muria." For Mio, who has lost her adoptive parents, Mio, who has been with her, is the most trustworthy existence. She and Mio are much closer than me."

and so--

"If you really want to push Mio's spirit to the limit, it's most effective to get rid of Malia and kill me as the last spiritual pillar. Recently, Malia happened to be on guard alone in the city, hunting down low-level rogues. Devil. And in terms of strength, you are obviously above Wanliya, there should be a lot of opportunities to kill her. But-you didn't do that."

It was as if it was deliberately letting off Wan Liya, as if he was actually thinking about it.

As if—in addition to the orders of the current demon king, “it was as if he had received the completely opposite order from someone”.

——However, these of course still cannot be said.After all, these inferences contain more optimistic predictions.However, if Bladegen's speculation is correct, that fact should be a secret that Takigawa Bahiro must never reveal.However, if it can imply that he has already thought of that possibility here—and, he has understood his position.

That will produce true trust, and that level is more than enough for cooperation.

"That's why I believe in you, Takikawa. I hope this is also a reason for trusting me for you... I think so."

At this time, Blade didn't speak any more, because everything that should be said had already been said.

The trump card has been revealed here, and the only thing left to do is to wait for Takikawa's reply.

Takikawa was silent for a long time, thinking about something.Although Blade even said that this was a negotiation, from Takikawa's standpoint, it also included a semi-threatening element.So he was hesitating, he had to take this as a good sign-I don't know how long it took.at last--

"Sorry, I have no impression of what you said, Xiaobian..."

"...That's it."

it is as expected.

"--But this time, from my standpoint, there are also a lot of troubles."

Takikawa sighed--

"Anyway, just accept... the idea you said."

With a wry smile, he said the words that Blade expected more, so -

"...This helped me a lot."

Rengen answered with a chuckle.

——Not sure if the speculation just now is right or wrong.Even if the speculation is wrong, acknowledging it is tantamount to betraying the incumbent Demon King faction, and the extremely secret mission also fails.If Kengen's speculation is correct, Takikawa is even more unlikely to admit it.But at least, he said he was willing to cooperate.In this case, today's results should be considered good.

Then-the end of the fourth get out of class bell rang, and the lunch break came.

"Well, I should almost go back."

So Takikawa, walk to the exit of the top floor.therefore--

"——Takikawa, I ask you."

Finally, there is one more question that must be asked anyway.

It's about two people who followed Wilbert's orders to raise Mio and protect her happiness and growth.