Chain Curse

"You went too far, Naru," Yuki said to the fat young man.

Taki looked surprised at Yuki and said, "Don't tell me he's your friend."

Yuki forcefully pushed Taki into the room and closed the door, "What the hell are you doing.", said Taki after he fell to the ground.

"Sorry, Taki but we have to sort this out."

Taki got up from the floor angry, and as soon as he stood straight, his entire body glowed blue and the glow extended until it formed a transparent blue bowl on top of Taki.

"We will not solve this by force, we will just talk," Yuki said with a serious face.

"Don't worry my friend, I won't eat you," Naru said with a mouth wet with blood.

Yuki picked up the chair next to him and put it next to the door opposite Taki. He sat down and put one leg upon another and said, "We want you to join our squad."

"Squad? With a cannibal? Impossible." Taki said after glancing at Naru.

"We've finished the physical and psychological test. What do you think will come next?"

"I will pass the exam on my own or join another squid that is less crazy than you two."

"We're the least crazy here Taki, you haven't seen the real madness yet, even that yakuza who wanted to rape you is much less dangerous than what will come in the challenges ahead."

"..."

"Defense only will not suffice you, you need a striker and we need a defender, what do you think?"

Taki sat on the chair and held his head with his hands resting on his knees. He sat like this for a few minutes and then said, "I had intended from the beginning to form a team with you, but with this cannibal I have conditions."

Yuki smiled and said, "That's your right, what are your conditions."

" Contract. "

When Taki said this, Naru threw his meal, then stood up and said indignantly, "No way!"

"Calm down Naru, I think just a contract with me is enough. What do you think, Taki?"

"This will do the trick."

Yuki got up from the chair and as soon as he stood straight, a lot of black smoke came out from every pore on his body and spread through the room until he reached the defensive Taki bowl and broke it.

Taki stood in shock as Naru returned to his meal.

Yuki then inserted his hand into his stomach and then pulled out a chain with thick black smoke, and continued to pull until he reached the end of it.

"Won't you take out your chain?" Yuki said to Taki, who was swimming in his sweat.

"..."

Taki swallowed his saliva as if he had pressed a button and his body began to glow in a blue-violet color, and as Yuki did, he also pulled out a string from his stomach followed by glowing blue smoke.

After Taki finished pulling the chain, he put his hand back into his stomach and pulled out an object resembling a padlock.

When Yuki saw the padlock he also pulled a padlock out of his belly and said, "Then what are the terms of your contract?"

"If I die you will die, if you break the chain you will die and if you betray me you will die also." With every word, Taki said the lock was getting brighter.

"Do you think you're that important, do you think your defense is worth my life, what do you think, Naru?" Yuki said while laughing.

Naru had finished his meal so he got up and black smoke was coming out of his mouth, eyes, nose, and every pore in his body letting out waves of wind that threw Taki and slammed him against the wall.

Taki lost consciousness for a few seconds and as soon as he got up he found himself suspended in the sky by a tattooed hand.

Taki walked his gaze from the hand to arm to shoulder, and finally stopped at a familiar face that sent goosebumps to his body.

"Would it not be easy for me to eat it and use its power myself?"

Taki looked around the room for Naru, the fat young man, but couldn't find him, only to conclude directly that he was standing in front of him with that tattooed body.

"I don't think it would be easy to eat it, He just got used to being beaten up, am I right, Takinawa."

After hearing what Yuki had to say, Taki's heart pounded so hard that a lot of black smoke came out of his body, surely he didn't do it on purpose but Taki's words knew how to provoke him.

After Taki raised his magic level, he threw Naru to the ground and approached Yuki, as he said, "What do you know about me?"

"I only know what your father told me. I have a contract with him. He arranged for me to meet you here with that yakuza."

"That damn old man. And what does that yakuza have to do with this?"

"We were going to question him about some things, but now the plan has changed."

"...."

"You will be part of my squad until you kill that rat inside you, your cowardice makes your abilities useless, you are smart, yes, in using magic, but you are stupid in the rest of things."

***

At the same time, in Berlin, in a café, the speech was too noisy, and cigarette smoke formed a mist that mingled with the fragrant aroma of coffee. Yudai was seated with a person with long blond hair and a short beard to match his facial features, sitting around a round table with two cups of coffee and two cigarettes to ease the stress of their conversation.

"How is my nephew?" said the blond man named Louis.

"He's taking the Hunter Exam now, he got so mature that you won't even recognize him," Yudai said after he let out the smoke from his lungs.

"How is your relationship with him?"

"He's my son now. There's no room for debate on this, but the absence of a mother has made him a little harsh."

"That bitch is the reason for all this."

"Dio is also responsible for this, we must break the curse to be free from this torment. I'm tired of this life."

"So what's our next step?"

"I guess the only solution is black magic."

"The reason for everything that happened is black magic and you want to use it again?!"

"It's been more than twenty years and we haven't found a better solution. Let's just get our hands dirty one last time and end this torment."

"Do you know how much I suffered for my life to finally settle into this damn body, do you know how much I struggled to be able to start a family, I also finally reached the position of Guild Manager, and now you want me to leave everything!"

"I resigned from my position as a five-star leader despite being promoted to branch manager and now you are afraid of leaving your position in a damned guild and you know what will happen if we don't renew or break the chain!?"

"It is better to become the devil's food than to use them again."

"You made a family but me, Yuki is my family. This kid saw Hell and yet he didn't lose his mind. His demonic energy increases with time. If we don't do something, the Demon Lord will appear again."

"You know, I'm starting to think there is a god in this universe, man. We've tried everything and we haven't had enough, prostitutes, drugs, black magic, murders, assassinations, rapes, betrayals, plots...but after I stopped all these things and got an Ordinary life, I felt some happiness, I think I deserve to die in the most brutal way possible If this will atone for the sins I have committed, let the demon king show, half the population of this world deserves to die if there is truly paradise as I read, my little girl also deserves to die before growing up to see the ugliness of this world, my wife also deserves to die to, you also deserve to die, a man who gave his life to take care of his nephew, you atone for your sins, so you also do not deserve to live in this crazy world anymore."

As he listened to Louis' words, filled with a lot of sadness and madness, Louis suddenly shook and with his shaking, Yuday felt a hot liquid come out like a waterfall from his neck.

"Rest my friend from this suffering, I will join you after I end the suffering of this world."