Chapter 10: Reunited Once Again

"Do we really need him?" Matsuda asked.

"If he was able to create a barrier like technique that's able to reflect our techniques with ease, then yes, we need him" Captain Yamaguchi replied.

"Maybe we can convince him to turn to our side, if it succeeds then we will have an asset to our association." Captain Yamaguchi added.

"I see, so if we somehow manage to convince him to switch sides, then it'll be a massive advantage for us?" Matsuda said.

"Correct" Captain Yamaguchi replied.

Matsuda picked the mirror guy up and ended up dragging him instead because he was tired. "Oh man, this guy sure is heavy" Matsuda complained. Suddenly a Shadow tentacle launched at them, Captain Yamaguchi acted quick and pulled out his umbrella, he opened it quickly blocking the tentacle.

"So this bastard is still alive" Captain Yamaguchi said.

"Don't worry Captain, I'll kill it." Matsuda said eager to defeat it.

"No need, this won't take long" Captain Yamaguchi said pulling his sleeve up.

He grabbed his tie and wrapped it around his arm and approached the demon, "Activate" he activated an immense aura on his arm.

"You have caused me to work overtime, I better get paid more for this." He said.

"Godly impact!" He yelled.

"Wait! Captain!" Matsuda shouted.

Matsuda lunged towards him and pushed him away before the "Godly Impact" was initiated. Suddenly a familiar silhouette appeared, it was the same humanoid demon he encountered at the train. It approached the other demon they just fought and it grabbed it and hid it. Afterwards it aimed straight for Matsuda, "Inferno Cleave" Matsuda launched an attack at it.

The demon was critically hit, but it wasn't enough to kill it completely. "Hey Kid. Remember when I said that it was a last resort in case something like this happens?"

"Yeah? Why?" Matsuda asked.

"It's time!" He yelled.

Captain Yamaguchi revealed his secret weapon, it was a bomb, a nuclear bomb, capable of destroying 50 or more demons.

"I wonder if this will actually kill it, it's still on it's prototype stage, so I'm still not sure if it's a guaranteed kill" Captain Yamaguchi said.

He lunged towards the demon and he activated the secret weapon, "I call this weapon 'The Ex Wife" He said.

He launched it directly hitting the demon's face, it was propelled towards the ground and once it made contact with the ground the missile/bomb would explode.

And sure enough the demon's head made contact with the ground and it exploded, the explosion radius was around 50 - 100M, so it was a sure hit attack. Matsuda, Captain Yamaguchi, and the two humanoid demons were engulfed in the explosion.

"It's hot! Very hot, I'm not sure I'll survive this." Matsuda thought.

After a while the explosion cleared up and the demons were gone, it was likely due to the explosion of "The Ex Wife". Matsuda passed out from the explosion leaving only Captain Yamaguchi the only one who isn't unconscious.

"You've gotta be joking" He said in an annoyed tone.

"Oh man, I don't get paid enough for this s**t" he said.

He picked up both the mirror bastard and Matsuda and carried them all the way to HQ.

"Matsuda? Matsuda!" Matsuda hears an echoey voice calling his name.

Matsuda opens his eyes to see Saori desperately trying to wake him up.

"Saori? What're you doing?" He thought.

"Oh Matsuda~ you're awake... I- I was worried that you might've died..." She stuttered in a worried tone.

Matsuda looked awful, he had bruises everywhere, his hair was messy, and his eyes looked faint.

"W- what happened" Matsuda asked in a faint voice.

"O- oh umm, y- you were severely injured, a- and Captain Yamaguchi c- carried you all the way here." She said worried.

"But I am quite shocked, you're healing very fast, it's inhuman." She said.

"Oh! I forgot about Captain!" She shrieked.

She rushed outside and ran towards Captain Yamaguchi from another room.

Matsuda looked around and he wondered where he was "Spatial Awareness" he activated the technique and he verified that he was in the clinic of the DHA [Demon Hunter Association for short]. It was bright, there were so many lights, he could hardly see. "Off" he turned off the technique as it was draining his energy.

The door suddenly opens and it was Captain Hiroshi, "Captain Hiroshi? Is that you?" Matsuda asked.

"Heya kid, it's been a while" He replied.

"What happened to your arm?" Matsuda asked pointing at his cast.

"Oh this? This was just an injury I got from a recent mission, no need to worry it's fine." He replied in a reassuring voice.

Matsuda hears screaming from outside the room "Oh that must be her, get ready Matsuda" Captain Hiroshi said.

Saori came running back into the room "Ahh!! Help me!!" She screamed.

"You stay away from him b**ch" Suzune warned her.

Saori ran and hid behind Matsuda.

"Suzune?" Matsuda thought.

His eyes widened as he witnessed a conscious Suzune walking with her 2 legs.

She looked at Matsuda that was barely conscious. She starts tearing up and rushed towards him "Matsudaaa!!" She sobbed.

"Eeek" Saori shrieked and ran away.

She hugged him tight as this was her first time seeing him for a while.

"Ow ow ow, it hurts" Matsuda thought.

Her hugs were tight and it was painful for Matsuda as he has broken ribs. He tried his best to hug her back, he was tearing up as well as it has been a couple months since he saw her.

"S- Suzune.. I-I missed you" Matsuda sobbed.

"Aww I've missed you too.." She hugged him.

Captain Hiroshi just smiled at the view of them, "Those lovebirds sure miss each other a lot" he thought.

Captain Hiroshi got up and left the room.

"Hey, thanks again for the favor I asked, even though you guys weren't that close." Captain Hiroshi said.

"Yeah yeah whatever, you owe me one old man." Said by Takada Miyano.