Service

With headquarters granting them a day off, Denji and Power go looking for her missing pet. Power knows the devil's location but insists Denji do the fighting, since the creature would use the cat as a shield the moment it spotted her. Denji mentions once having a pet devil of his own that now dwells within him, an idea Power dismisses as silly given it would mean the animal is dead. Elsewhere, Makima meets with her higher-ups, who relay whispers that rival countries are weaponizing devils and voice their wish that devils stay Japan's sole adversary. Asked about her squad of so-called dogs, she describes one with real promise and another curious recruit she recently took on, and is reminded her role is strictly to train and deploy them, never to grow fond.

Riding in the car, Aki presses Makima on why Denji holds her attention. She explains that every devil is born with a name, and the more terrifying the mental picture that name evokes, the stronger the devil becomes; a coffee devil would be feeble, while a car devil would be formidable. She then discloses that Denji can shift into the Chainsaw Devil. Aki finds this mildly notable yet unconvincing, judging that Denji lacks any serious ambition and has no business in Public Safety. Out at a lonely house atop a small rise, Denji and Power approach, and when he asks whether she needs to stay hidden, she lets slip that her excuse about the devil not being able to see her was a lie.

Sensing the trap, Denji swings his axe at Power, who conjures a hammer of blood, slips the blow, and cracks him over the skull before hauling him indoors. She admits the whole scheme took effort because she could not move about freely, then hands Denji over to the Bat Devil as their bargain required. The devil displays a missing arm, claiming humans wounded him and drove him into hiding, and squeezes Denji to drink his blood, regenerating his right hand. He gripes that the blood tastes foul and now craves other humans to wash it away, while Power gloats that people are fools for swallowing her story. The chapter appears in Volume 1 within the Bat Devil arc and was adapted in Episode 3.