Reborn with Steve Stand-Chapter 390 - 387: Flame Saw

He walked towards the direction marked on the mini-map.

Fang Mo quickly arrived at the battlefield, which was the street not far in front of the department store.

Puppets could be seen running everywhere nearby, and of course, there was a thick layer of Puppet corpses on the ground. Explosions of various kinds could be heard not far away, clearly indicating that the battle was still ongoing.

Fang Mo took the opportunity to look ahead.

He just happened to see the members of the Fourth Special Division.

They were currently fighting with a bizarre-looking creature.

From the face, the creature was indeed the woman who had been called 'Master' by Tolka, but since she had completed a deal with the Darkness Devil, obtaining a portion of the dark power, her body had begun to deform.

She used to be quite good-looking.

But after consuming the flesh of darkness, her body had transformed into something resembling a 'Great Evil God figurine'.

How should it be described? At this moment, her original human body had disappeared, replaced by a monster made up of a chaotic assembly of countless Puppet parts, with two cow horns on her head, and her mouth split open to the ears, resembling the slit-mouthed woman, filled with tiny teeth.

Her shoulders were densely packed with over a dozen Puppet arms, and her chest drooped down with four, not two, like that of a leech Devil, and her legs were completely made up of numerous Puppet skulls.

In short, the entire form was as disgusting as it could get.

Except for Sasori, the puppeteer from Naruto, no one else would have the slightest interest in her.

Of course, the most fatal aspect was that the deformity was not just limited to her body. In fact, her abilities had also become much stronger, such as being able to share pain with other Puppets, and she could regenerate at an accelerated rate in the darkness.

Originally, Santa Claus's target was Makima.

It seems that Germany had already received information, knowing a part of Makima's plan, indicating that the day of destruction was coming, and asked Santa Claus to find a way to kill her.

But Makima had not shown up at all.

So, Santa Claus had no choice but to confront her "dogs" first, which were the members of the Fourth Special Division.

As the king of "bootlickers," Denji would never negotiate with Santa Claus, leading to a direct confrontation.

It must be said that after Fang Mo's special training, the strength of the Fourth Special Division members had indeed significantly improved. If it were just Santa Claus alone, they would definitely be overpowering her.

But the problem now was...

There were just too many Puppets under her control.

This wasn't the case in the original story, but now it might be because the members of the Fourth Special Division had previously shown too strong a performance, and even though Santa Claus had already sent them to hell, they somehow inexplicably came back.

Seeing this, Santa Claus became even more cautious, continuously expanding her control of the Puppets.

There were no living people left on the streets. She rushed into nearby buildings, allowing the Puppets to break in and transform all the hiding humans into Puppets. This area is Tokyo, one of the most populous areas on the Japan side. These Puppets spread like a virus, quickly forming a real army.

Under the relentless attack of this inexhaustible army of Puppets,

The Fourth Special Division was starting to struggle.

There was no helping it; even the energy of Devils is limited, let alone that they had just returned from a trip to hell and were not in good mental condition.

And Santa Claus was very cunning, not engaging in direct combat with them but continuously manipulating Puppets to attack them. Moreover, with the enhancement of dark power, these Puppets became much more troublesome, not dying even if their heads were blown up or their hearts pierced, just like real puppets.

She even took the time to turn Cosmo and Pingtsi's corpses into puppets, leaving even Quanxi unable to act.

For this reason, the Fourth Special Division gradually found themselves at a disadvantage.

They were completely surrounded by a multitude of puppets.

However, Santa Claus did not directly attempt to kill them but kept using the puppets to perform plays, as if these puppets retained human consciousness, desperately screaming and crying as they charged at the members of the Special Division, attempting to torment their will.

This was not to say that she became arrogant, wanting to torture everyone for fun like a cat playing with a mouse.

She simply wanted to use these people to send a message to Makima.

Yes, Santa Claus was fulfilling her mission from beginning to end, which was to kill Makima. Since the opponent seemed to care a lot about Chainsaw Man, she kept attacking Chainsaw Man to force the opponent to show up.

Now, she was somewhat worried that Makima might have already appeared. After all, this group mysteriously emerged from hell, which likely means Makima had rescued them. After the death of the refined puppet Tolka, Santa Claus lost communication with hell, so she did not know what happened afterward.

If Makima was seriously injured from going to hell and couldn't appear now, that would be troublesome.

"Hehehe, it seems you are at the end of your rope."

With this thought, Santa Claus deliberately spoke to the members of the Special Division in front of her, "If that's the case, then I'll turn each of you into puppets and then control you to kill Makima..."

"Damn, what a despicable person."

As the Violence Devil attacked the surrounding puppets, he couldn't help but say, "What should we do, everyone? Does anyone have a good idea?"

"I could give it a try."

The Angel Devil thought for a moment and said, "I absorbed a lot of life from the puppets just now. With a millennium weapon... perhaps I could achieve a one-hit kill."

"Really?"

Denji was somewhat uncertain and asked, "Hayakawa Aki and that archer just killed the opponent several times, but that guy revived every time."

"We can't win. This is the power of darkness. As long as she is in the dark, she can revive infinitely."

Power started to give in, "Or maybe you should just run away with me..."

"Ah, right, right..."

Kobeni, crying, hurriedly agreed.

While everyone was discussing, suddenly a black light flashed, and then Fang Mo's figure appeared in front of everyone, startling everyone, even Santa Claus not far away frowned and subconsciously looked towards Fang Mo.

Since the refined puppet Tolka was killed.

Santa Claus did not witness the scene of Fang Mo defeating the Darkness Devil.

Honestly, she thought the guard team had been wiped out, since Tamaoki, Kusakabe, Yoshida Hirofumi, Kishibe, and Fang Mo were all missing, and now only the members of the Special Division were stopping her.

"After all this training, how are you still so weak?"

As soon as he appeared, Fang Mo began to scold the members of the Special Division, "You were patting your chests, promising me you could quickly kill that leftover egg guy, and what happened? You got beaten down. Don't ever say you were trained by me. I can't afford to lose that face..."

"Hmm?"

After hearing Fang Mo's statement, Santa Claus, not far away, seemed to be taken aback as well: "It was you who saved them? Did Makima not make a move?"

Fang Mo, however, completely ignored her, still mocking the people of the Special Division: "Look at you, one by one, either slacking off not wanting to exert effort, or too scared to act because of threats, and there are those afraid of becoming murderers for killing dolls. Can't you just treat them as a bunch of inflatable... no, as a bunch of physical dolls?"

"Huh?"

Denji was taken aback: "What is that?"

"Some kind of pleasing-to-the-eye armor stand, I guess," Fang Mo casually made up: "Probably the kind... that can be used to hide inside a Kamen Rider suit, just like the suit, it's a romance unique to men."

"Hehe, seems like I was underestimated."

Seeing that Fang Mo had ignored her, Santa Claus immediately sneered and then sharply commanded: "Kill him."

Following her order, the surrounding dolls immediately rushed towards Fang Mo.

As mentioned before, the members of the Special Division were already surrounded by an army of dolls. Previously, Santa Claus had been deliberately holding back to lure Makima out, but now getting serious, thousands of doll soldiers all pounced forward, even trampling over each other in their rush.

Normally, everyone should be very tense right now.

But for some reason, everyone was calm at the moment, and Reze even looked at Santa Claus with pity.

And then, in the next instant, Fang Mo moved.

He slowly lifted his right foot and then stamped it on the ground.

The ground rippled like the surface of water, and then, centered around the members of the Special Division, the ground around them suddenly began to sink rapidly, collapsing.

Cars, street lights, building debris, and those dolls.

The ripple kept spreading outwards, and everything it passed was instantly crushed into a thin pancake.

Even the surrounding buildings collapsed with a roar, and the asphalt roads sank down several meters deep, as if they had been rolled over thousands of times by road rollers.

As for those dolls, after being crushed alive, their bodies burst, their blood vessels exploded, and their bones shattered, spraying out blood plasma like crushed bugs.

And these thousands of dolls were crushed to pieces within seconds, instantly raising a thick and boundless fog of blood, feeling like a river of blood was flowing in reverse, covering everything in sight with a crimson hue, the air filled with a suffocatingly thick scent of blood.

Even Santa Claus herself.

Was directly crushed into countless pieces by this immense force.

However, she had after all obtained the power of darkness, and in the blink of an eye, the pieces began to reassemble her body, but at this moment she was indeed shocked. The opponent was able to unleash such a terrifying attack, what on earth was going on?

"Alright, the cleanup is complete."

After dealing with this large number of dolls, Fang Mo also clapped his hands: "Now only the final boss is left, you guys draw lots to take him down, I'm only interested in the brother, as for the sister... I don't really want to make a move."

"...Draw lots?"

The members of the Special Division looked at each other, seemingly a bit stunned as well.

Before Fang Mo arrived, Santa Claus was a very formidable enemy, always suppressing our side in battle. But once Fang Mo arrived, why did it feel like the opponent turned into an experienced baby?

"I'll go then."

Hayakawa Aki stepped forward: "Before defeating the Gun Devil, I must accumulate as much combat experience as possible, so please leave this opportunity to me..."

But before he could finish speaking, he suddenly swayed and fell to the ground, unable to stand steady.

"Look at you, with that kidney-deficient look, used too much chakra, haven't you?"

Fang Mo glanced at Hayakawa Aki and immediately reacted: "Don't waste chakra just because you can transform into a Tailed Beast. You don't have the Uzumaki clan's bloodline; it's just hemorrhoids, you know? Chakra is limited."

"Then I'll do it!"

Before Hayakawa Aki could explain anything, Denji suddenly jumped out: "This guy has been mocking me all along, I can't stand it, I'll saw her dead immediately!"

"You?"

Fang Mo looked at Denji and then shook his head: "No, she has too high physical resistance after eating the meat of darkness, sawing her won't work, unless you burn her, otherwise she can always revive."

"But I really want to kill her."

Denji immediately said: "Brother Fang Mo, you're much smarter than me, think of a way for me!"

"Hmm... There is a way."

Fang Mo stroked his chin.

"What is it?" Denji immediately asked curiously: "As long as I can saw her, anything goes."

"Then..." Fang Mo said, suddenly raising his fist to Denji with a mischievous look: "Use a Flame Saw on her."

"Can that take her down?"

Denji was somewhat confused: "Although I don't understand, as long as I can take her down, that's all that matters..."

"Rest assured, although an automaton girl can't get pregnant, she can definitely be hurt."

Upon hearing this, Fang Mo immediately burst into laughter. However, he quickly put on a serious face, raised one hand in the air, and aimed it at Denji: "So... my flame will not extinguish until it has turned its target to ashes."

"Eh?"

Denji was startled upon hearing this.

But in the moment of his stupor, Fang Mo had already activated his Ring of Arcana. The ring on his hand flashed red, and a burst of flame shot towards Denji, engulfing him completely.

"Ouch! Hot, hot, hot!!!"

Denji instinctively tried to put out the flame, but as he looked down at the saw blade burning in his hand, he suddenly froze: "Huh? Is this... the so-called Flame Saw?"

"You've been enhanced by Brother Sun, go for it."

Seeing this, Fang Mo patted Denji on the shoulder: "Use it against Santa Claus!"

"So, this so-called Flame Saw... is me turning into kindling!?" Denji seemed to have realized, and immediately charged towards Santa Claus: "Fantastic! I think I've understood everything!"

"What?"

Santa Claus had just gotten up when she saw a fiery creature charging at her, causing her to freeze in bewilderment: "Isn't this the chainsaw guy? Why is he on fire?"

However, before she could make sense of it, Denji had already charged over.

"Hot, hot, hot!!!"

While yelling, Denji swung the two saw blades fiercely at Santa Claus's body.

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