Chapter 195: Jashin-chan's Highlight Moment!
"Huh? You're back? By the way, who is this?"
The moment Jashin-chan returned to the villa, she saw Poporon and Pekola, each standing by their suitcase, staring as if facing a great enemy. Opposite them was a pink-haired angel holding a giant axe.
'What's this? Infighting among the angels?' Jashin-chan was immediately intrigued. She couldn't suppress the smirk of schadenfreude forming on her face.
"A demon?"
Pino shot a glance at Jashin-chan. Then, as if realizing something, she said, "I see! You plan to use a demon's power to fight me? It won't work! A demon like this, I can finish off with one swing of my axe!"
The pink-haired angel confidently swung her giant axe, pointing it at Jashin-chan. She was overflowing with an E-ranker's confidence.
Jashin-chan, upon hearing this, became instantly furious. She was just here to watch the drama, who did she provoke? Is watching drama illegal? How dare this newcomer look down on her! To speak of her as if she were mere cannon fodder, an ant! This was tantamount to throwing her dignity on the ground and stomping on it!
Jashin-chan immediately put on a fierce expression. "Baka—! You... are you looking for a fight? Believe me when I say I'll slaughter you? A punk like you, I can finish in one move!"
Pino was now also displeased. A mere demon dared to be so arrogant. Fine, I'll get rid of you first!
She wasted no more words, raising her axe and charging forward with a diagonal slash.
The axe blade whistled through the air. Its cold edge glinted in the sunlight, cutting a vicious arc from top-right to bottom-left, as if to split Jashin-chan in two.
'You're attacking just like that, without even another word?!'
Jashin-chan was startled by Pino's sudden attack. She hastily dropped the bags in her hands and leaped backward to dodge.
Pino was relentless, following up with two more heavy chops.
"Hey, hey...! You little...!"
Jashin-chan weaved and dodged, then saw her opening. She clenched her fist and roared, "Jashin-chan Killer Move Number 2—Royal Copenhagen!"
Invisible energy wrapped around Jashin-chan's fist. With a ferocious look, she threw a punch, slamming it heavily into Pino's right cheek.
With a loud BANG, Pino's eyes rolled back. Her entire body went flying sideways like a kite with its string cut. The giant axe flew from her grasp, landing with a THUD and burying itself deep in the lawn, the blade disappearing completely into the dirt.
Pino herself crashed heavily onto the grass, bouncing twice like a ragdoll before lying perfectly still. She had been knocked out cold by that single punch.
"Hahaha—! You scrub! I said I'd finish you in one move, and I finished you in one move! I, Jashin-chan, never make empty boasts!"
Seeing Pino's condition, Jashin-chan immediately started getting cocky. She put her hands on her hips and laughed maniacally at the sky. It had been so long since she'd had such a satisfying fight! That felt great!
Poporon and Pekola stood to the side, completely dumbfounded, their jaws practically on the ground. Jashin-chan... is this strong? For real? It's kind of hard to believe!
After all, she was almost always the one getting beaten up, and often beaten up badly. To suddenly show such power and knock Pino out in one hit... the contrast was so great it felt like they were dreaming.
"Ah... right!"
As if remembering something, Jashin-chan slithered over to Pino's side. As Poporon watched with a worried expression, Jashin-chan bent down and took Pino's halo. She grinned, "As punishment for your failed challenge, I'm confiscating this!"
Then, as if a switch had flipped in her brain, she brought the halo to her mouth and began to eat it with loud CRUNCH, CRUNCH sounds.
"An angel's halo is edible!?"
Seeing this, Pekola's eyes went wide. She cried out in shock, and another question immediately popped into her head: 'What does it taste like? Is it good?'
"This girl..."
Poporon was also astonished. It was the first time she had ever seen a demon eat an angel's halo. She had never even heard of such a thing. It was completely absurd! 'By the way, won't that hurt? Shouldn't angelic power and demonic power clash?'
At that moment—
Jashin-chan finished the last piece of the halo, chewed twice, and swallowed.
She closed her eyes, let out a long breath, and then snapped them open. Clenching her fists at her waist, she shouted excitedly, "Ooooh—! I can feel the power surging up!"
Golden flames began to whoosh and roil around her, accompanied by the crackle of sparks. The very air around her began to warp and distort visibly. Jashin-chan's blue eyes suddenly turned a vivid green. Her eyebrows seemed to grow thicker, and the angles of her face became more pronounced.
"Having absorbed the power of the angel's halo, I have now become the Holy-Evil-Fused Super Jashin-chan!" she blared, spouting total nonsense.
But Poporon and Pekola almost believed her. Jashin-chan was, undeniably, emitting a powerful angelic aura.
The two angels gasped, completely dumbfounded. "She... she can actually absorb the power of a halo!"
Their entire worldview had just been shattered.
"..."
"Huh?"
Ryohei Tanaka, driving back from the airport with Yurine, saw that their villa's gate was open. He didn't think much of it and just drove in.
However, he immediately noticed the glowing 'Super Jashin-chan' in the yard. Ryohei couldn't help but be surprised. 'What's going on?'
Yurine noticed too. "Why is Jashin-chan glowing?" she asked, looking surprised.
"Who knows," Ryohei replied casually.
By the time he parked the car and they got out, the light around Jashin-chan had already faded. It was only then that Ryohei and Yurine noticed Pino lying unconscious next to her tail.
"...There's no change at all!" Jashin-chan said, checking her own condition. She sighed in deep disappointment. Tilting her head back, she shrugged. "What gives? It was just a little light show? I'm so disappointed!"
Poporon and Pekola, who had been about to greet Ryohei and Yurine, heard this and turned to stare at Jashin-chan, completely speechless.
You made such a huge, dramatic scene, we actually believed you... and this is the result?
They both had a mountain of complaints they didn't know where to begin to voice.
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