A/N: This is an early-released bonus chapter to celebrate a new cover that I made to replace the old one. What do you think?

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Maou's eyes bulged into ridiculous proportions. Something just came into his mind. Gabriel had authority towards the police officers, the only people who had the access to weapons that disappeared out of the storage room in the local Sasazuka police station. There is only one conclusion that he can think of after all of this debacle.

"Oh no." Maou said. "It was you, wasn't it? It was you who shot my Villa?"

"Yes, it was me." Gabriel said. "I didn't use police authority, though. When I first came into this world, I was trying to make a bank account when bank robbers with full assault gears and dangerous weapons stormed in. I'm able to brainwash them to do my bidding, and they were intimidating enough to become my personal army."

"And why didn't you have those bank robbers right now?" Maou said.

"I have recognized that it is illegal to keep them around." Gabriel said. "So I told them to shoot each other and dump their guns."

"What?" Maou said. "You told them to shoot each other? Freaking hell, why?"

"They have threatened to kill me." Gabriel said. "So I better do the right thing and kill them instead."

"Oh god." Maou said. "You're... you're insane."

"I'm not insane."

"You just told a bunch of people to shoot each other's head!" Maou said. "You brought a bunch of bank robbers on assault rifles to blindly shoot a villa! Even I am not that deranged!"

"I cannot believe that such an evil brethren like you have standards." Gabriel said. "And I'm not putting the line here. You forced me to do these things."

"Me!?"

Maou dropped his bike. The noise was so loud it attracted a lot of people around the area. He didn't even care on putting the standard on. He just dropped it and marched towards Gabriel.

"Are you serious right now?" Maou said. "Let me tell you something: What I did in the past was horrible and we both can agree on that. What you did was much worse. I might have blamed myself for everything that I have done, but then you come in and say that I'm the monster when I can't believe that you're the bigger monster in this room."

"You don't have the rights to judge my actions!" Gabriel said, moving backwards. "I'm not a monster! Just remember that you made me do all of this! I've seen innocent people die in your hands! They're good people just trying to survive in the hell you created! You think that I'm going to let you go after all of that? Not a chance."

"Then go right ahead." Maou said. "You are in full control of those cops and they have pistols in their pockets. Tell them to shoot me right in the head with all of these people seeing me and they're going to tell you who's the bigger monster. Go ahead. I'm waiting."

Gabriel and Maou were practically toe-to-toe on each other's face. He was not well-known for his combat prowess, but the past actions has proven that he is ruthless on his tactics. Maou didn't even glance at the police officer. The only people who is the huge problem is Gabriel, and he's really not helping in this sorts of matter. The only thing that he could do is to incite rage inside him.

"I'm not always right in a lot of issues, and so were you." Gabriel said. "Just know this, Demon. I'm not going to stop until I find the right moment to kill you."

"Hey, if you're going to make a threat, don't do it in public." Maou said. "people are going to think you're a crazy psycho. And for the record, you're the one in the offensive side, not me. If you come in here and you don't do anything, I'll ignore you for good. If you genuinely want to fight me, Emi wil tell you how to do it right."

"I've met her." Gabriel said. "She told me to avoid you."

Maou widened his eyes. "She said what?"

"She told me that I should avoid going after you or she will come after me."

"She said what?" Maou said, with a higher tone.

"She said that if I come right near you, she's going to deal with me."

"What?!" Maou said. "She said that? She?! Of all people?"

"I was surprised myself."

Maou left his mouth hanging for a few second. Emi defended him. She, of all people, defended him. Why would she do that? What are her motives behind going defensive towards the Devil? Well to be fair, she is defending him against a genuine threat like Gabriel who can use police authority to do whatever he wanted.

"But... why?" Maou said.

"You tell me." Gabriel said. "I'm going to let you go for this time. If I find one moment, just one moment of you doing anything remotely bad, I'm not going to be merciful."

"Merciful, right." Maou said. "Last night, you showed me how well you did your job: By missing your shot and hurting a little girl in the process."

"That's a mistake that I cannot forgive." Gabriel said. "I'll see you later, Satan."

Gabriel left about as early as he came in. Maou was completely baffled on why would he do such a thing. However, that wasn't his fault. If Gabriel is going to kill him, there was going to be a lot more panic. The two police officers went out of the scene a few moments later, but someone a little bit more surprising came along.

"So he's right?"

Maou turned around, only to find Hitoshi was looking at him. Maou got his eyes bulging. His shriek was like when ladies find cockroaches right on their toes. Loud, obnoxious, and completely out of character.

"I... I..." Maou said. "He's..."

"Is it true that you were following us?"

Thankfully the public was more interested to other things. They go on to their daily lives and it was left to Maou, Hitoshi, and Tsubasa... unfortunately.

"I..." Maou said. "Yes, but I can explain that!"

Hitoshi closed his mouth for a while, looking at the devil making ridiculous faces. He then sighed, putting his attention back to his daughter. After he nodded, Tsubasa glanced at Maou for a few seconds. Her red eyes glowed. Maou couldn't really control his body. He couldn't even move his hands. It seemed that Tsubasa got him on the edge.

"We're going to need to talk." Hitoshi said. "Follow me."

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Maou snapped back into reality. What just happened? He was very sure that he was on the streets of Sasazuka just outside of his MgRonald's. Right now, he's inside a room, tied up in a chair. The tie was at least two layers being put on him. He wasn't sure why that would be the case. At this very moment, perhaps Gabriel should be the least of his worries. The last thing he remembered was seeing Hitoshi and Tsubasa, and that Tsubasa applied some form of magic on him.

"What?" Maou said. "What... What's going on?"

"I think you know why."

Hitoshi came in. He wanted to make sure that Gabriel was right. This demon could be sustained with lesser magic. He could also be manipulated through his will thanks to Tsubasa doing most of the work. Hitoshi was just a normal human after all, at least that's what Emi used to say.

"I cannot believe it with my own eyes." Hitoshi said. "Satan is tied up into a chair inside my house. What has this world come into?"

Maou glanced up, looking at Hitoshi with his hands crossed leaning into a wall. Hitoshi also had Tsubasa right next to him performing magic when something bad is happening. Maou wasn't even sure how much power Tsubasa had, and how much danger that she could bring towards the Devil.

"If someone like me can capture a demon, then my daughter should have no problem apprehending you." Hitoshi said. "All the archives I've collected from the church about her training. I believe to my whole heart that they have turned her into a soldier."

"You... heard from Gabriel himself." Maou said. "He said that Emi told him to get away from me. I'm surprised myself."

"And I still don't know why." Hitoshi said. "Tell me, what are you doing here in Sasazuka?"

"I escaped from Ente Isla." Maou said. "That war was too much of a nuisance I decided to just go away from it. I vowed to stay here with my friends and other Ente Isla beings."

"There are others?"

"Yes." Maou said. "For starters, Emi, your daughter, lives in an apartment and it takes a few stations from here. And then General Alciel. The demon Lucifer, and an Ente Isla assassin named Crysta Bell."

"General Alciel and Lucifer under your command and you've only commited two accidents?"

"Accidents?" Maou said. "Oh, you mean that time when Lucifer attacked? Believe it or not that wasn't me. That was Lucifer. And then you have the archangel Sariel and the church Olba. That one was not me as well. Don't worry, I got them both under control."

Hitoshi glanced at Tsubasa. She was using magic all this time. Maou wasn't sure what kind of magic, but interrogations usually use some form of truth-detection magic, and she confirmed it.

"He's telling the truth." Tsubasa said in Ente Isla language.

"Fascinating." Hitoshi said. "To think that the Devil would reveal the truth about certain things."

"Hey, I'm not that bad of a person you know?" Maou said. "Didn't you see what Gabriel wanted to do to me?"

"I've seen it." Hitoshi said. "I believed that he would do such a thing and I find it unbelievable that he didn't just do it. He knows that you're the devil. So the best way to end this entire war is to end you right there."

"Which is why I shouted it out loud." Maou said. "If he kills me in front of everyone, it will cause panic and despair, which is the source of my magical powers. I'll turn into a demon to fight him one on one and that will cause even more panic. The more panic he draws, the more powerful I am. If he wants to kill me, he should be a lot more silent to it."

"Gabriel?"

"The Archangel." Maou said. "So what are you going to do with me? Why did you kidnap me here? And why tie me up?"

"I just wanted to make sure that you didn't do anything funny." Hitoshi shrugged. "And also, I want to know where my daughter is."

"Hey, relax." Maou said. "Don't worry. I'll let you know where she is. If you can at least let me go off of this rope, I'll tell you where she is, but I have a much better plan."

Hitoshi was still skeptical on it, so he called for his daughter's help. "Tsubasa."

"He's telling the truth." Tsubasa said. "And he doesn't have any bad intentions or any bad feelings towards big sister."

"Are you sure?" Hitoshi said. "He might have used magic against you!"

"I'm sure, dad." Tsubasa said. "It doesn't seem like he's willing to do anything bad."

Hitoshi paused and gave some thoughts about it for a moment. He glanced back at Maou and then walked towards him. He took a small knife out of his pockets and slid it into the ropes, cutting the layers off of his ties. With Maou now free, Hitoshi took a few steps backwards just to see where he's going.

"Thanks." Maou said. "I get why you're doing this, but you don't really have to."

"Why didn't you come to us first?"

"And tell you that I'm the Devil? No, I can't do that." Maou said. "I was planning to know where you live so that I can surprise Emi to come and take a visit."

"You were planning to surprise her?"

"Yeah." Maou said. "Just text me the address of this house. After that, I'll get Emi to come in here, but I have to do it tomorrow at noon because I have a shift."

"And letting you go?" Hitoshi said. "You're not going to get away that easily."

"Alright, how about this?" Maou said. "I'll tell you where Emi lives so that you can visit her yourself, but I don't want to do that."

"Why not?"

"Because... Emi had bad feelings towards me." Maou said. "No surprise really knowing that I'm the Devil, but when she was angry towards me for invading her land, she brought you up as her personal reason. She told me that you died, which is the one driving reason why she wanted to fight me in the first place. I thought if I can bring her to you, she can... forget about it at least."

"You... really feel that?" Tsubasa asked.

"Yes." Maou said. "I've been in fights with Emi ever since we met in this world, but honestly I don't want us to fight. I want it to over. She's really nice to me and to everyone. I wouldn't hurt someone like her at all. I just want to be friends."

Hitoshi had his mouth hanging open for quite a while.

"If you're still not sure about me, I'll tell you her address." Maou said. "She doesn't know that I sent you there, but at least she knows that you're alive."

"Wait!"

Hitoshi stopped him from saying anything further before asking the one and important question.

"Assuming that you were honest about all of that," Hitoshi said. "Are you... really the Devil?"