Chapter 89

Demon (Part 2) (の) is the eighty-ninth chapter of Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun by AidaIro.

Summary
Continuing from the ending of the previous chapter, the young Sumire is asking the young No. 6 if he is her new husband. He negates this, stating she's going to be marrying God, and it won't happen till she's much older. Sumire then comes to the conclusion that No. 6 is her unlawfully wedded husband, and out of exasperation he agrees with that.

Following this, No. 6 starts to care for Sumire. As she is the youngest girl he's ever had to watch over, he starts doing different kinds of jobs, like playing house with her as her husband. She cooks him meals, cleans the house, and does his laundry, just like she were his wife. No. 6 comments that this is "strange," but Sumire criticizes his lack of life skills, saying he can't take care of her if he can't even do things like cook his own meals right.

No. 6 starts to say that it's his duty to take care of her, and Sumire says he should act as her husband if he's so worried about it. No. 6 then comments that he doesn't know what a husband does, and Sumire decides to show him.

The two of them go outside, to a field of flowers. Sumire chides him about complimenting her properly, and then No. 6 begins to hear the conversation of two passerby men. They spot the twosome, and call Sumire a "sacrifice" and No. 6 a "pet demon." Remarking on their carefree behavior, they comment on how they both must not know the fate awaiting Sumire to be able to act like that.

Sumire brings No. 6's attention back to her by placing a flower crown on his head, stating they "match." She then giggles, saying it doesn't suit him. They then hear chirping, and Sumire finds an injured little bird on the ground.

Skipping forward in time, No. 6 is walking home, dripping blood. Sumire has grown older, and was waiting for him to come home. She is surrounded by countless injured animals, that have been treated with bandages. In her lap is a rabbit. She tells him to change out of his dirtied kimono and that she'll start supper soon.

No. 6 makes a comment about how the number of injured animals in her care has increased, and that she must like taking care of them. But he questions why she does it: from his perspective, she gains nothing from doing it. Sumire responds by saying there is a meaning, and that these little animals can't survive without any help. Thus, she has total control over them: she controls whether they live or die. Their lives depend entirely on her.

Sumire begins to treat No. 6 as he ponders this. He asks why she wants control over them. Sumire responds that, when she herself dies, she wants the ones she leaves behind to grieve for her. She wants them to be so sad that they go crazy, and hopes they go to Hell.

Times goes forward, and Sumire is exorcising supernaturals with No. 6 for the sake of the village people. While most praise her, one girl throws a rock at her. Another yells at her, complaining that Sumire should have come here before her husband's leg was devoured by the monster. Another girl begs for her child to come back, who was presumably eaten by the monster. They say that it's all Sumire's fault for not dying yet, and that the monster wouldn't have come if she'd already been sacrificed.

A girl starts to throw a rock again, but No. 6 jumps in to protect Sumire and elbows her in the face. As No. 6 and Sumire walk away, one of the girl's angrily states she will kill her, as another villager tries to calm her down by saying she can't die before the ceremony. Sumire is laughing as she leaves with No. 6, but in the crowd they leave behind, one person ominously comments that "now's as good a time as any"...

In their house at night, Sumire is telling No. 6 that this will be their last time spending the night together. She asks him a favor, and he agrees. She asks him if they could pretend to do what a married couple does, just for tonight. No. 6 then pins her down to the bed, getting very close to her face, brushing her hair out of the way, tapping their foreheads together...

...before KONK!! He fakes her out, roughly smacking his head against hers. Sumire yells, asking him what he's doing. He tells her to go to bed, shutting the screen door behind him, and leaving her confused and rubbing her head. On the other side of the door, No. 6 wonders why she can't just ask him to save her. He wonders why she won't cry, even though she's about to die. He wants her to lie and do all of that anyways, even if she doesn't mean it.

As Sumire falls to her doom, he comments that she was such an uncute girl.

After she's been sacrificed, the villagers throw a party. No. 6 watches with a neutral expression as they rejoice at the peaceful times awaiting their village. They make a brief comment about already having picked the next Kannagi, and decide that No. 6 will just take care of her again.

No. 6 reflects on what Sumire told him earlier:

"When I'm gone... I want there to be sadness. I want them to cry and cry. Feel miserable. Become so sad, they go crazy..."

No. 6 gets up.

He slaughters every single adult in the room. "I hope they go to Hell," Sumire had said.

The children left behind are crying, and a girl asks him why he did this. No. 6 reaches out for her, but changes his mind and leaves. He wonders why he did that himself. He doesn't know why.

Eventually, an angry mob finds him. With little resistance, they take him down. No. 6 comments that he felt neither anger, sadness, nor hatred. Only that he wanted to do things differently, and tell her things he never said.

Characters in order of appearance

 * Akane Sumire
 * Shinigami-sama