Hell Inn: Rebirth - I Became a Chef in Hell

Chapter 65 The Desire to Avoid Failure

After rounding the corner, the first thing you see is Viya being stuffed into a van with a hood over her head.

This was likely because Viya, being a noblewoman, was their target, while the little devils of IMP received significantly worse treatment.

Your search-for-demons gaze quickly swept over the seemingly disorganized and undisciplined kidnapping gang in front of you.

The most aggressive Billy was pinned to the ground by several grinning sinners, Moses, who looked as if he had suffered physical pain, was helplessly pinned against the wall by a demon, and Millie, who was equally lethal, was being choked and suspended in the air.

However, perhaps due to years of fighting, the little devils who had been treated the worst actually seemed to be in better condition than Viya.

The already thin little owl seemed to have little room to struggle, and the female demon, whose hands and feet were bound, was being carried to a van by a thin sinner just as you arrived.

Standing at the alley entrance, you didn't rush to make a move, but merely moved your eyes to roughly observe the demons in the alley.

The kidnappers who abducted Viya and IMP retained the colorful characteristics of hell as always.

Some of them had horns on their heads and strange holes in their bodies; some were animals or fish; some looked like deformed, healthy-looking creatures—one sinner looked more robust than three of you combined.

Perhaps there's a reason why Viya and her fans had a good first impression of you, or even thought you were hot...

"...Holy crap!? ***! Didn't you block our whereabouts!?"

The skinny sinner who pressed Viya's head down and pushed her into the car seemed to be the first to react.

As he spoke, you subconsciously glanced at him.

As you sized him up, you couldn't quite catch the name of the male demon he called out.

The skinny sinner seems to be somewhat wary of you, but not much.

"Don't confuse me with those third-rate bastards. My abilities are enough to fool even nobles! Otherwise, why would you think I would spend so much money to get Death Dust!?"

The sinner, stronger than three of you, held Billy down and roared angrily at the skinny man holding Viya.

……

Oh, Death God Dust, no wonder you didn't see Viya's father throwing a tantrum here.

Knowing that this thing is used by the Grim Reapers to hide their whereabouts in the human world, your eyes twitched slightly.

Looking at the scene before you, you feel it's necessary to go back to the human world and ask the Grim Reapers who exactly is running this kind of business among sinners.

You've decided to take good care of Him.

"Damn it!! I thought you were dead!! Quickly kill these idiots!! I'm going to skin these pigs alive!"

Billy, who was pinned to the ground, was the first demon to react.

The little devil, who looked visibly furious and completely unafraid of the group of kidnappers in front of him, angrily reached out to punch the burly male demon holding him down, but all he got in return was an even more brutal suppression.

You think that Billies, who is already thin, is about to be crushed into a dagger by that sinner.

"Hey girl, whoever you are, I advise you to mind your own business! You might look tough, but we're not like those idiots in those restaurants!"

The burly criminal, who was probably still wary of you, pressed down on Billies with a serious expression and shouted at you.

you:"……"

Faced with the other party's words, which were neither a provocation nor a warning, you simply stared expressionlessly at the nameless male demon in front of you, his thoughts unreadable.

The indifferent Eastern criminal glanced coldly at the kidnappers who were currently committing violence.

In terms of numbers, there are roughly a dozen or twenty people.

As you get a clearer picture of how many demons are in front of you, a hint of disappointment flashes involuntarily in your eyes.

"Madam! Go find help! These guys... these guys have angel weapons! If they hurt you, you'll die!"

Perhaps seeing your silence, Moses, who was pinned against the wall with a bruised and swollen face, suddenly turned his head with difficulty and shouted loudly at you.

"Oh...hahaha...damn it! Moses! I really doubt that being born in hell was a mistake!"

"I always felt like you were radiating a faint holy light... Did that fucking place in heaven take your brain before your body rotted away?!"

"If this female demon runs to ask for help now, I guarantee that, apart from the Stolas girl, the three of us will be decapitated in three seconds, with one part appearing on the street and the other in the sewers of Little Devil City, and no demon will care!"

Seeing Moses tell you to run away, even when Billy is pinned to the ground, he can still immediately erupt in anger and hurl insults.

"And do you fucking know?! This is a town of cannibals! Even though Hell is a piece of shit, I guarantee you! If the three of us die here, we won't even have a proper corpse left, so—shut the hell up!!"

Perhaps because he was unhappy with Billy's outburst, the burly male demon, who was holding Billy down, swiftly struck him on the head with a horn.

Billy, whose head had been knocked askew, immediately tried to lash out in anger—but was quickly subdued by the other party.

Upon hearing your voice, Viya, whose mouth had just been covered by the demon, suddenly began to struggle desperately.

She was well aware, of course, that the angel weapon was deadly to ■■■.

In fact, before she saw the skinny guy next to her using the rope with the same aura as the angel weapon, she thought that the guys in front of her were courting death by provoking ■■■.

After being kidnapped, aside from being angry that these arrogant and lowly sinners dared to touch her, Viya did not actually show any panic.

Because she knew her father was there, and so was [unclear - possibly a name or symbol].

As long as the two of them are there, her life will not be in any danger.

……

But when ■■■ actually arrived, she became uneasy again.

It's quite unusual to care about the lives of other demons in hell.

But because she was a native demon of Hell, and a child raised by Stolas... she felt that she was actually quite sentimental in some ways.

...Although she was mostly indifferent to the life and death of others—after all, the hellish native creatures that wouldn't resurrect after death were like expendable resources to her, while sinners would be resurrected after death—

But she knew what it would mean to be killed by the angel's weapon.

Therefore, she feels very conflicted right now.

Because she didn't want to hurt ■■■, even though the strength she had previously displayed was unrealistically powerful.

But similarly, she didn't want ■■■ to leave.

Because if ■■■ really left to seek rescue, she would definitely feel that ■■■ was a coward, even though in this hell where life is as cheap as grass, ■■■, who was at risk of death, had no obligation to save her.

Viya dislikes being held hostage by these sticky, sentimental emotions, and she also dislikes having her expectations suspended in the air because she cares about how someone thinks of her.

She'd had enough of the feeling of being compensated after her expectations were dashed—like when her father had promised to take her to see the stars.

Perhaps it was wrong of her to have unwarranted expectations of ■■■, but she…

"What the hell are you still standing here for? Get the hell out of here!?"

Perhaps because he felt a little uneasy seeing you standing there expressionless, the skinny guy frowned as he shoved Viya into the car, all the while yelling at you with a furrowed brow.

"...Hey! Boss, maybe she just wants to have some fun with all of us?"

"This woman looks just like those lowly succubi! You know, only succubi retain so many human features!"

"Oh, you mean those who'll let you have sex whether you pay them or not, and who's always sexually frustrated?"

"Yeah, I think this woman looks quite Asian. I've never tasted the flavors of an Asian woman in my life! And this chick is really pretty! I noticed her earlier!"

"I thought she was pretty tough just now, but the tougher she resists, the more fucking ruthless she is! Hey little girl, want to play with us?"

"I'd like to see if you can still put on such a haughty expression when you're sucking our dicks!"

……

Faced with the endless stream of foul language, and looking at the sinners before you, you suddenly feel a sense of calm.

Because you feel that a certain emotion of yours has reached a threshold and then becomes funny.

Several sinners grinned and pulled their fingers up the corners of their eyes until their eyes became narrow.

...That's a classic gesture that discriminates against Asians.

Your appearance seems to have excited the kidnapping gang in front of them even more.

Your calm and inaction seem to be taken as retreat and fear by them. Several of the kidnappers, who are still spouting vulgarities, are walking toward you with sinister smiles.

But the words of these sinners were enough to provoke the wrath of any demon, enough for a demon to kill them a thousand times over.

But the flames of anger that had been flickering on the female demon's chest, foreshadowing her inner rage, were completely extinguished.

Suddenly finding everything in front of her incredibly boring, the female demon drooped her eyelids and listlessly glanced at the trash can in the corner of the alley before finally looking away and abruptly speaking.

"..."

"Viya, do you like flowers?"