[Fantasy Ending] Chainsaw Man: Reze Chapter - Fujimoto Tatsuki's
fantasy novel : Denji's fictional side story: It's not illegal to imagine in
your head - The battle in Denji's head
17. An electric shock-like tremor
It was a black ribbon .
It was
badly damaged, with scorch marks on the edges and dried, dark brown
bloodstains. This was a relic that had fallen from Reise's neck as she fought
to her last breath. It should have been destroyed in the evidence room, but due
to some administrative oversight, it was sent here mixed in with other items.
Dianzhi
's fingertips touched the ribbon, a thunderclap suddenly exploded in his brain,
which had been completely "whitewashed" by Makima.
The wound left by the probe throbbed with a dull ache, a pain
that resonated with the bloody scent of the ribbon. Makima thought she had
erased her memories, but she couldn't erase the physical connection .
The tangible sensation of the ribbon was a thousand times more powerful than
anything she could have imagined.
18. A Secret Possession
Denji
's eyes remained vacant, but in the instant he bent over, he used the act of
cleaning as cover to swiftly tuck the black ribbon into his sleeve.
" Denji-kun
, are you done cleaning?" Makima's voice came from the doorway.
"It's
over, Miss Makima." Denji turned around, his face bearing that flawless ,
reconstructed smile.
He followed Makima out of the lab, the black ribbon in his
sleeve clinging to his wrist. The rough texture rubbed against his nerves, each
step a reminder: you are not a machine, you were once loved by
this person, and you once considered betraying the whole world for this person.
That
was the "noise" that Makima had overlooked .
19. A Spark in the Darkness
That
night, in his bedroom in the tower, Denji curled up alone in a corner. The
instant he confirmed the security camera was in a blind spot, he slowly pulled
the black ribbon from his sleeve.
tying
it around his neck, he wrapped it around the fingers of his left hand.
He
closed his eyes and reconstructed the dismantled "cinema" in his
mind. This time, the images no longer flickered. Through the physical
connection of the ribbon, Reggie's outline became clearer than ever before.
He
imagined the last move Rachel taught him — not fighting, but
**"waiting"**.
"It's
not illegal to imagine in your head... " he murmured, his voice so low
that only he could hear it. "Miss Makima, you killed my brain, but you
forgot that Pochita still lives in my heart."
That
black ribbon became his only color in this pure white hell.
It is
both a token and a fuse.
As long
as this ribbon remains, the rebellion known as " Denji " will never
be completely rebuilt.
In the
darkness, he revealed a cold, wild, and crazed smile that Makima had never seen
before. (...To be continued...)
