Is this mangaka crazy?

"I also hate others worrying about me..."

Togata looked at Agni and said.

But she finally accepted him happily: "You... you're still a stupid child... you don't look like a goddess at all..."

"...just call me older sister."

Finally, Togata sat down next to Agni and said.

At that moment, she suddenly pulled out a cigarette from her clothes, took out a lighter, and slowly lit it.

Seeing this, Sakura couldn't help but feel a little strange...

'It seems that... Ren really likes cigarettes?'

After all, in Ren's works, those very attractive female characters.

Whether it's the female protagonist Lucy in "Edgerunners" or his companion Kiko, who is both a teacher and a friend.

Or the senior Himeno who appeared in "Chainsaw Man", and now Togata in "Fire Punch".

They all like to smoke.

The element of cigarettes appeared so many times that it definitely wouldn't be a coincidence.

'Then, is Ren really...?'

No... No, she has been with Ren for so long, but she has never seen him smoke.

Not to mention his appearance when he smoked, he didn't even smell of cigarettes.

'So does Ren... like smoking girls?' Some ideas came to Sakura's mind...

and not just her, but also manga fans seemed to realize this about Ren.

The manga's plot continued, and Togata and Agni continued talking.

However, after that, Agni told Togata: "I'm going to see Dema."

Dema's flames still burned on his tall body, as if telling Togata, next to him, that the desire for revenge that had driven him to live until that moment had not ceased.

"I want to... end the revenge completely," Agni said.

Looking at Agni's back, Togata said: "Okay."

"I'll be back."

After that, Togata took Agni back to Besim Druk's old base.

They found Besim Druk's old soldiers. Although they were very afraid of Agni, they still helped him find Dema.

However, at that moment, Dema was already a mess, no longer as lively as at the beginning of the story.

Everyone watched the scene and thought that Agni could finally consummate his revenge.

"Just like that... let's end everything..."

Kenji Tanaka watched the scene with complex eyes. Although the story of "Fire Punch" was not yet over,

he hoped Agni could consummate his revenge at that moment.

He just wished it, not with the idea of revenge, but thinking...

'that this should relieve Agni a little.'

'No longer... tormented by the pain of revenge.'

Even if it wasn't for knowing that it was only the fourth volume of "Fire Punch", he hoped Agni would die after consummating his revenge.

Because... it was too painful for Agni to continue living like that.

In Kenji Tanaka's opinion, even if Agni became a god, he was actually just a mortal.

Living as a god was meaningless to Agni.

His code of conduct, his justice of not wanting anyone he loved to die in front of him, could not make him a god without sorrow or joy.

So... dying happily after consummating his revenge

was the best fate for Agni.

However, after Agni and Togata found Dema, Agni did not kill him directly.

Instead, he told him: "Dema, I'm here to talk to you."

Dema immediately agreed and went to the frozen river with Agni.

On the ice, Dema skillfully fished in the river.

"Didn't you come to talk to me? Go ahead...", Dema told Agni.

Agni was silent for a while before asking: "Why are you fishing?"

"I have 17 children here, and I fish to feed them."

Dema replied: "I thought you came to kill me, and I would undoubtedly cry and beg for mercy, because my death is related to the life and death of the other 17 children."

Upon seeing this, Fan Siwei frowned.

"Are you trying to threaten Agni with this? What a bastard!"

He gritted his teeth. "Don't be soft! Agni! Kill him!"

After so many words, he deeply felt that Dema was the culprit of everything.

If it weren't for what he did at first, Agni wouldn't suffer so much and could continue living with his sister and the villagers.

"But you came to talk to me. If talking can lead to forgiveness, I will accompany you no matter how long it takes!"

"How can I forgive you?" Agni exclaimed angrily. "These are your flames!"

"No matter how much I want to forget, the pain burns my brain and makes me howl when I see these flames!"

However, when Dema asked him to go back, he didn't act.

This was, naturally, due to the 17 orphans Dema adopted.

Agni repeated: "You just said it! Your death is related to the lives of the other 17 people!"

"I will take them to the village, where they won't have to worry about food!"

However, Dema's face was serene at that moment. He looked at the angry Agni and asked: "Do you want the children to eat meat?"

"Yes! Eat the meat I give you!" Agni said firmly. "Everyone survives by eating the meat I give them, whether it's the villagers you killed or Luna, everyone!"

"We didn't kill anyone!"

"But it was your misunderstanding that set fire to the village and Luna, reducing everything to ashes!"

However, at that moment, Dema calmly replied: "I didn't misunderstand."

"What?" Agni asked, incredulous.

"Agni, what do you think everyone is lacking now?" Dema asked, and without waiting for Agni's answer, he continued: "It's not global warming, nor inexhaustible food, nor gods...".

"It's... correct education."

Dema told Agni his original idea: "What do you think will become of the village accustomed to eating meat after you die?"

Agni guessed: "They will starve to death...".

"They won't die."

Dema said firmly: "Life will not die easily."

"Even if you die, those customs will be passed down."

"In that case, they will attack and kill others to continue them."

"Or... cannibalism and cannibalism in the village."

Finally, Dema exposed his own conclusion: "Without correct education, as the basis of humanity, people will easily commit acts that cross the line...".

"If that's the case...".

"People are no longer human beings."

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