Aki Chainsaw Man Novels & Stories

the man shouted, getting ready to fire. Whoosh! Like a tiger freed from its cage, Aki suddenly appeared in front of the man, raising his hand, and a flurry of toxic Gu worms flew. Thud, thud! A series of sounds followed as about a dozen people were poisoned and fell to the ground. Their faces ashen, their bodies convulsing as if they were on the brink of death. Captain Han hastily retreated, pulling out his handgun to fire. The bullets struck Aki's face but not only failed to kill him, they enraged him even more, causing him to charge at Captain Han.

Aki quickly executed the hand seal of Rin, the Diamond Thunderbolt, and chanted: “I am empowered with vital energy.” She projected a dome-shaped cushion of compressed air over Sasha, effectively blocking the second kukri chop of the ice monster. “What is that thing?!” “It’s an ice golem!” Sasha screamed from where he had fallen on his butt on the ice. Aki flicked the rope into a loop around her forearm and tugged with all her might. “Let’s get out of here!” she screamed.

They were haggard, their skin pale and sallow from a lack of Sombra-vitamins, their eyes darting with the frantic energy of the "Old Human." In the center of the group stood a man in a bulky, hydraulic exoskeleton. It was a crude piece of machinery, powered by a rack of lead-acid batteries that hummed with a different, more mechanical frequency. This was Cassian Ares, the son of Julianna, the "Iron King" of the tunnels.