Konjiki no Gash!! Chapter 35

**A World of Only Enemies** (敵だけの世界, *Teki Dake no Sekai*) is the 35th chapter of Makoto Raiku's Konjiki no Gash!!. This chapter was originally released in Japan as part of volume 4 on January 18, 2002.

## Plot

Suzume invites Kiyomaro to attend a concert with her by the Japanese pop idol Megumi. Kiyomaro thinks to himself how he had never been to a concert before but knows that Megumi is popular with alot of people. Inside Megumi’s dressing room, Megumi tells her demon partner Tio about how she was considering canceling the show but Tio insists that she doesn’t and points out how Megumi has a duty as an idol to bring joy to all the fans that look up to her. Megumi is about to bring up her concerns again but backs down after realizing that it’s pointless for her to argue with Tio. To lighten the mood, Megumi talks about Gash with Tio, as Tio knows who Gash is and his reputation of being a weakling in the Demon World. Megumi then tries to bring up the idea of Gash being a potential ally to them but Tio suddenly becomes upset at the thought of this. Megumi gives up and restates Tio’s belief that everyone in the battle is their enemy and Tio emphasizes that defeating her enemies is the only way she will survive.

Focusing back on Kiyomaro’s perspective, Gash tries to sneak into the concert with Kiyomaro by hiding inside a duffel bag but is quickly discovered by security. Not wanting Gash to come along with him, he leaves him behind and Gash is quickly kicked out of the concert. While Gash looks to find another way in, the demon Mars and his bookkeeper Rembrandt are shown to have just arrived at the concert. Backstage, Megumi is informed that it’s time for the show and Tio wishes her goodluck. As Megumi looks back at Tio, Megumi thinks to herself how hard Tio is trying to stay strong and how difficult it’s been for them participating in the battle with no allies and having only having one defense spell and one attack spell that’s too weak to rely on. Although visibly troubled by their situation, Megumi tries to snap out of her sadness and to focus on the show and smile for her fans.

As the show goes on, Tio stands guard in case an enemy appears. Tio thinks to herself that if an enemy shows up, she’ll run as fast as she can but she soon begins to wonder if she’ll be able to get away this time. She then remembers what Megumi had told her about Gash being able to help them but Tio dismisses this thought as she remembers how Gash was too weak to even use his own spells in the Demon World and how easily he would cry whenever she bullied him. Tio then goes on to tell herself that nobody would be on her side before remembering her fateful encounter with her old friend Mars. In a flashback, Tio reunites with Mars in the Human World around the start of the battle and was initially relieved to see him as she had been alone that whole time. The flashback then suddenly ends showing Mars betraying Tio’s friendship with him by preparing to attack her. The aftermath of this encounter shows that this had left a large scar on the back of Tio’s neck.

Just as she thinks about Mars, she hears the door in front of her about to open. Tio initially thinks this is Mars but is suddenly shocked to see that it was actually Gash instead. Before Gash could try and explain himself, Tio tackles him and begins choking him as she assumes that he had come to fight her but Gash tells her that he’s only there to see the show. Surprised, Tio lets go of him and Gash asks Tio how she knew his name. Tio is confused by this and asks if Gash even remembers her to which he tells her he doesn’t. Tio strangles Gash again for this but Gash tells her that he truly doesn’t know anything about her as he had lost nearly all his memories. Just as he tells her this, Mars also appears and confronts Tio. Tio tries to run but stops immediately when Mars threatens to attack the crowd if she doesn’t face him. Tio begs for Mars to not do this and in an act of desperation, she tries to make Mars promise not to destroy Megumi’s concert if she offers herself to be beaten by him instead. Mars however laughs at this offer before going on to tell her his intention of both beating her and ruining the concert as well. Tio tearfully pleads for him to stop but Mars uses his *Garon* spell to attack her directly. Tio closes her eyes expecting to be hit by the attack but a moment passes and she looks up to see Gash using his body to protect her from it.

While holding off Mars’ spell, Gash urges Tio to find his bookkeeper, Kiyomaro, who was inside the concert hall. Tio is shocked to see Gash help her but can’t understand why he would do that if they’re supposed to be enemies. Tio then hesitates for a moment on what she should do even while repeating to herself internally that there’s no such thing as friends in the battle. Even as she thinks about this, Tio finally tells Gash that she’ll find Kiyomaro as fast as she can.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Suzume Mizuno
* Megumi Oumi
* Tio

### Spells by Appearance

* Seushiru (Debut)
* Garon (Debut)