Chapter 3

## Chapter Guide

**I Only Ever Take the Juiciest Bits** (食 (た) べたいトコしか食 (た) べない主 (しゅ) 義 (ぎ) でね, *Tabetai Toko Shika Tabenai Shugide ne*?) is the third chapter of *Ayashimon*.

## Summary

After entering Shinjuku's Kabukicho, Maruo is guided by Urara around the district to get a sense of what goes on between human and Ayashimon. While discussing the topic of finding a base of operations, Maruo decides on defending a Ayashimon who was being bullied by another Ayashimon named Nyudo Inokuma in exchange for his gang's office and defeats him without being in a ritual duel.

## Plot Details

Before entering Shinjuku's Kabukicho, Urara warns Maruo that he should not wander off by himself, not go with strangers, ignore all solicitors, and not to eat odd food. Maruo tells Urara in confidence that he won't be overwhelmed by the activities going on in the district. However, upon arriving, Maruo ends up not keeping his word after becoming flabbergasted by the sight of the entrance. Urara then tells Maruo that she will show him around Kabukicho to show him how thrilling the district really is underneath its outward setting.

After coming across an Ayashimon gang kicking away a broke human and witnessing one of them eat him, Urara explains to Maruo the Feeding Zone system where an Ayashimon is allowed to devour humans within specific areas and are not punished by the police for their actions. While observing a man coming out of a hostess club, Urara explains to Maruo that the sex work in the district is illegal and generally controlled by the yakuza who are all Ayashimon. With these points made, Urara tells Maruo that Kabukicho is a place where humans are lured in and fall prey to the trickery of Ayashimon.

In a cafe, Maruo and Urara listen in on a conflicting conversation between two Ayashimon, with the little Ayashimon explaining that disputes between Ayashimon tend to pile up in Kabukicho, and believes that the one happening before them was started when the Ayashimon being harassed was foolish enough to try and deceive one of his kind. Moving on, Urara states that the first thing they should do is find a base of operations and go about it by stealing an office from a standard organization, such as phone scammers. She then looks to see Maruo reading a manga magazine while she was talking. Since his only purpose is to fight off enemies, Maruo tells Urara that he will leave the planning up to her. Seeing as how he found the manga more interesting than what she had to say, Urara asks Maruo if it really made him fascinated. Maruo anwsers yes, explaining that he never had the chance to read new manga like the one in his hands.

Maruo's attention then turns back to the dispute between the two Ayashimon's after the one being harassed is kicked by the other and yelled at. He then wonders to Urara if they should try to help. Urara rejects the idea, since Kabukicho follows the term "survival of the fittest", and believes that the harassed Ayashimon is the perfect target for them to take over a territory after coming up with the idea to follow him to his gang when he leaves. Depsite her objection to help him, Maruo finds himself unable to watch any further and offers to defend the harassed Ayashimon if he were to give up his office, much to his confusion. Irritated by Maruo butting in, the bullying Ayashimon named Nyudo Inokuma enters his Ayashimon form and attacks Maruo with a punch. Maruo intercepts the punch but becomes impressed by the level of strength thrown at him. Remembering what Urara said to him about how "the strong eat the weak" in Kabukicho, Maruo tells her that he is not moved by this concept and prefers his own where "the strong eat the stronger".

Nyudo attacks Maruo once again by breathing a blast of fire at him, much to the human's amazement, but has his attack blocked after Maruo uses a door as a shield. While blocking the fire, Maruo reacts with excitement over the fact that his opponent used a named attack on him like the characters in manga but changes his mood after feeling the heat coming through the steel door he was holding. As a way to subdue the flames, Urara advises Maruo to direct the fire towards the ceiling to set off the sprinklers. Maruo found this to be a good idea, however, instead of tilting the door upwards to set off the sprinklers as instructed, Maruo jumps up and punches the fire detector, much to Urara's shock. With the sprinklers set off as planned, Maruo rushes in to attack. Urara yells out to Maruo to cease his assault since defeating him would be pointless without setting up an official ritual duel. Nyudo hears Urara's order and realizes that Maruo is a human since he can't sense any aura emitting from him but is confident that an attack from a human will have no effect on him. As he comes in, Maruo tells Nyudo that he has a named attack as well and delivers the blow that causes Nyudo's upper body to be destroyed. As coins coming from the Ayashimon's destroyed body starts to shower the bar, Maruo becomes dissapointed that he did not get to finish saying the full name of his attack, while Nyudo's severed head, Urara, and the harassed Ayashimon become baffled by what just happened.

## Characters in Order of Appearance

* Urara
* Maruo Kaido
* Ten
* Nyudo Inokuma

## Chapter Notes

* Urara tells Maruo what not to do in Kabukicho and gives him a tour around.
* Nyudo harasses an Ayashimon who tried to deceive him.
* Urara comes up with the plan to steal the office from the harassed Ayashimon's gang.
* Maruo offers to defend the harassed Ayashimon in exchange for acquiring his gang's office.
	+ Maruo states that he prefers the concept of "the strong eating the stronger" rather than "the strong eat the weak".
	+ Urara orders Maruo to not defeat Nyudo without fighting him in an official ritual duel.
	+ Maruo unveils the name of a special attack he came up with since he was little.
	+ Nyudo is killed by Maruo.

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