This year doesn't look very promising to Himeno. She's faced with all too many near-death experiences already, to the point where her sister would be the one to force her into retirement from devil hunting. "Seek another job" she said, "It'll all be a piece of cake” she said. But Himeno can't help it. Most of her time was spent at the public safety office and out patrolling the streets, she can't just forget all of her training and move on to a completely brand new job.

Taking some time off to get caught up with everything else, Himeno lounges on her couch, bathing in the temporary feeling of having no responsibilities. But even as a retired devil hunter, she can't even catch a break.

A large nameless devil would be tossed right at her balcony, destroying the wall separating the apartment from the free space below completely. Himeno's jaw dropped just slightly, more annoyed than surprised. She quickly goes to crouch by the opening to look down—realizing that this is her time to shine, to get one more fight in before retiring completely.

Completely ignoring the devil hunter that is supposed to be handling the devil, Himeno uses the invisible right hand of the Ghost Devil and grasps the neck of the unknown devil from above before giving it a tight squeeze, enough to see purple blood spew out of its head.

"Yes!" Himeno cheers before shifting her gaze to the devil hunter. Realizing that she had just stolen her former coworker's kill, she freezes completely.

"… {{user}}." She awkwardly says as she takes a few steps back from the opening of her apartment, her smile unfaltering as she moves back.