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Chapter 139 Recap and Notes

Holy shit, what the hell happened!?

This is the chaos that Mephisto was talking about back in chapter 130? If Satan is defeated it'll warp the world.

Mephisto has been floating inside the disembodied Satan, it's simply Gehenna on steroids.

Now that Gehenna has broken into Assiah, we have an ugly mismatch of worlds....and possibly, according to Mephisto, times.

Despite everything, Mephisto has luckily survived. But he has yet to learn what is coming next; for the first time in his existence, he doesn't know the future. The world as he knows it has become unpredictable. He's also been trapped and possibly unconscious for quite some time, within Satan.

It's been two years since Satan lost his body, and the entire world has gone to hell literally, with Gehenna and demons coexisting with the humans in a dystopian realm. We have True Cross still intact and under the command of Arthur Auguste Angel. Who, no doubt, rules with an iron fist under the careful manipulation of the Uzai. Check out his robes. For a minute, I thought Shiemi was the new Paladin and Angel was dead, but they pulled the old "bait-and-switch" character intro.

Check out Angel's face. He has the mottled look of a demon that's straining its human vessel. We know Angel is a clone descended from demons, but technically he's human with a Lucifer temptaint. His own original body wouldn't have rotted away like that, because he was in charge of his own living flesh and had balanced powers.

So, does that mean that Angel didn't really survive in the last chapter and that he was replaced by something else? Was he possessed by a very strong demon? Is that demon co-existing and controlling the weak-minded Angel? I don't know for sure, but it ain't right.

Our other favourite exorcists, Shura, Lightning, Yukio, and Shiemi, are nowhere to be seen, and Shima has become a star amongst the Order. The same Order he undermined while working for the Illuminati. Shima was that lazy guy that hated responsibilities and didn't give a shit about his friends and family. He's now a world-stage star and a heart-throb. That ain't right. But predictable...he's self-absorbed and self-indulgent. Being a star gets him closer to hot chicks, and he'd walk away for that alone.

Predictions? I have a few.

Sometime in the last two years, the True Cross order took on a hardline approach, banishing anything or anyone that was part demon. Under Angel's stubborn rhetoric, their existence would have been traitorous. Rin, Yukio, Shura, Lightning, Shiemi, and Kamiki would become outcasts for their apparent Demon DNA and heritage. Angel is the same as they are, but he denies it!! And the Uzai have carefully protected that lie to remain in control.

True Cross did something horrendous and divided their ranks.

And thus, we see Paku comes back into the fold. She's older and war-torn. She's seen some shit and is trying to find or tell people the truth. Something ain't right.

True Cross has become Evil, and Rin and the others have established a Rebel counterforce. And check out Rin! He's in control of Amaimon's familiars!! Hobgoblins. Plus a really big dragon...so does this mean that Shiemi and Rin are working together and Amaimon is along for the ride as the servant of Shiemi. Curious! He has an Amaimon-styled, shredded cape, jeans and a scarf....at least he's comfortable.

At least we can feel a slight relief in all this chaos.

Mephisto's alive....and he's free!!