Different numbers? And his just happened to be that. Cross frowned again, then shook his head. "The number of the beast," he said, as though this should speak for itself. "666. I have a... friend, that..."

Was he considering Jio Freed a friend? He was, wasn't he? Jio and Satan weren't the same entity, despite the fact that one resided within the other. At this point in time, after what they'd done, it wouldn't be right to think of him as anything else.

"He has a similar marking," he continued. "Also on his palm. The demon no. 1i resides within him. Satan."