Chapter 122

The Prophecies is the 122nd Chapter of the Chainsaw Man manga.

Summary
The chapter opens up with Fami making an extraordinarily large order in the same restaurant to which Yoshida has brought Denji before. Yoshida asks Fami to slow down as that is quite too expensive, especially since the order is on him. Yoshida comments on Fami's low-effort choice for an alias, to which Fami responds by claiming she doesn't care about her identity being exposed.

Yoshida proceeds to tell Fami about the "Prophecy of Nostradamus," which foresees the extinction of humanity in July 1999. Despite the public not giving it much attention, Public Safety took it seriously and made 30 convicts make a contract with the Future Devil under the terms of release from custody. The convicts received the knowledge of the dates of their deaths for an unknown price, it was confirmed that 23 out of the 30 would die in July 1999.

Yoshida tells Fami that Public Safety believes she is involved with the prophecy and threatens to treat her as a wild devil if she doesn't cooperate. In response Fami reveals that the remaining 7 convicts will all die this week, Furthermore, she reveals that a Primal Fear appeared 40 seconds ago at East District’s Tamano Apartments, and that "she" will be the first devil to cast the world into the abyss of terror.

We cut to an apartment in which a couple celebrates one of them getting a promotion. One of them asks if they can buy a car if they get a raise, but both decide owning a car is way too expensive. After a moment of silence, they abruptly drop the topic and mutually decide that they should die now. They then proceed to walk to the balcony and jump to their deaths.

We cut back to Yoru watching in confusion as countless people drop to their deaths before her. She summons a "Ruler Sword" and takes a stance as a mangled figure emerges from the pile of corpses. In response, Yoru drops her bag and runs away claiming she cannot possibly win this fight.

Characters

 * Fami
 * Hirofumi Yoshida
 * Future Devil (mentioned)
 * Yoru

Trivia

 * The prophecy references a real-life prophecy of Nostradamus titled "QUATRAIN X.72." Its English translation (Source: "The Secrets of Nostradamus" by David Ovason) reads as follows: "The year one thousand nine hundreds ninety-nine seven months, From the sky will come a great King of alarm, To bring back to life the great King of Angoulmois, Before after Mars to reign by good fortune."
 * The CSM version is slightly altered and shortened: "In the seventh month of 1999, a great king of terror will descend."
 * While this line does not appear in the manga, Mars is the Roman god of war. Mars, in this context, is most likely represented by Yoru.
 * The King of Angoulmois in the original prophecy was referring to Ghengis Kahn, as "Angoulmois" is an anagram of "Mongoulians." Whether or not there is a character that parallels this is yet to be seen.