Bab 15: Holy S....
"So, Can you tell me what's going on?" Issei demanded to the person sitting across him.
He was back in the Student council room after waiting for the entire day to get over, even the club activities. He didn't wanted to have this conversation around the other student council members and didn't wanted to look suspicious, in case Sona asked them to leave for privacy.
He had seen things during the entire session of school, several things. Half of his mind wanted to confront Yuuki and kill him, but thankfully Issei wasn't an idiot, mad with rage. At least, not yet.
Seeing his former two friends openly harassing the students of the school and actually fucking their girlfriends, Aika, Murayama, and Katase in an empty classroom like it was some orgy, Issei had his mind blown off.
Yuuki was the same, because he had seen taking the innocent looking blonde girl with him into the men's washroom.
He had nothing to do with these girls and what life choices they made, but the things they were doing.. Issei was mad, really, really mad.
"You look calm." Sona stated with an smug smile.
"Please answer my questions before I grab your collar." Issei stated politely by slightly narrowing his eyes, "I'm losing patience." Him continously tapping his foot on the floor was an obvious sign of that.
"If that's your condition in a single day, imagine what I must feel after suffering through this for more than two weeks?" Sona asked in an calm tone, "Relax, Hyoudo. There's no need to be impulsive, you'll only make bad decisions with your current emotions."
Sona got up from her seat and went to the room to brew them some tea, "Come, sit with me on the couch." She gestured at Issei to follow him.
Issei got up and sat on the opposite side of the couch. He accepted the tea that Sona had offered him and relaxed a little after taking a sip. He would've known that the tea was poisoned if he had sensed any malice from Sona, which was not the case.
"Do you remember my words from today's morning?" Sona asked.
"I do." Issei nodded, "I also know that you're a Devil, but nothing in detail about your kind."
"Hm, that I knew." Sona cracked her stiff neck to release some stress after the intense day, "Everyday is a chore when you know there's a manslut and Fallen Angels in your school." She scoffed, "Do you know how ridiculous it was to allow them in the school?"
"Then why did you?" Issei scowled.
"I'm basically being blackmailed." Sona sighed, "I own half the territory of Kuoh and Rias owns the other half. Yuuki Kageyama is strong, stronger with what he revealed in the Rating Game. And now he's also the boyfriend of Rias Gremory."
"Yeah, I saw his fight against the Phenex guy." Issei nodded.
"You did?" Sona was surprised with her eyes slightly going wide, "How?" She frowned the next second, "Do have connection to the Supernatural world?"
"My Grandpa does." Issei nodded, "But he wasn't the one who showed me the video. I don't want to reveal their identity."
"They must be the ones who healed your hand then." Sona thought aloud.
Issei stayed quiet and let the girl make her own assumptions. After all, he was the one responsible for healing his own hand.
Issei also noticed that Sona was severely underestimating him, and why not? He was just an pathetic weakling until two weeks ago. If not for his training, his former two friends would've proved to be much stronger than him right now.
And how did that happen? Issei wanted to know, but couldn't bring himself to care enough.
"Forget about the past and things that have already happened." Sona spoke and grabbed his attention, "You should look at the future."
Issei nodded in agreement. He cannot reverse the filth that Yuuki has created around him.
"There were two Exorcists that came to our territory two days ago." Sona stated, "Rias was the one whom they contacted first and guess what?"
"Yuuki was present there as well." Issei pursed his lips.
Exorcists were someone whom his Grandpa had asked to be careful with. And not just Exorcists, but anything related to the Church.
"Both of them were women of your age." Sona added further, "They each carried the Shards of Holy Sword Excalibur with them."
"Great." Issei rolled his eyes.
"According to them, the other Shards of that Sword were stolen from the Church and navigated back to Kuoh." Sona explained, "These two Exorcists are here to find those Shards and reclaim them."
"Holy swords are a great weakness to the Devil kind." Sona continued explaining further, "So imagine what would happen if Yuuki were to get his hands on them. On one case, he would stop holding back against me and try to forcefully make me one of his girlfriends."
Issei frowned at the last bit, "Explain."
"The only thing holding Yuuki back from conquering me as his part of collection is my close connection with my elder sister, who is one of the Four Great Satans." Sona replied, "So once he obtains the Holy Swords, my sister would no longer represent as a threat to him."
"Can't you just say no?" Issei questioned with an confused scowl.
"It doesn't work like that." Sona sighed by sipping on her tea and shook her head, "Yuuki will get to me, one way or another. And to be honest, I'm losing the willpower to fight against him. I'm worried he might find other heinous ways, because he has already invaded the Student Council."
Issei frowned.
"Did you see Saji today?" Sona asked with an blank expression.
"No." Issei thought about it and shook his head.
"After what happened six days ago, he's not been coming to school anymore." Sona replied with an depressed look, "He caught Yuuki having sex with Momo in the storage room and I think it was planned by him."
"And not just her." Sona sighed before Issei could say anything, "He has Corrupted Tsubasa, Tomoe, and Tsubaki on his side as well. Do you see Tsubaki around me? Usually she won't leave the school without me. We stay together, but she spends her night at his apartment."
Issei noticed the trembling in Sona's voice. The girl was using all her courage to not break before him.
"Sitri-san." Issei called out with an emotionless look in his eyes, "Can you tell me more about these Holy Swords?"
Sona looked into Issei's eyes and nodded with an small smile, "Gladly."
Sona explained the things that occurred in his two weeks of absence, including the fact that he would have to appear for the unit test he had missed out during the leave.
Issei left the Student Council room after getting all the details, which enabled him to receive two new Quests.
[Optional Quest: Stop the Gamer from Conquering your potential ally, Sona Sitri.]
[Major Quest: Find all the four Stolen Excalibur Shards and Obtain all the six Holy Swords present in Kuoh, before the Gamer does.]
"The two with the Exorcists and four stolen from the Church." Issei muttered to himself when he saw the Quest.
He was on his way back to home and it was pretty late, so much that it was almost midnight. He didn't knew how the time flew by during the talk he had with the Student Council President.
'I don't know what that Bastard's goal is, but he's definitely high on power with the acts he's been committing around the school.' Issei thought with an scowl, 'He severely underestimating the situation and that could work in my favour.'
Issei's main objective now was to find the Holy Swords and destroy them, before Yuuki could get his filthy hands on them.
"Time to utilise what that old monkey has taught me." Issei smiled while missing his training days and got into action. After all, if he wanted to be the first to find them, he had to start now.
Issei went into an nearby small park and sat in an meditative position by crossing his legs. The objective here was to find the Holy energy of the Swords. He closed his eyes and focused on his Chakra, the life force, by using the aspects of Senjutsu he had learnt from Wukong.
Through Senjutsu, he could sense the living beings around him, that included plants, animal and other beings, such as Devils, Fallen Angels and Humans. He no longer needed to rely on the System to differentiate between a Devil and a Fallen Angel, because he could read one's Life Force just by looking at them.
"It's far.." Issei scowled as he expanded his senses through the nature around him, "If not here, then in the outskirts of the town." He focused for the Holy signature.
After minutes of searching throughout the Kuoh, his efforts bloomed when he spotted an high concentration of light in an particular place. He didn't know what Holy energy felt like, so this light was definitely the answer.
Issei stored his bag inside his Inventory and moved in haste, before there could be a possibility that the light changes its position. He had already texted his mom that he was going to stay overnight at an friend's house, which was normal for kids his age.
After running and shadowstepping through the dark alleys of the Kuoh, Issei finally reached his destination in about ten minutes. Although, he saw that a fight had already commenced between two parties.
Two Exorcists dressed in Black combat clothes, Kiba Yuuto, and a crazed man with an ugly looking sword in his hands.
This was going to be interesting.
Issei didn't wanted to reveal himself to any of the two party, so he hid himself behind a tree and some bushes and continued watching them fight one another.
At first Yuuto seemed to be cooperating with the two girls, but Issei realised that he had his own motives. The handsome blonde was targeting the sword instead of the one welding it, even if his own swords were not capable of withstanding an strong impact in thier clash.
'He seems to have some kind of Sacred Gear that allows him to create swords.' Issei was familiar with the term of Sacred Gears and how they could be recognised.
One way was to Observe the target.
[Name: Kiba Yuuto
Level: 16
Age: 17
Sacred Gear: Blade Blacksmith
Race: Reincarnated Devil
Rank: Low Class Devil
Title: The Prince Charming
Strength: 25
Endurance: 25
Agility: 30
Intelligence: 18
Wisdom: 16
Luck: 15
Relation: 10.]
From what Issei could see, the Exorcists were not much stronger than Yuuto. Though, the abilities of their Holy Swords was an whole another subject.
One carried a destructive force behind every single blow, while the other could bend its shape to the desire of its wielder.
Compared to the two, the Holy Sword in the crazed man's hand wasn't showing any special abilities.
'Or just that he can't use them for some reason.' Issei concluded with an thoughtful scowl.
[You have learnt the Skill Presence Concealment.]
While his new skill was a plus, the sword techniques that he was absorbing from watching these four fight was an added benefit.
He would make a move depending on the result of the fight, but the crazed man seemed to be losing for now.
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