Back at the training ground on the same day.
The two unconscious Grim Reapers are sitting side by side on a wooden chair and their limbs were tied to armrest and leg with some kind of metal bindings that Kisuke made.
A few moments later both of them woke up at the same time and found themselves tied and looked around. They saw the surrounding rocky terrain and a large wall at the distance. Looking around some more, they knew that they were in a very big room due to the walls and ceiling.
"S-senpai, are you awake?" The large man started fidgetting trying to untie himself. He thought that the one who tied them up this way is pretty stupid, a simple chair can easily break just from surging their aura. But he was shocked that he can't channel any of his strength. He looked at his bindings and notice that the moment they move, the little things instantly disperse any accumulated strength and energy.
"Yes, I am, Bors." The small guy also tried the same and dispirited when they realize their situation.
"Mir-senpai, who could have captured us?" The big guy named Bors asked his senpai again. He hadn't stopped trying to escape but all he could do is to rattle the chair a little bit.
"I don't know. One thing is for sure though, he can detect us." Mir also tried channeling his magic to make a contact to anyone but still failed.
"God level!? Aren't we screwed!?" Bors stopped moving and shouted to his partner.
"Damn right! He'll probably interrogate us later so swear on Hades-sama's name that you won't reveal anything! Also, we failed sending our report on time so a rescue team is surely already on their way to us. Hold on until then." Mir warned his companion on the upcoming situation.
"Yes! Senpai. For Hades-sama!" Bors gives Mir a large grin and renewed his resolve.
"Good," Mir replied lightly
A few more minutes had passed, they didn't speak any longer and they already tried everything they could think of to escape but none work due to the detestable bindings.
When they gave up escaping and just silently waiting for the capturers, the voice of a man resounded behind them accompanied by the sound of wooden sandals stepping, "Not gonna talk any longer? That's a shame. I thought that the two of you would like to brag everything about yourselves. I guess I was wrong."
He slowly walks to their front and saw him. A tall, lean man with light skin and gray eyes. His hair is messy and light-blond, with strands framing the sides of the face and hanging between his eyes. He wears a dark green Shihakushō without an undershirt. Over this, he wears a black haori, which sports a white diamond pattern along its bottom half. On his head is a striped dark green and white bucket hat that shadows his eyes. He is also holding a white fan over his face but they could tell that he was smiling.
Mir was silently inspecting this man and was shocked to the core, "W-How!? A human!? How are you able to detect us!?"
"This guy is a human!? Not a hybrid? but pure human!?" Bors also reacted the same. He couldn't believe what is he seeing as humans are the most basic and weakest species. Although there are exceptions, most of them are historical figures and Longinus users.
"Don't doubt my race now. I'm a bonafide human." Kisuke playfully pouted at them which made them think that he's mocking them and being sarcastic.
Mir wanted to say something but stop, and contemplated for a bit and looked at Kisuke seriously, 'Is he the one we're looking for?'
This reaction didn't escape Kisuke's perception and started guessing what that reaction means.
"This may be a bit sudden, but could you please answer a few of my questions? I'll let you go afterwards." Kisuke continued observing their reactions to glean more clues about them.
"You won't get anything from us even if you torture us!" Bors growled at Kisuke threatening to bite him to death if he ever comes close to them.
"My, how scary. Although I already got some pieces of information from you two before we even capture you. Like how this Hades guy needs 'dead' minions and sending them out to stalk some young devils." Kisuke is trying to provoke them into speaking more but they stayed silent.
"Hmm, continuing like this is unproductive. Yoruichi, your cue." Kisuke gave up and called his partner.
"You gave up too fast." A beauty with dark skin, black ponytailed hair and golden eyes wearing only clothing akin to a swimsuit suddenly appeared besides Kisuke which startled the two Grim Reapers, though the already resolve themselves to stay silent until their reinforcements arrive and didn't say anything to react.
"There is no point of wasting my effort asking them nicely so I'm leaving it to you," Kisuke answered her and folded his fan.
"Alright. Leave it to me. Are you going to watch?" Yoruichi cracked her knuckles and reviewed what she had learned in her past life on how to interrogate someone effectively, also adding her accumulated knowledge in this world.
"Nope, I'm going up and leave everything to you here. I still need to check on some things, and Koneko might get worried if both of us disappear for the night." Kisuke turned around and started walking away.
"Prepare a good breakfast for me, I'll probably take the whole night to crack their brain open." On Yoruichi's hand were small lightning flashing around giving of static sounds.
"Got it. Be sure to leave them alive and don't ever touch their helmets." Kisuke only waved his hand back and didn't stop walking leaving only a warning and the sounds of his wooden sandals echoing.
"I won't. My instincts are also telling me to be careful of those." Yoruichi only muttered looking at his departing back, "Yosh, I won't let you sleep tonight." She returned her attention to the silent duo but fear is prevalent in the eyes, but underneath those are their crazy resolution.
"Let's see how much you can take before opening up to me." Yoruichi gave them a large grin.
Kisuke returned to his house and saw Koneko already returned from the church. She is eating her late-night snacks while watching the television.
His mother, Sakura, is also beside her sitting on the couch doing the same thing as Koneko. They are quite focused on the show which features a panda.
They saw Kisuke entered the living room and greeted him, "You're late sweety. Where did you go?", "Good evening, senpai."
"I just walked around to get some fresh air and relax," Kisuke answered his mother with a smile and directly went to the fridge in the kitchen to get some drink. He also nodded back to Koneko.
"Hmmm, you aren't peeking on our neighbors bathing right?" Sakura looked at him with squinted eyes.
Kisuke's smile froze and his movements stopped, "Of course not. What I did when I was a kid, I won't do it again." He remembered when he is only starting to practice Flash Step but failed on his first attempts, and one of those attempts sent him to the bathroom of a neighbor where a lady is having a good soak. He couldn't explain himself back then and only accepted the blame. What else he could say in that situation?
"What did he do, aunty?" Koneko stopped eating and asked Sakura.
"When he was seven years old, late at night, he barges into the neighbor's bathroom while Mira-san is taking a bath," Sakura answered Koneko's question while still looking at his son. 'Why did he grew up to be such a pervert?'
Koneko gave him a disgusted looked and said, "So you started young senpai. As expected of you."
"Ahem, that was just an accident and didn't want that to happen, but nobody believed me." Kisuke tried to defend himself.
"The way you act, no one would believe you." His mother didn't help him.
Kisuke couldn't say anything else and just got a juice from the fridge and walked back to the living room to sit beside them and also watch the television. The two didn't tease him any further and also watched the show which is now featuring a polar bear.
Kisuke didn't stay silent for long and asked Koneko, "Ah, Koneko-chan, did you finish your business?"
"Mmmh, although there are some mishaps, it is overall good." Koneko nodded and replied.
"Hmm? Mishaps? Are you alright?" Sakura is the one who asked Koneko.
"It's nothing big, aunty. No one was hurt and I have a new friend." Koneko replied while she continues to eat her snack.
"Is that so? Good for you then." Sakura patted Koneko's head and smiled at her. Koneko liked it a lot, but if she were to be asked who's pat is the best, she wouldn't answer but her choice would be Kisuke because he is oddly used to it and is very skilled at it.
Sakura saw that the show was over and urge the two, "Alright you two, time for the bed. You still have classes tomorrow. Brush your teeth before you go up."
Sakura stood up and turned off the Television and gathered the plates and glasses and carried them to the kitchen sink. Kisuke and Koneko followed her instructions and brushed their teeth before going up.
"Goodnight, mom," Kisuke said before he went up.
"Goodnight, aunty." Koneko did the same.
"Goodnight you two," Sakura smiled at them and replied.
She watched them go up and washed the dishes on the sink. After doing so, she sat on the porch with a glass of water in her hand and looked up at the stars.
'Something big happened tonight, the atmosphere was greatly disturbed. Probably something related to Koneko since she is a devil and went out tonight.' She drank her glass of water and continued contemplating.
'I only know that the Gremory heiress, Sitri heiress, and their respective peerages entered the town a few years after big sis Cleria died. Koneko is probably one of its members. Although I don't know how my son got close and know a devil. But she seems a good kid so that's fine.
'I'm sure that my son is a pure human since I used my power of 'worthlessness' to remove every bit of demonic blood on him when I was pregnant. But somehow, he attained power and I also don't know how much. His perception is also very great if not for my power to hide my demonic energy, he'll probably notice that I'm a half-devil.'
'Will he continue interacting with other supernaturals? I even left my family for my husband and gave birth to Kisuke as a human, but I guess that isn't enough to live a normal life. Fate is really such a mysterious thing.
'My husband is already gone, I don't want to lose even my son. I'll everything to help him if he ever finds himself in danger, even if it means returning to my clan.
'I need to get in touch more on to what's happening in this town without revealing myself. The one who killed big sis Cleria is still at large, I have to be careful.
'If only I told big sis Cleria that I was hiding in her town all along, maybe I could have helped her. Haaah, regretting now won't do me any good. I have to focus on my son's safety, also Koneko-chan's while I'm at it.
'The next thing that is bothering me is... Right! That black cat that Kisuke adopted years ago. It's giving me a weird feeling. Is it related to Kisuke gaining power? I guess I have to add that to the list of what I have to investigate. And also that Misha-san, the aura she is emitting is of human, but I can't think of her being one. Where did Kisuke found her?'
Sakura entered the house and closed the door on the porch. She washed for a bit and went up to her room. When she opened the door, she saw Koneko, who is in her pajamas, already asleep on the side of the bed. She went up and lay down and reached Koneko to fix the blanket on her and then proceeded to hug her.
'I hope that peace lasts a little longer.'
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A bright sunny day.
Kisuke felt someone is tapping his face. He opened his eyes and saw a black cat with golden eyes overlooking him, "*Yawn* Good morning Yoruichi." He sat up and stretched his body.
"Good morning, *Yawn*" Yoruichi greeted him back, but it's her turn to yawn and feels sleepy.
Both of them don't really need to sleep every day, but they kept the habit to keep the mental stress in check.
"You really didn't stop the whole night?" Kisuke stood up and scratched his head while looking and asking Yoruichi. 'I feel sorry for them.'
"I already told you." Yoruichi stretched her body getting ready to sleep.
"How did it go then?" Kisuke walked to his closet and started preparing the school uniform that he would use today.
"They're a tough nut to crack... No, more like they are a crazy believer from a cult. Even if I cut off their limbs and overload their pain receptors they don't speak. I gave up when they're almost dead. I sealed all of their cognitive functions and left them there. If I don't do that much, they find every opportunity to kill themselves." Yoruichi talked about some of the methods she employed to make them talk.
"Is that so? Then I'll have to use the last resort. Can you prepare the ritual site?" Kisuke is already done preparing and walk back to the bed where Yoruichi is. He already used magic to clean himself but he still wants to take small dips in the water in the early morning.
"I've learned from you, so it should be fine. I'll contact you if there is a problem." Yoruichi suddenly transformed back to her human form. She is naked, kneeling on the bed with her arm covering her crotch area and emphasizing her breast. She looked up and saw Kisuke already on the side of the bed with his one knee.
"Got it. Goodnight, Yoruichi." Kisuke approached her without minding her state, on the contrary, he thought that she is very cute right now. He reached out his arm and held her chin lifting her head.
They looked at each other and Yoruichi muttered while closing her eyes, "Mmmh, Goodnight." Kisuke kissed her lips. They had a short but a hot kiss.
They separated from each other and smiled. Yoruichi raised the blanket and covered herself, laying herself on the bed and closed her eyes with a satisfied smile.
They always do this whenever Yoruichi pulls an all-nighter and had to sleep when Kisuke wakes up.
Kisuke looked at her with a gentle smile and patted her head. He then walked out of the room to get himself ready, carrying his change of clothes downstairs.
When he reached the bathroom he saw the tub already filled with warm water. His mother knew that Kisuke likes taking a dip every morning and always prepares it for him whenever she is around.
After taking a bath, he dressed in the school uniform and went to the dining table. Koneko is already sitting on a chair while his mother is preparing their lunch boxes.
"Good morning." Kisuke sat down and started eating his breakfast which composed of steamed rice, miso soup, grilled fish, and various side dishes.
"Morning," Koneko returned his greeting and continued eating her breakfast in great relish.
"Kisuke, I'll be coming home late tonight so take care of your dinner later." Sakura packed three lunchboxes and set it on the table, "Koneko-chan, give this to your grandma." She pointed to one of the three lunchboxes.
"Thank you, aunty." Koneko smiled at her caring actions which are still new to her since even if she was adopted by the Gremory Clan, it is very rare for her to have this kind of 'family' atmosphere.
"You're always welcome. Koneko-chan" Sakura smiled back at her.
She removed her apron and went back to her room to prepare to go to work, leaving only Koneko and Kisuke on the dining table.
"Ah... Koneko-chan, we don't have classes for the afternoon. What are your plans?" Kisuke suddenly asked her as he remembers today's schedule.
"I'd like to continue my training with Yoruichi-san. I getting better at controlling my life force and those in my surroundings. I'd also like to practice those life force-based 'Kidous' you are talking about." Koneko answers as she finishes up her food.
"About that, we'll have to cancel it. Yoruichi and I will be busy with something. Also, don't come to the training ground as it might get dangerous. Understand? We'll just do your training in the evening." Kisuke looked at Koneko seriously and warned her.
"Dangerous? Will you be alright?" Koneko looked at him worriedly as Kisuke rarely mentions the word 'danger'.
"We'll be fine.~ It's not that big of a deal. I'm just warning you in case something troublesome happens and you wouldn't be drag along." Kisuke returned to his nonchalant face and patted Koneko's head.
"Alright, but please be careful Senpai." Koneko enjoyed her morning pat and stood up carrying the dishes with her to the kitchen.
"I will. And just a reminder, never practice Kidou alone, as those spells are in the experimental stage and could prove dangerous without supervision." Kisuke also finishes up his food and stood up to follow Koneko to the kitchen with his dishes.
Koneko nodded at him seriously as she remembered her senpai experimenting with this Kidou only to blow up and those around him. Good thing the training ground is big and sturdy.
After setting the dishes, both of them went to the living room to get their school bags and went to the front door.
"Mom! We're leaving!" Kisuke shouted at the interior of the house.
"Be careful out there!" Sakura's voice answered from within.
They both went out of the door and locked it and started walking to the direction of the school. As Koneko is inherently silent, Kisuke also didn't say anything else and just enjoyed the morning breeze and some occasional stare of envy and jealousy because of him walking the cute 'mascot' of the academy.
Halfway through their usual way, Kisuke felt a stare different from others. It is also accompanied by a strange aura. He closed his eyes while walking and actively scanned his surroundings.
On the right side behind them, 75 meters away, there is a beautiful young woman with a voluptuous figure, long black hair with split bangs, and hazel-gold eyes with cat-like pupils wearing a black kimono, a yellow obi, a set of golden beads, and an ornately detailed headband. The kimono features a red interior and it is open at her shoulders, giving view to her large breasts which rival those of Rias and Akeno in terms of size.
There is also a pair of black cat ears sticking out of her head and a pair of black tails sticking out from her behind.
Her sight alternates between Kisuke and Koneko, but she is looking at them very differently. While she is looking at Koneko lovingly and a trace of longing, she is looking at Kisuke with hostility and a trace of jealousy.
Kisuke was confused for a moment when he remembered Koneko's history. A smile bordering snickering appeared on Kisuke's face. Koneko noticed his expression and asked, "What happened senpai?"
"Nothing, I just remembered something," Kisuke replied.
Koneko didn't ask any longer as she is used to her senpai acting strange sometimes.
'So the awkward and clumsy sister finally appeared.' Kisuke thought.
"Koneko, good fortune is coming to you real soon." Kisuke suddenly said.
"Haah... Senpai, are you also doing fortune telling now? Please stop it if it's only for picking up girls." Koneko looked at him confusedly. She warned him nevertheless.
Kisuke couldn't say anything back.
heya fellas~~~.
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since I'm done with this, I might as well post it now.
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next chap is... I don't know. still pretty busy. hehehe.
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Anyway, enjoy~~~
Before Kisuke and Koneko reached the school, they encountered Sona Sitri and Tsubaki Shinra on the way.
"Yo! Good morning Shitori-Kaichou and Shinra-Fukukaichou! Nice day today isn't it?" Kisuke waved his arm when he saw them and greeted them happily and pointlessly energetic.
"Good morning." Koneko did the same but in a lot less intensity than Kisuke.
"Good morning to the both of you too. And you're awfully energetic again Urahara-kun." Sona greeted them back while also giving her comments on usual Kisuke's behavior. Tsubaki just nodded at the two of them and didn't speak.
"Well, it's because I saw our beautiful StuCo President early in the morning and brightens my day.~" Kisuke replied teasingly. He really likes how this girl always keeps up her serious appearance and makes him want to tease her more.
"W---, Ahem... Please stop teasing your seniors Urahara-kun." Sona stuttered for a moment but immediately returned to her serious expression and fixed the position of her glasses. Looking closely, there is still a faint blush on her face which she can't cover.
Kisuke and Koneko noticed this and both shocked, although in different meanings.
Kisuke only talked to Sona for a few times this past week, but every time they meet, he would try to tease her to break that serious face of hers. And this time, it only took a single sentence to get that reaction from her which pleasantly surprise him, 'So she's weak with compliments, note taken.'
Koneko however, thought that this is inconceivable as she is looking at Sona Sitri, heiress of Sitri Clan and best friend of her master who she knows a lot stricter than her. Sona from her childhood had many pursuers and even had a fiancee one time because of her heritage and she kept receiving praises and flatteries from them so she should be immune to such things. But looking at how she reacts when Kisuke teased her, she started to question herself if this is really Sona Sitri in front of her.
Sona saw Kisuke's grin and Koneko's shocked face. She doesn't know what Kisuke is thinking but she can somehow guess what is Koneko thinking which made her panic a bit, "W-Well then, we have to go or else we'll be late." She chooses to escape.
She turned around and walked briskly to the school building. Tsubaki followed her silently, she probably knows what her master is thinking. As if she remembered something, before she could enter the building, she turned around again and looked at Kisuke who is still grinning at her and this face tick her off.
She approached him again with a renewed serious face and said, "I want a rematch later. Are you free this afternoon?"
"Rematch?" Kisuke tilted his head in confusion and it suddenly hit him, "Ah... You're talking about another chess match? Sure, I don't mind. But you still haven't fulfilled your end of the deal."
"Ughh! Damn it, why did I have to bet on that. I should have just bet something I could buy!" Sona faltered and muttered to herself in frustration.
Koneko who is listening was confused, "A bet?" She directed this question to Kisuke.
"Hmm? Ah, you see, Shitori-Kaichou here invited me to a chess match and whoever wins will get their proposed bet." Kisuke happily explained.
Koneko was enlightened and continued to ask, "So, who won and what did you bet?"
"If she wins, she gets me as her knight. But if I win, I'll have her accompany me in a cosplay photoshoot. And just coincidentally, I won." Kisuke explained to Koneko.
Koneko shuddered when she heard his first sentence, 'A knight? Sona-Kaichou will have an overpowered knight and we can't hope to defeat him.' But when she heard the rest of what he had to say, she sighed in relief. And after a few more moments of thinking, she looked at Sona with eyes filled with pity, 'You just had to mess with him.'
The onlookers who are just coincidentally passing by also reacted, "What? So the rumors of the StuCo President is one of the victims of the final boss of the 'Four Heavenly Perverts' is true!?"
Such words started spreading to the surrounding students until almost all who passed by already heard of it.
Kisuke's mouth kept twitching as he wants to shout, 'What victim!? It's a legitimate deal between us!!!' But spared himself the effort as it'll just have an opposite effect. 'Anyway, such rumors won't last long as long as I just leave it be.'
Sona also heard everything that is going around and she gritted her teeth and looked at Kisuke with hostility.
"Wait, don't look at me like that. I didn't it'll end up like this if I said that." Kisuke raised his arms in mock surrender.
"Haah... Anyway, are you free? You haven't answered my question. As for my end of the deal, I'll also do it later." Sona calmed herself down and said to herself that she shouldn't blame him as she is the one who proposed the bet and there is no lie in his words.
"I have some business to attend this afternoon, so no. But if you're fine with the evening, then you can talk to Koneko here to lead you to our place." Kisuke answered and suggested to her.
"Fine, the evening then." Sona thought for a while and accepted his suggestion. She's more active in the evening because she is a devil and will raise her chance of winning against him.
"Then let's talk the specifics later at our place or else we'll all really be late," Kisuke said and started walking to the school building, bidding farewell to Koneko, Sona and Tsubaki.
"I'll see later Sona-Kaichou." Koneko bowed to her and also walked to her class.
Sona looked at their departing backs and thought for a while back, it has been a week since Sona lost her chess match against Kisuke and what it entails slowly sinks into her. At first, she thinks nothing of it as she still thinking back on how she lost the game, but as time goes on, the realization of the fact she lost is a very big deal and every time she would encounter Kisuke, she became more and more aware of him, 'If everyone knows that I lost to him, do I really have to marry him? No, one thing for sure is my nee-sama will object and tell him that he has to be stronger than her. But I'm the one who made the promise to marry someone who beat me in the game of chess! Gggh, what to do?'
Tsubaki is looking at her master making a complex expression and thought, 'Sona is finally being aware of him? That really took her long enough. She's really very slow at things like this. I have to assist her and make sure she won't do any mistakes in this regard whatever her decisions are.'
"Kaichou, we have to go," Tsubaki called out to Sona who is immersed with her thought and startled her a bit.
"I'm sorry, let's go." Sona resumed walking with Tsubaki on tow. They still have a long day ahead.
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Somewhere in the Dimensional Gap, a black sphere with the size of a football stadium in diameter is floating around aimlessly.
Inside it is a dark spacious room with only floating balls of lights illuminating the place. The only thing in it is a rectangular table 100 meters long and 2 meters wide and two luxurious chairs at each end of the table.
Sitting on both chairs are two figures. The first figure's appearance of a skeleton dressed in attire worn by high priests adorned in gold and red jewels which gives him a regal look. Despite his attire, however, he gives off a creepy aura. Despite having no eyes, his eye sockets can glow to give the appearance of eyes.
The second one, however, is covered with a white cloak that blocks most of his features. The only thing that can see from him is his thin lips and some of his black hair spilling out of his hood.
The two of them are strangely silent and only looked at each other. The skeleton lifted his right hand and a purple magic circle materialized and with it is a golden pitcher and two golden glasses of wine. He poured the wine from the pitcher to the wine glasses and an aromatic smell came from the alcohol that can intoxicate even those with high tolerance to it.
After pouring the wine in both glasses, the skeleton raises one of them and released it in the air. The glass floated and moved towards the white-cloaked figure and landed in front of him. The white-cloaked figure glanced at the glass and shifted his vision to the skeleton.
"Why bother? You know I won't be touching that." He said in an indistinguishable voice. His voice sounds like multiple voices of man, woman, old, and young overlapping each other. Whoever listens to his voice will be creeped out.
"Fafafa, I don't want you to tell me that I'm lacking as a host." The skeleton laughed and drank his wine, releasing a satisfying sign even though he just all bones. His voice is also one that will send chills to those who don't have enough backbone.
"So? Why did you call me here?" The white-cloaked figure rested his elbow on the chair's armrest and rest his chin on his knuckles ignoring the skeleton's antics.
"The collection of the bats' blood is going as scheduled." Mr. Skeleton set down his glass and nonchalantly announced.
"Enough with that crap. You won't be calling me here with only that." Mr. White Cloak furrowed his eyebrows under this hood and seriously looked at the extravagant skeleton.
The skeleton stared at him for some moments thinking of something. After a while, he spoke, "I've lost contact with two of my special operatives."
"Hmm? That's not good for both of you and me." He raised his brows and urged the skeleton to continue.
"It's not as dire as you think." Mr. Skeleton took another sip of his wine.
"Tell me everything I need to know. We're accomplice now. I want to know how these 'special operatives' of yours operates." The cloaked man leaned towards the table and waited for the skeleton to speak.
"You already know about the imitation of my 'Helmet'. Every member of my special operatives is presumed dead to evade the eyes of other Gods and mythologies. Their number is limited due to his, but thanks to that, I was able to equip everyone one of these fake 'Helmets' raising their effectiveness in intelligence gathering." The skeleton slowly narrated while swirling the wine in his glass.
"Mind telling how many is that 'limited number' is?"
"No can do. Even if we're in an alliance, I can't release information like that. You're the same, aren't you? I also don't know how much your so-called 'children' you've amassed. Fafafa."
"Then tell me at least how effective this 'Helmet' of yours." The cloaked man sighed and gave up.
"They can hide from Ultimate Devils, Minor Gods, and Seraph levels as long as they don't stay too close for their presence to be revealed."
"How about those Super Devils and Major Gods?"
"If they are moving, they can realize their presence but won't be able to tell where they are. They won't even be able to tell the race of the wearer."
"That is a very powerful force you're hiding. Wouldn't you able to assassinate Ultimate Class Devils in your leisure?"
"That's not possible, as even the original 'Helmet' leaves traces when you attack someone."
"Hmmm? Are you fine telling me this weakness?"
"Fafafa, it's fine. I'm not using them to attack others. We have a separate plan for that, don't we?"
The cloaked man didn't answer his question and leaned his back to the chair, "Aren't you using them to collect the bats' blood?"
"Yes, only for intelligence, that is. My underlings will find someone else to the dirty job and dispose of them afterward to leave no evidence behind."
"You're not worried that they trace it to you? After all, no matter how careful you are, you can't keep hiding in the dark forever without someone noticing you."
"Even if they suspect me, as long as they don't have any concrete evidence against me, I don't really care. Besides, most of the bats I target are of those Anti-Satan Faction descendants. I can just blame it to the Khaos Brigade who are getting more and more active these days."
"Then what happened to the two of your operatives? Were they captured or killed?"
"I don't know. I sent the two of them to watch the town where the heiresses of Gremory and Sitri was assigned and snatch them if there is a chance."
"So? The Gremory and Sitri girls manage to capture or kill your unseen operatives?"
"No, I'm sure that it is not them. I know their abilities and they're just kids playing around, much less they notice the existence of my Grim Reapers. Their last report is the Gremory adopted another bat and on their way to deal with some crow. The Sitri girl is silently sitting at her headquarters lecturing her newest Pawn. There are also other devils from Astaroth Clan, but they're just watching the proceedings. There is also an 8-winged half-crow and half-bat that entered the town some time ago, but even then, that guy won't be a threat to the two."
"Then how?"
"Mind telling me that prophecy of yours again before I continue?"
" 'A human will crush our ambition.' "
"Haah, really, how ridiculous."
"Can you continue your story?"
"Before all of this, I received a report from them previously that an unusual human is living in that town."
The white-cloaked man instantly turned serious and asked, "Unusual? How?"
"He is just a normal human according to the earlier reports but my underlings took more notice of him when he made contact with a bat from Gremory."
"Nothing unusual there."
"Listen to me until the end. This human actually turned out to be a Sacred Gear user, albeit a weak one. But the real kicker here is when the bat from the Gremory kept on visiting him. They gave more attention to him after that." The skeleton drank another mouthful of his wine before continuing, "Not long after, the said bat started living with the human and strange things happen from then on."
"Strange things?"
"The bat, each and every day, the moment she started living there had a tremendous increase in strength that even my underling feel threatened and almost caught his presence." The skeleton stopped speaking and looked at the opposite man.
"What? How strong is this bat exactly is before she started living with him?" The cloaked man raised his creepy voice a little.
"An average young low-class devil." Mr. Skeleton paused for a moment and said.
"What!? How!? Aren't your special operatives at least can deal with an average high-class devil? And they felt threatened of her and almost caught their presence?" Mr. White-cloak felt very agitated as his divinity is warning him that something is very wrong. He already invested a lot on their plan, and if he were to fail here, that will be the end of him.
He calmed down and looked at the skeleton again, "How long did that bat live with the human before that report?"
"One week."
"O-one week?" The man was stupefied again at the almost impossible power jump at that given time, "How about this human? Did they report how strong this guy was?"
"I tried sending multiple people to gauge him, but they all had the same judgment on him, He is weaker than a lower-class devil even with his Sacred Gear."
"Haaah, Hades, if you got a chance, use 'that' on him." The man leaned back and let out a sigh while looking up.
" 'That'? To a mere human? Even Gods can be killed with just a drop of that. And we only have four drops at that." It is the skeleton's turn to be stupefied. Making just a single drop of that takes enormous amounts of raw materials, and some of it is very rare that they needed the help of some sealed beings.
"I'm serious. Use two drops." The man looked at him with a craze looked that even the skeleton got a bit panicked.
"Two!? Have you lose your mind?!? You know how much resources we needed just to procure that! And now you want to use two of them at once!? And to a human, we aren't even sure if he really is a threat to us?" The skeleton can't believe what is hearing. He wants to know the opposite party's reasoning.
"My divinity has been giving me alarms the moment you mentioned that he might have been able to strengthen a lower-class devil to a high-class devil in just a week. And you know what that means as you are a God too." The cloaked man said this while gritting his teeth.
"B-But even so. Using two drops is too much." The skeleton is still hesitant even though he understands what the other God meant.
"I'll pay for the cost of the two drops."
"Still..."
"I'll also lend my research result about the homunculus to you. It'll help your research on artificially making a Super Devil underling."
"How did you... Haahh, fine. But only if I saw a chance." The skeleton conceded to the god's unreasonable request. Although he may seem disappointed, inside he is celebrating. For one, the one who'll shoulder the cost will be the god in front of him, even though it is very hard to create 'that', it isn't possible as long as there are funds and time. He is also happy that this god is willing to share his research on artificial being creation that will help his own research on the subject.
Hades drank the rest of his wine and poured himself another glass before saying, "Onto our next agenda. How did it go to your side?"
The man calmed down when Hades agreed to his demands, but also felt bitter that he'll lose a lot of things over this. But he isn't regretting it at all as this is related to his divinity which was never wrong.
He heard Hades words and fixed his position in the chair before continuing, "Thanks to your concoction and the blood ritual, I was able to open another hole to the seal. We can only wait before we can remove the seal on Mt. Etna. We'll need more blood to speed up the process. The husband and wife duo is already making a ruckus."
"Tell them not to behave badly if they don't want Zeus to notice the seal weakening. Fafafa" Hades is happy that his experiment was a success. Now they only needed time to before they proceed to their next big step. "Anyway, it is amazing that you manage to convince that Aetna," Hades commented.
"It's pretty easy actually. She had enough of Hera." The man also commented lightly before asking Hades, "How did it go to your side? You didn't fail, right? The seal over there is a lot stronger than the seal on the volcano."
"Fafafa, I manage to punch a hole through the seal and the Titans are in the celebratory mood now." Hades creepy laugh echoed to the surrounding.
"With this, the advent of the new age is near."
Next chapter will be on Sunday or Monday.
Stay tuned and Enjoy.~~~