"I'll certainly arrange it." Azazel sighed. He had no choice but to give in to what Kisuke wants. His abilities are really that attractive to him including those under him with similarly unknown abilities.
"Great~." Kisuke finally eased up his serious atmosphere and poured tea on Azazel's empty cup again, "But it seems that you're misunderstanding something here."
"Hmm? What is it?" Azazel picked up his tea again and asked.
"What you really want is the 'organization' behind me. And it's obvious that someone who uses an unknown power system couldn't be alone. What you want is the fact that others could see that my 'organization' is supporting the Three Factions. But it's a shame that my 'organization' doesn't support me anymore. I'm technically a solo man now."
"...That doesn't really matter. Their imaginations can fill in the rest in regards to your relationship with your organization. What's important is that they think there is an unknown group behind you. By the way, how will they react if they knew your involvement with the Three Factions? You're not a wanted man, by any chance, right?"
"You don't have to worry~. The Seireitei (Court of Pure Souls) won't really mind it and won't interfere with anyone~." Kisuke chuckled and thought, 'They won't receive such news in the first place as they are literally worlds away.'
The reason Kisuke used the Seireitei is for more stability. If he admitted that he's a lone man, it'll be hard for others not to make a move against him. But with a connection to an unknown organization, it'll give others second thoughts. A big bluff in simple terms.
"Seireitei..." Azazel muttered as he tries to search for that name in his mind, 'Haven't heard of it before... Is he lying? Or is this organization enclosed themselves in Dimensional Gap like the Wizards of Oz?'
"About those resources... Could you give me a few days to decide?" Kisuke didn't want him to think about it any further and pushed their conversation.
"Sure. Send me the list after your done and I'll talk about it with Sirzechs." Azazel replied.
"I see. So the leaders already decided to accept this Peace Treaty."
"Of course. This conference couldn't happen if not for that. Although we already agreed to it, we still need the formality of deciding it over a table and we have to show to our factions that we're properly doing it."
"But even then, I doubt everyone would agree. Kokabiel couldn't be the only one who thought of starting a war."
"You're correct. But those guys started gathering and there is nothing better than a common enemy for an easy peace treaty." Azazel let out a cold laugh.
Kisuke also chuckled, "True enough~."
'So he already knew about them.' Azazel thought. Drinking the last of his tea, Azazel stood up, "Well then, I'll be contacting you in a few days."
"Leaving already?" Kisuke, however, poured tea on his cup again, "We can still talk."
Azazel stopped for a moment and stared at Kisuke, trying to guess his intentions. But Kisuke is too much of an unknown for him to guess anything effectively, "Do you still have questions?" For now, he decided to sit back down and grabbed the cup of tea again.
"I do. And it's regarding the resources that I can get." Without beating around the bush, Kisuke directly told him what he wants, "I heard that you like tinkering with Sacred Gears. And I just wonder if you can share some of your data with me."
Azazel didn't immediately answer but drink his tea first, 'Data on Sacred Gears? It's not like I can't but that doesn't mean that I would share it with just anybody without getting anything back. Besides, not everybody could make sense of that data...'
"No... It's my personal property and hobby that doesn't have anything to do with the Three Factions... But if you really want it, I can share it with you if you have something of equal that you can offer. Anything is fine, be it material, technique or whatever. As long as I deemed it equal to what I can give then I'll exchange it to you."
"Anything, huh?" Kisuke then took out a stack of bond paper with fine text on it from his storage, "How about this?"
Azazel is, of course, skeptical of what is written on the paper. But once he received and started reading it, his eyes widened in shock. Five minutes after he started reading, he started muttering under his breath with his eyes sometimes flashing in excitement and somethings clouding in confusion.
Kisuke didn't do anything further and just waited for Azazel to finish reading everything while he enjoys his tea, 'Did I underestimate the value that data? Those are just basic soul theories and law that everyone who studied in Shinou Academy (Spiritual Arts Academy) and some intermediate knowledge that everyone in the Research and Development Department of the Soul Society knows... I really don't have a good grasp of the value of soul knowledge in this world.'
It took Azazel about an hour to read everything, but instead of being happy, his face is full of frustration, "Dammit... You gave me something unbelievable..." Scratching his head, Azazel continued, "So I have to present data that is equal to this to get those key information?" Although Kisuke gave him a big stack of papers, the key points of those in the paper is missing and made the whole thing confusing and outright useless. Azazel has some background on soul studies due to his research on Sacred Gears, but it is still not enough to fill in the missing pieces. Hence, his frustration, 'Do I have to exchange everything I know?... That's how valuable this information is! With this, I can advance my own research by several centuries or more? Where the hell did this came from!?'
"I can only give you a number of key points depending on the quality of information I can receive. By the way, I'm also doing Sacred Gear research on the side so you can't just randomly give something basic or intermediate~." Kisuke is laughing internally, 'Hehehe~. Let me suck you dry~... Wait... That sounds wrong.'
Azazel didn't reply and grabbed his already cold tea. Reheating it with magic, he drank it while thinking for ten whole minutes before deciding to say something, "I would like to hear your progress on Sacred Gear first."
Kisuke, this time, didn't hide anything and told him what he knew about the Sacred Gear, minus the soul related stuff. Azazel understood why he didn't tell him one of the most important parts, Sacred Gear spirit since that would reveal some of the key points he's trying to get.
"I see... You're only doing preliminary research and still very far from completion. Once I pass you my own research results, I promise you that you will be able to create your own artificial Sacred Gear."
"But?"
"But if I need consultations regarding these papers, then you have to help me." Azazel paused and glanced at the papers again, "This topic is too advanced for me and I know how dangerous it is to mess with soul matter."
"Sure, but only when it's convenient for me~."
"Convenient... That's too vague."
"I know. But I also can't answer your call all the time, but you don't have to worry. I also don't want you to go to dangerous territories regarding the soul. Once you go there, you're lucky if nothing happened to you, a bit unlucky and you die immediately, if your really unlucky, you might just die while create something terrifying with wrong notions that you might have."
Enjoy~.
Azazel nodded in understanding. He also knew the dangers of research regarding the soul. If it's not dangerous, he could have progress his own research without relying on anything or anyone, "Thanks..."
Standing up again, Azazel intended to leave for real this time, "I need to gather everything first in my lab. I'll be done by evening and I'll send it to you by that time."
"I'll look forward to it~." After registering each other's Mana signatures, they bid farewell. Azazel couldn't wait any longer so he immediately teleported to the Fallen Angel base in the Underworld directly.
'Although he seems a carefree and decent guy, he's brewing big hate... I wonder where his hate is directed? In any case, it'll be a good thing for me to establish a good connection with him... I should give him more benefits.' Kisuke thought as the last light of the teleportation circle disappeared. Kisuke is a firm believer in, 'There is nothing more expensive than free.' With that in mind, he intends to give Azazel more benefits and assistance to gain more later.
Stretching all of his limbs he also stood up from the counter, "Yosh~. Time to go back to work. I wonder how's Yoruichi doing? She didn't make a mess, right?"
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The moment she reached the Kuoh Academy, Yoruichi is welcomed by Sona in the school gate, "G-good morning, Yoruichi-san."
"Good morning, Sona-chan~. You'll be the one guiding me?" Yoruichi replied. She noticed that Sona is being awkward around her but she knew the reason for, though she didn't point that out. After all, it's fun to see her being distressed by something she shouldn't worry about.
"Y-yes. Please follow me in the faculty room. I'll introduce you to your homeroom teacher." Sona tried her best to make a poker face, but she couldn't help but slip up from time to time, 'She's acting normal!? I know that it already happened a few days ago, but this is still our first meeting after that k-ki... that incident!' Confused by her actions, Sona started walking towards the school building while worrying about her future. Her future with Kisuke and Yoruichi specifically.
Obviously, they gathered a bit of attention from the students, but they ignored it and just silently walk towards the faculty room.
Those few minutes were the most painful for Sona as she can feel Yoruichi's inquisitive stare on her back. She wanted to say something but don't know what to talk about. The only thing she can do is to shorten her 'suffering' by moving a bit faster.
Reaching to where the teachers are, Sona knocked on the door before opening the door, "Excuse me. I'm here with the transfer student."
Walking towards the middle-aged male teacher, Sona introduced Yoruichi to her homeroom teacher, "This is Yoruichi Shihouin, please take care of her." After that, she bowed bid her farewell to Yoruichi before leaving immediately.
But before she could exit through the door, Yoruichi called out to her, "Shitori-senpai, can we talk later~?"
Sona shuddered and stopped her steps but she didn't turn around, "I'll be waiting at the Student Council room."
'Am I really that scary?' Yoruichi asked herself as she watches Sona leave like she's on fire.
The homeroom teacher introduced himself and they both left for the homeroom class. In the classroom, Yoruichi can hear the rowdy bunch, namely Aika, Asia, Issei, and his friends. Yoruichi also noticed the bodysuit woman from the Church. She already heard that she became a Devil under Rias Gremory so she isn't confused by her presence.
"Alright, settle down! I'm going to introduce a new transfer student." Entering the room, the teacher immediately said. Everyone sat down and voiced their confusion, "Another transfer student? Didn't we just have yesterday?"
Ignoring the students' question, the homeroom teacher invited Yoruichi in, "Shihouin-san, come in."
Entering the room, multiple gasp and multiple mutterings were heard, "Another beauty? Great!" "Tanned beauty is here!"
While the boys are enthusiastic, the girls could only sigh as three beauties already transferred in this class, 'Why in this class?' They all ask inwardly.
Those who knew her, however, were frozen in place, "I'm Yoruichi Shihouin. Nice to meet you~." Only after she introduced herself, they managed to get a hold of themselves.
"Yoruichi-san!? What are you doing here!?" Aika exclaimed.
"Why are you asking that? Of course, it's to study." Yoruichi replied with a smile.
'No shit! If told me that you're only here to mess around I would believe it more!' Aika thought.
"You know each other? Good. Kiryuu, guide Shihouin around the school after the classes. Shihouin, your seat is beside Kiryuu."
Yoruichi thanked the teacher and moved to her seat, "Please take care of me, Aika-chan~."
Aika could only sigh, 'She won't be like Kisuke, right?'
The class started, but Yoruichi immediately got bored of it, 'Dammit, I need to get away from this! Kisuke's random rumblings were more interesting than this!'
Looking around, she tried to find what she can do to get out of the class. She already thought of excusing herself for the comfort room but she still wanted to find something better than that, 'That's it!' And she found it.
A few seats away from her is a flushed female student. Nobody seemed to notice it, but Yoruichi is sure that she has a fever right now. Not wasting any time, she stood up and interrupted the class, "What's wrong, miss transfer student?"
Yoruichi didn't answer the teacher immediately and approached the female student. Without any word, Yoruichi put her face in front of the female student prompting her to reel back in shock, "W-what is it?"
Grabbing her head, Yoruichi touched her forehead with hers to feel her temperature with a serious expression. Due to her actions, however, the female student ended up flushing more, "W-w-what!?"
Separating from her, Yoruichi faced the teacher, "Teacher, I noticed that she has a cold. Allow me to bring her to the infirmary."
The female student finally understood what she did and instinctively refused her offer out of embarrassment, "No, no. You don't have to do that, I'm fine."
Yoruichi faced the female stood again and lifted her chin using her hand to make direct eye contact, "That won't do. You have to take care of yourself more." She said while sporting a gentle smile.
The female student froze as if an invisible arrow went through her chest. She could only absentmindedly reply, "...Yes."
The other female students who are watching this scene covered their mouths in shock and admiration while the male students could only blankly stare at the 'ikemen' in female form.
"Great~. Come here." Yoruichi then grabbed her arm and gently lifted her. The female student, without her knowledge, is already in a princess carry which froze her again, "Well then, teacher. Please excuse us. This lady needs some rest time~."
Ignoring the shocked stares of her classmates and teacher, Yoruichi exited the room with grace.
On this day, a new legend is born in the Kuoh Academy.
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