Kisuke immediately arrived at Issei's mansion in the Human World and couldn't help but think, 'I always knew that he wouldn't be living an ordinary life, but to think he'd reach this far, not just in wealth, but also in influence. That was a really nice call of mine back then, not interrupting Rias Gremory that time.'
The moment he came close, a girl with long, dark purple hair with sleepy golden eyes came out. And when she saw Kisuke, her eyes widened in delight, "Boss! You really came!"
Kisuke smiled and greeted the former Half-Grim Reaper, "Yo, Orcus-chan. How have you been?"
"Please call me Bennia, Boss!"
"Alright, Bennia-chan. Is Issei in?"
"Yes! We've been informed. He just came out of the training room and cleaned himself."
"Oh my~ How diligent."
Bennia chuckled at his comments and said, "His motivation was lit when he saw you effortlessly send out multiple deadly beams since he has always been mindful of his stamina. Though after that battle, it looks like something else has been bothering him but he's not sharing anything about it."
Kisuke had already heard from Medusa about how he took care of Angra Mainyu and had already guessed what was going on, 'A small resonance with Medusa means only one thing.'
Bennia led Kisuke to the top floor where every one of Issei's peerage was waiting, except for the King himself.
"Ah, Kisuke-san! It's been a while!" The sweet Asia happily greeted him.
"Asia-san~! It's good to see you as cheerful as ever~! And you too, Phenex-san, Xenovia-san, and Rossweisse-san. I heard all of you became Issei's fiancés."
Kisuke thought that they would be a little bit flustered, but it looks like it really had been a while.
While Rossweisse just bowed her head in acknowledgment, Ravel gave him a curt reply, "It honestly took him so long!"
Xenovia, on the other hand, returned a question Kisuke couldn't quite answer, "What about you? Isn't it about time you announce your own fiancés? Don't make them wait for too long."
Kisuke's mouth twitched but the only answer he could give while scratching his cheek was, "...That's a bit complicated. You all know my position." He wanted to mention that only a few of the girls beside him could be considered as 'fiancé', but he had a feeling that he'd be eating those words sooner or later, so he kept it to himself.
The young lady with golden hair fashioned into twin-tailed drills smirked at him and said, "Position, hmmm... I see... Then how about letting the Phenex Clan in that secret business of yours? I'll make sure that it'll be profitable on both sides."
Kisuke couldn't help but grin at this little Devil, "My~ So the Phenex Clan has already sniffed us out, huh? But don't you think I should wait for other potential associates to come forward?"
Ravel nodded in agreement, "That's true. But you may have to wait for a long time since we only noticed because of your clan's rapid expansion into the Human World. As you may have known, the Gremory and Phenex are the only ones actively expanding in the Human World. Of course, we would notice when the former suddenly begin supporting a third player even if they incurred an obvious loss. Naturally, this 'obviously' was only noticed by us since our network is just as wide as theirs so I doubt anyone else will be coming forward anytime soon."
Hearing that, Kisuke finally understood how she discovered Cleria's secret business, "I see. You were just guessing and I just outed myself, huh?"
Ravel chuckled, "You don't seem to care about hiding it that much, though?"
Kisuke was in silent agreement. He then took out a card and passed it to Ravel, "You can contact my aunt through that. I'm just their engineer and technical advisor so it's not my decision where they want to take things."
Ravel happily kept the card, not knowing the true scale of the Belial Clan's 'business'. Tonight, the whole Phenex Clan will bounce into action as if their butts caught on fire. And the sad thing is, they couldn't back out. Ravel would question her life choices and would come back to this moment to recall Kisuke's smile as the smile of a true 'Devil'.
Kisuke secretly scanned the surroundings with his Reiatsu and saw that Issei was caught by his parents talking about something to him. Kisuke then faced the last person in the room and greeted her, "It's our first time meeting face to face. Nice to meet you. I'm Kisuke Urahara."
The beautiful foreign girl who appeared to be in her late teens with a whimsical aura, long purple hair, and orange eyes, also bowed in response, "I've heard so much about you. Let's get along. I'm Ingvild Leviathan."
"Likewise. But we don't have much time. Let's talk about Issei-kun. More specifically, the thing that has been bothering him."
Everyone else's expression became serious, showing their concern at this matter, "Please sit down. We would like to hear about it." Ravel led Kisuke further in while Asia prepared some drinks for everyone.
Without going off point, Kisuke explained, "The power he used to fight Angra Mainyu at the end tapped into something dormant within him." Kisuke continued on by clarifying the reason why Issei could use Ophis' power and the real identity of the 'candy' he'd fed to him when the Alliance was just about to form.
"...A Deity's leftover Divine Core that had been corrupted?" Asia muttered in fear.
Ravel, meanwhile, gritted her teeth, "So it wasn't because he surpassed his Human origin and became a half Deity, but the source of power came from a Deity itself."
'It takes more than determination to become a God from something else in addition to countless years along with innumerable 'enlightenments'.' Kisuke thought while imagining how the first Monkey King ascended into Godhood.
Seeing their grim expressions, Kisuke reassured them, "Don't worry about him. Although this power will push him to madness, his horniness will never lose."
"...It sounds like you're joking, but that's really reassuring." Rossweisse commented while the others also sighed in relief, trusting Issei's 'horniness'.
Kisuke didn't know how to react to this trust and just continued, "What's worrying, in fact, are you lot."
As confusion emerged on their faces, Kisuke added, "Recall the time he first entered 'Juggernaut Overdrive' when he thought he lost Asia-san. If anyone he cared about... disappears once again, multiply that instance several tens of times, and this time, he might not be able to wake up from his madness. So take care of yourself. Never get into a situation where he'll grieve over your loss, even if it means sacrificing himself for you."
While everyone was stunned, Issei came into the room with a cheerful expression, "Kisuke! Sorry for making you late... What's going on?"
Kisuke grinned at him and said, "We're just talking about how much of a pain in the ass you are."
Editors:
28th00: Yep, that do be how it is with dragons.They only get more ridiculous the higher you go on their food chain.
Before Issei could further ask, Ravel suddenly stood up and declared, "Girls' meeting! Now!"
Slightly taken aback, Issei asked, "W-what's going on?"
"You heard her. Girls' meeting." Kisuke replied with an amused smile and turned to Rossweisse who'd already stood up and was about to follow the others, "But you're not going, Rossweisse-san. We have something pretty urgent to discuss."
Rossweisse frowned and pouted but sat back down as she watched the other girls teleport away, presumably, back to the Underworld where Rias is, "Urgent you say. I hope it's more urgent than this case."
Kisuke took out a stack of documents and passed it to Rossweisse, "You can decide that for yourself."
Curiously taking a look, it wasn't long before Rossweisse went into deep concentration as she browsed through the documents in earnest.
Meanwhile, Issei thought about the situation and asked Kisuke which caused Rossweisse to raise her head up, "You sent them away on purpose?"
"Of course not~" Kisuke immediately denied it, "It's all just a coincidence, albeit, a convenient one."
Issei could only sigh at Kisuke's answer and thought that it was definitely on purpose, "You could have just sent them away normally."
"Don't get it wrong. The concern I presented to them is a legitimate issue that couldn't be ignored. Else, they wouldn't be calling for this 'girls' meeting'."
Rossweisse placed down the documents and nodded in agreement, "That's correct. It's a very concerning issue."
Issei wanted to ask what it was about but Kisuke stopped him by saying, "Let them worry about it."
Having heard that, Issei could only sigh as he guessed what Kisuke told them.
Ignoring him, Kisuke turned back to Rossweisse and asked her what she thought about the documents he'd passed her.
Rossweisse stayed silent for a moment before actually answering, "To my understanding, it's a modified blueprint for the Isolation Barrier. I don't know how you got ahold of it, but you removed the portion that uses the Rating Game technology and inverted its strength to be stronger against outside interference than the inside. At this point, I'd rather call it an Exclusion Barrier."
Kisuke nodded, "That's correct. Its main use is for protection against outside threats."
Rossweisse crossed her arms and started tapping her arm, "But I don't understand. Although some components are missing, it's obvious that you're purposely hiding those to prevent me from deciphering them. Aside from the strange part where you added a 'core' as a power source which isn't really needed, I don't understand why you wanted to show me this. I think you're fully capable of building this on your own."
"That's the problem." Kisuke sighed, "I need to complete this within a week."
"Problem? What problem?"
"I have to expand this 109,980 times than its original size."
Rossweisse went silent for a moment, "...Huh?"
Kisuke continued sighing, "I only have a week to finish this whole project. I can do it on my own, but there's other work that I have to finish that's also just as important."
Rossweisse couldn't take it anymore and slammed the table, "Huh!? What are you talking about!? 109,980 times!? Are you insane!?"
Issei was taken aback because it's not often that he could see Rossweisse absolutely lose it.
"That's enough to encircle the whole globe multiple times! And just how are you going to provide power for this enormous thing!? Because I know that the residual Magic Power that the Dimensional Gap is emitting wouldn't be even close to enough! In the first place, what are you going to use this for? Do you plan to trap the entire Earth!? For what!?"
Meanwhile, Kisuke was also a bit surprised, but not because of her outcry, 'She's pretty good. She was able to instantly calculate the scale and what was needed. Looks like I'm going to have it easier.'
Kisuke was about to answer her concerns but Issei's phone suddenly started ringing. Issei wanted to turn it off but Kisuke stopped him, "Pick it up. It'll probably explain why I'm doing this."
Issei looked at him for a moment before picking up, "Hello? Rias? Is there a problem?"
[The Gods of Hell Escort Team was attacked by unknown mechanical lifeforms. There are only two enemies but Vali, Cao Cao, Bikou, and Heracles were injured in the exchange.]
Issei and Rossweisse's eyes instantly widened in shock as Rias continued, [Angra Mainyu was also snatched away. But thanks to Riveria-san being able to see through the unique Teleportation Magic, they were able to prevent any further kidnappings and these unknown enemies retreated silently.]
"Is everyone alright?"
[Their wounds are being treated but there's nothing concerning aside from specialists hounding them to study the traces of the attack.]
"Understood. I'll call you back later. Be careful."
[You too. And Kisuke Urahara. I know you're listening. Don't ask anything unreasonable from my Issei and sister Rossweisse.]
"It'll be tiring but not unreasonable~", replied Kisuke with a chuckle.
A few seconds later, Issei dropped the call and turned to Kisuke, "If I understood it right, you want to keep these enemies out of Earth?"
Kisuke nodded, "I want to buy at least a few years since none of us are actually prepared for their arrival."
Rossweisse dropped her previous questions and now understood how urgent this issue is, "I presume you also wanted to put a barrier on the Dimensional Gap? But wouldn't that be enough? Why do you need a barrier on the whole Earth too?"
Kisuke pointed up and said, "Because they are already out there in the vast space."
"How did you... Wait. Are you the one providing this anonymous information about Evie's!?" Issei exclaimed.
Rossweisse, on the other hand, thought more about Kisuke's words, "If they can stay up there without any problem, chances are they also have the technology to bypass the Dimensional Gap now that they know our exact location in the universe?"
"That's just my guess, but I already saw their ship. They are technically the aliens that you'd see in Hollywood films."
Now Rossweisse could see the problem and what Kisuke wanted to achieve, it only leaves the final two questions, "Why in one week? Are they going to attack within a week? And what core are you going to use? Frankly speaking, I can't imagine anything is enough other than at least tens if not hundreds of God-level beings supplying it with power 24/7, and I doubt you have that much sway."
"No large-scale attacks will happen as far as I know, and only a week because that's the only realistic timeframe I could deliver before the 'core' appears. I could delay it, but any minute or hours the 'core' is left out in the open, the chances of idiots stealing it would rise up. In other words, I'm timing the completion of this project with the delivery of the 'core' so that the bad actors can't do anything."