Kisuke was standing inside the monitoring room that Mayuri had prepared and watching every movement of the graph on the screens.
"We'll be establishing a preliminary connection within 2 minutes. Start the primary checks." Mayuri, the only other person in the room with Kisuke, reminded his team through an intercom.
[Primary checks initiated. All values are within the predicted model. Proceeding to phase 2.] Kisuke could hear Akon's voice from the speaker.
This exchange happened until Kisuke heard Akon say [Connection established. Proceeding through stress tests.]
As soon as this was said, Kisuke could immediately feel the uptick in the density of Magic Power. Although it's still not that much, it's still an exponential increase and will soon match what the other worlds are getting from the Dimensional Gap.
But along with this, Kisuke also felt the terminal in his inventory that's only reserved for emergency contact, ring, "Hmmm?"
Mayuri turned in his direction and saw him take out a phone, "What's wrong?"
Kisuke didn't answer immediately and read the message carefully. It came from Sona and its contents are short and summarized reports of the current events. What caught his attention, however, was the possibility of an Evie already reaching the Dungeon World and their plans to retreat to a secure corner of that world.
There was also a note that Yoruichi wanted him to move in secret but that's not important right now, "I'm sorry Kurotsuchi-san, but it looks like we'll have to implement that along with settling."
"What happened? I thought we were going to do that once everything stabilized."
"The defenses on the other side have been breached. We can't afford to wait for that anymore." Kisuke approached the console and started tapping on it, bringing out new programs on the screen, "It's going to be a bit risky, but it's still worth it considering what's in line."
Mayuri stared at him for a short moment before sighing, "I still don't understand. So what if the defenses of that world were breached? I don't think your enemies would immediately aim for this one."
Kisuke could only smile wryly at his response, "Normally, that is... The problem is that those guys would go ballistic if they ever discover a Shinigami, Hollow, Quincy, or Fullbringer and probably will start a full-scale invasion if they knew there are a lot of us." He continued tapping on the keyboard and sent additional instructions to the members of the 12th Division, "I'll send the Etoulde and Evie basic profiles to you later along with some historical and cultural information. Once you've gone through that, you'll understand what I'm feeling too."
"Fine. Akon. Prepare the Spirit Wall implementation. We'll do it along with the merger."
[...Is that really okay? Wouldn't it be dangerous?]
"If it was just me alone, it'd be too dangerous. I hate to admit it, but I can't see us failing with this guy around."
[Understood. I'll also call everyone to return back to their posts.]
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Three days later, a large tremor shook not just the Soul Society, Hueco Mundo, and the Human World, but also the entire Special Region formerly known as Hell.
Azazel and Ajuka who have been waiting all this time within the Urahara Shop with Serafall, Issei, Georg, Kuisha, and Seekvaira, sighed in relief, "It's finally over. I was worried that there's something else considering how much of a trouble magnet Kisuke is. Thankfully nothing complicated happened." The former commented with a hearty laugh.
"Overall, it was a good sudden vacation." Issei also added. Despite what happened when they just arrived and they helped out with the restoration of the Human World, their wait times have been proven to be relaxing as they didn't have any work to do.
"I know right~~~!" Seekvaira muttered with a blissful expression while holding onto her mecha figures that she acquired and couldn't be found in her previous world, "Although the two Human Worlds pretty much have similar histories, the slight variations and even some completely different aesthetics awakened the collector's spirit within me."
Kuisha looked at the mecha otaku and wondered if she ever acted like this while minding the suitcases of new dresses she bought on a shopping spree with Seekvaira.
'I should probably get something too in case Jeanne asks for something.' Georg thought to himself.
It was a rare time off for everyone who was very busy preparing for a war they didn't know when would come.
Azazel was talking to Tessai asking about various things that he still was curious about. Meanwhile, Ajuka noticed that Serafall was busy swiping on her phone and it had been a while since she lifted her sights. As far as he knows her, she's not the type of person who'd mindlessly stare at a screen with a deadpan expression because the only moment she uses social media is when she's ego searching and searching for other magical girls. Those would always put a smile on her face so Ajuka asked curiously, "Something the matter?"
"...Nothing... It looks like Ki-tan won't be coming back with us yet."
Azazel and the others stopped what they were doing and perked their ears up.
"That's not nothing. What happened?" Any news about Kisuke is far from nothing for Ajuka.
Serafall contemplated it for a moment and decided to just say it, "Apparently, Sona-chan and others found traces of Evies arriving in the Dungeon World."
"What!?" Azazel exclaimed and even Ajuka's eyes widened.
"Hold on... How did that happen?"
Serafall shook her head, "I don't know. I just received a short message a few days ago. If you want to know more, you'll have to ask Sona-chan for details. Ki-tan will have to remain here to secure the border and prevent any unauthorized entry."
"Then what's going to happen to the gate the Ouroboros Academy is managing?" Azazel asked. He could already tell what sort of action they would take but he still had to ask.
"They are going to let it go. Since the enemies already have access to the other side, they'd rather let everyone else go through and slow down their advancement."
"...It might devolve into senseless violence." Ajuka muttered to himself, "I doubt they'll go after the Dungeon entrances, but the territories besides that are going to be up for grabs."
"We'll probably be swamped by work once again, huh..." Issei regretfully says. Since the DxD Team is a peacekeeping organization, they would have to act as police to prevent any large-scale conflict.
"Not just that..." Serafall added before standing up and walking towards the door, "It seems that the Etoulde and Evie activities will exponentially increase. Please watch out for their spies."
"Where are you going, Serafall-sama?" Seekvaira asked curiously.
But contrary to her complicated expression earlier, Serafall was now grinning happily as if she just decided on something big that she wouldn't regret no matter what, "Before I go back, I'm going to bother Ki-tan as much as I want!"
As Serafall left everyone stunned, it was Kuisha who said something that woke everyone up from their stupor, "Should we expect a Sitri heir?"
"Stop that." Seekvaira retorted, "You'll give Dylan Sitri a heart attack if he hears you."
AN Dec16,2024:
AN: Thank you for waiting~!
I'm sorry about the massive delay. I was stuck at one of the chapters and ended up lazing around for about 2-3 days without progressing. Added to that was my shitty ISP that gave me a whooping 1-2mbps speeds with around 50-60% packet loss that made me unable to open google docs.
I went out to get a pocket wifi as a temporary fix, but that one rare time I went out not for work, I got into a minor accident. According to the x-ray I got, there's nothing wrong, but the bruise is sure killing me right now.
TLDR:
Very lazy and hectic week I suppose.
Enough ranting, please enjoy and chapters~!
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Editors:
28th00: “The Great Spirit Wall”, kek. Also, Serafall is gonna be working on making an Heir I see! She’s been clam jammed for MANY YEARS after all.
After receiving the emergency message from Sona, Serafall knew that she, along with the other girls, wouldn't be able to meet him for some time.
Although she feels bad for the others, she knows she couldn't let go of this chance, 'Hit it while it's still hot as they say!'
Serafall teleported to the one vast and almost empty Soul Society and went straight towards the 12th Division where it's abuzz with people continuously running around. Since this is a huge undertaking that would forever change the Soul Society, more than half of the Gotei 13 personnel were assigned to assist the 12th Division and even some nobles and students from the academy.
The moment she approached the gates, Serafall coincidentally came across Akon who came from his in-person survey, "Sitri-san. Could I assist with anything?"
"Is Ki-tan around?"
"He is... But I don't think you'd be able to meet him now. We're in the middle of setting up defensive barriers around the three worlds and controlling the rate of flow of the Magic Power coming from the Dimensional Gap so I doubt he and the Captain would be able to entertain anyone." Akon answered while checking his phone, "If it's urgent, I can send him a message for you."
Serafall immediately shook his head, "No, it's nothing urgent. I'm just wondering when you'll be done."
Akon thought about it for a moment and replied, "If nothing goes awry, we'll be able to formally open the transport gates within half a day."
Serafall's eyes shine, "Is that so!? Then is it alright for me to wait here?"
Akon nodded, "I'll lead you to the break room. Since we're about to finish, no one is using them. I'll also inform Urahara-san of your arrival."
"Thank you~!"
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More than half a day later, Kisuke came out of Mayuri's lab while yawning, 'It's finally done! The only thing left is to send those guys back along with some envoys.'
Kisuke felt like a monumental amount of burden on his shoulders had disappeared. Ever since he reincarnated in a different world, he always questioned if Soul Society was really doing the right thing, meddling with the flow of souls.
When he realized how the souls are handled in that world, Kisuke thought that it was beautiful. A system devoid of emotion and morals, he thought that only such a thing would be able to handle the sorting of souls. He knew it was not perfect but it was way more reasonable than what Soul Society and the Soul King was employing.
Kisuke, of course, would always repress these thoughts as he knew that this was his arrogance. He realized that he'd be pushing his belief that something is better than another in which no way is 'fair' in an absolute sense. He didn't have the justification.
Even then, he couldn't help but prepare for it with the sole reason 'just in case.'
And when the Evies and Etouldes arrived in that world and threatened it, he finally had a reason to go back. Kisuke initially thought that he'd just be recruiting Aizen and others as a countermeasure to Etouldes who decided to approach his world on the 'good' side since he knew that betrayal never comes from your enemies.
But as he learned more about the world he was previously born in and got a glimpse of Ichibei's plans along with the Soul King's 'approval', the justification came.
Kisuke, as if all fetters were removed, came to a decision to change the world for the 'better' and moved towards it with full force.
He still thinks, even now, that this was extremely arrogant and his own self-control not to become someone like Aizen or Yhwach is working against him. But with the choice of being a monster's food or continued existence, the choice was pretty obvious.
Now that everything is over, Kisuke's ambition, or more accurately, desire, has been fulfilled, and the burden that has been bothering him since long ago has disappeared.
'But resting is still far off. I still have to do something against those robots and fleshy spirits.' Kisuke couldn't help but sigh. If his roots didn't go so deep on the other side, he would certainly just ignore the problem and just escape somewhere.
'The worst thing is that this isn't the same as Chaos or Hyousube. The problem won't be solved even if those on top disappear. In fact, that only will be a precursor to endless hate and war. I don't have time nor motivation for that.'
Kisuke soon reached the door to the break room where he was told that Serafall was waiting, 'The only solution to this would be for both Evies and Etouldes to stop their hostilities and us standing on our own even not on their level. But if one side weakens too much, the larger one would swallow the rest... Damn... This sounds really impossible.'
Before he could open the door, someone else on the other side opened it for him, "What with the long face? Aren't you supposed to be celebrating?" Serafall asked after seeing Kisuke's face.
"If one problem was solved but you realized that a bigger one was just waiting around the corner, how would you react to that?"
"Celebrate the small win~! Be glad that you're done with that one!" Serafall answered without any hesitation.
Kisuke stared at her blankly for a few seconds before suddenly chuckling, "That's true, isn't it." He took a long breath and slowly released it along with the tension he put himself into, "So what's the plan? Don't you mean Sona and the others?"
Serafall then grabbed Kisuke's arm and started dragging him, "I do! But I can meet them later. Let's go on a date!"
'I doubt that there are going to be stores open... Should I prepare something?' Kisuke thought while letting himself be dragged by the relatively short and very bubbly Devil King.
Both of them arrived in the Human World sometime after and Kisuke was surprised that it was actually bustling. Not to the point of the normal hustle and bustle, but there are a lot of people shopping around the newly repaired town, "What's going on?"
"This was when you were busy with the merger." Serafall replied while dragging Kisuke by the hand towards the crepe shop, "The world leaders had a meeting with Gotei 13 and Wing Bind overseeing it. It was decided that with my and Flanna-chan's help, we'll erase everyone's memory of the war."
Kisuke thought about it for a moment before saying, "Wouldn't that cause a lot of problems? Although the casualties are reduced to the minimum, that's still a lot of people. Not to mention various parts of life if you just suddenly reset the time before it all went down. Some people would notice these huge discrepancies."
"That's true, but dealing with those is still preferable." Serafall cast a spell that would jumble their words into something different for those who could listen to them as they approached the line, "I'm of the same opinion that people of this world is still not prepared for the 'supernatural' and included in the plan was the slow introduction of this side of the world."
"How about those whose memories couldn't be erased? Even if Flanna is assisting you, I doubt you could do anything to those with resistance towards it considering what you've done was on a worldwide scale."
"It'll be sort of a litmus test for those with special abilities or those with potential to it. Whenever they appear, they'll be immediately approached by that territory's government and use their help for the slow integration. They are still drafting a treaty that would ensure the said individual's safety and rights but the Gotei 13 and Wing Bind promised that they'll strictly look after this."
'Of course, they should. But even if they did, various underground organizations will probably pop up to take advantage of this.' Kisuke thought to himself while ordering crepes, 'Oh well, not my problem anymore. I'll only create more work for myself if I get involved in this.'
Editors:
28th00: A world EATING apocalypse is a bit extreme and traumatic for an introduction to the supernatural, yeah. Serafall plans on stress testing Kisuke’s regeneration now. Extremely ‘hard’ at that.