Volume 9 Chapter 526 - Welcome Back
While Kisuke was busy thinking about what was going on with the kids, Hercules approached him and took a stance, "I don't know what's going on, but it seems like you're here to save them? Then I'll just have to beat you up like the rest of them!"
Hercules threw a punch towards Kisuke, with the intention to crush him under his fist. However, Kisuke didn't even turn to dodge the attack. Instead, he just caught his wrist before returning the force behind his punch, "What!?"
The next thing Hercules knew, was that he was already spinning in midair and landed at least a hundred feet from his original position, crushing rocks and knocking debris up on his way.
Although there wasn't much damage done to Hercules, the onlookers, especially Issei's group, were shocked at how easily Kisuke was able to deal with the opponent whom they'd been struggling to defeat, without much effort.
Cao Cao, on the other hand, narrowed his eyes and started observing the strange white monster they called Kisuke in greater detail and scrutiny.
"One annoying thing after another…" Siegfried stepped out, "I've been in a bad mood since Ajuka rejected my offer. And since you're with Ophis, I'll gladly turn you into a pincushion to relieve my stress." Siegfried then activated his Balance Breaker, 'Chaos Edge Asura Ravage' which gave him four more additional arms and pulled out his five Demonic Swords and a Light Sword.
With a speed comparable to the Gremory Team's Knight, Siegfried instantly reached in front of Kisuke and swung down one of his swords.
"Watch out! That's the Demonic Sword Gram!", shouted Yuuto to warn Kisuke of the impending danger.
However, Siegfried aimed his swing in a way that if Kisuke were to dodge, the child behind him would be cut in half. Although Kisuke already had his Hollow form under full control, there were still things that would pull out its malevolence from the depths of his consciousness, and this was one of them.
As the Demonic Sword Gram approached Kisuke, Siegfried's smile became wide as he thought, 'This idiot really didn't dodge.'
But the next moment made him blank out, because the strange white being reached out for his sword with his bare hand, and caught it mid-swing, "…What?"
Siegfried was able to recover immediately and tried to pull back, however, his sword was stuck in this strange being's monstrous grip. It was then that they felt a dense killing intent covering the area, which made everyone draw in a cold breath.
The one on the receiving end of the killing intent, Siegfried, immediately panicked and saw Kisuke slowly raising his other hand which was holding a sword. It was so slow in his perspective, that Siegfried could have done so many things within that time frame. Even so, he couldn't move properly due to the dense killing intent assaulting his consciousness.
All he could do was to raise up four of his swords in anticipation of Kisuke's attack. However, despite doing his best to defend against Kisuke's attack, the moment Kisuke's blade touched his first sword, it was instantly cut. Like a hot knife through butter, Kisuke's blade went through all four of his swords without much resistance, before entering his left shoulder and leaving his right flank.
Before Siegfried could even process what just happened, he was teleported out by Kisuke, leaving the Demonic Sword Gram still caught in his hand. But even then, he didn't have that much time to think of anything before his upper body separated from his lower body.
'As expected. I just can't show these kids a grisly murder,' thought Kisuke before the Demonic Sword Gram suddenly released a blood-red light towards him, signifying that it was acknowledging him as its master.
Kisuke looked at it for a few seconds, before tossing it away without a care, 'Demonic and Dragon-Slayer attribute? I've already got too many samples of the first one, while the second one is way too weak compared to what I already have on hand.'
A strange silence engulfed the area. Despite the roaring sound of the monsters and thunderous sounds of magic attacks in the distance, nothing could penetrate the strange silence that Kisuke created.
Too many shocking things had happened all at once that everyone felt left behind. From the fact that he caught the Demonic Sword Gram with his bare hand, to cutting Siegfried in half, along with his strong and legendary Demonic Swords, and finally tossing away the strongest Demonic Sword that had acknowledged him as its master. It all happened in the span of a few seconds.
Everyone was quiet, well… Except for one. Ophis started cheering from Kisuke's shoulders, "Go, go, Mr. Hat." As an avid fan of 'Magical Girl: Levia-tan', she felt compelled to cheer after 'Mr. Hat' defeated one of the bad guys.
Hence, the silence was broken as the children in the bus followed suit, "Go! Go! Mr. Hat!" "Yay!!! Mr. Hat did it!!!"
Contrary to his terrifying appearance, Kisuke was now getting a little embarrassed.
"…What the fuck?", muttered the blonde-haired Hero, Jeanne. She shouted, "What the heck happened!?", and activated the Balance Breaker of her Blade Blacksmith, 'Stake Victim Dragon', which summoned a Dragon made out of Holy Swords.
Hercules also stood up from the rubble and activated the Balance Breaker of his Variant Detonation, 'Detonation - Mighty Comet', which covered him in spikes and gave him gigantic pike-like fists.
Cao Cao also became serious. He had horrifically misjudged Kisuke, due to him not releasing any sort of powerful aura, 'Is that a Balance Breaker armor? What sort of Sacred Gear is that?'
The Gremory Team also got ready to fight, but an engagement didn't come into fruition as two robed and masked people entered the area.
The two groups became cautious when they approached, but one of them ignored them both and muttered, "Kisuke?"
Kisuke looked at that robed person and instantly figured who it was. Since he didn't really want to keep this form in front of her, Kisuke deactivated his Hollowfication. The white pigment of his skin receded to the hole in his chest before it closed with the purple gem still inside it. His long swaying hair also receded back to its normal length, before the Hollow mask and horns finally disintegrated.
Ophis, however, was disappointed with him transforming back to normal as her 'handles' had disappeared.
Kisuke then fixed the appearance of his Shihakusho and the holes in his hat with magic, before greeting the robed person with a big smile, "It's been a while, mom~."
After removing her mask, Sakura ran towards Kisuke and gave him a big hug, "Kisuke!!! Thank goodness… You're safe…"
Kisuke also happily returned the hug, "You too, mom. I'm glad you're doing alright… Aside from the fact that you look older."
Sakura momentarily separated her right arm from the hug and gave Kisuke a strong jab to the stomach.
"Guhoo!" Although he wasn't really affected, Kisuke acted like he was.
Sakura snarled at him. "And whose fault do you think that is!? I never heard from you again after you sent a message from the time when you and Yoruichi hid! On top of that, stupid people started accusing my son of heavy crimes, and suddenly he went missing along with other people! And who knows how many people you messed with and frustrated in the duration of that time!?"
But immediately after, Sakura hugged him again and whispered, "I'm glad you're back… Welcome back."
Kisuke smiled gently and replied, "I'm back. Sorry for the wait."
"Yeah… You should be… You made me too worried."
Editors:
28th00: Welp, I expected that to happen with the kids being there. Phis-chama's cheer squad was glorious though! She's gonna be a bit down now that her handles are gone, but she's still having fun! She's an avid anime fan (of Serafall), especially of 'Mr. Hat'. This is probably the most fun she's ever had, mainly because she just learnt how to have fun recently, and that her favourite person is back. He even gave her a home (mainly since she couldn't make the connection that it already was her home till he explicitly stated it was)!
Alexander: I nearly went down to the floor from laughing, when I imagined Kisuke as a Vasto Lorde, blushing and wriggling from embarrassment. Also, Sakura really knows her son, seeing that one of her biggest worries was the number of victims to Kisuke's teasing.
So, right now one of my most anticipated parts of the story has begun: The trashing of the heroes. Go, my man. Show them who's da boss.
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