Volume 9 Chapter 557 - The Busy Students
The moment Kisuke returned to Earth, he immediately felt the disturbance and fluctuation of powers in Kuoh Academy, while a big barrier surrounded the whole town to defend from outside interference and ensure the safety of the normal citizens.
Kisuke immediately used flash step to arrive at the epicenter of activity and saw the Student Council, along with the Occult Research Club, fending off hundreds of Magicians that were attacking them. Strangely enough, Azazel, Rias, Issei, and Yuuto were not present, making it difficult for the rest to fight them.
Scanning his surroundings carefully without revealing his presence, Kisuke noticed some Magicians escaping with a crossdressing dhampir in tow and decided to intercept them. With another flash step, he arrived in front of the fleeing Magicians, "Who's there!?" One of them shouted.
However, Kisuke didn't bother replying and instantly cut off the arms that were holding the dhampir, "AHHHH!!!" The multiple screams of pain gathered the attention of the others and saw a man wearing a set of green Japanese clothing carrying a small dhampir on his waist.
"Kisuke Urahara!" Several individuals shouted his name.
The group of Magicians also turned their attention towards him and sent multiple waves of attack magic. In response, Kisuke just placed the dhampir who currently couldn't move due to a spell attached to him on the ground, and erected multiple barriers to block the attacks.
Due to this, the pressure on everyone lightened up and they were able to counter-attack properly.
The first one to approach Kisuke and Gasper was Asia as she tried to heal the latter, "Kisuke-san, thank you for saving Gasper-san." Asia bowed down to him in gratitude.
Kisuke smiled at her and replied, "Don't worry about it. But your group sure is attracting a lot of trouble."
Asia couldn't even smile wryly at his words due to the danger they were facing right now.
"By the way, where's Issei? Also Rias-senpai and Kiba-san. Azazel should be around too, just where are they?" asked Kisuke as he renewed the barrier around him.
Asia gritted her teeth and answered, "Azazel-sensei, Buchou, and Yuuto-san went to Romania to negotiate the peace treaty with the vampires. Issei-san, on the other hand, was forcefully teleported away while fighting a black dragon controlled by a strange man who came with the Magicians."
"Hmm… Is that so? Bad timing, huh? Or maybe they aimed at this precise time that they were not present," muttered Kisuke as he observed the battle, 'Those guys from the Student Council… I don't remember them having Sacred Gears. Are those the artificial gears from Azazel's research? They've come a long way.'
He also observed Akeno and Irina's performance on the battlefield, 'Now this is a surprise. They learned how to not use Ophis's passive strengthening ability. It seems that they knew the importance of keeping the information regarding their bodies a secret. However, they have to start using it soon or they'll be overwhelmed.'
Kisuke then turned to Asia and said, "With Issei, you shouldn't worry about him too much. He should be fine."
Asia then bitterly nodded at him.
However, a few moments later, the Magicians noticed that Kisuke, no matter what they sent his way, would only block their attacks and didn't initiate any counter-attacks himself. They then focused back on fighting the Devils and Angel, renewing and worsening the pressure on them yet again.
Asia also noticed them and started pleading, "Kisuke-san! Please help them!"
Gasper, who was finally well enough to speak, also pleaded, "P-please… Help them…"
But instead of moving, Kisuke asked, "And what? Save them from danger yet again? Are they going to need saving every time they're faced with difficulty? Not to be arrogant or anything and just so you know, back in the Underworld crisis, your group was no match against those from the Hero Faction. I already essentially saved you guys from back then and I'm not going to do it again because I'm not your babysitter."
Strangely enough, Kisuke's voice traveled to everyone from the Student Council and Occult Research Club, which created an itch deep within their hearts.
Continuing, Kisuke added with a bit of a smug face, "Koneko-chan, on the other hand, already progressed beyond what your group can do. After all, she's also now a plain believer of no pain, no gain, and learned how to take the necessary risks for herself."
"She might not have the greatest power, but she knew how to use her strength. She might not be the fastest, but she knew when to take an opportunity. Without comparing the overall power levels, in terms of battle experience, she's way ahead of all of you." Kisuke didn't mind what they thought of his words. On the contrary, he wanted them to get riled up, 'Well, Koneko's progress is largely thanks to Yoruichi and Kuroka's training. I won't say that though. Besides, they should also have received training from some people and it's undeniable that Koneko worked hard and took the proper risks to get stronger.'
"Look, although they are tons of them, not even one of them is very strong. In other words, they're just mobs with numbers. If Koneko-chan was here, this battlefield would be treated as a learning experience."
"In my opinion, only Issei comes close to her," added Kisuke. After watching them for a while, he figured that they indeed improved immensely during the two months he disappeared and they should have received the praises of others. He also heard the news of them defeating the strongest Young Devil's peerage which would inadvertently make their heads big.
However, if things progressed as they were now, Kisuke concluded that they'd sooner or later be overwhelmed. What they needed right now was not praise to uplift their egos or some motivational speech to push them to improve for their loved ones, they should have already received plenty of those, but agitation from being compared to whom they considered their equal before.
These words from him may be considered his kindness towards them.
And as Kisuke expected, those who knew Koneko personally started moving rashly, even those who'd only heard of her or only talked to her for a bit like Rossweisse, Xenovia and Irina, felt the heat from others and started moving with them.
Not only that. After calling them mobs, the Magicians became angry and started pouring out more attacks and some towards Kisuke, which made the situation even more volatile, 'Now this is more amusing and interesting~.' Kisuke thought.
However, not everyone got agitated with Kisuke's words. In particular, Asia and Gasper who were already at his side only felt extreme frustration as the weakest among the group who couldn't find a way to get stronger.
Gasper, while laying down, even started crying out his frustration, "If only I could become stronger…"
And as if waiting for those words, the Candy Shop owner, the Devil that is more Devilish than the other Devils, made an offer with a big grin on his face, "Boy, do you want to get stronger?"
Although what they were doing put them in even more danger, in Kisuke's eyes, it's a lot better from earlier where they were only trying to preserve themselves and were hoping for reinforcements to come.
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Editors:
28th00: Ah, Kisuke literally is a Devil now, huh? He's no longer more devilish than devils, but the most devilish devil! Wait a second, is Phis-chama unsupervised?! I hope she doesn't start building in multiple dimensions, it's not healthy to look at.
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