Volume 10 Chapter 577 - Not Human, But Very Human
Kisuke didn't teleport them directly to Issei's house for obvious reasons. After reappearing in Kuoh Town, Kisuke and Serafall immediately noticed a strong barrier around Issei's house, "Looks like a grand welcome. What do they want?"
"It seems pretty important. Let's go," replied Serafall and started walking towards the tall mansion while being engulfed by Kisuke's optical camouflage designed to fool basic to medium radar, which was currently rampantly spread around the whole Kuoh Town by other factions due to the attention that Kisuke was receiving for his recent actions.
Although the Alliance couldn't get rid of all of them, they were able to limit them to basic scanners that were pretty easy to hide from.
They reached Issei's front door and Kisuke knocked on it. Kisuke tried to peer beyond the barrier using his senses, but failed to do so. Although he could strengthen his senses, he didn't do so as that would only aggravate and be rude to those who are inside and took the effort to set up this barrier. On top of that, Kisuke would be showing his cards when he didn't have to, 'After all, they even managed to block my spirit sense. Although it's a basic one, they figured out my way of sensing my surroundings.'
A few seconds later, the double doors opened automatically. Kisuke and Serafall entered quietly and went straight towards the elevator and went to the 5th floor, where everyone seems to be.
As they left the elevator, everyone's eyes were on them. Kisuke and Serafall, similarly, looked at everyone and Serafall was surprised to see some faces.
Kisuke first smiled and removed his hat, "Good day, everyone~ I must say, I wasn't expecting such a grand reception. I'm truly honored."
Aside from the Occult Research Club, Vali's group, and Benia, leaders from each of the Three Factions including their attendants were present.
From the Grigori, Azazel and Barakiel were present. From the Underworld, Sirzechs and Grayfia are in person while Ajuka is currently being displayed as a Hologram. From Heaven's side, Michael, Gabriel, and Dulio are present. Finally, the last one is from Mount Meru, the first generation Sun Wukong.
Kisuke first looked towards those he knew before transferring his sights towards the unknown faces. The moment his eyes landed on Gabriel, he immediately thought, 'No wonder Issei is making that face right now,' before transferring his attention to the other presences in the mansion who were not present within the room.
The first one to respond to Kisuke's words was Azazel, who started scratching his head, "Don't speak like you're below us. It's really hard to talk that way."
Just from this, Kisuke immediately understood the stance they wanted to take. However, Kisuke just displayed his usual smile and said, "My~ I'm just a person and there's no one standing behind me. I couldn't even do anything when others branded me as a terrorist~!"
Azazel then looked at him with a serious expression, "That all changed when you alone shook an entire Faction, and it wasn't even a small one. Although we can't do anything with your current status, we'll at least treat you as equal."
Kisuke first looked around with a blank expression before sighing, "It's nice to meet everyone, but why are there so many big wigs here? You only need me for one thing, right?"
"Well, we do intend to ask you to treat Valerie Tepes, but there's more we want to talk about," replied Azazel. He then pointed towards the man beside him and introduced him, "By the way, this is Barakiel, Akeno's father."
Barakiel stepped forward and looked straight into Kisuke's eyes while extending his right hand, "I'm Barakiel. I heard you took care of my daughter. I'm really thankful for that. If there's anything, please tell me." Despite his genuine gratitude, however, he looked at Kisuke with great intensity that is very contrary to his words.
Kisuke didn't know what's up with him but he still smiled and took his hand, "Kisuke Urahara, a pleasure to meet you."
Kisuke felt a bit of pressure from Baraqiel's hand but he didn't really mind it. He was just confused at why but didn't ask anything as it isn't the right time. Eventually, Barakiel let go of Kisuke and stepped back. During that time, everyone could hear Azazel sighing.
The next one to step out is Michael and greeted Kisuke, "We meet again, Kisuke Urahara."
"It's nice to see you again, Michael-sama~."
"I'm still really thankful for all those souls that returned to their natural cycles. Thanks to that, the system has gained substantial stability," Michael is talking about the 250,000 souls that Kokabiel corrupted to serve as his secret weapon. Since they couldn't do anything about it, Azazel could only seal the souls until Kokabiel used it again in front of Kisuke.
Just like Azazel, Michael pointed towards the people behind him, "You've already seen him in the Netherworld, but this is Dulio Gesualdo, my 'Joker'."
And similar to Barakiel, Dulio also extended his hand towards Kisuke, "Heya~ Nice to meet you! You can call me Dulio!"
Kisuke smiled and took the hand of the carefree guy, "Same~ Please call me Kisuke."
Chuckling, Dulio replied, "Will do~."
Michael could only shake his head at his acts but didn't say anything regarding it and proceeded to introduce the woman beside him, "And this is Gabriel. A fellow Seraph."
Gabriel also stepped forward and did the same thing as Barakiel and Dulio, "I've always wanted to meet the person who freed all those tormented souls when we couldn't do anything regarding it. I'm Gabriel. I hope we can get along," with a bright smile, Gabriel introduced herself.
But as soon as Kisuke took her hand with both of his, a cold breeze suddenly brushed his spine. He knew where it came from but doesn't know why, 'Do they not get along well?'
Nevertheless, Kisuke continued without pause, "And I've always wanted to meet the rumored most beautiful woman in Heaven. And sure enough, it doesn't disappoint~ It's lovely to meet you, milady~ Kisuke Urahara at your service~."
However, that lip service immediately earned him even more cold air, but ultimately, he ignored it.
On the other hand, Gabriel didn't really react in any particular way regarding Kisuke's playful words, "Please. I don't deserve such a wonderful compliment. Every woman from Heaven is beautiful and it should be me who should do something as thanks."
'My~ How humble and innocent~ Not what would you expect from a leader of a great faction. She's a textbook example of an Angel, alright. Not some self-proclaimed one.' Kisuke thought as he separated his hands from her, "I just figured out right now that you really deserve such a compliment, Gabriel-sama. And also, if I need something, I'll just ask that Governor. He seems like a super-rich guy that I could repeatedly extort," replied Kisuke while pointing towards Azazel.
"Haah!?" reacted to the Governor.
"Please don't burden him too much," replied Gabriel.
"Since it's you who said it, I'll consider it," Kisuke then faced the last new person. Seeing that, Sirzechs immediately introduced the man in the hologram, "This is Ajuka Beelzebub. One of the Devil Kings."
"Glad to meet you, Ajuka-sama. I've heard many great things about you."
"Same. I've also heard a lot of great things about you."
"My~ It's such an honor."
"I feel the same…" Ajuka then looked straight into Kisuke's eyes before saying, "Indeed… You're partly Devil. I can clearly tell that. But that last form you took with your battle with Ares, it's not of a Devil nor is it of a Human… Yet, it's very Human… What are you?"
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