Volume 10 Chapter 580 - A Threat More Than Qlippoth
Ddraig became silent, and Issei asked Kisuke with a somber tone, "Grave situation? Are you talking about Qlippoth? They're dangerous, but what makes you think that it's worse than that?"
"It's not about them, but Rizevim is partly responsible," replied Kisuke as he walked back towards the unconscious Valerie and pulled out his sword from her chest.
Issei checked Valerie's wound but was surprised that there was none. He wanted to ask about it but Kisuke urged Issei to exit the room, "She'll be fine and should be awake in an hour or two."
Issei followed him to the elevator and asked, "So it's not Qlippoth? Which one is it? The Alliance thinks that they're the greatest threat right now. If there's something else, then we need to inform them."
"I'll explain it, but I'll do it with everyone around. I don't want to say it the second time."
"Alright," Issei nodded at him and stayed silent until they went back to everyone else.
Once they entered the room where the leaders were sitting at a round table, Gasper immediately ran towards them, "Kisuke-senpai! Issei-senpai! How's Valerie!?"
Kisuke smiled at him and said, "She's already fine and should be awake in an hour or two."
"R-really!? Can I go to her side!?"
"Sure, go ahead. It'll be reassuring for the young miss too."
Gasper then grabbed Kisuke's hands and almost cryingly said, "Thank you very much!!! If not for you, I wouldn't know what to do!"
"It's fine. Just go. Although I said an hour or two, that's only a possibility and she might even be awake right now."
"I-is that so!? Then I'll go first!" Without minding anyone, Gasper ran back to the elevator and went down.
Kisuke then turned his attention to everyone else and noticed that there was still a free spot to sit between Sun Wukong and Serafall, and sure enough, it was his seat as Serafall called out to him, "Ki-tan! Over here!"
Kisuke first looked at the other leaders and lastly at Azazel, who nodded at him before walking towards his seat and joining the rest. Issei, on the other hand, joined Rias who was behind Sirzechs, and stood beside her.
The first one to speak out was Azazel as he jokingly said to Kisuke, "And here I thought it would take you a few hours. The Sephiroth Graal… Aren't you interested?"
"I am, but I have so many other things to do that I don't want to mess with it right now. Besides, out of all the Sacred Gears or Longinus I've seen, it is the one most connected to Heaven's system."
Azazel, Michael, and Gabriel's eyes widened at his words, "With just a short time of seeing it, you can already tell that much?" muttered Azazel.
"Of course. Where do you think my expertise lies in?"
"…Souls."
"Correct. Present me such a thing that could manipulate souls and I could tell where its power actually originates from unless it's a very irregular thing."
Azazel then furrowed his brows, "…Then why didn't you study it any further? For someone like you with unceasing curiosity, the Sephiroth Graal is a fountain of knowledge."
"It's exactly because it's deeply connected with Heaven's system, more specifically, the Reincarnation System. I don't want to rashly touch it at risk of endangering countless innocent souls. Although I'm not exactly a good person, I still have my bottom line."
The three leaders from Grigori and Heaven were surprised yet again and Azazel even started chuckling, "I thought you're just a reckless researcher, but it looks like I'm very wrong about that."
"I'm relieved to hear that a person with expertise in souls has such a view. It's probably because of that you were able to free those unfortunate souls," Michael added.
However, Kisuke only thought, 'I'm just a reckless researcher, though?' Though he didn't bother correcting their misunderstanding. And honestly speaking, he's very tempted to make Valerie a substitute Shinigami just to see what could happen but decided against it.
At that moment, another communication magic circle lit up beside Ajuka's, showing an old man, "Sorry for being late. I had to put down a lot of dissatisfaction within my Faction after proposing my plan to them… Oho? I didn't think we had a surprise guest here."
"Yo, Odin. Welcome. Is it done?" Azazel greeted him.
Odin nodded while combing his beard with his right hand, "Of course. It's not like they could stop me, not after Loki made a mess. But hey, I'm really surprised to see the infamous terrorist here. It's nice to meet you, young lad. I'm Odin, just a random old man."
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Odin-sama~ Being a terrorist is just my side job. My main profession is a Candy Shop owner~. Kisuke Urahara's the name~."
"Fuhahaha! I've already met people in the past that were both a terrorist and a merchant, but they never admit they are terrorists and rather call themselves some freedom fighters or whatnot. And most of the time, they are arms or information dealers and never a candy shop owner! You're indeed different from those second rates!"
"Thank you for your generous praises, Odin-sama~ It's an honor~."
"Ehem…" Sirzechs feigned a cough to interrupt them. He had a feeling that these two are too compatible would continue for a long time without minding them. He then looked towards Kisuke and said, "Before we start, Kisuke-kun, would you like to listen to our agenda for today?"
Kisuke shook his head, "Thank you for the opportunity, but I still have a lot of things to do, so I'd like to refuse. Though, I'd want to hear it from Serafall-sama later. For now, let me present some information that you may deem important and may change some of your plans."
Sirzechs nodded, "I see. It's such a shame since we'd like to hear your opinion on some matters."
In truth, however, Kisuke just didn't want to deal and argue with them for long periods of time. Only Serafall and Issei had a feeling that this might be the case but didn't point it out.
"Well then, I'll start with Qlippoth or Rizevim's main goal."
"Main goal? Isn't that releasing the Trihexa?" asked Serafall.
"It goes beyond that. His real aim is to use Trihexa as his vanguard to invade some faraway place."
All the leaders furrowed their brows at his words, "Where did you get this information and how can we trust this?" asked Azazel.
With a grin, Kisuke answered with his fan over his face, "Hey now~ How can I be considered a terrorist if I don't have terrorist-like connections~? Of course, I got it from someone within the Khaos Brigade~ And I can assure you of its authenticity."
"Someone from Khaos Brigade? Information that even Vali's team and the Hero Faction didn't have?"
"Well, to be exact, someone from Qlippoth," replied Kisuke with narrowed eyes.
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