
As Koneko expected, Issei suspiciously made contact with Saji to discuss something. But before Issei could say anything, Aika cut him off and joined in on the fun.
Issei intends to help the exorcists destroy the Sword of Excalibur. As she says this, Saji tries to escape but fails when Aika holds him back. Aika and Issei managed to convince him to join the discussion with the exorcists. Since they knew where they were staying because Akeno had made no secret of their existence, Aika took the initiative to call them.
When Aika arrived at the door of the Urahara Household, she began to hear strange noises, 'What is going on now? If I remember correctly, only Himejima-senpai and the two exorcists live here... If they make such a fuss, the house will 'punish' them...'
Confused, Aika still pressed the doorbell and waited for a while before pressing down on it again. It was obvious that there were people at home because of the noise they were making, but Aika still needed five times to ring the bell before someone finally opened the door. It wasn't Akeno as she expected, but one of the exorcists named Irina, "W-what can I do for you?"
"...Why did you open the door?" As far as Aika knew, it should be Akeno who welcomed her.
"You are Aika Kiryuu..." Irina's eyes widened when she saw the guest. Hearing his words, Xenovia also came out, "Do you need anything from that Devil?"
"Jawab my question first... Himejima-senpai should have answered the door, not your guest... What the hell's going on? And what's that noise?" Even they opened the door for quite a while, Akeno still had not appeared and Aika still continued to hear the sound of small bangs all over the house, "Are you doing the renovation work here? I suggest you don't do it because you'll just end up being miserable."
"You know about this house?"
"Despite most of Kisuke's ideas, three more people's ideas are in it ..."
Irina and Xenovia looked at each other and said at the same time, "The waiter was thrown around the house trying to 'silence' us because we found his secret." They answered vaguely but honestly.
"..." - ".Aika knows that Akeno is screwed up and she will not be able to escape from the series of traps for some time. Instead, since Issei wanted to keep this a secret from her master, this was a good opportunity to invite the exorcists out while Akeno was still busy enjoying the traps, "My friend wanted to discuss something about your mission. It would be great if you could at least listen."
"Let's go!" Irina and Xenovia unhesitatingly followed Aika. They will still go out because they do not want to stay with 'hostile' servants'.
They arrive at the cafe where they are going to meet and see that Issei and Saji are already drinking cold drinks. While Issei was being nonchalant, Saji nervously looked around as someone who knew him to watch him talk to Church members. It would not end well for him especially when his master who was constantly in a bad mood for some time now knew about this meeting, "Hyoudou! I really have to go! I'll be killed after being tortured!"
Saji still wanted to leave but before she could do so, Aika placed her hand on her shoulder and released the pressure by controlling Reiatsu-Ki at minimum, "Don't you promise at least you'll listen?" He said after giving her a 'good' smile, "Yes! Ma!" Saji unintentionally paid her respects. He still has some trauma regarding the kind of pressure from Kisuke.
But due to his immature control, he ended up putting Issei, Irina, and Xenovia within his reach as well. Irina and Xenovia almost pulled out their weapons. If not for Aika pulling back her pressure, they might have attacked her out of instinct. Even now, they had no idea what had just happened.
"Damn it! Kiryuus! If you know that technique, at least say something before you use it! That's so bad for the heart!" Issei complained loudly attracting the attention of other customers so she sat back down in embarrassment.
"W-what's that!?" Xenovia and Irina asked at the same time.
"Oh... That it? Just some coercion techniques. Nothing is impressive. More importantly, we should continue our conversation." Aika ignored him as if there was nothing and started the meeting, avoiding questions about him and what he had just done.
Irina and Xenovia knew that they would get nothing out of it while Issei and Saji also said nothing about it so they started 'negotiation' they were rather than just wasting time as they still had to patrol the city to gather more information.
When Issei told them her intention to help them destroy Excalibur, Irina shouted but Xenovia agreed after a moment of thought. The two end up arguing about getting help from the Devil who shows their respective strange beliefs. However, Xenovia emphasized the point that they borrowed the power of the Dragons rather than the Devils and the fact that they did not have much of a chance to take the sword even with their trump cards, after all, destroying the sword is easier than taking it. . They would rather the sword be considered useless than used by the Fallen Angels.
After reaching an agreement, Issei first decided to call Yuuto before they polished the details of their plan.
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"That's it..." Yuuto arrived a few minutes later and heard the situation, "To be honest, I regret having to come crawl to some Sacred Sword user and ask for help."
"We gained your grudge against the 'Sacred Sword Project', but thanks to the work done back then, the research on Holy Sword users has grown tremendously." Irina continued, "It was only because of that effort that Xenovia and I among the others managed to achieve compatibility with the sword."
Yuuto pouted at them, "You think that's enough to make me forgive the slaughter of all those test subjects!?"
"It is considered by the Church to be a regrettable evil. The person responsible for it is branded as heretic and excommunicated. He's now working with the Fallen Angel."
"Fall Angel? What's this guy's name?"
"Valper Galilei, a man known as the 'Archbishop of Massacre'."
"So if we go after the Fallen Angel, I will definitely meet her... You know the other day I was attacked by a Holy Sword user. It was Freed Sellzen... Ever heard of him?"
"You mean that bastard priest!? That guy can still move!?" issei.
"...Although it seems like she is looking for Koneko-chan to avenge one part of her body."
"...In seriously?" Issei shivered on his back as he recalled how Koneko beat him at an abandoned church.
"What's he doing?" Aika who had been silent until now suddenly asked.
Issei hesitated for a moment before telling the truth, "Well... Koneko-chan smashed that guy's ball..."
"Wah~!"
"Koneko? You mean that little white-haired girl? He did that to Freed Sellzen?" Xenovia did not know how to react to the news. Even though they were from the same organization, she did not feel sorry for him because of his actions, but she knew how skilled this sadistic man was.
"Yes... That instant..." Issei added.
They then remembered that he also seemed to be trained by Kisuke Urahara and looked towards Aika.
"He's a lot stronger than me, okay?"
The two exorcists thought that they could at least measure the demonic-power in this city, but because of this 'Kisuke Urahara', it became beyond their comprehension.
They then explained who the Freed Sellzen was. He was a genius warrior who was raised by the Church but he never had any confidence just against a creature that he considered a monster. He crossed too many boundaries so his trial was only a matter of time but he was able to escape. They did not expect that they would receive news of him holding one of the stolen Excaliburs here.
With this information, they decide that Issei and his company must hide their identities while dressing up as priests to lure the Freed Sellzen who seems to be the man behind the massacre of the priest in the city. They would split into two groups and call the others if they met Freed. This mission seemed to be easier now that they knew that only humans used the Holy Sword.
Their meeting was over so they had to go their own way to start their plan. After coming out of the cafe, the Devils plus Aika discussed what they were going to do. Aika decides that they will fight if there are only humans present and if there are Fallen Angels in sight, they must escape.
Finished with that, Saji finally voiced his confusion about what Yuuto's relationship with the Sacred Sword was even though he was a Devil. Yuuto then decides to tell his story about the sole survivor of the 'Sacred Sword Project' as his comrades use their lives to protect him so that he can escape.
After hearing her story, Saji cries and promises that she will help him despite the risk of 'death' in his own master's hands.
It took them two more days to lure Freed out.