"I'm seeing an interesting scene."
Just then, a playful voice sounded from not far away.
Someone's here?
Hearing the voice, Soyo and Sakiko immediately turned their heads to look.
A young man dressed as a priest, who looked to be in his teens, appeared in their line of sight.
"Hello. Good evening, ladies." Freed walked into the park whistling, a sinister smile on his face.
"I smelled the stench of Devils from a long way off, I didn't expect to catch two at once. Lucky!"
"Who are you?!"
Glancing at the long sword in Freed's hand, Sakiko quickly retreated with Soyo.
"I'm a priest~ A young priest~ Slaying Devils and criminals~ Cruelly mocking, I want to cut off your heads~ So I can earn a living~"
"???"
Is this guy crazy?
Looking at Freed, who suddenly started singing, Sakiko's expression became even more serious.
Mental illness isn't scary, what's scary is a mentally ill person with a weapon in hand.
"Oh dear? Do you want to run away? That won't do~"
Noticing that Sakiko and Soyo were constantly retreating, Freed shook his head and spoke.
"Humans who make deals with devils are already rotten beyond saving."
"For the sake of the future, let me mercifully send you off to reincarnation to start your next life~"
Sakiko: "!"
Soyo: "!"
Icy killing intent rushed towards them. Having never seen such a display before, Sakiko and Soyo stood frozen in place. But in the very next second, the trained Sakiko broke free from the killing intent and quickly pulled Soyo to run.
"Useless!"
Freed laughed loudly, holding up the long sword in his hand as if showing off a toy.
"This is Excalibur Rapidly. If we only compare speed, I... Hmm?"
Looking at the red figure that had appeared in front of him at some point, Freed's laughter came to an abrupt halt.
"Devil?"
"The dead don't need to know too much."
Tatsuma raised his hand and pressed it on the sword hilt. In the next instant, a crisp sound of air breaking rang out.
A cold light pierced through Freed's body, cutting him in two.
Boom!
A fireball emitting terrifying high temperature fell, burning Freed's corpse to ashes.
Bending down to pick up Excalibur Rapidly from the ground, Tatsuma turned to look at Sakiko and Soyo, who were still stunned not far away.
"It's going to be a bit chaotic outside tonight. If you have nothing else to do, hurry home."
At the same time as his voice fell, a magic circle unfolded from under Tatsuma's feet. Spatial fluctuations quietly emerged, and his figure flickered, disappearing from the spot.
Recovering from the shocking turn of events, Soyo asked with some uncertainty, "That was... Tatsuma-san?"
Sakiko, who was seeing Tatsuma's Balance Breaker appearance for the first time, nodded slightly, her gaze directed to the side. "Listening to the voice, it should be him."
"You should go home now, Soyo."
"...Okay."
On the other side.
After saving Sakiko and Soyo, Tatsuma teleported to the abandoned Church on the west side of Kuoh Town.
Rias and the others, who had already set off, were currently standing outside the Church.
Seeing Tatsuma arrive, Asia immediately walked over, her face filled with nervousness as she asked, "How is Sakiko? Is she injured?"
Tatsuma said, "No, she was just a bit startled."
Asia breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good."
Aside from Tatsuma, who had been constantly spending money to improve their relationship, Asia was the person Sakiko was closest to on a daily basis.
Just now, when she heard that there was a killer near Sakiko, she was so nervous her heart was in her throat. Fortunately, Tatsuma acted in time and saved her.
"Tatsuma, the barrier is ready." Rias walked over.
"That fast?" Tatsuma was a little surprised.
"After the discussion yesterday, I had a premonition that this situation would occur, so I made some preparations in advance."
"Of course, Sona also helped with this matter. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to do it alone."
Rias gestured to the distance.
In front of the Church, Sona was leading her peerage to inject demonic power into a pillar.
Tatsuma glanced at it and noticed that the pillar was the core of the barrier surrounding the Church.
"Besides setting up the barrier, the ordinary people nearby have also been evacuated. We can act anytime now."
Sona temporarily stopped what she was doing and walked over to report the progress.
"Then let's begin."
Tatsuma took the lead and walked towards the abandoned Church.
Surging demonic power erupted from him, turning into an invisible force that pushed open the Church doors.
Half a month later, Tatsuma returned to the place where he obtained his first gold trait.
In the deepest part of the Church, a male Fallen Angel with five pairs of black wings was sitting cross-legged on a coronation chair he had acquired from somewhere.
"Good evening, Red Dragon Emperor. This should be our first meeting."
Kokabiel rested his hand on his head and smiled as he looked at Tatsuma walking towards him.
"I heard you just awakened less than two months ago. I didn't expect you to master Balance Breaker so quickly. You truly are a monster."
Tatsuma said, "You seem to be very happy."
"Not just very happy, but extremely happy."
Kokabiel suddenly burst into laughter. "I originally stole the Holy Swords from the Church because I wanted to start a war."
"But Michael and those cowards from the Church didn't dare to act at all, only sending some exorcists and two Holy Sword Users to their deaths."
"Do you know how disappointed I was then? I wished I could immediately capture Rias as a hostage and summon Sirzechs."
"So that's it. This is your true purpose for coming to Kuoh Town."
Rias, who had followed Tatsuma in, had a cold face, and intense killing intent appeared in her eyes.
"I didn't expect you, a lunatic, to go to such lengths just to start a war."
Kokabiel stood up, raising his hands towards the sky. "There's nothing I can do, this world is too boring. A peaceful world without war is simply too boring."
"But ever since the Great War ended, Azazel and Michael have lost their drive, tinkering with Sacred Gears all day."
"Of course, if they could get Sacred Gears of the Longinus level, that would be fine, but they mess around with inexplicable things every day."
"I really can't stand it anymore. Since those guys don't dare to fight again, let me be the one to light this fuse."
Xenovia frowned. "He really is a lunatic."