Issei had recovered for the most part because of Asia's Sacred Gear and Rias's help with her magic energy; he didn't feel so injured anymore, though he still had some bandages around his body.
"I think it will take a few weeks to master the fourth animal style, and the last one will take some time, like months." (Issei)
"You have already mastered the styles, but your body cannot handle the last two." (Qin)
"Yes, the Tiger and Ox styles are extremely powerful, but it's still kind of difficult to use them with my current strength." (Issei)
"We will isolate ourselves for training as soon as this is over; we cannot wait for bad things to happen." (Qin)
"Yes." (Issei)
Issei and Qin continued talking mentally when his attention was suddenly pulled to the two women by his side.
"Will there be an activity today, Lady Rias??" (Issei)
"Yes, let's go to the club now." (Rias)
"Did my parents get worried because of the time I was hurt??" (Issei)
Issei had a lot of concern for his parents; he wouldn't want to leave them worried because of his fights.
"I hypnotized them so they would forget about the fights." (Rias)
Issei felt a bit more relieved when he heard that; the young man decided to grab his clothes and get ready to go to the club.
"You still can't take off certain bandages." (Rias)
"It seems I suff—" (Issei)
Issei was stupefied when he saw his mother looking at Rias adjusting his healing bandages; she looked at the red-haired girl as if she were part of the family.
"Honey! It looks like Issei found a girlfriend!" (Miki)
"What!?? (Gorou)
"What a mess!" (Issei)
Issei took a long time before ignoring his parents' conversation and going directly to the occult research club.
"Soon it will be the truth and not a misunderstanding." (Issei)
"How delusional you are." (Qin)
"I'm sure she's going to like me." (Issei)
"And what if she already has a fiancé??" (Qin)
"Then I arrived too late and I'll root for her happiness." (Issei)
"And if it's forced?? An arranged marriage??" (Qin)
"Then I'll have to steal the bride for myself and give the guy a pair of horns." (Issei)
Issei and Qin went along talking about what to do in some situations that were almost funny; the two didn't seem like those men full of conceit when they talked—they seemed like two best friends.
... ... ...
"My chair!!" (Issei)
Issei tried to go to the luxurious chair that was in front of him; he stopped relaxing in the chair when he realized something was wrong—a strange magic circle appeared on "his" seat.
"Wha—" (Issei)
Issei was electrocuted by a red magic circle; the shock wasn't enough to kill him, but it was enough to give a warning.
"I prepared certain measures against you." (Rias)
Rias sat in her seat while Issei had run away from it because of the shock magic present for intruders.
"I think everyone is catching you with your guard down." (Qin)
"I think so too, how unfair!" (Issei)
"What can you do." (Qin)
"Is Issei-kun okay??" (Akeno)
The black-haired senpai arrived with her two other companions when Rias had sat down; the three seemed to be together.
"Senpai is hard to kill." (Koneko)
"It must have been difficult." (Kiba)
"It was smooth; I almost died, but it was smooth." (Issei)
"Your definition of 'smooth' scares me." (Kiba)
"I think it scares everyone." (Koneko)
Kiba and Koneko had a small shiver, thinking they could suffer because of their companion's madness.
"He was just an idiot." (Rias)
"I'm not an idiot." (Issei)
"Yes, you are!" (Rias)
"No, I'm not!" (Issei)
Issei and Rias began to argue about whether he was an idiot or not; the Gremory was a bit resentful because of his excessive conceit—she had almost lost her precious companion.
"Ara ara, they look like a couple." (Akeno)
"We have visitors today." (Rias)
Rias stopped fighting with Issei when she had this news to give to her companions: some people were going to visit them.
"Who??" (Issei)
Issei was curious about who would visit them; this group always seemed kind of dead and no one came here besides them.
"Sona Sitri and her group." (Rias)
"So the President is coming here." (Issei)
"Yes, I hope you behave or I'll have to lock you up somewhere when we receive visitors." (Rias)
"The option to lock up Senpai is very good." (Koneko)
"Do you guys really think I'm going to do something??" (Issei)
Issei laughed while making gestures with his hands as if he were an innocent person wrongly judged by authorities.
"Yes." (Everyone)
The whole group was laughing; Issei's master was laughing too while Issei himself pouted because of his companions.
"We are arriving." (???)
A woman with short hair and small breasts entered the room; she wore the same uniform as Rias and the girls. The calm beauty wore glasses and had a very sharp look. The woman with glasses was accompanied by another with long black hair, large breasts, a female school uniform, and other people who were mostly women.
"It seems they've arrived." (Rias)
Issei behaved quickly as soon as he saw those people; he couldn't let his etiquette as a monarch be affected because of strangers.
"What did you want, Rias??" (Sona)
"I wanted to talk about the fallen ones in our territory." (Rias)
"Are they getting out of control??" (Sona)
"It seems so." (Rias)
Sona Sitri's expression had a tic when she thought about the fallen ones being uncontrolled in this territory and some war happening.
"Let's elaborate a plan on how to act while Issei explains what happened and his point of view." (Rias)
Sona looked at Issei for the first time and found that young man kind of strange; he had the school uniform, but he had a blindfold covering his eyes.
"It's not eighth-grade syndrome; I feel that this boy is actually powerful." (Sona)
Issei laughed when his mistress gave him the floor and adjusted himself to start his speech; he already had a plan on how to act.
"Last night I was ambushed by 4 fallen angels and a crazy priest. Their strength was weak from my point of view, but they were prepared to kill me after I spared 2 of them in some old fights, and they knew some techniques." (Issei)
Everyone was surprised except for Rias and Akeno; they knew the situation from yesterday when they came to save Issei.
"They were weak and you lost??" (Sona)
Issei continued smiling as he looked at Sitri, who was staring at him wanting answers about why he lost, and the others did too.
"I was a civilian until a short time ago, so the sight of decomposing bodies in that horrible state the priest left them in kind of affected my senses and psychology. There wasn't even time to pull myself together when that idiot priest attacked me, and then the 4 fallen angels came next." (Issei)
"Can you defeat them if you are at 100%??" (Rias)
"Definitely." (Issei)
Issei had a confident smile when he thought about the strength of those five; he could win if he fought at 100% and without the tricks they used.
"Do you think there is someone behind this??" (Rias)
"I think there is." (Issei)
"Elaborate." (Sona)
Sona, Rias, and all the other people paid more attention after Issei said there could be someone behind this weird group in their territory.
"This group might be acting like this, but there must be an influential figure behind them with some hidden motive. The reason for thinking this is their modus operandi: they are killing Sacred Gear users or kidnapping them—they are kind of acquiring an army or undermining one." (Issei)
Rias and Sona agreed with the thoughts Issei had; the fallen ones seemed to be acting exactly that way.
"The best method we have now to deal with things is to annihilate this group present here while we train to deal with the person behind them." (Rias)
"Yes, we will end up pulling in this big fish if we annihilate his allies here or in any nearby region." (Sona)
"But we need more training; this individual in the shadows must be powerful." (Rias)
Issei smiled while Sona and Rias talked more and more; they seemed lost in it, and the young man even stood up to leave.
The action of Issei leaving was caught by everyone in the room and gave a certain redhead a bit of a headache; he was acting selfishly again.
"Where are you going??" (Rias)
"I'm going to settle a score." (Issei)
Issei left the room as soon as he said that; Sona and Rias were stupefied when they saw the blindfolded boy leave the room like that.
"Go with him, Koneko and Kiba." (Rias)
"Saji, you can learn a bit from him; go." (Sona)
Rias had confidence in Issei's strength; that boy might be a bit arrogant, but he doesn't judge people lightly—he didn't judge her poorly.
Sona found that young man intriguing and asked her pawn to go along; he could learn a few things from the blindfolded one.
"Yes." (Saji/Koneko/Kiba)
... ... ...
"I hope those five are prepared for my arrival." (Issei)
"It's going to be fun." (Qin)
"They must have more people, but they should only be weaker people." (Issei)
"Yes, it shouldn't be anything we can't handle." (Qin)
"I'm excited for this fight; I hope they can do at least 50% of what they did when they ambushed me." (Issei)
"It seems you are angry." (Qin)
"I am angry, very angry." (Issei)
Issei walked in the direction he thought was the church when he found two blonde men; one he knew, the other he had seen with Sona, and behind them was a loli who scared him.
"I'm not going back." (Issei)
"We didn't come to stop you; we came to help you." (Kiba)
"Then let's end everything!" (Issei)
Issei took the lead while Kiba and the others followed him toward the church; the four were calm as they went into enemy territory.
... ... ...
"It seems we've entered a barrier." (Kiba)
"The barrier isn't that powerful, so we don't have to worry." (Koneko)
"I told you they were nothing but weaklings." (Issei)
"This guy is full of confidence; I really want to see him fight." (Saji)
Saji was curious when he saw Issei with all that confidence; Hyoudou seemed to be unshakable in the way the blonde observed him.
The four arrived in front of the Church; the building seemed to be kind of abandoned because of the weeds at the side.
"Announce our arrival, Koneko-chan." (Issei)
"Hai." (Koneko)
The white-haired loli had gloves on her hands when she stepped in front of Issei and punched the door with all her strength; the church door was destroyed with the remains flying toward the people inside.
Kiba summoned a sword as he entered with his companions; Saji seemed to have summoned a type of black accessory in his hand, and Issei just took off his improvised blindfold.
"I lost my blindfold in that shitty place; I'm going to steal another one if I find it here." (Issei)
"It was such a good blindfold." (Qin)
"It really was; that fallen one seems to have spent a lot on the accessory." (Issei)
The church that was deserted filled with people with magic circles: 50 hooded people from some macabre sect. A man with platinum hair in the back carrying a light sword and pistols—this was the mad priest who attacked Issei.
"It seems you came to die today; wasn't running away that night enough??" (Freed)
Issei stayed silent while smiling and advanced from the front; his friends behind him also advanced—they seemed to be pulled by the boy.
Koneko went toward the 50 people along with Kiba and Saji; the loli had no problems fighting with her fists and legs—she was dominating. Kiba seemed more powerful than the girl; his sword was refined, and the knight was gifted with great speed and technique. Saji was kind of clumsy when he fought, but he had great talent; Issei could see that.
"I'm here to settle a score for last night." (Issei)
Issei jumped in front of Freed without waiting for the priest to say anything; the mad man used his sword to cut Issei.
Hyoudou moved to the side while dodging the sword; Freed delivered more and more strikes, but none of them hit or managed to take the smile off the boy's face.
"Let's start with this!" (Issei)
Issei didn't wait for Freed's next move and delivered a headbutt to him—one like he felt last night.
"Wha—" (Freed)
Hyoudou didn't give the priest time to breathe and kicked him swiftly in the stomach area with his right leg.
"You fuck—" (Freed)
Freed once again couldn't finish speaking as Issei was in front of him, grabbed his face with his powerful right hand, and rubbed it against the ground with all his might.
"Monkey Style: Gorilla's Right Hand." (Issei)
Issei continued rubbing the priest's face on the ground while trying to make him open his mouth to eat sand and debris, but the man had lost consciousness.
"Let's let this worm live; he will alert his master about our presence." (Issei)
"Things seem to be fun." (Qin)
"This is just beginning." (Issei)
Issei smiled with all the confidence in the world while the people on the enemy side behind him were discouraged; his companions gained even more courage when they saw his strength.
"This guy is a monster." (Saji)
"We have a very strong guy on our side indeed." (Kiba)
"It seems the perverted Senpai is powerful after all." (Koneko)
"Run!!" (Mobs)
A steel door seemed to be at the back of the church; Issei and Qin didn't think this door could hold them as Hyoudou prepared a powerful fist for it.
"I'm here!!" (Issei)
Four light spears came in his direction; the boy was already prepared and dodged them all without any difficulty.
"Came looking for death??" (Dohnaseek)
"It seems the beating from yesterday wasn't enough." (Raynare)
"This time there won't be a mistress to save you." (Kalawarna)
Issei didn't wait for the last one in gothic loli clothes to say anything as he advanced toward the four fiercely; the fallen angels were terrified by the speed and ferocity, much greater than yesterday's.
"He's too fast." (Kalawarna)
"Watch out!!" (Dohnaseek)
"Dam—" (Raynare)
Raynare couldn't finish her sentence when Issei swiftly moved his left leg toward her stomach; the black-winged woman was sent flying.
"Horse Style: Swift Kick." (Issei)
"Raynare!" (Mittelt)
Issei looked at the fallen one who looked like a gothic loli with a terrifying smile; the woman was terrified and tried to run because of fear.
"Don't do it!!" (Dohnaseek and Kalawarna)
Mittelt hadn't looked at the real Issei; she had looked at an afterimage left by his speed mixed with killing intent.
"Snake Style: Treacherous Snake Trap." (Issei)
Mittelt was quickly grabbed by her neck as she agonized in pain plus despair and struggled in Issei's hands; Hyoudou had no mercy as he quickly broke her neck and threw his enemy's body on the ground.
"Now there are only 3 left." (Issei)
Dohnaseek and Kalawarna were very afraid; they had provoked a monster that was very angry now.
"Don't think so highly of yourself!!" (Dohnaseek)
"Yes, don't think so highly." (Kalawarna)
The two were feeling an enormous danger as they advanced with the light spears in their hands toward the enemy in front of them.
Issei didn't feel intimidated when he saw those two make a final charge in his direction and received them with open arms.
"Strange." (Dohnaseek)
"It's our chance." (Kalawarna)
The two fallen angels hit Issei, but there was no blood when the spears went through him—only an afterimage.
"I can't believe they fell for the same trick." (Issei)
"They are stupid or were blinded by fear." (Qin)
"Dam—" (Kalawarna/Dohnaseek)
"Snake Style: Treacherous Death."
The two had their necks broken by each of Issei's hands in a quick and deadly strike from the brown-haired boy.
"This style spends a lot of energy; he uses his legs to produce an afterimage as a trap and finishes the enemies when they fall for the trick." (Qin)
"The Snake Style is made for assassinating and moving, but I couldn't use it much because of the damage to my leg yesterday." (Issei)
"Neither it nor the horse style, which demand a lot from the leg." (Qin)
"Yes." (Issei)
"Now are you going to finish the last one???" (Qin)
"Now is the grand finale..." (Issei)
... ... ...
Raynare opened her eyes; she had been sent flying by that kick in a sensitive area and hit a very hard structure.
"Hello, Yuuma." (Issei)
Raynare tried to reason as she saw that boy in front of her smiling like in their first meeting—a gentle smile.
"He must have killed everyone; I have to survive, I'll use this kindness and love he has." (Raynare)
The fallen one promptly disguised herself as Amano Yuuma, the woman Issei had fallen in love with before meeting Qin Shi Huang and Rias.
"They forced me to do this, I'm happy you saved me, Issei-kun." (Yuuma)
"I'll kill him or run as soon as I have the opportunity." (Raynare)
Raynare threw herself into Issei's arms as soon as she had the chance, and the boy didn't refuse; the black-haired woman lunged for a kiss that was not rejected.
"The opportunity is coming on a silver platter for me." (Raynare)
Raynare kissed Issei more while trying to conjure a small light spear in the shape of a knife to try to stab him in the back.
"My oppor—" (Raynare)
Issei hadn't completely surrendered to the kiss or fallen into temptation as Raynare thought; he was just saying goodbye to his first great love when one of his hands, used while kissing Raynare, applied force to break her neck.
"Goodbye, my first great love, Amano Yuuma." (Issei)
Issei left the place melancholically with four dead bodies; his fury was quenched and only sadness remained as he left that place with some people watching it.
"I'm never going to provoke him..." (Saji)
"Senpai can be scary when he wants to." (Koneko)
"I'm glad he is our ally and not our enemy." (Kiba)