- A few minutes later -

It take me a bit of energy searching for me to finally locate Raynare, as she's the only one that feels like an ominous light. Himejima-san's energy signature feels a bit similar, the sign that she was once a Half-Breed, but much weaker as its surrounded by something else. When I found her, I took her face and began dragging her towards a secluded where I can interrogate her without the annoyance of others getting involved.

Now Raynare and I are alone together in an empty classroom, a setting where characters in a Slice of Life Anime would use in order to confess their feelings for their crush. She must have read about locations where someone would confess their love for each other while they've alone for her plan to kill me... Too bad that this is no love confession scene of any kind, but an interrogation

"Umm... Raiga." Raynare started off with a fake blush on her face, similar to the blushes that she did during our 'date'... Going back to that old tactic now of all times? I honestly thought that she's going to be a bit more casual to my like when we're together in the house "Why are we here?"

"I want to know something important, Raynare." I started with a serious expression on my face, playing along with her little act just for shit and giggles. I looked directly to her eyes, which has hint of disbelief within them, while placing a hand on a table "Tell me... The names Asia Argento and Isane Hyōdō, do they sound familiar to you?"

Raynare shook her head in response, but I can tell that she's lying. Since I consider her an enemy right now, [Discernment of the Poor] will respond if she's lying or not. Well, I'll just have to give her info that will get an reaction out of her "Then what if I tell you that Asia Argento and Isane Hyōdō are in the school right now?"

I saw that her eyes wide a bit, but not enough to show that she's surprised. Looks like she didn't expect that the duo are here in the Devil stronghold "But why? I thought that they wanted to arrive at the Church?"

"In case you didn't know, the old Church no longer stands." I said, leaning slightly on the table "It was burned to the ground before Argento, Hyōdō and I arrived there, so I showed them around the town in exchange of horrible sight."

This time, her eyes definitely wide in surprise but I can see a glint in her eyes. Like she was glad that the Church is gone, with probably of her comrades have died within the fire... I actually forgot that she was originally a very selfish and self-centred being, considering that she wants to be loved by her superiors Azazel and Shemhazai, and have it all to herself in the canon timeline with her personality fully revealed. While she didn't said this out loud in the canon timeline, its pretty much implied thanks to her personality.

"W-What!? That's horrible!" Raynare said in genuine surprise, but I can feel that there's a hint of relief within her voice... So she's really happy that her minions and comrades are gone? What a heartless bitch. While I can be a very apathetic person, I've not the type to find joy in the death of a close comrade, or even a stranger "So that's why they're here, since they have no where else to go. Actually, where are they exactly in the school right now?"

"Oh? Why are you suddenly curious on Argento's and Hyōdō's location?" I asked, looking at Raynare with a raised eyebrow at the Fallen Angel.

"I'm just curious, that's all..." Raynare trailed off while her line of sight went towards the door, with her hands behind her back "Say, can we visit them? I want to properly introduce myself to them."

"...No." I replied while standing up straight. What I'm about might be the same as what Gremory did early, but it doesn't matter as long as I get my answer from the ravenette in front of me "I wouldn't allow you to meet them unless you tell the real reason why you want to see them."

"I just want to see them, honest!"

"You're not telling me the entire truth, you slutty crow." I sudden felt a wave of self-loathing wash over me right now after insulting her, as saying horrible thing to a woman is completely so wrong and is a crime that deserves a severe punishment... I have no need for a knight's chivalry right now, Lancelot! "So tell me what I want to know, and I might let you see them."

"I'm sorry..." The Fallen Angel started off with her eyes closed and a fake smile on her fake with her left eyebrow twitching a bit... So becomes very angry at being called a slut, when her appearance in the anime and horrible personality pretty much fits her perfectly "Who exactly are you calling a slutty crow here, Raiga?"

"Who else? The invisible woman beside me?" I saw that my remark made her lips twitch this time "So thinking about Azazel's dick up your cunt all the time makes you stupid? No wonder you couldn't tell if your target is either an easy kill or a wolf in sheep's cloth." I muttered out loud enough for her understand my words clearly. While I know the 'a wolf in sheep's cloth' phrase wasn't a good way to describe my power hidden in this not so impressive physical body of mine, it was the first thing that I could think off that fits it "If you only had the smarts to know the difference those two then then you could have killed me that day, instead of getting knocked out by a single punch to the face from your 'weak' target... How embarrassing-"

I didn't got the chance to finish my insult when Raynare suddenly attacked me with a Light Spear that she suddenly conquered, which I barely evaded because of how close we are. I tried to retaliate with a reinforced kick to her stomach but that failed, however, as I jump back in order to evade slash that nearly sliced off my left arm.

"Eh... What's wrong, Raiga?" Raynare asked without changing her expression at all while I saw the tight grip she has on her light based weapon... She's definitely furious, yet she's controlling it instead of just going wild like the typical hotheads that submit to their anger. She has definitely improved, but will it be enough for her to get out of the school alive? "Why aren't you using that little trick of yours to blast me away like what you did to me and those Devils before? Not that it'll help now since I have seen how you use it in a fight three times by now."

"Well, I rather not get an earful from the Student Council, especially from Sitri-san, if I made a total mess in school building." I replied with a bored tone on my voice while maintaining my battle stance. I wasn't really telling her the truth, but I'm not lying as well. I'm positive that Sitri-san will scold me and I rather not waste my time hearing a lecture from some younger then my original age "Besides, I don't need to use it anyways to get rid of you..." I trailed while taking out [Yubashiri] from my Inventory and unsheathed the blade from it's scabbard, which I throw to the side since i have no use for it at the moment. Tracing the backside of the blade with my left hand, I soak it with water thanks to [Mana Burst (Water)], before charging up the sword with Hamon "I have something else in mind."

I made the 'Come here' motion with my free hand, taunting Raynare to make the first strike. But instead of rushing towards me like an idiot, I saw her take a few cautious steps towards her right... This is rather unexpected. I honestly thought that she's going to let her arrogance get into her head, but it seems that she actually learned from her defeat and the few times I fought. Plus, she doesn't know how exactly do I fight with a real katana since I've been fighting with my bare hands and magecraft

Looks like I have to the one to make the first move... Taking a few steps forward, I blocked a strike from my left before I retaliated with a slash at her stomach. Raynare was able to block, but that gave an opening as I struck her at the neck with a quick jab. This cause her to cough a bit from the unexpected attack at a very delicate part of a person's body, so it's only natural for a person to be stunned when struck there

She was able to block my incoming slash and forced us into a stalemate.

"You know that it's not very nice to hit a girl, especially at the neck..." Raynare growled with a pissed off expression on her face, finally discarding the 'mask' that she's been wearing, before she held out her left hand and created another Light Spear "Guys like should drop dead after begging for forgiveness!"

"I honestly don't care what you think of me right now... But you should know thing." I said, parrying her attacks without too much trouble thanks to my enhanced eyesight. Hamon really is a useful thing, because all of my physical abilities are powered up thanks to producing Hamon through out my body "I'm here to kill you, Raynare."

"We'll see who die here, Raiga!" Raynare roared, charging towards me in a similar fashion to an enraged bull, attacking me with wild slashing until I put ourselves in a statement once again.

...I should end this fight quickly as I'm not used to battling in my base form. I don't want to tire myself too quickly and end up getting killed so early in this new life of mine. Plus, I haven't recovered enough MP to last in Lancelot's form or the other heroes with the exception of Billy, but he's not really a good idea either as guns make too much noise, which will attract unwanted attention towards this class and the Devils will wonder where exactly did I got the gun in the first place.

After strengthening my eyes with [Reinforment], I pushed Raynare back and 'attacked' her with a horizontal slash. When she attempted to block my 'attack', the Fallen Angel didn't noticed that my sword was actually falling to my free hand. Further more, I actually shot a bit of water at her face thanks to [Mana Burst (Water)] to surprise her. When she finally realised that the 'attack' was a feint, it was too late as I preformed a raising diagonal slash that sliced through her body until I stopped at the centre of her chest, where her heart is located.

*Ding!*

[Shigure Soen Ryu] - Passive - LvL: 100/100 - EXP: 100%

Description: The [Shigure Soen Ryu] is a sword style that is called the 'Invincible Sword Style' from Katekyō Hitman Reborn! for several reasons. This style originated with one man and like a family tree, it grew. As the style was passed down, the more the tree grew. Thus, there could be many different variations of the [Shigure Soen Ryu] and is a notoriously deadly sword style that is only passed down to worthy successors.

Each 'form' of the style is only shown once to the student and if the student is worth to succeed, he/she only needs to see it once to remember how to use it from then on. It originally only had one form that was passed down through generations of successors, with each successor creating and adding their own forms resulting in many branches of [Shigure Soen Ryu]. However, as new forms were created, the weaker brances deteriorate, and others disappear as there is no worthy successor; hence, this style can be called the perfect, flawless style.

Techniques:

1st Form | Samidare (Early Summer Rain) - Offensive. The user holds their sword in one hand and slashes at their opponent, but instead of actually attacking, pulls off a feint. Meanwhile, the actual sword is falling to the user's other hand to create a genuine slash after the intended target is caught off guard by attempting to dodge or block the first feint attack.

...This is rather interesting. After gaining this sword style, I honestly thought that I would gain the other known forms of the [Shigure Soen Ryu] that Takeshi Yamamoto shown during his home series. If Samidare is my only technique in this Skill, then I have to create the other forms myself, which is quite nice as it gives me more freedom to be creative or base firms from other styles. This is certainly going to be fun.

Pulling my sword out of her chest after mentally closing the pop-up window, I watch her stagger back a few steps like a zombie would move. Then, she tripped from nothing like Argento and fell on her back with a lifeless and blank look in her eyes.

*Ding!*

You have acquired a new Title through a special action!

[Waifu Killer] - Death is unbiased towards its victims, even if they're drop dead gorgeous women. + Deals extra damage towards the opposite sex.

...I honestly have nothing to say in response to that title, since it's what happened today. I honestly don't remember how many female Stray Exorcists that I've killed along with the Fallen Angels. But one thing is sure, this is got to be the most stupidest Titles that I've heard off. Not only is it kinda sexist (or feminist if the Title owner is female), but for me to gain it after my little massacre party is ridiculous. I don't hate women enough to want this Title, I'm just very apathetic towards a lot of people, not just women.

I better get rid of the body before anyone finds it.

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After getting rid of Raynare's corpse, I made my way back to the Student Council room with a thoughtful expression on my face as I thought about another concept that originated in Type-Moon: A Quantum Time-Lock.

An event that happens when the will of the universe decides that what happens in a 'route' (or possibly), will happen no matter what you do if you went back in time once a Quantum Time-Lock is set. Any possibles of that 'route' changing in another parallel 'routes' once a Quantum Time-Lock is set are erased, as they are considered 'dead end' because in those 'routes'. Reason being that the changes affected the future of each 'route' so greatly that it caused them to evolve too fast that they fall into ruin.

The universe does this because it doesn't want to exhaust its lifespan too fast thanks to the constant growing of various 'routes', so it's forced to only allow a select few 'routes' to prosper and let the others become 'dead end'. The only possible way to affect the future is to go back in time before a Quantum Time-Lock is set so changes will happen, but some events will stay the same no matter and will be forcefully corrected if needed.

The main reason why I thought about a Quantum Time-Lock is because of the possibility that the deaths of the Fallen Angels and their minions were already set, and my meddling to change certain events in the coming future is just a waste of time. Considering that I was targeted by the Fallen Angels and I'm currently being hunted by Gremory to join her crew, it's possible. Which means that in one way or another, I will be forced to join Gremory's peerage...

...Fuck that bullshit! I've already been sent here to be someone's (possible Zelretch) entertainment through some sort of magic that allows them to watch me live my life here, but now I have to follow the canon timeline of being someone's slave because of a Quantum Time-Lock? Fuck no! Once I've become strong enough or find a way to gain power to become strong enough to fight against anyone, I'll break free from the Quantum Time-Lock's set events and live my life as how I wished it to be.

I let out a sigh before shaking my head to calm myself down. I'll have to think about it in a later date as I have more important things to do at the Student Council room. I have to find a way to gain the trust of the duo as their abilities will be invaluable in the future, and I hope that a certain someone didn't realised who were those two are.

With that thought in mind, I walked faster towards my destination. As I come closer towards the room, I extended my sense to see if there's anyone else inside that's not apart of the Student Council...

...

...Aside from having a few people gone, Hyōdō and Argento are still in the same place while they're playing chess. That good to know or else killing all of the Stray Exorcists and the Fallen Angels would have been a waste of time of those two turned into Devils thanks to certain someone offering them a new family and a place to stay in.

"I take it that you've killed the Fallen Angel without too much difficulty." Sitri-san stated when she saw me enter the room, like she was expecting my return here... Makes me wonder if she felt even the tiniest hint of worry for my safety. Well, I'll just have to get to know her better and find out in the future if we become friends "I expect that you've also got rid of her body as well."

"Yeah, I was able to get rid of her body and made sure that there's no evidence that a fight happened in the room." I answered truthfully, but not in the way that thought of disposing Raynare's body... Which is currently in my Inventory. Since I don't have any Skills that's meant to destroy stuff like [Mana Burst (Flame)], I have to throw away Raynare's body somewhere that can't be located by anyone else other then myself "Since I'm here, I'll have to take the Nuns out of the school. Hyōdō-san, Argento-san."

"What is it?/Yes?" Hyōdō and Argento gave their respective responses, looking at my direction from the chessboard between each other

"Do both of you want to stay in my house?" I asked, getting surprised expressions from their faces while I walked closer towards them "Since the 'party' that I made with the people at the Church pretty much wrecked the entire place. So both of you have the choice of either living on the street, stay with me at my house, find another place to freeload in or be with the Devils here after both of you become like like them." I gave them the four possible options that they can take in their situation as I'm sure that they can go back their country as their former Faction has surely branded them as heretics for siding with Fallen Angels "I won't force you girls if none of you agree to it, I'm just giving a suggestion. Both of you have the right to make your own decisions as it's your own lives."

The duo looked at each to do that eye contact conversation for a few seconds, before Hyōdō let out a sigh of defeat while Argento was the one that turned towards me with a smile on her face "Kōjiro-san, we would like to stay at your house..."

"I can sense a 'But' in there." I stated when Argento suddenly trailed off with deadpan eyes, finding the 'Starts saying something before trailing off and let someone else finish it' cliché to be stupid. I turned towards Hyōdō, pointing a finger at her face "And your next line is: We want to know why are you helping us so much?"

"We want to know why are you helping us so much... Huh!?" Hyōdō gasped after as she said the line that I predicted, which caused Argento to look in surprise as well.

"And your next line is: H-How did you know what I'm about to say next!?"

"H-How did you know what I'm about to say next!?" This time, the brunette closed her mouth with both hands, looking at me with wide eyes in shock and disbelief.

"H-How did you know what Isane is about to say next, Kōjiro?" Argento asked with a wide eyes, both from shock and curiosity within them.

"You two did a cliché in stories where you start off a sentence, only for you trail off and let someone else finish it." I said, getting a synchronised head tilt from the duo "Thanks to that, I was able to figure out what Hyōdō-san was about to say ahead by thinking on the most obvious responses."

"Amazing..."

"Anyways, can I answer your question back in my place?" I said before making a gesture around the room "I prefer more personal to be kept private, if you don't mind."

Once again, Argento and Hyōdō look at each other before looking back at me and nodded. Taking that as a yes, I turned around and began to walk away towards the door while I thought of things to do in order to fully gain their trust, from Hyōdō to be more specific.

Well, I hope things go smoothly when we have that private talk.