Chapter 82: Chapter 82 : Three hours later
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Carefully stepping over the rubble created by the explosion, we both started to pace quickly towards Vali as the young Lucifer had started to swiftly move through the slim alley we were now.
Nobody was following, I couldn't feel any footsteps giving pursuit and I felt relief washing over me at how successful this endeavor had gone.
Not only we ended recovering Ingvild, but we also managed to get the True Longinus.
…
I- I was holding the bloody True Longinus. The strongest Sacred Gear in terms of BS power, the very thing that could kill literally everything within this dimension and… and it could easily destroy the world in its full release.
I gulped nervously, yet the euphoric sensation that I was literally holding in my hands a magical WMD was enough to wash away all the tiredness born from surviving that horrifying instance.
I was still frightened, the feeling having yet to fully settle within my chest, but I was glad with how things had turned out to be.
Without saying anything, Vali proceeded to pull out his radio to start contacts with Armaros and-
"Where the fuck are you two idiots?!"
...Holy shit, that was loud.
We all flinched at that, heck I could see the Lucifer's uneasiness over the sudden exclamation by the way he almost tripped on himself at that.
"J-Just making our ways out of a very scary situation, sir," I muttered nervously. "We got good news and… some really bad news."
"And I suppose you two managed to escape without drawing too much attention."
I looked uneasily at Vali, but the young man wasn't deigning me of any attention as he focused on leading us away from that area of Dresden.
"Through a certain perspective, yes," I replied hesitantly. "But everything is alright now."
"Good to know and- You better be explain what kind of 'perspective' you're referring about, Hekishoku."
"S-Sure thing, boss."
"I will see you both at the headquarters. Return there as quickly as possible."
Three hours later, we were able to reach our safe haven without any issues along the road.
Once we entered inside the flat, we were greeted with a particularly angry and confused Researcher of Anti-Magic, the man being rather stressed over the full hour of radio silence he had to experience with Vali and I.
We were reprimanded quite harshly, some stern condemnation raining brutally onto my head as I was chided for putting myself and my partner in that state of danger.
This was all lessened by presenting him with Ingvild Leviathan and the True Longinus, the Tokusatsu Villains-loving man almost salivating at being introduced at the ultimate Sacred Gear.
It was a massive win for Grigori as it offered them the means to fully research the origins of Sacred Gears and boost up the current technological pace developing within the organization.
I didn't need to inquire for some more about the matter to realize what the comment was referring to, as I was perfectly aware that Azazel had already started some projects to develop artificial Sacred Gears to improve the current power deployed by his teams.
It was still a work-in-progress situation considering that most of the resulting elements would come to play much later in the story… or perhaps a little earlier than that with the acquisition of the True Longinus.
I was annoyed that I couldn't keep the weapon, already feeling the giddiness of experimenting with it on my own vaporized by the brutal truthfulness of the matter.
Not only I wasn't a compatible user to deploy its Balance Breaker and 'Truth Mode', but I would also become a target for anyone, from deities to delusional heroes trying to get some revenge exacted, wishing to recover that important tool and make use of it for their own desires.
Azazel had been clear about this, mentioning that both Vali and I would end up receiving a promotion… and that I was demoted to the Lucifer's subordinate for the rest of the two days that I was supposed to spend there in Germany.
While the info that Ophis and various descendants of Heroes had been confirmed as part of this mysterious organization that was currently in the process of consolidating its hold over so many powerful individuals for devious motivations, our presence here had been necessary as a peace-keeping unit.
With Grauzauberer still facing the rebellion waged by Walburga and her clique, the situation in Germany had grown so unstable that some protections over the neutral settlements had been granted by Grigori's detachments.
Preserve order, haul rebellious elements to the competent authorities, more patrolling…
Let's just say that the next couple of days proved to be quite tough to go through with a certain Lucifer enjoying way too much his new role as my senior partner.
It was a moderate irritation considering the seriousness that would still be there to limit his means to annoy the hell out of me, but there were quite the cases that saw me dealing with some humiliating scenes with Vali.
He wasn't a traitorous douche, but he sure was a good douche with the way he was behaving towards me.
Sparring became a normal element in the routine of these two days, with both keeping quite the restrained manners while dealing with each other.
With the jerk keeping himself from unleashing his Balance Breaker and the main power of his Divine Dividing, all of the matches would end up seeing the two of us mostly drawing to each other.
Wins for one or the other were rare occurrences, but the smug from both would still be the same while enjoying these unique moments spent there in the flat.
Still, the young man wouldn't dare to try and uncover my identity in those few days, possibly trying to deduce it through any flaws I would leave behind with my behavior.
He had some chance to catch some glimpses of my face as I had to switch to a newer mask with the previous one having suffered through Ophis' accusing poking, but he was genuinely hell-bent in not stealing any looks over it.
It was a challenge, I realized quite slowly, one that saw him take note of each and every single element about myself.
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