Chapter 340: Sister-complexes are truly terrifying creatures

Kuo Academy, Occult Research Club.

Crunch, crunch.

Tachiro Koneko was eating potato chips, sitting on the sofa, looking expressionlessly at the empty clubroom around her.

As a Retainer of Rias Gremory and the younger sister of Kuroka Toujou, Tachiro Koneko had now followed Rias, who was studying abroad in the human world, to Kouh Town in the Island Country, and was studying at the local Kuo Academy.

As for the Occult Research Club, this was a school club taken over by Rias; its current membership was small, and apart from Rias, everyone else was a Devil Retainer of hers, holding a status equivalent to a Knight enfeoffed by a noble.

But today, Tachiro Koneko felt something was off.

"The President and Junai haven't returned yet, and Gasper is still hiding in the classroom. So boring."

She silently finished the potato chips, then immediately took out spicy gluten strips, shredded squid, roasted pork... As the snacks were eaten bit by bit, her expression gradually turned ugly, becoming more and more serious.

"Something happened!!"

"It's past the return time the President mentioned; there's a problem in Kyoto!"

She immediately stood up and walked to the corner of the activity room, where there was a magic circle connecting to the Underworld.

At the same time, the Demon King's Palace.

Sirzechs received intelligence from his subordinates, and his expression changed immediately.

"Rias is missing? When did this happen?"

"Just now, the news was reported by Tachiro Koneko, a castle Retainer of Lady Rias today."

The Devil subordinate knelt on one knee and answered somewhat nervously.

"How did she go missing? Where did she go missing? Were there any abnormalities discovered beforehand?"

Sirzechs suppressed the irritation in his heart, frowned, and forced himself to remain calm.

"According to existing information, Lady Rias went to Kyoto together with her Queen piece, Himejima Akeno..."

"Kyoto??"

Sirzechs's complexion suddenly turned somewhat green.

You don't think my sister is really stupid enough to run to Kyoto and get caught by someone, do you?

Just a moment ago, he had confidently told Ajuka that there was no need to worry about his sister's affairs.

But now, Sirzechs only wanted to say one word.

Damn!!

"Was she really caught?"

Ajuka, wearing glasses, asked with a strange expression while holding a stack of documents.

"Mm."

Sirzechs, sitting in his chair, rubbed his brow.

"Judging by the current situation, she should have been captured."

"Although I'd like to say my condolences, didn't you say before that she wouldn't have any problems?"

"Don't say it."

Sirzechs's expression twisted for a moment.

"I don't know what she was thinking either; perhaps it was because of Himejima Akeno? Or because she wanted that young nine-tailed fox?"

Sirzechs paused here and said.

"Himejima Akeno is Baiqiu's daughter."

Himejima Akeno wanted to hide her bloodline, but this was completely useless to Sirzechs.

In fact, when Himejima Akeno first fled to the Gremory family's territory, Baiqiu had already negotiated with him.

"You knew about this, and you still told me it was fine?"

Ajuka was already beyond speechless.

He truly didn't know that Himejima Akeno was Baiqiu's daughter; why would he bother paying attention to the parents of Sirzechs's sister's Retainers?

The work of a Demon King is very busy, not to mention he has his own research to do.

Devil reform isn't something that can be achieved just by having great strength.

"Aren't you afraid that Baiqiu brought back his own daughter and then captured your sister?"

Ajuka's tone was very helpless; he always felt that Rias had walked into a trap.

"It shouldn't be; Baiqiu and Azazel are not those kinds of people. There is still some tacit understanding between us."

Sirzechs shook his head and said.

"The only thing to worry about now is the attitude of that Holy Son; if it was him who captured Rias, it would be troublesome."

Hearing this, Ajuka rubbed his own brow, saying quite painfully.

"I wanted to scout out the situation, but now it seems we have to go."

"It can only be settled privately."

Sirzechs was also finding it hard to hold it together; how could his own sister be so unreliable?

A nine-tailed fox was enough to lure you away?

Sirzechs knew very well that Baiqiu was not the type of person to summon his daughter over, even if he wanted to take revenge on the Himejima Clan.

Even if he wanted to find her, he would go through his channel.

On the contrary, because of the Khaos Brigade, the Yokai leader Yasaka entrusted her daughter to Rias, but it wasn't given, making it more likely that it piqued Rias's curiosity.

"So, are you going or am I going?"

Ajuka said with a headache; currently, the strongest among the Devils, or rather the Biblical God System, is Sirzechs.

And such a powerhouse certainly cannot run around; on one hand, it is for deterrence, and on the other, it is very annoying to be troubled.

After all, compared to the gains of Sirzechs doing it, other losses are approximately equal to zero.

This is true regardless of whether it is for the Fallen Angels, the Angels, or other pantheons.

So, generally speaking, it is Ajuka who is dispatched, but the one in trouble now is, after all, his younger sister.

Sirzechs hesitated for a moment and said.

"How about we go together?"

"Together?"

Ajuka frowned and said with some hesitation.

"Although we could, I am afraid it would be difficult to clean up the mess if the movement is too large."

"It's very simple; we just need to cover it up with an even bigger event, and there is something that has reached the point where it must be done."

Sirzechs straightened his back, narrowed his eyes, and said while resting his chin on his hand.

"The matter of a ceasefire is already imminent."

"A ceasefire?"

Ajuka hesitated for a moment, then sighed and said.

"Indeed, it is time to stop, but are you truly prepared?"

The great war between the Angels, Fallen Angels, and Devils has its origins in ancient times, and in these years, the bloody battles have never ceased.

Even now, the bloody battles are still continuing, only the intensity has decreased by a lot.

The reason is very simple: everyone can no longer sustain this kind of attrition.

But it still must be done, and even done ostentatiously; even the Angels occasionally descend to the field, claiming to have received orders from the Lord to go and eliminate the Heterodox—a situation on which the three forces have reached a considerable consensus.

All of this is to maintain the illusion that the God of the Bible is still alive.

But now they truly cannot withstand the attrition anymore, and as for peace talks, relying on the efforts Sirzechs and Ajuka have made over these years.

The Devil faction will not lose too much.

On the contrary, the forces of the Angels and Fallen Angels will suffer significant damage, especially the Angels; once the news that God is dead gets out, heaven knows how many Angels will fall?

Even Heaven would absolutely be surrounded and attacked by those jackals.

Thinking of this, Ajuka sighed.

"I'm just afraid the Angels won't agree."

There is no need to worry about the Fallen Angels; Azazel is also part of the peace faction, and he can suppress the militant Fallen Angels.

Only the Angels are the most difficult, and this is also the most worrying thing.

"I have already sought out Michael; the Angels can no longer bear the attrition either."

Sirzechs narrowed his eyes and said; sometimes, to maintain an overly large operation, the input is greater than the output.

Even if the foundation of the Angels is deep, after thousands of years of maintaining the Church, running the system, maintaining the existence of God, and fighting wars, it has been consumed almost entirely.

It would be better to cut off one's arm to save one's life; at the very least, one could still guard Heaven and guard the system left behind by God, could one not?

"If that is the case, then I have no objections."

Ajuka said with a sense of relief.

In any case, if the news is exposed, the ones bearing the pressure will definitely be the Angels; on the contrary, the two sides of the Devils and Fallen Angels do not need to worry too much.

He and Sirzechs also have the confidence to beat back those jackals.

Sirzechs nodded in strong agreement and then said.

"Then let's go to Kyoto together; the sooner we resolve it, the sooner we can be at ease."

"And while you're at it, you want to fish out your sister, right?"

Ajuka rolled his eyes and said.

"You could say that... Hahaha..."

Sirzechs laughed out loud.

"You really are a sister-complex; you went through all this trouble just to fish out your sister, right?"

Ajuka couldn't help but laugh and scold.

Immediately afterward, he said with lingering fear.

"Creatures like sister-complexes are truly too terrifying; it's a good thing I don't have a sister."

——

The backyard of Yasaka Shrine.

Inside the courtyard where Su Nian currently resides.

"Have the forces of the Five Exorcist Families all been integrated?"

Su Nian, who was drawing the first draft of the Mechanical Dragon Species, asked truthfully.

Behind him, at the doorway of the corridor, Himejima Suzaku, dressed in a red and white kimono, knelt and nodded in response.

"Yes, including the Hyakki Family, the other four families have all voluntarily sworn their allegiance to you."

When Himejima Suzaku said this, she did not care at all about Liya and Himejima Akeno nearby, having absolutely no worry about leaking secrets.

She did not even worry about Su Nian drawing the design blueprints.

Even though they were not under any restrictions, after all, what could two little Devils who didn't even dare to send a message do?

"Mm, well done."

Su Nian stopped drawing the design blueprints, turned around, and gave an order.

"Then next, find an empty plot of land suitable for building a factory; I need it for my experiments."

"Yes."

Su Nian stretched, looking at the design blueprint in his hand with satisfaction; it was finally finished.

Mimicking the Ophiuchus Star Beast, an Avatar of a satellite orbiting the sun, a Dragon Species that is both the strongest kind and compatible with the human worldview.

By dismantling the Mechanical Evil God of the Exe World, combining it with the technology of the Vampire clan to which Leticia belonged before coming to Little Garden, as well as technologies like the Machine Gods of the Type-Moon World, and with the assistance of the Mother of Evil Gods.

Su Nian finally drew the first draft of the Mechanical Dragon Species.

After all, he was going to inherit the territory left behind by the Chinese God Group in the future, but the territory was too large; what would he do if there was no one to guard it?

Simple, why not just use machines?

And as it happens, Little Garden really does have the existence of the Mechanical Dragon Species, and the Chinese God Group is defined in Little Garden as the Dragon Group.

Therefore, it is no problem for Su Nian to create some Mechanical Dragon Species.

Moreover, the territory left behind by the ancestors is vast and rich in resources; the high-end heavenly treasures might have been scavenged, but they couldn't possibly have dug up all the mineral veins for Su Nian, right?

That wouldn't happen, it really wouldn't.

If that were the case, then Su Nian would have to reconsider the issue of inheritance.

(End of this chapter)