21 Mysterious Visitor

Kamijou and Asia turned around to look at the new visitor.

A young man was standing there.

He was rather short probably around 160 centimetres and was wearing a white version of the habit worn by priests compared to Asia.

Dirty white hair and red eyes. He certainly didn't look like the traditional priest. Instead he looked more like a delinquent.

To add that, he had this disturbing smile on his lips that made Kamijou feel unease.

The atmosphere has began to change. That strange feeling spread throughout the area as if the temperature has dropped.

"... F-Freed?"

The man began to laugh as he heard Asia's trembling voice.

"Hahaha! So this is where you ran off to. And everyone was wondering where you went. Seriously, you one cute little girl, you know?"

He seems to be happy but Asia was pale and her body was trembling as if she has seen a ghost.

It seems that she knows the identity of the man but she was not happy to see him. At the moment, Kamijou felt like he had heard something familiar.

The name of the man before him. Freed. Was he someone from the narrative? Even so, that was not important right now.

If Asia was scared of him then that means this man was an enemy. That was all that matters at the moment.

Without wasting time, Kamijou stepped infront of Asia as if to shield her from the strange man. In the next moment, his mouth began to move.

"You, who the hell are you?"

"Oh, are you talking about this great me? Ho! Ho! I'm a priest♪ A priest that cut down devil-like people~, and I laugh at their corpse~♪"

The priest began to sing and dance around as if he was having fun.

What the hell is wrong with this person? Is he insane? Kamijou thought. This man was definitely have some loose screws in the head.

"My name is Freed Zelzan. I belong to an exorcism organisation. I have introduced myself but that doesn't mean you should do so as well. I won't remember it."

The more this person spoke, the more Kamijou concluded that he was insane. He wondered which exorcism organisation would hire someone like that.

"What do you want with Asia?"

"Oh, that. You see, that girl behind you belongs to the same organisation as me and I'm here to bring her back. It's way past her bed time so I will appreciate it if you hand her before."

At the mention of the words 'Bring her back', Asia began shaking once more. Kamijou noticed this and thought.

The man said he and Asia belonged to the same organisation. The same organisation that was mistreating her.

It was here that Kamijou ground his teeth and looked at Freed with different eyes from before.

"You bastard! So you are one of them, huh?"

"Huh? What's this? Don't tell..."

Freed looked at Kamijou and then Asia.

"You stupid girl. You told him something. Something that he was not supposed to hear, didn't you? Now I have to silence him. Ah, it doesn't matter. I'm just going to kill him like I did with those people."

Huh?

Kamijou was not frightened even when the priest said he was going to kill him. He was more interested in what he said next.

Those people? Kamijou thought. So this was not his first time killing someone. Then subconsciously, his mind went back to what he witnessed yesterday.

Could it be....

"You... Were you the one responsible for that?"

"Huh? Now whatever are you talking about? If you are asking if I stole your girlfriend, I didn't do such a thing."

"Shut up! I'm asking if you killed that person yesterday."

"Yesterday?"

Freed thought about it for a moment before he started laughing.

"I see. So you are talking about that person, huh? I thought the devils will get there and clean up but It seems you got there first."

"How could you?"

"Because~, he was criminal that got involved with devils, so he must die."

"What kind of lame excuse is that!?"

"That's weird? Really Weird. I mean humans who make a pact with devils are scum. The trash of the earth. Can't you understand that?"

"Shut up! Is that why you had to kill him? And why did you do it in such a brutal manner? Aren't you human, you heartless bastard!"

When Kamijou remembered the horrific scene yesterday, he was getting so angry. He did not know that person but he was angry for his sake.

Why? He did not know. After all, they were just normal strangers. Even so, he could not stand how that person was brutally murdered in his own house. And the one responsible was talking as if it was not a big deal.

He ground his teeth again.

"You... aren't you supposed to be an exorcist? So why are you killing humans, huh?

"Haaaaa? What the fuck is this? Are you lecturing me now? Hahaha! You know, you probably become a good comedian. Okay, listen here. Devils use humans' greed to survive. Relying on a devil proves that you're no longer a human. It's the end. That's why I killed him~. It's that simple. I make a living by killing devils and those that are contracted to devils. That's my job."

"You bastard."

"Anyways, that doesn't matter. I'm going to kill you now. Hahaha. Even though I'm supposed to kill humans, it can't be helped. It seriously can't be helped, right? Right now, you're an enemy so I have to kill you."

The priest suddenly pulled out a hilt with no blade and in the next instant,

Voom!

The very air vibrated with a sound. The sword that only has a handle turns into a beam saber. It resembled the light Saber from Star wars.

Normally, if Kamijou saw something as cool as that, he would have screamed in joy. But now that light Saber was being wielded by a crazy priest who wanted to kill him. There was nothing to be happy about.

"Hahaha! I bet you haven't seen something like this before. This is the power that God has bestowed upon us, the chosen. And now I'm going to cut you with this blade of light. Oh man, it feels like I'm feeling in love."

Kwang—

With a loud sound, the priest rushed towards Kamijou with the sword of light raised.

"Asia, stay away!"

"Ah!"

Kamijou pushed Asia away and jumped backwards, narrowly escaping the blade of death that struck the ground.

The priest looked surprised.

"Oh, you managed to dodge that, huh? How about this?"

Freed jumped forward again and swung the sword. He moved with great speed faster than the average human. Even so, each time he swung the sword of light, Kamijou will dodge.

It was rather impressing that Kamijou was able to keep with a monster like Freed.

"What's this? Aren't you rather agile? Tell me, do you exercise?"

Kamijou did not answer. He was too busy dodging the sword held in Freed's hand.

"If that is the case, let me get a little more serious."

"Eh?"

Kamijou couldn't comprehend those words. No, he refused to comprehend those words.

Are you telling me that you were not serious all this time? When that horrific thought emerged, Kamijou trembled.

Literally in an instant, Freed was already upon Kamijou swinging the blade down with all his might.

.... Fuck! Not good.

There was no way to dodge. If he tried to dodge now, he was going to get sliced like tofu. Left with no other choice, Kamijou raised his right hand to protect his face.

It was then....

Crack—

The moment the blade of light touched Kamijou's right hand, it broke into multiple fragments and scattered to all directions.

"W-What? What just happened?!"

Freed was shocked beyong disbelief. Meanwhile, Kamijou was looking at his right hand like an idiot.

"Honestly, what the hell was I afraid of?"

A smile began to spread across his lips. This was the same right hand that can destroy even God's miracles. If the priest wielded the power of God then he would be able to destory with a touch.

"Now then."

He looked at the still shocked priest and began to move towards him. There was no reason to still be on the defensive anymore. If he wanted to win then he need to strike too.

He would do just that. He was going to land a good right hock on that priest's ugly nose. That was all he needed to do and he would win.

Then...

Kamijou stopped moving and his eyes opened very wide. It was because the priest had pulled out a gun and was pointing that dangerous thing at him.

"Fuck!"

He cursed.

In the next instant, the priest pulled the trigger without mercy. There was no gunshot. Only a bright light flashed from the barrel and then...

"Arrgghhh!!!"

Kamijou screamed and fell to his knees. He had managed to shift his position but his shoulder still got pierced.

"I see. So you are the troublesome fellow that Raynare talked about. Honestly, I thought she was joking until I experienced it myself."

Raynare. A name Kamijou was not expecting to hear.

"Tck!"

Kamijou stood up despite the pain in his shoulder and tried to get away to find cover. But....

"Hey now, are you trying to run away?"

"Guaaaah!!"

After the priest finished speaking, Kamijou screamed once again and crumbled on the ground. This time, his right thigh was pierced.

It was really painful. It felt like his skin was burning.

"So how do you like it? The special bullet used by exorcists, the bullet of light! And it doesn't make any sound. Since its bullet of light, it can easily kill devils since the light is poisonous for them. But it also works on humans too."

The disturbing smile on the priest's face widened as he got closer and closer. Then he crouched down and placed the barrel of the gun on Kamijou's forehead.

"Now I'm going to send you to heaven, Okay. Make sure to greet God when you see him for me."

When Freed was about to pull the trigger to finish him off, Kamijou heard a girl scream. A familiar voice.

"Father Freed stop! I will come back so please let him go."

"A-Asia..."

The blond sister was begging on Kamijou's behalf.

"Hmmmmm. What am I supposed to do here? I was told to do was bring you back and since this guy isn't a devil, I don't need to kill this guy. What to do? What to do?"

The priest thought for a while before he gave up.

"You see that, idiot. This cute girl just saved your life. You better be grateful. You are really one lucky bastard. If you were a devil, I would have blown your brains out. But if you cross us again, I'm going to blow your head for real, Okay!"

The priest walked away while putting the gun away. Was I being spared? Kamijou thought.

"Ugh... Now I'm bored. Hey stupid girl, do let's go back."

"Please wait."

"Huh? Ah, whatever."

Asia walked towards Kamijou and stretched her hand forward. In the next moment, a green light washed over Kamijou's body. It was the power of her sacred gear.

It didn't last for long though. Because in the next instant, the green light was blown away by a mysterious force.

"W-What? What happened?"

Asia became puzzled. Something like this has never happened before. She tried again and again but the same scene of her power being blown away repeated itself each time she tried.

"Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why can't I heal?!"

"Asia, stop."

Kamijou spoke as he tried to stand up. But in the next moment, he crumbled on the floor again.

"You idiot, stop moving."

"No, I can still fight."

"Ryuji."

"Stup up. I can still.."

"Ryuji."

"..."

"I didn't get to say this before but thank you for today. It was really fun."

Asia flashed Kamijou the most disheartening smile he had ever seen before. He was being used as hostage and that fact alone made his blood boil. Then the sister went back to Freed.

"Are you done now?"

"Yes."

"Good. When the ritual is done, you will be finally freed from your suffering."

... Ritual? That's not good. Kamijou knew word was very dangerous.

"Asia, stop! Don't do it."

"Geez, why are you being so noisy? Do you want me to shoot you in the head?"

Freed said in irritation.

Kamijou groaned his teeth in frustration and tried to get up but fell again. Blood was now gushing from his wounds more intensely than before.

"Ryuji."

Asia turned around with a smile and looked at Kamijou.

"Goodbye."

Then a magic circle appeared and they disappeared. Kamijou was left alone on the floor.

Asia was taken away and he couldn't do anything. Despite saying he would protect her yet he couldn't go anything when the time came.

He was easily defeated and he would have died if she hadn't interfered.

"Hahahahhahahahahahahaha!"

Kamijou started laughing. It was unknown what he found funny but he couldn't stop laughing. It felt like he was entering the realm of insanity.

"Really now, power to defeat even God. What a fucking joke. I couldn't even protect one helpless girl."

His right hand was utterly useless. Once again, he cursed himself to being weak.

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Well, it looks like Kamijou's right hand was defeated.

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