74 Aggressive Negotiations

Entry 65:

(I know that the Japanese gods were never shown in DxD, maybe in the manga but not the anime at all, so just assume that the Japanese gods are OCs as I do not want to ruffle any feathers for any behaviors they exhibit that may not seem in line with what people believe.)

Linus Ozias POV:

As we entered what I would assume is some type of public hall, we were then corralled towards a meeting room with a room lined in ornate designs.

I could feel the history here and in that room, all of them sat down on their knees which I then proceeded to do which was somewhat awkward as I had not had experience sitting like this for a long duration.

But worse comes to worse, I can use my control aspect to essentially numb my legs.

The goddess Amaterasu began first, "Anakim-Kun, We know of your mission here, and while we are aware of the Fallen presence, we are unable to take action as that town is under the jurisdiction of the devils, but we are willing to allow you into the town with our express permission."

I nod, well, responding "Thank you, Amaterasu Sama. I know having a foreign presence in your lands is a rather risky ploy, and I hope that I do not ruffle any feathers by being here, pun intended."

This causes some light sighs and giggles across the room. "But we were attacked during our journey here, which I assume you have heard about. Have there been any connections between the groups?"

This causes frowns to appear on some faces, with susano bellowing out, "Bah! They are just some human magicians who attempted to kidnap a high-profile child that is nothing new, and even if they attempt to do so, I shall run them through with my blade."

Yasaka then speaks up, "The magicians come around at random intervals and do not seem very well coordinated as if they are being sent to lower our guard or distract us, yet we have found no breaks in our defenses."

I begin to ponder this as I comb through all the information I have in my mind, but it does not make sense as they are not even able to pass through the barrier without something like Dimension Lost or the Spear of Longinus.

The room continues to discuss the possibilities. I propose an idea: "If I may be so bold as to provide a solution, I may have a way to extract information from the magicians me and Lord Nurarihyon captured earlier."

This causes goddess Amaterasu to raise her eyebrow and suspicion. "And how may you propose you extract this information?"

I then pull out an injector just like the one I used on Diodora and state, "This injector holds nanotech that I have created myself that when entering the bloodstream grants immediate control over the body and cannot be detected by magic, so any information protection will not trigger."

The room goes quiet as a sense of dread builds as Nura asks, "And this nanotech of yours, does it have a weakness?"

Since this is the older model, it does, and only beings in the ultimate class and below are susceptible to it.

"Well, it does have two weaknesses, and that being it cannot affect being ultimate class or higher, and if this subject is given fake info, that will be seen as the truth, but all the magicians we have in custody are high class at best, and if I may be able to use this on them as I've already tested it on another subject and it has worked perfectly fine."

After a couple of minutes of deliberation, Yasaka gives me the okay with a rather terrifying smile on her face as I am reminded of the fact that these magicians have been trying to kidnap her daughter for the past couple of weeks.

Soon enough, we are sent down into the dungeons of the shrine, which are about as dingy and lifeless as you would expect, and in magic-canceling chains, the magicians lie silent.

We then pulled the leader out of the group, and I injected him with the nanites. After a couple of minutes, I asked my first question.

"Unknown magician, what is your name?"

"Diego Chavez, wait, what?"

"Who do you work for ?"

"We work for the Khaos Brigade under the orders of Lord Cao Cao. Why am I saying this!"

"Does this Cao Cao have any noticeable abilities?"

"He wields the Spear of Longinus along with his group of sacred gear wielders. Why can't I stop?!"

The man attempts to bite his own tongue along with the other magicians, and I then use my aspect of control to keep them from moving by controlling their nervous systems.

"Why target the Yokai? What is your goal child?"

"We hope to kidnap the Yokai Leader's daughter to force her into an ambush to then mind control her into using her connection to the Dragon Gate to summon Great Red, the strongest being in this world, for Cao Cao so that he may use his power to slay it. Please no more."

I can see the man struggling as he continues to sweat and groan in pain as he tries to fight against the nanites, but it is foolish as he's only hurting himself.

"What are these "hero's" abilities exactly? Speak!"

"They all wield different sacred gears as the descendant of Heracles named Heracles wields Variant Detonation, Jeanne holds the spirit of the original Joan Of Arc with her Blade Blacksmith, Connla, the inheritor of the original Connla's spirit wields Night Reflection. AGHHHH!"

Okay, he is really beginning to harm himself here as he is attempting to stop himself from speaking using pure will, and it is literally tearing him apart.

"Along...Along with Georg Faust, who holds Dimension Lost, and Perseus, who wields Aegis Materialization…Please stop." The nanites begin to slowly shock him to keep him talking

"The pain will end, child as long as you give us the information, and I promise each of you will make it out of here." As I begin to subtly increase the pain he feels.

"The last is Le Fay Pendragon and Arthur Pendragon, descendants of the originals, along with Siegfried, an artificial clone of the original that worlds multiple demonic and holy swords with his twice critical. Please let us leave. I have no more to give."

"Give me everything, child please, so that we may avoid calamity."

"The..the..the last remaining members are Leonardo, the wielder of Annihilation Maker, and three others whose names never came up. I'm sorry, please stop NOOOOOO!"

As the nanites begin to continuously shock him, I knock him out as he has given us all he needs to.

As I look behind me to the other members of our little congregation, all of them look shocked as I see Yasaka almost shaking but remaining as steadfast as she can, and I simply say.

"We should return to the meeting room to continue to discuss this new development, shall we?"

As we all return upstairs from the dungeon, the room remains silent as everyone is seated, with Amaterasu surprisingly giving me a bow. "Anakim-Sama, as a ruler of these lands, I thank you for allowing us to gain such important information so that we may plan countermeasures for these unruly humans."

I nod solemnly, but on the inside, I am veritably excited as this confirms the presence of the hero faction, even if not in this city but in the area and all of those sacred gears and the loot hehehe.

After the meeting finishes with permission that I may enter Kyoto as well as Kuoh for my aid, I offer Yasaka a piece of paper with the Imperium symbol on it.

She stares at it, confused, as I clarify, "Yasaka-sama, this piece of paper, if torn, will call to me in moments of crisis or if you simply need someone to lean on or you require someone to handle your daughter for a while." The last part causes the Kitsune to laugh as she places the paper within her… cleavage.

How does that work?

My utter bafflement must have been hilarious as she continued to laugh as she passed me on the shoulder, which essentially meant she wanted me to kneel down, which I did, and she surprised me yet again with a kiss on the cheek.

"Who knew such a strong Angel could be flustered so easily? I might enjoy this."

I then grin and return as I stand back up and begin to pat her head as the gods and other Yokai behind us gasp and shock.

But it's not the fact that I am patting her on the head that is shocking them. It's the fact that she looks like she's enjoying it.

I may have put the remaining five charges into head patting. Yes, I am a very petty angel.

As I stop, she looks almost depressed, and as I leave the room, but before closing the door, I hear Amaterasu ask jokingly, "So when is the wedding, little Yasaka?" As she and Susanno laugh good-naturedly.

"Anakiiiiim!" I hear as I leave with Nura as he is laughing his heart out.

Regardless of the surprises, today was a good day.