Rias POV
"This was it," I thought to myself, closing my eyes and waiting for death. Tears could not help but spill out; she thought she was special, just like her brother, but now she knew that she was nothing compared to him.
SHRRKK—!
The sound of flesh being pierced echoed through the battlefield.
But—
there was no pain.
"…?" I slowly opened my eyes, and I was no longer kneeling on the ground.
I was being held in a princess carry—by a tall, handsome man.
"Are you okay?" he asked calmly.
Our eyes met and I froze, seeing such strange and beautiful eyes.
His eyes were crimson, unnaturally so, with three tomoe spinning slowly within them.
He felt human… yet his presence was overwhelming.
A vast, terrifying amount of senjutsu energy was inside that fragile human body.
Is he… the man Koneko mentioned? I thought, and then directly asked him.
"W-Who… are you?" I whispered.
"It doesn't matter," he replied gently.
"Tell me—are you hurt?"
My face flushed despite the situation and I nodded instinctively.
Then reality struck.
"Get out of here!" I shouted. "This place is dangerous!"
The Fallen Angels laughed mockingly.
"Do you really think you can leave now, human?" one sneered.
"I don't know how you killed a mid-rank Fallen Angel, but you'll die here."
Only then did I notice the body of the Fallen Angel who attacked me lay on the ground, unmoving.
The two light spears meant for me were shattered, slowly fading away.
The man looked up at the sky, his expression turning cold.
"Surrender," he said flatly, "or die."
He gently set me down, and for some reason, my heart tightened with worry for this unknown savior. I looked at his back and felt protected, just like those stories in which a knight comes to save the princess who is in danger. My cheeks burned red and I shook my head.
I already have Issei in my heart; how can I think about someone else? I thought sadly and looked at the lifeless body of Issei, but to my shock his wounds were healed, which settled my heavy heart down.
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Fugaku POV
"Damn you, human! Die!" the Fallen Angel roared, hurling a light spear at me.
I didn't move.
Despite being high-class, his attack was weak, and I knew why—because he wasn't taking me seriously.
"Good," I muttered and formed hand seals effortlessly.
"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet."
ROOOOOAR—!
A massive fire dragon burst from my mouth, swallowing the light spear whole.
The flames didn't stop.
The Fallen Angel's eyes widened in terror.
"What—?!" He didn't even have time to scream.
The fire dragon consumed him entirely and surged forward, incinerating several low-rank Fallen Angels behind him.
Seeing this, the remaining Fallen Angels panicked.
They spread out and flew higher, trying to create distance.
Silence fell, and all the devils and fallen alike stared at me in shock.
I turned to Asia.
"Little girl," I said calmly. "Can you heal them?" I said, pointing toward the peerage of Rias.
She snapped out of it and nodded, tears streaming down her face.
"Yes,But… Issei—" she cried.
I placed a hand on her shoulder and pointed.
Everyone turned.
Issei's body was completely fine, and his wound was healed; if not for the hole in his shirt, no one would think he was about to die.
Shock turned into disbelief, and disbelief turned into joy.
I pointed at Koneko next.
"Protect them."
She nodded firmly, and seeing my calm command, which did not take them as a threat, the Fallen Angels lost it.
"DAMN YOU!" one screamed.
"You think catching us off guard will save you?!"
He spread his arms.
"Look around you! You're surrounded!"
I looked at him like he was an idiot.
"…No," I replied calmly.
"It's not me who's surrounded."
At that moment, with me as the center, a massive barrier expanded outward, covering the entire battlefield.
I can maintain this barrier, even against S-rank ninjutsu, for five minutes, I thought and looked at them with cold eyes. Capturing them alive or dead was the most important task right now, because if we get their bodies, then Orochimaru will surely work under the Uchiha clan.
The moment the barrier covered the sky, shadows moved from all directions and five figures emerged.
They wore animal masks and held short blades,
and their crimson eyes locked onto the Fallen Angels.
The Fallen Angels' bodies trembled instinctively, and some, feeling danger, tried to teleport—but they failed, as this barrier stopped spatial teleportation.
They couldn't move outside, and their fate was only death or capture.
"Eliminate them," I ordered.
The shadows moved.
SHRRKK—! SPLASH—!
One by one, Fallen Angels fell, and their bodies hit the ground lifelessly. Ninjas lack many things compared to Fallen Angels. Even compared to the whole of the DXD world, the Naruto world falls short, but one thing ninjas surpass them in is speed, use of ninja tools, and most importantly, the hax of the Naruto world is stronger than DXD at lower-level fights.
It would be a different story if a stronger Fallen rushed in; if an ultimate-class was here, they could easily kill us all, but thankfully they are not here.
Therefore, with high speed, weapons coated with poison, and most importantly, with the help of illusion, silence quickly returned to the place.
Rias' entire peerage stood frozen in disbelief, including Issei, who had been ready to show his new power moments ago.