In the middle of very bright space, there ten figures sitting around a large stone round table discussing something. They are all Angels of high standing, Seraphim, and each one of them has twelve has six pairs of wings with nine of then having resplendent white wings and one has dazzling and magnificent golden wings.
As they are discussing, a golden magic circle suddenly appeared ten meters away from them and all of them stopped speaking. A second later, a flustered Angel with four pairs of wings appeared, "Michael-sama! It's an emergency!"
"Calm down. What's wrong?" The one with golden wings stood up and asked the panicking Angel. He has the appearance of a handsome-looking man with long blond hair and green eyes. He wears a red robe with a gold cross on the front of his white alb. He has golden shoulder plates with a white sash and a golden halo set above his head. This is the current leader of Heaven after the Biblical God died in the Great War.
The Angel, however, acted like he didn't hear Michael and said in still flustered expression, "A large influx of souls suddenly came to the Third Heaven!"
Michael, including everyone around, furrowed their brows at this news, "What happened? And how many souls is this to make you panic like this?"
"The cause is still unknown but we're all trying our best to find it. The number of souls that arrive in the Third Heaven is around 250,000." The Angel replied."
"What!?" Michael is evidently shocked after hearing his words. The other twelve-winged Angels in the rooms also stood up in shock, "What else do you know!? And why didn't we know about it until the souls reached the Third Heaven!? We should have been alerted when they appeared in the Purgatory to be purified!"
Of course, they would all panic. Such a number of souls arriving in the Third Heaven means that the same number just died in the Human World and the only thing capable of producing such a result is a weapon of mass destruction. They know well enough that if such an attack happens, another one is soon to follow in retaliation, and such an event will result in Humanity's extinction.
"We don't know anything aside from the souls came from a small town in Japan where Devils are overlooking and the souls only went through the Purgatory without being purified. However, we already checked the souls and we can assure you that they are 'clean' and are ready for reincarnation!" The Angel got some of his bearings and reported cleanly.
Michael was about to give his orders to his fellow Seraphim when another golden magic circle materialized beside the reporting Angel and decided to wait. Another Angel with four pairs of wings appeared and immediately said, "Michael-sama! We have confirmed that Kokabiel has just died!"
'Kokabiel died?' Michael then started thinking as he suddenly got the connection, '250,000 souls appeared and Kokabiel died... Could it be?' He faced the second Angel and asked, "Where did he die?"
"Kuoh Town, Michael-sama. It seems that he got personally involved with the Excalibur incident."
"What!? Then what about the exorcists that the Church sent to retrieve the stolen Excaliburs?" This is Michael's first worry as he didn't expect that Kokabiel would put his hands in this Human conflict himself.
"They are still both alive. And currently, one of them is reporting to the Church."
Michael sighed in relief and went silent. After a minute of thinking, he started giving orders, "You two are to go back and keep an eye in Kuoh Town."
"Yes!" Both of the Angel then teleported back to their posts.
After seeing them gone, Michael then faced his fellow Seraphim, "Metatron, Sandalphon, gather a few of your elite forces and go to the towns adjacent to the Kuoh Town. Wait for further orders there."
The two of the Seraphim nodded without question and teleported away.
"Uriel, Raguel, and Sariel. Go around and start arming our forces. I really hope that we don't go to war but we can't get caught unprepared."
Just like the first two, three Seraphim nodded and teleported away.
"Raphael, Remiel, and Remiel. Go to the largest Churches and gather more information on what's really happening and relay them to Gabriel. Gabriel, you are to remain here and relay information to us so that we could move more effectively."
"What about you?" Gabriel asked. Gabriel has the appearance of an extremely beautiful woman with curly blonde hair and a voluptuous figure and is known as the most beautiful woman in Heaven. She's also the only female in the Seraphim.
"I'm going to Kuoh Town."
"Wait, isn't that too dangerous? At least go with one of us." Raphael asked.
"It's fine. I'm only going to take a look and immediately come back. I'll also contact the Devil King in charge of Foreign Affairs as it's a Devil's territory. We all know that the current Underworld and Heaven doesn't want to go to war so I doubt they'll attack me." Michael smiled and ease their worries.
"But..."
"Although that Devil King is really eccentric, she's not unreasonable so it'll be fine." Turning around, Michael left and teleported to the First Heaven where he could teleport to the Human World.
Michael brought two Angels with him as assistants and they teleported to their nearest territory to Kuoh Town. They then flew towards Kuoh Town in almost speed of sound. Once they arrived, however, they were shocked at the town's state, 'Am I wrong? Are those souls inhabitants of the Kuoh Town and not Kokabiel's evil spirits?'
Michael first observed the town. Hundreds of Devils are going around fixing the devastated town and in the middle of all of it is a familiar figure, 'Serafall? What really happened here? I thought the one overlooking this town are two heiresses of noble households in the Underworld.'
It didn't take too long for Serafall to notice the Angels' arrival and turned to their direction, 'Michael? What is doing here? Even though this is a big event, it shouldn't warrant his presence.'
Both of them stared at each other for a little while before Michael decided to approach and greet Serafall, "Good day, Devil King Serafall Leviathan. I'm sorry for my sudden visit, but something happened in Heaven that I need to confirm something."
Serafall smiled and greeted him back, "Good day too, Michael-chan~! I'm also interested in why you're here. Let's go over there and have a sit." She then pointed and walking over to a temporary lodging that they made for resting purposes.
Michael silently followed her and when they reached the entrance, he signaled his assistants to stay on the entrance. Once both of them entered, the assistants noticed a strong barrier appearing around the lodging.
"Can you tell me what happened first?" Without beating around the bush, Serafall asked him directly after putting up the barrier.
Michael nodded and said, "Around 250,000 souls arrived in the Third Heaven, and I heard Kokabiel died here."
Serafall's eyes widened, 'Is it Ki-tan? But how? And Third Heaven? Does it mean that they are already purified? But it's not even an hour...'
"Judging from your reaction, it seems that those souls really came from Kokabiel."
"Probably... Someone eradicated those evil spirits... But I never thought they'd arrive at your place."
"That's my reason for coming here. How? You and I both know how troublesome Kokabiel's evil spirits are and the only way to fight them is to either eradicate or seal them completely. 200,000 of those evil spirits were eradicated and the rest are sealed by Azazel. And now we have a situation where those 250,000 evil spirits came back to the reincarnation cycle... How?"
Serafall stayed silent and started thinking, 'Now then... How much should I tell him? I didn't think that today will be a long day... Hah... Ki-tan, you owe me some snacks!'