Just as Hestia is doing her reality check, Kisuke came out and greeted everyone, "Oh, everyone's already here~. How are y'all doin'?"
They all simultaneously looked at him after he spoke up. With a quick look up and down, the only thing different at him is the bandages around his left arm. Seeing his usual perpetual grin, they all finally sighed in relief and their worries entirely disappeared.
"You told us not to be reckless and here you two are the first one to charge against a strong enemy..." Sona approached him and took a closer look at his arm, checking it for herself.
Kisuke then patted her head and said, "Not really... We have multiple ways of going out of that situation. We're just caught off guard and blood rushed through our heads. Either way, it's just a minor injury, nothing you should all worry about."
Kisuke then looked towards the rest and asked, "Want to update your status now?"
Aika, Koneko, and Sona looked at each other before deciding. Stepping forward, Koneko relayed their decision, "We would like to hold it off for a few days more. We're only starting to get used to it, and we want to master the proper way of controlling Mana first before we move on."
Kisuke nodded at her, "I think that's good. What about you Kuroka?"
"I'll wait for Shirone and the rest's update first."
"If it's like that, then let's postpone it until the three decided to update." Kisuke decided that he and Yoruichi's status update should come after the trio so that they would not have any unrealistic expectations.
"Yoruichi and I will be resting for a few days, so you guys continue what you do. And Kuroka, we have to talk later."
"Okay, nya~. You can assist me while at it, nya~."
Hestia, who has been listening quietly all this time, asked, "I've been wondering for a while now... What's Kuroka-kun doing that she always needs Kisuke's assistance?" However, her question didn't result in any answer from anyone, "Eh? What's with the silence?"
Thankfully, Medusa came in time and extracted them from the awkward topic, "Dinner is ready~."
While thanking Medusa internally, the girls gave Kuroka a look of blame while Kuroka herself just looked away whistling.
After their dinner, Kisuke talked to both Kuroka and Medusa. He wants the two of them to follow the three girls in their Dungeon exploration and try to push them to their limits. He knew how dangerous this is, but it's needed. If they want to get stronger and follow their steps in the future, they would need some hardships. Of course, Kisuke won't just leave them without protection and the three of them took about an hour to work a plan that will lead them to dangerous scenarios without them knowing about it.
"I know that you're worried, Kuroka. But we can't always baby them and this will be a valuable experience for them. You know that it'll be more dangerous if we don't do it now. Especially when we return to our previous world where all sorts of being going after us. If by chance that we're not on their side when something really dangerous happens, that'll cost them their lives."
Kuroka gritted her teeth but she understood Kisuke's point. Even if he didn't point it out, she already knows that she can't forever protect her sister and it'll only be dangerous if Shirone couldn't protect herself in time of need, "I'll follow the plan... But do you have any life-saving items... In case the worst happens?"
"Of course. I'll give you some experimental drugs that will save them as long as they still have a single breath in them... We could give them items for protection, but they're smart enough to figure the usage of such item and I also plan to disable their current protective charms in this instance so you have to watch them closely but without being discovered."
"Experimental... you say? What are the side effects, nya?"
"I'm not yet sure. But I already used it on Sona so it should work for others as well. However, I would also prefer it if you don't use this."
"I know. It's only for extreme situations... But what if anything fatal comes to them without any protection... That even this drug of yours fails to save them? After all, this plan is crazy... We would lead monsters to them with just enough numbers and strength capable of killing them. If they don't go over their limits like we are expecting, they would probably die."
Medusa at the side nodded in agreement. She wanted to tell Kisuke that he's a mad man but a lot of people probably told him this and her telling him that is useless.
"I know. But I have appropriate measures in place... Even if their bodies die, as long as their soul is intact... I can save them... That I can guarantee you. I know it may sound crazy but you know my skills regarding souls, so trust me with this one..."
"You're really asking for something insane... You're telling me to only watch even if my sister is about to get killed?"
Kisuke looked straight to her eyes and answered, "Yes."
Kuroka returned his stare, trying to figure out if there are any lies from his answer, "You know that Sona, your woman, is also going to get killed if this fails."
"I know."
"Then why are you so confident?"
"Because I already prepared everything I could think of. For cases of them instantly dying, their souls dispersing in the air, the Heaven suck up their souls and many more... I prepared for all the scenarios that I could think of." Kuroka and Medusa can tell that this is the only instance that Kisuke became very serious aside for when he went out for revenge before they transferred in this world.
"You're going to get hated, nya."
"Better than them dying if they kept following me."
Kuroka scratched her head in frustration before letting out a large sigh, "Fine, nya! I agree!" She then stood up and shouted at his face, "But by any chance that Shirone dies for real, nya..." Then a large amount of killing intent crashed into Kisuke, "I will kill you... Even if it kills me trying to."
Kisuke closed his eyes and nodded, "Fair enough."
Kuroka then sat back down and said, "Let's continue revising, nya! I don't want anything wrong to happen! And let's do this after the three got more used to manipulating Mana so that we can properly gauge their abilities, nya! And on the day this will happen, I want you and Yoruichi to be around!"
"Then start giving me your suggestions. And it's a given that Yoruichi and I would be around, though we will be only showing ourselves if they 'die'." While saying so, Kisuke took out the complete profile of Aika, Koneko, and Sona. In the next few days, Kuroka and Medusa would help them train in some survival techniques and they would need their profiles to properly give them efficient training before they would be thrown to the real thing.
It took them all night to plan out everything, but they would have to revise it again depending on the trio's performance in the next few days.