This is the 3rd Time at Kazuya Satoru's life that he felt such wrath. His Soul Seals that's supposed to be powered by gloom is now powered by his wrath.
"Kazuya, calm down. Thinking rationally is of the essence right now. I want to save the girl too, but we need to calm down."
Master said in a calm and lowered voice. Kazuya took a calm deep breath then took a seat at the floor again.
"Umm, Kazuya-dono! There's blood in your hands! Please let me treat it, degozaru!"
"No, It's okay. It's my fault to begin with."
Chizuru asked where she could find the first aid kit and Master just pointed his finger to a nearby cabinet.
"So, My Disciple, what are you going to do now?"
Kazuya stared at the ground for a minute then replied to his Master's question.
"I'm going to visit the fortune teller. You said that she's Cecilia, right?"
"Yes, most likely, she knows the hideout of the Seven Deadly Sins."
The ultimate question tha popped at Kazuya's head is the identity of the fortune teller. It's bothering her ever since the first time he met her.
"Just who is she? There's no way in hell that she knows everything that happens in the world, right?"
Kazuya can only think of one conclusion. The fortune teller is a wielder. The only supernatural power that exists is the Soul Seals so It's natural to think that if something unnatural happened, It's the Soul Seals fault.
But Kazuya doesn't remember having a Soul Seal like that. He asked his Master too, but It's the same response.
"So either It's from Kakuju, or another wielder came here."
This is the conclusion that he reached. Since the fortune teller knew everything, if he asks her, she might give the answer. No choice but to ask her.
"Yup, It's already finished."
While Kazuya was thinking so hard about all of this, Chizuru is treating his right hand. He didn't noticed because he was deep in thought. The alcohol and disinfectant didn't even fazed him.
"Master, I'm going to see that Cecilia woman."
"Then, I'm going to come with you. The Soul Seal of Wrath is my responsibility so I need to come with you."
"I'm going to come with you too, degozaru!"
With that, the three of them decided to see Cecilia, the fortune teller.
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After a bit walking, they reached the usual tent of Cecilia, the fortune teller. For the 2nd Time, Kazuya came here again. But this time, he didn't came here to play with his friends. He came here because of a serious trouble.
They swiped the curtain of the tent and saw the old lady sitting at a chair with her hands at the table. The crystal ball was in the table too. This is the exact positions of the things when he came here 7 months ago.
"Oh, Kanzai! How are you? The little woman from yesterday, right? You're the young man 7 months ago, right? What makes you come here again?"
The three was quite amazed by her multiple greetings and questions but Kazuya shrugged it off and talked to her.
"Sorry, but Master, Chizuru and I don't have any time to play."
He said those words then took a seat in front of the fortune teller.
"Ho, ho, your face has gotten serious since the first time I met you. Then, can you give me your questions?"
"First of all, who are you?"
Dead silence has enveloped the whole tent. Master rode the silence and observed the series of events. While Chizuru was surprised about the sudden silence happening at the tent. After a while, the silence broke and Cecilia gave her answer.
"Ho, ho! So you're suspicious of me, ho? Rest assured, I will still not doing anything, for now at least. You will know who I am at the right time. Now, Is that your only question? I assumed that It's not, right?"
Kazuya didn't pry in her business any further. If he questioned her too much, she might not give an answer about the hideout. She's the only clue they've got.
"Okay, I will stop the questioning for now. We need your help after all."
Kazuya leaned closer to the table and said to Cecilia.
"Where is the Deadly Sins hideout?"
A direct question from Kazuya. Master continued to observe in silence while Cecilia smiled towards Kazuya.
"Well, that's easy. You can find it here."
Cecilia pointed her finger towards her crystal ball. Everyone shifted their gazes to it and saw a map showing the whole Tokyo. Specifically, Cecilia pointed her finger here.
"This is..."
She pointed her finger at an abandoned establishment behind the Edogawa High School.
"To think that the hideout is located behind our school all along! And we don't know anything about it!"
"So... have I answered your question?"
Cecilia wore her smile and looked at Kazuya in the eyes. Kazuya stood up from his seat and swiped the curtains of the tent. He's about to leave when...
"Ms. Cecilia, I'm still suspicious of you but still, thanks."
After that, he completely left the tent along with Chizuru and his Master. Cecilia took one peek to her crystal ball and saw something.
"I see. This is going to be a long war for them."
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"Chizuru, Master and I will raid the hideout on our own. Since you don't have any Soul Seal, you have to stay at our house."
"I hate to say it but I'm really going to be a bother, degozaru."
Chizuru held Kazuya's hands, drew closer to him with tears still flowing on her cheeks.
"Please save my little sister, degozaru!"
"Don't worry, I'm going to save her, at all costs!"
With that, Chizuru entrusted her little sister's fate within these.
"What about you? Master, you only have one Soul Seal, right? Are you sure you can fight only with that?"
"Don't worry, this is my responsibility and fault to begin with. I got too relaxed on this world and forgotten my own Soul Seals."
Master seems to wear a composed face, but his putting so much force to his arms holding each other.
"Then, Master, let's go!"
With that, the two of them walked towards the hideout of the Deadly Sins. Every step they took equals time, no matter how small a second is. They wasted no time, and they walked and walked until they reached their destination.
"Master, we're here."
"I see, this is the exact place."
"Master, if the worst scenario comes, I'm going to call Aki and teleport the kid."
"That's the plan, huh?"
The two is now standing in front of the abandoned building. They already planned for the worst, and they hoped for the best. With Chizuru's wish on their hearts, they move forward towards the abandoned building.
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Let's go back 3 hours ago, before Kazuya and Master was about to raid the hideout.
"This is the day!"
Yukimura asked his leader to be the guard duty this morning. Since Kenji already knew that he's going to take out the kid, he permitted it even though it's not the usual schedule.
With that, he have gone to Reiko's cell, and met her.
"Yuuki-dono! I'm glad that you're here! So could you tell me stories again, degozaru?"
"Sorry, but it will have to wait."
While saying that, Yukimura inserted the key to the keyhole. With that, the cell is now open.
"Yuuki-dono? I'm not taking a bath or getting the urge to go to the comfort room so why did you opened it?"
"You will have to go out of here for a different reason."
Yukimura took her hand and ran towards the left side of the basement. For 3 months, Yukimura is trying to search for a blind spot where the members won't see him escaping the kid.
If he doesn't find anything, he just have to make one. But luckily, at the left side of the basement, there's a soft soil in the ground. Yukimura expended a bit of effort and dug the soil for 4 months.
His effort has been payed, and he found out that the soil he just dug leads to a way out different from their entrance. Because the exit leads to a school in front of them, Edogawa High School!
This is the ultimate plan that he thought of. It's just a simple plan but It's enough for Yukimura to bet his hopes and this kid's.
Both of them ran towards the hole he just dug and they entered it. Reiko is so confused by this but she still followed Yukimura's steps. They walked to the underground passage that he made.
But it happened when they still didn't walked too far away. A member of the Deadly Sins suddenly appeared in front of them. He came from above and it seems he flew towards the underground passage because of a huge force.
The man was going to be unconscious when he saw the kid and Yukimura.
"So... this is your secret passage, huh? Get the kid out of here, Yukimura. There's man who wants to take back the kid, it seems he's a dog of our founder."
Yukimura didn't understood what he's saying at first. But what he has to do didn't changed. He has to take Reiko out of here.
He moved on and continued to run to the hole. While the two of them are running, loud bangs and rattles can be heard from above.
"Yuuki-dono, It seems like somethings happening above, degozaru. How about we check it out for a while?"
But Yukimura doesn't even Reiko's suggestion. His head was filled with confusion and sense of duty. He's confused to the events happening above but his desire to escape Reiko was preventing him to check what's happening above.
He wants to get out of the hideout, as soon as possible! He wants to accomplish it! That's why he continues to run, despite the confusion that he has now.
He will continue to run, and he doesn't have any plan to stop. Well... not yet.
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To answer your questions, let's go back to the time where Kazuya and his Master first entered the hideout. The members noticed the two and called their boss.
"Deadly Sins! If possible, I want to have a peaceful talk with your leader! Please call him!"
He doesn't need to do that, because they already called the boss.
"I'm the leader of the Deadly Sins, Miura Kenji. Can I help you with something?"
After some minutes of waiting, the leader, Kenji appeared before Kazuya's eyes.
"I want to retrieve a certain girl, her name is Karuizawa Reiko. I know you have her."
In that moment, all of the members of the Deadly Sins felt a certain aura. While Kazuya those words, his eyes became sharp and he emitted an enormous blood lust.
That's why they realized at that time, this man is definitely dangerous.
"I feel like just looking at him will kill me!"
This is the line of thought of Kenji. But despite his fears, he still replied to Kazuya's question.
"Where could you here that name? May I ask where did you get that information?"
"I'm sorry, but I can't do that. But someone asked me to take her."
Those words of Kazuya made all of them think of the same thing.
"This guy... is definitely from the founder! The founder sent him here to retrieve the girl!"
If the founder retrieves the girl, she will surely receive training heavier than the current training regimen. All of them doesn't know it but they're actually helping the girl. But they're doing it secretly so that the members doesn't find them out.
But all of the members are helping the girl, so there's no secret to hide. It's just a misunderstanding on their part. For example, the Reiko's trainer. Whenever Reiko was training, he's adjusting the wheel to a weight where a kid can lift it. So that Reiko can drag it around with a bit of effort.
All of the guard duties are giving her change of clothes so she can change her clothes. But they also asked her to change to her rugged clothes again if they're not on guard duty anymore. They do this so that the other members doesn't found out that he's helping the girl.
All of the members are afraid that the others will catch them if they help the kid, so they're doing it secretly. This is the reason why Reiko Karuizawa is still alive even now. If she really did that training, she won't be breathing right now. She's still a kid. That's why... all of them doesn't want to hand the kid over to them.
Because they knew that if they return the kid, she will receive a real and much harsher training regimen than the former.
"I can't do that. You said that you want to end this peacefully, right? Sorry, but we won't hand the kid, at all cost!"
Those words of their leader is the signal for them to take a battle stance. They prepared themselves to a fight. Since there's only two of them, they have the advantage, that's what they thought.
Kazuya just gave a sigh, then replied to his statement.
"It looks like... peace was never an option."
Kazuya summoned the Tiger Saber, then all of the members of the gang jumped towards him to take advantage of their numbers. All of them will attack him all at once.
In a flash, Kazuya was already buried by the members.
But not even a second has passed when they surrounded him, all of the members flew. The gust of wind can be felt because of the huge force exerted by Kazuya.
In only a matter of seconds, all of the members is defeated. The only one remaining is none other than the leader and the guy who runs underground, Yukimura.
"I felt a Soul Seal underground."
Kazuya felt a Soul Seal underground, so he walked towards the sewer and was about to jump in when...
Kenji gave him a punch he never did before. It's different from his usual punch, he put all f his strength to that one punch. Because of the punch, Kazuya flew away from the sewer.
While holding his arms, Kenji declared to Kazuya...
"As long as I'm alive... I won't let you, go underground!"
Kazuya touched his own cheek and said to his Master...
"Master, please don't intervene to this fight."
"I understand."
After that, he looked to Kenji and said...
"The leader of the Deadly Sins, I used the bac of the blade to defeat your comrades so don't worry, they're still not dead. But... I will use my blade on you! I won't trample on your resolve to fight! I will fight you head on!"
This is the declaration Kazuya made in return to Kenji. Kenji just made a smirk, then returned to his battle stance.
This was a fight born from a series of misunderstanding. Will someone emerge victorious?
END OF CHAPTER 19