"Hey, Penemue! How's our company going?" I asked as I stepped out of a portal into her private office.
"Our company is doing fine. Our stock is high and our margins look good this term." Penemue was sitting behind her desk and a familiar hot blond woman was standing in front of her holding a stack of papers. She set them down and turned around.
"Hi, Emma? Have you upped your flirting game yet?" I asked her teasingly. She had tried to seduce me to help her when we first met, but I was far too experienced to fall for that.
Emma scoffed. "Hmph, I'll have you know that my flirting skills are amazing! Maybe one day your skills might even match mine if you practice." She said confidently.
"Layla already has her own harem…" Penemue said bluntly to her.
Emma spun around and gaped at my sister before turning back to me. "A–a harem!? For real?" She asked in genuine surprise.
I smirked at her while nodding. "Yep! I have two Goddesses, A Youkai Queen, the world's sexiest and deadliest spy, and one other perfect woman I won't mention." I listed off with my fingers.
I only used one hand to count…I would have to up my game! 'What kind of respectable harem only has five women in it?'
[You are a degenerate…]
'I'm just kidding. I care about all of my harem members.' I won't say that I love them all equally just yet, because I haven't been able to spend enough time with all of them. I'd only met Lady Death twice after all in person.
"Five women!? And two of them are Goddesses?" She asked in surprise. "Other Gods are real?"
I was going to answer her but my sister interrupted first. "Speaking of Gods? How did your little scuffle with Olympus go?" Penemue asked me.
"It went pretty good. Zeus is now very dead. Hestia is now the den mother of my home, and Artemis is my maid." I replied nonchalantly.
Penemue nodded calmly to my statement. I guessed that she was completely used to the craziness that was my life at this point. Me announcing the death of a God like Zeus would usually draw a bigger reaction from someone.
"W–wait!? You killed Zeus! Like–The Zeus!?" Emma asked in shock. "Isn't that like a big deal!?"
Like that.
Once again I was going to answer her but Penemue cut me off again. This time it was with a sly little grin. She absolutely knew what she was doing. "So what brings you here today, little sister? Are you here to actually manage your own company?" Penemue asked me. "There's quite a bit of paperwork I could use your help with if you're interested?" She waved her hand over her desk and a pile of papers two feet tall manifested in front of her! "This is all the paperwork that needs to be looked over by the end of the day."
Emma stopped her foot and pouted cutely at being ignored.
I blanched at all the papers on Penemue's desk. I didn't know if those were real or not and I didn't want to stick around long enough to find out! I started backing away slowly. "I actually came to tell you that I was planning on visiting Earth DxD and seeing Azazel. I wanted to know if you wanted to go back there for a while?" I asked her. This was going to be his final healing session and then he'd be good as new!
Penemue pondered for a second before she sadly shook her head. "I'd love to go see Azazel, but things here are just too hectic right now. We just let go of a bunch of our useless divisions and I'm in the process of replacing them with actual competent scientists."
"Azazel!?" Emma asked out loud again. "He works for Shaw! Why would you want to see him?"
Penemue waved her hand flippantly. "Different Azazel. My Azazel is obviously more handsome and cool than some poser fake devil who's only power is teleporting." She said dismissively.
"Teleporting is a really dangerous power…" Emma muttered to herself mostly.
"Not really for us. Every single Angel learns to teleport at some point." I said to her before turning to Penemue. I started backing away slowly while eyeing all that horrible paperwork warily. "...I'll just leave the paperwork to you. You look like you've got it all covered. Is everything good with the other major shareholders?"
Penemue told me that everything was fine on that front. Apparently, we had been invited to Wakanda and Latveria as special guests. We had an open invitation to go whenever we wanted. We hadn't heard back from whoever Mr Li's employer was yet though.
"Before you go, why don't you take Emma with you. She's supposed to be YOUR new secretary after all." Penemue pointed out to me.
Emma looked excited. "I've heard about the other Earth from Penemue. I'd love to see it!" She said.
I shrugged and told her it was fine if she wanted to come. She should get to know Grigori if she has decided to work for me. I didn't expect this trip to be anywhere near as exciting as she was thinking it would be though.
I was about to open a portal directly to Azazel's lab–because where else would he be?
Before I did, my phone in my inventory went off. Someone had sent me a message. I pulled it out to check. I blanched when I saw the aggressive message I had gotten from Fury. He did not seem happy that I had given him Jessica, Luke, and Danny.
ONE EYE-PIRATE:You Motha F******!!! Why the F*** Did you dump 3 enhanced people in the middle of my office!!!???
I started texting back my response.
ME: I didn't feel like dealing with them…they were too annoying. BTW Killgrave has been handled. You're welcome! :(
ONE EYE-PIRATE: WHO THE F*** IS KILLGRAVE!!?? And why is this white kid talking in riddles like he's some kind of Chinese drama actor? He told me that I shouldn't be so angry because it will give me bad Chi! The f*** is bad Chi?
[He's obviously talking about Danny there.]
ME: His brain has problems… His super power is also really lame but I'm sure you'll figure something out from him. And try to ask him what's going on with The Hand! He's supposed to be their arch nemesis or some shit!
ONE EYE-PIRATE: This weird kid is the arch nemesis of a thousand year old hidden organization that spans the globe and took over an entire country secretly!?
ME: …Yes.
ONE EYE-PIRATE: $@^#$^%#@$%!!!
I slipped my phone back into my inventory. I'd check his other replies later once he'd calmed down…
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