If Kanzaki wanted to prevail, she needed God's help, but this was unnecessary. After all, Yuki clapped, and Est returned to her Spiritual World. She had already proven her power.
"Well, that's all for now."
If his attacks went further, it's possible that the barrier wouldn't withstand Est's power, and Kanzaki could end up severely injured or, worse, dead.
Yuki couldn't allow this; he still needed this woman. After all, having a Saint under his command would be quite interesting.
"Huh?"
Yuki stopping his attacks surprised Kanzaki quite a bit.
"What's with that expression? I'm not going to eat you, alright?"
(TN: I think thats cap)
Yuki, on the other hand, was amused. Yuki definitely wasn't fighting seriously; he just wanted to test Kanzaki's power and see if she was up to Saint level. It was also good to know how strong people in this world are. Although Kanzaki was far from being a powerful person compared to Aiwass and the magical Gods, it was always good to know how magic works in this world. After all, even though Rasiel has all the information in the world, it was still only text and nothing practical.
"You won't kill me?"
"Why should I? I said it very clearly; I just want you to leave my territory and let the nun go."
Raising both hands, Yuki tilted his head.
"First, you'll have to kill me if you want to have Index..."
There was no trace of doubt on Kanzaki's face. Index is her friend, and she definitely didn't want to leave her. Coming to this city was for her, abandoning her was not an option. Index had already suffered enough by forgetting her memories; Kanzaki didn't want this nun to fall into the wrong hands and suffer even more.
"You guys are a pain..."
The nun had very good comrades, who even in the face of the strongest enemy, refused to abandon her. This spoke volumes about the morality of her comrades. Because of this morality, Yuki was sure he could work with them. After all, those who betray will never have loyalty and stab in the back. At the same time, those who have comrades are easier to control since they have something to live for and protect...
"Well, if you refuse to hand her over, then let's make a bet~"
Snapping his fingers, the shadow expanded, and Kanzaki quickly prepared her Nodachi, thinking it was an enemy attack. However, what came out of the shadow were two familiar people to Kanzaki...
These were Touma and Stiyl, who trembled with their gaze, and their clothes showed traces of battle.
"You! What are you doing here?!"
For Kanzaki, this was absurd. Both were supposed to flee, and Stiyl was supposed to take Index out of the city, but not only did they not flee, they were captured and beaten.
Something was not right here.
"It's a long story..."
To Kanzaki's question, Stiyl simply shrugged. What else could he do?
Stiyl briefly explained the events to Kanzaki, as well as the existence of cloning spells...
"!!"
Kanzaki's expression changed, and she looked deeply at Yuki. Now she understood why Yuki didn't bother to pursue Touma and Stiyl, there was no need...
However, to be able to make clones in a situation like that, without Kanzaki and Stiyl detecting it, this clown's level was even higher than they thought. Adding to the powerful sword, Yuki was definitely someone who was close to the level of a Magical God.
(Disgrace....)
Touma, on the other hand, sighed...
After being beaten by Yuki's clone, they were captured and sent to the shadow dimension to wait to be called, and they witnessed the fight between Yuki and Kanzaki. This clown was stronger than they thought, and they even swallowed saliva when they saw Est transform.
It was also quite annoying, but there was nothing they could do about it...
"Now that we're all here, I'll tell you the conditions of the bet~"
Raising a finger, a cane came out of Yuki's hat, and a chalkboard appeared, where Yuki began to draw a nun using a marker.
Touma opened his mouth at this, that a chalkboard could come out of a hat, was truly something worthy of magic.
"You invaded my territory because of this nun, right?... but if my information doesn't fail me, this girl has a serious problem with her memory..."
After explaining what everyone knew, Yuki continued drawing using the human brain and the existence of the Grimoires as a base. At the same time, Kanzaki and Stiyl looked at each other, this clown having such accurate information about Index meant that there was a mole within Necessarius...
"And to prevent this girl from dying, you have to erase her memory, right?"
"..."
The group nodded and looked at the clown with doubts, as they didn't know where he was going with something they already knew.
"Well, unlike you, I have two ways for this nun not to lose her memories and deal with her condition~"
Smiling under the mask, Yuki drew the face of a clown and enclosed it in a circle, emphasizing himself.
"!!"
Kanzaki, unlike Touma and Stiyl, who didn't know about this, was surprised and tried to stand up. Unfortunately, her leg was still broken, so she could only grit her teeth and ask...
"Really? Can you help her?"
There were many ways to end Index's condition, such as using the Breach Dojutsu or using the Void.
But Yuki decided to be mysterious...
"Why help her? Weren't you the one who attacked us to hand over Index? Why should we trust you?"
Frowning, Stiyl inhaled smoke from his cigarette and didn't let his emotions completely take over his mind.
Whether Yuki could help Index or not wasn't important now; it was why he would do this...
There were many mages who coveted Index's knowledge and would use her for their own ends, this clown was the same, if he left Index in his hands, terrible things could happen to the nun.
"..."
Kanzaki recovered after hearing these words and also waited for the clown's response. After all, this guy was still an enemy...
"Whether you trust me or not is your problem... Besides, you were the ones who attacked me first, I only defended myself. I think the fact that I didn't kill you proves that I'm the victim here."
Raising both hands innocently, Yuki emphasized the fact of self-defense...
"..."
Looking at each other, Stiyl and Kanzaki briefly remembered, it's true that this clown appeared out of nowhere, but he never attacked, he just defended himself. Even before the sword appeared, this clown continued to defend himself from Kanzaki's attack; they were the ones who attacked first and forced him to act.
"I don't like senseless violence; I prefer to have fun and play. You entered my territory without warning and attacked me; I just wanted to help the nun, and that's why I said you should leave her behind. You guys are quite ungrateful..."
Pretending to be pitiful, the clown took out a handkerchief and pretended to wipe away tears on his clown mask. His performance was so good that if someone were watching, they would believe that this clown was being treated unfairly.
"..."
The trio opened their mouths; this clown was too shameless that they had the urge to hit him, unfortunately, they were injured so they couldn't move.
However, several veins bulged on their foreheads; even Touma felt that this clown deserved a hit. Obviously, with his actions, this clown was not trying to help; on the contrary, he was provoking them, but this was something that this clown would not confess.
"If you wanted to help, then... why the bet?"
Touma still remembered how this clown told them they would make a bet, but if what he said was true, then doing something like this made no sense...
Of course, Yuki was waiting for this question, as he pointed at them.
"At first, I didn't want to do it, but since you attacked me, you deserve punishment. Besides, I don't like your spiky hair..."
Several veins bulged on Touma's forehead...
What did his hair have to do with all this?
Did it really look that bad? Besides, Touma was dragged into all this; if anyone is a victim here, it's him....
But this was something that the present people didn't care about, after all, the clown continued moving the marker, and the drawing of Touma with his spiky hair was emphasized, and in the drawing of Touma, several threads were drawn on his limbs, while at the other end of the threads was a hand...
What Yuki meant was clear... Puppet.
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TN: Noice chapter :D