Team's Growth

"I'm home," said a black-haired man as he entered the house. He appears to be Asian, specifically of Japanese descent.

"Welcome home, dear." Welcoming him was a beautiful woman with gray hair. "How was work today?"

"Haaa, it's been hectic. We received many calls that almost overwhelmed us," He sighed tiredly.

"Oh yes, dear, Raizel visited us earlier."

"Oh, that kid? He hasn't been visiting that frequently. Has he been busy?" Masaomi asked as they walked towards the dining hall.

"It seems he has his team now and they often go on missions. Right, he also said that you need to pay the 100 dollars you owe him from your last game of poker." Cleria chuckled after saying so.

"That kid..." Masaomi was gobsmacked, he can't believe that kid was so petty that he still wants the money from the game they played over a year ago. "Haaa, I'll give it to him when he visits later."

"Haha," Cleria chuckled softly before turning serious. "Oh yes, we need to discuss something later." Her tone suggested it is something that needs to be discussed urgently.

Masaomi sweated, 'Did she find out about the Gundam figurines I bought? I'm sure I hid it well.' He nervously thought.

"It's time for me to inform my family," Cleria's words gave Masaomi relief.

'Whew, looks like I'm safe,' He thought. "Is that so, then it's finally time. Looks like that kid has his plans into motion." He continued.

"Oh, by the way, dear. I seemed to have found a certain hidden compartment that was concealed with magic. Hmm," Cleria threw him a bright 'smile'. But to Masaomi, it looks anything but bright.

'Ah, I'm screwed.'

Their family had a pleasant dinner that evening but the head of the family seems to be too tired from work as he was not energetic during dinner.

After the dinner, Cleria and Masaomi had a 'pleasant' discussion regarding her eventual reunion with her family and...the Gundam figurines.

.....

The next day, at the main headquarters of Raizel's team, inside the main office was Raskreia sitting behind a desk and working on paperwork.

"Another mission assigned by Grigori?" She muttered after reading the document in her hands. As of the present, they are still part of Grigori, well they are already semi-detached from it but not fully.

So some of the easier missions that pile up in Grigori are passed on to their team. And Raskreia is mainly the one who handles paperwork and such when their leader, Raizel, is busy which he currently is.

"A team of 5 should be enough for this," She glanced at the mission description. It was an easy one, it just involves delivering some materials and helping in a small Grigori facility on Earth.

"Oh and another one?" This time it's an extermination mission of a group of stray exorcists and rouge fallen angels in a city in the Philippines. The Intel attached said there should be some high-class beings there or tier 3 in the scaling system their team uses. "I'll take this one with the girls."

Raskreia released a sigh and thought back to their team. It was something that Raizel thought of creating, he did not specifically mention the reason but he vaguely said it was to prepare for the future.

Currently, their team is growing rapidly, with over 500 members in just a year. They have recruitment was fast for an organization of their size. Well, recruitment is a loose term here as most of their 'recruits' were saved from dark magicians, strays, etc.

Those saved were given two choices, the same given to the kids they saved from the Holy Sword Institute, some decided to leave while the majority of them stayed possibly due to desperation.

Those that stayed underwent enhancement using the perfected enhancement technology of Frankenstein. After the process, it gave the recruits enhanced physical capabilities and the ability to use Aura.

The rate of enhancement effects differs for each individual due to some factors. Some got overall strength equal to tier 3 but the majority only obtained tier 2 strength.

"I just need to finish a few more and then we can proceed with the extermination mission." Once again, she sighed before proceeding with her work.

'We need to build the different departments soon otherwise we will have piles of paperwork waiting to be finished.' She thought while working.

.....

"How long do I need to do this?" Vali mustered out courage and asked the devil in front of him.

"Until I'm satisfied and when you've learned the magic I assigned for you," Frankenstein simply replied. They were currently in his laboratory where he was testing some ideas of his using some samples he got yesterday, from Raizel after the latter came back from his visit to Cleria.

"Ugh damn, it's better if I were doing some missions right now," Vali grumbled. There are two things he disliked, helping in Frankensteins' lab and studying, right now he is doing both.

"If that's what you want then quickly master space magic." After saying so, Frankenstein ignored Vali instead, he focused on the specimen given to him.

It was a small demonic beast that was injected with a different 'blood' than another demonic beast. The 'blood' mentioned and used here isn't truly blood but just called that for the lack of a better term.

It was actually the condensed form of a trait from another demonic beast that was extracted by Raizel from that beast's blood to be used for tests.

"Hmm," Frankenstein watched the specimen intently. Its size was similar to that of a rat with similar features with a rat but with a more ferocious look. It had a mouth full of sharp teeth, and its fur was as dark as the night. Its tail was of a scorpion's but longer. Then there are its eyes, it was color is orange.

"The 'blood' infused with this specimen was that of specimen 069, more specifically the trait of being able to spew poison mist."

It has been around 5 minutes since they infused said 'blood' but still nothing is happening. Just then, the specimen twitched violently for a few seconds before stopping. It seems okay, with no visible after-effects.

"Let's test if it worked," Frankenstein covered his hand with Aura for protection and put his hand inside the tank. He then poked the specimen to agitate it.

"Shaaa!"

Not long after, his provocation worked as the specimen growled at his hand and suddenly it spewed a green mist toward his hand.

*Tsshhh!*

"Hmm, it could penetrate through the thin protective Aura?" Frankenstein stared at his hand, it had a slight burn from the poison mist's contact.

"What remarkable ability, we just need more tests to see what combinations would work then we can proceed to the next step."

Frankenstein was elated that if he can integrate different traits extracted from demonic beasts or even other supernatural creatures, they can use them to further enhance their members. Though they still need to perfect it for personal and mass use.