Chapter 976 Kisuke’s Worries

While his arm was slowly healing, Kisuke approached the girls and asked Claire, "How did you do that?"

Even though she was very tired and laying on the ground, Claire gave him a cheeky smile and proudly answered, "Amazing, right? [Worthless] really is wonderful."

The moment Kisuke heard that it suddenly clicked in his head, "...You used [Worthless] to forcefully tame both Demonic Power and Holy Power?" But even after saying it out loud, Kisuke still couldn't believe it.

"It somehow worked." Claire shrugged her shoulders, "But it took a while to smooth it out."

Kisuke was rendered speechless because he knew that was impossible to achieve with just 'It somehow worked.' Naturally, there are cases where Demonic Power and Light Power could mix and the most popular example of this was Yuuto Kiba with his Balance Breaker. However, there's a big difference in how Claire acquired her equilibrium compared to the former and that was that she's directly storing both Powers inside her body.

In Yuuto's case, he could use Light Power with the help of his Holy Swords and that's the same for those who could use both Demonic Power and Light Power. They needed a medium to facilitate their use like a Sacred Gear or some other special tool that was related to Heaven. Even then, when used, it was always a mix of both Powers and their opposition was its main point to produce a huge amount of force.

As only Devils with a strong relation with Heaven could use something like this, there aren't a lot of people who could do it.

In Claire's case, with the arrow of light that she used, she's fully capable of using both Powers in their purest form on top of not needing a medium to achieve an equilibrium, 'If her [Worthless] could really do something like that, then her ability was already bordering that of a Super Devil if she's still not one. That would explain how she could easily neutralize my Shinigami and Hollow abilities.'

Asking any further questions would be useless since she probably isn't really fully aware of how ridiculous her abilities are. Instead, Kisuke congratulated the girls, "Good work. From the spar just now, I'm sure that the three of you are all on Ultimate-Class level, and with your Soul Gears, you should be able to match an average combat God and if you are together, you are fully capable of matching a Leader-Class God."

The three of them weren't aware of their real level and thought they were just around High-Class due to the absence of competition. But after Kisuke's confirmation, all of them stood up and cheered up despite their heavy bodies.

'That's still a bit of an understatement but this should be enough to make them careful on how they swing their fists around.'

However, their celebration was cut short by Kisuke's next words, "And now that we're done, begin cleaning up and restoring this place, at least to how it looked before we started."

The girls were stunned and looked around the training grounds that were utterly trashed beyond recognition before turning back to Kisuke, "...All of this?"

Kisuke nodded while returning back to his Human form since his arm was now feeling a little bit better, "All of it."

The girls looked at each other and knew that this would be a daunting task in addition to being a massive pain in the ass. It was then that Claire noticed something and asked, "...Why do you sound like you're not helping?"

Before answering, Kisuke pointed in a certain direction. The girls followed his finger and saw Ophis and Lilith silently standing at the edge of the training grounds. Since they'd been with her all these years, they could tell the mood they were in despite not showing any apparent expression, and right now, they could see a 'lonely' aura on the two of them. Was it because they felt they were being left behind?

"I have the most important task. Pampering and consoling those two."

The girls didn't even question Kisuke's declaration and nodded with all their might, "Understood. We'll do our best."

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Three hours in, the girls are still working hard to restore the training grounds. Meanwhile, Kisuke was feeding Ophis and Lilith various things throughout those three hours. Since they aren't exactly normal, the food that they are taking was just being absorbed by a bottomless pit.

Kisuke, Ophis, and Lilith were just talking about random things that were focused on their daily lives and how they were adjusting to Human society. They immediately admitted that it was confusing and hard. They also had poor memories regarding common sense and manners but Kisuke attributed that to them not really understanding the underlying meaning behind 'common sense and manners' since they didn't really need it until now.

"But it seems that you two aren't a bit frustrated. Are you enjoying it?"

Ophis and Lilith immediately nodded without a shred of hesitation and the former said, "I desired peace and quiet. That hasn't changed, but the meaning of it did... The previous peace and quiet I was hoping for was an eternal silence, but right now..."

Ophis tried to find the right words but couldn't so Lilith continued for her, "We desire peace and quiet... And the fulfillment it brings instead of the emptiness."

Kisuke understood what they meant, "That's great. I'm glad that you were able to find something fulfilling."

Ophis nodded, "And it's thanks to you. I'm not sure what I would have become if you didn't reach out to me."

Kisuke turned to her and smiled wryly, "You know why I reached out to you at that time. Don't make it sound like I lent a hand to save you."

Ophis nodded again, "That isn't important."

Lilith then pulled his sleeve to get his attention, "As a show of gratitude, we'd like to help you."

Kisuke patted her head and chuckled, "You've already done a lot for me."

Ophis grabbed his other hand and put it on her head herself, "But you're currently lost."

Kisuke was surprised for a moment before sighing, "...Amazing. You two really have eyes for the most inconvenient things."

Ophis and Lilith kept staring at him as if trying to pressure him to speak and it didn't even take a minute for Kisuke to cave in, "I want to bring Claire to a very important place because she has the ability to help me immensely. However, that place is also very dangerous and my priority should be your girls' safety."

Ophis then let out a small snort and returned her attention to the snack, "Unnecessary. We can protect them. We're strong. And I can protect you too."

Lilith also did the same as if losing her interest at his 'insignificant' worry, "We're coming too if they're going. There's no question about it."

Kisuke didn't say anything else and just contemplated on what he should do, 'If it was the past me, I wouldn't have hesitated like this. After all, apologizing is a lot easier than getting permission.'