Chapter 12 : "K-Kuoh Town?
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"Because I got this information quite recently and… because I had to confirm some curious predicaments within your cadres."
The leader explained swiftly, a tired smile on his face as he slouched on his chair. "You know that there are some rebellious elements in everyone's departments, right?"
There was a full minute of silence at that question, some dreadfully nodding while others looking as confused if not more than Baraqiel.
"You mean that Kokabiel could… spark a civil war within Grigori?" Armaros asked cautiously, looking around the table and finding some nods of agreement at his legitimate query.
"He could but… I think he will not do it now," Azazel replied with a careful voice. "At least not until he is sure to have the power to win the eventual struggle."
The man then stood up, his eyes continuing to glance at the documents visible from the screen.
"I think he is trying to poke hard at the Church and at the Devil's faction to spark the second conflict."
"And you are sure of this… because?" Tamiel inquired while frowning at the precise theory, confused over the accurate thinking.
Yet Azazel did smile and gave him a nod.
"Because he has been buying the loyalty of some stray exorcists sited in Rome," He answered with an irritated voice.
"I think he is aiming to steal something from them or maybe even go as far to kill some important figure."
"He isn't suicidal to go after the Pope." Shemhazai considered carefully and quickly.
"But he would give a try to kill a Cardinal and get some attention shifted away from Japan," The leader interrupted with a serious look.
"Why Japan of all places?" Tamiel mused over, glancing at the sighing man.
"Because that is the place alluded by my little source," The Governor-General pointed out with a sigh.
"He did mention that a group of Fallen Angels went rogue after some simple orders of watching over an interesting subject in Kuoh Town."
Baraqiel shifted nervously, knowing that his daughter lived there.
"K-Kuoh Town? What were they doing here?"
"The Red Dragon Emperor," Azazel revealed with some little hesitation, having kept the news limited to just a few of the members in that room.
"I found him almost a decade ago in that part of the world and I just wanted to make sure to get him to join to Grigori once he was old enough to train."
"What did the group do then? Did they kill him perhaps?" Penemue suggested but, seeing Azazel nodding at her, she let her eyes widened in shock.
"What!? You mean to tell me some recruits of Grigori went that far to go against an order from you? Who are this idiots?!"
"Raynare, Mittelt, Kawalarner and Dohnaseek."
The answer got some heads to shake.
"You sent some rebellious fools and you expected them to not get cocky about their roles? What did you smoke,
Azazel?" Sahariel finally stated, annoyed by how things were turning out to be grim this suddenly.
"I tried to have them re-assigned somewhere else but…" He took a brief pause, then sighed again. "I got news that someone of high importance decided to have them still sent there."
"Kokabiel?" Baraqiel suggested and was met with a nod. "Damn it!"
Some furious whispers were exchanged through the table and the leader of Grigori let this happen for a while, trying to get everyone to release some steam before continuing.
Much to his displeasure, his close friend and Vice decided to ask a very important but uneasy question to answer.
"Still, you mentioned a source giving you all this material," Shemhazai inquired with a frown.
"How do we know that this isn't just a trap from Kokabiel so he could gain some advantage?"
Azazel looked partly hesitant as he considered his next words and… that was weird for everyone present to the meeting.
Their leader, as much as sheepish he might sound once in a while, would never look this much clueless about something in any particular situation.
"I… might have got news that one of the members of Raynare's camp had been killed,"
Azazel admitted with a hum. "Dohnaseek was found dead in Kuoh's park and the wounds that were found on him were caused from a Light Spear created by him."
"You mean he impaled himself?" Tamariel asked with a quizzical look on his face.
"No, the angles which the holes were found suggested that someone took his weapon and used it to kill him,"
Azazel answered without hesitation. "And the possibility that this was committed by a fellow Fallen Angel is disproved by something else our investigator found in that place."
"And that is? Don't keep us in the dark, Azazel." Baraqiel pressed on, now intrigued by the situation considering whom lived in that city.
The leader blinked and then smiled once more.
"Silver Lining. Several seals to be exact were found and were supposedly used to keep the man's body stuck as he was killed by his aggressor."
"Isn't that basic magic… that even humans can use?" Penemue muttered curious about this whole development.
"Do you think it was a human that caused it and then sent you this info?"
"It wouldn't be a Devil because our Fake Holy energy would hurt them and I've carefully tried to find any possible candidate that could best fit with the message and…
our technical staff might have found some leads. All of them students." The man nodded at his own suggestion.
"The equipment used to send the crypted message isn't nothing to scoff at, especially since only a handful of people in Kuoh seems to have the resources to not only afford the technology but also be capable of using it."
Baraqiel sighed. "So you think there is a young Magician at Kuoh Academy?"
"That is correct idea, my dear friend!" Azazel clapped his hands once to praise the intervention.
"But I think I will be able to get some more proof once I will be there to personally oversee the scene and the area to find my elusive contact."
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