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Silence befell the room once Kuroka finished her story.

Inwardly, Kuroka wondered what kind of response Basara would give her.

The most likely was not trusting her. After all, aside from a psychopath, a criminal would never say that they were really at fault.

They would always find excuses.

The second most likely situation was to pity her. After all, this was how people acted.

Looking down with pity at those they thought were less fortunate.

Of course, this was what Kuroka hoped to evoke in Basara. After all, if he pitied her he would be more interested in protecting her.

"You are truly an incredible woman."

Kuroka looked up in surprise and gazed deeply into Basara's eyes.

She was startled to find no distrust nor pity in those beautiful green eyes.

Only endless admiration.

Kuroka did not know it but as he was now it was hard to lie to Basara.

It wasn't something like mind reading, but by observing the [Origin] of someone, he was able to infer much of their personality.

It wasn't 100% trustworthy. But it was enough for him to understand one thing.

Kuroka had hidden many things in her words.

But she had not lied even once.

Her story was true and her heart was blazing with deep conviction that few people could have.

Kuroka was not a perfect woman and she without a doubt had much blood on her hands.

But she was a woman worthy of respect.

Anyone who would sacrifice themselves for people they cared about were worthy of respect.

At the same time…

'She is dangerous.'

Basara understood it clearly. The most dangerous people were those who had no regard for their own life.

Those people could act in a totally unexpected way that seemed to laugh at all forms of common sense.

In Kuroka's case, it was clear that her trigger was Shirone.

As long as the little White Cat was well treated, the Black Cat would not transform into a Black Panther thirsting for blood.

"Well *Ahem* *Ahem*. This is the end of my story, Nyaa~!"

Kuroka went back to her slightly flirtatious personality while adding her little quirk at the end of her words.

She was doing so in order to hide the rising flush from the compliment.

'I am truly a little too easy.'

No one really understood her and she never really tried to make anyone understand her.

Even a few moments ago when she gave her story she was simply trying to make him feel pity in order to manipulate him easily.

This was the first time someone acknowledged her efforts and suffering.

She had to admit that it felt great.

"So now, what will you do?"

Basara groaned a little.

The situation was now complicated.

Even though Basara admired Kuroka. Did he dare to take in an official criminal?

The answer was yes.

The devils had absolutely no authority over him and the Exorcists even less.

He was free to host whoever he wanted. But of course, he had to be ready for the consequences.

The greatest problem in this matter weren't the devils as a whole.

But more precisely. Shirone.

The time they had spent together may have been short, but Basara had come to appreciate the silent but cute little white cat.

He wanted all the best for her as such,

"Let's do it like this…"

—--

While Basara was having a headache deciding what to do with Kuroka, Sona was having a headache on her own side.

"So you're telling me that Rias is cannot be contacted and Kiba vanished?"

Mio and Maria shared a glance before nodding.

"Just what the hell is happening!"

For the first time Sona screamed in frustration because of the situation that made no sense to her.

Currently, Sona was completely naked in a sauna with the Gremory sisters.

The enticing flesh of the three beautiful girls could bring most men to sell their souls without hesitation.

Even though Sona and Maria lacked the excessive curve of Mio, they were extremely attractive for anyone who could have observed this scene.

Looking at the distraught Sons, even the usual boisterous Maria did not try to joke around.

There was always a time and a place for everything after all.

"Rias-sama is training with Sirzechs-sama. So at least we don't have to worry about it.

We wouldn't be worried about Kiba either if everything was normal. But…"

Mio groaned. After what just happened, the city wasn’t really safe. It would have been better if they could at least pinpoint him.

Sona sighed,

“Well, enough of this. I just want to relax.”

Her position was pretty hectic as she did more work than anyone could. Because it was her dream to create a special school in the devil world.

This was a way of getting experience.

“So, what will you two do now?”

Maria and Mio shared a glance before Maria shrugged, “Dunno. Once Rias-sama comes out of her training she will directly come to Basara to honor the bet Then we will simply follow her.”

Rias had many flaws, but she was not one to renege a promise.

“Aside from that, I plan to develop my peerage more.”

“Hehe indeed. Our little group will grow bigger.”

One of the reasons Mio never really added peerage members was mainly because she was a little jealous of Rias’s peerage.

The talents they had was off the chart.

Because of this, she refused to settle for anyone that wasn’t good enough.

‘I see.’

Sona nodded. Even though she didn’t say anything, she was 90% certain that Basara might be related to what happened.

The only reason she didn't say 100% was because she had no absolute proof.

But unlike Sona who still had some doubt, Maria who was sitting naked next to Mio knew at 100% that this situation was related to Basara.

Tachibana, the damphir was a future member of her master's peerage and from what she told them, Tachibana had been fighting Basara before being flung off and witnessing Basara getting swallowed.

Even though Tachibana fell asleep afterwards for whatever reason, it was clear that this whole ordeal was targeted at Basara.

'Was it perhaps Jin Toujou who intervened? Or Sapphire-sama?'

Maria didn't know much about those two personally but their reputation was there for all to see.

Either way, whoever acted was related to Basara.

'We should really become closer to our dear brother.'

Maria's grin grew even more. She was now fully intent in bringing forward her plans.

Now she just needed to wait for Rias to come out in order to have the perfect excuse.