The meeting place was still the Occult Research Club. Given the sensitive identity of the visitors, Rias called together all her peerage members, with the exception of the shut-in vampire. When Yuuto Kiba saw the two people from the Church, he instantly glared at them like an angry wild wolf.
His past was as a survivor of the Church's research on Holy Sword wielders. He was once captured by Gasper and subjected to inhumane human experiments along with his companions. In the end, all those who failed were secretly executed. Yuuto Kiba fought for his life to escape and was taken in by Rias when he was on the verge of freezing to death. This is why he hated the Church more than devils. This hatred persisted even though the Church had sent two female Holy Sword wielders this time.
One was a tall woman with short blue hair and green streaks in her bangs. The other was slender with a distinctly Japanese face and brown hair tied into pigtails. The former was named Xenovia, and the latter, a local, was Irina Shidō.
Irina got straight to the point: "Not long ago, the Holy Swords kept by the Roman Catholic Church headquarters in the Vatican, the New Church, and the Orthodox Church were stolen during transport."
"According to information from the Church's intelligence department, the culprit is the God-Child Monitor executive, Kokabiel. He brought the stolen Holy Swords and hid them in a nearby city."
Hearing the key name, Rias was instantly startled. "Kokabiel? The Fallen Angel recorded in the Bible?"
The Bible recorded all the deeds related to the God of the Bible. The number of names recorded in it was countless, but a name recorded in connection with a battle with God carried an importance that was completely different from others. Even as a devil, Rias knew that Kokabiel was a powerful Fallen Angel who had fought the God of the Bible and survived the most ancient Great War. The names recorded in other factions that were on par with his were the Four Great Demon Kings of the Underworld and the Four Great Seraphs who served God in Heaven.
"Is this information reliable?" Rias's heart tightened. She had only heard of such a powerful figure in legends. Now she was suddenly hearing that Kokabiel had stolen something from the Church and had come to the area of Kuoh City, which she was in charge of? It was no wonder her familiars had found more and more rogue priests and Ghouls in the area.
"Of course. Otherwise, we wouldn't have deliberately entered a city of devils," Xenovia said coldly. "We came here to ask you all not to interfere in this matter."
Rias was naturally very displeased with their attitude. However, even though the meeting ended badly, both sides got the information they wanted. The Church knew that the Fallen Angels had not teamed up with the devils, and it was enough for Rias to know that this was not a plot they had set up together to break the balance.
"Are they trying to commit suicide by facing a Fallen Angel executive with just two people?" Akeno Himejima said. "By the way, Rias, should we notify Luo Guang? We might not be able to handle this on our own."
"Not yet. Things haven't reached that point, and besides, this opponent is different from before," Rias said, shaking her head. "That's a Fallen Angel who fought the God of the Bible. He is completely different from Raynare, the lower-class Fallen Angels, the Ghouls, and Riser. He's an enemy even my brother would have to take seriously."
"Furthermore, this matter is far beyond the scope of a request. I don't want... to get him involved."
"Let's wait and see. If Kokabiel really starts causing trouble in my city, we can't just ignore it."
Time passed slowly, and soon it was late at night. The night was as calm as water. It was the time for normal people to sleep, but at this moment, two people were running in a disheveled state through the forest. Sona Sitri and Tsubaki Shinra were investigating the Body Snatchers and the unusual rogue priests when their residence in the human world was attacked at night.
When they saw Kokabiel's descent, Sona immediately changed her mind and decided to flee. Their teleportation magic and communication spells all failed, and Kokabiel was trailing them from a distance. He had decided to start with the Leviathan's sister, but in order to cause even more chaos, he didn't plan to deal with just one of them. If both of the Demon Kings' sisters were executed by him, the Underworld would not let it go. To prevent the Lucifer's sister, Rias, from becoming vigilant and retreating to the Underworld, Kokabiel was herding Sona towards Kuoh City like a duck. Once they met up, he could catch them both at once.