"No one who comes here is not surprised by my way of life, and you, Your Excellency, are much calmer than I expected." The synthesized mechanical voice spread throughout the surrounding space. For Aleister Crowley, whose entire body, including his brain, was in hibernation, and whose most of his thoughts were assisted by machines, all his actions were now completed through machinery.
"Calling Yoshino 'Your Excellency,' Mr. Chairperson, you are being a little too polite." Yoshino looked left and right. She knew that Aiwass, the Guardian Angel who protected him at all times, was definitely here now. She could also feel the angelic power emanating from Aiwass.
"No, I feel this is a bit rude. Because of my current physical inconvenience, I am very sorry to appear before you in this posture. This is my rudeness, Your Excellency." Aleister Crowley lowered the life support device to be level with Yoshino's eyes to show his respect. However, this did not lower Yoshino's guard against him.
"As the master of Academy City, I feel deeply remiss for not welcoming the consciousness of the fourth sephirah of the kabbalah tree of life when it personally descended upon Academy City. Please forgive my mistake, Your Excellency.
"It's not that you didn't come out to greet me in time, but because you wanted to observe carefully before determining whether Yoshino would affect your plan, right? Don't think that I can't sense the surveillance devices you've distributed throughout Academy City. No matter how small your machines are, they can't escape my perception range." Shiina interrupted Aleister Crowley, who was still speaking pretentiously. "In these past few months, you've been able to gather this information because you knew you couldn't intimidate Yoshino with force, so you could only play nice, isn't that right?"
"..." Hearing Shiina's words, Aleister Crowley paused. He was aware that his observations had been continuously interfered with. He had originally intended to exploit her kind nature, but now it seemed that the entity on her arm was meant to correct her and prevent her from making wrong judgments, wasn't it?
"You're silent now, which means you admit my thoughts just now, right, Aleister Crowley?" How could Shiina not see through your little schemes? She sneered at him, "Or should I call you Edward Alexander, the legendary strongest magician in the world?"
"..." A large number of bubbles appeared in the life support device, completely enveloping his body. The fact that Shiina knew his true identity caught him off guard. He hadn't expected his identity to be so thoroughly known by the other party. Then, the existence of Aiwass... "The angel hidden over there, it seems the reason for not actively attacking but constantly investigating is because she is warning you not to randomly approach Yoshino, isn't it? Now Yoshino has already affected a part of your plan, hasn't she? The 'index' incident a few days ago already caused a setback in your plan, didn't it? The reason for calling Yoshino here now probably also carries a warning, doesn't it?"
"...It seems that the fourth particle indeed has an existence protecting her. You must be the consciousness of Zadkiel, right?" To understand and analyze this information so clearly, it could only be an angel's existence.
"It seems I can no longer hide like this." A light, somewhat noisy voice from beyond appeared in the room. "The angel Aiwass greets you." A person with long golden hair, a tall figure shining with light, and loose white cloth covering her limbs and torso appeared, kneeling on one knee before Yoshino.
"Now even you have appeared. Do you intend to use force to make Yoshino completely submit? But you must not underestimate Yoshino." After speaking, Yoshino emitted an astonishing aura. The state of one blue eye and one golden eye, which had appeared during her battle with Kanzaki Kaori, reappeared, and her clothes automatically transformed into a spirit dress. Yoshino now glowed blue and then golden, with the two different lights intertwining. At this moment, Yoshino was at full power, astonishing Aiwass and Aleister Crowley with her aura.
"No, we are not trying to harm you now. We can still have a good talk." Unexpected strength. Had he not expected that even before Zadkiel appeared, he would already find it troublesome?
"!!! This aura!" Outside the building, Konoe Damaki felt a strange but very strong aura and couldn't help but feel that her quick exit was absolutely correct.
"What we want you to do now is not to interfere too much with what happens in the coming time, and just let things develop naturally." Although there were some discrepancies in the plan that appeared in 'index,' they were all within acceptable limits. As long as things develop well from now on, it will be fine.
"...I thought you would threaten those around Yoshino to make her comply with your arrangements. You've surprised me a bit."
"If I were to say that, it would only eliminate any chance of cooperation between us, wouldn't it? It's better to have one more friend than one more enemy; I still know that saying." Facing Shiina's provocation, Aleister Crowley merely replied indifferently. He had considered threatening Yoshino, but doing so would cause the two balanced forces to tilt if she went to the Magic Side. Academy City could not afford a war with the Magic Side yet.
"So, what exactly do you want to do? Recently, I've discovered clones of Senior Misaka in Academy City. This must be one of your plans, right? I know all about it, the 'Ability User Evolution Project'. However, Accelerator would never agree to your experiment now, so you must have found someone to replace him to restart this experiment." It should be Kakine Teitoku, the second-ranked Dark Matter. With the temptation of evolving into an Esper and his lack of compassion, he would not feel an ounce of sympathy for the Misaka Imouto.
"I will plan this carefully..." The more he said, the more he exposed. His plan, which had already been interfered with, could not reveal any more information now.
"Then Yoshino also has her own demands that you must abide by."
"Oh, then let's hear them." Equal exchange is very fair.
"I hope you can abide by our agreement."
The room, with Konoe Damaki, returned to silence.
"Will her appearance affect your plan now?" Aiwass asked the silent Aleister Crowley. He had never seen him so forced to compromise before, and it was truly interesting.
"It's in the plan. Although it's a bit sudden compared to the original plan, it hasn't affected it."
"Hehe, I hope so." Aiwass could feel that Yoshino was not very willing to agree to his conditions. It seemed she was forced to compromise due to some concern.
"The fourth sephirah is indeed mercy, but the fourth particle of the inverse kabbalistic tree of evil, Adyeshach (Insensibility), also has a demon's existence. You need to plan your plan more carefully. Don't do anything that will cause her to reverse."
Otherwise, it wouldn't be an angel descending, but a devil destroying the world.
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