Kisuke moved around the Hyoudou residence to take a closer look at these Evie-like organisms sneaking into the place. He couldn't call them Evies because they looked like insects crawling around and, more importantly, he couldn't feel an ounce of intelligence from them. 'They were definitely silicon-based lifeforms, but they were not Evies... I haven't seen something like this even back in my world, so it's a new development?'
At that moment, he sensed another aura. It was a bit familiar but also foreign, 'Hmmm?'
He moved around carefully and slowly so that he wouldn't drain himself so much and soon found the source of the aura. 'Oho~ Would you look at him... I thought he was sealed somewhere, but it seemed he had managed to get out.'
It was one of the Norse Gods, the God that tried interfering with the inception of the Alliance long ago, Loki.
But compared to the Loki he remembered, this Loki was hiding a much bigger aura, and half of his body was mechanical, reminding him of Shiva's body that Aizen took.
When he was moving around, Kisuke also found out who was currently staying within the Hyoudou residence. They were Issei's parents, who were aging more slowly than normal, and Asia, who was taking care of the household.
'There were guards posted for security, but it was fewer than I remembered when I first checked this place?' Doubts started cropping up in Kisuke's mind. 'Was it because many of their children are around?... No... The timing is still too good. Something else is happening that I don't know.'
It was obvious who Loki was targeting, but Kisuke couldn't help for obvious reasons. Still, he couldn't just do nothing about this and immediately retreated back to his shop where Benihime and Tiamat were waiting for him. "What happened?" asked the former.
"Troublemakers. But please don't actively scan the surroundings," Kisuke briefly replied and walked directly towards the entrance to the underground space.
As he fell down, Kisuke instantly saw that the three were still inspecting the place. [Helmwige-san, Kurobara-san, Shirayuki-san.] He caught their attention by sending out a broadcast telepathy.
All three of them simultaneously looked at him, surprised, but waited for him to further speak. [I briefly felt something strange lurking in the town. I don't know what it is, but I have a feeling that I should tell you about this.]
Helmwige, Kurobara, and Shirayuki all looked at each other before the oldest turned back to him. [Is there anything else that you noticed?]
[The direction of where I felt it. The only significant place in that direction is the Hyoudou residence.]
Upon hearing that, the siblings instantly dropped whatever they were doing and sprang into action, each spreading out their Dragon Wings and launching towards the opening in the ceiling.
As the last one passed him, Helmwige gave him a nod. [Thank you.]
If they hadn't seen how Kisuke handled the raging Ex yesterday, they would have been more doubtful of his claim. Thanks to that, they would rather conduct a fruitless investigation than discard his words.
[What if it's nothing?] Kisuke asked them curiously.
As the last one, Kurobara turned towards him briefly and smiled, "We still appreciate it, nya~!"
Kisuke watched them leave in a hurry, but even with his warning, he doubted they would arrive on time. 'At least it won't get worse than it is now.'
And just as he expected, not even three minutes had gone by, and a huge explosion rocked the whole Kuoh Town and its neighboring town. When Kisuke and the others came out, they saw a giant pillar of flame along with a mushroom cloud rising up to the sky.
But as fast as it expanded, it also disappeared as if nothing had happened. There was an initial panic from the civilians, and soon they descended into confusion, not knowing what exactly had happened just now.
"The future is amazing, eh? They even have something like this prepared," Benihime commented while feeling the remnant heat of the explosion that was already long gone. "Do you want to sneak in?"
Instead of disappearing, Helmwige was able to transfer everything in the vicinity of the Hyoudou residence, including the explosion, into another dimension, like how the Dimension Lost does it.
Kisuke shook his head. "It's too tiring, and I'm already drained from earlier. It's not like we could do anything to help them either. If there's no clear benefit for us, I'd rather stay my hand. Besides," Kisuke then turned in another direction. Since his senses were the sharpest, he was also the first one to notice Ex, Robertina, and other people's approach. "I don't think we're needed. Let's go home for now."
Kisuke could also feel a familiar fluctuation that only appeared when a certain loli Dragon was near. 'It'll be annoying to meet her right now, now that I know she can extract her memories from the "past."'
Ex and Robertina saw their group, and Kisuke just gestured for them to come in.
Ex nodded and sped up while issuing commands to others behind him and Robertina. A few seconds later, a crack in space appeared, and they all went in except for the few who remained outside to secure the perimeter.
One of those who stayed behind was curious about Kisuke and his group, with how they interacted with Ex and Robertina, and wanted to say hi, but Kisuke's group soon turned around and left.
She was miffed about it, but since she couldn't leave her post, she soon forgot about them as well.
A minute later, a black Magic Circle with purple light appeared near the crack in space, and a cute young girl with long black hair down to her hips and black eyes appeared.
She wanted to directly enter the crack in space but briefly halted to look around and soon her gaze stopped in the direction where Kisuke's group had left. She tilted her head, and there was confusion within her eyes. The current situation, however, took precedence, and she lost interest.
Ophis first had to save the one who made the best banana cake.