Gorou laughed with pretense as he said to Kunou and others. “Hahaha, I am actually a-afraid, but I am the father of the Sekiryuutei. Protecting you guys is something that I have to be able to do.”
Of course, there was no way that he could win against the Grim Reapers. There was a chance that his son or his son’s comrades would not be able to come to their aid either. Still, because he looked at the sight of his son who was very brave, he couldn’t pull back. He thought that if he pulled back now, he would not be able to call himself the father of the Sekiryuutei. The Grim Reapers pointed the blades of the scythes at them. <<The father of Sekiryuutei, huh? This is good. Let’s take our revenge for Thanathos-sama.>>
<<But, we can’t let our guard down as the Dragon who holds the power of Infinity is here. Let’s stick to the plan and prepare to summon the [Dragon Eater] Samael —.>>
It was at that moment. They heard a voice which interrupted the Grim Reapers’ conversation. “You might want to give it a rest. Those guys are important to us after all.”
Did my son’s comrades arrive? Gorou turned his body towards the voice as if he barely escaped death. A young man wearing a blue suit over his entire body like the ones you would usually see in science-fiction movies and a girl wearing a blue dress were standing there. Gorou had the impression that they were both young and around the same age as his son Issei. On both of his hands were gauntlets…or something like that equipped. The Grim Reapers looked like they were surprised by their entrance as they turned their gazes away from their supposed target and instead glared at them. One of the Grim Reapers spoke. <<… For something like this to happen at such a time. —[First Dark], no, Kanzaki Mitsuya of [Cross Times Kiss].>>
The young man giggled in response to the Grim Reaper’s words as he said to the young girl behind him. “Kirino-san, you don’t have to do anything. Even if our opponents aren’t ultimate-class, they must at least be part of the upper echelons. —This is a good chance. Shall we make an example out of them to show the rulers of Hell who they’re messing with?”
The young man took out — a blue terminal. As he slid a part of the gauntlet that was equipped on his left hand, a space to insert something was revealed, and he inserted his terminal there. As he touched the screen of the terminal, a faint blue light was released and spread to every corner of the room. The uneasy feeling that filled the room instantly disappeared. The Grim Reapers stirred in response to this. <<—! It’s [Innovate Clear]!>>
“It’s just the simple version though. With this, this whole area is now mine. Now, I guess I will use another one.”
The young man — took out another terminal. It was tinged with a jet-black colour. As the Grim Reapers visually recognised the terminal machine, they became more alert. <<Don’t tell me that it also remains in your…!>>
The Grim Reapers raised their guards. This time, the young man slid a part of the gauntlet on his right hand and inserted the jet-black tinged terminal machine into it. [[Innovate Clear] and [Telos Karma].] Suddenly, both of his gauntlets caused the space to shake and rumble with a ‘Dun Dun’ sound. His gauntlets started to emit an ominous teal and jet-black light that wrapped around the young man’s whole body. [—Transcendental Arrive.] As the young man said that—
[Innovate Clear Balance Breaker!] [Telos Karma Balance Breaker!] His gauntlets emitted machine-like voices. Immediately after that, both of them emitted a voice simultaneously. <<[Transcendental Arriver! ]>>
As the space behind the young man distorted, sparks crackled and something which resembled a powered exoskeleton appeared. The powered exoskeleton’s head, body and limb parts then opened and latched onto the young man’s body. The helmet was equipped on his head last. His whole body looked like it was clad in a futuristic powered-exoskeleton suit from sci-fi movies. Unlike the armor that his son Issei wore, Gorou felt that this one seemed much more machine-like. The Grim Reapers were surprised by the young man. <<—!? T-This is, did you artificially awaken your Longinus’ Balance Breakers…! ?>>
The young man said as he stepped forward. 【—It’s a technique called Transcendental Arrival.】
<<—! Even though it’s a system created by the God of another mythology, how loathsome…! Damn humans!>>
One of the Grim Reapers was enraged and raised his scythe overhead as he charged towards the young man, ready to attack. It was when the Grim Reaper closed his distance and swung his scythe downwards. The attack clearly should have hit, but…the young man, who was in front of the Grim Reaper, was unscratched even though the edge of the scythe pierced the floor. As the Grim Reaper took out his scythe, he asked in confusion. <<What did you do…? My attack should have hit you completely.>>
The young man shrugged as he answered. 【I simply chose the option of that attack ‘not hitting’.】
The Grim Reapers were surprised upon hearing those words. <<Don’t tell me, that is…! ‘That’ ability really—>>
As the young man spread his hands, he pointed at his belt. 【At the very least, the phenomena caused by [Telos Karma] in this small world that was created with [Innovate Clear] are certain. Even a God-class being won’t be able to oppose this.】
The young man then continued,
【—Welcome to my territory. It will only be for a short period of time, but please enjoy it.】
Gorou was horrified after hearing those words. It was because he felt something really dark from the tone of the young man’s voice, who was about the same age as his son. The Grim Reapers then simultaneously rushed towards the young man with their scythes in hand. <<Kuh! How about this! ?>>
The swings and slashes of the scythes were so fast that Gorou couldn’t follow them with his eyes. The young man evaded all of it just by slightly moving his fist. The blade of a certain Grim Reaper’s scythe suddenly fell off from its handle as it clanged onto the ground with a metal-like sound. The Grim Reaper was dumbfounded as the blade broke off from its handle. The young man then said. 【This time, I chose the option of ‘The scythe isn’t in good condition’.】
<<…So that means we fell into a trap, huh. Damn you,[The man who impersonates God]…!>>
The Grim Reaper yelled to the young man angrily. While looking at the terminal machine, her phone, the young girl murmured. “You mean a ‘cheater’.”
The young man shook his head. 【It’s different. The other Longinus users are cheaters. I would call this a bug. As Longinus are called the ‘bugs’ of Sacred Gears, it fits perfectly, doesn’t it?】
The Grim Reaper whose scythe was destroyed (Gorou interpreted it that way) made another scythe appear. Once again, he and his comrades assaulted the young man simultaneously. — However, the young man operated the gauntlet equipped on his left arm. Then, a blade-like light was created.