Well-deserved in his eyes. Anyone that could make someone look as dead as that woman did...deserved that and more.
"Wait...a rasengan? I've seen that attack do damage to that five-winged fallen angel at the abandoned church. How come it didn't do more than serious damage to a high-class devil?" Yuki asked, confused at how such a concentrated attack didn't complete it's deadly mission.
"...That's because it wasn't a normal rasengan. I didn't have time to make a clone to form it correctly, so I had to use my own two hands to make an imperfect version. Glad I did too...he almost managed to kill Issei...and maybe Asia-san too." the shinobi replied with a dark look making it's way to his eyes.
The thought seriously pissed him off.
After checking that everyone was on the same page, Naruto decided to continue the initial story.
"I quickly took down the all-female group without much effort. But I made sure to keep them alive so that I could get some information to where their leader went, specifically...I left one conscious. But before I could get any information...she committed suicide." the blond spoke somberly, remembering how easily the woman took her own life.
The room was silent as the information sank in, the fact that a young woman took her own life not too far away from where they were relaxing and resting was...discomforting
"Do you have any idea why she would do such a thing? Maybe out of loyalty or something like that?" Mio asked after a moment of silence.
Naruto remained silent, he was staring down at the table as if it was the most interesting thing in the world. Not sure if he should voice his opinions...
No. It was best that they remain knowledgeable.
"...I think that her master abused her or something like that. Her eyes were...dead...there's no other way to explain it. She practically welcomed her death rather than it being a last resort." Naruto said quietly, feeling down at the unnecessary loss of life.
His audience glanced at one another, questioning gazes steadily turning darker at the implications of this information.
But there was no confirmation of these dark assumptions, it was best to not allow their imaginations to take the place of real facts.
But still...
"...I hope you got him good, Naruto." Mio said after a while.
"...Yeah...I did." Naruto confirmed, not feeling sorry for the damage he's done at all.
Another moment of silence passed, everyone thinking about the information that they've heard.
Then one of them realized something.
"Hey Naruto, you keep mentioning how you've badly hurt this masked man...but I've never heard you say that you've defeated him yet." Yuki said with a frown. She was slightly worried that she was reading too much into her concerns though, but what she said was true.
All eyes turned back to Naruto, curious to how he would respond to this statement.
"...Right, good point Yuki. I've been meaning to mention this earlier, but other questions side-tracked me. As a matter of fact...I didn't defeat the masked man...he managed to escape unfortunately." the shinobi said with a frown, visually displeased at the memory.
Now this was a shock.
"Wait...he got away!? But how did he escape, Naruto-sama!?" Maria incredulously asked, shocked that a high-class devil could have had the speed or strength to escape from the blond in front of her.
The whiskered man pointed at the succubus. "That is a very good question. Which brings me to the next important point that I wanted to bring up. This masked guy has the ability to completely mask his own energy signal as well as his comrade's."
Maria's eyes widened her eyes in understanding.
"...So the reason you were so desperate to get us inside the mansion..." Maria started, this last piece of information made the blond's behavior make more sense.
"...Was because you were afraid that we could get caught off guard by this guy...right?" Yuki finished the succubus' sentence. Reaching the same conclusion as her.
Naruto nodded.
The shinobi then snapped his head up, eyes glazing over slightly due to the knowledge seeping into his head.
A clone just dispersed their chakra.
"Girls, expect some company from my clones. They're bringing in the unconscious bodies of that masked guy's Peerage." Naruto quickly interjected, before moving out of his chair to get to the front of the mansion.
Yuki and Mio immediately made to follow the blond, intent on getting a look at the intruders themselves.
Only one person stayed behind.
Maria was staring at the table, seriously considering the implications of the knowledge she has received...specifically about what this masked man could do.
She knew for a fact that devils had no way to hide their energy signals properly, the only acceptable way would be to flat-out seal some of their power away.
But there was a way...one hidden through her family line to be specific.
The line of succubus that served the Lucifer family ever since their ancestor; Lilith, knew of a way to hide energy signals to better serve their masters to the best of their abilities.
It was passed down from generation to generation...
Yet this mysterious individual had the knowledge to utilize it? Not only that...but she's never heard of someone having the power to hide energy signals of others so thoroughly before...
This was somewhat disturbing news, where could this man have received such information?
"Hey! Maria! What's taking you so long? Hurry up!" Mio called out from the other room impatiently.
"R-Right! I'm coming Mio-sama!" the succubus called back, she rushed out of her chair to join her 'charge'.
The small group was staring at the unconscious bodies of the all-female Peerage. Their cloaks were still covering their features.
The question was...what to do about them?
"...Considering what you told us about them, maybe we should try to talk to either Rias-san or that maid from before to help them out." Mio suggested, not wanting the group in front of her to suffer anymore.
"Yeah, that's probably the best option. We have no idea what to do in this situation...so best to ask someone who's more knowledgeable." Naruto agreed, but his facial features betrayed his disgruntlement of the situation.
He wanted to help them personally...but it would be bad for everyone involved if he helped out this group without some proof of abuse from their master. The worst that he could claim were that their master were overworking them, as his clones took a quick peek at their faces and noticed that they had bags under their eyes.
The problem was, that high-class devils were mostly affiliated with the remaining Devil Pillars...or something like that.
Anyways, apparently those major clans were extremely rare by this point, so to place his own words against that of a noble from a possibly prestigious clan...
Well...he doubted that a human's word would count for much. Even if he managed to get Rias-san's support in this, he still needed undeniable and major proof of abuse.
Something he couldn't really give.
But if he sent these girls to Maou Lucifer, with information about their attack on Gremory territory...that might get the apparently bro-con Maou on his side.
Especially if he could find out who had these people as servants.
"Alright. Let's tie them up and put them inside the living room. I will sleep there for tonight, just in case they try anything." Naruto declared after a quick thinking session. That was definitely the best policy here.
After waiting a bit to check if anyone had any objections, he continued. "It's getting late and I'm sure that everyone is pretty exhausted with what happened recently. So I think that this is a good time to head to bed, any objections?"
Once more, no one objected to this logic. Everyone there was pretty tired...learning that you were very close to some sort of psycho could do that to you.
The shinobi then clapped his hands, urging everyone without using his words to get ready for bed.
No one needed much convincing.
The lights were off and presumably, everyone was asleep at the moment.
But Naruto couldn't sleep.
He was staring at the ceiling, trying to force his eyes to close and his brain to stop thinking.
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