It was necessary, because he wasn't just dealing with a random human that happened to have defeated a high-class devil.
It was because he was dealing with the 'unknown variable'...the figure that defeated Vretiel, a powerful fallen angel. A dangerous individual.
The shinobi's face softened slightly, slightly mollified to know that the Maou wasn't leaving it all to chance. He still wasn't done though.
"Still, even if finding out who I really am is somehow that important, it doesn't change the fact that your actions gave everyone here a scare. Do you really think that everyone's just gonna walk off the fact that a fucking phoenix appeared and tried to kill them!? More than that, if you just intervened, then the mob from earlier wouldn't have formed to begin with! They formed because they were scared!" Naruto angrily continued, remembering how mobs were formed back at the Elemental Nations...
Back at Konoha...when everyone was afraid of the kyuubi...
He bit his lip and held his stomach. No one should go through that fear.
Sirzechs sighed, rubbing his brows as he felt a pang of guilt, he honestly didn't think that everything would get that bad. It was a miscalculation on his part.
"...Honestly, you're right. I should have seen this coming, especially when considering what happened with Kuroka..."
The shinobi perked up, that was the second time that he's heard that name, also apparently this 'Kuroka' was the source of Koneko's pain...
Sisters...huh?
"What do you mean? Did something like this happen before?" Naruto questioned seriously, eyes aimed unerringly at the Maou.
Sirzechs glanced at the 'unknown variable', seeing that he would not leave without the information, and feeling that he had no need to keep it from him. "A few years ago, a young woman by the name of Kuroka was said to have mastered the art of senjutsu, a powerful energy that is formed by combining natural energy and chakra; another mystical energy that is only accessed by yokai.
Naruto's heart leapt, senjutsu, natural energy, chakra. These were all familar words to the shinobi, maybe these yokai might have a connection with the Elemental Nations...?
Maybe even this 'Kuroka'?
The Maou continued unabated. "Anyways, the natural energy of the world has become...tainted...over the years, it's filled with negative feelings such as hate due to the many conflicts that have occurred over the years. So when Kuroka became proficient enough in senjutsu...well...they say that she became drunk on her power, killing her 'king' in a rage. Because senjutsu is so versatile, many devils feared that Kuroka's sister could become just like her, killing innocent devils after going insane with power. So many devils came to the conclusion that Koneko-chan had to be destroyed before she followed the same fate...falling to mob mentality and allowing their fear to overrun their senses."
The shinobi stared at the Maou, giving him a grim look after hearing all of that. That was terrible...condemning someone for something that they might do?
More than that, it wasn't even much to be afraid of, unlike the kyuubi, which could annihilate Konoha if it was released, Koneko could do...what exactly? Kill a single high-class devil before she's taken down? By sheer numbers or by an ultimate-class devil?
She wasn't that big of a threat, so what was with the fear? It wasn't even a reasonable fear...
It was absolute bullshit.
Sirzechs shook his head. "There is something you must understand Naruto-kun, devils...don't like change, any large shift that occurs outside of their understanding, and they begin to lash out. That is one of the biggest weaknesses of devils as a whole, something that even the newest generation could fall victim to. Even the Great War, which killed off so many devils, was something that a lot of devils didn't want to change, based solely because it was what they knew."
Naruto stared at the floor, deeply disquieted, before turning back to the Maou. "So...you're saying that this can inevitably happen again?"
The Maou merely nodded solemnly.
The blond said nothing for a moment, eyes unseeing.
Then they went back to the present, his eyes now hardening as Naruto made his decision.
It was stupid, foolish, and just flat out insane.
But it had to be done.
He stood up from his seat, moving towards the external section of the Maou's box, to the balcony to oversee everyone in the main hall.
"Wait! Naruto-kun! What are you doing?" Sirzechs called out, confused at the blond's actions.
Naruto stopped right before he pushed aside the curtains to reach the balcony section, turning around with hard eyes.
"...What I have to...Maou-sama." Naruto responded quietly.
The older man winced slightly, the tone of his voice was all he needed to know about how much respect he has lost from the young human.
He was a young man that consistently called people by their names, trying to familiarize himself with whoever he was talking to, so for him to use a title...
Sirzechs watched him leave the well-covered inside of the Maou's box, feeling that he might have to make it up to the teenager one day.
One day...
"What do you think that they're talking about, Rias?" Sona inquired, curious to see if her friend might know something.
The red-head shrugged, she was pretty clueless.
The Gremory and Sitri groups were waiting around for Naruto to finish his meeting with the Maou Lucifer, curious about what they could possibly be talking about.
Everyone was utterly exhausted by this point, no one was expecting the amount of excitement that happened today, so really, everyone just wanted to go home.
Riser was dropped off right next to Ravel, they were both unconscious and being tended by Grayfia, who has decided to watch over the duo as her husband and Naruto-sama finished their talks.
Koneko was being watched by Yuuto, sitting next to her slumped form as he looked on worriedly.
Everything was silent for now, everyone in hushed whispers as most people were finally beginning to leave, finished with whatever business that they had to attend to.
"Hey! You assholes over there!"
All eyes snapped towards the Maou's box, where many jaws were being dropped at the blond's temerity.
It was Naruto!
Uzumaki Naruto was pointing an offending finger at the noble devils that were still present at the main hall, still congregated together. "Before anyone of you panic, don't worry. I'm not here to verbally beat the shit out of you, Mio did enough of that for the both of us. I'm just here to give you all a message!"
Mio felt her cheeks go red-hot again, he didn't need to remind her...
"Listen! I've heard about all the shit that went down today! Then I heard about the shit that has been going on before today! Knowing all of this now...I've come to a decision, a big one." the shinobi began, scanning all of the relatively inexperienced devils of pure lineage.
The hall was silent as they regarded the blond, who was straightening himself, about to drop the bomb.
"I've decided...that outside of my dream...I'll make it a side-goal of mine to fix devil society!" Naruto declared, a massive grin making it's way to his face.
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