"So this is the new world..."
Stepping out of the Main God's transport beam, Zeroy immediately began observing her surroundings.
—Ordinary.
To the naked eye, it was just a dark alley you could see anywhere.
Damp and gloomy, a rat scurried into a toppled pile of trash along the wall.
That said, after breaking through her Level cap once again, her eyes alone could see many things invisible to ordinary people.
Like the masses of mana drifting in the air, and the various magical traces scattered across the skies above the city.
"....."
Patchouli, who had been standing with her eyes closed sensing the surroundings, opened them with a slightly grave expression.
"...This world seems to be full of powerful beings."
"Of course it is."
Zeroy wasn't surprised, and began explaining to Patchouli.
"The world of High School DxD. Beings from all kinds of mythologies are actively moving here. Not just devils and angels—God, Odin, Indra, all these chief gods of legend truly exist here."
"With my current strength..."
Zeroy clenched her fist.
"Probably at Demon Lord level? If I fight at full power, just the aftershocks could wipe a small country off the map in no time.
Even so, there's still quite a gap between me and the top powerhouses."
"Above Demon Lord level... if I recall, there's Super Demon Lord, Transcendent, Chief God, Sub-Dragon God, Dragon God, Super Dragon God, Evil God."
"So this mission world really is outrageous... isn't the difficulty rising a bit too fast?"
Hearing Zeroy list off names like she was reciting a menu, Patchouli's eye twitched uncontrollably, her expression saying, [Where the hell have you brought me?]
"Anything above Chief God level, we don't even need to consider. Unless there are special circumstances, they're unlikely to make a move. Chief Gods, however, do warrant concern. Some of them are very active, and if we get tangled in their schemes, it'll be extremely troublesome. Still, under normal conditions, a major faction usually has only one or two Chief Gods."
"Seems we'll have to be careful," Patchouli said seriously. "Don't start another Purge right out of the gate."
"I know. As much as I'd like to, reality won't allow it. If I make any such moves, I'll be stopped immediately. But—"
Zeroy paused, her gaze falling on the mouth of the alley.
Two thugs oozing black aura were there, and the Hellfire was already urging her to burn such scum.
"Hey, look what we've found! Lucky day. Hey girls, wanna come with—"
A flash of Zeroy's blade, and two heads flew, smiles still frozen on their faces.
Their souls drifted out, still dumbfounded.
Who am I? Where am I? What just happened?
A black halo sucked them in, and Hellfire ignited their corpses, quickly reducing them to ash.
Kill, destroy the bodies, all in one motion.
"—Pests that crawl right up in your face are best cut down."
"You..."
Patchouli sighed helplessly.
She could only hope Zeroy truly understood restraint and didn't provoke enemies they currently had no chance of facing.
"You seem to know this world in detail. What do you think about the mission?"
"Hmm... First, we need to figure out where we are. For doing missions, Japan would be best. That's where my knowledge is centered.
Albeit those two just now were clearly speaking English."
After some quick investigation—
Zeroy found they were in a small European country.
She didn't really know why their spawn point was here. Perhaps the Main God had its reasons.
Also, this mission required them to act low-key, plus they had to collect Sacred Gears. For other tasks, going to Japan and contacting the main cast would make things easier—however, killing the main cast and seizing their Sacred Gears was out of the question.
As long as the main cast weren't pests, Zeroy wouldn't kill them just for the mission.
So, she decided to collect Sacred Gears while making her way to Japan.
...
"Ahh... the fragrance of a normal, orderly modern world..."
Walking down the street, seeing not a single pest for the moment, Zeroy inhaled deeply.
Fully savoring the beauty of civilization.
The people on the street, at worst, had a bit of black aura—nowhere near pest-level.
Most didn't even have any at all.
This constantly reminded Zeroy of just what kind of cesspits she'd been dropped into before.
Though for now, Little Hell went hungry—
Regardless, this time, it was a joy!
"Patchi, have you sensed any other Reincarnators?"
Zeroy bought two ice creams with pocket money taken from pests, handed one to Patchouli, and asked.
"No. Maybe their spawn point was different from ours."
"Alright then. But this city... I don't see anything special about it. What about you, Patchi?"
"Me neither."
"Then let's deal with the pests I've sensed, and move on."
Though modern cities had order, and criminals would be locked up and punished—
Those Zeroy wouldn't touch, as long as they received due punishment.
However, there were always some pests yet to be handled, or who escaped punishment through means such as influence, wealth, or supernatural power.
"Ma'am, you don't want your daughter to get tangled up with us, right? Your late husband's debts..."
Transporting into a private home, Zeroy's first moment there was greeted by this [disgusting line that needed no further explanation].
"Hm? Did I teleport to Japan? No, wait—that was English..."
"W-Who are you?!"
In the room, a mother and daughter huddled helplessly together on the sofa, while a ragged, vagrant-looking man threatened them.
"The power inside you..."
Zeroy narrowed her eyes.
She thought it was just a cliché subplot, but it didn't seem to be.
The man clearly harbored a modest yet noticeable power inside him.
"—!"
Clearly never having seen people appear out of thin air, he stared in shock, then hastily reached a hand toward the two who had appeared.
"Stop—Ahh!"
Zeroy's blade was swift. The instant he raised his hand, it was severed.
"Wh... why? Why weren't you hypnotized?"
"So it was hypnosis."
Zeroy's eyes glinted with understanding, and with one stroke she cut off his head.
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