The place where a priest would be is naturally a church, and one that looks like a high-class European-style building at that.
Following Fried's aura, Inaba Tsukiyo soon arrived at the church where he was located, a building with a long history.
"Hey, Master. If we completely destroy this place, won't there be a claim for damages? This building looks like it has some history."
"A long history, you say? Hehe, that just means it's an old building. Since it's an old building, it should be torn down before it becomes a dangerous structure. By doing this, we're helping those people save on demolition costs."
"I see, I understand, Master."
Playing along with Inaba Tsukiyo's nonsense, Inaba Tsukiyo had no intention of opening the door normally, instead giving Father a look.
Father, equipped with armor, received the command, walked up to the gate, and kicked it to pieces in a very violent manner.
Inside the church, long pews were arranged neatly, and dim candlelight flickered from candle holders, barely illuminating the interior.
From the inside, this was just an ordinary church, with nothing more than a long history.
However... if one looked closely, they would notice that the statue everyone came to the church to pray to—the legendary God, the head of the Son of God, Jesus, who was nailed to the cross—had actually been damaged.
Damaging the head of Jesus was a great act of irreverence toward God, but this also meant that this building was not that simple.
"Just destroy this place directly, Munechika, Father. That person is here, and not just him, his accomplices are here too. Use the power I gave you and destroy this place completely!"
"I understand. Hehe, as a sword, using the power of lightning to fight enemies is truly a strange experience."
Mikazuki Munechika let out a soft laugh, and dazzling electric light suddenly bloomed from her body. The light did not cause her any harm, as if it were a part of her own self.
The armor on Father was stained with a layer of red, and at the same time, her armor completely turned from its original blue to red, while a large number of patterns emerged.
These patterns made the armor more than just simple defensive equipment, granting Father unknown abilities.
Mikazuki Munechika and Father exchanged a glance and launched an attack on the statue in front of them—the statue with the damaged head.
Manic lightning shattered the statue, and the moment it was pulverized, a figure rolled out from behind it in a sorry state.
This person was none other than Fried, who had gone to cause trouble for Inaba Tsukiyo.
He no longer had any of his previous mania; he clutched his abdomen in pain, looking at Inaba Tsukiyo with hateful eyes.
He kept trying to heal the wounds on his body, but the wound on his abdomen caused by Inaba Tsukiyo using chopsticks would not recover no matter what, as if it had been cursed.
No, this was definitely a curse. No matter how he used his energy to try and stop the bleeding, blood kept flowing from that spot, and even healing [Sacred Gears] couldn't fix him.
Having lost too much blood, he didn't even have the strength to use his power; if it weren't for the power of light keeping him alive, he would have been done for long ago.
"You... you trash! What exactly did you do to me!"
The furious Fried roared. He was a genius who had become an exorcist at the age of thirteen, and having never been treated like this, how could he accept this feeling?
"Hmm? What I did to you? Oh, you mean what I did to you when you came to my house to cause trouble?"
Inaba Tsukiyo nodded with a smile, not stingy about telling Fried the answer.
"I simply killed a part of your body. It wasn't much, just the spot where the chopsticks injured you. Compared to the people you've killed, isn't this punishment quite light?"
"You!!!"
Fried's eyes widened. Killed a part of his own body?
He might not have understood what that meant at first, but Fried soon figured it out.
Although he was a Pervert Priest, he wasn't an idiot; otherwise, he wouldn't have had the ability to become an exorcist at the age of thirteen.
He finally understood why his body couldn't heal, and why even healing [Sacred Gears] couldn't fix his body.
The thing didn't exist anymore, so no matter how he healed it, there was no way to make the wound close.
Inaba Tsukiyo's Demon Eye had directly killed a part of Fried's body; this part no longer belonged to Fried, and unless he added a piece of flesh to his body through transplantation, he would remain in this state forever.
Just then, several waves of magical power appeared in the church.
Several Fallen Angels with black wings appeared in the church, a group of one man and three women, led by a voluptuous, scantily-clad mature woman.
At the same time, tucked under the arm of that mature woman was a nun with a panicked and fearful expression, as if she had experienced something very terrifying.
"This girl..."
Inaba Tsukiyo opened her eyes in some surprise; this nun was different from the others.
Although the panic in her eyes had not dissipated, she had a pair of extremely pure, innocent, and naive eyes, like those of a child.
A person with eyes like that is either truly kind or the type of person who takes killing for granted.
Clearly, this young girl belonged to the former; Inaba Tsukiyo did not sense any smell of blood on her.
"Hehehe, I didn't expect such an interesting character to appear. It seems this Kuoh Town hides many things I don't know about."
"Hmph! To dare to break into the church, you really don't know when you're going to die! You're just ordinary humans with special abilities."
Clearly, these Fallen Angels did not take Inaba Tsukiyo seriously. After not sensing the aura belonging to devils, they simply regarded them as humans who had luckily obtained some kind of special ability.
Or perhaps humans who had luckily awakened their own [Sacred Gear] and, immersed in the power brought by the [Sacred Gear], felt they feared nothing in the world.
The leading Fallen Angel wore a cold smile and did not take Inaba Tsukiyo and the other two seriously.
Inaba Tsukiyo did not care too much about her attitude; she just took a few extra looks at the nun under the other's arm.
Suddenly, the Fallen Angels saw feathers blooming with brilliance flash before their eyes, and Inaba Tsukiyo appeared behind them, holding the aforementioned nun in her arms.
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