Chapter 105: Reunion
"Now that you know my identity, you should have a good understanding of how I do things."
"Moreover, it seems I have no reason to forgive them."
This was the most crucial point.
Even if a group of strangers were to die tragically right in front of him, he probably wouldn't even flinch.
Baraqiel frowned, not expecting the saint to be so difficult to deal with.
He seemed unmoved by reason or force.
Although he didn't show much arrogance, his tone made it clear that rescuing the captives from his grasp would be impossible.
The atmosphere suddenly grew tense and deadlocked.
Neither of the two beings spoke, and the fallen angels and stray exorcists caught in the middle didn't dare to interrupt while awaiting their final verdict.
They knew neither of these men could be easily provoked by small fry like them.
"It's really lively today. More people are arriving," Yasuhiro casually remarked.
Baraqiel, Yasuhiro, and Gabriel all looked up in the same direction.
A figure flew across the sky and headed straight toward them.
"An angel?"
Gabriel and Baraqiel could clearly sense that the newcomer was an angel.
The angel had a rich light aura mixed with some other unclear powers which puzzled them.
Previous intelligence reports had never mentioned any other angels active in Kuoh besides Gabriel.
She was even more puzzled.
How could she not know there were other angels in town?
Yasuhiro gave Baraqiel a meaningful look, which gave the fallen angel an ominous feeling.
Baraqiel saw a familiar yet slightly unfamiliar figure land right in front of him.
Dressed in her usual white and red shrine maiden outfit, he was left speechless with surprise.
He had considered many possibilities.
Perhaps it was an angel who had been stationed on earth for a long time, escaping grigori's network or perhaps it was an angel who had accompanied the saint.
He never expected that the angel who arrived would be his daughter, the person he had always felt so deeply guilty about.
How could she become an angel?
He could understand her being reincarnated as a devil but angels were the direct opposites of fallen angels and devils.
He had never heard of a fallen angel or devil becoming an angel.
It was absurd.
Wait a minute, devil reincarnation technology...
Could it be that heaven had also developed an angel reincarnation technology similar to the evil pieces used by devils?
This plausible guess kept surfacing in Baraqiel's mind, greatly alarming him.
If heaven truly developed a technology similar to the underworld, their faction would undoubtedly experience a massive surge in power.
They would surpass both grigori and the underworld in terms of low to middle class combat strength.
This would undoubtedly disrupt the balance between the three factions.
Unlike the devils, the fallen angels weren't overly concerned about an increase in angels.
In a sense, the two were interdependent. A lack of angels meant a scarcity of fallen angels.
If the number of angels suddenly increased, the number of angels who fell from grace and became fallen angels would inevitably increase on top of their already large numbers.
But given the current situation, Baraqiel had no heart to care about these trivial faction matters.
Looking at his daughter, whose familiar yet unfamiliar face bore a striking resemblance to his deceased wife, he was overwhelmed with emotion.
With countless unspoken words stuck in his throat, he was only able to call out her name.
"Akeno..."
Seeing Baraqiel, Akeno was also taken aback.
The shrine she managed and the abandoned church were close to each other.
She had sensed an abnormality at the church, which was why she came to investigate.
Unexpectedly, she ended up encountering her father.
"You've become an angel..." Baraqiel muttered.
For a moment, he didn't know what else to say.
He felt too much guilt toward his only daughter, and couldn't bring himself to utter any words of blame.
Akeno nodded without saying much. Six white angel wings unfurled from her back.
"This!"
Seeing the halo above his daughter's head, Baraqiel felt as if he had been struck by lightning.
This cadre of grigori was left utterly shocked.
"So that's how it is..."
With a complex expression and a hint of disbelief, Baraqiel looked at Yasuhiro and Gabriel, his gaze finally settling on the seraph.
"His light power exists within her. Are you trying to create a supreme ruler who will govern all the factions, Gabriel?!"
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