As everyone was still discussing the previous events, I idly opehe system interfad my eyes widened!

  A new Red Grade task had appeared without any prior warning!

  And the person involved iask was someone I was familiar with.

  [Ding! Task issued: Protect Saji Genshirou's Life aract his Sacred Gear.]

  Saji Genshirou, Sona Sitri's Pawn. He was the secretary of the Student cil and a sed-year student, just like Issei.

  He was also the host of Vritra, one of the Five Dragon Kings.

  In Volume 7, Azazel infused him with three other Sacred Gears that also taihe soul of Vritra: Bck Bck Fre, Delete Field, and Shadow Impriso.

  Using these four Sacred Gears, Saji could use Dragon King Transformation, turning into a giant, serpentine bck dragon.

  However, he roo losing trol, which was why he needed Issei around to help him maintain his sanity.

  This task was incredibly tempting, with a very generous reward. If I pleted it, not only would I receive the Sacred Gear taining the soul of a Bck Dragon King, but I would also get Red Grade reward.

  And the time was tonight? I narrowed my eyes, my mind rag.

  After a moment of sideration, I decided to accept the task.

  After all, Red Grade tasks werely on. It was a ce to turn rags into riches. I wasn't going to let a little daop me!

  "Rias… I just remembered I have something to take care of. I o head out. I'll see you ter."

  "...Alright."

  Rias, Akeno, and the others exged ghen Rias nodded in uanding.

  ...

  As evening approached, I followed the map's dires and quickly arrived at the designated location.

  It was a small street adjat to a shoppier. Normally, there should have beey of people around at this time, but strangely, the area was deserted.

  A high school student with brown hair was looking around nervously, his scalp tingling.

  "There were a lot of people here just a moment ago. How did they all disappear in the blink of an eye? What the hell is going on?" Saji was terrified.

  A thick fog had rolled in, obsg everything in the distance. He was trapped in a dead end, uo find his way out.

  "I'm terribly sorry." Just as Saji anig, a dull voice sounded, causing him to turn around abruptly.

  Behind him, a strange middle-aged man wearing a thick bck coat and a fedora appeared.

  "Your life ends here. You could have lived a carefree life, but unfortunately, you have a dangerous Sacred Gear inside you." The man's face ale and cold, his eyes devoid of any humaion.

  "So, I have no choice but to kill you." As he finished speaking, a pair of bck wings sprouted from his back.

  At the same time, a spear made of holy energy materialized in his hand.

  "Bck wings… a Fallen Angel~ Are you kidding me?" Saji was stunned, feeling like his entire worldview was crumbling.

  Fallen Angels were mythical beings that, in his mind, oed in anime and manga. And now, he was being told they were real? And that this Fallen Angel was going to kill him because of some Sacred Gear?

  He watched as the spear, formed from holy energy, shot towards him at an incredible speed. Saji's face turned ashen, his mind bnk.

  Just as the spear was about to pierce him, a bck, magifused ssh cut through the air, obliterating the ining spear and saving Saji from certaih.

  "A human?" The middle-aged Fallen Angel, Dohnaseek, was surprised, looking at me as I appeared within his barrier, Zanpakuto in hand.

  "Hibari-san!" Saji was once again stunned.

  Not only had a mythical Fallen Angel appeared, but now his cssmate was ag straoo? Was he dreaming?

  "Who are you? Could it be, you brat, that you are also a Sacred Gear wielder?" Dohnaseek's face darkened as he coldly questioned me, his eyes filled with murderous i.

  "Are you Hibari-san...?" Saji asked me, bewildered.

  He naturally reized me. I was a well-known figure at the academy, often called one of the school's two "Princes" alongside Kiba, and the dream guy of tless girls.

  He had been envious of that in the past. But now, Saji was incredibly grateful.

  Because my appearance meant I was there to save him.

  "Before you ask for someone's identity, shouldn't you introduce yourself?" I flickered and appeared directly in front of Dohnaseek, my left hand gripping him by the throat, lifting him into the air.

  "!!!" Dohnaseek was horrified, finding it hard to believe what was happening.

  He had beeed in an instant, his life now in my hands.

  My strength was undoubtedly beyond anything he could prehend.

  "Damn it!" Dohruggled, trying to break free, only to realize after a few moments that he was pletely powerless.

  "Now, I'll ask the questions, and you just answer. Uand?" I casually tossed him to the ground like a piece of trash.

  "Uood... sir, please, ask away?" Dohrembled, nodding frantically.

  Most people couldn't remain calm in the face of death.

  pared to his dignity, he wao live!!

  "Where is your Fallen Angel base here? How many of you are there?" I asked nontly, waving my Zanpakuto.

  "Our base is in a dipidated church outside the city. There are about a dozen Fallen Angels, and the stro is only a Peak Low-css Fallen Angel."

  Just as I remembered from my past life. It seemed I could go to their base and wipe them out for some rewards. A pn formed in my mind.

  "I've told you everything. So, I leave now?" Dohnaseek asked, his voice trembling.

  "Hmm? Did I say I'd let you go?" I asked with a pyful tone.

  As a cold glint fshed in the darkness, a pained cry echoed through the alley. Dohnaseek's body lit in two, and he colpsed to the ground, dead, his eyes filled with unwillingness.

  I paid no attention to his gruesome expression and simply zapped his corpse with lightning, redug it to ashes.

  "Saji-san, how does it feel to face death?" I turo Saji and asked casually.

  "Th-thank you so much for saving me, Hibari-san..." Saji bowed deeply in gratitude.

  I waved my hand dismissively. "Stand up."

  Saji stood up straight, looking at me with a mixture of gratitude and admiration. My as earlier had been incredibly cool.

  "Just in case, Saji-sa me expin why you were attacked by a Fallen Angel," I said, rubbing my temples. "And then I'll offer you some solutions."

  "Please, tell me everything." Saji nodded early, his expression serious.

  I nodded and began to expin the basic retionship between Sacred Gears, humans, and Fallen Angels.