Chapter 24
Encountering a Fallen Angel

Those who are blessed by the gods of the Bible and are inhabited by divine artifacts will inevitably possess some unusual traits compared to ordinary people.

These traits might manifest in their strength, intelligence, or other abilities.

This is the conclusion reached by "Divine Child Observers" after hundreds of years of observation.

However, after three days of observation, Rina Lily failed to find any redeeming qualities in Issei Hyodo.

In terms of intelligence, Rina Lily had secretly checked Issei Hyodo's report card.

While not intellectually challenged, his grades were mediocre at best.

In terms of appearance, Issei Hyodo wasn't exceptional either. Especially in Rina Lily's eyes, having seen countless handsome men and beautiful women, Issei Hyodo was even a little ugly.

In terms of strength, what kind of strength could a high school boy who spends his days fantasizing about "yellow waste" have?

He'd probably become frail in a few years.

In terms of character, there's nothing to speak of.

In the eyes of Issei Hyodo's parents, he's already an incurable pervert.

They even worry that Issei Hyodo's later life will either be one of lonely solitude or a prison sentence.

After arriving in Kuoh Town, Rina Lily relentlessly monitored Issei Hyodo day and night, as per her mission.

For three whole days, she only found his flaws, not a single virtue.

In fact, many times, Rina Lily felt like grabbing her spear of light and stabbing Issei Hyodo to death, putting an end to his miserable existence and sparing her eyes from further contamination.

However, remembering her superior's orders, Rina Lily held back her murderous urge.

As long as she waited until the mission was over!

Rina Lily felt that if she had to endure until then, she might not be able to resist the urge to kill Issei Hyodo.

"No qualities of a divine artifact inheritor?"

Mittelut asked uncertainly, "That's impossible, right?"

Could the "Divine Child Observers" make such a mistake in their techniques?

"Nothing is impossible."

Donasick said in a deep voice, "There have been similar cases before. I remember there was once a "Special Hazard" level divine artifact inheritor detected. It alarmed our Fallen Angel upper echelon, who came to the human world to investigate. In the end, it turned out to be a false alarm."

"There were false alarms like that?"

Mittelut exclaimed incredulously.

"I've told you to read more about divine artifacts. This is not a secret among us Fallen Angels."

Donasick said helplessly.

"Well, discovering 'Mother's Smile' is a major achievement anyway. Once we successfully lure that Saintess to our side, we can also report back to our superiors. If we're lucky, we might even get an audience with Astarte."

Rina Lily said, "As for the surveillance mission, it's just something to pass the time."

Rina Lily had already made up her mind: if it was confirmed that Issei Hyodo was just a useless divine artifact inheritor, she would find him a suitable way to die and send him to hell.

...

"So that's it, Aisha came to Kuoh Town due to the Fallen Angels' scheme."

Xia Yan heard the conversation between the Fallen Angels through the bug planted in the church.

According to the plot, Xia Yan knew that Aisha was driven out by the Church and, after being called a witch and left with no choice, she went to Kuoh Town and sought refuge with the lost priest, Freed.

He hadn't expected such a twist.

"In that case, it seems like directly killing these Fallen Angels is out of the question."

Xia Yan, transformed into a ghost boy, rode his motorcycle towards the abandoned church.

The motorcycle he was riding was left behind by the previous owner of the villa, naturally becoming Xia Yan's possession.

Initially, Xia Yan's plan was to get the divine artifact stripping ritual from Rina Lily and her companions, then directly send these Fallen Angels to the heavens.

However, after hearing their conversation, Xia Yan temporarily abandoned this idea.

If these Fallen Angels died, Aisha might deviate from her original path, not coming to Kuoh Town.

She might even be exploited by the demon who framed her, Diadora.

Xia Yan didn't want to miss out on either Aisha's dimensional points or Aisha herself.

"Looks like I need to slightly change my strategy."

Xia Yan sped along the road, if he used the Phoenix Fire, he could totally play the role of Ghost Rider.

He really needed the divine artifact stripping ritual from Rina Lily, but he couldn't wait until the plot began to make a move on Issei Hyodo.

Stealing the divine artifact from Issei Hyodo was naturally something that was best done sooner rather than later, delaying it could lead to variables.

But now, to prevent any changes to the Fallen Angels' plan to lure Aisha, he had to minimize conflict.

Of course, if it couldn't be avoided, he could only directly eliminate them.

The bottom line was that he lacked resources and couldn't trace Aisha's whereabouts.

Even if he found her, it would be difficult to lure her over.

He could only temporarily rely on the Fallen Angels' methods.

He parked at the foot of the mountain, turned on his phone's flashlight to illuminate the mountain path, and headed towards the abandoned church, ready to meet the four Fallen Angels.

......

"If we can successfully complete this human mission, our status among the Fallen Angels will skyrocket."

Mittelut began to fantasize with anticipation about their return to the underworld, where they would be recognized by their superiors and reach the pinnacle of their lives..... no, their Fallen Angel careers.

"Anyway, don't get complacent. Keep a close eye on Freed and avoid any accidents."

Rina Lily nodded emphatically.

"I'll contact Freed every day and have him report on his progress."

Donasick said.

"Someone's coming."

Rina Lily's eyes suddenly narrowed, her gaze vigilantly fixed on the forest across from the church entrance.

In the dark forest, a dazzling light source swayed conspicuously, approaching the church.

"Who would come to this place so late at night?"

Mittelut turned and looked, noticing the approaching light source. She was confused. This church had been abandoned for so long, rarely visited even during the day, let alone at night.

"Don't look at me, I didn't call anyone over."

Kalavena, seeing Mittelut and Donasick looking at her, quickly explained.

"Let's put away our wings for now and see who it is."

Rina Lily said calmly.

The person was already outside the church, if they flew away now, it would be too late.

Although they had checked before coming that Kuoh Town seemed to be under the control of the Grigori, it didn't matter as long as they didn't clash with the Grigori.

Moreover, even if they did clash, they weren't afraid.

Of course, most importantly, this was a special time, and they didn't want to make trouble.

Compared to their mission, a single human was insignificant.

But if they were exposed because of this human, it would be a loss.

After all, this society was no longer the chaotic society of ancient times, if a human died or disappeared, it would still cause a stir.

Out of the principle of "better safe than sorry," Rina Lily mercifully didn't directly kill this human who suddenly appeared at the church.

"What is this human doing?!"

Mittelut suddenly exclaimed in annoyance.

Because after Xia Yan arrived at the clearing in front of the church entrance, he didn't immediately enter the church. Instead, he took out his flashlight and shined it back and forth at them.

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