This is....

　Seeing the image in the square in front of the Shitennji family's heavyweight seat, Kamizen Takaaki was at a loss for words. The others could only watch the images as well. Silence enveloped the headquarters, which had now been shifted to the Defense Command Center in Shitennji.



　Just before this, numerous instructions were sent out from Takaaki in the command room, and the operators who received them were connected to the heavyweight seats where each Shitenji team and the highest executives of the Shitenji family were located without a break.
　The reason for this was due to the reports coming from various directions.
That was........information about the five attackers.

''Takaaki-sama!　Gong and the others have reported the name of the enemy!　This is...!　One of the enemies is said to be the [black-eyed] O'Sullivan!

'O'Sullivan... that O'Sullivan!　During the Great War of the Gifted!

Yes, that's what I've been saying!

　The normally calm and collected Takaaki was surprised. But immediately, Takaaki pondered.

(No way, O'Sullivan during the Great War of the Abilities.......no, Mizuho-sama also said that that Lokiarum appeared in Miremar. If that's the case........is it possible? Wait?　(More importantly........)

　At this point, Takaaki looked up as if he was huffing and puffing.

''Make sure that Gong ends up stranded as per the strategy!　You don't want to take the easy way out, send the wind!　I'll send a team of Kanna to help. And get me information on the other attackers!　This is not good. If that's O'Sullivan, the others could be class S Designated Dangers!　I'm worried about the Kensei's friends who were sent to the participants' residence. Send Omine Toru's team over there. Tell them to focus on getting information first.

Yes, sir!

　While issuing instructions, Takaaki ponders his thoughts.

(If these guys are the survivors of the Great War they aren't just strong enemies. And if they're the ones the agency has been after since the guild days, it's bad enough!　 (In this situation........it can only be said that it's fortunate that the Sword Sage was here.

　It would have been a coincidence, but he thinks about how reassuring it is that Hisae has invited Sword Saint Alfred Arkwright to this grand festival.
　Then Takaaki shifts his gaze to the image showing the heavyweight seat with a serious expression.

(Depending on the case........I'll be wishing for you to go to war. I wanted to avoid that, but........hmm?　(Which would be...)

　It was here that Takaaki realized what was going on, and his eyes widened.
　Although it was still hypothetical, if the identity of these assailants could be determined and if they were the worst people that Takaaki could imagine, then there was someone who was the first to set up and repel Julian, who seemed to be the head of these people.

(Du Du Yuto........no, my son-in-law is fighting off this opponent!　And who might be the ringleader!　(Do you think that Julian, the assailant, was the lesser of the two...?

　Here, Takaaki shakes his head.
　Takaaki strongly admonishes himself that this is unthinkable.
　Because he had seen it through the images.
　The fearsome ability that can be compared to that high-ranking competitor of Julian's. And the fact that he is fighting head-on against that Julian.
　And the sight of that boy fighting that Julian head on, and the heroic figure of him slamming a spinning kick into that Julian's chest.

''Hey!　Tell everyone in the Shitennji family!

'Ha!　What can I do for you?

"I understand that our lord Shitennji's son-in-law repulsed this supposed ringleader of the enemy with a powerful spinning kick!

"...What?　Ha, yes!　I understand!

Morale is never uninspired by this.

After that, we find out all of the names of the attackers.

Julian, the founder and former chieftain of the [Sword of Surt].
O'Sullivan of [Black Eye].
[Hell's breath] Nafas.
Blacksmith] Doberk.
[Ten thousand subscribers] Marinos.

　These names stunned the Divine Preceptor Takaaki and he completely understood the seriousness of the situation.



　And now, with Takaaki's decision, he was in the midst of gradually shifting the Shitennji family to an all-out war, excluding the heavyweights.
　However, there were those who had silenced everyone in the command center in this situation.
　The cause ................was their unimaginable ability. And the other was the exact opposite of despair and emotion.
　This silence due to surprise and joy was created by two participants in the Great Festival.
　These two people who had participated in this great festival, out of the five terrifying assailants, had fought off the ringleader Julian [Hell's Breath] Nafas, and just now, they had inflicted injuries on two people, [Black-Eyed O'Sullivan] and [Blacksmith] Doberk, that were not lightly injured.
　One of them was the boy that Zhu Yin brought with him.
　This boy, Doudou Yuto, gave the people connected to the Shitennji family a great surprise for the second time with his abilities.
　One of them was an unpredictable participant who wore a bizarre mask and was unpredictable in both ability and behavior.
　No one had been paying any attention to this strange person...no, this was "Ten-chan". However, it was a happy miscalculation that he now had such a strong presence.
　Then Takaaki, who had regained his composure before anyone else in the control room, immediately gave the order.

This is your chance!　Send my son-in-law's assistant!　Listen, tell each team well. With your abilities, you could be a hindrance to your son-in-law. You're not to get in the way of your son-in-law at the scene of the crime, you're to ask for instructions from Meira.

Yes!

　I followed Takaaki's instructions along with the liveliness to the control room.
　Incidentally........no one could possibly know that these two people were from the same house.



　There were many of the Grand Festival participants and their attendants in the spectator's seats who had missed their escape. Each of them had tried to flee from this dangerous battlefield that had turned into a battlefield first, but they had lost their chance to escape due to the terrifying abilities of the people who had attacked the Shitennji.

''Oh, hey ... we can get away while we still can.
Yeah, you're kind of pushing back.
But those monsters. If you turn your back on them to get away with it in a crowd like that...

　The spectators, drained of energy in the face of this greatest opportunity to get away, were at a loss for judgment. That might seem foolish from the outside, but they had suffered so much too.
　Some of the people in the bleachers before Shitenji's team arrived had already been affected. They were also on the edge of ability, and although they acted defensively on the spur of the moment, there was no way to accomplish it, and they were easily killed.
　The miasma was constantly releasing miasma into their escape route even while Naphas was dealing with the Shitennji family's team, and because of the many times O'Sullivan's divine sword blade winds attacked them, they did their best to defend themselves by using barriers and other means to defend themselves against them.

　This was because Julian had been instructed not to let the spectators escape immediately when he had planned this attack, and the true meaning of this was that they needed a billboard to spread it to the public after they had crushed the Shitennji. Therefore, the dispersal of the placement of the battle's wolf pack was twofold.
　One was to disturb the Shitenji, and the other was to show others the way the temple was collapsing with fear. He wanted the audience to witness the battle against Shitenji on site.
　This was incorporated into the strategy as a matter of course, because the strength of the five of them, including Julian, who launched the attack, is made up of tremendous individual strength.
　Each being is an S-class dangerous designated ability as determined by the agency. If their whereabouts were known and a plan was drawn up to ensure that one of them was defeated, the agency would have formed a team of at least ten or more people, including at least a rank S ability.
　That..........5 of them showed up at the same time. This was not an unusual situation.
　However, however.
　Now, it's becoming a situation of dispersed forces for Julian and the others. It wasn't supposed to be that way...no, it couldn't be.
　
　It was so much so that even the Shitennji's wise-cracker, Kamizen Takaaki, changed his face whenever their names were reported.
　With such a large contingent of troops, who would think that this would be a dispersion of forces?
　

''Oh?　Is that Yuto? Hmm?　What are you doing?　That one.

　"Ten-chan," a.k.a. Sumazo, tilted his head quizzically when he found his grandson flapping and waving on the other side of the crater.

''Ah!　It's your brother, Kotone!　Huh?　You're waving something.

''Mr. Du Du you were intercepting the attackers here even though everyone was trying to escape.

　Yuto's mouth moved without speaking as he moved his hands in a wide circle.

''Grandpa!　What are you doing?　You're going to be suspicious, so get out of here!　Grandpa's being accused of being a peeping tom!　Or rather, it's a fact, so leave before you embarrass yourself!　Yeah?　Hmm?''

　He is extremely startled when he sees two girls who seem to be following behind Katoriura in the eyes of Yuto, who desperately tells him to go home.

(That's........Akika and Kotone!　Why?　Why?　Why are you with me?　 Then........oh, God!　(Why is there always something inexplicable happening around grandpa all the time?!

　Yuto almost has his head in his hands, but he repeats a fierce gesture to go home anyway.

'Ho-ho, hmmm. I see!''

　That's the pin!　Sumazo nodded.

'What?　Perverted mask, do you know what brother Dou Dou Dou is saying?

　Seeing the reaction of Kazura, Akihisa asks his brother Huang Yuu, lending his shoulder to him.

The first thing that comes to mind is the fact that I am a perfect lip reader.　More importantly, I wish you'd stop wearing that perverted mask.

'Then what do you say? As far as I can see, it looks like you need to get the hell out of here or go home.

"Hohohoho, you're still young, Akika-chan. She's young, young. It's important to see what she's trying to say with her whole body, see?

Didn't you just say lip reading?　So why the whole body... haha.

　Akika held her right hand over both eyes in disgust and stared at Yuto's desperate form at the end of the crater.

''No matter how you look at it ... get the hell out of here!　It looks like a...?　What are you saying?

It's all right. That was, 'Thanks for saving my life!　That's my beloved grandpa!　Wow!' Bye!　You can't blame him for that.

　Fufeng sniffed, but the two girls behind her froze at these words.

''Huh?　Grandpa?

''.........You can't help it either, can you?

'Ha!　Shit!　That was a mistake!　That's just like Akika-chan said, Yu........That little boy told me to hurry up and go back to my parents' dojo.

　Sweat gushes out of his entire body, and Kazura is flabbergasted.
　But it's already too late. Akika's expression is an expression that is already thinking about many things.
　Yuto is annoyed with Kazura, who doesn't move as we intended, in the middle.

(What is he talking about?　(And surprisingly friendly...?

　On the contrary, beside that, Kotone's mind couldn't catch up with too many facts, or she was stiff as if time had stopped. Apparently, the fact that the 'peeping tom' and the 'favorite person' were relatives couldn't be processed well in the innocent Kotone's brain.

''Mr. Dou Dou Dou........I, I.......if I marry her, I'm always in danger of being peeked at.......''

　Akihana stares at Kotone, who is mumbling, with half-eyes, but right now she thinks there are more important things to do than that. There is no way for Akika to not use such valuable information. I'm going to make sure to follow up and explain to Kotone later, though.
　Akika turned her body to Sumazo.

''My family's.......dojo, right? Hmph........''

....!

　Akika, who has the face of a schemer, approaches with a grin on her face as she presses her mouth with both hands.
　

''Hentai kari........no, Ten-chan?　You can call me Grandfather from now on, okay?

Heh.　Grandfather?　Me?

'Yes ... depending on the matter, these two beautiful girls will always call you. They'll call you "Ojisan-sama-mah". And from both ears!

'What the hell?　Such a peachy thing to do....

But, hey, we don't know where Ten-chan lives or what his contact information is. In addition, we don't know where our grandson, Yuto-san, lives either. It's a shame, but it's necessary to keep a family relationship with your grandson Masato's while you're at it, right?

'A family affair!　With me?

Yeah?　But ... my contact information and address.

I'll teach you!　Right away!

Grandson's too?

Of course!

Would you do anything I tell you?

Of course!

So get us out of here to a safe place as soon as you can and give me your address and contact information, okay?

'Whoa!　I understand!

　The sniffles turned up, and for the first time in hundreds of years, Ketsuzou, who was now serious, thrusts his fist up to the heavens.

''Wa.

　Behind Ketsuzou, whose face could be seen to have loosened up even through his mask, Akihana was smiling like an Echigoya who was entertaining his deputies.

　This grandfather and his grandson were in the form of two people with abilities equal to or greater than those of the S-class Dangerous Designated Ability attackers.