Fate DxD

Fate DxD Vol.13 Chapter 70

After walking for several minutes, Minori finally arrived at the camp, set up in the harbor's few remaining buildings, seeing everyone moving around. She sees Gen, equipped with binoculars, observing the crater, now completely filled with water. She turns her head to recognize Aki's bluish hair, running towards her.

"Minori! Thank you you're fine, come on, I'll give you first aid." She said with relief.

"You too, are the captured Eighth members gone?" Minori asks.

"Yes, they've disappeared, leaving only cubic shapes of their silhouette on the ground." Aki confirms.

"Ok... what's the situation? How are the kids?" asks Minori, sitting down opposite Aki.

"All the kids are here. They're all tired, confused and scared, even I still get goose bumps. The heroes are trying to evacuate them, but they refuse and won't leave until they get answers to what just happened." Explains Aki, starting to heal Minori with energy.

"I see... And Gen? It's rare to see him so confused." Minori asks, looking at her friend who continues to observe the crater, making faces.

"I didn't follow everything, but Senji is acting strangely..." Aki explains.

"What do you mean?"

"He'll explain it to you himself. Gen!" Aki calls out to him, standing up. "I've given you first aid, I'm sorry but there are seriously injured people who have priority."

"Oh yes no problem, go ahead, we'll take care of the rest." Minori gives a thumbs up.

"Ah Minori!" Gen calls to her, beckoning her over. "You've got to come and see this!"

Minori gets up and approaches her friend. He hands her the binoculars, which she takes and looks towards the crater, to see Senji who has emerged. His left hand glows with a bright white light and he strikes his torso, sending all the energy through his body, then slams his head to the ground.

"What's he doing?" Minori asks, confused.

"This is the Overblow. It's been repeating the same thing since it came out of the crater." Explains Gen.

"The fox demon is using the maken you gave to Senji? Is he trying to overload himself to increase his power?"

" It's impossible, it's like trying to charge a battery with its own energy. It just doesn't work, and even worse, it damages and exhausts the battery."

"Are you telling me he's trying to overload to weaken himself?" Minori is even more confused.

"Yes." He nods. "There are several things that make me say it. First, we're safe, at least for now. If he'd wanted to, he'd have attacked us long ago. Secondly..." He looks at his watch. "It'll soon be twenty minutes since the fox demon took control, and nothing's changed."

"What do you mean? Now you don't recognize Senji at all under this pile of raw energy." Minori looks through the binoculars again.

"I'm talking about the tails, idiot, he's still on four tails, normally he'd have been on five, or even six by now."

"Are you telling me that... Senji is resisting the control of the fox demon?" Minori asks, not quite believing it.

"It looks like it. This kid's got a will of his own, if not too much. I'd bet on it." Gen smiles, proud of his pupil. "But there's more, follow me."

Gen takes him to a large tent. He opens it, inside is Kakashi, who nod to their presence, three children and an adult she doesn't recognize.

"Kakashi-san, can you give Minori the rundown?" Gen asks, walking over to a desk with papers on it.