Maria just dryly glanced at the blond teenager, finding amusement in the fact that the person who always loved to trick people; was tricked.
Jin shrugged. "Hey, we had to make sure that you weren't a threat. Besides, now you have a viable way to protect your new friends, right?"
The shinobi said nothing for a moment, staring at the hero blankly. Naruto's entire plan to stay out of the limelight in beginning of this strange world was thwarted by the Hero Tribe...but more specifically by the man in front of him.
In short, all of the stressful shit that he has had to endure for others, was because of Toujou Jin.
Beautiful.
Naruto glanced at the two teenaged girls in the room; Yuki was pinning her father with a stare, obviously expressing her silent disapproval and Maria was just playfully smirking at him.
The succubus was enjoying this far more than she should.
The blond teenager sighed, it wasn't like his entrance at Kuoh was a completely horrible event. He had new goals to pass the time before his Kuchiyose no jutsu worked properly. Not to mention the friends he had made here.
Also...well trouble would have found him eventually, it was more of a matter of 'how' or 'when' he got into trouble, not 'if'. It didn't change the fact that he was upset at the information, just that he couldn't really blame him for it.
So with that in mind, Naruto motioned for him to continue, silently stewing anyways.
"Alright, with that in mind, our sensors have begun to notice strange increases in demonic energy recently, impossibly sharp increases. With multiple individuals. It should be noted that this troubling information was relayed to me and the rest of the higher-ups at least a year ago, so we only recently began an investigation about it. Incidentally...we found a link to connect all of these strange power ups; a terrorist organization." Jin explained, solemnly remembering the events that culminated with his own private investigation.
He didn't notice how Naruto's eyes narrowed.
"Wait...that sounds familiar..."
Everyone's eyes trained themselves on the blond, purple eyes widening in particular when it's owner just remembered something.
"Naruto-sama! Now that I think about it, you never told us what happened at the devil party!" Maira pointed out loudly, eyes shining with anticipation of what he had to say.
Naruto's eyes widened. "Ah! That's right!" Snapping his fingers at the epiphany.
Yuki gave him a dull stare, did he forget about the party already...?
Ignoring her stare, Naruto quickly explained. "Toujou-san, I just remembered! Phenex Riser's demonic energy and power with flames increased dramatically as well! He challenged me at the party and grew in power twice in total; with the second time turning into a phoenix. Does that sound like what your sensors felt?"
Jin straightened his back, frowning. "It does, suspiciously so. Then perhaps this devil had dealings with this terrorist organization..."
Then he stopped, blinking as he realized something.
"Wait...did you say he turned into a phoenix?"
Naruto nodded, it sounded insane now that he put it into words, but it wasn't the absolute craziest thing he has ever seen.
"...On behalf of Naruto-sama, I apologize, he is obviously exhausted from all the events that happened today." Maria apologized, bowing her head to the brown-haired hero.
The shinobi gave the succubus an annoyed glance, quickly raising his hand to her and flicking her ear in retaliation.
Maria yelped at the sudden action, pouting at the blond for the gesture, before sticking her tongue out childishly.
Ignoring the both of them for a moment, Yuki regarded her father carefully. "Have you ever heard such a thing, otou-sama? Devils becoming powerful beasts?"
Jin didn't respond for a moment, scratching his head at the information. All of this was very quickly becoming more complicated...
"...I suppose it could happen, if someone's demonic energy became too powerful for them to control, but for one of the Phenex clan to lose control...well...the power increase must be incredible. Which doesn't bode well for any of us." the Great Hero eventually responded, before coughing to gain Naruto's attention again.
Naruto finally stopped fighting with the silverette next to him by roughly pushing her face away from him, she was trying to pull his cheeks in recompense for his flick. No way would he let her.
"Uh...right." The shinobi said awkwardly. "Continue."
Yuki's lip twitched upwards for a moment, trying to hide her amusement.
Jin just obliged the whiskered teen, puffing out some smoke before continuing. "Alright brat...this is where it gets interesting. We didn't have much information on this terrorist group, except the fact that they were against the current government in the Underworld, but that was obvious. So, I unanimously decided to get more information from the group themselves by pinpointing their location and asking politely."
Dull stares were directed at the hero, everyone seriously doubted that he just 'asked politely'.
A wry smirk made it's way on the Great Hero's lips. "Well...we sent more than a few scouts into the Underworld, researching into the location of this terrorist organization. We eventually learned of the name, the purpose, and where the home base of this group was."
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