Naruto strolled through the high class strip club without a care. It was immaculate and clearly a place of luxury with how it's set up. Booths that had dancers on the tables, waitresses that wore bunny suits, and the strippers on stage were easily able to mesmerize the small row of eager men that sat around the main stage. He wore an all black tailored suit, shirt, and tie combination with an orange pin of the Lucifer House on his lapel.

Walking a bit behind him was Grayfia in a secretary outfit. He decided he didn't need her as a maid, but as an assistant. She wore a black pinstripe suit with a white shirt and a blue tie that matches the ribbons on her hair. She also wore fishnet stockings and a garter belt with black high heels.

Naruto personally was not one to visit stripclubs, but the two he came to talk to were degenerates nearly of Virgo's caliber. One he was meeting was Azazel, who just happened to own the club. Nearly every employee is a fallen.

He wanted to be there when the Church sent their representatives, but this meeting is more important then that. He was sure Retsu could handle it.

Their guide led them to their private room, then left. It was a circular room with a small stage in the center that was surrounded by glass. As Naruto sat on the booth that covered the wall, a dancer with quite the proportions and skimpy lingerie delicately slid down the pole and began her dancing.

Naruto pulled Grayfia into his lap and began kissing her. She didn't hesitate to return it, and slowly ground herself into him. Her short skirt rode up, and he palmed both her cheeks that were currently devouring a tiny thong. His fun was interrupted when he could sense two massive presences making their way towards the room.

He tapped her ass twice to signal her to get off while he wiped the saliva off with a hanker chief. Grayfia adjusted herself as she sat cross legged beside Naruto. It wasn't long before the door was opened and in walked Azazel and an old man.

He has long, grey hair, and a matching beard. He wears a gold and white monocle over his left eye, without the addition of the chain. He wears a robe, which is short and blue with a gold lining on the top and bottom of the collar, the sleeves of the robe and at the front of his robes all the way down to the bottom of the robe. The rest of his robe is white with matching shoes. He also wears a golden and black hat, which is sectioned off into five mini sections that sport either the color black or gold, the top, middle, and bottom is gold and the sections in black are below and above the middle one. The black section features blue orbs at the ordinal points: north, east, west, south etc, and between the blue orbs are red dots.

Azazel is wearing his usual two piece suit with no tie.

Walking in behind the old man is a beautiful young woman with long, straight silver hair and aqua-colored eyes who appears to be in her late teens. She wore a simple dark grey pantsuit.

"Old Crow. Jarl Odin Borson. Thank you for meeting with me."

Odin laughs while Azazel pouts. "Well I thought it would be good to see you again. Congratulations on your new title, Lord Lucifer."

"Thank you. It was honestly sprung onto me, but I don't mind. Now please, have a seat. I'd like to discuss a trade with the Norse and the Fallen. I'll meet with Heaven when they get their shit together." Naruto spoke bluntly, something Odin appreciated.

"Finally. A proper leader. None of that bullshit, flowery speak. Before we begin, though, I'd like to ask a serious question." Odin said, his tone grave.

"What is it?"

"Boobs or Ass?" Odin asked, completely serious.

"L-lord Odin-" The young woman tries to speak up.

"Oh, shut it, Rossweisse! This is why you don't have a boyfriend!" Odin snarked.

"Ass."

"Oho? Interesting. Last we met, you weren't truly in the right mindset to explain your reasoning." Odin briefly glanced at the silent Grayfia. "Can you do so know?"

"I can answer by asking a couple questions. When kissing a woman, do you put your hands up to fondle her breasts, or do you grab two handfuls of her ass while she presses against you? When walking by a lady, do you only look at her chest then keep moving, or do you also turn your head to see what she has going on back there? Even better, when walking by a maid, do you fondle her breasts as you walk by, slowing both your strides, or do you smack her ass and keep moving at the same pace? The most important question, would you rather have a woman with big breasts and no ass, or one with small breasts and a fat ass? I, personally, would rather have a Big Booty Judy by my side than a Top Heavy Terri who can barely keep her balance."

Both Odin and Azazel had pondering expressions on their faces. "I never really thought about it, but yeah, I grab ass when I kiss a lady. It would be an uncomfortable position to fondle breasts while kissing." Azazel said.

"I agree. While I still choose Boobs, you've given a proper argument for Ass. I can respect that." Odin nodded sagely while stroking his beard. "Now, what is it you wanted to trade, and what can Asgard return in trade?"

Naruto smiled. "Your feasts are about to get a whole lot better."

Now that he's laid the groundwork, Naruto tossed the baton to Serafall to finish up the negotiations, as is her job as the Satan of Foreign Affairs. He's already interrogated and rooted out all the devils who were involved with the Nekoshou Massacre and sent the worst perpetrators to suffer under Yasaka's ministrations.

A lot of devils tried to kick up a fuss about those actions taken, but Naruto simply ignored them. They broke the rules, so they got punished. This was the first time in a long time that devils were being punished for their actions, so it's made a lot of them confused and frightened.

They were too used to Sirzechs passive leadership for centuries, and not the decisive leadership of Naruto Phenex.

Currently in the lavish office deep within the Vapula clan's estate, the Lord of the estate had important guests he was hosting. Seated around a small conference table were four Lords of the underworld, three of the four listening as Lord Vapula said his piece.

Seated silently while waiting for the man to finish were the clan heads of the Belphegor clan, the Bael clan, and finally the Abbadon clan. Even though it had been a few days since the list of atrocities that were committed by those who participated in the Nekoshou Massacre, it was still one of the hottest topics in the underworld.

"...which leads us here!" Lord Vapula concluded slamming his fist on the wooden table. "What do we do now? The Four Satans have become far too arrogant, especially the damn Phenex!"

After the declaration, everyone looked towards Lord Bael who rested his elbows on the table with his hands laced together. His eyes closed in silent contemplation as the other three Lords discussed.

Even without opening his eyes, he could feel their judgining gaze on him. Although it wasn't unwarranted by any means. He was old and mature enough to recognize the consequences of encouraging the youths to attack the village. The Naberius were a part of his faction so their research was important. His death brought undo attention to his activities, so something bigger needed to be done to distract the Satans.

All around the underworld, similar meetings like this one had become a common occurrence. The shift in power that had happened seemingly overnight was the main agenda of most meetings. Naruto had quite literally appeared out of thin air after not having been seen for centuries and did what most believed to be impossible. It was highly unlikely for certain devils to be removed from their positions, so for someone to show up and shake things up the way he did was a cause for alarm for many of the older devils.

"We'll have to take things into our own hands." Lord Abbadon responded with an impressive amount of self control. The lords weren't sure if he was more upset with the former member of the Bael clan or with the head of said clan.

Lord Bael opened his eyes and rolled them discreetly. None of them had seen combat in centuries and any power they currently wielded was through their positions and influence alone. Bedeze was physically stronger than everyone in the room and was killed with little issue, what could they possibly do?

"What do you propose we do then?" He asked, giving the man his full attention.

Without missing a beat, he responded. "What we've always done. Manipulate the rating games, and the economy."

Lord Belphegor tilted his head. "I did hear that the Lucifer will be allowing his peerage to participate in Rating Games without him."

"Then we still have time to plan this out carefully. A loss on the new Lucifer would be good to begin chipping away at his support." Lord Vapula sat forward.

Lord Belphegor stood then. "We should reconvene again in a month's time. A date has yet been decided, so we'll do what we can in the meantime."

Everyone nodded and soon the room was vacant minus the owner of the estate.

Lord Vapulas exhaled shakily and prepared himself a drink of the strongest stuff he had available. Chugging it down he slammed the glass on the table and swiped a hand across his mouth.

"This is all Bael's fault." He muttered angrily to himself. He began pacing around the office, his mind racing with ways that he could benefit from the events that had taken place.

Naruto had a blank expression on his face as he looked at Yasaka, who was giggling at him.

It was the first time he had visited since his return to the Underworld, and of course, Yasaka was very happy to host him in her house. The woman brought him drinks and cooked dinner, the latter being the reason for the stand-off between the two.

"Really, Yasaka? A fried chicken? What's this supposed to mean?" Naruto asked. Yasaka sent him an eyesmile.

"That meant: drop dead, yakitori." A menacing aura found engulfed Yasaka as she said that.

"You want your ass kicked, granny?!"

"Bring it on, brat! You said you'd visit sooner. It's been weeks!"

Naruto stared at Yasaka.

Yasaka stared back at Naruto, unflinchingly.

"As a faction leader yourself, I'm sure you understand that there's a lot to do. I'm here on my first break."

"Why don't you shove your work onto clones? That's what they're made for." Yasaka countered.

"They're made to aide me, not just do my work." He paused as one of his clones popped, and a grin crossed his face. "And it seems my recon clones have finished their investigation on all of the crimes committed by the Great King Faction, and any support they have."

"That can wait for later. I'd like to know how you've forgiven Grayfia so easily."

He gave her an odd look. "Who forgave her? Yasaka, in my travels, I've met quite a few people, some as old as the concept of time itself. They gave me advice on how to get rid of the pain in my heart. I never forgave Grayfia, I just moved on. I was content to just ignore them both for the foreseeable future, but she came to me herself and gave me a collar to wrap around her neck. She doesn't have my trust, affection, nor love. She's like furniture, and she seems to enjoy it. I'm not usually one to kink shame, but even as a Devil of Lust, I think it's a bit out there."

"Hm. Ignoring that last part, I just thought that you did. From what I hear, she travels with you to most meetings and acts as your assistant." Naruto laughs at that.

"Yasaka, she spends her days on her knees under my desk, and she travels with me because, those I actually trust are liable to kill her for how she broke my heart."

"I see. That does make more sense." Yasaka conceded.

"You sound jealous, Yasaka-chan." Naruto chuckled. "Are you upset that another woman is around me so often?"

She snorted, yet didn't answer as she sashayed away, a smug Naruto following behind her.

"With the perpetrators of the massacre handed to you, and a potential trade for my food, do you think the Yokai and the Devils could be less hostile to one another." Naruto asked.

She hummed in thought. "With you immediately handing over the worst perpetrators after your rise, and your tough stance towards lawbreakers, then eventually, yes. Now, come to my meeting room so we could negotiate further."

They walked for a bit before Naruto spoke up again. "This is the way to your bedroom."

"My meeting room, yes."

The four Satans were once again meeting in Naruto's garden. The topic of discussion was the Underworld, and the Devil race as a whole.

"The Underworld right now is a powder keg waiting to be lit." Naruto began. "On the surface, we are the strongest of the three factions, both in number and power but the reality couldn't be further from that. While the Evil Pieces definitely saved us in a very dangerous situation, it has also gained us all more enemies than the previous Satans combined despite their overtly evil acts. Like the Youkai, the Devils have trampled over several other factions. The only reason they don't say anything is because of us four."

The other Satans listened attentively.

"While on the surface the Devils have a lot of population. A major part of it is made by the Reincarnated Devils, many of whom were forced to become devils against their wills. It's not like they suddenly had a change of heart as soon as they became devils and decided that being treated as second class citizens is the way to go. No. They are only quiet because of the Satans. They know that any resistance will be met by you with a swift end."

He sighed and continued. "While it's true that not everyone treats their peerage members badly, the majority of them do. We cannot use a minority to define people. Kidnapping people from their homes, against their wills doesn't make them like us. Not to mention their families. And that's only the case for the Reincarnated Devils. Even the Extra Devils and many Pillar Houses are dissatisfied. Ajuka, how many Pillars are there today?"

"Thirty four." Ajuka answered without batting an eye.

"Wrong. Fifty Six." Falbium and Serafall were more vocal with their surprise, while Ajuka just gave a long blink. "Even if you consider the Pure Blooded Devils Or Clan Traits being a criteria for a House to be alive, there are still fifty six houses alive. So, why is it that only thirty four of them are counted? Because ultimately, what today's Devil race's motivations have been reduced to is not the foolish purity of blood. It's not even the survival nor the betterment of the Devil race. No. It's just profit and control. There are twenty two houses who are alive but were declared extinct, their lands taken and their positions abolished."

"Why?" Serafall asked, completely bewildered.

"Each of those houses were the political rivals of the old devils in the council. The Great King Faction. They were systemically sidelined and driven into bankruptcy or even worse… fell into the Devil's Sleeping Disease."

Once again, the other Satans were taken aback.

"Yup. From my investigations, I found that the 'sickness' is artificially created. Just examine the list of victims closely. Why do you think it surfaced magically after our predecessors died? I'd bet you already had suspicions, right Ajuka?"

"You'd win that bet." Ajuka sighed. "I was never allowed to research souls when I tried to cure the disease. That sparked my suspicion, so I checked the list of everyone who contracted the disease and found out that most of them were either in opposition of the Great King faction or someone who could become a power in the Underworld."

Falbium sighed, and rubbed his face. "What can be done?"

"I say we cull them, and begin a clean slate. Ajuka, you're able to remove Evil Pieces, yes?" Naruto asked.

"Yes."

"What would happen should you do so?"

"They would revert back to the race they were before, and continue to age normally for their race." Ajuka explained. "Why?"

"My plan depends on it. When I say we cull the Great King Faction, I meant that literally." Naruto said seriously. "With the mountain range of evidence I've collected, I could easily leak every crime and misdeed of all the Houses that would give us trouble, and leave traces that point to the Old Devil Faction. With this, we could make large scale arrests, and even strip them of their land and assets. With them out the way, we have the room for the wronged Pillars to return, and for the Extra Demon Houses to join. Hell, we could even make specific tests for the Low-Class Devils to be able to create new Houses, because I promise you all that there's a lot of Low-Class Devils who developed new traits, but the Great King Faction would've either killed them off, or kept them suppressed."

Naruto took a breath, but he was on a roll. "Thanks to the Fertility Potions, we could have mandatory interviews of all Reincarnated Devils, and if they're being mistreated, they could easily be free of their Evil Piece, or the could be freed from the King's control and remain devils. Within two decades, our strength would return and even surpass our previous numbers. Now, I'd like your opinions on this plan."

"Where and how would you leak the information?"

"I'd hack into your servers and leak it from there into the DevilNet." Naruto stated casually.

Ajuka blinked, multiple times. "You can hack my servers."

"I already did, just to see if I could." Ajuka now had a slightly open mouth, denoting his shock. "One of the worlds I traveled to was futuristic, and the hackers, or netrunners, of that world had absolutely terrifying skills. Skills that I copied from them."

"Are you sure we should be so aggressive?" Falbium asked.

"I understand all three of your hesitations. You all are terrified of another Civil War." They all flinched imperceptibly, and Naruto sighed. "I get it, but right now, strong leadership is needed for us to have a future. The way things are currently cannot continue."

"Do you have a timeframe of when you want this to happen?" Serafall asked.

"I was think of making up a holiday. Use that day to make a huge party for all the nobles, and while they are suitably relaxed and mingling, drop the bomb and wait for people to take notice, then act accordingly."

The three other Satans took a moment to ponder Naruto's plan fully. He was correct in his assessment that they feared another Civil War. The things they witnessed, and the friends they lost took a heavy toll on all of them, but they ultimately realized that Naruto was correct. Their constant choice to appease their oppositions instead of using force when necessary has led them to become leaders in name only.

One by one, each Satan agreed with Naruto's plan.

Sirzechs,

While I no longer hate you, I still do not trust you. However, you are still one of the strongest Devils in the Underworld, so it would be foolish of me not to utilize your skills.

My spies have brought to my attention that Kokabiel plans on reigniting the Great War by using the Excaliber pieces he stole to kill your sister and Serafall's sister. You are being sent to deal with Kokabiel, either killing him, or capturing him, I don't care which. As an added incentive, you could have a much needed conversation with your sister after your mission.

The letter continued on to give details of the forces that Kokebiel had under his banner, and other pertinent information.

Naruto was no fool. He knew that Sirzechs would be plotting to get his seat back, and his maneuvering could jeopardize the plans that Naruto had in motion. Sure, he had contingencies just in case, but why fall back onto those when he could just prevent the first plan from being disrupted.

He could easily just head Sirzechs off by raising his standing, just not by too much. Killing Kokabiel then aiding in arresting all the corrupt nobles would be the perfect way to do that.

He gave Virgo the letter to deliver, then sat back to continue planning.

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