Campione Threat Assessment #1
Issei Hyoudou


Excerpt #1


Date: 20XX-X-XX (Tuesday)

Time: 14:43

Location: Yokota Air Base

Name: [REDACTED]

Most humble greetings Tennoheika-sama, who resides in the Serene Palace in Tokyo, I, your faithful servant and colonel of your armed services, am delivering the report requested by your Majesty.

On the date of XXXX-XX-XX an incident occurred off the coast of Osaka. To the south east, roughly twenty kilometers out, unusual weather patterns were detected by satellite, followed by M-RADAR readings consistent with the descent of a Heretic God [see addendum H]. Initial scans confirmed the presence of a Class 1 entity, however sorties by both JSDAF and USAF surveillance planes failed to locate the entity whatsoever.

It was discovered, approximately twenty minutes later, that a cruise ship's tracking systems had disappeared from all records and a naval vessel attempted to determine if it was in distress [see addendum N]. Upon encountering a thick bank of fog manifested in the middle of the sea, the captain of the ship informed command and attempted to press forwards - correctly surmising that a supernatural event was ongoing and that civilians were at risk.

The vessel, the JS [REDACTED] would reappear three days later, having seemingly only spent about two hours in the fog before appearing approximately four kilometers away from their point of entrance with no records of the intervening time or useful record from within the fog.

Upon disappearance of a JS vessel and the failure to detect the entity, a general alert was issued to both the HCC and the Noble Families of the Lotus, along with the Three Temples of Diligent Striving and the CIA.

All attempts to locate and board the vessel would fail.

However, in a seeming miracle, after much fear and anticipation, the cruise ship, the Akamaru, originally commissioned from STX Europe, was found floating, mostly intact, and brutally mauled. And while casualties were not only anticipated, but believed to be total, we found that no physical injury remained, in any way whatsoever, to any of the crew or passengers except those resulting from misadventure after their restoration to human state.

While there was a general and extreme level of fear amongst both groups, including several individuals that needed to be sedated for their own protection, HCC mages were able to nullify all issues of memory, adjust the impact of psychological trauma, and cover up the entirety of the event in about twelve hours.

That is to say, other than the loss of the ship and the costs to heal those injured during this event, and the subsidies to their long term therapy under the guise of public sector mental health care spending, there were no losses.

It was a miracle. However, the individual who slew the Heretic remained unknown to us. Investigations were conducted but there was no conclusive evidence at the time.

I confess that, upon confirmation of total recovery of all individuals involved in this incident, including a large number of children, that I and many of my officers became unmanned and wept tears of joy. I humbly apologize for this display and accept any rebuke for such inappropriate actions that your Majesty may offer. However, I do ask that leniency be shown to the brave servicemen, of all branches and forces, that had spent more than a week attempting to locate and save even a single life.

Many of them had been without sleep and risked both their health and even their lives to protect the citizens and subject of this land.

This concludes my report on all preliminary factors at this time.

[See addendum I for exit interviews of.]

[See addendum 7 for analysis of the Seventh Demon King's likely identity.]


Excerpt #2


This humble lamb greets His Holiness with grave news.

I send with this letter the confirmation and intel required to verify my findings and urge His Holiness to peruse at his discretion, but to refrain in doing so before this humble servant may report his findings.

It is as we have feared.

A new Tyrant has indeed been born in Japan. Though confirmation was slow, one of my contacts within the Committee, may the Lord's light shine upon his soul, contacted me with the information. Therefore this one saw fit to send a missive.

We must be ever vigilant as to the crows and serpents that prowl the garden. And thus I hope this letter has arrived at the Vatican unspoiled.

The rise of a Tyrant in Devil territory proves to be as much of a sudden boon as it is a curse for the cause. Without mincing words, the likelihood that Kuoh Town will stay the direct jurisdiction of the Devils is small. Whether they choose to remain under the vassalage of the Tyrant or retreat to the Underworld, we should consider their influence on local affairs to be curbed.

Though that brings us to the nature of the new Godslayer.

I must admit to my shame that I had completely forgotten about the boy until the moment I saw the photo provided by my contact.

Indeed… to think a young boy whose house I often visited would become one of the Demon Kings, I cannot help but see this as a matter of test from the Heavenly Father.

O' God forgive this foolish man's inattentiveness!

Ahem!

Apologies for the indiscretion.

Our brothers in Kyoto have reported that no movement has been made by the Yokai of the West, and the case is much the same about the East outside of a few murmurs of discontent. It is the nature of the Tyrant to prey upon those of supernatural descent, after all.

For them it would be like hearing that a serial killer was spotted after crossing the frontier and is now on the loose.

As a man of the clergy, it is not my place to comment on the affairs of those who worship other gods. However, it appears that the Shinto pantheon which has kept to the shadows in regards to administering Japan's territory has withdrawn further with the revelation of the 7th Campione.

Relying on those working under the Emperor, and the old clans of Onmyoji that claim direct vassalage under the gods, the pantheon probably hopes that by removing themselves from the board all together will keep the Campione from considering them a target.

Laudable as their intentions might be, one can only hope it won't lead to further dissent amongst their followers.

Finally, I would ask for further guidance on this matter.

As biased as my opinions may be, I must speak out on behalf of Issei Hyoudou, who while not being a follower of the Lord's Teachings and while exhibiting an uncharacteristic degree of interest in women's bodies…

Actually on second thought, perhaps he is cause for concern after all.

As a demon king whose freely visits his will upon the earth in search of their desires, could it be that the young man's passions have evolved into an all encompassing inferno wish to lay claim to the purity and minds of our wives and daughters?!

Heavenly Father, is this another one of your tests? Must I bear witness to the tragedy of such a promising youth as he descends into debauchery?!

Ahem.

My apologies, I appear to have gone on another tangent.


Excerpt #3


Dear Sona-chan.

What. The. Hell.

Okay, Serafall, breathe in and out.

I'm calm. I'm peaceful. I'm a bubbling fountain of positive outlooks in the middle of a barren wasteland of lunacy and I am NOT about to grab my staff and charge out of my home into the human world because that would be a bad BAD thing that might cause a war because there's a really dangerous guy living in the same area code as my little sister.

You know what?

Maybe this peace thing was only a temporary gig.

Yes, really, what is the use of peace if it allows a super libidinous bad guy to stick around my precious little sister with impunity? If it was fallen angels it would have been bad enough. Did you know those guys brainwash people? Or so I heard! That definitely didn't come from one of my episodes.

No sir!

Still, I would like to make sure that everything is okay over there. As a Satan it is my duty to attend to important matters of diplomacy and make sure that this Campione guy who might be trying to get his oily mitts on my dear sister is blasted all the way to the bottom of the -

Greetings Lady Sona Sitri.

This is Grayfia Lucifuge speaking.

I apologize for the abrupt interruption, however, Lady Leviathan found herself pulled away for an emergency meeting with Lord Sirzechs and Lord Ajuka for reasons that I reassure you are in the best interest of maintaining peace in the world of humans.

Having thoroughly reviewed the matter as reported by your message, we have come to the conclusion that in order to retain a semblance of order in Kuoh, that an envoy will be sent to Lady Yasaka in order to discuss the matter of the Campione currently stationed at the city.

Until said talks are concluded, you are to remain on standby and avoid any and all contact with the Campione. Though we understand that he may seek you, in which case the option to return home remains open, as unlikely as you are to accept it.

We would also caution you regarding another element.

Although overtures have been made to contact the Mage Association in charge of supernatural affairs, the envoy sent has been turned away. We can only assume that the Japanese mages might be in a state of disarray as they discuss how to deal with the present state of affairs, much as we ourselves must decide whether to press them for an answer. If they chose to rally around the Campione and dig their feet it could prove difficult for our relations going forward.

As such, please avoid interacting with any agents that may appear in Kuoh, though we understand it may constitute a breach of our treaty with the Yokai, until circumstances stabilize you may have to deal with intrusions from not only the Committee but also other interested parties.

Keeping individuals of interest out of sight, such as yourself and your queen, would be advisable.

Please report any further incidents and refrain from any… volatile behaviors.

As difficult as it may be.


Excerpt #4


Lookout #7 reporting.

So, the experiment was a bust.

Though the process through which those three snakes were extracted from the grimoire has been deemed a success, they lacked a form of cohesive connection that allowed them to take advantage of their mutual origin. Distilled from the sealed aspect of the [Serpent] it was believed that once the ritual was fulfilled, that Medusa, Stheno, and Euryale would converge and complete the process leading to the formation of the original Aspect.

However, the rise of the 7th Campione completely derailed the process.

Talk about a shit show, huh?

It isn't known how he was capable of defeating Medusa, who was deemed our greatest success due to her popularity and the higher amounts of faith she is capable of deriving from variations of her myth.

It should be impossible.

Neither of the Gorgons were considered to be at the level of the original Heretic God they were extracted from. Therefore it should come as no surprise that a Campione wouldn't gain anything from them. Nor would they act as the catalyst needed to bring about the birth of new Campione.

Yet they did.

How? Why? Those are questions that plague me even now and put the entirety of the project in jeopardy. One of the main benefits from distilling lesser Heretics from the Aspects of more powerful ones was with the understanding that they would be too weak and incomplete to provide Campione with new powers, or pose enough of a threat to a human that they could be reborn.

Obviously calculations were off.

Or the process itself must be put into question.

For the time being, my advice is that the experiment be put on hiatus until we can determine whether this was a freak accident or a repeatable offense. Artificial Heretics #2 and #3 might have been successes, but we won't know until the 7th Campione displays new Authorities or remains as he is.

As such I will remain undercover in Kuoh for the time being.

Thus far the mission has been to follow up on the initial experiment, however, as it has been deemed a failure, I will instead focus on observing the 7th Campione and his growth in order to determine whether the failure was caused by a flaw in our design or by some inherent quality of the boy himself.

Should it be possible I would like to request that we acquire him as a study subject.

A young, relatively untested Campione shouldn't be a problem for the more experienced members of the cabal and if we are successful this might open up new avenues of research, as well as possibly devise a means through which to track the origin of their birth and powers.

That is to say, a path to Pandora herself.

Rather daring, yes, but nobody ever accomplished anything without aiming for the stars.

Besides, I might even have a plan on how to do it.


Excerpt #5


Heya Kaoru, Amakasu here.

Err… I mean… greetings Lady Sayanomiya, your loyal servant Touma Amakasu…

Alright, not bothering with that.

So, as expected, it turns out Yuri's Spirit Sight was right on the money. Just got a report from one of my agents at Kuoh that the two very freaky snake gods she had a vision of appeared inside the Devil's territory. A big mess that had our local crew working overtime to explain the whole business away as some sort of terrorist attack or gas leak.

Everyone is fond of a gas leak, you know?

The news eats it up.

Where was I?

Right, right. The Heretic God business.

So, it turns out that there was a Campione in town. And I don't mean one we know about but an actually brand new, out of the factory, model. Like, what are the odds that a new Campione would end up living in the same town as the little sisters of two Satans?

Sometimes the world is small like that.

Still, I'm not really aware of the details but one of the Heretics fled the scene after the first two were defeated. Damage to the city wasn't that bad and the Devils assured us that they would promptly repair it in the coming days with magic so long as we keep the media from sniffing around.

Who knew that having that lot camping out there would be handy.

I would also like to report on another matter.

Our agents reported that in the wake of the battle, a giant shed skin of the snake goddess was left behind. If the Devils knew about its true nature, they didn't comment as we retrieved it.

Maybe there are blindspots in their knowledge when it comes to Heretic Gods?

Whatever it may be, we should consider ourselves lucky they haven't tried to contest it.

Now, onto the most important matter.

Yes, we have a new Campione.

Yes, that Campione appears to be living in Kuoh.

We have also come upon his name, a file is attached with a more in depth analysis but to make a long story short, it is believed that Issei Hyoudou may be the suspected party behind the vanished Heretic God over a month ago. The timing matches and while having a godslayer pop up in the same place as those devils might be a problem, so far things seem to have calmed down.

Therefore this humble salaryman would plead with Lady Sayanomiya to display her great wisdom and treat this incident with all due discretion and care.

In other words, we have to bury our heads in the sand.

Well, that is my personal opinion.

The devils will handle clean up and we will handle the media. I had Sumi-chan park herself at Kuoh and told her to approach him after he wakes up. Given our intel on his personality, she would be more of a match for the boy than I would have been.

Hopefully she remembers to do her job this time!