Actually...how would he even know that he was involved in the factory incident anyways? He was 'Sai' in that little battle...
"Thanks to that, I was able to find out about the little plan that Vretiel was cooking up. Helped me a lot! Man, being leader of Grigori can be a real tough gig you know? But with idiots like you around I can manage!" the elder fallen said with a thumbs up for dramatic effect.
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"You didn't know!? Also did you just call me an idiot...?"
"Lets not change the subject 'Unknown'! For now we gotta figure out how to solve the situation with Vretiel and her followers."
The blond gave the older man a dull stare as he couldn't help but note that he wasn't the one that changed the subject. Also why the hell did he have to help him with his problem!? "Oi! You're the leader of your faction right? So why the hell don't you just order them to disband or something?" Naruto asked, much more simpler than any hair-brained scheme he could cook up anyways.
Finally Azazel's features turned serious as he answered Naruto's question.
"Unless I want to start a civil war within my own faction and maybe even invite other factions to attack...then I can't intervene directly." Azazel stated matter-of-factly. Naruto raised an eyebrow at this, he would start a civil war just by intervening in his own faction's business? How did that make any sense?
"I see you don't understand...well suffice it to say that there are many among the fallen angels who are not at all adverse to the idea of starting war again. Vretiel's actions could very well do just that, so many could actually join her plan in order to purposely incite the devils to fight. If I boldly try and stop this plan then it would alert many who were unaware of it in the first place to try and incite a war. It would be catalyst for warmongers." Azazel explained.
Hell, he didn't even mention that a few fallen angels were now unaccounted for. Well now he knew where they disappeared to.
The blond widened his eyes at this information, he wasn't really aware that there were many among the fallen angels that legitimately wanted war again. All he knew was that the relatively recent war among the biblical factions was stopped with a cease-fire. But if many among them would try and incite war behind their leader's back then the hate for their former enemies must have ran deep.
"To top it all off, if I move in and possibly start a civil war with my own people...then other factions who hate fallen angels could take that chance to destroy us. As you can see, my hands are tied. Which is why I am talking to you." Azazel finished with a smirk.
"...You want me to solve your problem for you?" Naruto asked tiredly, he probably could have guessed that he was after that. "But why choose me of all people? Why not get someone more reputable that isn't aligned with your faction?"
The fallen grinned as he straightened his back and waved his arm dramatically with a flourish. "That's because there is no one like that who is close enough to Kuoh Town!" Azazel said without a hint of shame at his predicament.
This just caused Naruto to face-fault.
"How...how did you become a leader of a faction exactly...?" Naruto asked with incredulity, was it really okay for someone to be so lax when they are a leader? But it seemed that Azazel just found his question hilarious since he busted out laughing. In response the blond's eyebrow just regained it's sporadic twitch as he tried to concentrate on fishing again since his face-fault interrupted it...he wouldn't lose to a damn fish.
"Ha...you are an interesting one 'Unknown'!" the fallen leader said with humor, but Naruto had enough of his pet nickname.
"Enough with the 'Unknown' thing already...my name is Naruto. Calling me an 'unknown' constantly is seriously getting to me." Naruto spoke with annoyance lacing his tone. How would anyone like getting called an 'unknown' constantly? Is that how people knew him as?
"Eh? Why did your parents name you after a ramen topping? Kinda strange eh 'fishcake'?"
"IT'S MAELSTROM! Now lets focus on staying on the subject! I can accept that I am the only one who can do this but why should I even help in the first place?" Naruto retorted, slightly incensed by the older man's words.
"I am not entirely sure to be honest. But I have a hunch that you don't want any conflict between the devils and the fallen, that is the only possible reason that you didn't kill any of the fallen angels at the abandoned factory. Especially when you add the fact that you hid your identity, a strange move unless you consider that you didn't want the fallen to blame the devils of Kuoh Academy! Which means that helping me would be in your interest as well." Azazel spoke casually, but the blond was still annoyed by the fact that he still didn't know how his cover was blown.
"How did you know that I was in the factory Azazel-san? I never told anyone that and I doubt that you were actually there at the time, especially since the factory was what tipped you off in the first place." Naruto said with a frown, he was sure that no one was watching him at the time and he was discreet while taking the fallen girl. So how could he know?
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