Over at the source of that evil aura was none other than Vinaya.
I mean, let's be real here, WHO else could that have been?
The lioness sin of pride had found herself leaning on the wall of some random abandoned warehouse, walking forward with labored steps. Her steps taken poles apart from the confident stride she treaded the ground with not too long ago.
Drawing quite the contrast to the first chapter, seeing as she was breathing heavily and looked a bit out of it. Even as a blue-haired Goddess landed quietly a block behind her. This one moving with slight difficulty, a far cry from the 'too winded to move' state a specific exorcist was in.
"Damn those Tibetan Monks..." She grunted, looking down at the two seals the resident senior exorcist had accidentally planted on her breasts. After all, he did aim for her forehead, she just dodged.
The Ofudas glowed dimly as they hung off of their rack that was Vinaya's chest. Yes, that too. The ornate decorations doing something to the woman, if the death glare she was silently shooting them was anything to go by. Their shiny surfaces reflecting the venomous gaze of their victim.
"Fucking shits..." With an annoyed grunt, she hastily reaches for one of the seals.
Her hand firmly wraps itself around the thing before she tugs hard to yank it off. Only for a sharp pain to run from the points of contact to the rest of her body. Like hot needles, piercing through every inch of her skin. Starting from her finger tips and palm and storming every fiber of her being. Even the tips of her hairs.
All without a single visual cue to any of it. Like carbon monoxide, there was not a traceable sign of what was taking place, aside from the strained look of the (VPU) before she promptly let go of the makeshift torture devices hanging off of her nipples.
Anyone even a little lesser would've let out a blood curdling scream of agony from that, bawling their lungs out in anguish from the sheer pain. This (VPU) on the other hand, managed to stifle her shout of misery to a grunt of indignation.
Too bad that didn't save her from being on the radar of not one, but two Goddesses. And one was the main character on top of that.
"Whatever... I just gotta-" The evil entity tried mouthing to herself, but was cut short by a purple-haired patron.
"Going somewhere?" Asked Purple Heart, Signature Katana already drawn and trained right at Vinaya, floating above her with a confident smile and an aura of authority.
An authority the lioness sin was not trying to hear about. With an eye roll, the once winded looking redhead straightened up and folded her arms. Her apparent signs of fatigue suddenly a distant memory as she leaned on the wall.
"Yes I am actually, your father's residence." Was the lioness's response, which was totally mature and well-thought out.
Purple Heart, perhaps expecting such a juvenile clap back, shook her head and opened her mouth to respond. Only for her ally to stop her before she even began.
"Trying to seduce my friend's father? How naughty~" Sadie piped up, now barely a few feet away from the now on guard ginger.
Not even glancing behind her to see who's the new voice, Vinaya stared up at Purple Heart. She had a confident smile of her own, but it didn't quite reach her eyes.
The sound of a whip cracking hits the (VPU)'s ears next, the source of the sound being Iris Heart readying her Signature Weapon: A sword whip.