User blog comment:B214/Volume 23 discussion blog/@comment-29963364-20170417040301/@comment-9595671-20170417043410

For Ajuka, Azazel and SIrzechs side of things, I get the feeling Ex implied that Issei went along the lines of this path.

While it's hard to say right now if the war never happens, it seems it won't be until atleast the war in the Ex timeline is over with. That or maybe Indra's atleast waiting for the UL war to end before his war with Shiva begins.

I'm getting the feeling Issei won't trust Zekram's offer anymore, if only because of what he and the others learned in Volume 20 about the real reason Cleria was killed. Considering Zekram has been the de facto leader, he had to have known the truth.

Not to say he won't meet Zekram, but he has every reason to give Zekram a breaking speech, even if Zekram ignores it afterwards. It would be cool for Issei to have the guts to even give him one in general.