Some days after. Kuoh Academy.

--Souji, Kaicho is looking for you.

--Oh? Saji... I'll come later.

Without even turning to look at Genshiro Saji, I continued walking.

--Hey, wait!

--What do you want Saji...?

--Look I know you don't like me...fuck I know you don't like any of us but we're a team now...aren't we?

--You're wrong about many things but you're right about one Saji...we're a team...we have a witch with braids, an onmioji with a knife, a muscle brain girl, an ojou-sama with silver hair, a chibi with pigtails, a Yamato Nadeshiko with glasses, You~ A hormonal asshole, Sona who still has a long way to go and me A Sensual and Majestic Psychiatric Patient...

--It's amazing how you can insult yourself and still sound great...

--It all depends on how thick your face is and how shameless you are... face it boy, we are devils, we leave humanity behind, moral and ethical precepts are as valuable to us as toilet paper~ and back to your question I don't hate you, in fact I don't really feel anything for you, although I won't deny that seeing Sona upset is fun.

The Vitra wearer was speechless at his partner's frankness.

--Being honest my “dear” Saji-kun~

Said the black-haired boy surrounding the blonde's neck with his arm and bringing his face closer to his.

--I could either kill them all or watch them get killed and I still wouldn't feel anything at all~ Except maybe amusement for the face Sona would make in that situation~ Hahahaha~ just thinking about it is kind of funny, don't you think?

Genshiro Saji was paralyzed by the fear that his companion, not that this aberration in human form generated him, this being spoke of death, not only his own death, but of all those that he had begun to love as his new family and that included the bastard in front of him. Saji was terrified, because he could feel the honesty in her words, there was no hostility just endless cruel indifference.

--Don't be so scared, Little One... The big devils are much worse than me~

Hyoudou Souji smiled and patted the stunned ash blonde on the shoulder before plunging into a nearby shadow with a smirk on his face.

--Damn...that was scary...

Genshiro Saji held on to one of the walls to avoid falling to the ground as his legs were shaking from the instinctive fear that that last smile awoke in him.

--Shit...how can that thing be the brother of Hyoudou Iseei's idiot...

***

Student Council Hall.

--You were looking for me, My Little Lady~

*KYAAAA*

I stepped out of the shadows with a business smile which made Sona frown, and the little chibi with Nimura's pigtails scream in fright.

--Souji-kun...could you use the door like a normal person?

Sona asked or rather demanded as she adjusted her glasses, feigning calm.

--Certainly… could but~ Where would the fun be?

I walked over to her desk and pulled out a Blue Rose from my shadow giving it as a gift to her.

--I find it infinitely entertaining to change your expressions, to see how your beautiful and cold face is forced to change by each of my actions, so that micro expression seems charming and endearing to me~

--I'm glad you found something to entertain yourself with, but I'd appreciate it if you didn't come at my expense and find something else." Souji-kun.

Sona complained still taking the rose and placing it in a vase on the shelf behind her.

--But let's get back to the topic, I can't allow you to skip a grade...

--Hmmm~ sounds fake but I'll accept it... Give me something to keep from rotting in this place~

I shrugged and accepted it, I made my ridiculous demand without much hope of success, in any case I can always cheat or be a dark doctor, criminal syndicates and unlicensed aesthetic clinics always need staff.

--Permanent attendance extension, you will have to come back for exams and some cultural and club activities, as well as you will have more work as a devil since you won't be busy with school... Okay?

Sona handed me a few legal papers from the school, as well as several documents from the underworld, everything agreed to what she had said so I signed without much trouble.

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--Okay, it's ready...

I laughed as my school uniform changed into armor made of shadows, exuding an air of death and blood.

--Will you continue your hunt Souji-kun?

--There are so many free sinners on earth~ Sona-sama...I'll just recycle some garbage~

--Do what you want... but make sure you don't attack humans.

--Sona-sama, I don't attack humans... I just take out the trash~

With that last sentence, the young man covered with infinite malice left the room after sinking into his own shadow.

--Kaicho...it's alright for me to let Souji-kun go like that...

The silver-haired Bishop Momo Hankai carefully asked.

--Momo-san... Do you think I can stop him, are they destroying the school in the process?

Sona mocked herself bringing a contemptuous smile to her face and a wave of shame to all the members of her nobility, they all knew that they were weak and that weighed on their souls, since without sufficient strength the dreams of their mistress and his own desires would always be out of reach.

--But if we all attack together we should be able to subdue him?!

Pawn Ruruko Nimura growled.

--Ruruko-chan... Souji-kun is on another level... he is... A...

The Bishop looked at her teacher before continuing.

--Nimura-san...

Sona spoke with a cool and collected voice, making her purplish eyes shine with a slight supremacy.

--Souji is indeed stronger than many of those present here, his demonic power is on par with me, his natural ability with shadows allows him not only great mobility but incredible practicality and area control, also thanks to his The "Rook" class has a strength boost to his already considerable physical power, not to mention his mastery of Kendo and handling of other martial arts.

--Certainly, Hyoudou Souji is a Perfect All-rounder... Kaicho.

Shinra Tsubaki commented as she caressed the petals of the Blue Rose left behind by her enigmatic and insane companion.

--In simple terms if this was an RPG Nimura-chan~, Kaicho and I would be Arch Wizards, Momo-chan and Toujo-san would be Priests or Shamans, Meguri-chan a Samurai, Tsubasa-san a Barbarian, while you and Saji-kun would be soldiers or common warriors, while Souji-kun would not be the FINAL BOSS or an Extra BOSS from NewGame+, in other words a Fucking Monster~

--I see... so we just have to get stronger to defeat the Final Boss?

Nimura replied with his usual optimism, only this seemed a bit forced, since his legs were still shaking from the previous bloody touki display.

--More than training, we need a specific item to defeat him... Nimura-chan... right Kaicho?

Queen Sitri commented tiredly and nervously.

--Yes, the only way to control Souji-kun is with a good "Reins"

The heiress of the Sitri house had not yet given up on her plans to control her own destiny.

***

Some days and many criminals with broken bones later.

Hyoudou Residence.

--Let's see if I understood Gremory~ Are you going to let the Innocent Blonde, who doesn't know how to say "No" into the clutches of the Mass of lust without eggs and nonsense of being alive that unfortunately I must call brother?

A black-haired boy with strange blue-black eyes asked a beautiful and suggestive red-haired girl in front of him.

--Yes, I'll let Asia Argento stay with Iseei and I don't accept that you call him nonsense, he is now my pawn.

the redhead groaned.

--A peon who nearly died more in a week than in his entire natural life~ for the love of Ilhan...

The black-haired man exhaled in frustration and changed the subject, as a dark and bloody aura rose from his shoulders.

--Listen to me Rias Gremory, stop playing damn house and do your fucking job, I've been hunting Streets and scaring crows all over the city, "YOUR" city, although you are my Mistress's friend, you are delegating too many of your functions to her... Sona is competent but she has her own agenda and I'm sure it doesn't include running your fucking town. Which is why I'm going on strike... no more stray hunting, patrolling the streets, letting go of all the drug dealers, pimps and rapists hiding out in this shit hole you call home... and I'd appreciate it if you'd let to stick your fucking nose where they don't call you...

The annoyed young man said, pulling out a bat tied with ropes from his shadow, which the redhead immediately recognized as his familiar.

--Next time we will have bat soup...

--Are you threatening me Hyoudou Souji?

the redhead roared as strands of crimson energy formed around her.

--Take it however you want Little Princess~ Ruined just remember~

The black-haired man gave him a wide, sick smile.

--If I want, you and all yours are dead~

Hundreds of tentacles materialized around her, encircling her from every possible angle as well as pinning her down before she could even show any resistance, the muzzle of a blessed pistol lay before her eyes. Rias could see the bullet inside the barrel, as well as the hundreds of holy light magic circles around it.

--As?

--I am stronger than you, little one... your enemies are stronger and your nobility barely has a shape...

The black-haired man sneered as he pulled the hammer back.

--I admit that you are strong Hyoudou Souji but you must know your place...

The redhead growled with bravado to which the blackhaired man responded with a condescending smile.

--The one who doesn't understand her position is your dear~ I can kill this entire city and barely sweat a drop or two~ I can come and go from what they call the Astral plane at will and many other things, but tell me Rias Gremory~ right? you're here and now powerless with a gun to your head and three more to your back, that's not counting the lightsabers hanging above your head~?

--You...really...killed all the exorcists?

Rias Gremory looked with real fear at the young man in front of her, her information accounted for at least 200~300 rogue exorcists of which they only found about fifty during their assault on the church... this added to the complaints of the young man from ago. A few moments and the weapons in his possession, he makes it all pretty clear. She paled, and fear clung to her back.

--I love that expression of dread~ Rias~

--Genocidal...

--I see you understand your position now~ Gremory-Ojou-sama~

Hyoudou Souji gave a warm smile as all the weapons and tentacles that were holding the girl immobilized vanished into thin air.

--You are a greenhouse flower, a decoration, in the real world, there is chaos, there are fates infinitely more cruel than the indifferent peace of death~

Rias observed a strange calm in the young man's crazy gaze. A sickly calm and filled with an Abysmal Indifference, as if he didn't see her as a person but as something less than an object.

--Were you even human before reincarnating?

Rias asked with genuine concern for her pawn and bishop who would be under the same roof as this aberration.

--Oh~ your worry and fear are wonderful~ but seriously if I wanted to kill Iseei I would have stuck a Lego down his throat or smothered him with a pillow when we were kids~ I won't kill Iseei himself he does an excellent job of killing himself As for the blonde, I'll tell you when I meet her, I've been purposely avoiding her all week but I can't seem to escape~ congratulations Rias Gremory you cornered me~ much to your regret~

With a new round of teasing towards the girl with red hair and lush body, the black-haired man left the room heading towards the living room to meet his new sister.

--AH~ and in answer to your question, I was once human... more than 40 years ago now~ I threw away my humanity the same day my mother was killed by those red trash.

The black-haired man growled in a low voice but clearly audible to the young woman who could only be paralyzed by the bloody and bestial hatred that his voice contained.