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Chapter 118 - Chapter 114

A wand was retrieved and leveled at Issei. A quick spell modified his memory so he wouldn't remember the pain. A recast of the same spell let him implant false memories of Issei wanting to try his luck buying a porn mag, and succeeding. To that end, Junichiro pulled out a new magazine and set it in Issei's hands. He considered it a little gift from himself to Issei as thanks for the Boosted Gear.

He was totally ripping Issei off and didn't care at all.

With that taken care of, he moved away and pulled out another wand and cast a spell at Issei. Issei stirred on the ground and climbed to his feet before his mind fully kicked in. He looked at the brown bag with a magazine inside while holding it up and giggled perversely. He opened the bag and peered at his prize, "I can't believe I actually managed to get a copy of Heavenly Cantaloupes."

Issei let off another perverse giggle as he started to slink his way home. As far as he was concerned, today was one of the best days of his life.

Junichiro watched him got with a little smile, "Maybe I should slip him some porn mags every now and then as thanks."

He looked at the red gauntlet in his hands and smiled brightly. The Sacred Gear Extractor had worked, though not as perfectly as he'd intended. He'd based some of it off of the scans he'd made of that soul eating yokai he'd helped. Her ability with souls had let her separate Sword Birth from it's last user. Granted she killed the guy, but whatever. He ability combined with the scans he'd made of himself gave him all he felt he needed to take Boosted Gear from Issei.

He smiled to himself and turned to make his way home.

"Oh, shit."

Standing in front of him with her arms crossed under her bust and a delicate eyebrow raised in question was Rias Gremory. After he swore, she smirked, "Can you imagine my surprise when I saw a potential member of my peerage leading a younger man into a park all alone?" Her grin was positively wicked, "For a moment I thought you might be the kind of guy that certain... fanatics would like."

Junichiro groaned in agony at the thought of those types of women thinking he swung that way.

"But then, I was even more surprised when I saw that potential member ram half of his arm into the other boys chest. I'm not opposed to killing people who deserve or need to die, but I'm against random murder. I half expected that poor boy to die, except there was no blood. Instead, there was bright red light that became a red gauntlet."

She tilted her head to the side, "Apparently my surprises weren't over for the day because I just witnessed you ripping a Sacred Gear right out of someone's chest without killing them. Something I wasn't aware was even possible!"

She narrowed her eyes at Junichiro dangerously, "Who, exactly, are you?"

"..."

"..."

"Shit."

Rias tried not to smile as Junichiro hung his head and swore after she caught him doing... whatever it was he was doing.

She'd gone out to do a little shopping to pick up a few things. She might wear the Kuoh Academy uniform the majority of the time, but she enjoyed nice comfortable casual clothing as well. She also wanted to pick up a little bit of make up. While she knew she was supernaturally beautiful and didn't need makeup, she liked to use just a tiny bit to highlight her features.

She didn't wear makeup very often, but ever since she'd caught Junichiro eyeing her up when he thought she wouldn't notice, she'd decided to wear a little for him. She wasn't above using her attractiveness to snare such a valuable member for her peerage.

Her desire to do so after losing to him had only been mild. He wasn't individually stronger than any member of her peerage, but he was definitely far more flexible and prepared than any of them. Having hard counters for their main abilities and using his Sacred Gear in a way even Kiba hadn't known was possible...

Yeah, she wanted him just for that. But then she'd watched him as he taught and sparred with Kiba. Her thoughts about his physical strength were correct and his skill with a sword was well below Kiba's, but she knew that if Junichiro went all out, Kiba would lose regardless. Add on his clear skill in teaching Kiba how to use his Sacred Gear in a far more impressive manner and her desire to have him as a member of her peerage had soared.

So, imagine her surprise when she saw him walking down the street with a clearly hypnotized younger boy following him. For a very brief moment, she considered that Junichiro might be... bent. He was clearly attracted to her, though he oddly ignored Akeno, so he clearly wasn't entirely gay. It sparked her curiosity so she decided to follow behind and see what was going on.

She'd been prepared for Junichiro to be a bit different than she expected, but what she witnessed was nowhere near anything she had envisioned being possible. He'd fully shoved his arm into the other boys chest! All the way up to his elbow even! Without it coming out the other side, that was the important bit.

Now, she wasn't against killing, per se. But she couldn't, and wouldn't, get behind cold blooded murder. She'd been about to confront Junichiro and see if she could help the other boy, when red light had flooded the area. When it cleared she was shocked to see Junichiro holding a red gauntlet in his hands. It looked like the pictures of Twice Critical she'd seen. A very common Sacred Gear that, in the proper hands, could be devastating.

That only really applied to the truly powerful though. If she used it, she'd gain a good bit of strength but still wouldn't reach beyond High-Class. But if her brother used it? He'd be capable of taking on anyone, possibly even Great Red or Ophis, and winning. Or at least getting a draw. The power of Twice Critical was entirely reliant on the base power of the person using it. In the case of Junichiro, it'd make him about as physically strong as Kiba and magically strong as herself and Akeno. Not a really big improvement honestly.

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