Even though he has the power of a transcendental human, it’s surprising to see him win against the chief God of Norse mythology with incomprehensible power like oppai or boobs!”
On the other hand, Balberith, who was extremely focused on the Sekiryuutei’s match, said. “I don’t know why, but…I cannot help but feel interested in this Hyoudou Issei.”
After the teams going to the main stage had been decided, Balberith once again looked over the matches of every opposing team, but…since he was interested in the match of the Sekiryuutei A.K.A Hyoudou Issei, he also checked his previous matches against Bael, and also the match against the Phoenix that wasn’t made public. And while at that, he replayed the recording many times as he paid attention to how Hyoudou Issei’s expression changed and his power up in response to a female body’s — breasts. Good grief, because of this series of incomprehensible things, Balberith had no choice but to be confused… but for some reason, he also became interested. —How does he get the power to defeat even Gods through his obsession with boobs? Balberith was lost in thought. And then, he realised something. “Chichi (boobs)… Chichi (father)… Don’t tell me, they are the same…? No, but…!”
Verrine was also surprised by Balberith, who unusually put his hands on his head. “W-What happened, Balberith?”
After getting lost in his thoughts for a while, Balberith murmured. “…He might become our father.”
“Huh? Balberith’s boobs?”
Balberith made an expression as if he had gotten enlightenment in response to Verrine’s words. “Yes, my father.”
—Another man (_ age) who had become captivated by Hyoudou Issei was about to be born again. [Sekiryuutei of the Blazing Truth] team, members registered for the tournament (Registration when they broke through the preliminary rounds):
King — Hyoudou Issei
Queen — Bina Lessthan
Rook — Nakiri Kouchin Ouryuu
Rook — Roygun Belphegor
Knight — Xenovia Quarta
Knight — Shidou Irina
Bishop — Asia Argento
Bishop — Rossweisse
Pawn x2 — Ravel Phoenix
Pawn x3 — Bova Tannin
Pawn x2 — Elmenhilde Karnstein
The peerage of High-class Devil [Sekiryuutei of the Blazing Truth] Hyoudou Issei, a member of Rias Gremory’s peerage:
King — Hyoudou Issei
Queen — vacant
Rook — Rossweisse
Rook — vacant
Knight — Xenovia Quarta
Knight — vacant
Bishop — Asia Argento
Bishop — Ravel Phoenix
Pawn x8 — vacant““““Nice job, everyone!””””
We raised our glass for a toast. After we finished the preliminaries of the Rating Game World Tournament, we invited not only all members of the Occult Research Club, but also team [DxD] and the people who had helped us, for a party in the Hyoudou residence! We used the underground training room as our party venue and called many people over. Aside from just Rias, my team members, dad and mom, we also invited Sona-senpai and her Sitri peerage, Sairaorg-san and others from the Bael peerage, Seekvaira-san and others from the Agares peerage, Dulio and other Reincarnated angels, the Slash Dog team, Riser and others from the Phoenix peerage, the Journey to the West team, and also Vali. And to my surprise, Cao Cao and others from the Hero Faction also came! Even though I didn’t think that they would come, I thought ‘I guess I’ll call all the people who have helped me over’, and when I invited him, he really came. “Congratulations on qualifying for the main stage.”
“You too, congratulations.”
And such voices congratulating each other could be heard. What was amazing was that more than half of team [DxD] members’ teams were going to the main stage! Well, I was also surprised. Although the progress was turbulent, and there were more ups and downs than I expected, team [DxD] had produced a nice result. All of the mythologies were surprised, but also seemed to concur. The first generation Sun Wukong said. “Hohoho, as expected, I knew that it would turn out like this. Even though you are young, you guys are the young people who fought against the Khaos Brigade head on and survived through that. Even if the enemy were an Ultimate-class Devil, Maou-class, or even God-class being, you guys would surely defeat them. If there weren’t any battle-maniac Gods, every member of [DxD] would be unstoppable by now.”
Jii-san’s evaluation looked like it was the same reason as to why the higher-ups of every mythology had approved of us. Considering that we were fighting continuously against terrorists and taking our Longinus abilities into account, it looked like we became quite a force to be reckoned with by each mythology. And to top that off, during the tournament, everyone got stronger and kept growing even now. We were also told that the performance of the anti-terrorist team couldn’t be any better by Ajuka Beelzebub-sama. It meant that if we kept increasing our strength, the number of people who would think and execute bad ideas would decrease. …Well, it seemed like there are still many people who are planning bad things on the other side though. And, on the opposite side of the party… There was a conversation between Rias and Sona-senpai. “Rias, congratulations.”
“Sona…it’s a shame”
Indeed, the Sitri peerage was eliminated in the preliminaries. Even though Sona-senpai’s tactics worked even against the upper-ranks, as expected, it seemed like the compatibility with the teams with great power was poor, and she didn’t have enough wins to get her team into the main stage. Saji poured juice into my glass as he said. “Damn, even though I wanted to fight against you once more in the main stage.”
“Well, since the tournament isn’t just a one-off, there will be another chance.”
I replied like that. Actually, the Sitri peerage had moved on as they transitioned to get the data for the next time. “Well, we are the support for other young Devils.”
Seekvaira-san said. The Agares peerage was also eliminated in the preliminaries. Anyway, their luck on matching was bad as they fought only against higher-ranked opponents and struggled to win. In the end, it seemed like they didn’t get the result they wanted. I was afraid of this tournament as there might be luck involved in the matching. Sairaorg said to me as he held a spare rib in one hand. “How is it, Hyoudou Issei? Were you able to see the issues in the main stage?”
“Yes, there are lots of them.”
After I unexpectedly blasted through the preliminaries, I became worried about Sakra’s words. Using a communications magic circle, Sakra informed me. [In the Gremory group, do you know the biggest difference between you and Rias Gremory? Rias Gremory is strong even without you. However, without Ravel, there are times when you wouldn’t be able to function properly. That is a big difference ZE?] …I…couldn’t answer Sakra’s words as I felt like what he said was true. [Being able to use the Phoenix girl is good and all. However, you also have to be able to do a special move from now on. Your current condition will serve you alright in the preliminaries.