"Damn...it's that asshole from before. Does he want to get embarrassed in front of everyone?" Issei asked with an incredulous look on his face.
Naruto beat him easily before, so...what? Does he want another beating?
Masochist much?
The rest of the Gremory group was watching the standoff between Riser and Naruto play out, slight tension in their facial expressions.
"I don't know if this clash will be as easy as last time to be honest, Issei-kun." Yuuto said, a frown marring his handsome features.
The brown-haired boy glanced at his blond comrade, confused. "Huh? Are you serious? You're acting like this isn't the same bastard that Naruto beat up the other day. I'm telling you, this guy may as well as pay for his burial. He's got no shot."
"...Actually, I think that Kiba-kun may be right." Akeno muttered out loud.
All eyes snapped to the queen, the second-in-charge of the entire group.
"You probably can't feel it Issei, but Riser's demonic energy has skyrocketed to new heights...so much that he may be able to actually give our favorite troublemaker some problems." Akeno analyzed with narrowed eyes, although she had no idea how the Phenex managed to get such an increase in strength.
"...Riser has got stronger. A lot. But...Naruto-sempai should still beat him." Koneko pointed out, not seeing any scenario that the Phenex could come out on top.
Issei looked relieved at that. "Oh, good. For a second there...it seemed like all of you were beginning to believe that Naruto may actually lose. Too bad I'm not that strong yet...I'd like to get a chance to knock that bastard's smug grin off of his face."
The other three members of the Peerage glanced at one another, sharing similar concerns.
"...That's just it, Issei-kun. Don't you think that he's a little...too confident? I mean he's arrogant, sure, but he isn't incompetent. So maybe...he has a backup plan, or something like that?" Yuuto eventually interjected, a suspicious stare trained at the far away Phenex.
Issei frowned at that, thinking about the possibility.
"Well...I don't think that I could put it him past him to be honest, he really is just a bad egg." the wielder of the Boosted Gear muttered.
"Hey! How dare you put my onii-sama down like that!"
The small group of teens turned in surprise to see a young girl accosting them.
She was a young girl with blue eyes and blond hair that was tied into two twintails, which in turn had curls that were shaped like small drills. Her expensive pink dress gave them all an impression of nobility.
But Issei pointed out the one most important thing about the girl so far.
"Eh? 'Onii-sama'? Wait...so you're that asshole's sister!?"
The young blond raised her nose in the air, annoyed at the pawn's reaction.
Nevertheless, she introduced herself. "That's right, my name is Ravel Phenex of the illustrious Phenex clan. I couldn't help but notice that you were speaking ill of my onii-sama...that is unacceptable! I demand an apology!"
Akeno gave everyone meaningful looks, conveying to them that they really shouldn't go out of their way to anger the blond. It wouldn't reflect well on their king.
Yuuto and Koneko nodded, accepting their queen's wishes.
But unfortunately, Issei didn't catch her meaning.
"Man...you have a good face but a terrible personality, huh? Why should anyone apologize to an asshole like that? He deserves the throttling he's about to get." the perverted boy claimed stubbornly.
Ravel looked like she has been physically slapped, as she started at the brown-haired boy incredulously.
Then her face contorted in outrage.
"That's an impossibility! Onii-sama was definitely just toying with his enemy before! There's just no way that he could lose! You'll see!" Ravel claimed loudly, incensed by any talk of her brother losing.
Before Issei could retort, Yuuto tried to intervene.
"Um...sorry to interrupt you two, but I believe that the match is starting." Yuuto said, pointing at the castle courtyard.
Both young teens stopped what they were doing to look at the duel that just started.
"Hmph! Onii-sama will show you the power of the Phenex clan, you will eat your words." Ravel stubbornly claimed, before gluing her eyes onto the clash.
Issei sighed.
What did he do to deserve this...?
The go ahead has been given by the queen of Sirzechs.
Yet neither of the combatants were attacking or charging one another.
Instead, Naruto and Riser were staring at one another, one with a cocky smirk, the other with a serious stare.
The shinobi then turned his head, subtly glancing at the castle, where all of their spectators were.
...How should he go about this?
He was being watched by a bunch of high-class devils, most of which probably hated his guts.
So...while he wanted to punch this guy's face in, he didn't necessarily feel like showing off his more powerful abilities.
He didn't know how much powerful his fellow blond has become, he only knew that his energy signal has risen by quite a lot.
Well then, he may as well try out some experimental stuff then. He's been meaning to try something that he was testing out while training...
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