'I knew it, the Supreme Guide is an incredible man.'
Unaware of Nancy's growing fanaticism, Gorou moves away from the location after his phone rings.
[Hello, I hope you're doing well.]
The voice slightly disturbed the scientist, but he soon recognizes it.
Tights.
Bulma's older sister, whom he was able to meet last week at the shopping mall.
Gorou had somewhat forgotten about her due to his rather particular situation.
Unfortunately, he also forgot about Hamilton, who is still waiting for his call.
"My health is at its peak haha. And what's the honor of receiving a call from such a promising novelist?" he says in a flowery tone.
If it were the old him, he would never have spoken so casually to the daughter of the richest man in the world.
However, things are different now.
He's handsome, rich, and he literally has an army under his command.
Why would he be intimidated?
[I'm happy that you're doing well, but... *sigh* listening to you, it seems like my well-being doesn't interest you? And you're even going straight to the main subject.]
[Did I come at a bad time?]
Gorou almost panicked after hearing Tights' words.
'Shit, I fucked up.'
It's easy to fuck a woman already in love like Miki, but conquering one is more complex.
As for hypnotizing Tights and her sister, he doesn't see the point in doing such an act.
If he wants to empty his balls, then he might as well use his authority as head of Millennium to have fun with the female recruits.
"N... no no, you'll always be my priority."
A lie, but it's true that Gorou needs the Brief family at the moment.
This thought firmly implanted itself in his mind after creating the time chamber.
Gorou was able to build this technology thanks to Dr. Brief's advice and with Millennium organization's help.
Both elements were able to obtain top-secret information about Dr. Omori's experiments.
[Haha, I'm kidding. You should have heard yourself.]
For the first time since his second life, Gorou had been the victim of a joke...
'It's a... refreshing feeling'
Subtly, a sincere smile drew itself on his face.
Gorou had forgotten this sensation.
The emotion that a human feels after being pleasantly surprised by a third party.
A normal sensation, but rare in the case of a person like him.
Why?
Simply because Gorou has become a great adept of manipulation.
A recurring practice, but unhealthy by its nature.
And Gorou uses it in several forms.
Whether magical, technological, and even psychological.
A behavior that leads his entourage into a situation that could easily be considered predictable by him.
Gorou is rarely surprised because everything conforms to his expectations to a certain extent.
Is it unfortunate?
A little.
Yet, Gorou didn't really have a choice when he chose this path during his evolution since reincarnation.
He had to place subordinate obedience as a priority except in a few exceptional cases.
Why take such a drastic path?
Gorou wants practical and simple obedience from these subordinates.
Something difficult to obtain by simple charisma like in fictional stories.
Real life is different in several aspects.
Especially since humans are inconstant and difficult to predict from a logical point of view.
Tanya Degurechaff understood this truth a bit too late in her first life.
As for the exceptional case that he didn't include in his schemes.
Tights is partially part of it.
Gorou cannot predict everything in his entourage.
No... To be exact, Gorou Hyoudou doesn't want to take total control of his entourage.
There are targets that Gorou desires more than simple control or complete obedience.
He wants their everything.
In that case, technology and magic can only be assistance on the path to this objective.
What kind of target can completely fill the criteria to become outside the manipulation zone?
'No wonder I want the Brief families by my side'
Companion.
For example: They can be a business partner, a lover, a friend, his child.
Gorou doesn't want total control over them.
An admission of weakness?
Possible.
But he knows it himself.
He cannot follow the path of eternity and infinity alone.
Like Qilby in the Wakfu story, he hesitates to leave all alone.
This is also why Alpha was able to have her secret laboratory without Gorou being able to understand everything about this place.
The artificial human was able to benefit from an advantage unsuspected by her, thanks to the status of a possible companion candidate in her creator's mind.
"Very funny... otherwise, how are you? Is Mr. Brief doing well?"
[Everyone is fine...]
An oasis phone conversation took place between the two people, much to Nancy's dismay, who turned red with jealousy in the background.
...
Around 11:40 PM.
The other members of Rias's peerage were joined by Issei Hyoudou in the old abandoned building of Kuoh Academy.
Each stood in a position they found most relaxed. Except for one individual wearing a gas mask above the roof.
Yes, this man is Rei.
The artificial devil that Gorou created using the Sigur Institute's work as a base.
The teenager observes the people below him with a very critical eye, while his grip on the chainsaw sword tightens very subtly.
"Are you going to stay hidden for long?" with a voice distorted by his mask, Rei addressed an invisible person around him.
"I see that the rumors are not unfounded, Mr. Hunter."
A pleasant voice, but carrying an icy touch, resonated in response to the teenager's words.
Shortly after, a woman appeared on the roof of the abandoned building through a magic circle.
Grayfia Lucifuge.
(Image)
'Tss, I really wouldn't want to deal with this person but...'
However, he had no choice.
Rei had to protect Issei and his mother after the role exchange with Soji Okita.
'Apart from protecting Issei, I have a small score to settle with this woman.'
Rei possesses information about Grayfia thanks to the relationships that Gorou left behind before his disappearance.
Is it weird that he investigates a married woman?
Possible, but it's Grayfia's own fault.
Shortly after Rei discussed with Issei Hyoudou about his missing father.
The Hyoudou house was subject to a demonic intrusion that Rei could only detect thanks to motion sensors hidden in the house.
The woman in front of him was able to bypass the magical defense that Gorou placed with Alpha's help, but not the technological one.
Rei wanted to intervene, but he was stopped in his heroic momentum by something simple:
The aura of an ultimate class devil.
Rei knew it unconsciously at the time.
If he enters the room where Rias and Issei wanted to do obscene acts, then he could do more harm than good.
"I don't care about the rumors that darkness abominations spread among themselves," he says in response, as he turns to face the strongest queen.
The young devil didn't hesitate, unlike their first meeting.
Demonic energy charged with a purely destructive aura embraced his body like a mother hugging her child.
A testimony to his control over demonic energy, which he never stopped training and refining.
"Darkness abomination? Yet you seem to be one of ours... I even recognize the aura of a member of my in-laws."
Unlike Rei, the demoness didn't manifest hostility toward her interlocutor.
She seems more intrigued than anything else looking at Rei.
'Is this a pure-blood devil from the Bael clan? No, that's ridiculous, since he would have no reason to play vigilante in the human world.'
The more Grayfia Lucifuge analyzed the situation, the more confused she became observing the anomaly that is Rei.
Finally, she decided to catch him.
'Anyway, the young member of the Phenew clan can wait a bit.'
Thanks to the barrier she erected during her appearance in front of Rei,
the peerage members and their king remained unconscious of the unleashing of an ultimate class and a high class aura at the top.