Later after school…
Everyone except Yuuto and Koneko have gathered in the Occult Research Clubroom, listening to a 3D hologram from Greyfia.
"They say that Stray devil was an alchemist of magical creatures?"
"Yes. Problem is, they released an underworld carnivorous plant and a dragon-based chimera in Komao Town."
A chimera sounds familiar, it's like Freed became one in the original, right? Yuuto killed it in an instant.
"What's a dragon chimera?"
"A monster combining parts from multiple creatures."
"A monster!?"
"Plants are bad enough, dragons make it worse."
"Alright, report concluded. We'll update once the investigation continues."
"Thanks, Greyfia."
At that moment, Koneko and Yuuto return.
"President, we're back."
"We're here."
"Good job, you two. It sounds like you found something."
"Yes. We did. It seems… there's someone targeting the school's female students."
Women? Some separate stalker case, not the chimera stuff?
I thought that too, until we walked into the forest. Up ahead, we sensed a weird unnatural mix of plant and creature.
"Wait, is this why all those girls got sick?"
"Yes. In my class, someone left early, and they had magical waves in them. I had Yuuto and Koneko investigate."
We pressed on until, in a small clearing, we saw a giant rose with something living inside. Before long, it bloomed, and out popped a dragon's neck.
"Ah… so this is what Greyfia mentioned."
"No point complicating, destroy it, and problem solved."
"Uh… I sense… two humans approaching from the woods.
"Shh. Everyone hide."
We crouched. Soon, two classmates, Murayama and Katase, stumbled toward the creature, in pajamas and with vacant expressions. They stepped up to stand before the monster…
Vine-like tendrils from the chimera extend and latch onto the two girls, pressing their tips against their chests with a sloppy "glug-glug", as if drawing life from them. But why the chest? And even though they're unconscious, their cheeks are flushed...
At Akeno-senpai's whispered warning, "It's draining their life force," President Rias stops Issei from bursting forward.
"Hold it, Issei. From what we've seen, it's not fatally draining them. Let's watch a bit longer. And if there's trouble, Koneko and Ikki will sense it."
"Right… they'll probably just feel sluggish tomorrow morning," Koneko reassures him.
Moments after she speaks, the tendrils retreat, and the two girls fade off toward home.
"They're staggering, but they seem fine," Ikki notes.
"They were drawn here at night by a spell cast on these students, feeding off their life force as nourishment."
"But being caught by us was their downfall," Rias says.
Stepping forward alone, Rias's aura blazes with red determination.
"You were artificially created, so I won't blame you entirely, but you threaten this academy and this town's peace. By the name of Duke Gremory, I will… erase you!"
A muffled roar erupts.
"Aaaah!!" Rias cries out.
"P-President!?" But at her feet, glowing tendrils burst from the ground, ensnaring her in their grip.
Even with her bold declaration, she's thwarted in two panels flat!
"Ahh!!" Ikki bolts forward, but Akeno-senpai's composed voice rings out from behind.
"Oh dear, this is quite a predicament," she tuts.
"Senpai! You too? Damn you!!" Ikki angrily exclaims.
"Yuuto, you cut the tendrils binding Akeno-senpai, Ikki, work on freeing Rias-senpai!"
"Got it!"
They draw their weapons, Ikki conjures the rightlike-eater Rjalzech and left-like-eater Tarwui, just as the tendrils reposition, using Akeno-senpai as a shield.
"Seriously? Holding hostages now?!" Ikki grumbles.
"Not the time!" Issei shoots back.
The tendrils shift again, now beside Rias.
"Yuuto, it's the same case?"
"Yeah. If we attack, it uses the president as a shield. Plus the tendrils regenerate fast, severed ones would just heal back."
"So it actually performs much better here, using human air, soil, and the life force of these girls."
"Then why haven't Asia or Koneko been targeted? It never approached them."
"They're not exactly chest-endowed. Remember, this thing specializes in big-breasted targets, just like that familiar of the Stray devil that fixated on Akeno's chest."
The thought is absurd… but then:
"So it's really an 'oppai dragon.'"
Who knew someone else qualified as that besides Issei?
"'Oppai Dragon'sounds awesome! I should go by that, too!"
"Stop it! I can't believe you'd call me that, even as your host! Never!" Rias snaps.
"Ladies, save the banter and do something, hey wait! This slime is melting clothes right now," Rias complains as the tendrils ooze and eat away at her and Akeno's outfits.
"What? Why is it melting clothes? Murayama and Katase's clothes were intact!"
"President, can't you blast them with magic?" Yuuto asks, but both leaders struggle to focus energy, escape seems impossible.
"Koneko, what about you?" Rias asks. Both Koneko and Asia have been eerily quiet.
Koneko confesses sadly:
"I'm no big-chested beauty like you, President or Senpai, I can't even get its attention."
"Cheer up, you'll grow too one day," Asia tries to console, slumped and glum.
"President, maybe we should just leave them be until we can figure out a solution?"
"Yes… let's handle this ourselves."
But in the meantime, the clothes have nearly melted away, making it awkward for everyone…
"This is… incredible… no, indecent… no! It's impossible!" Shouted through heavy breathing, inappropriate as it sounds.
"Issei! Stop gaping, fight!" Rias scolds as Issei steps forward, but the tendrils shift again.
They latch onto the two women's chests with audible "glug-glug " noises as they steal more life.
"These tentacles… they're almost toyingly fondling her chest, so perverted! Ahh" Rias gasps.
"Stop it! That's my job, to protect their chests, you mutated beast! You're gonna be charred!" Ikki roars.
"Stop rivaling in the middle of a fight!" Issei snaps back.
At that moment, a magic circle appears before Rias, and Greyfia's face flickers in.
"As ladies of the high-class devils, you mustn't be moaning such obscene sounds so casually." Greyfia chides.
Rias tries to respond, "Greyfia, any updates? Though… ahh", but Greyfia continues:
"Yes. The chimera-dragon indeed has a habit of draining life from big-chested women…"
"We know! It's happening now, dammit! Ahh"
"And moreover, it appears to possess another special ability."
"Another… ahh ?"
"Any woman, no matter how small-chested, who ingests its fruit will immediately become busty."
"WHAT!?"
"What?! Why does it have that kind of power?! Greyfia?" Rias stammers.
"It claimed: 'If women everywhere became busty, their hearts would brim with joy, and men would dream bigger. Flat chest is a sin, cruel! Bring busts to the world! Oppai & Peace!!'", Greyfia recites it calmly.
That's… horrifying. And now sure enough: the plant has blossomed with fruits, shaped unmistakably like boobs.
"Oppai fruit… or 'opa-furu?'" Ikki suggests.
"Stop. That pun's gonna get us to cease-and-desist letters," Rias sighs.
"What a…," Issei mumbles, turning around, tears flowing.
"Such a beautiful dream! Oppai & Peace!! Truly a messiah for those troubled by small chests! I'm overwhelmed! That Stray devil betrayed its master to create this! Betrayal's bad, but we cannot crush the dreams of many women! President, please, spare it!"
"Issei, your dirty switch at a moment like this? Argh" Rias scolds helplessly.
"P-Please do something…" Rias and Akeno sound flustered.
"But we can't allow victims for a dream!" Rias declares firmly.
"...Then let's just end it," Ikki states.
But before they can act, Issei jumps in and grabs Ikki's shoulders.
"Stop, Ikki! We need to persuade her. In theory. I can only argue with passion, but you, logic!"
Ikki sighs, but begins mentally parsing the idea. If women will spend money on beauty anyway, perhaps there's profit potential…
"Okay. I'll try talking to President Rias. But if she says no, we stand down."
"Thanks, friend! If you can't, then I will, but let me try!"
Issei steps forward, makes his pitch.
"President Rias, why not make this chimera-dragon Issei's, and by extension, a Gremory familiar? If we control it properly, there will be no more victims. And if its fruit grants busts, we can sell it, as a Gremory Family specialty. The profits could be considerable!"
"That's... but just bigger chests isn't everything!" Rias hesitates, blushing.
"Right. Balance matters. Maybe we should consult Sitri House, renowned for medicine in the underworld. They could analyze the fruit and maybe tailor breast size."
"Involve Sitri House too?! But... when we all bathed together, President, Vice-President Akeno, they gave us such looks... ahh" Rias breathes.
"I'm sorry, Akeno-senpai, I probably heard something I shouldn't."
Rias ponders, perhaps thoughts of her friend Sohna are distracting her.
"…I see. Issei… we'll do it. You may take this creature as your familiar. But if it ever harms civilians again, boom. It'll be gone. Ahh"
"Thank you, President! I'll manage it!" Issei beams, though he still needs to stop nosebleeding.
Thus, Issei tames the chimera-dragon, and both Rias and Senpai are freed, miraculously clothed? – though threadbare.
"Now, your name, 'Hana'… Hanako? No, since you're a dragon, 'Tatsuko!'" he grins.
Issei's naming skills… maybe not great.
Later, Tatsuko shrinks and is potted in a large planter in the Occult Club room. Since it adapted well to human air & soil, and its diet includes meat or milk, it thrives easily.
Since then, strange scenes of watering it with milk have become common.
The Gremorys and Sitris are excited and plan joint research soon.
Meanwhile, Koneko was… a bit jealous, but Kuroka laughed before teasing: "Since you care so much about boobs, want to feel mine?" Provoking, but Koneko playfully smacks her.
And Kunou? No way this gets told to her!
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