A/N: I was going through the internet and I saw a guy making a video about my novel, and I don't know whether to feel excited that people love my novel or anger that a guy blatantly stole my novel without my permission.
Anyway, whoever it is, please take it down. I'd hate to report your account. Thank you.
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Highschool DxD.
Crackle!
Boom!
Thunder descended on the training ground, raising a dust cloud that spread everywhere and creating numerous craters, yet Satoru stood still, letting it strike him.
'It looks powerful, but she's wasting too much demonic energy. Flashy but weak.' Satoru shook his head and raised a hand. "That's enough."
The magic circle beside Akeno shattered and the cloud returned to normal. She breathed heavily while staring at Satoru.
"Like I said before, your attacks might work on mid- to low-class devils or other beings, but those in high-class or above… they can ignore it," Satoru said calmly. "Try to compress your demonic energy; that'll make it stronger."
Akeno furrowed her brows and nodded. A magic circle formed beside her, but this time she didn't attack right away. Instead, crackling demonic energy slowly gathered at the centre of the magic circle for a few seconds, then—
Boom!
It became a lightning bolt that descended, striking Satoru. Yet the moment it came a few inches from him, the lightning dissipated.
"It seems you understand. That's good," Satoru said, then added, "This will be your training regime for the next ten days."
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For the next nine days, Satoru kept training Kiba and the others.
Kiba's close combat techniques had drastically improved, and he could now go toe-to-toe with Satoru for two minutes.
Koneko had finally learned the advanced Chakra strengthening technique and was now learning to combine it with her Touki.
Asia, too, with the help of Satoru's Six Eyes and her sheer determination, had learned the Simple Domain and could erect it in a two-meter radius. She was now learning how to use Cursed Technique Reversal. Though she didn't have any cursed technique, she substituted that with her demonic and holy energy. This training was not only far more dangerous than the Simple Domain but also required precise concentration.
First, by using demonic energy to form a dense, pressurized container around her soul, she then forced her Sacred Gear energy to squeeze past this 'container,' thereby suffocating/reversing the life aspect of her Sacred Gear and turning it into negative life. This required extreme control of her energy, since if a small mistake was made, she could explode.
(A/N: Neat, right? I took hours planning this technique!)
And then there was Akeno, the most troublesome of the four. It wasn't that she couldn't learn to compress her demonic energy to increase her attack—she had learned that in two days—but it was the fact that she couldn't accept her fallen angel heritage, even though both Satoru and Rias had told her about the advantages.
Ninth day.
Evening.
Satoru walked through the mansion hallway and reached a door before knocking.
"Ara ara~ who might that be?" Akeno's voice came from behind the door.
"It's me, Satoru," Satoru replied. There was silence for a few seconds before Akeno's voice came again.
"Please, come in."
Satoru pushed the door and entered.
Akeno stood beside her bed with that seductive smile of hers.
"Satoru-kun," she said, bowing slightly.
Satoru stood close to the door, studying her for a while, then he spoke:
"Why do you wish to ignore a way to become more powerful, Akeno? Is it because of your father?" he said, his gaze seeming to pierce through her fragile defense, staring straight at her heart. "I talked to Rias, and she told me the reason, and all I can say is that you're foolish and selfish, Akeno. Your Buchou—Rias, the one who saved you—needs your help, and all you have to do is accept your fallen angel heritage, yet… you choose to ignore it. Why? Because you hate your father? If you hate him so much, then learn how to use your ability, Akeno. Learn it, master it, and improve it, so when you finally meet that bastard father of yours, you can simply have your revenge by sending a lightning bolt straight into his face."
Akeno stood there dumbfounded, her smile frozen in place, but Satoru neither gave her any word of consolation nor waited to hear her words, leaving the room.
As he stepped out, he turned to the side where Rias stood with worry in her eyes.
"D-Don't you think it's too much?" Rias asked.
"Too much? She needs to accept and embrace that power. I can't stay here with you forever, Rias. You need people to help you. Strong people," Satoru said, and then walked away, leaving Rias alone in the hallway.
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The hours went by, and by the next day, the group of six left the human world for the Underworld.
Stepping out of the dimensional train, Satoru inhaled the Underworld air and smiled slightly.
The day for the Rating Game was approaching fast.
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A/N: I'm writing a new novel: The Zenin Clan Lazy Genius.
If you like a lazy, overpowered, world-travelling MC, the novel is for you—even the main world, Jujutsu Kaisen, also has other worlds combined with it!
If you want to read the advanced chapters (currently 2 locked and one free) and another DC novel where the MC also travels through worlds and is weak at the start, you can check out my Patreon:
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Thanks for reading!