"Is that Sato Suzuki?"
"I can tell that there is something about him."
"A titan..."
As the Rating Game between Rias and Riser was about to start, unexpectedly, more people came to watch this duel despite the conclusion of the battle being clear.
Rias would lose, and Riser would win.
This was how it was, as no one expected a newbie, someone who had no experience and just spent her time in the human world, could win against Riser, who was an experienced fighter on the Rating Game.
Yet, the emergence of Sato changed everything, as they could imagine this Rating Game wouldn't be as boring as they thought it would be.
"A giant..."
A strange blush somehow emerged on the faces of many as they saw Sato, who was seen in the monitor room.
Or, rather, all of them came to the human world, despite how far it was and how tough the world of humans was for them to see this young man, who seemed to be the descendant of the titan.
"....." Sato.
"Those perverts!" Rias viciously scolded those observers.
"..." Sato.
Then again, the devil was an evil creature that was known to pull humans into sin, so this act of theirs wasn't surprising, right?
Yet, when Sato thought of Rias, Sona, and all of the others, he felt that those devils might be an excuse for those people to do evil, since compared to a real devil, humans who were wicked were even more devilish.
"Sato-kun."
As their match was about to start, Sona, her Peerage, and also Issei came, seemingly had stayed, waiting to watch their match.
"Sona-sama."
Sona smiled before she observed him, to see whether he missed something, but she decided to ask, "Are you okay? Did Rias do anything to you?"
"...what do you think I am?" Rias asked speechlessly, but she looked away as she was afraid that anyone might notice the unnatural blush and a slight guilt that emerged on her face.
"We have been focusing on training."
"That's true." Sona nodded. "There is Grayfia-san on the training ground, so everything will be fine."
"....." Sato.
Yup, Rias didn't dare to attack him, but... let's not mention it.
"Buchou!"
Still, Issei couldn't help but come to Rias with a bit of timidity
"You have been working hard, Issei," Rias smiled as Issei came to her, and naturally, praised him as she had heard the hard work that Issei had done.
"I-I will work hard, Buchou! I will work hard for you!"
Issei felt like he had found his purpose in life, and because of that, he would do his best, as he didn't want to become a burden!
"..."
Sato was silent for a while, but decided not to say anything.
"Good, but now, watch us. Let me show you our power."
"Yes, Buchou!"
While Issei wanted to become part of this group, he knew that he would be just a burden, so he looked at Sato and said, "I leave Buchou to you, Sensei!"
"Leave her to me."
Facing Issei, who was eager for a manly exchange, Sato was a bit helpless, but he clapped Issei's hand.
"Ah, I want one too!" Kiba joined in.
"M-Me too!" While timid, Gasper also joined in.
"What the hell are you doing?!"
Only, as the two joined in, the four became a tangled mess. "Unlike you two, we have a manly exchange!"
"Don't you dare to make such an excuse, Hyoudou-kun." Kiba's eyes narrowed.
"I-I don't want to be left behind."
"I AM NOT A HOMO!"
"Guwah!" Tsubaki and several others had a nosebleed as they fell.
"....." Sato.
Still, where were Riser and his group?
Usually, before the duel, the two competitors would meet each other as they started their exchanges, as battle would start before the competition itself.
While it was impossible for one to harm the other, it was possible to attack the mental state of the opponent.
Naturally, as Sato could use his Twice Critical to make others feel positive, spirited, and confident, he could also double their worries, negativity, and depression.
In the battle, those types of factors, such as mentality, were often neglected since everyone would think that as long as they were strong enough, they would have confidence, but in many cases, despite having to give their all in the training or studying, it was easy for people to lack confidence.
But, unfortunately—
"If you are looking for your opponent, don't be," Grayfia, who came to their side, suddenly said.
"Where are they?" Rias frowned as she asked, wishing to destroy Riser's smug face right away.
"They are already waiting at the game field; you should get prepared now."
"Yes."
Rias and everyone else followed, nodding in agreement.
Still, Sato felt weird by how everyone overreacted, as if he were a powerful creature or something.
"What's wrong?" Grayfia asked with doubt at Sato's expression.
"It feels weird."
"What's weird?" Rias asked curiously.
"I am just a normal human, after all. Do you think that you, devil, need to attract so many people to watch our match?"
"....." Everyone.
"...you think you are normal?"
"Am I not?"
"..." Everyone.
Grayfia took a deep breath and just said, "Just go."
"..."
What was the reaction?
While Sato was speechless, he knew that they wouldn't answer him, but in their minds, if he were an ordinary person, what were they?
Frankly, Sato himself never realized that the change he saw had always been subtle, slowly changing, so even if he had changed so much from his childhood, it made him seemingly blind to his change.
Yet, if, while the normal human might not realise it, those from the supernatural were different, especially when he might be the descendant of a titan, they were sure of it, as they could feel his aura that attracted them like a magnet.
Heracles, Achilles, Dionysus, and all others!
Sato might become such an existence, along with his mutated Sacred Gear... no devils dared to look down on him.
Still, he knew himself that even if he could become powerful, he wasn't as strong as people thought him to be.
Then again, if someone asked for a fight, he definitely wouldn't lose.
It was also due to this that he would win the duel.
Yet, Riser also wasn't a newbie, and even if he was a Playboy, his harem was still within normal numbers. Still, as he was alone in his room, he looked at the item in his hand, which was something that he had never known to exist, yet he didn't doubt it, as those were his allies and they definitely wouldn't harm him, but somehow, he felt complex about using this item.
Should he have used it?
How could he be a coward who didn't believe that he could defeat that group of newbies, who had only had a week of training?
If he was scared, what kind of a loser was he?
Riser hesitated for a moment, but then he snorted as he put the King Piece in his pocket again. "Even without this, I will wipe away that bitch's smug face!"
He didn't care about Sato, but Rias... he would definitely make her regret what she had done.
Still, as that determination was being made, Riser stood up from his seat and walked out of the room.
"Let's go! We will show that bitch what the real Rating Game is!"
"Yes, Riser-sama!"
As Rias and Riser were ready, their Rating Game started!