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 “Old, teacher, please accept this!”

"Um?"

Looking at Huang Qian Kumiko, whose face was flushed and handing him an envelope, Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows in confusion.

"What's this?"

Taking the envelope handed over by Huang Qian Kumiko, Duanmu Huai looked at it curiously. To say that this was a love letter would be too thick. And this is an office. Although no one else is here, sending love letters here... Hahaha, I think too much.

Duanmu Huai opened the envelope curiously, and then saw postcards inside, which said something like "Thank you, teacher, for your guidance, we will work harder!" "We will definitely win the national championship!" and so on... …

"What's this?"

 Seeing this, Duanmuhuai didn't understand at all.

 “Uh…this is everyone’s thanks to you, teacher…”

Kumiko Huangzen also explained embarrassedly.

“If it weren’t for the teacher, I’m afraid we wouldn’t even be able to pass the Kansai Competition. Everyone also feels that we need to thank the teacher, but it’s hard to say it out loud, so I’ll write it down in this way...”

 “I don’t think it’s necessary to be so exaggerated...”

Duanmu Huai scratched his head. To be honest, he was just doing his job. He didn't expect these little girls to have such thoughts.

“But thank you anyway. Of course, even so, I will not show mercy to you. Winning the national championship is not an easy task, so just grit your teeth and endure it.”

 “Ahahahahaha...”

"So……"

Duanmuhuai was about to chat with Huang Qian Kumiko for a few more words when he suddenly heard a noise coming from outside the window. He stood up curiously and walked to the window to look out. Then I saw a green-haired man in a suit and tie talking to the blond girl in front of him at the school gate.

 The blonde girl is Asia, the green haired girl is...

 “Ah, it’s him again.”

At this moment, Huang Qian Kumiko also came over and looked at the scene and said.

 “Huh? Have you seen it?”

"Yes, uh... he's a foreign gentleman. He shows up every day after school and gives a lot of gifts and flowers to Asia's classmates. We've seen him a few times..."

 “It’s probably spring.”

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai snorted coldly, and looked at the green-haired man with an increasingly unkind look.

I really didn’t expect that this guy would come here every day? He's not afraid of death, is he?

 “Dong dong dong.”

At this moment, there was a knock on the office door. The two of them turned their heads and saw Tacheng Maomao walking in.

 “Teacher, the minister wants to see you for something.”

 Speaking of this, Tacheng Mao glanced at Kumiko Huangzen.

“It’s about club activities, I want to consult the teacher.”

"ok, I get it."

Of course Duanmuhuai understands what Tacheng Mao means. Now Rias has only one club activity - the ranking competition. Of course, because Kumiko Huangzen is not easy to talk about here, I use this term.

“Then...Teacher, I’m leaving first.”

Seeing the appearance of Tacheng Kitty, Huangqian Kumiko hurriedly said goodbye and left. Duanmuhuai also said hello to her, and then followed Tacheng Kitty towards the direction of the Occult Research Society.

 “So, who are we going to deal with next?”

“The opponent for the next game has been determined, it’s Diodora.”

“Is that the green peacock that has been blooming for ten thousand years? Did you see that guy having **** in front of the school?”

　　　…………”

Tacheng Maomao nodded silently, while Duanmuhuai touched his chin.

"How about this, I kill him here, and then we won the next game without fighting... What do you think?"

"I have no opinion."

 I just don’t know if Rias has any objections.

Soon, everyone gathered in the Occult Research Club. After learning about the opponent for the next battle, everyone looked strange.

"Is this too much of a coincidence? Diodora is our opponent in the next battle, and now he is pursuing Miss Asia?"

 Mary was the first to ask a question.

 “Is it just a coincidence?”

 Mio Naruse has a different opinion.

"After all, according to Rias-senpai, the knockout round is a duel with the winner. We are the first match and will only face the winner of the second match. Is Diodora so sure that he can become the second match?" The winner of the ranking competition?”

 “That’s not certain.”

However, unexpectedly, it was Rias herself who denied this time. She looked serious and picked up a CD.

 “I have the video of the second game here, you will know after you look at it.”

As she spoke, Rias played the video of the second game, and everyone was quite surprised when they saw the video in front of them. In the second game, Diodora fought against another heir of a higher-level demon clan in the demon world, and he was also a very powerful person. However, this game does not require strategy and duel like Rias's first game. To put it bluntly, as the king, Diodora is unparalleled in everything, while his family members are only responsible for covering behind.

“…It feels a bit similar to Mr. Duanmu’s fighting style.”

"It's so similar, I'm not as weak as this pretty boy." Hearing Mary's sigh, Duanmu Huai suddenly became unhappy. How could he, who was so majestic and unyielding, get along with that kind of green peacock that has been in spring for ten thousand years?

“But one thing is strange, that is, logically speaking, Diodora should not have such a powerful power...at least he has never shown it before.”

Rias finished playing the video and then spoke, while Himejima Akeno frowned.

"But even if this is the case, what does it mean for him to propose to Miss Asia? Miss Asia is a representative of the fallen angel camp, and she is not a member of our Gremory family? Even if Miss Asia is willing to marry him, what will happen to us? It won’t have any impact at all…”

"Could it be that you have taken a fancy to Miss Asia's artifact? After all, the ability to heal demons is very rare. If it can be collected, the strength of the camp itself will also increase..."

  “The bell girl is back, meow~o(=∩ω∩=)m”

Just when everyone was puzzled, Lingnu suddenly fell from the sky and landed behind Duanmuhuai, startling everyone.

 “What’s the matter? Suzume? What happened?”

Duanmu Huai turned to look at Lingnu who was kneeling in front of him. The latter smiled and stretched out her hand to make a cat paw gesture.

“Actually, it’s not a particularly important thing. I just want to remind you, sir, that the demon named Diodora just took away Miss Asia, nya.”

"…………take away?"

"Strictly speaking...kidnapping? You said you were taking her to see something very important, then you took her to a deserted place, and then you knocked her unconscious and took her away. This is kidnapping, right? Meow (〃'▽'〃). "

"………Well………"

 Hearing Suzume's answer, everyone present was speechless.

"What on earth is Diodora thinking? The game will start soon?"

Rias was also confused and couldn't figure out what this operation was.

 “It has nothing to do with us.”

However, Duanmuhuai didn't care at all.

 “But is it really okay? Mr. Duanmu?”

 “She saved the person by herself, and she is responsible for the things she caused herself.”

Duanmuhuai sneered at this.

“Besides, isn’t the competition about to start? What exactly does that green peacock want to do? You’ll find out when you ask him when he enters the competition?”

 Duanmuhuai really doesn't care about Asia's situation. As he said, Asia saved the devil herself, so no matter what happens, it is her own responsibility. If she hadn't saved the devil at that time, there wouldn't have been so many things... Of course, Duanmu Huai felt that it didn't make sense for a girl who was too kind-hearted and had the attributes of a holy mother. She had to let her experience a real beating.

 “Okay, let’s get ready for the game.”

At the same time, the teleportation circle also appeared in the center of the Occult Research Society. Seeing this, everyone had to restrain their inner doubts and stepped into the teleportation circle.

Unlike before, the map of this ranking match is a temple. After arriving at the battle space through the teleportation circle, Duanmu Huai and others were ready to start the battle.

 However, unlike before, this time everyone waited for a long time and did not hear the notice to start the battle.

“What’s going on? It’s been almost ten minutes, right?”

Duanmuhuai looked at his watch, and the others also showed doubtful expressions. After all, not only did the host not announce the start of the game, but he also didn't announce the rules... Is this really a ranking match?

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　————!

Just when everyone was puzzled, suddenly, countless teleportation circles spread out around them, and then, demons appeared from them one by one, surrounding everyone.

"You are……!"

 Seeing these demons, Rias suddenly became nervous.

"What's wrong?"

“They are all nobles loyal to the old Demon King’s faction! Why are they here?”

 The Old Demon King Sect...oh, it sounds like there is such a thing.

Duanmu Huai then remembered that Michael and the others had said that there were people within the three camps who followed the old camps that had died and disappeared. Apparently, the same goes for this old Demon King sect, right?

As expected, at this moment, one of the people who looked like the leader also roared angrily.

"Hateful fake blood relative of the Demon King, Gremory, you will die here! And the Tribunal, we want to avenge Belphegor and stop you from hunting the disobedient god! The return of the gods and demon kings is It can’t be stopped! Stupid humans, pay the price for what you have done!”

 Although the other party shouted very loudly, for Duanmu Huai...

 “Belphegor?”

Duanmu Huai scratched his head in confusion, his head filled with questions, while Wan Liya coughed awkwardly.

“Lord Duanmu, you have forgotten that when Lord Mio and I returned to the Demon Realm, we attacked the Wilbert Territory…”

“Oh, it sounds like there was something like that, but I forgot about it because I didn’t care.”

 “Shut up! You butcher!”

 Hearing Duanmuhuai's completely indifferent expression, the other party's demon became even more angry.

"You massacred the entire people of Belphegor. I want to avenge my family! Go to hell!"

Before he finished speaking, the demons swarmed up and rushed towards the people in front of them!

 Then immediately - the roar started!

 “Boom!”

The sweeping war hammer brought up hurricane-like air waves and lightning, ruthlessly tearing apart the demons who dared to rush forward, completely smashing them into pieces. For a moment, there was a **** storm, and the remaining limbs were scattered, but Duanmu Huai, who was wearing heavy armor and walked out of it, raised his head at this moment, with a bright red light in his helmet.

“In other words, this time it’s not just a house game? To be honest, I’m a little tired of it, but that’s okay...”

Duanmu Huai raised his war hammer with a ferocious smile and swung it forward.

 "Scream, wail, confess your stupidity in front of the anger and power of the Inquisition, and then die a painful death!"