54 NGJ Chapter 54: Cocky x Chicken
Darkness...
Darkness...
Darkness...
Keba-
My eyes opened and what I saw was something that resembled a dark void. But thankfully it wasn't the suffocating PTSD-inducing one but rather the lack of light one.
Although I say lack of light there was a spot of the black floor that was a muted white that stretched over 50 meters and got gradually greyer and greyer until it blended with the black.
Also, there was a chair in the middle of the white zone and a man sat on it.
A very tall and muscular man with a shit-eating grin.
Unfortunately, I had no right to be angry, after all, I was the one who summoned him here. As much as I hated his ugly stinky mug I had to rely on him for once.
Without getting up from his wooden chair Toji spoke.
"What a ridiculously broken cursed technique. Being able to change reality at its whim without any way to directly control it. And here I thought Satoru was cheating." He said with a laugh before staring at my wondering expression.
"Well, you summoned me here to train you right? The lesson starts now." Before I could speak Toji picked up the chair and threw it at me while I leaned out of the way of the wooden projectile.
"By the end of this, I will be making you shed tears." Toji took up a boxer's stance. In response, I also got into stance and faced him.
"Oh don't worry, I am already shedding tears of regret."
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*PLOP.*
"*Cough!* *Cough!* *Wheeze!"
My exhausted body was unceremoniously dropped onto my basement floor. That was hell.
It was all nonstop training, no sleep, no rest, just training all 240 hours of it. I got my ass beat for so much for so long that I felt like this was just Toji taking revenge.
But his personal spite aside he was a great teacher. And the things he managed to cram into my head in such little time was impressive to say the least. Not to mention I got actual knowledge about how CE, CT, RCT, Curtains and Domains work from someone actually from the world and not just from shit I remember from JJK.
He took full advantage of the fact that neither of us could die in that world, we would regenerate to perfection even when dead and all regeneration was amplified 10 times. The most important things he taught me were.
[Whip Mastery (Adept)]
+25% Damage to all Whiplike weapons.
[Kenjutsu(Intermediate)]
+12.5% Damage to all bladed weapons.
[Taijutusu(Adept)]
+25& Damage to of hand-to-hand combat.
Thanks to my augmented intelligence and the training room I was able to pick up skills very quickly. The reason I was forced to increase whip mastery so much was because I had the chain of a thousand miles which was an incredibly useful tool so Toji made sure I would be able to use it.
According to Toji the area we were training in was some sort of innate domain or a domain expansion which was why it was so weird.
Anyway, after drinking a stamina potion and hoping I looked alive enough to fool people I called Mittelt down to clean the mess while I went upstairs to clean myself.
After managing to have a shower and swearing that I would create a cursed technique that cleans my body for me I got dressed up in my usual uniform before heading out to the academy to arrive on time for my rendevous with Rias and her peerage.
I should also try my hand at teleportation soon. Fuck I have so much shit to do don't I? Hopefully the genre switches to slice of life soon so that I can get my goddammed life in order.
After a bit of walking, I arrived at the Occult Research Club and the Ara Ara Oneesan Akeno opened the door and let me in.
"Good Evening Akira-kun. How are you doing?" She said with her eyes closed, I still haven't figured out why they do that. I am the one with cursed eyes, not you, you can't see through your own eyelids.
"Better now that I have seen you." A cheesy line I know but I am literally incapable of doing any better. I am a Necromancer not a Rizzard.
"Ara ara such a bad boy Akira-kun." Well at least she seemed to appreciate the compliment(?) but I really do not like the sadistic glint in her eyes, I ain't a sub. Suddenly I heard a cough and turned to see an irritated Rias' eyebrow twitching.
"Could you two please not flirt so blatantly in front of me?" Hearing that Akeno put a hand on her cheek.
"Oh my President are you perhaps jealous?" In response, Rias' cheeks were dyed red as she faced to the side.
"Of course not!"
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From the brightly glowing magic circle, a burst of flames appeared and a handsome young man stepped out of it. He was slightly shorter than me and uglier than me with his knockoff blue eyes. I took some points off for the slicked-back front hair.
His outfit was pretty decent though. A burgundy blazer with gold embroidery on the right with matching pants and black dress shoes with a white slightly unbuttoned dress shirt underneath.
"Phenex!" Rias gritted out as Riser arrived here with Grayfia who looked at me briefly before turning away. Riser looked around for a bit before exclaiming.
"I haven't come to the human realm for a while. I've come for you, Rias my love."
Hearing his voice made a vein pop on my forehead. Not specifically because of the words he said mind you(although it was definitely a factor). But it was because.
This motherfucker sounded awfully similar to Fucking Toji.
Motherfucker. Now this was personal. I already did not like him and now that he had Toji's voice on him it was beyond personal.
Moving like he owned the place. He just exuded major asshole vibes. He moved to the couch just ignoring me like he thought I was a new peerage member of something. God, even beyond the Toji voice this guy PISSED me off.
Nobody in peerage said anything as Akeno went and brought some tea over to Riser. I could see him eyeing the female members of her peerage as he sat nonchalantly sipping his. He invented Rias to sit next to him but she declined after shooting a glance in my direction.
I may be a piece of shit but at least I am not that not that much of a douchebag. Although I refrained from saying anything for now, just observing the situation.
"Why are you here Riser?!" Rias spat out. In response Riser looked barely irritated seemingly used to such responses from her.
"What? I cannot come to see my fiancée?" He said in a cocky tone knowing it would irritate Rias.
"Cut it out Riser, I told you last time that I do not want to marry you." Riser simply shrugged his shoulders.
"Are you really in a position to be so selfish Rias? Can you really afford to do this while the Gremory family is the one struggling? It's your family that benefits the most here, not mine." Honestly speaking, no matter how much of a dick he is he is actually making some points here.
But your points fall flat when you are an insufferable dick.
Rias faced Riser with a determined expression. While on the other hand, I switched my coffee for a potions I had in my inventory.
"I am not going to bring my family down. I am going to find a husband but I refuse to marry someone I do not like." I must say, I have a slight respect for Rias after that. Her reasons are a bit selfish but so what?
Be selfish, you are a devil and you are your own devil. If your family will struggle just because you refuse to marry some prick they deserve that struggle. Her reasons could be called selfish but even knowing she is still outclassed and outgunned she still holds conviction.
I know I would do the same. So I cannot judge her for it.
I am still taking points off for not training though.
This seemed to finally irritate Riser as he stood up and faced Rias.
"Our fathers arranged this marriage for the greater good for not only the Phenex and Gremory clan but Devilkind as a whole. You know Rias, I am the face of the Phenex clan, I cannot have you sully my honour like this" He reached out to grasp her chin but I finally.
I had already inched closer using chameleon and got between them using Maximum enhancement and dash and grabbed Riser's outstretched hand with my own. Bringing it down into a position that resembled a handshake.
"Why nice to meet you too Riser." I said giving him a firm handshake as he looked like his pride was wounded as he tried to pull his hand away, but he did not anticipate my physical strength using Enhancement, making him unable to break out without exerting actual effort.
"Who the fuck are you? You are no devil, are you her pet mage or something? Do you realize who you are disrespecting mage?" Riser glared into my eyes as he increased the pressure he put on my hand. But I was unphased as I stared back and gave back equal pressure, I knew I couldn't match him physically but I could put on a show.
[-20 Affection with Riser Phenex]
My eyes switched to a dark green ghastly hue as I activated a portion of my cursed eyes at will. Hearing Toji say those words to my face made me irritated even further.
"Oh I know who you are I just expected you to be more intimidating than this. I am almost embarrassed for you. But I guess it would be rude to not introduce myself." Grayfia looked like she was about to interject but I shot her a seething glare that made her stop.
[+2 Obedience with Grayfia Lucifuge]
[-15 Affection with Riser Phenex]
"I am Akira Gojo, a sorcerer and a friend of Rias." My sunglasses tilted forward, exposing my eyes as I gave a "friendly" grin to Riser as I saw a vein pop on his forehead.
A/N: What did you think about this chapter? Did you like how Akira interacted with the characters and vice versa? I like reading your comments even if I do not respond so don't forget to leave your thoughts below.
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