Chapter : 32

"Do either of you know what Chess is?"

"Isn't that, like, the European version of Shogi?" asked Naruto, frowning a bit. Rias gave him a nod.

"In a manner of speaking. It's very similar to Shogi, but different at the same time. The pieces in Chess are King, Queen, Knight, Rook, Bishop, and Pawn. Each piece has it's own unique traits."

The group began searching for the wayward Rogue Devil as Rias continued explaining how the Evil Piece system worked. So far there had been no sign of the one they had been ordered to exterminate.

Naruto was just surprised by how clean the place was. Aside from some overturned furniture and a thick layer of dust, there was nothing to show it was being used by anyone. Given that this Rogue Devil was supposed to be eating humans here, he would have expected there to be blood splatters or even a half-eaten corpse of two. At the very least there should have been signs of a struggle.

"For the same reason, each servant undergoes training in a different ability. Although they do not have many skills, they are very powerful in the ones they do know." Rias paused for a moment as she looked inside a room that had once been a sitting area. Nothing but discarded chairs and broken tables were there now. "Because of this, the Evil Piece system has become very popular since it's conception. It's actually gotten to the point where those resurrected as an Evil Piece are being used in a competition called a Rating Game between nobles."

"Rating Game?" asked Issei, a clueless look on his face.

Rias placed a hand against a pair of large double doors as she answered him. This was the last place they hadn't looked. "To put it simply, a Rating Game is essentially pitting servants resurrected under the Evil Piece system in a live fire exercise similar to Chess. It's actually gotten to the point where it could influence a Devil's position and rank within the nobility."

Naruto scratched his chin as he read between the lines of her words. "Which means that, at some point, you're going to be expected to participate in a Rating Game, right?"

"I'm still not a mature devil, so it's a ways off," Rias assured Naruto as she pushed open the door. There was a loud rattle followed by the creaking of hinges that had long gone unused as the door opened slowly. "I still can't officially enter the arena."

The room beyond was pitch black. Darkness beyond darkness that no amount of enhancements would be able to pierce clung to the room like a cloak.

"And what about 'unofficially'?" asked Naruto, his words making Rias smile. The blond really was quite smart.

"Ugh," Issei groaned as he rubbed his head. "I don't really understand any of this. And what piece am I anyways?"

Naruto perked up. He was also curious to know what piece he had been resurrected under.

"Naruto, Issei, you two are..."

"What a Delicious scent," a voice interrupted Rias from saying anymore. Everyone present turned their attention towards the darkness of the room they were entering. With the doorway open, some light began creeping in, illuminating a bit of the room beyond, though not by much.

"It's coming," Rias murmured darkly as she glared around the room. Noticing her look, Naruto allowed a kunai to slide into his right hand and held it in a reverse grip.

"But it's also mixed with something foul..."

"I think she's smelling herself," Naruto said out loud, his words causing Akeno to giggle while Rias and Koneko smiled. Kiba looked somewhat amused, but was also sweat dropping at the very Naruto-ish comment. He had heard more than enough of those in class.

"Rogue Devil Vizor, we are here to destroy you!" Rias shouted into the darkness beyond. Naruto eyes sharpened as his ears picked up a dull thud some feet away. He still couldn't see anything due to whatever had moved being covered in darkness, but judging by the rhythmic thuds that followed, whatever it was, was coming towards them.

Something flew out of the darkness. Naruto and everyone who had combat experience, that is to say, everybody except Issei, tensed and prepared to react. They relaxed a moment later, though only slightly, when they realized what it was that had flown out of the darkness and now lay on the ground with blood pooling around it and staining the wood paneling of the floor.

Issei did not relax. If anything, he began to panic.

"A-A corpse!?"

Once again, Naruto felt a moment of sympathy strike him as the boy turned green and began to practically hyperventilate. It was clear to him that his fellow servant was in no way prepared for this kind of lifestyle.

"What a nice scent. It smells so delectable that I just want to eat you up. Perhaps when I do, I'll get the chance to see if your blood is as red as your hair."

Naruto's eyes snapped towards the source of the voice to find that he could finally see who it was; a somewhat attractive female with messy hair, red eyes and no shirt to cover her jiggling boobs.

Or at least, she would have been a moderately attractive female if it weren't for the fact that her lower half was anything but human. Naruto didn't know what kind of beast she was, but the lower portion of her body looked like an accident between a lion and some kind of arachnid. Four large legs with pawed feet kept the thing standing and balanced. There was a prehensile tail sticking out of her hind quarters. And her entire body was covered in fur.

Truly, she was an ugly mother fucker.

"Oppai! Naked oppai!"

Naruto face-palmed as he heard Issei's shout. He sees what had to be the ugliest chick in the entire world, and that's the first thing he says?

Granted, her top half was... alright. Nowhere near as sexy as Rias or Akeno, and she wasn't even cute enough to compete with Koneko's tight little body, but it wasn't like her upper body was bad. However, that bottom of hers just killed it.

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