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Kuoh Town, Japan.
At Kuoh Academy, 11:35 PM.
Inside the ORC's clubroom.
Rias Gremory sat at her desk with concern marrowing her (almost objectively) pretty face, having just lost connection with her familiar after that… that young homeless man shot her with a handgun.
The same homeless man that, with the same gun, just took down a stray devil as if it was nothing.
She rubbed her eyes again. Having to surveil Kuoh every night was starting to get to her.
"Well, we can at least say that it's fortunate that we told Koneko to refrain from joining the fight, no? Otherwise I fear our new friend might've shot her without much questioning."
Her Queen wasn't exactly making things easier, but she guessed she wouldn't be in that position if she did.
"Akeno, I just had to lay witness to what I thought would be another unfortunate disappearance that we couldn't prevent, only for it to become a… an execution."
She giggled.
"Isn't that a good thing? You could say he did us a favour by killing that stray for us, and in such a horrible way, too."
Rias sighed. She didn't exactly appreciate her friend's proclivities when discussing a dead person.
"There are many problems here: first of all, there shouldn't have been a stray there. Didn't we check just yesterday all of the devils that went stray? That-" She almost said girl, "monster couldn't have gotten to that state without killing at least a dozen humans. She must've been terrorising another town, at least."
Akeno hummed, tilting her head.
"Her human disguise was quite effective under a normal human's gaze, so maybe she got to Kuoh by normal transport? Train, plane, maybe even by foot… If she came here via teleportation we would've known immediately."
Rias nodded at her theory.
"That seems likely, although having a stray devil disguise themselves amongst humans is pretty unheard of. That human form she had was pretty convincing."
"Fu~ I'm honestly surprised our new guest outed her out so quickly."
Her face instantly soured.
"Don't remind me. Aside from a stray devil sneaking into our territory, now we have a…"
She frowned. What the hell was he?
"...a devil hunter?"
"He seemed pretty surprised by her attack, though," added Akeno.
"So not a devil hunter, just a… a very lucky homeless man with a gun."
"With supernatural reflexes."
"...with supernatural reflexes."
This was stupid.
Akeno remained in silence for a moment, before smiling gently and, just almost, in pity.
"Do I have to mention the fact he shot both of her eyes while running?"
"No Akeno, you do no-"
"And without looking-"
"A very lucky homeless man with a gun with supernatural reflexes and the accuracy of a GOD."
She could feel her head ache painfully at the last word, but she couldn't really care at the moment. Whatever the hell just got into her town was completely absurd and she hated having so little control over it.
Rias sighed again, rubbing her eyes in the hopes something would make any sense.
"Hopefully inspecting the thing's corpse after Koneko brings it here will give us some answers."
Because of course they had reached the point where they had to perform autopsies. That never was necessary because strays got killed with magic but this… this was just a gun.
"So, we are going to make a profile of him, yes?"
"Of course we are, Akeno. I'm not letting a… a homeless gunman with ultra-reflexes and accuracy run around unchecked. So far he doesn't seem to be bad but… well, all we have from him is the footage, and it isn't much."
"...Footage that he cut by shooting your famil-"
"That he cut shooting my familiar, yes. She's going to be very upset once she regenerates, Akeno, thank you for reminding me."
Her Queen remained in silence for a moment, probably letting Rias have a minute without her prodding (though she truly enjoyed making her angry and pushing her buttons) as she pouted on her desk, resting her cheek on her fist.
…Then it came to her.
"Ah," she let out, almost despite herself.
Rias side-eyed her.
"What," she said, sounding thoroughly fed up.
"It's just that this morning we had a commotion outside the school. A student reported to Sona that a…"
She cleared her throat to deliver the next line.
"That a homeless man with a gun in his hand threatened him with it."
Rias stared at her blankly, before finally sighing and resting her head on her desk.
"So our new guest is not only capable of handily defeating a stray devil by himself with only a gun despite being 100% human… but he's also the type of man to threaten a high-schooler with said gun."
Silence filled the room, Rias remaining in a staring contest with the desk.
Akeno gave her friend a meaningful look.
"...So you're recruiting him."
Her answer was instant.
"I am, yes. If he's this good as a human, then I want him in my peerage right now."
Akeno giggled.
"Glad we're on the same page. Do you want someone to approach him tomorrow?"
Rias shook her hand dismissively, her head firmly stuck on the desk.
"I want someone watching him first. Once we get a good enough read on what he might want we approach with an offer. I'll do it myself, even."
She truly was desperate to have such an outstanding piece.
"My, my, should we still keep watch on Hyoudou Issei, then?"
Rias frowned at her Queen's question. She knew she only did them to annoy her.
"Of course. We have confirmed he has a Sacred Gear, it'd be foolish to let him go simply because a more promising prospect has shown itself."
The words might sound mean, but she truly meant them. She'd take anyone willing to join her peerage. Even if they had… behavioural problems.
…She'd risk it first with the homeless gunman. Then she'd proceed with the perverted boy.
She sighed. Rias hoped that he at least was easier to deal with than what the footage showed. She knew prejudice could be blinding, so she decided to approach the situation in a non-judgemental, open way.
Yes… this may just work for her.
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