30. 'Cannon' of the 'Fodder' pillar!

[A/N: I highly underestimated you, beautiful humans! I was about to write the 4th chapter of 'The Mutant Messiah' but had to stop that and work on this chapter. Thank you for your support... I will be honest, I thought 100 stones were impossible for me to achieve in 24 hours. But you guys did it within five! I am gobsmacked!

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[Unknown Location]

Within the dark basement of a lab, a certain boy with midnight black hair and Onyx eyes was standing in front of a massive test tube with a book in his hands. His usually handsome yet cute face looked terrifying because of the massive feral grin on his face.

"Step two, complete." He said, putting down the book on the nearby table. 

He smiled looking at the green liquid which was inside the tube. 

But if one were to look at the black covered book that was on the table. The words which were written in red ink would be easily visible. The book read-

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[𝕻𝖗𝖔𝖏𝖊𝖈𝖙: 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕴𝖓𝖋𝖎𝖓𝖎𝖙𝖊 𝕯𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖒]

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[PoV: Shisui Clone 4]

"What is my main body doing?"

He/I discovered a way to erase certain parts of memory from the clones. This prevents any type of information leakage from them. 

So currently, I have no idea as to what my main body is doing.

["Those who have passed this round are requested to move to the event ground."]

Hmm… Event ground. That should be to the right.

The stadium was quite big so it took around eight minutes to reach the other side on foot.

In front of me was a massive screen with multiple columns with our names on it.

["The next event is about 'techniques.' This event is to determine how creative you can be during a battle. Strategy and usage of your abilities in ways that your enemy would never think about, is the theme of this challenge. You will go head to head with another devil, and the one with the best technique will win."]

That's an interesting theme.

["The Opponent selection process will begin in 3…2...1. *DING*"]

The columns started changing rapidly. Forming two groups 'A' and 'B.'

Sairaorg whose name was previously next to mine moved and shifted to (Group A) next to 'Cannon' of the extra devil pillar 'Fodder' (Group B).

The same happened for the rest before the final list was decided.

Rias (Group A) was matched against Seekvaira. (Group B)

Clara (Group A) was matched against a random devil. (Group B)

Zephyrdor (Group A) was matched against Diodora (Group B). Now, this will be an interesting match, heh.

Eneely (Group A) was up against a random devil (Group B) as well.

And finally, it was me (Group A) against… Sona Sitri  (Group B).

Interesting match-up.

["Contestants please move to the areas designated for each group, the matches will begin shortly."]

Doing as told, I walked towards the area designated for Group A.

Zephyrdor grinned at my arrival while Eneely didn't even bother sparing me a glance. 

"Shisui!" Well, at least Clara was energetic. She waved towards me, signaling me to take a seat beside her. 

Walking towards Clara, Rias Gremory gave me a nod before taking an 'elegant' seat next to Eneely.

"Well hello there." I greeted Clara who in return gave me a massive smile. "You look happy." I said.

She doesn't like fighting but now she is… happy?

"Yes! I am happy because you are in group A and thus I don't have to fight you!"

Ah, I see. That was the reason for her excitement. Well, whatever.

But before I could sit, my eyes fell upon the heir candidate of Bael, Sairaorg. 

"Hello." I greeted him but the guy seemed kind of nervous. "Are you alright, friend?"

Wait… Why does it feel like this is the first time I have called someone a 'friend' in this world? Eh, no. I must have addressed someone as a friend before.

"Y-yes, I am." He replied meekly.

"So you are up first?" I ask with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah." This guy is quite shy. Even more than both me and Itachi, when we used to be around girls.

"Well anyway, my name is Shisui Seere. It's a pleasure to meet you." I extended my hand towards him, which to my surprise, he instantly shook.

"Sairaorg, Sairaorg Bael." He said with a little smile.

I nodded at that but before I could ask anything else, his name was called.

["The first match of this event will begin shortly. So, I request Sairaorg Bael and 'Cannon Fodder' to come to the arena."]

"Looks like we will have to talk later." He released a sigh but nodded nonetheless. "Good Luck." I said.

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I raise an eyebrow looking at the previously nervous Sairaorg standing bravely in from of 'Cannon Fodder.'

And despite 'Cannon Fodder' being almost twice the size of Sairaorg, I still think Sairaorg is going to win.

How? Because the 'Fodder' devils have always lost every single battle. Their win ratio is a perfect Zero.

["Participants are you ready?"]

Both Sairaorg and Cannon Fodder nodded and took their stance. 

["BEGIN!"]

In the blink of an eye, both rushed towards each other and started throwing in punches and kicks. 

Despite Sairaorg being weak in terms of raw demonic power, he is a monster in physical combat. 

"He kind of makes me think of Might Guy." Ah, nostalgia. Such a weird feeling.

Techniques didn't only mean demonic abilities, but it also included martial arts. Techniques refer to the way you use an ability in an efficient way. And Sairaorg was doing exactly that.

But… the battle turned into a parody when both Sairaorg and Cannon Fodder started making weird noises while exchanging fists.

"ORA ORA ORA ORA!!!"

"MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA!!!" 

Exactly what I was referring to. Both of their fists collided at a great force and they seemed equally matched.

Despite the weird sounds they were making, the match was quite intense.

That was until-

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*THUD*

Cannon Fodder tripped… yes, 'tripped' and fell on the ground with a loud sound.

Sairaorg took this chance and kicked Cannon Fodder with all his might, which made Cannon Fodder launch out of the arena.

Falling out of the arena is considered an instant loss so…

["W-Winner Sairaorg Bael! That w-was an interesting match."]

"That's an understatement lady." I mumbled.

I look around to find the audience cheering madly and even Clara looked awed. 

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Sairaorg returns after a few minutes. And I wasn't sure what to say.

"That… was an interesting battle." I cannot think of anything other than interesting.

"Yeah, thank you."

["Next match, Shisui Seere against Sona Sitri. Participants, please reach the arena in three minutes."]

"So, even the match order is random." I mumbled.

"Looks like that." Said Clara. "You, should go and Good Luck!" She said with enthusiasm.

"Yeah, thank you." 

"Good Luck, Shisui." Sairaorg wished me luck as well.

"Thank you." I nodded before using Shunshin.

This made everyone in Group A to widen their eyes, even Eneely. "What was that?" She said, shocked.

"I d-don't know." Rias Gremory said with eyes as wide as a saucer. "Maybe his teleportation ability?"

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My sudden arrival made a few people to gasp, while the rest thought it was my bloodline ability.

Even Sona Sitri looked impressed. 

"Nice trick." She said adjusting her glasses.

"Thank you." I felt myself smiling at her antics. But *Sigh*...

"YOU CAN DO THIS SO-TAN!!! DEFEAT SHI-TAN AND THEN WE WILL DO A LOT OF CUDDLING LIKE WE ALWAYS DO!!!"

Okay… what was that last part? 

Sona's embarrassment was equal to my confusion. She was as red as a tomato.

"I-Idiot Sister." She soft mumbled which made me question myself. 

'Why was she not denying the claim?'

["*Cough* *Cough* Participants are you ready?"] 

Both me and Sona look towards each other once and then nod. 

["Very well then… BEGIN!"]

The moment the buzzer went off, Sona rushed towards me using water to propel herself.

Using the same water as a foothold she threw an ariel kick towards me which I dodge with almost no effort. 

She is not bad. She is trying to come up with a good strategy to defeat me.

I am stronger than her in terms of demonic power, so she tried to secure the first hit which will count as a point.

But sadly for her… I am not that slow.

I teleport behind her and throw in a kick… as slow as possible.

Which she stopped as expected.

I toy with her a few more times before she grew impatient.

"*Tsk* I have to end this soon." She said and started gathering demon power around herself.

Now, I could easily stop her from doing… whatever she was doing. But I want to see what she is capable of, so I waited for her to gather the demonic power.

She was fast in gathering it… Even faster than Zephyrdor but to me, it was slower than a snail.

After four more seconds, she stopped gathering demonic energy and started pumping them with her water magic. 

The demonic energy started shaping the water which made me grow a smile.

The water transformed into a giant snake that came rushing towards me.

I was about to jump away from it when Sona froze the water below me, which trapped my feet in ice.

This prevented me from escaping the snake as it hit me with maximum force.

*BOOM!*

[PoV: Sona]

"D-Did I do it?" I mumbled looking at the crater and the mist that surrounded the destroyed place.

No one came out of it for over ten seconds, which made the committee announce.

["T-That was an impressive show of power and ability from Sona Sitri! The winner of thi-"]

"Not too bad." The mist slowly cleared which revealed a perfectly fine, black-haired handsome boy walking out of the crater without a single scratch on his body or clothes.

Oh No!

His calm smile turned into a feral grin, as he said. "But I can do better!"

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[A/N: I will flesh out Shisui vs Sona in the next chapter.

Till then... Ja ne~]