Bro, What Do You Mean?

Rias didn't quite understand, but she felt that her brother's words had a hidden meaning.

Is this a reminder to her to be careful?

Even a child would know this, right?

"Actually, Sirzechs meant that you should improve your strength. Not to mention Kokabiel, even Akeno Himejima's strength is about the same as yours now, right?"

Upon hearing this, all the girls turned to look at Ren.

Sona Sitri and Tsubaki Shinra looked surprised.

So, is this a roundabout way of implying that Rias is weak?

After all, although Akeno Himejima is her queen, she is still a lower-class demon in terms of rank, while Rias is a genuine upper-class demon and the inheritor of the Power of Destruction. She is also the sibling of Sirzechs, who is famous for using the Power of Destruction.

Lucifer's strength goes without saying, but as for Rias... well, you can't say she's outstanding; she's just average.

"In a while, even Koneko might be better than you."

The Koneko, now in the spotlight, tensed up, its gaze towards Ren filled with resentment.

Please do not use Q, thank you.

"I... I've also been training in Power of Destruction recently."

Rias was speechless and could only say this.

But in reality, her so-called training didn't last more than a few days. After all, she had been dealing with the aftermath of the Kuoh Town and running back and forth between the Underworld and the Underworld. She didn't have time to train.

"Don't just talk the talk; if you want to get stronger, you have to take real action."

"I... I understand, I will... take concrete actions."

"Keep your voice down, I can't hear you."

"I will definitely work hard!"

"I can't hear you."

"I will strive to become stronger, cultivate the Power of Destruction! I will defeat that turkey from the Phenex family in the Rating Game! I will make everyone look at me with new eyes!"

Rias was spurred into a fierce fighting spirit.

"Great, that's very energetic!"

Upon hearing this, everyone in the room, including Sirzechs, held Ren in high esteem.

Others might not know, but Sirzechs knew his sister's temperament best.

If her family asked Rias to do something, Rias would definitely retort with "I have my own opinions," and even her older brother's words wouldn't work.

But to everyone's surprise, Ren was able to subdue his sister with just a few words; he was practically the savior of the Gremory Family!

Chapter 116 Bro, what do you mean?

Chapter 116

The banquet was drawing to a close.

Kuroka tugged at Ren's sleeve and whispered, "When can we go home?"

After all, the pressure of sitting at the same table with two demon kings is quite high.

"You're so capable! You're not even afraid of those two, so what are you afraid of? Where did your courage go when you breathed on me back then?"

"You've raised the cat to death."

Kuroka is like a dead pig that doesn't fear boiling water.

She desperately wants to go back to her little home.

However, after Kuroka mentioned it, Ren did remember something.

"Oh, right, Sirzechs, and Levi, I need to talk to you about something."

Ren grabbed Kuroka by the scruff of his neck, his shoulders hunched over.

"Her name is Kuroka, and she should still be an SS-level wanted criminal in the Underworld. Give me some face, could you please have her wanted notice revoked?"

"An SS-level wanted criminal?"

Upon hearing this, Sirzechs frowned slightly.

While many are on the Underworld's wanted list, those ranked S or higher are rare, and SS-rank individuals are few and far between.

Seeing that Ren had given himself away, Kuroka suddenly lost even the courage to look up.

The Koneko immediately tensed up.

After all, Kuroka is her own sister.

She might be a bit aloof on ordinary days, but if something really happens, she'll be more heartbroken than anyone else.

"His name is Kuroka, you should remember him."

"Kuroka? So she's actually the younger sister of Korin's Familia, the Koneko?"

Sirzechs was quite familiar with his sister's situation.

The composition of family members is no exception.

Kiba Yuuto was a victim of the Church's Holy Sword Project, Akeno Himejima a member of one of Kyoto's Five Great Houses and also had half-human, half- Fallen Angels blood, and Koneko was also a half-cat demon.

At the time, the Koneko incident caused quite a stir in the Underworld.

Her sister killed her master and several colleagues before fleeing. Due to the heinous nature of her methods, she was initially classified as an S-level wanted criminal.

The Underworld dispatched several law enforcement teams to hunt him down. After a high-ranking demon was killed, Kuroka's wanted level was raised to SS.

Sirzechs and Serafall were not actually very familiar with the work of the enforcement team, or rather, the work of this department was not directly managed by the Four Great Satans.

"Brother, I've investigated this matter thoroughly. There was another reason why Kuroka killed its owner. It's said that the Koneko's owner was conducting a secret, inhumane experiment, and Kuroka acted out of a desire to protect the Koneko."

Rias also knew about this, and could use it to repay Ren for a favor.

"Little Sirzechs, is it about that matter?"

Serafall seemed to remember something and asked with a surprised expression.

"Yes, that should be true."

Sirzechs nodded, then gave a wry smile.

"In that case, I'll look into it more thoroughly when I return to the Underworld. If it's indeed true, I'll have her remove the arrest warrant for Kuroka."

"That works too."

Ren nodded.

Although it's not a direct cancellation, it's practically a done deal.

Ren could understand their sudden, enigmatic behavior.

The Naberius Branch's demons were initially conducting research on artificial transcendents.

The appearance of Lizevim, Sirzechs, and Ajuka has aroused great curiosity among some pure-blooded demons about these three special demons.

Therefore, they secretly conducted the "artificial transcendent" experiment, hoping to enhance the power of modified demons through human trials and see if they could reach the limit of surpassing ordinary demons.

However, this research was later exposed due to the Kuroka Incident, and the current Demon King government shut down this forbidden experiment.

However, Ren seemed to remember that this research was taken over by an organization, and indeed, several artificial transcendents appeared much later in the story.

Of course, none of this is relevant to the current situation.

He then released the girl's neck.

Kuroka was terrified, while Koneko breathed a sigh of relief and was overjoyed, her eyes filled with gratitude as she looked at Ren.

With the arrival of the two demon kings, the banquet ended in a tense yet joyful atmosphere.

Akeno Himejima was responsible for seeing Ren and the others off.

Instead of returning to the Underworld, Sirzechs gazed in the direction the vehicle had departed and said to Rias with a smile, "Mr. Ren is truly a young talent; to have such strength at such a young age."

"And that blonde witch next to him isn't simple either; she seems to be the host of the Longinus ~~~"

Serafall stood beside him and said.

"A human capable of gathering so many powerful companions might be seen as a threat by many. Fortunately, he currently has a good attitude towards our Underworld; otherwise, we wouldn't have attacked and killed Kokabiel in the first place."

"However, it's said that he has three Fallen Angels maids in his household. This man's personality is truly unpredictable."

"It doesn't matter, as long as he maintains the current relationship with our Underworld. By the way, Little Lia, what do you think of Ren?"

Sirzechs then changed the subject and asked about his sister.

"Uh... does it count as being a little rude?"

Although these are all the truths, sometimes can't we express them in a more tactful way?

"I do admire his honest and straightforward personality. He lives freely and doesn't care about other people's opinions. But I'm asking about other aspects, more precisely... what are his strengths?"

"Advantages?"

Rias began to think.

"Strong, straightforward, and fairly friendly towards us demons. If you can understand his way of thinking, he's quite easy to communicate with... Handsome... would that count as an advantage?"

Rias originally wanted to say "kind," since living in an island nation, she was often influenced by various anime and manga, and the female protagonist often praised the male protagonist as kind.

But then I thought about it again, and it seemed that Ren had absolutely nothing to do with being amenable.

After all, a man who can be so sarcastic to a beautiful girl he just met and even suggest that she come to his house to be a professional cook doesn't seem very gentle.

"Hmm... anything else?"

"Huh? That's all I can think of for now."

Rias couldn't understand what was wrong with her brother today.

She had only known Ren for less than half a month, and they had met less than five times in total, fewer than Akeno Himejima and Koneko. How could she know so many of his good qualities?

"I mean... how does he compare to Riser of the Phenex family?"

"Of course it's him."

Rias replied without hesitation.

However, she quickly realized what was happening.

Etc.

Dude, what do you mean?!

"I was just asking, don't take it to heart."

"Sirzechs said with a chuckle."

But Rias couldn't help but feel that there was something fishy about the question she had just asked.

Could it be that they want to set her up with Ren?

Wait a minute!

She didn't even know who Ren was, how could she be so hasty?

Chapter 117 Love That Grows Over Time is a Lie

Chapter 117

Kuoh Town has been exceptionally lively these past few days.

After Sirzechs informed Rias, Ren noticed that there were significantly more angels, Fallen Angels, and humans disguised as humans within Kuoh Town.

These were all professionals sent by the three major powers to preemptively eliminate anyone who might interfere with the meeting.

Although Rias verbally said it would affect her normal work as lord, in reality, since this group moved into Kuoh Town, all the Stray Devil and exorcists who had gone into hiding have been wiped out, Kuoh Town has ushered in an unprecedented period of peace.

Rias and the others only needed to focus on maintaining the venue, so their work was quite relaxed.

However, everyone except Ren was nervous about the upcoming three-way talks.

Whether the Cold War continues or peace is achieved depends on the outcome of this meeting.