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Rias winced, knowing that she was talking about her father, Baraqiel. Remembering him was painful for her.
"Very well, I will bow to your greater knowledge of the Grigori and the Angel of the Stars." Issei acknowledged. "Still, I doubt he'll just shrug and give up. He may attempt something again, and be more direct the next time."
"I'll see to improving the magical defences around our homes just in case that proves to be accurate." the Gremory Heiress said with a frown. Kokabiel was a Fallen Angel with ten wings; he would be an opponent far beyond what her Peerage could handle. Even the addition of Sona's Peerage wouldn't matter much in the end, and she would never ask her friend to sacrifice her servants wastefully like that.
"I'll also be keeping an eye out for things around town." Issei said. "Kokabiel has no friend in me, so you can count on me to at least report anything that smacks of his supporters or subordinates entering Kuō."
"How would you...oh, the titles people have." Kiba realised. "Unless they have a particularly puissant and skilful disguise, they can't hide that sort of thing from you can they?"
Issei was impressed and somewhat alarmed that the 'Prince' of Kuō Academy had put the pieces together that quickly. "Correct. Low to mid-level mundane and magical disguises don't hide someone's titles from my sight."
After seeing Armârôs genderbend out of her male disguise, Issei had double and triple checked about exactly how high a level of a skill or spell needed to be in order to spoof the [Gaming Gear].
"That...would be a help, I will admit." Rias said with a nod. Having someone who could see through most common disguises aiding her would be invaluable. Still... "I would have to exchange favours with you for this, as this goes beyond you passing information to us. You would be actively looking for enemies for Sona and I. And a Gremory does not take such a favour lightly."
Well, he wasn't going to say no to being paid, now was he? Only for work he managed to accomplish though.
"Only if I manage to bring you word of someone infiltrating your territory." Issei bargained. "You can set the price based on what I bring you."
"Generous. Not many would trust a Devil like this." the Western Beauty remarked.
"You have extended me trust by not demanding to know who I am beneath this mask and helmet. The least I can do is return the favour in this instance." the Sekiryūtei replied bluntly.
Rias Gremory looked at him for a moment before nodding. "Very well. I agree to your terms."
Issei twitched as a window popped up in front of him. After reading it for a moment, he tilted his head slightly. "Huh. The [Gamer's Gear] just generated a quest on your behalf."
The devils blinked at him. "It can do that?" Akeno asked curiously.
"Apparently so." Issei replied. "I wish it would work on its humour though...the Quest is called [Watching for Watchers of the Star Watcher]."
"Because another name for the Grigori is 'the Watchers', I suppose." Rias wrinkled her nose slightly at the very forced alliterative name for the quest. "Is it like that all the time?"
"More often than not." Issei admitted with a sigh.
After a moment or two more of conversation, Issei departed the Himejima Shrine, pressing the 'Y' button on the screen before him as he did so.
[Quest Alert!]
Watching for Watchers of the Star Watcher: You have seen off Armârôs the Lesser. Good for you! Now you have to keep alert and watch out for any member of his faction that you see within Kuō Town City Limits and report it to Rias Gremory. Proof beyond your word would be nice as well, but she'll accept your word as a bare minimum.
Quest Goal: Report to Rias Gremory regarding any members of Kokabiel's Faction of the Grigori that you spot inside the City Limits of Kuō Town.
Bonus Goal: Provide evidence and/or images of the people you identify to better aid Rias Gremory and the Devils in keeping track of the people in question.
Ongoing Quest
Quest Reward: +3000 EXP per person reported, random fiscal reward from [Rias Gremory].
Bonus Reward: +3000 EXP per person identified in an easily transmittable manner, +500 Reputation with [Rias Gremory] and [Sona Sitri], +500 Reputation with [?] and [?].
Quest Failure: Trouble on the Horizon...
Accept?
Y
Issei made it back to his base and settled in the six mat room that was the base proper before he examined the other screens that had popped up at the same time he had accepted the quest.
[Reputation System Unlocked]
Congratulations! You have successfully reached the proper point to allow the [Gaming Gear] to activate the Reputation System!
For here on out, your actions and words will have an effect of how people, groups, organisations and even nations see you once they are aware of your existence. Those who do not know of you will automatically have a [Neutral] Reputation with you, something that will change once they are aware of you.
There are various stages of Reputation. They are as follows:
At War - Whomsoever bears this level is against you without question. -60% to any Reputation gains to people in this group, +10 to all combat-related actions against them.
Hated - The bearer of this level despises you for whatever reason. -45% to any Reputation gains with people on this level, -30% to [Teamwork] if in the same party.
Disliked - People on this level do not like you. At all. -30% to all Reputation gains with people on this level, -15% to [Teamwork] if in the same party.
Unfriendly - While not against you, this level means that they don't exactly welcome you with open arms either. - 10% to all Reputation gains with people on this level, -5% to [Teamwork] if in the same party.
Neutral - Not for you, not against you. Hell, people on this level might not even know you. No Buffs or Debuffs at this level.
Friendly - People on this level like you. You're a friend. +10% to Reputation gains, + 5% to [Teamwork] if in the same party.
Well Liked - You're a buddy, you're a pal! +20% to Reputation gains, + 10% to [Teamwork] if in the same party.
Honoured - You are treated with great respect and friendliness. +25% to Reputation gains, +15% to [Teamwork] if in the same party.
Exalted - You've reached the top! Utmost love, respect and friendliness at this level. +30% to Reputation gains, +20% to [Teamwork] if in the same party, with an additional +10% if the Reputation bar is maxed out.
Of course, this is for people. There are differing tables for organisations, businesses and nations that you have or lack Reputation with, which you can look up later by saying 'Reputation' to open the [Reputation] page.
Just so you know, you are currently at a [Neutral] Relationship with Rias Gremory, mostly due to the runaround that you gave her at the Ratman Burrows and setting a pack of Giant Rats on her Peerage. You might want to do something about that, up to you whether you take the advice or not.
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