"Abel, does this mean my training can finally end?" Issei leaned in, asking happily.
He didn't want to see Abel's big pickup truck anymore.
Abel smiled.
Issei wasn't strong enough yet, he still needed to be a little stronger.
"Hmm, the pickup training can end."
"That's great!"
"However…"
Hearing Abel's pause, Issei panicked, feeling that something bad was about to happen again.
"However what?"
"You still need to train for a few more days. Don't worry, it will be very easy."
Issei's smile instantly froze when he heard that. "Easy? You're not trying to trick me again, are you?"
Abel's lips curved upwards, revealing a mischievous smile. "Of course not, this training will truly be very easy."
He planned to have Elsha train Issei for the next few days.
Looking at the confident Abel, Issei expressed disbelief, but still asked, "Tell me, how will I train?"
Abel said, "Don't worry, it won't be me. Elsha will train you."
Hearing Abel's words, Elsha stepped forward.
"I'll leave this to you."
"No problem."
Then Abel turned and left.
Next was Elsha's teaching.
Elsha extended her right hand, and as light shone, a crimson gauntlet appeared on her hand.
Everyone was stunned by this scene, including Ddraig himself.
"Elsha, what's going on with you!?"
Ddraig, who resided in the gauntlet, was bewildered. There couldn't be two identical Boosted Gears in the world.
"It's a secret." Elsha smiled slightly.
Then she looked at Issei and said, "Let me reintroduce myself. I am Elsha, the strongest female Red Dragon Emperor in history."
"For the next two days, I will be your special trainer."
"Eh!?"
...
Time passed quickly.
The Rating Game was set to begin tomorrow and the venue was inside Kuoh Academy.
And today, it was already evening.
Inside a luxurious outdoor hot spring.
Abel was lying by the hot spring, soaking comfortably.
The steam from the hot spring added a hazy atmosphere to the scene.
At this moment, as the bamboo fence opened and closed, a figure walked in.
"Abel, you really know how to enjoy yourself."
It was Rias.
She was wrapped in a bath towel, standing by the side, looking at Abel.
Abel opened his eyes, saw it was Rias, and smiled. "It's rare to relax a bit, why don't you come soak too?"
Rias didn't hesitate. She walked into the hot spring, and sat down next to Abel. Her originally fair skin appeared even more delicate and rosy in this setting.
Rias leaned on Abel's shoulder.
Abel asked, "Are you nervous about tomorrow's Rating Game?"
Rias said, "It's alright, everyone has gained a lot this week, especially Issei, his strength has increased significantly after being trained by you and Elsha."
Abel nodded lightly. "That's good, this Rating Game will depend entirely on you. Tomorrow I will give you some things that might help, but it's best if you don't need to use them."
Abel planned to give Rias and the others a few Senzu Beans tomorrow. After all, Riser and his group would also bring recovery items.
"Thank you."
Abel looked at Rias and raised an eyebrow. "Between us, why say such things? How about something more substantial?"
Seeing Abel's expression, Rias knew what he meant.
Replenishing demonic power, right?
Rias flipped over and sat on Abel, leaning in close.
At this moment.
"Rias!!!"
"Oh my, President is secretly feasting here."
"Senpai."
"Abel-nii."
...
Sona, wrapped in a bath towel, forcibly interrupted the two. Behind her followed Akeno, and Koneko, as well as her peerage members.
Rias saw Sona and challenged her, cupping Abel's face and kissing him. At this moment, she was acting brazenly in front of her rival.
"Rias!"
Sona quickly entered the hot spring and pulled Rias off Abel.
Rias said, tossing her hair, "Sona, thank you for the hospitality, I have to say Abel is very smooth."
Sona bristled, "You naturally evil Rias!"
(T/N: Did Tobirama possess her?)
"Still a virgin Sona."
Now, Sona, the wise one, was fuming.
She pounced towards Rias.
Akeno covered her mouth and chuckled. "Ara, how interesting."
Unlike Rias and the others, Asia was stirring the pot, getting closer to Abel. With a flushed face, she held Abel's hand in the water.
The mature and steady Grayfia and Elsha sat aside, watching Rias and Sona's antics with smiles.
They had a lot of energy.
Koneko, wearing a swimsuit, sat in Abel's arms. Abel reached out and petted Koneko.
Koneko's face was flushed, and she muttered, "Pervert Abel."
Abel smiled, not caring at all.
Koneko was not wrong, he seemed to be a big pervert.
At this moment, the hot spring was filled with a relaxed and joyful atmosphere, everyone laughing and chatting. The fatigue of the day dissipated in the hot spring.
Tomorrow's Rating Game would surely be victorious. After all, everyone had worked hard and never slacked off.
—
Chiba, below a luxurious single apartment building.
Shizuka was carrying something in one hand and holding a phone in the other, seemingly talking about something.
As the elevator doors opened, she walked in and pressed the floor she lived on.
On the other end of Shizuka's phone was her mother.
"Another blind date? Mom, I don't want to go on blind dates anymore."
Her mother's voice on the other end of the phone was relentless. "Shizuka, how old are you already? Your peer's children are old enough to go to school, and you? You're 27, and you haven't even had a relationship yet."
Listening to her mother's nagging, Shizuka started looking for an excuse to hang up. "Mom, what did you say? The signal is bad, I'm hanging up."
After saying that, Shizuka hung up the phone.
Looking at the dark screen of her phone, Shizuka sighed.
It wasn't that she didn't want to fall in love and get married. She also wanted a sweet relationship, a soulmate to marry her and take her home but she couldn't find him.
Soon, she reached her floor, and arrived at her doorstep. Then she took out her key and opened the door.
After walking in, she closed the door, took off her shoes and walked barefoot on the floor, placing her keys on the shoe cabinet.
Shizuka carried the things she bought into the refrigerator, then took out a chilled can of beer and went to the living room.
Sitting at the table, she opened the can and drank heartily. She also picked up a piece of chocolate from the table to eat with her drink.
"Ha... Refreshing!"