Updated at 04/10/2020
Walking to the abandoned church located just by the hills, Ace thought it was a perfect hiding place for the fallen angels, when he watched the show.
Ace knows that, if he messes with the plot, there will be some changes to what he knows of the world. The butterfly effect and all that. but he has decided to no longer give a shit about it.
His life now was truly some sort of cosmic joke. His cousin may be a massive pervert and a general embarrassment for mankind in Ace's opinion. But she was still family. He damn well won't let some half baked weaklings, that collectively have a single brain cell, to go and kill him.
The only people who can punish Isane are her parents, when she does something stupid or Ace himself when her parents aren't around. That select list does not include some brain dead crows, who are full of themselves despite being damn weaklings, that probably can't even beat a regular hollow!
With fury Ace thought back to the show, he had seen in his previous life. Deducing that Rias knew what was going on and decided to use this chance to reincarnate Issei without any suspicion. She is ultimately a spoiled brat, who is so weak, Ace can beat her as he is right now. Without even using his more destructive powers. He wouldn't judge the Rias of this world based on her anime counterpart, as he has not met her yet. as far as he knows she could be unlike that one just like there is no Issei in this world. Instead, there is an Isane. But this is for another time.
He was not here to discuss the possible idiocy of a red-haired princess. He was here to deal with vermin that needed a hard stomping.
As he approached the church he stopped by the door before thinking.
'In the show, these guys had a sacred gear extractor. If they still have one it would be great loot, if I get the chance I will snatch at least one Longinus somewhere. Those things are broken, it's better they be with me or someone I trust than with idiots like Cao Cao, or his little band of brain dead idiots. That's for sure. Besides, this is screwing over the plot, that alone would make it worthwhile.' With a wicked grin on his face, Ace puts his foot up, then kicks the door so hard that it flies off its hedges, before a group of priests and a fallen angel loli.
"Excuse me, coming in." Ace said. Stepping into the church, sword at his side, and the fur coat behind him.
Seeing someone dressed so uniquely enter their hideout so brazenly, the 38 exorcists and Mittlelt, the loli fallen angel, all stared at him in shock.
"Who are you?!" One of the exorcists asked, leveling a gun at Ace, who looked at him in contempt.
"My name is Hyoudou Ace, I have come here to find out what your intentions are towards my dumb-ass cousin. If I accept them, I won't intervene. But if I don't, then all of you will suffer." Ace said, already knowing (based on CANON DxD) what these fallen angels intended. But he would wait for them to make the first move.
And not even three seconds later, some idiot spoke up.
A young man, with short white hair and red eyes. Dressed in clerical clothing, with a light sword in one hand and a gun in the other. With a demented smile painted across his face.
"Hehehehe, good to meetch ya. Now let me see your entrai-" And that was as far as the crazy exorcist, Freed Sellzen, got before Ace sent a fist in his direction.
The punch didn't touch him, but it was still enough, as Freed felt the blood inside his body roll as a great impact hit him.
"Hyakugawara Seiken (Hundred Tile True Punch)!" Ace said as he used one of his current best moves from Fishman Karate. It was a long way from what Jinbe could do, but it was a start. It had a great aspect of having a large area of effect, which meant not only was Freed launched back, two dozen of the other excommunicated exorcists were also down for the count.
You gain +48 points
Ace realized that these exorcists were truly nothing great, each only giving 4 points. He can get at between 8-10 points for killing any random weak hollow. So these guys were just too weak. Still, they could give him SOME points. Ace ultimately still needed quite a bit if he intended to be able to make a difference. Any and all points contribute towards that objective.
"You, you will pay for this. Shameless human! Entering this place and killing our men, I will make you pay for this!" Mittlelt yelled as she took flight. A pink light spear appearing in her hand. Ace just pointed at her floating visage and answered.
"I don't want to be called shameless by a panty flasher. Black laced with an open crotch, is too mature for a little kid like you." Ace said, which made her red from embarrassment and anger.
"They, they are not black. they're white." She said and Ace nodded.
"Then they're white, I get it. Not denying the open in the crotch? Naughty." He said just to make her infuriated, as she launched herself at him.
Now, one must understand that normally his stats right now would make him just equal to Mitlelt physically. Other races are unnaturally tougher than an average human and Ace's body is just a bit over 3 times stronger than a normal human.
The problem for the fallen, is that she had no idea what Ace could do. As she got closer she saw him growing in stature, his body growing a golden fur and his hair increasing until it formed a mane of luscious golden hair.
As she saw this, she lost concentration in a moment of shock. That was all Ace needed as he jumped at her. With his speed and strength being tripped under the effects of the Neko Neko no Mi: Model Lion, he landed several boxing strikes on her, sending her flying backward before falling unconscious.
While in midair he saw how several of the exorcists aimed their guns at him, seeing this Ace didn't hesitate, aiming his hands at them from up above them.
"Candy Rain." As he said that, two large masses of candy came out of his arms, from these masses candy bullets started crashing down like machine-gun fire towards the exorcists below. These bullets were not strong and if they could create a simple magic shield it would have been avoided, but they were not capable of this for the most part. With no way to defend themselves, many of them perished from this attack.
The moment Ace hit the ground he started running ahead, in his half-lion form. Which granted him impressive speed. He used it with great efficiency, punching, and kicking anyone that was in his path.
Moving to the side just a bit, Ace avoided a strike from the now recovered Freed who was looking at him with maniacal glee. Not wanting to deal with this crazy bastard, Ace covered his fist in armament Haki, as his Armament Haki level was still low he could only keep his blackening on his own body, and only for a short period of time. But the instant he had it on was enough, since he used it to punch straight through Freed's chest.
And so the lunatic exorcist died before the whole Excalibur Arc. Not that Ace cared for it since he proceeded to take the light gun that Freed hadn't even had the time to use and used it with expert skill, shooting down enemy after enemy without stopping. His sniper skill was at a level that wouldn't let him do truly crazy stunts. But when it came to quick-fire at such short distances, he could do it better than most trained mercenaries who were born with a gun in their hands.
'Note to self, build a powerful sniper rifle.' Ace thought to himself as he continued shooting stray exorcists in the back.
Having completed that Ace was satisfied with the fact that all these idiots were dealt with and proceeded to search deeper inside the church. Of course, before doing so he used Candy Human powers to cover the bodies of those who were still alive (meaning, like, 5 or so exorcists and the fallen angel chick) in candy. Locking their maneuverability and sensory ability. They are basically statues. Ace stopped only short of making the candy penetrate their bodies and truly turn them into candy. As they are now they cannot do anything and will stay still until Ace releases them from it.
He could have killed them all, but he figured that he would rather not antagonize Azazel for now. The guy was key for some Ace's future plans. if he was to survive this world. And he honestly didn't want to provoke the man. Unlike Rias who could kill the fallen without an issue because of her strong backing, it's better not to go overboard. Though he will still beat them up and stop them from doing anything to his dear cousin.
With that done, he began moving again. He didn't even need to use the sword at his hip. Honestly, with his Zoan half transformation in effect, he was not sure he would even need it.
Getting deeper inside this place he couldn't help but think how the church truly must have plenty of cash to spare, if they were willing to build a place like this on the other side of the world in a mostly random town. After all, there were many other churches in Japan and if all of them had a secret bunker with multiple layers of protection magic, as well as a freaking onsen, then they clearly had too much cash and too little to do with it.
'It's decided, before the exorcists come to find the Excalibur Fragments, I will get one or two of them and re-sell the fragments to them for a few million dollars.' Ace thought to himself. His greed was so strong that if someone were to see him now they might even confuse him for a devil.
Meanwhile, deeper in this place, Raynare, Kalawarner, and Dohnaseek had used scrying magic to look at what the commotion was all about.
"This, why is a werewolf here? And why is it attacking us?" Kalawarner asked with concern. She was stronger than Mittelt but not by that much and she certainly couldn't beat a werewolf head-on.
"Open your eyes, this isn't a werewolf. There are no wolf features on him. it clearly looks more like a cat or a lion." Dohnaseek said in irritation.
"What of it? I have never heard of a race called Werelion or Werecat. As far as I care he could be a mutation or a stray devil or whatever. What's important is that I am not sure we can defeat him. We should escape." Kalawarner said and in response to that statement, she was slapped to the ground by Raynare, who looked furious at her.
"Escape? ESCAPE?! Don't fucking kid me! We have finally had a chance to get things to look up for us, to be able to gain the respect we deserve! And I will not let some mutt who knows some fancy moves make us run away with our tails between our legs! We must fulfill our mission." Raynare said and Dohnaseek nodded instantly, only really thinking of the fight at hand. Meanwhile, Kalawarner looked between the two and bit her lips, realization dawned on her that she could not turn and run or her two 'companions' would likely stab her in the back. Figuratively and literally.
With no other options, she could only brace herself and nod. Knowing how this would certainly not be an easy fight.
With the last 35 stray exorcists, they prepared a trap for Ace. Waiting for him as they knew where he would be coming from.
Ace entered a corridor and noticed the many crates and other items lying around. He was about to move when he stopped. As this was a combat situation he had his Observation Haki active and adding that to the hunting instincts of a lion it was quite easy for him to notice any trap. With a glance, he could see that this was one such situation.
Standing in position for a moment he thought for a bit before taking out an item from his storage, this was an item Ace rarely ever had a chance to use, but when he could it usually was a great day.
"Hey, you guys will love this." He said to the 'empty' corridor as he took out a bazooka of all things. Inside the bazooka, multiple gas and flame dials were all ready for action. "As you all are bitches, and bitches love cannons." He said as he pressed the trigger. His Flame Bazooka activated and a ball of fire that would not lose out to even a Phenex was released.
"GYAAHHH!"
"HOT!"
"Save me!"
"Mommy!"
"I like this!"
"... Okay, that last one had to die anyway. Saving humanity's genetic pool from such maggots should only be a good outcome." Ace said as his attack ended and the previously dirty corridor now looked crispy clean. With an emphasis on crispy.
After that three figures flew at Ace. They all looked a bit worse for wear since they clearly had been hit by his attack, they just probably were further back so their shields (A.K.A. the Stray Exorcists) took care of the brunt of the damage.
"You are mine." The first one said, her long black hair flying back as her BDSM clothing did little to cover her modesty as her black wings pushed her forward.
"Nah." Ace said as he pulled his sword out, with one swing the fallen angel's spear and one of her wings were cut clean off. She would have screamed in pain but Ace kicked her, breaking her nose and shattering her jaw, disfiguring her face as revenge. He then moved to the one behind her. The male wearing a trench coat and a fedora wielding two light spears.
Before the second fallen could monologue some nonsense Ace acted, his sword cutting at Dohnaseek without any hesitation. Dohnaseek was much more experienced than Raynare, using his two spears in a cross position to stop the attack. But it was not enough as the difference between a sword like Muramasa and the light spears at that level was too large. Even with only 15/100 in swordsmanship. The sheer difference in quality and the strength put in the blows made all the difference.
Adding the strength Ace had from his Lion-Human transformation, he broke Dohnaseek's spears of light easily in one swift move he bisected him from shoulder to hip. Without immediate intensive medical treatment, he will surely perish.
Not that Ace intended to do that, of course.
He was about to move for the final one when-
"I surrender." Came the voice of one Kalawarner as she raised both her hands indicate her surrender, showing no signs of wanting to keep fighting.
"... Well, that's a bummer." Ace said as he pointed his hands to the two downed fallen angels and turned them into Candy Man, much like he did to Mittlelt. "So, can I ask you to do something?" Ace said calmly, his sword still in his hands and blood trickling down from it.
"S-S-Sure." The woman said, normally she would try and user her sex appeal to get out of sticky situations such as this, but she felt like this was one of those times where she shouldn't even bother to try. If she were to provoke this lunatic then who knows what might happen to her.
"Could you call the Grigory? Preferentially someone who doesn't look like what the worst copy of what a mix between a vampire, an orc, and pure concentrated ignorance should look like." Ace said, as the fallen angel looked at him as if he was mad. And, in all honesty, he was a bit mad in fury from how his life got fucked over by whoever was pulling the strings.
Not wanting to provoke Ace any further she launched the communication spell. Normally only Raynare, as the leader of their cell, would do these calls. But as she was currently incapacitated due to the extensive damage, she suffered Kalawarner would be permitted to make the call. It was a regular spell that would transmit directly to the one that is in command over them, as only the team leader had the authorization of using this spell, if another of the group used it the team leader would be able to stop it at any time.
However, since Raynare was 'indisposed' (what, with her face having turned to look like mash potatoes and all that), Kalawarner would be able to make the call herself.
"What is it? I am busy." Came the voice of one Kokabiel, looking irritated due to getting a call from one of his subordinates out of nowhere like that.
Ace, who was a bit further behind, did a spit take after looking at the fallen angel.
"Fuck, now I can see how you fall." Ace said and began to chuckle. As he did so Kokabiel looked at him through the magic call and glared at him.
"What do you mean, worm?" Kokabiel said in irritation, not liking what this 'inferior maggot' was spouting out of his mouth.
"Well, if God made angels perfect but made me look like that, I too would abandon heaven. I mean damn. You look like what a moldy Jack O'Lanter run over by a car should look like. at least you don't need a costume for Halloween. Like seriously what happened? Were you just made in the same batch as Gabriel, where everyone else looks meh in comparison that they overlooked your ugly mug? Or where you meant to be the angle of constipation? Since with the way you look, you nailed the constipated face perfectly.
"Quick question. If you visit a daycare do you need to pay afterward for the trauma your ugly mug caused all the kids? Though on the bright side you can probably make a killing working at a haunted house, just need some make-up so you don't make innocent civilians have heart attacks when they see your face in natura." Ace said and Kokabiel looked like he was one step away from exploding in pure rage, seeing Ace spoke his final words. "Wow, I didn't think your face could look more constipated. Congratulations in proving that my imagination is not as great as the reality of your looks. Well, anyway, not that this hasn't been fun and all but I wanted to call the big boys and not a piece of shit on wings. And no I am not talking about your looks, Though you do look like crap. I am talking about your intelligence, capabilities, history, capacity, general appeal, and opinions. Or, if my big words didn't process to you, I am talking more about your general existence. Okay? Bye." Ace said and he moved before Kalawarner could react, launching a wave of candy over her entire body and ensuring that she would not be doing anything anymore.
Feeling refreshed after making that particular asshole feel as shitty as he well should feel. Ace was finally back to his more normal self. He was still angry, but now he at least vented it a bit.
With that done, Ace went deeper into the place and cleaned it of anything and everything that could be later sold or used. Including the machine that likely could extract sacred gears, and put them all inside the storage function in his system. Thankfully the system at least had this right. Even if it had a limited weight capacity and to increase it he had to pay a lot of cash. Truly, this system exists to force him to spend ludicrous amounts on it. But the usefulness was clear to see.
After finishing he used his candy to connect himself with the three fallen angels and moved to the floor above. However, after he got back to the entrance floor he could see that he was no longer alone, as the devils that live in this town were all there, looking at the place in shock. As they saw him in his Zoan transformation state they all were more than a bit startled. To which Ace just shrugged.
"Gremory-san, I will do you a favor and let you take care of this." Ace said flippantly, not showing a single ounce of respect for Rias as he moved to go away. However, before he could, someone stood in front of him.
"You can't go now. You must explain to us what is going on? And how is it that this is YOU doing ME a favor? You could have caused the war amongst factions to restart from your imprudence!" Rias said, and only now as she stood in front of Ace did she realized how much shorter and less imposing she was compared to him. In his Half-Lion transformation Ace had the stature of around two and a half meters tall and a build to match. Adding to that his own Charisma stat made his presence seem even greater in Rias' mind. Heck, her head only reached his stomach.
"I did what I did because my cousin was approached by them and when I realized they were after her sacred gear I came here to make sure that they would NOT be getting anywhere near her. She is a weakling, a pervert, and an embarrassment to the family most of the time, but she is still family. I would not let some fuckers just come and potentially injure her, much less kill her. So, call Azazel and get these four out of this town before they try something stupid again because, next time, I will not be this lenient. So you can either do as I say or I will carve 'Rias Gremory did it!' on their bodies and throw them outside town while bleeding to death, how would that make YOU look?" Ace said in barely restrained anger, his energy not being as controlled as he would want it to be as the wildside of his Lion fruit began acting up making him more aggressive than normal.
However, he noticed that, amongst the devils, some girls reacting to his presence as he unintentionally released some of his Conqueror's Haki mixed with his own more aggressive and domineering mood (a lion is the king of beasts, being aggressive is second nature).
[You gained +5 affection points with Heroine Ruruko Nimura (11/100)]
[You gainer +3 affection points with heroine Koneko Toujou (17/100)]
[You gained +5 affection points with heroine Akeno Himejima (5/100)]
And with that Ace's mood got even worse since now it seems like the sadist was into him for him acting like a domineering jackass. Lovely.
With an annoyed grunt, Ace left the fallen angel statues there and started moving home. He was tired after this entire experience and he didn't even manage to get that many points from those weaklings.
At least he had nothing more to worry about for now and could just relaaa... And just like that, he remembered he still had to go and get Mashiro from Ichigo's house before she set it on fire. And with her, this was quite a literal possibility.
"Life, oh life, why are you such a cruel bitch?" Ace said looking to the sky. Back in his human form again. Well, at least he would get to go riding his motorcycle for a bit, that would at least be a pleasant experience with no strings attached. At least he got a bunch of minor items from those fallen angels and stray exorcists as well as the sacred gear extractor.
[Akeno Himejima: 'Sadomasochist Queen']
[Relationship Status: Interested in a possible new toy]
[Affection Points (5/100)]
[Heroine Summary: the only child of Shuri Himejima, a Shinto priestess and Baraqiel, a Fallen Angel and one of the leaders of the Fallen Angel organization, Grigori. As a child, Akeno was close to her mother as her father was mostly away on missions. Her perspective on love is marked by what she saw during the time with her parents (they never really closed the door), which led her into sadomasochism. Due to her respect regarding her mother she learned to become a sadist in time, trying her best to imitate her mother, even using the same haircut and manner of speech, but deep down she is still a masochist by nature and gets more excited when getting hit than when hitting others. She fell into despair when she witnessed her mother's death, blaming Baraqiel for not being able to protect her. Thus she searches for someone who won't leave her, but also being able to deal with her severe 'daddy issues'. She sees your domineering act and the aura you emitted as signs of a true dom, something she is curious about.]
AN:
So, here we are. The first show of the MC's strength.
Don't worry he is not THAT strong as of right now. If I were to make a comparison I would say if he goes absolutely all out with his Akuma no Mis and uses everything he has he can probably equal Ikaku without using Bankai.
Anyway, we get to see how Ace is when he is not doing a job (if he is working he must be at least somewhat professional) and, as you all can see, it is not exactly nice. Heck, just imagine how he would react when facing some of the other villains of the series.
Following that, I hope you all can see why the Zoan devil fruit is important for the MC. It is a qualitative boost for the MC's own stats of considerable degree, heck if it was an Ancient Zoan type then the boost would be more like 7 or 8 times the stats the MC has, and the mythical ones are honestly absurd as well. I hope his uses for the Pero Pero no Mi were also interesting. and even for normal fruits, depending on the fruit he can gain an increase to different things, for instance, if he were to use his Saru Saur no Mi: mode Gorilla his speed wouldn't increase by much but his strength would increase five times over.
And one final thing, before I leave. I am honestly surprised no one guessed the small joke I did regarding the MC's devil fruits, specifically the Paramecia types. I mean, Biri Biri and static (electricity-related) together, and no one guessed it?
Requests are appreciated, including those for harem members since the system just won't allow him to not get one.
Next chapter we go to the Bleach plotline for a bit as Ace goes visit his friend and fulfill his next, will the system and the world let him do his job peacefully? I personally doubt it XD.
