Tokyo, 2073

I was contacted by Yatsu Kuro, Murasaki's brother, that the raid on Chaos Arena to rescue captive Taimanin had severe compromises so the top brass enlisted my service. I called Ingrid to leave Under Eden and go to the arena together. We made short work of the guards and managed to sneak into the gladiator, where Sakura was being raped and Asagi was fighting Oboro. I spotted a giant twitching meatball and presumed that it was Sawaki Kyousuke, Asagi's fiance.

"Ingrid, you go to the security office and disable the alarm while shutting down the elevators. I will snatch the targets and call my mecha."

"Understood. Be careful, my lord."

After Ingrid left, I was observing the surrounding area and frowned at how narrow the paths were. What if…

ENTER

JETSLIGER, COME CLOSER

"Holy… It actually worked?!"

The X Finder picked up a friendly signal as the ceiling collapsed, revealing a hovering Jetsliger with its Photon Cannon ready for another shot. Some demons noticed me and were calling for reinforcement so I turned the Kaixa Phone to Blaster Mode and shot them dead. The commotion was loud enough to interrupt the arena, causing the Orcs that were violating Sakura to run in fear and Oboro momentarily lowering her guard for Asagi to slash her left arm off.

"Ah…ah… Kusaka-san!"

"Stay there, Sakura. I'm gonna get you." I waited for the Jetsliger to descend low enough to get into. "Asagi, whatever you are doing, finish it!"

Asagi looked relieved and returned to fight Oboro. I was too busy learning how to navigate the touch-interface on the vehicle to realize Kaliya in her serpentine form had already reached my position.

"Oh, so it's you boiya."

"What? Isn't it the lovely dragon lady?"

"It's Snake Lady, but I appreciate the flattering. So, what brought you to this Chaos Arena, Ko-kun?"

This Naga lady was actually the very first humanoid being I met after I got incarnated into the Taimanin universe in 2030, having been dropped into her territory in Makai. At first she was amused that a puny human like me somehow wandered into Naga land and toyed with me until my 'death' and reborn as Orphnoch. With my newfound strength, I drove her to near total destruction when she played the seduction card on me, a total virgin at the time. So, yeah, Kaliya stole both of my virginities. My ass hurt but in return I got to explore that juicy woman hole from her.

"A job involving the two Taimanins over there, and bonus cash for trashing this place. You're the manager or something?"

"You can say that, my dear." She chuckled, her hand moving from her provocative outfit to my helmet and rubbing it suggestively. "How about ditching them and going to my place? We have a lot to talk about, after all these years."

"Nope. I can't back down from jobs, especially ones that pay up-front."

"Aw." Kaliya pouted, that goddamn pout that stole my heart in the first place. "At least, can you keep the damage to a minimum? Fixing this place takes lots of money and I suppose you won't be paying."

"Heh, won't promise." I produced a business card from nowhere cuz it's magic. "Here, call me whenever you're free."

With that, Kaliya let go of me and Jetsliger. I dove down and used the heat emitted from the engines to ward off any demons with funny ideas. At the same time, Asagi finally cut down the first Oboro clone and was cradling Kyousuke's remains. Sakura was comforting her sister before seeing me.

"Ah! Kusaka-san!" Despite her less-than-pretty state, Sakura still tried to be cheerful and greet me.

"Yo, Sa-chin." I greeted her back using her preferred nickname between us. "Well well well, you've really grown up huh. Guess the Igawa genes do run in your veins."

"E-Ehehe."

"Asagi, you okay there? Save the tears for later, we have to get outta here. My comrade cannot buy us anymore time."

The elder Igawa wordlessly nodded and walked to the Jetsliger, hand holding a necklace. I picked Sakura up and placed her on my lap inside the cockpit while Asagi held the safety handle and stood outside. I ascended three of us to the destroyed ceiling just in time for Ingrid to cut off her pursuer and jump on the jet.

"Hold tight, ladies. This is gonna be quite a rough flight."

I turned the wheels and hit the Booster On button on the screen to make the jet engines run at maximum output before heading to Gosha. To my annoyance, there were griffin riders ambushing me so I switched on the lock-on system.

"Kaboom."

With one button, the missile racks on the Jetsliger opened and unloaded all 8 missiles that split into 64 smaller ones and obliterated all targets, brightening the dark sky of Tokyo in the process.

We were finally back to Gosha Village and landed on the soccer field in Gosha Academy. Yamamoto Nobushige and his Section 3 troops were already awaiting us so I let them take Sakura and Asagi away for medical needs. Before going, Asagi looked like she had something wished to tell me but bit her lips and stayed silent. Huh, I wondered what that would be.

Just when Yamamoto congratulated me for the success…

ERROR

"Kuh, aaaargh…!"

"Kusaka-kun?!"

"Just, stay there."

The belt released lightning and started electrocuting me, the sparks preventing anyone from getting closer. I should have been fried to death, had I not prepared for this. I managed to reach the phone and hit the END CALL button to release the transformation, the belt falling off shortly after. I got multiple burns on my body that slowly recovered due to my Orphnoch nature. The Section 3 men looked horrified.

"So, anybody wants to try this?"

"N-N-NO! WE'RE GOOD, WE GOOD!"

"So old man," I turned to Yamamoto. "This is why I never bother to hide the belt."

"I see… What happens if a normal human uses your device?"

Yamamoto asked with a concerned voice. I only showed him my decayed hand, which also started to reform, and he understood the meaning immediately.

"If the belt is this dangerous, why do you fear the UFS? Surely they cannot replicate it, nor clone you. The incident 10 years ago has proved that."

"They couldn't clone me using conventional methods, yes, but have you forgotten the fact that the UFS has acquired far more advanced Makai technologies than the entire Japan currently possesses? You know I hate the hogus bogus stuff."

Two months later, Yatsu Kuro informed me that Murasaki had gone missing in the latest Chaos Arena raid and given my prior experience, I was hired to go rescue her and grab a high-ranking Makai scientist that Murasaki was supposed to kidnap.

Locating Kiryu's lab was easy, just a phone call to Kaliya and a promise to take her to dinner. I crashed the lab and found that my student was being molested by the sleazeball. Urgh, was he gonna rape her or just worship her body?

"Geez, how come you got captured so easily, Murasaki?"

"I, I have no excuse, Sensei."

I knocked Kiryu out cold with a punch to his forehead and was applying anti-aphrodisiac sedatives that Section 3 had acquired (read: stolen) from the UFS to Murasaki. She looked sullen and pouty this time, which was weird considering her prideful personality.

"What's wrong? Scared of being called a failure?"

"No… It's just that, you saw in this pitiful state…"

"Hah! You looked fine. In fact, you're better than most rescue targets in my previous missions. Cheer up, you can prove your worth next time." I winked at her. "Get good results and I'll take you on a date. How's that?"

"D-D-D-D-D-D-DATE?!"

Ah yes, this was the Murasaki I knew. Totally inexperienced when it came to teasing and flirting, which I was even bad at. My flirts were bad, I know.

Yomihara, 2077

It had been two whole years since my last visit to Under Eden. I told Shiranui to meet up in the old bar every six months under the pretense of 'serving a regular VIP'.

"Ara, Kohei-san. Good evening"

"Evening to you too, Shiranui."

We exchanged kisses before going to the main business. Shiranui had new information regarding the Incubus and Succubus factions. Due to my command and her ability to create illusions, the demons believed that she was firmly in their control and loosen their security, allowing her to attend important meetings. The soyboy Kuroi Ryuuji wanted to usurp Kamadeva and take the first step by making Shiranui his wife.

"For an Incubus 'King', he was a quick shot."

Shiranui's nonchalant remark made me spill out coffee.

"*cough cough* Sorry."

"Don't worry. Where was I? Oh right, Kuroi is under pressure from other tribe lords like Ereshkigal and Ishtar."

Kuroi's impatient tactics to expand his influence put him at odds with other rulers who were also in the same markets. Kamadeva seemed to let him be for now, but according to Shiranui, an incident last week involving his daughter Lilim had put the real Incubus King's attention to Yomihara and Under Eden.

"This is bad. Kuroi is too incompetent to notice my magic, but Kamadeva is known to be a very powerful demon." I grimaced. "He can easily discover our ploy. Have you received some sort of lewd dreams lately, Shiranui?"

"Ah, how did you know?" She hid her blushing face from me. "Yes, I usually had dreams about you making love with me -"

"I was in your dreams? Hmm, as expected." I took a sip of coffee and exhaled. "The reason I ask about lewd dreams specifically is that Kamadeva often employs them to weaken and corrupt his targets, usually using their loved ones' images to do his biddings."

"Oh, I understand what you are saying now. Back when you staged the breakup with me, I sometimes had dreams about you."

"It wasn't staged… Nevermind." I sighed, causing her to giggle. "Back to our topic. Now that you confirmed to have this kind of dream before, it's safe to say that Kamadeva also has you in his sight. What can I say? Other than your looks, your power is quite valuable to a demon tribe who specializes in illusion attacks."

We chatted a little longer until 10PM. I offered to ride her back to Under Eden but Shiranui got aroused and demanded a night with her. I held up my hands in defeat and let her lead me to the VIP room and we spent a sexy night together.

Next day, I drove to Gosha to attend a meeting with Yamamoto and the elders. On my way there, I met Asagi who was also summoned by the old man. Our walk to the principal room was silent and awkward. At first, I did like Asagi and attempted to ask her out multiple times but she was loyal to Kyousuke so as a grateful loser, I backed out and remained friends with her. Now, Kyousuke was dead. I pretended to not see the occasional glances she gave me.

"...Are you free this evening, Kohei?"

"H-Huh? Oh, I have nothing to do tonight. Depends on what they are going to assign me though."

"I see."

Asagi stopped walking and turned to look intensely at my eyes. I suppressed the need to gulp.

"If you don't mind, please go to my house and have dinner with me and Sakura."

"I… I am not sure."

*chu*

Asagi shut me up with a brief kiss and went ahead, leaving me dumbstruck. What…What just happened?