~ Let's Hunt! ~

Four weeks had passed since Issei found out about his Devil heritage. Things had been moving well so far: magic training and body conditioning with Rias, sword training with Kiba and Saeko, and history with Akeno. However, Issei had lots of trouble with the sword and magic training,nearly giving up when it just wasn't working for him. But he had to get stronger. How could he protect anyone without going through them? He diligently kept up at the katas every morning with Saeko and the magic studies with Rias.

Everyday, he would be taught by Rias strategies in board games and some video games. "It is your duty as King," she said. She taught him further in chess, game of the generals, and shogi as well as other strategic board games. In video games, they would take a look at MOBA games, FPS games, and RTS games. She would point out that managing your resources and manpower is very crucial in a real life battle. She taught him how to bluff, how to deceive, and when to attack. "The Art of War by Sun Tzu is very helpful. You should read it," she said as she gave him several books on war tactics, The Art of Snu Snu somehow making it into the pile.

Oh, Issei also followed Rias' advice and bought a new land, sped up the building of a new house (magic is AWESOME), and moved there – all with the help of Falstein who brought news about his new "brothers," aka himself in a different body. The newly built and bought house was right beside Saeko's house and dojo, so she made the easy decision to live there with him. Aika got permission from her brother to live with Issei too, so there she was; Issei would wager that the guy would agree to anything his sister asked of him. Irina wanted free lodging too but her paid rent for the month would go to waste if she did so. So, she would have to wait another week before also moving into Issei's house.

Issei didn't know if Irina was gonna pay rent, and he wouldn't force her either. On top of that, he wasn't sure if she knew about the supernatural. He didn't know if he should let her freeload either. Childhood friends were difficult to deal with when they came back after years of absence and did a gender reveal…

Issei hummed and spun the pencil in his hand, absently taking down notes from the board.

Chances are, according to Rias, that Irina knew about the supernatural and knew that Rias, Issei, and Sona were Devils but chose to do nothing. The last Devil Pillar to look over Kuoh were the Belials, who had made a small-time peace treaty with the exorcists in the area. Irina's Dad was one of the exorcists who overlooked the town with the Belials and was quite amicable with them. The records show that they didn't fight against each other but together.

"I wager that she was sent here to reignite the peace treaty between the Anglican Church and the Devils of Kuoh. She has close connections to you and Sona, no? Although the timing she has with you finding out your Devil heritage is suspicious," Rias said last week when the topic shifted to Irina. "I believe that since I kind of took you under my wing, Sona has been in a rather sour mood and hasn't talked to me about anything regarding the situation with Shidou-san. Maybe she (Sona) wanted to take you under her wing when you learned about your Devil powers."

That did sound like Souna, sulky and petulant despite looking as if she had a stick up her ass all the time— Issei meant disciplined. Definitely. Did Devils have mind reading powers? He did have time stop after all so that was entirely probable. Souna was a Sitri, did the Sitri have mind powers?

If this was an anime, Issei would be comically sweating right now at the realization that anybody would have just poked into his head for a second and see all the lewd and stupid stuff that he has been thinking all the time. Issei breathed out. Sucks to be them.

" I would like to meet with Shidou-san, if given the chance. If you want to bring it up to her, feel free. You were good friends, weren't you?"

Irina looked to be happily integrating herself into school. She had been scouted by many clubs but rejected them all. She seemed to enjoy being free of club responsibilities. The teachers adored her and her classmates were friendly with her. She made no mention of the supernatural whatsoever.

That reminded Issei of the sword that Irina's dad used to have. It was a bland katana but a sword nonetheless. Issei wondered if Irina knew how to use a katana. Maybe it was a supernatural sword?

Issei scribbled down another note as the teacher highlighted an important part of the lesson. Kuoh Academy was a very prestigious school, and Issei had a scholarship to maintain. His yellow eyes glowed softly as he sped up the time of his note taking hand ever so slightly to catch up.

So far, the skills that Issei had learned the past weeks, excluding swordplay, were time stop and temporary time split. The temporary time split was different from the permanent time split that he used on himself earlier to create his "brothers." Putting all the Seir powers that he had that would be: slowing down time, speeding up time, permanent or temporary time split, and time stop.

Issei chuckled to himself. Yeah, he was an idiot for trying out the "second hardest spell" that the Seir had in the book. Apparently, it could have killed him if it went wrong. Permanent time split was pretty dangerous so it was only by dumb luck that he survived that. He had no idea what he was doing back then. A desperate grab for power after Rias nearly died perhaps?

The bell signaling the end of classes rang out, breaking Issei out of his thoughts. The teacher gave her final statements before dismissing the students. The students gave their heartfelt goodbyes to the teacher, who left with a smile on her face. The classroom exploded into a orderly chaos as groups of friends gathered to their respective sides of the classroom, hastily packing their pencils, notebooks, and the like into their bags then slinging it over their shoulders while discussing where to go.

Students like Issei took their time to prepare to leave. The class representatives hauled the assigned cleaners back into the room before they could disappear. By the time ten minute mark, the only people in the room were the class representatives, those that are rushing their assignments for the extended five o'clock deadline, and the cleaners who stopped groaning and started playing English pop music whose lyrics consisted of "shit," "ass," and "fuck."

"Ayo, fuck that ass! Ah shit, that ass was ass! Tried another one, ah fuck. That ass was shitty as fuck!" Matsuda sang with the lyrics and swept the floor as Motohama rechecked the class treasury one last time.

Issei? Oh, he left like nine minutes ago.

"Uh! Yeah! That fucking ass was shit!"

The double doors to the Occult Research Club opened.

"Yodazo," Issei mock saluted the empty room. "Huh, Kiba's not here yet. He's usually the first here," he plopped onto the couch and took a candy from the sweets that were free for all on the coffee table. Koneko usually snacked on these and would selfishly keep them to herself when she was here after her middle school classes were done, which ended before high school. "Koneko is not here either."

He concentrated as he chewed the choco fudge in his mouth. Energy flowed through his nerves like an electrical current from the back of his head and down the spine. Once it reached the base of his spine, it spread like water to his limbs. The energy felt like cool water, spreading from his shoulders, arms, and elbows to the tips of his fingers and from his hips, thighs, and calves to the tips of his toes.

This was called meditating, a technique to control the energy used since ancient times. Rias made him practice this daily to enhance his magical reserves and magic control. Releasing the energy from one's mind then sharing it to the rest of the body. This energy is used by warriors to strengthen themselves, gaining the ability to do superhuman feats of power. Mages use this energy to cast spells and perform feats of the supernatural. Athletes also unconsciously do this as they hone their bodies although to a much lesser extent.

This energy may be known to different sectors of the Earth in different names. Some call it mana, some chi, some prana, while some just call it energy and the common man knows this particular element as either adrenaline or electricity. Indeed, they are all correct since this "energy" could be converted into other different forms of energy with different uses. Electricity is used for electronics, mana is gathered from outside the body, chi is cultivated within the body, prana is the life force of a person, while magical energy is the conversion of any of these into an energy usable by a caster, whether it be a flying fireball or a wall of ice.

Issei took a deep breath and held the feeling in place. The energy pulsed in his body several times, repeating the same procedure earlier. Energy was released like a dam from the back of his head, down the spine, and to the tips of his distal phalanges like water.

Issei released his breath as he gathered the energy from his phalanges, limbs, and spine and placed it in his core. He felt his stomach heat up, as if a fire was lit. The Sin of Lust swirled within him.

Issei opened glowing yellow eyes, the hands on the clock eyes of the Seir ticking slower and slower. Tick-tock went the clock as time grinded down to a halt. Sunlight slowly froze and the very air itself seemed to thicken as the hands of the clock groaned to hold themselves in place.

Finally, the hands of the clock held themselves in place. Neither the hour hand nor the millisecond hand moved. The world itself stood still. His blood was pumping at a tremendous rate, it rang in his ears while energy pulsated. Issei alone was able to move in this still world. He alone smelled what the particles of light smelled like. He alone could see what the waves of sound looked like. He alone could feel what the steam of smell felt like.

And boy, did the world of time feel lifeless. Nothing moved without Issei moving it himself. He was the only being that made a sound, not even the radiation from the hot sun made a sound. The whole place felt dead, like a desert full of sand and sand and nothing else. What else could he use to describe the small particles that bounced off everything but sand? They were everywhere and got everywhere. The sand particles were probably particles of air. The molecules of carbon dioxide and oxygen.

Issei was getting rather used to it though. How the rays of light would shatter like a thousand pieces of glass shards and grains of sand just to freeze mid-air whenever he touched them. How plastic wrappers floated and defied gravity when he left them suspended. And how Issei felt he could just swim through the world since air itself had solidified wherever he didn't touch.

The glow and the heat left Issei's eyes as the hands of the clock creaked in protest. Time pushed forward and went back to flowing like a river. The air didn't feel like gravy, light didn't shatter, and the plastic wrapper fell to the ground with a crackling sound. The sights, sounds, and smell in the world of stopped time were no more and returned to normal. Noises such as teenagers playing around, birds chirping, cars zooming by, trucks honking their horns, and babies crying once again littered the air. The smell of moist wood, burnt papers, and spicy tea once again filled the room.

Issei huffed in exertion, the heat of the magical energy burnt off his skin and the exhaustion of using mental energy to supply the magical energy hit him like a toy hammer swung by a professional wrestler. It hurt, but the pain was rather soft.

The double doors creaked open and Akeno walked into the room, humming a light tune. "Good afternoon, Ise-kun," she greeted with her ever present smile. "How was school today?"

"Good afternoon, Akeno-senpai, it's the same as always," Issei said. "How about yours?"

"It was fine I guess," Akeno had a thoughtful look on her face as she slowly approached Issei. Her thoughtful look turned into a Cheshire grin as she pushed Issei down onto the couch.

"Akeno-senpai?" Issei asked before his face turned mischievous. "Ara ara~ Akeno-senpai?"

"Mmm, Issei-kun," Akeno straddled his stomach and leaned over him such that their faces were inches apart. "Pop quiz. There are two types of Lust Devils, not the gender. What are they?"

"Those that bind themselves to one and those that wander."

"Can you guess what I am?"

Issei thought for a moment. Akeno didn't seem to have any lovers, nor did she seem to have an insatiable lust for cock. "A binding one?"

"Correct. And I am unbound still," Akeno's hot breath on his cheek sent tingles to his erection that was steadily getting stiffer. Her tail slithered from under her skirt and wormed under Issei's red shirt, warming itself on his warm skin. "I have urges you know? Urges I've never felt before," Akeno's fingers slithered under Issei's shirt, feeling his growing muscles with her oh so slender fingers. "Please, take responsibility Issei-kun."

Issei's heartbeat skipped a beat and his erection was about to go full mast. Primal urges to push down Akeno and own her surged.

Make her yours. Make her yours.

Bonk! Bonk!

"Alright, that's enough from both of you," Rias bonked them both on the head with the No Horni, a hammer that crushed dreams and erections! "We've received an extermination request," she took her throne at the end of the room, behind the large desk. With a flick of her red hair, she continued: "Three stray devils have entered into our jurisdiction. I have already sent a scouting party, Yuuto and Koneko should return after an hour. We'll make a plan then attack thirty minutes after."

Issei and Akeno nodded.

"Since they are rather weak strays, I leave it all up to you guys, Yuuto, and Koneko. I will watch from the sidelines while Akeno creates an anti-teleportation barrier. This way, you would be able to practice your commanding skills which I have taught you," Rias said. "Is that alright with you?"

His first mission where he took command? Made him pretty nervous but- "I think I can do it," Issei said.

"Good. Dismissed," Rias hammered the No Horni like a judge in the court would, the toy hammer making a squeaking sound.

Akeno took Issei's arm and led him out of the room. "You should not let Rias boss you around so much," she said once they exited the building. "You are your own King. You need to see that and take charge of yourself."

"I know," Issei said in a low voice. He sighed and spoke up. "It's just that I feel like I'm groping around in the dark without her to guide me.

Akeno took Issei's hand and pulled it to her large, soft breasts. "You can grope me in the dark."

"Just grope?"

"Just grope," Akeno "fufufufu"ed.

"I would have shown you more pleasurable ways," Issei raised his hands in a defeated manner. "BUT since you put it like that. Alright."

"Fufufu~" Akeno laughed. "Come, come," she teased him, tugging at the hem of his shirt. They ended up at the gym. Chairs were stacked on one end of the gym and a banner was draped over it. [Sagarel doesn't own DxD! Sagarel doesn't own DxD!] the banner cheered in overly dramatic text. They hid under the small space under the banner. Issei pulled a chair and sat on it, Akeno sitting on top of him.

Akeno and Issei unleashed their tails. Both had a perverse grin on their face. Blood rushed to their heads as the thought of doing something indecent on school grounds thrilled them.

Issei unbuttoned Akeno's blouse, exposing her lacy, purple bra.

"Is this important?"

"Not really- Kya~" Akeno yelped at the sudden motion.

The tip of Issei's tail grew sharp and it cut the bra right in the middle.

"Getting impatient I see," Akeno breathed lowly.

Issei gave her a grin. "I'll buy you a new one."

"I'll hold you to that."

Issei's hands firmly grasped Akeno's full breasts. They were by far the largest he has ever seen or held. Issei squished them, his hands sinking into their softness. Akeno moaned as Issei's hands massaged her breasts. He groped them like he was trying to pull them and push them at the same time.

Akeno grinded her clothed pussy against Issei's leg. Her panties were drenched to the point that they left a wet mark on Issei's pants. Drool from her lips threatened to drip onto Issei's face. Her face was red with lust and hearts decorated her eyes. Akeno's succubus tail intertwined itself around Issei's own tail.

"Nnnn~ Ahhhnnnn~ Issei~~" Akeno moaned.

"Akeno," Issei whispered huskily. "If we keep this up… I won't be able to control myself."

"Nnnn~ Issei," Akeno looked down at Issei's face. She opened her pink lips and closed them over Issei's lips. She kissed Issei long and hard. She tasted his lips.

Issei's hands snaked from Akeno's breasts to move behind her. He pulled her closer to him to deepen their kiss.

CLACK

The two quickly withdrew from their kiss and searched for what made that sound. Turns out it was just the banner falling. The two stared for a moment before laughing. Akeno buttoned up her blouse. "Looks like the moment is gone."

"Let us go farther next time," Issei laid a hand over her white blouse and groped her supple breasts.

"Nnn~ Sure."

Neither of them saw that tuff of pink hair that skirted the edge of their vision.

Issei came home after school. He opened the doors to his house and was welcomed by his three maids. Aika was still at school with her friends and Saeko has yet to return from cleaning her dojo.

"Stray hunting?"

"Yes," Issei nodded.

"There is a law that prohibits non-peerage members from interfering with these missions unless need be," Haku informed. "Unless the situation is very dire, we cannot fight."

"I see," Issei said.

"I believe this law was made so that the bond between Master and Peerage would increase since house servants are not included in," Haku bowed.

"Understandable," Issei said. "Let me just send a message to Saeko and Aika then." After a quick message to the two telling them about the stray hunt, Issei reached a realization. "We don't have any uniforms or armor!"

"Is that important?" Haku asked with a cute tilt of her head.

"It is," Issei nodded. "You see, we need uniforms to look more badass and armor to protect us. Not just that- you've been going through my hentai right?" Haku nodded at Issei's question. "Good- Armor could also be sexy when worn by female warriors. The robes worn by female magicians are also revealing and sexy. We must have a standard uniform."

Haku stared blankly at her master. "If that is what Issei-sama wants."

"You don't get it?"

"I apologize Issei-sama but I do not understand," Haku bowed.

"It's fine," Issei said. "By the way, which one of you maids is good at drawing?"

"Me," Haku said.

"Good, come with me. We're going to draw some concept art for armor."

"Yes Master," Haku obediently followed Issei. He would later bend her over the table and fuck her tight pussy, leaving his cum in her as a reward.

Once night had fallen and the clock struck ten, Issei, Aika, and Saeko arrived at the Occult Research Club in Kuoh Academy. Issei opened the room and let his Knight and Pawn in.

"Welcome," Rias greeted them. "Are you ready?" She and the rest of her Peerage were still in their school uniforms.

"Yes," Issei and company affirmed. Issei and Aika were dressed in their school uniforms while Saeko was in her kendo uniform, which gave Issei more ideas for his uniform idea.

Saeko had two sheaths that housed the two swords that she borrowed from the Seir inventory last week. One was a blood-red katana with black highlights, drenched in bloodlust. Another was a yellow and green wakizazhi that was the smaller pair of the katana. The wakizashi oozed an air of calm that contrasted greatly with the katana's unnerving bloodlust.

Aika had a wand. This one wasn't taken from the Seir treasury but a common ironwood branch, cut and crafted to be used by amateur mages. She said it was because "I might break them. Tee~ hee~"

How one would break a magic stick was beyond Issei's imagination. He didn't break his eyes whenever he practiced his time powers. Magic items must work differently, he guessed. Maybe you could overload them like batteries or electric bulbs then they'll explode?

"It's good to see that you are ready," Rias said. She turned to Issei, specifically Issei. She smiled to calm whatever nerves Issei and Aika might be having. "Don't worry, I will intervene if things get too much for you. I am confident that you won't need my help though."

"Alright." The time has come.

"Shall we?" Rias asked.

"Yes," Issei nodded.

"Good," Rias said. She stepped onto the Occult Research Club's magic circle which lay on the wooden floor. The circle glowed a red light as Rias put magic energy into it. Everyone stepped into the glowing circle and they teleported.

Akeno unleashed her wings and she took to the skies.

Issei shook his head, clearing the dizziness from the teleportation. His first fight was about to begin (the fight with the exorcist didn't count!). He had to keep his head in the game, he might lose it. Issei gripped the hilt of the sword, a regular katana, he had around his waist as he took the steps towards the abandoned park that the stray Devils have used as their lair.

The park looked so innocent at night, although a bit creepy due to the absence of life. It was a bit similar to frozen time if it weren't for the uneasiness in Issei. Something was fundamentally wrong with this park. It wasn't the absence of children either.

A chill crawled up his spine.

A young girl with pale skin sat alone at the swing. She had three pairs of legs but only a pair of feet. Three legs fused to make a large foot while another two were used to make another. The sixth leg ended up having a head attached to it, but not by the neck. The head was attached to the leg by the hair. The girl had three arms. Her two ended with hands with a thousand fingers while the third had snakes coiled all around it. "Hey, Onii-chan," she spoke in a deep voice. "Come play."

The snakes that coiled around her arm jumped at them.

"Scatter!" Issei shouted, his and Rias' Peerage dodged the initial attack of snakes. He inhaled sharply as he took in the situation.

Only one stray was in front of them. The data said that there were three strays. The one in front of them was either the "bait" which had good escape capabilities or a "tank" that could withstand a wave of attacks.

"Koneko and Kiba, engage!"

The best way to deal with that is to send in the vanguard who would do the same. Kiba was fast on his feet and could dodge any attacks while Koneko, the small and cute girl, was a freaking tank!

"Nn."

"Roger."

The pair rushed the enemy. Kiba reached the kid first and slashed at her snakes, leaving a large gash. Koneko took this chance to land a blow on the girl's stomach.

A glint caught Issei's eye. "Saeko! On the right!"

Issei's [Knight] responded quickly and intercepted a fast scorpion tail. "Good call Issei-sama!" she said as she engaged with the stray Devil with a scorpion tail.

That was two. The girl stray was weathering Kiba and Koneko's attacks, and Saeko was quickly dissecting the scorpion tailed one.

One last.

"Aika, help Kiba and Koneko."

"Aye, aye," Aika raised her wand and drew a quick magical circle in the air. The insignia in the middle was of the Phenex, the Demon Pillar of fire, wind, and healing.

Issei kept his eye out for the third. Aika was their glass cannon. A key part that could make or break the situation. He had to keep her safe until the last stray was found. Glass cannons usually stayed at the rear and would wait for the perfect chance to deal significant damage.

A quick glimmer of light alerted Issei to a danger. He moved to intercept it. His clock eye sped up, and Issei zoomed across the park. He unsheathed his sword and in a quick action, decapitated the stray.

No words were spoken. The stray barely had time to register its death. Blood spilled on the ground and the stray died without as much as a scream. His clock eye began to slow back down to normal clock speeds.

"IYAAAAA!"

There was the beginning of a scream-

That was Aika! His clock eye snapped into place, and the whole world froze over. He ran back. A second snake girl was biting Aika's leg off. Issei roared and cut off the snake girl's arms and head. Time resumed post haste so as to reserve energy.

Only for it to flicker off and on. Issei would look like an ethereal phantom that blinked in and out of reality. Time froze and unfroze in a frenzy.

The second snake girl's eyes widened as her head somehow disconnected from her body. She reformed herself. In front of her was a young man with brown hair and yellow eyes.

"Don't touch her. She's mine," he growled.

His glowing, yellow eyes sent chills down her spine. She tried to run. She lost her legs. She tried to crawl. She lost her arms. She tried to slither away like the snake she was. Her head was cut off yet again.

It was all too easy for Issei. Cutting through her skin, cartilage, and bones was like cutting through butter. Issei felt the uneasiness crawl under his skin as he cut her up. It was all too easy to kill.

"Ahhhhh!" she screamed. She used her magic to quickly repair her body. She backed up against the tree. "Wait wait wait! I don't want to die!" the stray turned into a rather cute girl. "Please spare me!" she lost all her animosity towards Issei. All her monstrous limbs were gone and she was just an innocent small ten year old girl.

Issei's blade faltered for a second. The sheer hate and revulsion he felt for her disappeared. His clock eyes ticked.

"DIE!" snakes came out of her mouth.

Saeko's blade cleaved the stray's head into half along with the serpents. Issei was unharmed.

"Rule number one of holding a weapon. Once you draw it, expect to shed your enemy's blood," Saeko said coldly. Blood decorated her white blouse and red blade. Her features softened. Her kohai was the gentle type, if one was to discount his perversion. "Come now, Issei-sama, let us get cleaned," she gave Issei a small smile and offered Issei her hand.

"Yes, ma'am," Issei took her hand, stood and looked at the aftermath of the park's skirmish. Rias was patting down Aika, healing her bruises. Koneko was wiping brain matter off of her hand, and Kiba was inspecting his face, ignoring the fire on his shirt (must be nice being a pretty boy.) Saeko looked unharmed despite her taking on a single stray by herself.

"Good job, Issei, on your first stray hunt," Rias approached and complemented Issei. "Aika is doing well. You reacted well by immediately backing her up."

"Rias-senpai, did you lie about the three stray Devils?"

Rias looked Issei in the eye. "I didn't. The one with the snakes had a Sacred Gear that allowed it to split into two. I did not tell you about that."

"I see."

"Issei," Rias said, "You must always expect the unexpected on the battlefield. Deception is key in winning the battle and especially the war. Even after you have won too, don't let your guard down."

Issei breathed a sigh. Aika got hurt. "I understand. I'll be sure to ask for more information next time."

"That's good. Now," Rias smiled softly, "How should we celebrate your first military feat?

Issei returned her smile with a lecherous one. "An orgy."

"Do that yourselves," Rias laughed. "Oh, I know, let's play a prank on Sona tomorrow."

"Yes, let us do that."

Their hearty conversation was interrupted by a teleportation circle with the Gremory family crest. It suddenly appeared in a flash of red and out of it came a bleeding servant. Calling the servant "roughed up" would be an understatement. He was missing an arm and his clothes were torn to shreds like a bear would do its prey. He should have been, by all accounts, unconscious and yet it was all by the power of his will that he remained awake and alert.

"My Lady," he coughed as he knelt on one knee. "The Mad Ghoul has been sighted in the north. Four servants from the Gremory and five from the Sitri engaged with it. Three of us have died while three of the Sitri have also been confirmed dead. A servant from the Sitri bought me and his companion time to retreat and report to you."

Rias gritted her teeth, fangs bared for the world to see. A terrible pair of horns sat on her head and a dreadful pair of wings flapped behind her. A wave of terror poured out from Rias. Red tendrils of destruction lashed out angrily and the ground was destroyed. As suddenly as the demon appeared, had it also disappeared, leaving in its wake a tired and pissed off princess and a broken, shattered cement road.

"Did I not tell you to not engage with it?" Rias growled.

The servant felt cold sweat on his back as he nodded stiffly.

"And yet you are here, having lost three of my precious servants," Rias took in a breath and sighed. The Servant was still frozen by fear on the ground. The tension slowly left the air and the servant let out a breath he didn't know that he held. "Get yourself patched up," Rias ordered.

"Yes my Lady! Thank you," with that, the servant disappeared into another teleportation circle.

Rias sighed once more. She gave the rest of the group a weak, apologetic smile. "I'm sorry you had to see that," she breathed a long breath from her mouth. "I'm going. Come, Akeno."

Akeno respectfully bowed to the group before she disappeared with Rias.

Issei rubbed his hands when the duo left. They've gotten cold. "Looks like the Mad Ghoul has come."

Rias… ..you cock-block.

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