Winds of Change (DxD)

Volume 7 - Chapter 5 - Stronger Than That Time, Further Than Now

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Genshirou Saji's Soliloquy

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In our own dimension provided by Aaron-senpai, we [Team Sona Sitri] were training for our upcoming match. It's happening in a few days and everyone in the team is quite excited. But before then we'll be training here and also...

"Aaron said his base in the Dimensional Gap was ready. He's inviting all of Team [DxD] to tour it before opening it up to the public for the World Rating Game Tournament," Tsubaki-senpai suddenly said drawing our attention to her.

"It's finally done?" Momo asked. She looked eager to go, the same with Reya.

"According to Antares, it is. So he's inviting us for a tour, there are two large districts, the economical and industrial area, where the Rating Game stadium is and the residential area, which consists mostly of houses and a few small stores. However, he said he wouldn't open that up to the public for now since there's no one living there," explained Tsubaki-senpai.

"Then we'll accept it. That's where our match is going to be after all, it won't hurt to scout out the venue. Also, it won't be a stretch to call it the safest place in the world, minus [Sanctuary] and his own home in Kuoh," said President Sona. "It's tomorrow, so let's focus on training for now."

We all answered with a 'Yes, President' and continued with our training. I had been in my Balance Breaker the entire time. During the match between Master and Cao Cao, I saw Leonardo's Anti-Monster Balance Breaker of my armor do various things that I hadn't done before, so I tried to recreate them.

For the most part, they worked, but at the same time it felt strange. I was copying something his monsters did. Why didn't I think of it? I had 100 years to do things like this...although I did just focus on training my time limit and physical strength since I relied on that the most, like Master Sairaorg.

"What's with the serious face, Gen?" Ruruko asked me after she jumped towards me with her Sacred Gear.

"...It's just that, I was thinking of making new techniques with my Sacred Gear. We saw how the Anti-Monster used its powers, didn't we? I always thought that my lines were just too weak to penetrate into the ground. I mean, I made it snake around the castle of the Bael when fighting Bedeze Abaddon," I explained my thoughts to her.

"Hmm...then why not cover your entire body with those lines? Both with [Delete Field] and [Absorption Line]. I mean you won't be affected by them, right? So if you use your fists and legs to fight, you can still weaken them using those, and if attacks hit you, they'll be much less effective because of them," she said.

...! As expected of my girlfriend! She's a genius! I immediately tried that, I summoned some lines and started covered my legs, arms, and hands first. It took me a few tries but I was eventually able to do it.

"Ruruko-chan, try touching me while your body is covered with demonic aura!" I asked and she agreed to do it. Her body was covered and she reached out to touch my arms and once she did, her aura around her hand and body began to decrease significantly.

"You're a genius!!!" I screamed before getting rid of my lines and hugging her.

She blushed and looked quite smug. "Fufu, praise me, praise me~"

"That's interesting, Saji. I'll fire a weak attack using magic and demonic power, and I'll slowly increase the output. Let's see how much it can cancel or repel before reaching its limit," said President Sona as she approached us.

"A-ah, yes!" I shouted and let go off Ruruko before covering my arms, hands, and legs. I can essentially block attacks with my hands so that's why I hadn't covered my body yet, but I'll experiment with it later.