The reason why Makoto Hyoudou's personality has changed so drastically is because of the excessive torment he has endured in the Philosophy Club. This torment has unknowingly made him psychologically abnormal, making him irritable, easily angered, and more aggressive.
Because he wanted to prove himself as a man, not as a plaything for those big guys.
Therefore, when he learned that Li Wei was a teacher at the school, a flame of jealousy ignited in his heart. The first thing he thought of was how to disfigure Li Wei, because only in this way could the huge emptiness in his heart be filled.
Just as the two charged out of the alley, several muscular men appeared at the corner ahead. These men were also wearing the signature dark suits. Hyoudou Makoto's expression crumbled. He knew that those men had come for him again.
Seeing Hyoudou Makoto trembling with fear, Yuan Bin couldn't care less at this point. Judging from Hyoudou Makoto's terrifying appearance, he knew that if they fell into the hands of those burly men, they would definitely experience something extremely terrifying.
Yuan Bin saw the trash can next to him and whispered, "Don't just stand there! See that trash can over there? If we step on it, we should be able to climb over the wall. As long as we can escape from here, we'll be safe!"
Hyoudou Makoto snapped out of his daze, looked at the trash can not far away, and mentally estimated the height of the wall and his own height. With the acceleration from a running start, they should be able to climb over the wall. Thinking of this, his will to survive was rekindled.
Hyoudou Makoto said, "You climb first, I'll stand on your feet."
Yuan Bin nodded and quickly rushed towards the wall. He stepped on the trash can and jumped, hooking his hands on the top of the wall. He tried to kick his legs to get on the wall, but due to his physical limitations, it was very difficult.
Hyoudou Makoto cushioned Motohama's feet, allowing him to climb onto the top of the wall. Once on top, Motohama stretched out his hand and said, "Hurry up and grab my hand, or you'll have a hard time getting over the wall!"
Hyoudou Makoto was deeply moved. Motohama was indeed his best friend from the time of the Republic of Korea until now. Even in this critical situation, he did not abandon him out of fear, and he did not forget him even when he was about to escape danger.
Hyoudou Makoto stood on the trash can, one hand hanging from the top edge of the wall, while the other hand was being pulled by Motohama. With someone helping him, climbing over the wall was not as difficult as it would be for a person.
Hidden in the shadows, Li Wei revealed a playful smile. With a thought, the already dilapidated wall, whose wooden structure at the base had rotted and loosened, collapsed into the alley with a creaking sound.
Hyodo Makoto and Motohama instantly lost their balance and crashed heavily to the ground, the intense pain leaving them both breathless.
The collapsed wall was a wooden wall. If it had been a brick or stone wall, the two people wouldn't have just been wrestling; they could have been pinned down by the wall, and might even have suffered fractures...
Hyodo Makoto was filled with despair. The intense pain made it hard for him to breathe, and he could only watch helplessly as the burly philosopher dressed in a dark suit walked towards him.
"No...no! Help!" Hyoudou Makoto screamed like a duck whose throat had been choked.
Motohama, whose physique was relatively weaker, was already close to unconsciousness at this point. Hyoudou Makoto would rather pass out himself, so that he wouldn't have to face those terrifying philosophical strongmen.
A muscular man wearing a hood similar to Van's, with a disdainful expression, squatted down, grabbed Hyodo Makoto, and licked his face with his rough tongue, laughing with a pleased expression: "Boy, we meet again."
Hyoudou Makoto was gripped by fear. He saw his nightmare again, the man who had brought him endless fear and torment, had returned to him.
Van-style muscular man laughed: "After the last time, your endurance should have improved quite a bit. This time, we will satisfy you properly and let you see the power of philosophy. Your muscles are still too weak. Without strong muscles, how can you gain the upper hand in wrestling?"
At this moment, Hyoudou Makoto was in tears. Thinking about the situation he was about to face, he couldn't help but feel overwhelmed with sorrow and couldn't control his tear ducts, sobbing uncontrollably.
Van, the muscular man, hoisted Hyoudou Makoto onto his shoulder and said to another muscular man beside him, "Take that weakling on the ground with you. Although he's of very poor quality, I believe in his potential. One day, he'll understand the greatness of philosophy."
The muscular man, with a wicked smile like Banana Man, carried the unconscious Yuan Bin on his shoulder.
The person left the alley, got into a black van, and drove away. Once the alley quieted down, Li Wei's figure slowly emerged.
"I hope you can provide me with more points this time, Hyoudou Sei-kun," Li Wei muttered to himself with a wicked, pleased smile.
Chapter 1. Black Song and White Sound
After dealing with Hyoudou Makoto and the others, Li Wei had nothing else to do. After all, it was currently his break from school, and he didn't need to attend classes. In addition, the Soul-Swallowing Bell was operating at full power, absorbing the neon gods that had been absorbed into the bell. Li Wei really had nothing to do at the moment.
Because he was afraid of wasting resources, Li Wei's demon puppet clone left in the Demon Realm did not rush to attack the city. The Soul-Sweeping Bell's memory was now full, and he did not plan to make any big moves before refining this batch of medicinal herbs.
Li Weimo stroked his chin, realizing that due to the butterfly effect he had created, some characters from the original story had appeared ahead of schedule, while others were still nowhere to be seen. For example, among Rias's familiars, only "Queen" Himejima Akeno was currently present. In the original story, "Knight" Kiba Yuuto and "Castle" Toujou Koneko should have already appeared by this time, but so far, neither of them had even been seen.
Li Wei didn't pay much attention to Kiba Yuto, but to be honest, it was still a pity that Toujou Koneko had just disappeared.
Li Wei has a fairly good understanding of the original storyline of High School DxD. At this point in time, Toujou Koneko and her sister are familiars of a high-ranking demon from a branch family of the Nabelius family.
In the original story, Koneko's older sister betrayed her master for some reason, which implicated Koneko. The Nabelius family was worried that Koneko would also rebel like her sister, so they planned to get rid of her. At this time, Sajax stepped in as Koneko's guarantor and saved her. As a result, she became Rias's familiar.
In the original storyline, the main plot begins when Makoto Hyoudou is promoted to a new grade at Kuoh Academy and the school year begins.
Li Wei used a location-finding spell and quickly located Bai Yin and Hei Ge's positions. The two were currently in a small city called Adamat, within the territory of a branch of the Naberius family.
While there's no time like the present, finding a legitimate way to rescue the two sisters still requires some skill. Strictly speaking, both Kuroka and Shiroto were quite unlucky. Kuroka's defection wasn't due to her, but rather to her unfortunate master who was killed—ultimately, it was a problem stemming from fear and jealousy.
Kuroka and Shiroto belong to the demon race, both possessing cat demon blood, and representing the most powerful branch of the cat demon clan. Having lost their parents at a young age, they endured hardship and displacement before being fortunate enough to be taken in by a branch of the Nabelius family. They were transformed into demons, and everything seems to be moving towards a better future.
Unfortunately, Black Song's power expanded too quickly, to the point that the entire Nabelius family branch was terrified, and her power seemed to have no upper limit, constantly growing.
The master-servant contract between demons has limitations. If the demon serving as a servant is far stronger than its master, the contract will backfire and kill the demon serving as the master.
Therefore, the unfortunate master of Kuroka and Shiroto, out of fear of death, did something irrational and tried to kill Kuroka first.
Actually, he had a better solution: to give Kuroka and Shiroto to other, more powerful high-ranking demons. Talented and powerful familiars like Kuroka are in high demand at the talent exchange.
Unfortunately, in that irrational state, he made the worst choice: to try to kill Kuroka. As a result, he was tragically killed in retaliation.
It has to be said that the demon realm is full of oddities. This kind of absurd and even stupid way of dying is something only a scorpion could pull out.
Li Wei used a location-finding spell to see the current situation of the Hei Ge and Bai Yin sisters. Their lives are quite stable now, like civil servants working day and night, doing their jobs.
Now is not the best time to intervene, although Li Wei may choose to catalyze the situation.
Li Wei teleported himself into the Demon Realm and arrived at the small city where the two sisters lived. Li Wei was no longer unfamiliar with the Demon Realm. After disguising himself with an illusion, he looked like an ordinary demon. He found a coffee shop, sat down and enjoyed the special delicacies of the Demon Realm. He was waiting for Hei Ge and Bai Yin to get off work.
Although this is the territory of a branch of the Nabelius family, to be honest, it's not very developed. This remote little city with a population of less than 100,000 is very inconspicuous in the Demon Realm because there are just too many such small cities. Most of them are owned by branch families of nobles with little strength. The proper noble families simply don't care about such useless little cities.
Black Song and White Sound are local civil servants. In small cities like this, core civil servants are mostly members of noble families, followed by selected demons and lower-ranking demons.
After get off work, Hei Ge and Bai Yin walked out of the office building.
Hei Ge stretched and said to his sister Bai Yin beside him, "It's another boring day. I really don't know when we'll be able to go to the human world. I've already been promoted to a high-ranking demon, so I should have the right to act independently in the human world."
A petite girl with a slender figure and short silver hair said, "Sister, you're overthinking it. We are now members of a branch family of the Nabelius family. Without the family's permission, we can't even leave this city, let alone go to the human world."
Baiyin also missed the human world. Unlike the native demons of the demon realm, the two sisters were members of the demon race in the human world. Because their parents died early and they lost their protection, they were taken in by a branch of the Nabelius family and found a home.
Although the atmosphere within the Nabelius family branch was not good, it was still a family that had been kind to them. Before the family did anything to harm them, if they made any underhanded moves, they would be the ones in the wrong.
Access to the human realm requires prior application. Those belonging to noble families must obtain permission to enter the human realm. In contrast, free citizens enjoy far greater freedom. Anyone possessing the strength of a demon can enter the human realm in a group, and those reaching the level of a high-ranking demon can freely travel between the human and demon realms.
Hei Ge sighed and said, "You can't have everything. By the way, a new dessert shop just opened in the west of the city, wanna go?"
Chapter. Man-made adventures
Both cat demons love sweets. Even though they have been transformed into demons, they still have no resistance to sweets. When Baiyin heard her sister say that a new dessert shop had opened in the city, her mouth watered and she could already imagine the taste of the desserts dancing on her taste buds.
As dependents of noble families, both of them held two jobs. As dependents of noble families, they had a job, and as civil servants in the city, they also had a job. Both jobs were quite substantial, so even if they spent half of their monthly income on desserts, their income was still higher than that of ordinary demons.
"Then there's no need to wait any longer. Just go there and make sure you're home before 10 PM," Bai Yin said.
The master-servant contract of the demon race was originally very barbaric, with servants required to unconditionally obey their masters' commands. However, due to the Glorious Revolution a hundred years ago, the master-servant contract was constrained and became "civilized".
The original slave contract has become very sophisticated after so many years of development, and is more like an employment contract in the human world. The two parties in the contract are more like employer and employee in the human world than master and servant. This also leaves room for the promotion of lower-level demons, so that they will not be treated as slaves after they grow into higher-level demons.
However, the only thing that remains unchanged in this contract is that when the servant's power far exceeds that of the master, the backlash alone can kill the master. This effect is one of the core frameworks at the very bottom of the contract, and it is also one of the few things in this contract that cannot be changed.
It is precisely because of this that, apart from not being able to leave the city at will, the two of them also have considerable autonomy. There are several other family members like them in the Nabelius branch family who have autonomy, because as family members, they are very powerful, and powerful people can receive preferential treatment no matter where they are.
The town wasn't very big, and the two of them didn't walk for long before arriving at the newly opened dessert shop that Hei Ge had mentioned. Desserts had already appeared in the era of the first generation of humans, and the current fourth generation of humans had simply replicated them. Moreover, in terms of dessert-making skills alone, they couldn't compare to the first generation of humans.
The dessert-making skills preserved by the demon race originated from the first humans. Both the taste and the design far surpass the techniques mastered by modern humans. If the dessert masters of the demon race were to participate in a fondant cake competition, the humans would have no hope of winning an award.
The two stopped in front of the dessert shop, and the moment they stepped out, the scene before them changed dramatically.
The two found themselves in a dark and vast space that looked like an ancient castle, but the architectural style was very old and clearly not a product of this era.
"Sister, have we fallen into another dimension?" Baiyin didn't panic.
The Demon Realm is a relatively enclosed space, but within this vast space, there are numerous smaller spaces, each of which can be considered a treasure trove.
Demons in small spaces can occupy them exclusively if they are powerful enough. However, if they are not strong enough, they can report this to the Demon King and receive a large sum of money, or obtain a percentage of the profits from the small space over three hundred years, which is also a considerable amount of income.
Heige looked around. Before being transformed into demons, the two of them were members of the cat demons. The cat demons' eyesight was far superior to that of ordinary demons. Even in this dim environment, she could see everything around her clearly.
This is an extraordinarily large space, and judging from the proportions of the various decorations inside the building, the owner of this building must have been a giant.
The two walked along the main road for a while, and what appeared before them was a spacious hall. This hall, which was used by giants, made them feel like two tiny ants.
On the enormous throne sat a demon clad in armor, its demonic wings outstretched. This demon was enormous and exuded an imposing aura; even from afar, its presence was enough to make one feel breathless.
However, after witnessing the truly colossal beings like demons and fallen angels from another world, this giant demon, which was at most thirty meters tall, seemed rather ordinary to them.
"Is he dead?" Bai Yin asked.
Hei Ge carefully examined the giant demon sitting on the throne. The demon had no vital signs whatsoever and sat there like a statue.
Hei Ge said, "Well, maybe. This big guy is very likely an old man from ancient times. The inscriptions on the surrounding load-bearing pillars seem to be ancient demonic script. I don't know much about this, so I can't determine the age of this place."
Demons are a race that highly values the inheritance of knowledge. Knowledge is extremely precious to demons, so sensitive knowledge such as ancient inscriptions is not something that everyone is qualified to learn.
After all, the script used by demons contains immense magical power. High-ranking demons can cast spells using only their language when they speak in demonic language. Ancient inscriptions, this precious occult knowledge, are a monopoly of knowledge held by noble demons.
The two arrived before the throne, and the relatively lively Heige lightly leaped onto the giant demon's lap.
"This guy is really dead. There's no trace of his power. Let's search around here; maybe we can find something good. If we're lucky, we might even be able to buy our freedom." Hei Ge's tone became excited. If she could really get a large sum of money, with her current strength as a high-ranking demon, it wouldn't be difficult for her to break free and become independent.
Just then, the entire hall began to shake, as if it had been struck by an earthquake. Hei Ge saw that numerous cracks appeared on the giant demon she was standing on. In just a few seconds, the enormous demon had turned into a pile of rubble, and from the rubble, huge clusters of energy surged into her and Bai Yin's bodies.
Hei Ge felt her body brimming with power. She sensed that she had become incredibly strong, a power far surpassing that of a high-ranking demon, perhaps even reaching the level of a demon king.
A thought popped into Hei Ge's mind: he and Bai Yin had encountered a legendary adventure.
Chapter 1. Contract Backlash
The two quickly retreated, and the magnificent fortress began to collapse.
"We have to find an exit. I can feel that the stable structure of this space has been destroyed. If we can't find an exit before it completely collapses, we will be trapped inside!" Hei Ge shouted.
The two of them started to escape in the opposite direction like parkour. The space was collapsing very fast. If their abilities had not been greatly enhanced and they had not mastered the ability to instantly start spatial jumps, they would not have been able to escape this collapsing space at all.
In a brief, heart-stopping moment, the two saw a light ahead.
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