Call him cynical, but this situation stunk. This 'succubus' had been the one that tricked him in the first place, and now she was coming to them with a sob story about losing control? For all they knew, this was exactly what she wanted! Issei didn't believe a word of it.
And that mistrust had absolutely nothing at all to do with the fact that his very first girlfriend betrayed and killed him, before anyone asks. Nothing at all. Just like it has nothing to do with the fact that he was still a virgin.
"Alright, this is all super interesting! Tell me more!" Aika insisted. Muscling her way in and setting herself up as the boss. That was just the way she was, always trying to muscle in and take charge.
"Aika, this should be left in the hands of the Occult Research Club," Issei said.
"Oh, quit whining! As if you've encountered anything actually supernatural before," Aika said, eyes twinkling, as if to say 'unless there's something you're not telling me?' Which there was. Quite a lot of somethings that he wasn't telling her. "Right Asia? You've got my back on this, hrmmmmm?"
"Ah... Sorry Aika, Issei is right," Asia said. Hah! There we go, serves her right! "We know alot more about this than you do, so it isn't safe."
"Oh, come on!" Aika whined petulantly, while Issei puffed out his chest. "I know you want into his trousers for some reason, but you're kicking me out? Asia, I thought we were friends! Besides, the weird pervy effect will kick in if I'm not around you -"
Eve reached up and flicked her on the forehead. "That should do you for about half an hour," the succubus said. "Can you please leave now?"
"But - But!" Aika pouted and started to cry, stomping her foot and - oh by the way was holding her hands behind her back so she could dig her nails into the palms of her hands. A deliberate effort to draw tears.
"Cry your crocodile tears somewhere else," Issei said, pushing her out the door with great relish. He was enjoying this a bit more than he probably should be, really, but it was also for Aika's own good. A normal human being like her would only wind up getting hurt. "Asia is only looking out for your best interests."
"Blegh!" Aika stuck out her tongue. How thoroughly, disgustingly uncute of her. "You'll regret this, Issei Hyoudou! Mark my words, you will rue this day!"
"I rue too many worse and weirder days for you to make this one especially bad," Issei said. "Bye bye!"
He slammed the door, threw his back against it for good measure, and let out a great big sigh of relief. Thank goodness! Now they could focus on - What were they doing again?
"There, there. It's alright," Asia said to the bawling Succubus, tucking her into a nice warm hug. "I'm sure your plan to conquer our realm isn't going <i>that</i> badly."
Oh yes, that's right! The sneaky succubus that was trying to play them for fools!
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"Well fine then, who wants to help your stupid occult club out anyway?!" Aika yelled, kicking the door, and then silently muttering "I did. Ugh, this isn't even fair, it's going to kill me not knowing what's going on around here!"
But make no mistake. Aika Kiryu wasn't the sort to give up after a single setback. No, no. She was far too stubborn for something like that! So what she was going to do was turn around, march out of here, and collide with a naked kuudere catgirl.
"Watch where you're going!" Aika sputtered. In response, Koneko tilted her head and stared hard into Aika's eyes, to the point where even she was a bit disturbed. "What?"
"If I am to watch where I am going," Koneko said. "Then surely I must go where I am watching. Such a matter is only logical, is it not? How can one perform one without the other?"
"Oh, I see," Aika nodded in complete understanding. "You're trying to baffle me with bullshit."
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Now that Aika was gone, Issei felt like he could relax a little. Maybe let out his Devil wings, talk openly about the supernatural, etc. Whatever this Succubus was up to, it was about time for them to hear her... probably spin a web of lies. Whatever. At the very least it would give them <i>something</i> to work from.
And his decision to listen to Eve had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that Asia utilised her very best innocent puppy dog eyes technique to make him back down.
"So, I'm part of a multiversal empire that's worked out a way to corrupt the fundamental laws of realities to favour perverts," Eve sniffed. "We visit a world, we set off the alteration, let the perverts figure it out and take over -then welcome them into the fold, adding their unique magic/technology to our cause."
“So you are kinda like magitech Borg, porn version?” Issei asked, confusion in his voice. This wasn't what he was expecting. He'd been expecting something a bit more generic than this! That she was trying to establish some kind of mega-harem, or use everyone at this school as a source of lustful energy. The Notion of corrupting the entire universe that he lived in itself was a bit too grand for him to handle.
"What sort of rules changes do you mean?" Asia asked.
“Oh you know, some minor changes. Make people more willing to go along with perverted things, have these who put a lot of work and effort into lewdness increase their abilities.. That sort of stuff.” Eve said, not quite looking Asia in the eyes as she was blatantly underplaying her end-goal. "In particular, a pervert will be able to get away with a lot more than they normally would because it won't annoy people as much."
"Naive!" Issei yelled "The part where the girl you're perving on gets annoyed is a vital part of being a pervert! It forces you to have some boundaries, whether you want them or not! If you take away a pervert's boundaries then you get - "
"Wonderland," Asia interrupted. She didn't normally interrupt someone. She was too polite for that. For that reason, Issei was completely thrown off, and then again when she glommed onto his arm. "Issei! I read somewhere that Lewis Carrol wrote Alice in Wonderland as a response to the idea of Imaginary Numbers. He found the idea so absurd that he parodied it by creating an absurd place that followed its own imaginary logic. Or something? It's a bit above my level... But maybe it's the same thing here?"
“That is just one theory, in truth there are multiple hints as to why he may have written it. From politics over mathematics to entirely different things. And.. actually I am surprised that you came to that particular conclusion given how things really turned out.” Eve said. Then as they both stared at her she shifted in place in embarrassment.
“What? Just because I am a being of perversion and lust, doesn’t mean I cannot read up on literature!”
Oh wow, this wasn't any mere succubus from another reality who had come to corrupt them. It was a dorky succubus from another reality! That was weirdly cute - No, Issei! Bad Issei! You know what happens when you get horny over an enemy!
"It sounds like you lost control," Issei said. "How did that happen?"
"Well, when you're changing the rules of reality you have to know what you're changing them from. That involves a careful analysis of the history of that reality to see how things turned out. Check out the movers, the shakers, then figure out who would be a good pervert to use as a starting point. Preferably someone that's not too savvy or strong, but still involved in current events."
Meaning Issei. Though she hadn't answered the question of how she lost control yet, so he stared at her and tapped his foot impatiently.
"This was supposed to be a battle universe!" Eve yelled. "I mean, come on! Have you seen the power levels you guys are kicking around?! The powers, the abilities, the sheer holy and unholy fuck strength you're casually tossing at each other?! I tried applying the battle pervert rules - but you were actually already pretty darned perverted up around these parts as it was! So... reality sort of... broke. All you needed was a nudge and I came in with a goddamned bulldozer!"
Huh. That kind of made a strange sort of sense. So, reality was now aggressively favouring perverts rather than passively, which seemed to be what they were going for before. Or something like that? Based on what she'd said that sounded about right -
Then he was hit by a sudden dreadful thought. Reality was aggressively favouring perverts. Even with the weird thing Eve had done to Aika taken into account, didn't that basically mean -
"We have to find Aika!" Issei said.
"Eh? You're worried about her?" Asia asked. "I'm sure she won't be in danger."
"No! I'm more worried about what that girl will do with reality twisted up like this!"
“Oh come on Issei, I know you don’t get along so well with Aika, but what is the worst she could do?”
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So, Koneko is strong. Like, stupid strong. Stupid tough, stupid strong, stupid durable... And you'd have to be stupid to want to tangle with her. But it turns out that none of that matters in the slightest if reality itself is working against you.
At this very moment Koneko was up against a wall, spreadeagle, getting fingered slowly and rhythmically by a glasses wearing perverted girl. This was that kind of threat that, had it happened yesterday, would have ended with the fingers being broken, and then the rest of that girl's body.
"Naughty Cheshire Kitty," Aika cooed. "You know, as a slutty parody you're pretty terrible."
Now, Aika Kiryu is well known for her ability to scout the size of a man's junk at a glance, but she never really expressed any interest in her own gender . Nor did she have any experience at all in that direction. Nonetheless, it was strange - her hands and fingers continually went to places that she somehow knew would make Koneko feel good - and what do you know! They did! It was as if no matter what she did, where she touched or how she touched it, Koneko's pleasure would only increase and increase and increase, and she couldn't do a single thing to oppose Aika.
"Mooooore!" Koneko moaned. Normally this kitty cat demon would have broken Aika for certain. But now, instead, with reality being the way it was, Koneko was the one being broken. Her lithe body writhed and squirmed in search of more pleasure, more, more, more.
"Hrmph! Issei kicked me out, did he?" Aika ran her hand around Koneko's hip. Not bad. Not bad at all. A little flat for her taste, but still. Not bad. "Then I'll have to take charge my own way!"
- Aika starts a recruitment drive, in her own play to take control over reality.
- Back with Rias and Sona, struggling against the urge to give in to perversion.
- Eve has some more exposition to deliver.
- Eve's superiors have noticed something is amiss.
- Something else
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