We’re similar, you and I. From head to toe, we’re similar. When it comes to our lewdness, our earnestness towards our masters, our idiocy, and our tendency to plunge straight forward only.
We really are too similar. That’s why I understood it right away. That you and I will fight today.
“I also trained. I spent almost all my summer vacation being chased by a dragon!”
Sorry, Saji. I will beat you and advance forward. Winning today is what’s most important for us.
I have to get closer to Vali. He will aim at me at some point. At that time, he may cause harm to Buchou, Asia and the others.
For the sake of preventing that, I will become strong! I can’t stop at a place like this!
Yes, at that moment when I was filled up with fighting spirit. An unbelievable announcement reached the ears of me and Koneko-chan.
[One of Rias Gremory-sama’s “Bishops”, retired.]
—! What!? Which one! Hadn’t the game just started!? Asia was with Buchou, so—. Saji grinned.
“The one that was taken out is most likely Gasper-kun.”
…Gasper was taken out? That was too fast, wasn’t it? Wasn’t he transformed into bats and moving around the inside of the store for the sake of surveillance?
“Gasper was caught.”
Saji continued as I thought dubiously.
“We were contacted and told that Gasper-kun’s Sacred Gear was sealed according to the rules. As such, it was inevitable that he would use his vampire powers instead. [He will change into bats and observe the situation within the store]. This is what Kaichou thought. So we utilised our base.”
Your base? That was the grocery store. Saji continued further.
“First, one of our members moves suspiciously at the Sitri base. Then, Gasper-kun who was doing surveillance would naturally be interested and follow them, you know? Then, when we showed more suspicious behaviour, he would call the other bats he had launched and start to observe with several of them. When all the many bats had gathered, that’s when it happened. If something happens to the bats when all of them are gathered, they revert back to Gasper’s body. Near the place where the bats had assembled together was—garlic, a vampire’s greatest dislike. Our base is a grocery store on the first floor of the west side. There were large quantities of garlic left there. It was easy to catch Gasper with that.”