DxD: Wrong Way

With Rias' help, Aoki began visiting the Occult Research Club every afternoon after school, following Koneko into the forest for training.

While it was labeled as training, the reality was that Aoki found himself on the receiving end of a one-sided beating from the white-haired loli.

Koneko possessed exceptional melee skills but lacked formal teaching methods; she had never been trained by a teacher herself and relied solely on her demon chess piece abilities and practical combat experience.

Additionally, Koneko wasn't particularly articulate and often came across as somewhat lacking in personality.

When it came to teaching, she only knew how to demonstrate through action rather than words.

However, she was also a very responsible instructor—she taught earnestly and displayed remarkable patience.

If Aoki didn't understand something right away, Koneko would hit him a few more times until he grasped the concept.

Whenever he got injured or exhausted, she would use a recovery spell before continuing their training.

Despite the pain, Aoki found joy in this process.

The blows hurt, but his growth was evident; he learned to control his muscles perfectly and developed unique fighting abilities.

In just a few days, he could withstand Koneko's attacks with the same strength and speed while even managing to counterattack occasionally.

During the weekend, Aoki remained active as well. He trained with Koneko at school as if it were his dormitory.

To facilitate Aoki's training, Koneko had taken on no errands recently; everything was shared among others so she could focus solely on guiding him.

On Sunday (Monday), Shinra Tsubaki and Shitori Sona sent messages revealing the results of their investigation.

"Ao-chan" Rias called out to Aoki just as he was about to head into the forest after greeting her. "Today's training will be suspended for now."

"Buchou, can you please change your title…"

Aoki weakly complained.

His relationship with Rias had grown increasingly close over time; at some point, she affectionately started calling him Ao-chan.

Perhaps it was because he was young and handsome but not quite as tall as Rias—she stood at 172 cm while he measured only 170 cm.

Before her powers awakened, Rias hadn't even reached 1.7 meters tall herself.

Despite lacking certain physical attributes like breasts, when dressed up properly, she appeared more beautiful than many other girls.

Initially, Aoki had even suspected that there might be some ulterior motive behind her actions which left him restless for several nights.

In the past, he hadn't been strong enough to overcome the influence of his suffering model teacher which hindered his growth.

However, as his strength improved, Aoki gradually shed those limitations; his height surpassed 1.7 meters and his muscle mass increased significantly.

Not to mention how masculine he felt—he no longer worried about being mistaken for a girl during his youth.

At just sixteen years old, he still had plenty of room for growth ahead of him! Because Rias kept calling him Ao-chan, both Himejima Akeno and Koneko followed suit in addressing him similarly.

After this period of training, however, the Takamine sisters no longer referred to Aoki as Ao-chan but instead called him "Master." It felt surreal that within just a few days since becoming part of their family dynamic—he'd suddenly found himself thrust into this new role where he bore both humiliation and responsibility.

What could Aoki do?

He spoke softly when interacting with them yet felt overwhelmed by their expectations; although not fully dependent on Rias yet

She treated him entirely like one of her own dependents! More importantly though

Aoki couldn't defeat any of these individuals outright!

All he could do was complain verbally while accepting things as they were physically.

Koneko —a few months younger than Aoki—continued calling him Ao-chan due to her position as his teacher.

Physical communication proved effective in fostering their bond; although not intimate in nature—it certainly heated up quickly whenever Koneko would playfully strike at him with her small fists during practice sessions.

Especially since Aoki took initiative caring for her gently while chatting amicably—his friendly demeanor combined with an inherent charm stemming from being a long-suffering teacher template made Koneko develop favorable feelings towards him.

She refrained from sharing details about her biological sister Heige or even explaining how she came to be known as Koneko instead of Shiro—a name given by Rias upon becoming her dependent after all!

The surname "Toujou" meant castle while "Koneko" derived simply from being a cat demon! Due its casual nature,Rias insisted it served merely as nickname whereas outside they often referred back towards original name Baiyin instead!

Aoki mused: give him another week… two weeks max—and surely he'd manage tricking Koneko into bed making her cry out begging for mercy!

Ignoring Aoki's complaints,Rias smiled brightly: "We've determined who is targeting you."

"Really?!" Upon hearing this news,Aoki disregarded any protests rushing over beside Rias eagerly asking,"Who is it? Is it that yellow-haired monster?"

"So you remember him," Rias replied teasingly,"I thought you'd forgotten since you've been busy flirting with Koneko lately."

Aoki fell silent: "…"

He almost forgot—but definitely not because of flirting with white-haired loli; rather simply due being engrossed in practice!

Rias didn't prolong suspense further stating slowly: "Indeed—it's Oida! I didn't expect your first instinct would be so accurate."

"Sure enough—I knew it was this guy!"

Aoki exclaimed angrily.

"He has yellow hair along sharp features—not trustworthy at first glance!"

"If we only you'd listened earlier—you wouldn't have let that yellow-haired monster get away with pride for so long."

"It turned out just to be a mistake! Without Tetsuya Hatada's account number & transaction records—we wouldn't have anything against him without solid evidence."

Aoki protested stubbornly: "That's not true—I have evidence!"

"What evidence?"

"Just look at that yellow hair! The moment I saw his photo—I knew 100% it was him…"

Yellow hair… yellow hair…

Rias' ears nearly went numb hearing this repeated refrain!

After all—it wasn't exactly intuition either so what kind of evidence did this count as?

Rolling her eyes at Aoki,she grew too lazy responding further realizing how much disdain he held towards Yellow-Hair who'd visited club multiple times recently!

Clearly, Aoki's attitude differed greatly compared to Koneko's regarding this individual

Not only did hostility radiate off him but overall demeanor suggested disapproval too!

Rias suspected perhaps it stemmed from Kiba Yuto having short golden locks similar color-wise—but little did she know what thoughts occupied Aoki's mind!

If only she understood otherwise he'd surely cry out injustice!

She didn't harbor fondness towards Kiba Yuto either mainly due suspicions surrounding sexuality

Not because he lacked beauty nor chance acquiring talents!

As far hair color went…as long changed somehow there remained possibility forging good relations between them eventually!

There existed no other option aside killing more enemies while offering up additional strands belonging bulls—this stress behavior likely dissipating thereafter!

If possible,Aoki hoped fate wouldn't involve Kiba Yuto but rather Kiba Yuko instead—not only avoiding worries tied around yellow hair issue but gaining extra target acquire talents too!

Official images depicting Yuko Kiba existed yet corresponding plotlines remained absent altogether!

Regardless,Aoki recalled nothing specific concerning character beyond mere visuals alone…

Most likely world line didn't exist thus leaving uncertainty regarding official purpose behind such imagery altogether!

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