The Player is a Part-Timer

Chapter 9: Unruly Introduction

"And that is one neutralized, three remained..." Gillian breathed hard, waving away the air. "Whew! Truly! Wonder how it feels for your devil senses! Maybe I overdid it a little. Well then! What are you waiting for! You said you would swarm me once she drops! Here is the perfect chance! Come on! Or, did I already break your will? You will let such disgrace go without retort?! Come on! Attack me!"

"You used holy water once again? No! This stench!" Rias coughed once again, ignoring Gillian's taunt. She was too dizzy and nauseous to give it any heed.

Her eyes were already watering not only from the stench but from the "spicy" feeling that burned them and her throat, it was like she was sprayed in the eyes by pepper spray, it was like a stink bomb thrown at her, and she swallowed its content! No! It was all worse! Now even her skin felt like it was drenched in acid!

"Pfft! Please, that would be boring. I already used that against that Yakitori guy, using it twice would be cheap." Gillian grinned, satisfied with the result.

"Then how... what have you done with her!? Answer or... guah!"

"Ughhh! This stench! Guahhh!" Like Rias and the rest, Issei started to vomit, it was a disgraceful sight, but it was expected. Asia was lucky she was farther away where the stench not spread yet.

Gillian designed this little "stink bomb" to evaporate fast once the two components mixed, and thus when they reached Rias and the rest, most of the effect was already scattered enough to mostly neutralized and diluted in the nearby atmosphere.

"How could... you do this!? If any harm comes for Koneko, I will never forgive you!" the red princess, not so gracefully wiped her mouth, already on her knees, her eyes red and burning, filled with tears. Just now, she lost the picture of a graceful daughter of a royal noble house. She just looked like everyone else! A vulnerable person. She reduced to look like a human who was beaten thoroughly.

"Don't worry; she will be fine. Probably..." one note to be added, which Rias and the rest of the group felt was only a small part of what Koneko felt.

"Probably!?"

"Yes... how can I say? You bragged about you; devils have superior senses—meaning, sharper hearing, smelling, eyes, etc. So I thought, how I could easily defeat a foe with superior senses, strength, and speed? An inhuman foe! The answer is: overwhelming their senses to disable them. Yeah! I assumed there is a breaking point on how much information your brain can process at once! Be you a devil or not, if you can hear, see, smell, touch — on top of that — you are a living being! There is a hypothetical tolerance point that your senses and nerves can bear before they get overwhelmed by the excess amount of information and stimulus. If you pass that point, your instinct will most likely dictate to give up, get farther from the source, or your brain automatically calls a "blackout" to protect you from further trauma. Really, this is the base of all riot control. Either irritating the rioters enough to give up or overwhelming their different senses to disable them, making them unable to continue the protest. In this case..." Gillian showed an evil, toothy smile, so profound and full; it even scared Rias — and it was behind her scarf.

"Maybe... Using a bioweapon to disable the attacker was not the most optimal, but the most fun method given the case. You should already suspect what I will do from my preparations. I told you! Be attentive; I am a tricky foe! I told you: if you underestimate me, you lose! Your comrades will suffer the consequences. Why do you think I wore these diving goggles? I didn't even take a breath in that fight, not speaking about equipping my "specially prepared" scarf not to breathe in one of the components accidentally. Even ordering Asia to get farther away... You are terrible at PVP, planning and countering others... Rias Gremory, you even discussed your tactics before me. Knowing what will happen once Koenko falls. It is obvious I planned to disable or discourage you all at once, and not allow you to use that "swarm" tactic against me. I am convinced now! You will lose against that Riser guy. Not because of your lack of number compared to him. Not because of his "immortality" or your other disadvantages. But because you are careless! You are uncaring! You ignore your environment and underestimate your opponent."