“I don’t know how I’ll feel when I’m dead, But I don’t want tret the way I lived.”— Yuji Itadori, Jujutsu Kaisen

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  Outside the arena...

  "Mitsuri-nee-san and Nezuko-nee-san are amazing! Everyone, let's cheer for them!" Alice excimed to the three little girls from the Butterfly Mansion.

  Roy had assighem the task of cheering, and they were doing their best to support everyone.

  Rias, watg the battle unfold, breathed a sigh of relief as Yubelluna, the "Bomb Queen," was defeated.

  "Ara ara, they're quite strong. To think they defeated the Bomb Queen so easily," Akeno ented. She khat if she had faced Yubelluna, it wouldn't have been such a straightforward victory. And if Yubelluna had used the Tears of the Phoenix, Akeno might have even lost.

  "Nezuko is s!" Koneko said, her eyes filled with admiration and a hint of envy.

  They were around the same age, but the differen their strength was vast, making her feel a bit disced. Although she had learned Breathing Styles, her beginner-level mastery didn't provide a signifit boost in power yet.

  Sona and her peerage were also surprised by the strength of Roy's team. The appearance of Gyarados had already shocked them.

  When Gyarados was no longer able to fight, Sona had been worried.

  But then, two more High-Css Devil level Rooks appeared among Roy's servants, leaving her astonished.

  Sona realized she didn't know her "little brother" as well as she thought.

  Thinking back to their agreement, a blush crept onto her cheeks.

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  [Underworld, Rating Game Arena]

  The audieed in otion as they withe defeat of Riser's Queen and his team's disadvantage.

  "That kid from the Lucifuge is impressive! He really defeated Riser's Queen so easily."

  "Have you noticed? Not a single member of Roy's team has been eliminated yet."

  "Yeah! They're incredibly strong!"

  "Isn't that Lucifuge kid supposed to be a failure? How he be this powerful?"

  "Riser is in trouble now!"

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  Some Devils, particurly those close to the Phenex , were displeased by the praise for Roy and the criticism of Riser.

  "There's no way he defeat Riser!"

  "That Lucifuge kid, no matter how hard he tries, it's useless."

  "Riser has the Phoenix's immortality!"

  "Exactly. he 't do anything against immortality."

  ...

  Voices of doubt and mockery towards Roy filled the arena.

  It was uandable. After all, Roy was known as a talentless failure.

  Riser, oher hand, was one of the stro of the new geion of Devils, and he possessed the seemingly invincible power of immortality. Most of the audience favored Riser.

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  [Ba the Subspace]

  After defeating Yubelluna, Roy's team turheir attention to the remaining two servants, Ravel and Karmine.

  Karmihe weight of their gazes and broke out in a cold sweat.

  Ravel, fpping her fiery wings in the air, wiped the sweat from her brow and said awkwardly, "Hey, don't look at me! I don't fight."

  Roy chuckled but didn't bother with them.

  He looked towards the principal's offi the new school building, Riser's base.

  "Riser Phenex, how long are you going to hide? If you don't e out soon, all your servants will be defeated," Roy taunted.

  The girls turowards the new school building.

  "Hahahaha, you s! Do you think you defeat me just by taking out my servants?"

  Riser, dressed in his red suit, finally emerged, his arroganwaverie the loss of most of his peerage.

  "Onii-sama!"

  "Riser-sama!"

  Karmine and Ravel sighed in relief upon seeing him.

  "Finally decided to show your face, Riser Phenex?" Roy scoffed, his arms crossed.

  "Hmph! You're just a failure from the Lucifuge . What makes you think you pete with me for Rias? And I'll return that punch you gave me the other day," Riser sneered, his anger rising as he recalled the humiliation of being caught off guard and punched by Roy.

  "Failure?"

  Roy shrugged, unfazed by Riser's repeated insults. "If you think I'm a failure, how about a wager?"

  "What?" Riser was taken aback.

  "Let's bet oe of this Rating Game. If you win, I'll admit to being a failure," Roy proposed.

  "And if I win, you'll have to admit that you're the failure."

  "So, do you have the guts to accept?" Roy challenged, looking at Riser with a smirk.

  Riser couldn't resist the provocation.

  "Hahahaha, a mere failure dares to challenge me to a bet? Fine, I accept!"

  Roy smirked inwardly. It seemed the title of "failure" would follow Riser forever.

  "Roy, let us fight him!" Mitsuri and Nezuko volunteered.

  Riser Phenex was a High-Css Devil. Only those two could fight him head-on.

  However, Roy shook his head. "Since he's the King, I'll hahis myself."

  It was only fitting for the Kings to face each other.

  Moreover, even Mitsuri and Nezuko's birength might not be enough to defeat Riser.

  Nezuko's Blood Demon Art owerful, but even Rias's Power of Destru, which could annihite anything, couldn't harm Riser in the inal story.

  Nezuko's Blood Demon Art likely wouldn't pose a threat to him either.

  "Roy, go! Defeat that arrogant fool!" the girls cheered.

  "Hmph! No one defeat Onii-sama!" Ravel decred haughtily.

  Saya and the red at her.

  "Uh... please ignore me..." Ravel cowered uheir intense gazes.

  She quickly retreated behind Riser.

  Roy chuckled at her rea.

  He was quite fond of Ravel, the tsundere girl with the drill-shaped hair.

  In the inal story, Ravel had bee infatuated with Issei after he defeated Riser.

  Roy wondered if Ravel would fall for him if he defeated Riser instead.

  Her drill hair must be very bounbsp;he mused, his thoughts drifting in an inappropriate dire.

  Shaking off his distra, Roy stepped forward.

  He held out his hand, and ice crystals bloomed, f a sword of ice roses.

  With a smirk, Roy's form blurred, then vanished.

  "What?" Riser blinked in surprise.

  "Looking for me?" Roy's voice came from behind him.

  Riser realized that Roy had already moved behind him. The figure that had been standing there was just an afterimage.

  Then, to his shock, he found himself bisected.

  It had all happened so fast that Riser couldn't eve.

  However, su injury posed no threat to him. He regeed instantly.

  "Haha, impressive, but useless against me!" Riser decred, his arrogaurning.

  He unleashed a wave of crimson fmes.

  These were the fmes of the Phoenix, capable of iing anything.

  "Ice Breathing, First Form: Flog Ice Bdes!"

  Roy casually swung his ice rose sword, tering Riser's fmes.

  He had created Ice Breathing based on Water Breathing, utilizing his ice affinity to unleash its full potential.

  tless ice projectiles, like a flock of birds, shot towards Riser.

  Riser's fmes were instantly extinguished, and the remaining ice projectiles struck him, riddling his body with wounds.

  "No way! How my Phoenix fmes be extinguished by ice magic?" Riser excimed in disbelief, then his expression morphed into fury.

  He had been pushed back so easily in just a brief exge.

  And Roy remained unscathed. This enraged him.

  Ordinary ice magic couldinguish the fmes of the Phoenix.

  But Roy's ice, like Riser's fmes, was a bloodline ability.

  His ice powers were on par with the Phenex 's Phoenix fmes.

  Seeing Roy's silence, Riser unleashed even more fmes, filling the sky with a crimson inferno.

  Roy smirked and swung his swain.

  "Ice Breathing, Sed Form: Ice Dragon Swirling Tail!"

  A massive ice dragon emerged, r silently as it charged into the fmes.

  The ice dragon rampaged through the inferinguishing most of the fmes within moments.

  "Damn it... what magic is this?" Riser couldn't believe his eyes as his fmes were extinguished.

  The ice dragon, having cleared the fmes, crashed into him.

  Boom!

  Riser had no time to dodge.

  The ground cracked, and dust billowed.

  When the dust settled, a massive crater was revealed where Riser had been standing.

  The spectators in the arena were in an uproar.

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  After a while, Riser emerged from the crater, his arrogance repced by fury.

  But then, he burst into ughter.

  "Hahahaha, Roy Lucifuge, I aowledge your strength. But you 't defeat me."

  Riser seemed to have realized something, and his fideurned.

  His pn was to exhaust Roy with his immortality. Although Roy had more servants, Riser could still use the Tears of the Phoenix once more. He wasn't afraid of a battle of attrition.

  Having figured this out, Riser stopped attag and simply looked at Roy with a smug grin.

  Roy saw through his pn and scoffed. "Riser, do you really think I have no way to deal with you?"

  Riser remained arrogant.

  "Show me what you've got!"

  He didn't believe Roy possessed any power that could truly threaten him.

  Roy chuckled. You're in for a surprise.

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  He slowly raised his hand towards Riser and uttered a few words.

  "Secret Art: Ice 9-Dragons!"

  The temperature plummeted, as if winter had suddenly arrived, causing Riser to shiver.

  He recalled the feeling of being struck by the ice dragon earlier.

  The intense cold had slowed his blood flow and suppressed his Phoenix fmes, hindering his regeion.

  Nine massive ks of ice materialized in the sky, then transformed into nine ice dragons.

  The dragons were incredibly lifelike, a magnifit sight.

  Riser felt a sense of dread wash over him as he looked at the ice dragons.

  The dragons roared silently and verged on him.

  There was no explosion, no billowing dust.

  The nine ice dragons collided, merging into a t ice mountain, eng Riser within.

  His expression of fear was frozen in time.

  "It's so beautiful!" Asia gasped, admiring the ice mountain with its nine encirg dragons.

  Roy's teique was like a work of art, powerful, majestid breathtakingly beautiful. The girls were mesmerized.

  "Is he... defeated?" Saya asked, looking at the frozen Riser.

  "Of course," Roy replied fidently.

  Although he hadn't used his full power, this teique was beyond Riser's ability to break free.

  "I don't believe it. Onii-sama has the fmes of the Phoenix. How he be frozen?" Ravel retorted, refusing to accept it.

  She khe power of the Phoenix fmes. There was no way they could be suppressed so easily.

  She firmly believed that Riser would break free soon.

  But Riser remained frozen, his expression unged.

  "What's going on?" The girls were fused. If Riser had lost, he should have beeed immediately.

  "Riser Phenex has lost his fighting ability. The winner of this Rating Game is Roy Lucifuge!" Grayfia's voice decred.

  A beam of red energy struck the ice mountaiing it instantly.

  Riser, still frozen, dissolved into particles of light and was ejected from the subspace.

  Grayfia's voice reached Roy's ears, expining what had happened.

  It turned out that the teleportation hadn't failed. Riser had been uo be ejected while encased in ice.

  Roy chuckled.

  The one who had melted his Ice 9-Dragons was likely someone from the Phenex .

  To melt his ice so easily, they must have possessed Maou-Css power...

  Roy shook his head, dismissing those thoughts.

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