“Ah, Well I am Sirzechs Lucifer and I’m here because I am interested in buying this shop of yours.” When Rias had first laid out her plans to him, Sirzechs had been really confused.
The girl had wanted him to pose as a businessman and buy the shop from the blonde haired boy in front of him, who he learned was Koneko’s boyfriend.
His little sister’s logic was that Koneko was just using the boy because he was offering her an unlimited amount of sweets.
Once that supply of treats was taken away from her, Koneko would realize that their relationship wasn’t real and break up with the boy.
If any other person had asked him to do something as ridiculous as this, he would’ve laughed in their face and told them how idiotic they were being.
Unfortunately for him, Rias was his precious Imouto and he could never deny her request.
“I’m sorry but you seemed to have wasted your visit.
I have no intentions on selling this shop anytime soon.
I am very well off with it.” And Naruto was not lying when he said this.
The amount of money that he was pulling in from the sales of the shop had left him with a very sizable amount of spending money.
He no longer slept in the back room of the store, even though he kept a mattress back there for whenever Koneko fell asleep.
He now had a small apartment located only a block away from the shop.
His bank account had slowly been growing ever since his first month of business.
“Well, I’ve traveled a very long distance so I’m not going to leave before I even put an offer down on the table.” Sirzechs said before reaching into his pocket and pulling out a check.
He carefully slid the slip of paper over the desk and stepped back to watch the boy’s reaction.
Naruto reached down and picked up the paper.
He let out an appreciative hum at the large amount of zeroes present on the tiny slip of paper.
It almost looked as if he was about to say yes to the deal… right before he casually ripped up the little piece of paper.
“I’m sorry but I still have to refuse.
This shop isn’t just the next paycheck to me.
It holds a lot of sentimental value to me even though it hasn’t been in existence for too long.
Sirzechs stared down at the ripped up pieces of paper with an unreadable expression on his face.
But internally, the red-headed man was freaking out.
The check was supposed to be the killing blow to the boy.
What teenage boy wouldn’t want to be instantly rich?!
Apparently, this blonde-haired idiot didn’t want to be and if that was true, then he couldn’t fulfill his promise to her.
If he didn’t fulfill his promise it would mean that he disappointed his sister.
Sirzechs Lucifer did not like upsetting Rias.
“WAIT!” Sirzechs spoke before letting a little bit of his power settle over Naruto as an attempt to influence him.
The boy stiffened, making Sirzechs believe that his power had worked.
While he didn’t like using his powers on humans, the one thing he couldn’t afford to do was disappoint Rias.
But he still, he knew he would feel terrible if he just took everything away from the boy without giving him at least a fighting chance.
“How about we play for it?
A simple game of poker.
You win, you get the money and I walk out of the shop forever.
You lose, I get the shop and … I give you half the amount.” Sirzechs said.
Naruto remained frozen for several seconds before slowly nodding his head.
Sirzechs grinned before reaching into his pocket and summoning a deck of card.
He walked back up to the counter before dealing the cards at a rapid pace.
Naruto’s eyes were locked on the steadily growing set of cards located on his half the counter.
Sirzechs glanced up from his shuffling to examine Naruto’s eyes.
The boy’s eyes were slightly glazed over, causing the red-haired man to sigh.
He had cast a sense-dulling spell on the poor.
His senses were lowered along with his sense of judgement.
“Let’s get this game started.” Sirzechs said before flipping over the first card.
The man was so confident in his own ability that he didn’t even notice the small grin placed upon Naruto’s lips.
“IM SO SORRY RIAS-CHAN!
I TRIED MY BEST BUT HE TRICKED ME.
HE TRICKED ME!” Rias attempted to hold in a sigh as her older brother sobbed into her leg.
Her brother had teleported in the club room only minutes ago and had immediately started to cry.
At first, he was too hysterical to even talk but eventually, Rias managed to coax some information out of him.
Apparently, Sirzechs had attempted to win the ownership of the shop via poker match.
He had even cast a spell on Naruto in order to make sure the odds were in his favor.
By the middle of the game, he realized just how wrong he had been.
The boy had left him utterly defeated and a lot less rich.
The man had immediately demanded a rematch but Naruto had refused.
In the end, Sirzechs was forced to leave the shop completely empty handed.
“It’s fine, Onii-sama.
Just go home.
I’m not mad at you.” Rias said in a restrained voice while petting the head of her older brother.
Even though he had failed in his mission, Rias couldn’t be too mad.
It was partly her fault for not including the fact that Naruto seemed to be immune to devil powers.
Though, she expected for that immunity to crumble at her brother’s hands.
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