Are the short chapters a consequence of focusing on that new story?

A whole chapter just for... this?

Thank you for the chapter! Pretty quick transition to actual mission. Thankfully, no slice-of-life filler in between.

Dude is on the same wavelength as me lol

It's depressingly rare to see Takuma actually curbstomp opponents so casually like this. Usually even when he's doing it, it's like he's putting all of his efforts into it. I like this chapter.

Gotta be honest, I was half expecting for this filler-like side quest to take up a whole arc. But it seems like it's more of an easily forgettable plot device that becomes more relevant later on. Good stuff!

You can't keep confirming our guesses like this XD --- But there is a solution to this conundrum - Release the next chapter before the right guess comment is made... An invalid solution right now but something for the future. Having a backlog before posting the cliffhanger helps :D

I was wondering how you were going to pull off 'intense' and 'edge of my seat'... You used a cliffhanger... You sly genius you. Thanks for the chapter!

Let's be honest. I think many of us already knew that accusation would happen the moment we saw Benzou fail to keep his mouth shut. Only question now is if he'll be praised for his strategic thinking or criticized for harming Leaf interests. Considering that he was a genin who (supposedly) didn't know about the higher-up's plan to leech off that mine, I hope he isn't criticized too harshly. --- Thanks for the chapters!

You are of course allowed to have the heist go perfectly with only NEAR failure. The question is if you can make it entertaining and intense enough to have us on the edge of our seats. --- Thanks for the chapter.

Honestly hope Takuma doesn't go into ANBU because his already limited freedom will become even more limited... However, his old medic and Slash Baron feel like obvious foreshadowing. Thanks for the chapter!

Ah, the response I'd always wished someone would give to that jinx nonsense.

If this 'trace' is something that's put on his person and Void doesn't discover it via his new (and old) senses, I'm gonna be severely disappointed. On the other hand, if it's just tracking him from a distance, then it's fine. Anyway, thanks for the chapter.

Author, are you OK? Why are you suddenly using rescue instead of purchase? Why is Counter Spell suddenly called Spell Lock?

It's smut. It was fine and enjoyable for over a hundred chapters. 5 star worthy even. And then the author starts to gaslight a believable romance into existence. And then a new girl is introduced in what is possibly the worst porn plot I've seen till now. Who the f*ck counts BJ head bobs in two decimal points of a second? That was when I quit this fic. I didn't even stay until that scene was over. I was too disgusted by the premise to continue further. The problem with having a good plot to go with smut is the expectation that the plot will remain good throughout it. But of course, that doesn't work because at some point, meaningful plot is discarded in favor of supposedly hotter smut. Apparently, things will get better in a future arc. Sadly, I don't have the patience for it. This would probably be more enjoyable if I had the ability to switch off my brain when bad plot shows up randomly. Again sadly, I don't. Well, it was fun while it lasted I guess.

It's weird how consistent nearly all DxD authors are. They either have their MC join Rias's peerage or somehow end up training them.

You have a good image of a fight in your head. Unfortunately, it's not getting translated into text form very well. Well, it's not too bad honestly.

This sounds more like you're willfully fostering bad writing habits for the sake of consistency. Not a very good tradeoff.