Cáo Cāo
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0Cao Cao is a charismatic and manipulative person, as he was able to convince many Sacred Gear users to join the Hero Faction either from their own will or by brainwashing them. He also believes that it is his responsibility as a descendant of a hero to destroy beings like Devils, Fallen Angels, and Dragons which he believes are threats to human beings. Due to being a descendant of a famous historical hero and being born with the Holy Spear, he believes that he was chosen by the world thinking that he is the hero of the world along with his comrades. Like his ancestor, he has the eyes to find people with good potential and considers them valuable talents. However, Cao Cao only accepts Humans with Sacred Gears in the Hero Faction and wants to see how far his faction can go against supernatural existences as he wants to test the limits of what humans are capable of.
He is also cocky and arrogant, as he claims that he alone is enough to fight a god, and mocks opponents who are weaker. He tends to lose his control and composure when he is injured by someone unexpectedly or caught by unexpected unluckiness and things, as is seen when he gets infuriated when Issei hits his eye, and nearly loses his composure and self-control. Sun Wukong and Vasco still consider his views and abilities to be amateurish, childish, lacking, and still have some development.
His cockiness would be his greatest downfall, according to Vali, as he refuses to kill both Issei and Vali, and put his objectives first rather than them at that time, thus allowing Issei to defeat him during their third encounter. But still, has some respect for those he deems worthy, those that manage to get his interest and he considers strong, such as Issei, Azazel, Vali, and Vasco. Like Georg, he tends to overthink things if some things do not tend to happen, the way he expects them to be, as is seen when he overthinks Issei's survival with the help of Great Red and Ophis.
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