Waiting for Natsuki to calm down, Tatsuma asked, "Natsuki-chan, how do you think it's best to deal with Aya?"
Natsuki said, "Of course, capture her and send her back to prison."
Tatsuma asked, "You two should be friends, right? Haven't you thought about leaving her outside?"
Natsuki sighed, "I tried to keep her, but Aya's ideas are too dangerous."
"After being imprisoned for so many years, her ideas haven't changed. Instead, she's become even more stubborn."
"You saw Yuuma's situation. Leaving her outside will only cause more problems."
Tatsuma said, "I can help you keep an eye on her."
Natsuki asked, "Why would you do such a thankless task?"
Tatsuma replied truthfully, "Of course, it's for Natsuki-chan. With another friend your age, you should be happier."
Natsuki hesitated for a moment, but still shook her head and refused, "I don't want to see Aya. Just capture her and send her directly to prison."
Tatsuma understood. "Once I've trained her well, I'll bring her to hang out with you."
Natsuki: "?"
What the hell is 'train'?
Natsuki was about to complain, but Tatsuma waved goodbye first and closed the office door.
Seeing this, Natsuki sighed helplessly, and at the same time, a hint of anticipation flashed in her eyes.
Saying she didn't want to see Aya was naturally false.
As her only close friend of the same age, Natsuki had always felt powerless about not being able to persuade Aya. But if it was Tatsuma, perhaps he could really succeed.
Recalling the various achievements Tatsuma had made in the past few days, Natsuki took out her teaching materials and stood up as the preparation bell rang.
Let's look forward to it a little.
...
Three days later, the final exams arrived.
Tatsuma left a clone to deal with the exams, changed his appearance with Yahweh, and infiltrated Heaven through the back door.
From the First Heaven to the Seventh Heaven, Heaven is divided into seven layers in total.
After infiltrating Heaven, Tatsuma and Yahweh did not immediately go to the Seventh Heaven.
Under Yahweh's guidance, she and Tatsuma arrived at the edge of the Third Heaven and opened a special passage.
"Where is this?"
Scanning this extremely dark passage that faintly emitted mental fluctuations, Tatsuma asked.
Yahweh walked into the passage and said, "Purgatory, a place where believers with special circumstances arrive after death."
Tatsuma followed her in and asked, "Is there a shortcut directly to the Seventh Heaven here?"
Yahweh shook her head. "There's no such thing as a shortcut. You can only get to the Seventh Heaven by going through the main entrance."
Tatsuma asked, "Then why did you bring me to Purgatory?"
"When I was peeking at Rizevim before, I heard an interesting piece of information from him. I thought I'd come verify its truth when I had time."
As she spoke, Yahweh looked around, and her gaze quickly fell on an inconspicuous corner.
She jogged over and opened a hidden space, taking out two fruits from inside.
Tatsuma was not unfamiliar with these two fruits.
"Life Fruit and Wisdom Fruit?"
"Huh? You can actually recognize them?"
Yahweh, who was about to introduce them, was startled and somewhat surprised.
Tatsuma replied, "Michael gave me two before."
Before the Three Factions Meeting, Michael gave him the Life Fruit and Wisdom Fruit as a way to win him over.
After consuming the two fruits and obtaining two traits, Tatsuma fused them, and then upgraded Origin Fruit, only recently obtaining his fourth rainbow trait.
"So you've already eaten it."
Yahweh scratched her head, and threw the two fruits to Tatsuma.
"These two fruits were secretly hidden by Lilith when she was still in the Garden of Eden."
"I didn't know about this at first, but I accidentally found out when I was monitoring Rizevim a few days ago."
"I originally planned to give them to you, but now it seems they won't be of use."
"No, they are still useful." Tatsuma put away the two fruits.
Although they had been stored for a while and had dried up, losing their original power as long as he used Valerie's Sephiroth Graal power, these two fruits could be revived quickly.
When the time came, he would eat them and get two more red traits.
"Did Lilith hide any other treasures?"
"No, in fact, I was already very surprised that she could hide two fruits."
Yahweh took Tatsuma and left Purgatory, returning to the Third Heaven area.
"The Seventh Heaven has a strong barrier. Besides me, only Seraphim can enter normally."
"Before I finish patching, just wander around Heaven for now, and don't cause too much commotion."
"No problem."
Tatsuma and Yahweh split into two paths, running from the Third Heaven to the First Heaven.
Before coming to Heaven, Tatsuma had already inquired about Heaven's layout from Yahweh.
Apart from the Sixth Heaven where the Seraphim reside, the area with the highest alert level in Heaven is the First Heaven. That is the area where Heaven connects to the outside world, and also the area where ordinary Angels reside.
Upon arriving at the First Heaven, Tatsuma stealthily sought out lone patrol squads, ambushing and taking them down.
Relying on physical stats close to that of a transcendent, ordinary Angels were simply no match for him. In less than half an hour, he had gained over a hundred traits, making a huge killing.
However, just as he was about to continue his actions, a loud bang sounded, and the entire Heaven began to shake.
"Assemble! All Angels assemble!"
"Heaven is under attack, enter alert status!"
"Metatron, hand over the command work to me, go to the command room and ask Michael about the situation!"
Diethelm, who happened to be inspecting the first layer, issued a series of commands, calling the Angel army to assemble.
Upon receiving the order, Metatron, also a Seraph, separated from the main force and flew towards the Central Room on the first layer.
However, just then, a figure wearing a mask and emitting an unwelcome Magic aura blocked his path.
"You are... a Devil?!"
Metatron frowned, his expression becoming serious.
"Who are you? Why are you in Heaven?! What is your connection to that loud bang just now!"
"Those about to die don't need to know too much." A hoarse voice sounded.
Tatsuma took a step and appeared before Metatron, swinging his fist down. Without activating any Senjutsu or Magic, pure power gathered together and crashed down.
Metatron couldn't dodge in time. He let out a muffled groan, and was smashed into the Angel army behind him.
"Metatron!"
Saint Dephine, who was commanding, reacted and led the Angel army to charge forward.
In response, Tatsuma showed no fear, summoning overwhelming bullets to smash down.
Roaring sounds constantly echoed, and the Angels were continuously blasted away, falling into unconsciousness.
Taking advantage of the scattered formation, Tatsuma charged into the Angel army, rampaging all the way. In just a few seconds, hundreds more Angels were sent flying.
"Damn it! Where did this monster come from!"
Diethelm roared, summoning a giant light sword and slashing down.
Tatsuma ignored it, endured the attack of the light sword, rushed in front of the opponent, and swung his fist down.
Like a sudden clap of thunder, a deafening roar sounded in the sky.
Diethelm vanished in a blur, crashing into a large number of Angels and disappearing at the end of the line of sight.
"Next up is you guys."
Listening to the notification sound in his ear, Tatsuma's lips curved slightly upward as he looked at the stunned ordinary Angels around him.
The battle continued again.
Tatsuma constantly launched attacks, knocking down the Angels. But even so, the Angels still did not retreat, continuously arriving from all directions.
A few minutes later, when Dulio received the news and rushed to the First Heaven for support, thousands of Angels had already been defeated, with bodies strewn everywhere.
"Bastard! Stop right there!"
Dulio instantly became enraged, activating the power of Zenith Tempest to launch an attack.
As the second-strongest Longinus, Zenith Tempest could freely control the weather. In just an instant, endless lightning crashed down from the sky.
"Hmm? This is an unexpected surprise."
Tatsuma's aura surged, blasting away the surrounding Angels, and he raised his hand towards the lightning. A special energy fluctuation rose, and the lightning emitting a terrifying aura vanished into thin air.
"How is that possible!"
Dulio, who was preparing to launch the second round of attacks, froze, his eyes widening in disbelief.
"What did you do?!"
"Isn't it obvious? I nullified your Sacred Gear ability."
Tatsuma snapped his fingers.
Sacred Gear Canceller was activated again, and the special energy fluctuation enveloped Dulio. Affected by this power, Dulio lost his perception of Zenith Tempest, and his strength greatly decreased.
Before Dulio could react, Tatsuma's figure flickered and he appeared before him, blasting him away with a punch.
[Congratulations on successfully defeating Dulio Gesualdo, obtaining the Gold trait: Heart of Philanthropy.]
[Heart of Philanthropy (Gold): When fighting for others, Training effect +3000%, all stats gain a moderate increase.]
Glancing at the effect of the new trait, Tatsuma didn't think too much about it and continued to clear out the surrounding Angels.