Tatsuma's gaze shifted from the Satan Bloodline, and with a thought, he opened the trait fusion function.
A month had passed since he last used trait fusion. At this moment, the cooldown for the trait fusion function was over, and he could fuse a new trait again.
According to his previous idea, Tatsuma placed the gold-level Life Fruit and Wisdom Fruit into the fusion slot.
[Trait Fusion successful, congratulations on obtaining the gold trait: Origin Fruit.]
[Origin Fruit (Gold): Training effect +4000%, significantly increases vitality and mental power, significantly increases physical stats and soul strength.]
[Note: Origin Fruit only requires five gold traits to upgrade to a Rainbow trait.]
"It failed."
Wanting to get a Rainbow trait in one go through Trait Fusion really wasn't that realistic.
However, Tatsuma had already expected this.
Trait fusion didn't guarantee a 100% upgrade to a higher-level trait.
[Holy Demon Sword] last time was due to his good luck. If it succeeded again this time, he would instead suspect that the description text for this function was written incorrectly.
"Five gold traits... I can gather them."
His gaze swept over the note, and a thoughtful look appeared in Tatsuma's eyes.
Five gold traits.
It wasn't a lot, but it wasn't a few either. If he wanted to gather them, Tatsuma could do it now.
However, the traits he was currently equipping were all somewhat useful. Using them as materials for upgrading wasn't very suitable.
"Let's go take a walk around Akatsuki tomorrow."
He looked up at the large moon hanging in the sky, and Tatsuma activated Teleportation Magic to return home.
Today was Friday, and Rias and the others were still accepting requests at the Occult Research Club.
After his usual skipping work, Tatsuma went all the way to the material room on the fourth underground floor.
Compared to ten days ago, a new round of changes had occurred in the material room. Not only had the overall space expanded by two and a half times, but a large number of decorations had also been placed in the room.
Tatsuma's gaze swept across, and various murals and figurines came into view.
In the corner of the material room, a huge double bed was slightly raised, tilted at a thirty-degree angle. Above the double bed, a projector screen was hung from the ceiling, also angled at thirty degrees towards the bed.
Yahweh and Kuroka were lying on the bed, each holding a game controller.
"Hmm? Tatsuma?"
Noticing someone walking in, Yahweh turned her head to look at the entrance not far away.
"Good chance nya!"
Kuroka's eyes lit up, and she started frantically mashing combos to attack.
"Hmph! The one who fell for it is you."
Yahweh, who was just greeting Tatsuma, reacted immediately, frantically pressing buttons on her controller.
Tatsuma walked over and looked up. He saw that Kuroka, who had launched the sneak attack, was instead controlled to death with a combo in mid-air.
"Still too young, Kuroka."
Finishing the match, Yahweh picked up a fruit drink with a straw from the side and took a leisurely sip.
"Sometimes the openings you see aren't necessarily real openings, they might be intentionally revealed by the enemy."
"Launching an attack rashly without making a judgment will only put yourself in danger like this."
"Damn it! I lost again nya!" Kuroka's face was full of unwillingness.
"Yahweh, you're not cheating, are you? Why can't I win even once?"
"If you're bad, practice more; if you can't handle losing, don't play."
After leisurely scoffing, Yahweh jumped off the bed and came in front of Tatsuma.
"Long time no see, how was this seclusion?"
"Not bad, I guess you could say I made a small breakthrough."
After Tatsuma replied, he looked at Kuroka, who was holding the controller and studying combos.
He asked, "How did you two end up together?"
Kuroka stopped what she was doing and said, "It was an accident, meow. When I was bored and exploring at home, I just happened to meet Yahweh-chan."
"She asked me if I had any ways to relax and pass the time, so I recommended a few popular games that Shirone often plays."
Tatsuma asked, "Then you two just stayed at home playing games?"
Kuroka nodded. "Basically, yes, but occasionally Yahweh-chan gives me pointers on Senjutsu, nya."
Tatsuma looked at Yahweh with some surprise. "Didn't you say you wanted to keep a low profile before? Why are you in the mood to guide Kuroka?"
Yahweh shrugged, "Our record this week is 110:0. I haven't lost a single game."
Tatsuma: "..."
I see, she was afraid of driving Kuroka away by beating her too badly, so she gave her some compensation for playing with her.
After glancing at Kuroka, who was still seriously studying combos, Tatsuma took Yahweh to a corner not far away.
With a thought, he set up a soundproof barrier around them, then he asked, "How is the situation with Rizevim?"
"Still the same, focusing on reviving the Evil Dragon."
Yahweh took out a tablet and tapped on it a few times, bringing up rows and rows of data.
"Of the three Evil Dragons he currently has, Nidhogg has already been revived. The revival progress of Apophis is 51%, and the revival progress of Aži Dahāka is 54%."
"A bit slow."
Tatsuma glanced at the data on the tablet.
Although he didn't know how Yahweh collected the data, from this data, it could be seen that the revival progress of these two Heavenly Dragon-level Evil Dragons, Apophis and Aži Dahāka, was very slow. At this rate, it would take at least one to two months to fully revive them.
Yahweh put away the tablet and replied, "Actually, this progress is already quite fast. Having lost the power of the holy grail, and not daring to act outside, Rizevim is now reviving the Evil Dragons by constantly converting demonic power into life force through Magic."
"But you don't have to worry, Rizevim has been privately contacting Cao Cao."
"Once he gets Ophis' Snake, the revival progress of the last two Evil Dragons will quickly reach 100%."
"That's good news."
Tatsuma nodded thoughtfully, then changed the subject and asked, "Has Cao Cao made any moves?"
"He's training troops."
"Training troops?"
"Yes, Cao Cao has recruited a large number of Sacred Gear users and then publicly revealed the method of unlocking Balance Breaker."
As the limit that Sacred Gear users can reach, Balance Breaker possesses extremely powerful strength.
Once Balance Breaker is unlocked, the strength of the Sacred Gear holder will be greatly enhanced.
However, as the highest level of Sacred Gear users, Balance Breaker is not something easy to learn. Only when the intention and wish undergo a drastic change, giving birth to sufficiently strong emotions, will the Sacred Gear holder have a certain chance of achieving Balance Breaker.
"Normally, Balance Breaker requires a lot of time and a certain coincidence to be successfully learned. However, after in-depth research into Balance Breaker, Cao Cao proposed a theoretically feasible shortcut."
Yahweh raised her hand and tapped twice on the tablet again, bringing up dozens of combat scenes.
"Fighting by risking their lives, this is the method Cao Cao gave."
"That's quite simple and brutal." Tatsuma shrugged, not surprised by this.
Fighting is the easiest way to arouse emotions. Especially in a life-or-death situation, the Sacred Gear user's desire to survive will be elevated to the extreme.
With the help of this desire to survive, ordinary Sacred Gear users can indeed increase the success rate of Balance Breaker. However, as a price, if they fail, they will pay with their own lives.
Tatsuma asked, "Has Kuoh Town been attacked recently?"
Yahweh nodded. "Yes, there have been attacks, but they were all by ordinary Sacred Gear users, and I left it to Rias and the others to handle."
"By the way, captured Sacred Gear users triggered teleportation Magic, sending them back to their original location."
"After I discovered this, I privately performed a reverse positioning and found more than a dozen branches of the Hero Faction."
Yahweh raised her hand and summoned a ball. "The coordinates of the branches are all here. If you are interested, you can go there and should be able to catch a lot of Sacred Gear users."
"Thanks, this was a big help."
Tatsuma's eyes lit up, and he reached out to take the ball.
Sacred Gear users are good things. Not only can they drop traits themselves, but he can also get an extra trait by performing a ritual to strip the Sacred Gear. For Tatsuma, who was currently lacking materials, Yahweh's assist was simply a stroke of genius.
"It's best to spare their lives if possible."
As if seeing Tatsuma's thoughts, Yahweh's voice sounded.
"From what I've observed, those Sacred Gear users in the Hero Faction are not simply bad people."
"On the contrary, because of the existence of Sacred Gears, most Sacred Gear users have been treated as anomalies since childhood."
"Sacred Gears were born because of me. These Sacred Gear users were ostracized and joined the Hero Faction, and I have a share of the responsibility."
"If possible, I want to give those Sacred Gear users a chance to start over."
"No problem, I'll spare their lives then." Tatsuma nodded slightly and agreed.
"Thanks."
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