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Chapter 173 - Rumors in MAR

Tatsuma said, "In short, with my power, you can enter and exit Heaven while hiding your identity without any problems."

"But before the plan begins, I need to do some preparatory work. Once I've finished what I'm doing, I'll find a suitable time to act with you."

"No problem, this matter isn't urgent."

After nodding in response, Yahweh focused her attention on the changes in her body.

Compared to patching Heaven's system, she was currently more curious about the immortality Tatsuma had shared with her.

However, just as Yahweh was about to investigate carefully, the vast life force within her suddenly disappeared, and her life level dropped back to its original state.

"Huh? Why did you take the ability back?"

"The abilities I can share are limited, and I have other uses for them before going to Heaven."

"Don't be so stingy."

Yahweh reached into the air beside her, pulled out a large pile of items from her storage space, and laid them out on the ground.

"While you were in seclusion training, I made some practical little items. Lend me your ability to research for two days, and these things are free gifts for you."

"Two days is too long, two hours is about right."

"One day!"

"Two hours."

"Twelve hours!"

"Two hours."

"Six hours should be fine, right? These items of mine are very powerful, you can't buy them outside."

"...Then six hours it is."

Tatsuma calculated that he just needed to take the ability back before leaving tomorrow morning.

Sharing Indestructible with Yahweh again, Tatsuma examined the items Yahweh had made.

"This is a Time energy storage device, capable of storing Time energy to recharge Time barriers."

"This is an artificial artifact, a Reflection Ring. Wearing it on your hand can reflect attacks below Satan level, but it requires regular energy replenishment."

"These two large doors are teleportation gates. After installation, press the activation button on top, then opening the door can teleport you to the location of the other spatial gate. The drawback is that they cannot move across dimensions."

Yahweh's voice sounded, introducing the items she had made one by one.

As it turned out, Yahweh wasn't lying. Without exception, all the items she had made possessed no low level of practicality.

Putting away these items that might not necessarily be used but were definitely not a loss to collect, Tatsuma left the material room and came to a room on the first floor, raising his hand to knock twice on the door.

"The door isn't locked, just come in."

A reply sounded, and Tatsuma pushed open the room door and walked in.

Inside the room, Sakiko, wearing a school uniform, was sitting in front of a desk, seriously handling a stack of documents.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Sakiko temporarily stopped what she was doing and looked towards the entrance, a hint of pleasant surprise on her face.

"Tatsuma, you're out of seclusion?"

Tatsuma nodded. "I am. Why do I feel like everyone asks me this question when they see me?"

"Because since we met, this is the first time you've continuously trained for so long."

Tatsuma nodded thoughtfully. "I see, that's something I overlooked."

Although he usually trained diligently, Tatsuma wasn't a training fanatic.

With enough time, besides training, he would also go to school for classes and spend time with his girlfriends.

Closing himself off for ten days straight like this was the first time.

It seems necessary to upgrade the Time Barrier. If the time difference between inside and outside could be increased from one to two to one to three or one to four, even if he trained for another ten days, only one to two days would have passed outside. This way, he wouldn't disappear for too long in front of his girlfriends.

Making a decision in his heart, Tatsuma withdrew his attention and looked back at Sakiko.

"How are Akatsuki and MAR doing recently? Is there anything I need to pay attention to?"

"There are some."

Sakiko entered work mode, took out several documents from the drawer, and handed them to Tatsuma.

"First, on Akatsuki's side, not long after establishing cooperation with the vampires of the Carmilla Faction, the envoys of the Tepes Faction took the initiative to visit."

"After the Evil Dragon attack incident, the vampires of the Tepes Faction suffered heavy losses."

"In order to rebuild their homeland, the envoys of the Tepes Faction offered very generous terms, reached cooperation with Akatsuki, and joined the alliance of the Biblical faction."

"In addition, with Akatsuki as the hub, the relationship between the Carmilla Faction and the Tepes Faction has eased, and currently, the vampires are showing a trend towards unification."

"Sounds pretty good."

Tatsuma's gaze swept across the documents.

Besides the internal situation of the vampires, Akatsuki's development in Romania was also very good.

Perhaps because his achievements had spread, some local forces did not cause trouble for the Akatsuki. On the contrary, after establishing branches, Akatsuki quickly reached cooperation with these forces, and things were steadily improving.

However, compared to Akatsuki, MAR's development was not so smooth.

"After Ladli took office, many rumors spread within MAR. Many people were spreading rumors that you used evil methods to control Ladli and took over MAR."

"Because of these rumors, the work efficiency of MAR's branch companies has been declining, and even the Divine Iron project and the artificial Demonic Beast project that you specifically mentioned have been affected."

Sakiko opened another drawer and placed the thick stack of documents in front of Tatsuma.

"These are the specific data. If you want to save time, I can give you a brief summary."

"No need for such trouble."

Tatsuma mobilized the demonic power in his body and controlled these documents to fly into the air. Pages of data quickly flashed before his eyes, and Tatsuma recorded them and processed them quickly.

In just a few seconds, he had finished reading all the relevant data.

He stacked them back into a pile on the table, and after two seconds of contemplation, he opened his mouth to ask, "What are Ladli and Ravel doing?"

"They are investigating the source of the rumors."

"Source? Is someone deliberately causing trouble?"

"Yes, Ravel said that these rumors appeared somewhat suddenly, and there should be a third-party force acting in the dark."

"I understand."

Tatsuma nodded slightly, choosing to leave this matter to Ravel to handle.

The purpose of subordinates is to help the leader share the pressure. If he had to do everything himself, then what would Ravel do?

Neither Tatsuma nor Ravel herself wanted to see this situation.

"Is there anything else to report?"

"Yes, but most of it is not important."

Sakiko opened the third drawer, took out new documents, and summarized as she spoke, "The terrorist organization LCO, which landed on Japanese soil not long ago, has recently suffered heavy losses under the pursuit of Natsuki-san and Akatsuki."

"However, it is said that the leader of LCO, Aya Tokoyogi, escaped from prison during the riot and has since disappeared without a trace."

"Oh, right, Natsuki-san came to the house two days ago and asked us to inform you not to skip too many classes and to attend the final exam for the first half of the semester on time."

Time slowly passed, and Sakiko perfectly fulfilled the duties of a secretary, narrating everything that Tatsuma needed to pay attention to in the past ten days.

"Well done, Sakiko."

Tatsuma nodded in satisfaction and took out a blue ring, handing it over.

"Ring?"

As Sakiko took the ring, a blush appeared on her face, and her expression became a little flustered.

However, just as she was about to ask Tatsuma the reason for giving her the ring, Tatsuma's voice sounded first.

"That is a Reflection Ring, which can be used to reflect attacks from enemies below Satan level."

"In a full energy state, even Satan level magic can be reflected, it is a very precious treasure."

"Remember to always wear the ring, so that even if there is danger, I can rush to save you."

"I understand."

Sakiko hesitated for a moment and put the Reflection Ring on her left ring finger.

"Tatsuma, what do you think?"

"It suits you very well."

"That's good."

A faint smile appeared on Sakiko's face, and she was in a very good mood.

"Oh, right, there are other things to give you."

Tatsuma's mind moved, opening the trait inventory, and his gaze passed over the numerous blue traits and purple traits.

Before, he didn't have many high-level traits in his hand, so he only gave Sakiko a blue-level psychic energy trait. Now that his arsenal was abundant, it was time to properly enhance Sakiko's strength.

With purple-level Devil Bloodline as the main focus, Tatsuma picked some blue traits and granted them to Sakiko.

A series of prompts sounded, and the aura on Sakiko's body began to soar in a straight line, multiplying several times in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, a prompt sounded that was unexpected by Tatsuma.

[Granted traits have reached the upper limit.]

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