Ring...
After testing the changes after the trait upgrade, Tatsuma's phone suddenly rang.
Taking it out for a look, Tatsuma found it was an unsaved number.
"Strange, not many people should know this number."
Tatsuma thought for a moment and pressed the answer button.
"Hello, who is it?"
"Sho Suzuki."
"Oh, it's you. What's up?"
"???"
On the other end of the phone, Sho's eye twitched.
His intuition told him that Tatsuma, this irresponsible leader, had completely forgotten what he had said.
He sighed helplessly and spoke to remind him, "Didn't you say before you left yesterday that you would come over today to discuss the future development of the Akatsuki?"
"It's already evening now, when are you planning to come?"
"Hmm... Tomorrow then."
"Huh?"
"I just killed a Fallen Angel cadre, I don't feel like fighting tonight."
"Huh?!"
"What's wrong? Is there anything else?"
"Uh... no."
Sho chose caution.
Tatsuma's words were too frightening. Whether it was true or false, he didn't dare to ask any further. If he asked about something he shouldn't know, then he would be in danger.
Looking at the ongoing call in his hand, Sho hesitated for a moment before adding, "If you're busy, you can come in a few days, after all, what I have here isn't anything urgent."
Tatsuma corrected, "No, the development of the Akatsuki is still very important."
Whether it was for more traits or for the upcoming Meredith, it was necessary for him to take down Claw as soon as possible.
"Speaking of which, your old man still doesn't know about you joining Akatsuki, right?"
"He doesn't know."
"Then try to use this connection and see if you can gather the superpowered individuals of Claw."
"Tomorrow I'll make time and take you to the Claw headquarters to grab some subordinates."
Sho was shocked. "Huh? Attack the headquarters directly?"
Tatsuma said, "That's right, I don't want to waste too much time."
"...Alright, I'll try my best."
Sho hesitated for a moment, ultimately choosing to believe in Tatsuma's strength.
Ending the call with Tatsuma, he opened his phone's contact list.
Looking at the phone numbers he had collected in advance, he started dialing the first one.
"Hello, is the head of the second division there?"
"Latest order, bring the Scars of the second division to the headquarters to gather before noon tomorrow."
...
"Hope he can be a bit more useful."
On the other side, after ending the call, Tatsuma got up and went to the living room to start exercising.
100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, finishing with a 10-kilometer run.
The legendary training method cannot be changed.
After completing ten rounds of training with fifty times gravity plus weights, Rias and the others began to return one after another.
"Sometimes I really envy your energy. You just finished fighting with Kokabiel, and you're not even resting for a bit." Rias stood beside the treadmill and sighed with emotion.
Akeno chuckled softly, walked over, and winked at Tatsuma. "Rias, don't say that. He clearly has talent but still works hard, isn't that where Tatsuma's charm lies?"
"How's your nightlife recently? Do you need me to add some spice for you?"
Tatsuma glanced at her, unmoved. "Rather than being a keyboard warrior every day, I'd prefer you show it with actual actions."
Akeno let out a light chuckle. "You're really not holding back, aren't you afraid of making Rias angry?"
Tatsuma said, "She's already started complaining to me about lack of sleep recently."
"Huh? Really?!"
Akeno looked curiously to the side.
"Cough! It's mainly because there have been too many things to deal with recently, so there hasn't been much time to rest." Rias coughed to hide her embarrassment.
Actually, one or two days would have been fine, she was a High-Class Devil after all, not that weak. But the problem now was that she had classes during the day, stayed up all night, and had to take time out to handle business in between.
This repeated for more than ten days, which was why the lack of sleep occurred.
"Ara ara. This is truly incredible news."
Seeing Rias indirectly admit it, Akeno's gaze towards Tatsuma instantly changed.
In fact, she wasn't a reckless person. Her actively seducing and teasing Tatsuma was entirely because she had a certain degree of affection for him. It was just that previously, out of consideration for Rias, she had never dared to actively intervene.
But now...
Taking her eyes off Tatsuma, Akeno pulled Rias and left the exercise area.
...
In the early morning, Tatsuma, who had finished his training, returned to his room.
Looking at the bulging blanket in front of him, he spoke after a moment of thought, "Akeno, hiding your presence is useless against me, I distinguish targets based on life energy."
"Huh? Is that so?"
Akeno emerged from the blanket, with a look of regret on her face.
"That's too bad, I wanted to give you a surprise."
Unlike her usual student uniform attire, Akeno was wearing a swimsuit at the moment.
Her figure was graceful, her waist slender enough to be grasped, her proud physique displayed perfectly, bringing Tatsuma a visual feast.
Tatsuma, who had enjoyed the visual feast, asked, "Where are Koneko and Rias?"
"Rias is catching up on sleep in my room, and Koneko is playing the game I bought for her."
Akeno stuck out her tongue and licked her lips, patting the bed beside her to issue a challenge.
"Don't you usually say I'm just all bark no bite? Tonight, I'll test your strength."
...
The next day, four in the morning.
Letting go of Akeno, who had raised her hands in surrender, Tatsuma walked out of the room and opened his status panel.
After switching the traits from [Virility Strengthening Set] to [Daily Training Set], Tatsuma prepared to go out for morning exercise.
"Tatsuma, good morning."
Asia poked her head out from the kitchen and greeted him.
Tatsuma nodded slightly. "Good morning. Why are you up so early today?"
Asia said, "Rias-san told me that Akeno-san, who is in charge of breakfast today, would oversleep. I thought about it and decided to get up earlier to prepare breakfast for everyone instead of Akeno-san."
Tatsuma: "?"
Then you got up way too early.
Waking up at four in the morning to prepare breakfast, it would already be cold by the time everyone else woke up.