Hermes said, "Honestly, this challenge letter should have been delivered to the Red Dragon Emperor by me personally."
"But I still have other matters to attend to, so I'll trouble you to help deliver the challenge letter."
"Your excuse is too poor."
Before Sirzechs could reply, Azazel, who was sitting nearby, rolled his eyes.
"Saying you have other matters to attend to, I think you're just scared and don't dare to see Tatsuma."
"Yes, who made me timid?" Hermes shrugged, not denying it.
He really didn't dare to see Tatsuma. There were simply too many negative rumors about Tatsuma. As long as there was a slight dispute, the other party would uproot the enemy, leaving no one behind.
Not to mention anything far away, Hermes had heard about what had happened in the United States yesterday.
At first, it was just some ordinary friction between the Vermilion Empire and the Liberation Army.
Tatsuma chased it all the way, fighting into the United States, even killing two Desperado.
He heard that the United States was in chaos now, with many high-level officials missing.
With such a petty personality, how could he dare to actually deliver the challenge letter?
If he angered Tatsuma and was targeted, he might not even have a chance to escape.
Hermes said, "Sirzechs, I'll trouble you this time. Consider it a favor I owe you. I can help out once in the future under circumstances that don't violate principles."
"Hmm... that's not too difficult."
Sirzechs reached out and picked up the challenge letter. "Just in case, I'll ask, what if Zeus loses?"
Hermes spread his hands. "If he loses, everyone will be embarrassed together."
"We can't keep sending people to fight the Red Dragon Emperor, can we? I don't support it anyway, just thinking about it feels very dangerous."
"I agree with that." Azazel nodded.
Based on his understanding of Tatsuma, the other party was eager for someone to cause trouble.
If the Greek Gods went ahead and kept finding trouble with Tatsuma one after another, it would likely trigger Ragnarok.
Having formed an alliance to maintain world peace, Azazel didn't want that to happen.
"In short, we don't think Zeus will lose, but we are also prepared for Zeus to be defeated. Next, we'll trouble you to negotiate with the Red Dragon Emperor." Hermes got up from his chair.
With Zeus's challenge letter delivered to Sirzechs's hand, his mission was considered complete.
"Gentlemen, see you next month at Olympus."
The next day.
Tatsuma, who had returned from MAR and received the news, arrived at the Lucifer Palace.
"Zeus's challenge letter?"
Tatsuma opened the new envelope and took out the letter. There was a lot of content in the letter, but most of it discussed the right and wrong of the Hades incident.
Only in the last two lines of the letter did content related to the duel appear.
"Judging right and wrong by fists, the winning side is the reasonable side. I like this."
"Tatsuma, please be sure to show mercy in this duel, just winning is enough." Sirzechs said with a serious expression.
"Zeus is different from Hades. If you leave no dignity at all, some Gods within Olympus might find trouble with you."
"I know you are very strong, but the people around you and the Devils in the Underworld don't have the same powerful strength as you."
"If the conflict escalates further and triggers a pantheon level major dispute, the ones who will ultimately be affected are the ordinary Devils in the lower ranks."
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing." Tatsuma made an OK gesture.
"Honestly, I have great doubts about your 'knowing what you're doing'. You seem to say that every time." Azazel, standing nearby, sighed, not hiding his true thoughts.
Tatsuma said, "That's because there's usually no need to hold back, so I was a bit heavy-handed."
"What about this time?"
"Theoretically, it's better not to hold back, but triggering a pantheon-level major dispute will indeed cause trouble."
Fighting and war are two different things after all. Starting a war to achieve unification is certainly a good choice. But when conditions allow, using a more peaceful method is better.
"I will make Zeus lose gracefully and ensure the Greek Gods are convinced."
"I knew it would be like this." Azazel sighed again.
But honestly, Tatsuma definitely had the right to say that.
Through his communication with Sirzechs, he had learned about Tatsuma's achievement of defeating Ophis.
Ophis was the world's strongest, with an absolute strength gap compared to the second-ranked Gods.
Tatsuma being able to defeat Ophis meant he was at least two dimensions above Zeus. If he got serious, even the entire Olympus combined wouldn't be enough to stop him.
"Oh, right, Tatsuma."
"Since you've come out of seclusion, remember to find time to visit Soul Society."
Just then, Azazel seemed to remember something and spoke to remind him.
"During the half month you were in seclusion, I helped you deal with some of the Four Great Noble Clans."
"The other three clans were fine, but the Tsunayashiro clan seemed to have some ulterior motives."
Tatsuma asked, "What ulterior motives?"
Azazel shook his head. "I'm not sure about the specifics. When I went to negotiate before, the other party kept causing trouble and wasn't cooperating. Maybe they wanted to take advantage of the chaos in Seireitei's internal management system to gain some benefits."
Tatsuma asked, "What did the other three clans say?"
Azazel said, "As long as Soul Society can maintain stability and the Four Great Noble Clans can retain their original status, they will remain silent."
Tatsuma asked, "What about the Gotei 13? It's been so long, Yamamoto should be awake by now, right?"
Azazel nodded. "He is awake, but he hasn't shown up to manage things. Shunsui is temporarily acting as the Captain Commander."
"On a side note, Shunsui said he wouldn't interfere too much in the matters of the Four Great Noble Clans, but since the matters of the Four Great Noble Clans are significant, he hopes you can show mercy."
Simply put, don't kill them all.
Tatsuma nodded thoughtfully, already having a plan for dealing with the Tsunayashiro clan in his mind.
However, just as he was about to set off, the door of the room was suddenly pushed open.
Under the gaze of the three, Serafall walked in quickly.
"Sirzechs... Huh? Tatsuma, why are you here?"
Serafall, who was about to say something, looked at Tatsuma with a hint of surprise on her face.
"Came to receive a challenge letter." Tatsuma raised his hand and waved the challenge letter from Zeus in his hand.
"I was wondering why you were here." Serafall suddenly understood.
As the diplomat of the Underworld, she naturally knew about Hermes coming to deliver the challenge letter yesterday.
Serafall said, "Good timing, it seems I don't need to trouble Sirzechs to call you. Indra's envoy wants to see you."
"Indra's envoy?" A hint of doubt appeared on Tatsuma's face.
It was understandable that the Greek Gods were looking for him, after all, he had beaten Hades.
But Indra's side...
"Could it be for Cao Cao?"
"Cao Cao? What does this have to do with him." Now it was Serafall's turn not to understand.
Tatsuma said, "You didn't know? Cao Cao stayed under Indra for a period of time."
Serafall: "?"
Sirzechs: "?"
Azazel: "?"
Inside the office, the Fallen Angel Governor and the two Satans fell silent simultaneously.
Don't say it, you really shouldn't say it. This was the first time they had heard about this.
"No wonder Cao Cao and the others hid so well, it turns out Indra was helping them from behind." Azazel rubbed his forehead.