"Damn lunatic!"
Magnus controlled the firearms to counterattack.
Bullets formed by magic power were constantly fired, colliding with the incoming rain of fire. Explosions sounded like firecrackers in mid-air, setting off wave after wave of shockwaves.
However, just then, Magnus keenly noticed that some bullets, after intersecting with the flames, would pass directly through and miss.
"Illusion?"
Magnus was startled, and the warning bell in his heart suddenly began to ring wildly.
Without the slightest hesitation, he activated the jet devices on his shoes, his body turning into an afterimage and disappearing from his original spot.
The moment he retreated, a series of roars suddenly sounded.
Magnus, who had appeared a hundred meters away, looked back, only to see that his original position had now turned into a sea of fire.
"What a pity. I wanted to use that move just now to finish you off directly." Tatsuma's voice sounded from not far away.
He stepped forward, slowly walking towards Magnus's location.
Accompanied by crisp footsteps, white mist began to spread across the street.
"Damn it, does he have an endless supply of energy?"
Magnus took a deep breath, experiencing the same feeling Toichiro had just felt.
He had just gone through a major battle, how could he be acting like nothing had happened?
Looking at the mist coming towards him, Magnus hesitated for a moment before activating his Sacred Gear again.
The machine gun array in the sky disassembled, turning into a pair of steel wings that appeared behind Magnus.
Massive magic power shot out from the exhaust ports, and Magnus's speed instantly reached its peak. In just an instant, his figure turned into a black dot and disappeared from Tatsuma's sight.
He ran away.
"Coward."
Tatsuma curled his lip, dispelling the surrounding mist and not pursuing.
To be honest, he was a little interested in the Sacred Gear on Magnus. However, no matter what, Magnus was a representative of the United States government.
Since Magnus had taken the initiative to back down, he wouldn't be so unreasonable as to chase after him. It wasn't that he couldn't do it, but it wasn't worth it.
Bringing Toichiro with him, Tatsuma went a few streets away and found Sho and the others.
"Leader, you're here!"
Sho was the first to greet him.
Looking at his father floating in mid-air, a complex expression appeared on his face.
"Don't worry, he's not dead."
Tatsuma swiped his finger, handing Toichiro to Sho.
"His ideological work is your responsibility. If he doesn't cooperate, bring him to me, and I'll beat him up again."
"Uh... I don't think that'll be necessary."
No matter how stubborn he was, Toichiro wouldn't be so foolish as to seek another beating, right?
Sho scratched his head, planning to take some time later to properly counsel his father.
"How's the progress? How many people have you caught?" Just then, Tatsuma's voice sounded again.
Sho's expression became serious, and he began to report.
"Through Ryo's Extrasensory Perception, we found Nozomu Hatori, who ran out of the headquarters."
"Adding Serizawa, who was defeated by you, the Ultimate 5 and the special team have all been captured."
"In addition, after persuasion from me and Shimazaki, the heads of the various divisions have openly surrendered, and all their subordinates are over there."
Sho pointed not far away, at the hundreds of figures densely packed on the street.
"Including the Ultimate 5 and the special team, a total of 412 people have been captured so far."
"If we expand the search area, we should be able to find some stragglers. Should we go after them?"
"No need, this is enough for now."
Tatsuma took Sho with him and walked to the Claw espers, conducting a friendly (fist) exchange (kicking).
After the exchange, the Claw members present all expressed their desire to abandon the darkness and join Akatsuki to contribute to Tatsuma.
Tatsuma was very satisfied with this, selecting a few espers with the best traits and unlocking their traits, greatly increasing their strength.
As expected, this caused another commotion.
However, after the commotion, these espers looked at Tatsuma with fervent eyes.
Why did they join Claw?
Besides enjoying the life of someone above others, isn't the most important thing still wanting to become stronger?
Since Tatsuma has the means to help them become stronger, Toichiro can go into the trash can.
Without feeling sad for a moment about Toichiro's downfall, Ryo asked a question immediately, "Boss, what is the goal of our Akatsuki? Is it to dominate the world like Claw?"
Tatsuma explained, "No, our goal is to capture Cursed Spirits and evil spirits, collect intelligence on terrorist organizations like Claw, and provide me with enemies I can legally beat up."
"Enemies you can legally beat up?"
"Mm, I'll organize the specific goals later and give them to Sho to announce. At that time, as long as you make enough contributions, you will be able to receive my rewards and become stronger."
Tatsuma brought up the contribution point system that was still being designed, painting a big picture for these new members. After that, he handed over the management work to Sho and Ryo, while he himself returned home to prepare to organize his gains.
However, when passing by the kitchen, Tatsuma unexpectedly found Rias and Asia standing in front of the stove, staring blankly at the work he had left in the morning.
What are they doing?
After tilting his head and watching for two seconds, and seeing that Rias and Asia had no reaction, Tatsuma gave up thinking and returned to his room.
Opening the trait inventory, a row of brand-new traits appeared before him.
These traits were all dropped when he had just shown off his strength and recruited Claw members.
A total of 412 traits, 21 white traits, 376 green traits, 14 blue traits, and 1 purple trait.
Unlike the previous Seventh Division, there weren't many white traits dropped this time.
Perhaps because the quality of the headquarters members was higher, most of what Tatsuma obtained were green traits. The number of blue traits was slightly less.
However, the special team Tatsuma encountered when he first entered the Claw headquarters all dropped blue traits. Including that batch of blue traits, the actual number of blue traits he obtained was 29.
As for the only purple trait, it was dropped by Nozomu Hatori, one of the Ultimate 5 who was skilled at using superpowers to control electronic devices.
[Electronic Manipulation (Purple): Invade networks and remotely control enemy electronic devices.]
Although it was only a purple trait, this was the only high-level technology-based trait Tatsuma had.
Considering that he might use it in the future, Tatsuma threw it into the inventory and listed it as a backup.