There were many Sacred Gears in this world, and they were widely dispersed. If Takumi were to collect them all by himself, he'd end up running all over the world. So having someone help was perfect.
A magical girl transformation device? Takumi could craft one with a flip of his hand. It didn't even cost him much. Trading a few for some grunt work was no big deal.
Serafall blinked as she listened to Takumi's request.
"You want me to capture those Sacred Gear users for you?"
Takumi nodded. "That's right. Lavinia Reni possesses the Sacred Gear 'Absolute Demise.' She's a member of the Grigori's Gray Magician Division, under Mephisto Pheles. It shouldn't be too difficult for you to locate her, right?"
"And Ingvild Leviathanshe's a descendant of the original Leviathan. With your power, finding her shouldn't be a problem either. It should be easy for someone like you."
Serafall considered for a moment, then nodded. Sacred Gear users, huh? If she helped out, she might even be able to recruit a few as subordinates. Not a bad deal at all. So she agreed.
"Lavinia Reni... Are you sure it's okay to bring her here?"
"She's apparently the adoptive sister of both Vali and Tobio Ikuse," Akeno added, clearly having researched this world's Sacred Gear users.
Bringing her over would essentially attract Vali and Ikuse as well. And if Vali came, the other Sacred Gear users might follow too. He was still part of the Hero Faction, after all.
If that happened, wouldn't the Longinus wielder with the Holy SpearCao Caoappear too?
Suddenly, Akeno realized something.
"You're trying to lure in the other Sacred Gear users?"
Takumi nodded. "Exactly. Best-case scenario, we get the Infinite Dragon God to show up too."
He didn't deny itthis was exactly his plan.
Serafall looked confused. "Wait, that personwhat's the issue? She knows a lot of Sacred Gear users?"
She was starting to think this might be a trap. If she went to abduct Lavinia, would she be chased down by a horde of Longinus users?
Serafall hesitated.
"It's fine, isn't it? Lavinia is Mephisto's subordinatestill a demon. And you're a Maou."
No need to panic. Just believe in yourself.
Even so, Serafall still seemed a little hesitant.
"You can try the transformation device first."
"Come, stand up, hold it, and shout it out loud."
"'Mahou ShoujoHenshin!'"
"If you want, you can personalize the incantation. But rememberit has to be loud and full of energy!"
Seeing her uncertainty, Takumi handed her the magical girl transformation wand to try.
Once she tried it, she'd definitely want it.
Serafall's eyes sparkled as she took the wand from him. No hesitationshe grabbed it and gave it a go.
"Just yell 'Mahou Shoujo Henshin,' right?" she asked, eager.
Takumi nodded. "Yep! That's the default. If you want a custom one, just restore it to factory settings with magic power."
"Is this a smartphone or what..." Sona muttered from the side, her face filled with black lines.
"Mahou Shoujo!"
"Henshin~!!"
With that shout, light enveloped her. In an instant, she transformed into a magical girl clad in pink, her wand now a star-topped staff.
Feeling the surge of power within, Serafall's eyes lit up.
"The amplification's insaneat least 30%!"
This was amazing. She was hooked.
With that level of power boost, the risk of bringing people back was worth it. There was no hesitation left in her mind.
"Amazing device..."
"Mr. Takumi, can men use this too?" Sirzechs asked, intrigued after hearing the 30% boost.
Before Takumi could respond, Kaguya's eyes lit up.
"Yes!" she answered first.
Male or female didn't matter. If anything, it might suit men even better?
Kaguya thought Sirzechs should try it right now.
Takumi gave her a blank stare.
"If you want to cross-dress, no problem."
"You can use itdoesn't matter."
Everyone present froze.
Cross-dressing?
Maou-sama in drag?
That... actually sounded kind of interesting.
Even Serafall perked up.
"Wanna try?"
She deactivated her transformation and eagerly offered the wand to Sirzechs.
His face darkened.
"I'll pass..."
Wearing women's clothing? No thanks.
He was still a mostly normal guy.
With that, Sirzechs turned back to Takumi.
"You want Sacred Gears, correct? There are a few in the Underworld."
"Want me to call them over for you?"
The Lion King's Axe was with Serafall's subordinate, Sairaorg Bael.
There were others too.
If Takumi was interested, he could help set things up.
"Of course!" Takumi's eyes lit up.
He was very interested in this world's Sacred Gears.
Now that the main event was over, it was time to start collecting.
With help from the Maous of the Underworld, this would go much more smoothly.
Takumi understood Sirzechs' intentions.
He was trying to establish a good relationship.
After all, Takumi could enter this world freely.
That meant he was incredibly powerful.
And Akeno could contact him anytime.
So Takumi could come over whenever.
Treating Takumi like a local superpower made perfect sense.
It didn't matter whether he was from this world or not.
Chapter 72: Finally Understood Why Azazel Fell
After finishing his discussion with Sirzechs and the others, Takumi moved to the next phase.
Sirzechs would help summon certain Sacred Gear holders so Takumi could copy their powers. As for the rest, those unknown or out of reach, Takumi would handle them himself. Apart from those Serafall was tasked to find, the rest were Takumi's responsibility.
The Sacred Gear wielders were scattered across various factions. That meant Takumi would need to travel all over this world.
First, he requested a map of this world's factional territories from Sirzechs. His first destination: Heaven.
He wanted to copy all of their Sacred Gears first.
Truth be told, Takumi was very curious about angelsespecially Gabriel.
Back when he watched anime, even a simple black-and-white illustration of her was enough to leave a deep impression.
So now that he was here, of course he had to go see her for real.
After confirming plans with Sirzechs, the matter was settled.
Since Sirzechs wanted to build goodwill with him, Takumi didn't mind cooperating. Who knowsmaybe he'd return to this world again someday.
With so many mythological beings here, they might come in handy eventually.
If ever he needed, say, the power of a certain god... he'd just pop over and grab them.
Takumi believed they'd gladly cooperate.
Sirzechs probably had no idea that Takumi already saw this world as his own personal farm.
One day, when he needed someone specific, he'd just come collect them.
For now, he'd focus on copying Sacred Gears. Then he'd visit the EXE world, and his mission would be complete.
Takumi wasn't leaving empty-handed.
Since he'd come all this way, he had to bring back some spoils.
Traveling between worlds didn't cost him pointsJuna covered it.
He only came to help in a battle. Now that the fight was over, it was time to reap some benefits.
Sacred Gears. EXE. Takumi wanted them all.
Sirzechs and his team went off to make preparations.
After seeing them off, Takumi turned to Kaguya.
"What are your plans? Going home or hanging out here?"
He was about to get busyno time to babysit.
Kaguya didn't care much.
"I'll stay here and play with Koneko."
"You go do your thing. I finally got a chance to come outI'm not heading back so soon."
She had no intention of leaving early. She'd stay a while.
Takumi could do what he needed. She'd enjoy herself.
When he finished, she'd return with him.
Besides, she was curiousjust what kind of chaos would Takumi stir up next?
Seeing that she didn't plan to return, Takumi didn't argue.
"Alright then."
"Have fun. I'm heading out."
"Ping me in the group if anything comes up."
And with that, Takumi vanished.
After he left, Kaguya couldn't help but click her tongue.
"Let's just hope that guy doesn't cause too much trouble."
"He really doesn't seem like the quiet type."
Juna's expression twitched slightly.
"Let's hope so."
"He went to Mei's world and brought back all the Cursed Children."
"Then he visited Yu's world and took away all the Magical Girls."
"And now he's here."
"Let's just hope he doesn't try to steal all Heaven's angels."
She was genuinely worried.
After all, Takumi really might try that.
If he did take all the angels, this world would be thrown into chaos.
The Church would go mad.
Their god was already goneif the angels disappeared too, faith itself might collapse.
Who knows what kind of disaster that would bring?
Even just imagining it was terrifying.
Hopefully Takumi wouldn't go too far.
Rias and the others shared the same concern.
Still, now that Takumi had left, worrying wouldn't help.
They could only hope for the best.
...
Of course, Takumi wasn't planning anything outrageous.
He just wanted to see if there were any cute girls he could bring home.
What bad intentions could he possibly have?
He just wanted to offer some of the girls in this world a warm home.
And collect a few Sacred Gears.
By now, Takumi had arrived in Heaven.
The place was bathed in the infamous holy light.
And not just demonsmany readers hated that stuff too.
Anime fans could understand why devils hated the holy glow.
It always popped up from nowhere and blocked the parts you actually wanted to see.
Holy light from Heaven and the inherent evil of the Uchiha clan... equally irritating.
Takumi arrived undetected.
He was in a different spatial dimension.
Heaven had magic circles set up for security, but thanks to Velia's magic, Takumi slipped through.
The two worlds had different magic systems, but there were similarities.
As long as he didn't leak his presence, he'd remain invisible.
Entering Heaven felt like returning home.
Takumi strolled in without a care.
Along the way, he passed by several two-winged angels.
None of them noticed anything off.
As they walked past, Takumi glanced at them.
They were all gorgeous girls.
Their proportions were downright criminal!
Truly wicked angels!
Totally trying to tempt people into sin!
No wonder Azazel fell.
Takumi understood!
He really, truly understood.
Shaking off those thoughts, he began exploring Heaven.
The realm was layered and vast, filled with angels.
Many of them acted like normal peoplestudying, praying, meditating.
His target: Dulio Gesualdo.
A human reincarnated as a Ten-Winged Angel.
Wielder of the Sacred Gear Zenith Tempest.
Heaven's strongest ace.
Takumi didn't know if the guy was here, but he intended to find out.
As he explored, he also observed angelic customs.
And took a few snapshots for the group chat.
After all, most of them had never seen real angels.
So now that he had access, of course he'd share.
He opened the group chat and began uploading pictures of the angels.
Takumi: [Angel Gallery!] [Two-Winged Angel.JPG] [Four-Winged Angel.JPG] [Six-Winged Angel.JPG]
As the photos kept coming, everyone in the chat quickly grew excited.
Chapter 73: Got Caught Just from a Tiny Trace of Foreign Energy?
Bronya: [These angels are pretty good looking.] [All of them are handsome men and beautiful women!!]
Chika Fujiwara: [Waa!!] [Angels!!]
Megumi Kato: [This is my first time seeing angels!]
Zhongli: [Truly an impressive race.]
Akeno: [Is it really okay to take pictures so openly like this?]
Good grief, has Takumi really treated Heaven like his own backyard? He's just casually taking pictures?
Takumi: [What's the problem?] [They can't see me anyway.] [No time to chatI'm going to look for someone now.] [Heading to where the Ten-Winged Angels reside, it's not on this layer.]
Currently, Takumi was only in the area where ordinary angels live. The higher levels were where the archangels stayed.
With that thought in mind, Takumi took action. He vanished from his current spot and appeared in the upper layers of Heaven, beginning his search for Dulio Gesualdo.
He'd only seen illustrations of the guy before, but that didn't matter. He could just sense the sacred gear energy from him.
After reaching his destination, Takumi began his search in earnest, scanning for any traces of sacred gear energy. This level seemed to house angels who were once human and reincarnated.
Takumi noticed that the architecture here followed a cathedral style, and after a quick sensing sweep
Bingo. There were quite a few sacred gear users here.
Even more interestingly, many of them possessed sacred gears that didn't appear in the original series.
Eyes sparkling, Takumi immediately approached a nearby female angel and began his research.
However, the moment a slight fluctuation of his energy was detected, Heaven's security system reacted.
Takumi raised his brow. Huh, the system here is pretty sensitive, huh?
"Intruder alert!"
Angels in this layer received the divine message instantlysomeone had broken into Heaven.
"Tch!"
Takumi was a little annoyed. That was fast.
Even the exact point where his energy leaked had been pinpointed.
Before long, angels had completely surrounded the female reincarnated angel in front of him.
"I-It wasn't me! I didn't do anything!!"
She was dumbfounded. She wasn't the intruder!
"Anna, don't worry. It's not you."
A calm voice rang out.
"Unknown gentleman? Could you please reveal yourself?"
Michael had arrived. He first soothed the frightened angel, then turned to speak into the void.
Following behind him were other archangels, including Heaven's number one beautyGabriel.
Seeing her, Takumi couldn't help but take a few more glances.
Then he silently snapped a picture and uploaded it to the chat group.
Takumi: [Heaven's Top Beauty Gabriel.jpg]
As Takumi popped into the chat, everyone responded with question marks.
Megumi Kato: [He got caught, huh...]
Seeing the group of angels forming a perimeter, Megumi had a strange expression.
That was way too fast.
The others began chiming in.
Chika Fujiwara: [Takumi, your stealth skills need some serious work. I suggest learning from Megumi!]
Bronya: [Already discovered...?]
Akeno: [Please don't start a fight...]
Seeing Takumi exposed, Akeno was genuinely worried he'd get irritated and just destroy Heaven.
