Slash the Scarlet Eyes: Start with a Starburst Air Stream Slash Chapter 044

At the gate of the Imperial Capital.

“Lin Yu, you’re so slow! That kind of order, couldn’t you just say it?”

Mine complained angrily to the late Lin Yu.

“Haha, well, I suddenly remembered some things and just did them along the way.”

Lin Yu chuckled, picked up the gift box from the ground, and walked out of the city gate.

“Wait for me.” Mine quickly followed…

When they were far away from the Capital, Lin Yu reverted to his original appearance.

“Hmm, this look is still more pleasing to the eye.” Mine hopped cheerfully. “Speaking of which, your Imperial Armament’s ability is really strange. It can enhance your body, make you a culinary master, and now even change your appearance. I wonder if there will be new abilities later.”

“Who knows? By the way, do you think I look more handsome like this, or after the transformation?” Lin Yu suddenly asked, holding the gift box.

“Of course, it’s now… hmm… neither is handsome. Both of your looks are ugly as sin.”

Mine turned her face away, feeling guilty.

“Oh~, it seems next time I can try a more handsome face.”

“No! Those two ugly faces are enough for everyday use. After all, everyone has seen them too much and is quite familiar with them…”

Mine turned her face back and said loudly.

“Alright, alright, don’t be so loud, it’s a bit scary.”

“……”

Beautiful skins are a dime a dozen, interesting souls are one in a million, but most people still prefer beautiful skins. But he was different; he liked them all…

The next morning.

Night Raid meeting room.

“Everyone, we have a new mission!” Najenda slammed a portrait onto the table.

“This time, the target is the Minister’s distant relative: Iokal. He uses the Minister’s name to kidnap women and commit fatal atrocities against them!”

“His five bodyguards are also accomplices. This mission requires full team action!”

“Then what about me, the logistics chef?”

Lin Yu raised his hand and asked weakly. He couldn’t be both a logistics chef and a combat member, could he?

“Ask your temporary partner, Mine. As a long-range sniper, does she need your personal bodyguard?”

“I can be Mine’s personal bodyguard.”

At this moment, Sayu slapped the table and stood up, but then felt her behavior was a bit rude and apologized:

“I don’t think Lin Yu needs to be a personal bodyguard. I can team up with Mine.”

“You and Mine are both long-range assassins. How can you team up? You have Sheele guarding you, and Mine should also have a bodyguard.” Najenda said with an amused expression, crossing her arms.

Everyone started to enjoy the drama.

“Then let Lin Yu be on my team.”

“How can two newcomers form a team?”

“In that case, I don’t need a bodyguard. Just give Lin Yu to Sayu. He and Sheele can guard Sayu.” Mine said indifferently.

“Are you sure, Mine? As a long-range sniper, being approached is very dangerous.” Najenda said with a grim expression.

“Then… then I’ll reluctantly take him.” Mine shivered, thinking it was better to have someone by her side. “Then Lin Yu… you’ll follow me tonight.”

“Then the four of us can go out together.”

“How can that work? Our shooting positions are different!”

“I say, two beauties…”

“Get lost!” × 2

“Alright.”

He came in a hurry and left in a hurry, like an object. Sob, no human rights…

On a certain hilltop.

Lin Yu, like a frost-bitten eggplant, held binoculars and stared at Iokal’s residence:

“Why? I just want peace.”

“Because philandering men don’t die well.” Mine mocked, taking out her Imperial Armament, Romantic Artillery: Pumpkin, from its box.

Lin Yu didn’t explain, as he indeed was very philandering, and he admitted it.

He turned his head and said, “From such a distance, are you sure you can hit him? And the security seems very strict.”

“I’m a genius; this distance is more than enough. You should worry about whether your little girlfriend can hit him.”

Mine said ambiguously, raised her Romantic Artillery, took a deep breath, aimed at Iokal’s residence, and waited for him to come out to deliver a fatal blow.

Lin Yu could feel the energy gathered at the muzzle, which was several times stronger than yesterday.

And on another hilltop.

“Damn it, damn it.” Sayu stomped the ground in a huff.

“If you keep being so angry, it won’t be good for your skin~”

Sheele stood by, comforting her.

“Hmph~” Sayu was pouting.

“Hmm… actually, men prefer gentler women, Sayu.”

“Gentle my ass, why should I be gentle?”

“Hmm… the target should be coming out soon.”

“I know, I’ll perfectly eliminate the target!”

Sayu also took a deep breath. The bowstring of her bow Imperial Armament, Shambhala, also condensed a dazzling energy arrow.

Angry as she was, the mission couldn’t fail, and she also had to prove that she was no longer a newcomer.

“The target is out.” Lin Yu, observing with binoculars, reminded, “Many people who aren’t targets have appeared around him. Do we need to wait a bit before shooting? There are too many people.”

Iokal, who needed to be assassinated, was surrounded by many young women in qipao.

“No need! Even if they’re tightly wrapped, there will be gaps!”

Without Lin Yu’s worry, Mine directly pulled the trigger, and a surging energy laser shot out.

And on Sayu’s side, after spotting Iokal, she also shouted “Iokal’s” name, and the energy arrow on her bowstring automatically tracked him.

Pfft × 2

The energy arrow and energy laser successively penetrated Iokal’s forehead, without any excess, directly delivering a fatal blow, making him fall like livestock.

“Amazing!” Lin Yu held his binoculars and clapped with one hand. He hadn’t expected Mine and Sayu to shoot so accurately.

“Hmph~, you don’t even look at who I am. I’m a shooting genius.”

On Sayu’s side.

“Wow, Sayu, you’re great! This is my first time seeing a shooting genius like Mine.” Sheele clapped her hands.

“Hmph~, I’ve been practicing shooting since I was little. Even without name assistance, I can hit the target.”

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!

In the forest, several bodyguards wearing cat-faced masks ran wildly through the trees.

The moment Iokal was shot dead, they immediately took action without any hesitation.

“Damn it, those assassins shouldn’t have gone far!”

“We must kill them all, otherwise, if the Minister blames us, none of us will survive!”

“Wait, someone’s in ambush! Be alert!”

The cat-faced bodyguards quickly stopped. Before them suddenly appeared Akame, Leone, Bulat, Lubbock, and the two little ones.

“Don’t think that just because you have more numbers, we’ll lose. Let’s go!”

……

Mine and Lin Yu stepped on dry branches, heading towards their rendezvous point.

“Honestly, this road is so hard to walk. Can’t we find an easier retreat route?”

Mine complained as she walked.

“Exactly! The bodyguards were already dealt with by Brother Bulat and the others. It’s so safe, I don’t believe anyone can find us?”

“Not necessarily. Although Bulat and the others are very strong, Iokal’s bodyguards aren’t to be underestimated. Those five bodyguards all trained at the Imperial Fist Temple, which is the empire’s number one martial arts temple.”

“Then this Iokal is really something. Even though he’s a distant relative, he can still have such master bodyguards?”

Lin Yu hadn’t expected that even a distant relative of the Minister could have such great power.

“That’s why I hate all these changes caused by blood ties; they really annoy me.” Mine said with disdain.

“Oh~, so Mine, you have an untold story that you won’t tell anyone, right?”

“It’s not impossible for you to know. Anyway, everyone in Night Raid knows, just you four newcomers don’t. You’re the first one I’m telling.” Mine sighed.

“Thank you for your story.” Lin Yu listened intently.

“Hmph~, I come from near the western border of the Empire. I’m a mixed-race person from a minority group. Because I wasn’t accepted, I was always mocked and bullied by various people.”

“My childhood was very miserable. Every day, someone would bully me. But one day, the revolutionary army and the Western minority groups formed an alliance.”

“If a new country could be established, new diplomacy might allow mixed-race children like me to no longer have experiences like mine, and no one would be discriminated against!”

Mine’s expression became exceptionally firm after saying this.

Lin Yu listened silently. The idea was good, but reality was cruel. Discrimination might decrease, but it would never disappear. There would always be people who discriminate against those weaker than themselves; this was unavoidable no matter how many countries changed.

However, at this moment, Mine’s tone and style changed.

“At that time, as a great contributor to the revolutionary army, I could get a large sum of comfort money and live comfortably as a big celebrity. Oh ho ho, ah ha ha ha ha…”

Mine couldn’t cover her smile with her hands, laughing, “Wahahaha.”

“Seriously 6.”

Lin Yu couldn’t refute. This shift in style from serious to unserious always felt very similar to someone… ↑↑↑↑↑