Slash the Scarlet Eyes: Start with a Starburst Air Stream Slash Chapter 057

Night.

Night Raid’s base.

“Boss, it’s so late, are we still setting off?”

Lin Yu and the others waited in the open space outside the base.

“Yes, I didn’t expect the flying tools from headquarters to arrive so quickly.”

Najenda pointed to the sky, and a huge devil ray appeared, then slowly landed in front of them.

“What is that?” Ieyasu raised his hand and asked.

“This is Elmonda, a Danger Beast tamed by the Revolutionary Army that can fly in the air, specifically used for transport,” Najenda introduced.

“But we have three groups of people?” Ieyasu continued to ask.

“Elmonda will take you to specific locations group by group, and then you’ll have to walk the rest of the way,” Najenda paused, “Everyone, I wish you a smooth return from this mission. Although we have a stronghold in the South, you’re still heading to a city guarded by the Empire, so please be extra careful.”

“Got it, boss, we’ll definitely complete the mission and return safely!” Tatsumi was inexplicably excited.

Next, everyone walked onto Elmonda one after another. As Sheele was about to step on, Lin Yu called out to her:

“Sheele, your friend still considers you a friend, and she’s very grateful for your help back then.”

Sheele didn’t say anything when she heard this, only sat on Elmonda with a happy expression, and a radiant, illusory image appeared around her.

She hadn’t been abandoned!

“Oh, by the way, Lin Yu, aren’t you and Akame coming up?” Tatsumi asked.

“Hehehe~, come out, Blue-Eyes White Dragon!”

As Lin Yu struck a pose, the shadow behind him squirmed, and a giant blue-winged dragon descended.

“Roar!!!”

After a roar, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon spread its wings and lay on the ground, signaling Lin Yu to step onto its wing.

“……”

“Stuck-up.”

“Show-off.”

“Braggart.”

“Let’s go, Elmonda, don’t play with him.”

Elmonda heard the command, slowly flapped its wings, then quickly ascended into the sky and set off.

Only a petrified Lin Yu remained.

“Stop trying to be cool, we should go.”

Akame used Murasame’s hilt to free Lin Yu from his petrified state.

“Oh~”

Lin Yu hung his head, listlessly walking onto the Blue-Eyes White Dragon’s body with Akame.

After glancing at the map, Akame directed the Blue-Eyes White Dragon to speed south.

……

Boulder City.

A city of moderate size.

After a night of rapid travel, Lin Yu only wanted to find an inn and get a good night’s sleep. The wind pressure on the dragon’s back was too strong, “whooshing” all the time, making it impossible to sleep.

“Akame, you don’t need to wear your hood anymore, my disguise is seamless.”

Lin Yu pulled down Akame’s cloak hood, revealing her optimized appearance. White hair, hehe, even more beautiful.

“It’s my first time appearing so openly, it feels a bit unaccustomed,” Akame felt a strange shyness. She had always walked in the darkness before.

At the city gate, guards were roughly pushing and shoving the farmers queuing to enter the city.

“A bunch of dead dirt-legs, isn’t it better to die outside? Always running into the city!”

Lin Yu noticed that the guards’ breastplates were branded with the Boulder Crest—the Boulder City Lord’s family crest.

He hadn’t expected the Imperial soldiers to become private troops. It truly was a case of the Emperor being far away, allowing them to raise private armies at will.

“Next!” roared the burly guard captain.

Lin Yu arrogantly kicked the guard captain, “Are your eyes completely blind, you dare to block my way, even a lord’s way!”

His attitude was as arrogant as could be, not seeming like an act.

The guard captain was about to erupt in rage when a silver-white token fell in front of him, causing his anger to flare for only a moment.

“Wipe your dog eyes clean and pick it up to take a good look.”

Lin Yu kicked him again. This was a super-expensive high-quality counterfeit, an exclusive token for the Minister’s relatives.

The guard captain glanced at the token, then immediately trembled. The token in his hand felt like a red-hot branding iron. He knelt on the ground, trembling, holding up the token, his voice tearful:

“This humble one didn’t know it was you, sir. Please spare my life.”

He could be less submissive with other tokens, but this one was issued by the Minister. Provoking the owners of these tokens meant death or hell, with very few survivors—this was a well-known fact.

As for whether it was fake? He wouldn’t dare to check. If he did, and it turned out to be real, it would truly be a death sentence.

This scene opened the eyes of both the guards and the farmers queuing behind them. Even the guard captain would beg like a dog.

“No wonder this important figure carries such a beautiful woman with him. Perhaps his bodyguards are hidden among us.”

“I wonder who is more powerful, this important figure or the City Lord. But when it comes to women, he loses in quantity but wins in quality.”

“……”

Everyone discussed animatedly. More often, Lin Yu had helped them vent their anger, but they weren’t discussing how this fake villain was actually more villainous than the guard captain.

People always stand with those who help them, without delving into whether the helper is actually a greater evil!

“Then go commit suicide. If you have a wife and children, I’ll take good care of them for you. And get lost, don’t dirty my eyes.”

Lin Yu grinned maliciously, making Akame next to him want to draw her sword and cut him down…