Slash the Scarlet Eyes: Start with a Starburst Air Stream Slash Chapter 078

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Just as Niu wanted to go up and strike up a conversation, the sound of horse hooves rang out behind them once more.

The three furrowed their brows. In this ghostly place, where did so many people come from? When they turned around, they saw a uniform group of brown horses, with a group of brightly uniformed Imperial Guard members sitting atop them.

Each member was equipped with guns, swords, shields, and other weapons, and their armor covered their entire bodies.

“Imperial Guards again?” Niu whispered.

“How annoying, why are all the guys from the Imperial Capital running out here?”

Daidara tossed his axe back and forth between his hands.

Liva’s eyes narrowed. If there was a large amount of water, these guys would all die here.

“Let’s go, Niu, Daidara.”

He turned to leave.

“Eh, aren’t we going to bother with that Spia?”

Niu quickly followed and asked, there were so many artworks here to cut.

“Exactly, these guys are messing up our plans, they should all die.”

Daidara also tried to persuade him, he couldn’t bear to part with these excellent combat experiences.

“Things have fermented enough. We just need to wait for the Night Raid thieves to take the bait. That’s Esdeath-sama’s ultimate goal.”

Liva stopped paying attention after speaking. As a general, he had almost lost his head for refusing to bribe, let alone the daughter of a former minister living in seclusion.

Esdeath-sama’s target was always the Night Raid, a group of useless civilian waste, merely tools to force the Night Raid members to act. And this was exactly what that minister wanted to see, to completely eliminate those Night Raid thieves.

“However, the operation is still not perfect. You two will have to eat my cooking when we get back.”

Liva’s words immediately made Niu and Daidara feel scared.

“No… no way~! There’s absolutely no need for that…”

Niu’s aura clearly weakened, and her expression was pitiful, obviously frightened by Liva’s mention of cooking.

“That taste has the same destructive power as a Teigu! It’s so unpalatable that even Esdeath-sama would faint after a few seconds of eating it!!!”

Daidara’s expression was exaggerated, wanting Liva to give up the idea of cooking.

“You two can rest assured this time. This time, I’ll use the saliva of an evil bird as a secret ingredient.”

Liva looked calm. He usually wouldn’t eat, but now he finally had a chance. He was very confident in his cooking skills, it was just that they didn’t know how to appreciate it.

“Bastard! Don’t put that kind of thing in there!”

As the three brushed past the newly arrived Imperial Guard members and moved away, the view pulled back to reveal the brown dirt road covered in Night Raid flyers and countless hoof prints.

“Oh my goodness, the killing intent of those three is terrifying. Thankfully, we brought enough people today.”

A burly, weathered man, who had dismounted from his horse, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

The bodies split in half on the road truly made him fear that those three would attack them.

“Lord Hui, can we start? There are people from our side opposite, but they’re not really our people.”

One of the Imperial Guard members walked over to report.

“Opposite?”

Hui Zhengtian raised his hand and looked, indeed spotting a group of Imperial Guard members. His attention had been entirely focused on those three people in suits just now.

“You stay here and do the proper work, you follow me up to take a look.”

“Understood, Lord Hui.”

The Imperial Guard members saluted, and then:

“Bang bang! Open the door, Imperial Capital Imperial Guard, here to bring warmth.”

As for Ieyasu, who was hiding, he just wanted to curse. Lin Yu, are these the soldiers you brought? Are they all sick? This village is so poor, and they still collect money? One group for public safety fees, another group collecting money under a different name?

And here with Hui Zhengtian.

The first Imperial Guard members to arrive knelt on the ground, constantly kowtowing and admitting their mistakes.

“Lord Hui Zhengtian, we were wrong.”

“Yes, Lord Hui Zhengtian, we were wrong.”

“We’ll never dare to do it again.”

As for why they were admitting their mistakes, none of these people said a word.

“It’s good that you know your mistakes. There are some half-bodies over there, you all go and clean them up.” Hui Zhengtian pointed to the two halves of bodies on the road.

“Understood, understood!”

These people nodded frantically.

Hui Zhengtian looked up at the sky:

“This world shouldn’t be like this, it shouldn’t be like this!”

You have food, clothes, and houses, why do you still snatch the last bit of trash? Do you really not leave any way out for others?!

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Not long after, Hui Zhengtian left with the Imperial Guard members. Each of their horses had an extra little one. Only then did Ieyasu hurry towards the Night Raid’s direction, carrying Spia. He didn’t notice that where there had originally been only a dozen or so corpses, there was now a pile more…

A day later.

Night Raid’s base.

Boss summoned everyone for a meeting.

As everyone entered one by one.

Lin Yu’s blindfolded appearance made Sayu and Mine’s fists clench. How long was this guy going to keep covering his eyes with that ragged cloth? But it made Sheele, beside him, cover her mouth and snicker.

“Everyone’s here, right? I have three pieces of bad news and one piece of good news. Please listen carefully.” Najenda’s expression was quite solemn as she sat on the square, sunken stone chair.

But Lin Yu indicated that he already knew two pieces of bad news and one piece of good news. That guy Ieyasu had done something big~

“First, we’ve lost contact with the local squad.”

“?!”

Everyone else’s expressions were serious, only Tatsumi was bewildered:

“Local squad?”

“The Empire’s territory is vast. We are responsible for the Imperial Capital area, and there are other squads that perform assassination and other work in other places.”

Akame raised her small hand to explain.

“Although we are still investigating, they are most likely all wiped out. Lubbock, expand the range of the barrier outside the base.”

“Understood.” Lubbock fiddled with the threads on his gloves.

“Furthermore, the second point, Esdeath has already suppressed the North and returned to the Imperial Capital. And she is preparing to summon six Teigu users to form a special police force called ‘Jaegers’ to deal with us.”

Najenda glanced at Lin Yu at this point:

“This intelligence was obtained by this Imperial Guard captain at a great cost.”

Lin Yu, with his eyes covered, raised his hand in acknowledgment.

“Leone, go for a walk in the Imperial Capital and observe Esdeath’s daily activities.”

“Got it! I wonder what kind of person she is.” Leone seemed very excited.

“She is a dangerous person who constantly repeats massacres, so be careful.” Najenda reminded her.

“Understood, understood.” Leone seemed indifferent.

As for her inner thoughts, she was already planning how to eliminate this super S general. This person had the same value to be eliminated as the minister.

“And as for the last point, there have been continuous murder incidents involving civil officials in the Imperial Capital. There have already been four civil officials and sixty-some guards among the victims.”

“Furthermore, during the fourth incident, quite a few Imperial Guard members’ corpses were found at the scene. And there were papers with ‘Night Raid’ written on them at the scene.”

Najenda held up a flyer found at the scene to inform them.

Lin Yu indicated that he hadn’t returned to the Imperial Guard for several days, and the Imperial Guard was a mixed bag, so it was difficult to know what they were doing in private.

“However, the good news is that our Ieyasu rescued Spia, the daughter of the former minister Jory, and confirmed that the perpetrators were Esdeath’s ‘Three Beasts’.”

“They were spreading rumors that Night Raid killed good-natured civil officials. In the future, this girl will be the key to proving it.”

“So the perpetrators are three Teigu users? It seems they want to capture us all at once,” Brand said.

“It’s a very obvious trap, but these civil officials are all people who care about the country and the people, and their abilities are extremely excellent. They are indispensable talents, so what are your opinions?”

Najenda stood up and asked.

And everyone gave their answers in turn…