Chapter 43: After all, I'm not a devil

Defeating powerful creatures can obtain food and materials, which can be used to make weapons.

Although those mysterious super Danger Beasts are rare to meet once in a few hundred years, it can be seen from the Teigu made from materials on them that many are titled 【Dragon】.

"But no matter what, there won't be anything like Safi'jiiva or Xeno'jiiva."

Jia Ji shook his head and gave up the idea of taking Chelsea-Airou cat with him to hunt Danger Beasts. Although his fist technique was strong enough, it was specifically designed to deal with humanoid creatures, and it would be difficult to deal with those behemoths that were hundreds or thousands of meters long.

I've seen this episode, it's Monster Hunter.

If Jia Ji wanted to deal with these dragon species with unknown upper limits with his bare hands, he would probably have to take a cat cart.

"I can't take it anymore!"

Chelsea, who was surrounded by the crowd, screamed, and turned back into that assassin beautiful girl.

"Fine."

Jia Ji, who was in low spirits, waved his hand and let go of the poor Chelsea. If there is no Teigu, there is no Teigu. Anyway, his Beidou Shenquan is not a vegetarian.

"Go... Akame, what are you looking at, I'm talking about you! Hurry up and finish eating!" Others had gathered around the periphery just now, only the black long-straight little girl was still focusing on the Danger Beast roast meat wholeheartedly.

"Umm... gulp..." After finally swallowing the things in her mouth, Akame answered, wiped her mouth, extinguished the remaining campfire, and followed the crowd obediently.

Although there was a reason why Jia Ji was the strongest in this team, she was also a bit too obedient.

Clearly, it was possible that they had just left the tiger's den and entered the wolf's den, why would this happen?

And Akame herself was a bit strange. She not only didn't resent this person who broke her harmonious and peaceful, even if only on the surface, life, but she couldn't hate this fierce-looking man, and even had some gratitude that she didn't notice herself.

It's as if... following him is walking on a correct path, which can avoid certain unfortunate things from happening.

Although she didn't say it clearly, she believed that others should think so too, and also had this inexplicable feeling, so no one chose to resist or run away halfway.

She chose to respect and believe in this groundless feeling.

"That, what exactly are we going to do?"

But belief is belief, confusion is still confusion. They didn't know the destination of this trip, nor the purpose, everything seemed to be unknown.

"You'll know when you get there."

Jia Ji was still keeping it secret. Although the decision to snatch Akame from the Imperial assassination squad was made by him on a whim at the beginning, he now had a rough plan in his heart.

However, everything had to wait until he met Esdeath to make further plans.

One day passed in a flash.

Soon, their team of men, women, old and young arrived at the Water Capital Suiwen, which is famous for its developed commerce.

This kind of city, which often appears in Japanese-style fantasy and is built on water, has convenient transportation due to its developed water system, and commerce develops rapidly, so it gathers all kinds of people, mixed with fish and dragons, and is also the place where information flows the fastest.

Merchants, officials, soldiers, beggars, fishermen, local residents, the background identity of any person could be a spy of the Revolutionary Army or an intelligence member of the Empire.

And against such a background, two teams arrived here one after another.

Although the members were a bit special, they were either young boys and girls with superior looks, or adults hiding their identities, but they had all undergone special infiltration training and arrived at the scheduled meeting place without attracting too much attention.

That was a slightly dilapidated chamber of commerce, but there was a lot of room inside—this was one of the Empire's intelligence strongholds.

Compared to Esdeath's team, they were only a beat slower, but what caught their eyes was not the scene they imagined.

"Too slow!"

Esdeath, sitting on a mountain of people, looked down at the arriving crowd and said dissatisfiedly.

Still in that black-collared white-bottomed tight military uniform, the crystal-clear white skin was spotless, and even that gorgeous long silver-blue hair didn't feel messy at all, already having a bit of the future royal sister style.

"Even though you just arrived, what's the point of saying it's too slow." Jia Ji complained.

He had asked in the group, in fact, Esdeath didn't wait long at all. Those Imperial dark department intelligence personnel who were all caught in one net and cleaned up by her hadn't even woken up yet.

And Esdeath's impatience came quickly and went even faster.

She jumped down from the mountain of people several meters high, landing in front of Jia Ji like a light feather.

"Pop pop"

As the clapping sound fell, slight movements came from behind the mountain of people, and one figure after another came out from behind, including the ambushed Merad, Daniel, and...

"Kurome!!!"

From behind Jia Ji, came a shout from little Akame, who flew over at an unprecedented speed and hugged the other thin, petite figure tightly.

The sisters who had been separated for a long time were finally reunited, and Esdeath looked at the two who were quite similar and put on an "I see" expression.

She wondered why Jia Ji specifically asked her to find this little girl, the reason was here.

Kurome was crying "waaaah," and the previous pretending to be strong was shattered in her sister's warm embrace. Akame was no better, tears splashing, and soon soaked both of their clothes.

Jia Ji silently shook his hand at Esdeath and pointed to the door, meaning to go out and talk, leaving space for these two sisters who seemed to have broken dams, and not to disturb them for the time being.

And the others, naturally, would not disturb them knowingly. Akame was the youngest sister among them, and Kurome was also a companion who endured torture with those members of the drug enhancement squad.

They followed the few assassins of Oberg out the door, although there was joy in their hearts, there was also anxiety.

The conversation between the two people outside the door would determine their future fate, or... life and death a little later.

Jia Ji glanced at the brats Esdeath brought, about twenty in number, about the same age as Akame, but the expressions on their faces were scarcer, or numb... occasionally large emotional fluctuations, but when their eyes swept over Esdeath, there was a deep fear revealed.

It seems that Esdeath's methods left a deep impression on them, but to bring these brats who were more deeply brainwashed by the Empire here, it indeed required more forceful methods.

As for why it wasn't Merad who did it?

Jia Ji: The two words "haha," couldn't help but blurt out.

Still need to think more? Esdeath is there, so definitely choose Esdeath.

"What are you laughing at?"

"Alas, nothing... just feel that I was still too kind, but it doesn't matter, after all, I'm not a devil."

There is a kind of kindness in the bones.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 44 =====