Chapter 229: Meeting Again

At the Night Raid headquarters, Najenda sat in her seat, a piece of intelligence still clutched in her hand.

"You should all be aware by now of the frequent killings of Conscientious Faction officials that have been occurring lately!" Najenda said. "These people are the pillars we will need when the new nation is established in the future; it is truly a great pity that they have died like this!"

"BOSS, we have never done such a thing; someone must be framing us!" Tatsumi spoke up.

"If we factor in the fact that Esdeath just returned to the Imperial Capital a while ago, this becomes understandable. According to our intelligence, under Esdeath there are three powerful Teigu Users, collectively known as the Three Beasts. As experts who shone brilliantly during the campaign against the Northern Tribes, only they would be capable of assassinating Conscientious Faction officials under the protection of General Budo," Bulat analyzed.

"The Three Beasts, you say? Then take a look at this latest intelligence!" Najenda handed the intelligence in her hand to everyone present.

"The Three Beasts, dead?" After reading the intelligence, Lubbock looked astonished. "How is that possible? Those were three Teigu Users who had slaughtered their way out of bloody battlefields!"

"But that is the reality. This portion of the intelligence was obtained by our scouts from the former minister Joli. At the time, the Three Beasts' mission was to assassinate him, so under these circumstances, it is impossible for him to be lying," Najenda said.

"Akame, tell me, is the girl mentioned in the report really that formidable? At that age, achieving this should be impossible, right?" Mine put down the intelligence in her hand and asked Akame beside her with some doubt.

Akame pondered for a moment and nodded slightly: "Yes!"

"Yes? Akame, you must be joking!" Mine said, looking unconvinced.

"We must take this matter seriously. Regardless of whether this is true or not, the facts have already told us that there are indeed extremely powerful figures in the Imperial Capital. However, we do not know if the other party is a friend or a foe. Mine, Leone, Tatsumi, your identities have not been exposed; I want you to go to the Imperial Capital and investigate the ins and outs of this matter!" Najenda said.

"Don't worry, leave it to me!" Leone patted her chest firmly.

In the Imperial Capital, Tatsumi followed behind Mine and said with some confusion: "Mine, didn't you have a fight with that person from the Imperial Guard named Seryu last time? Why wasn't your identity exposed?"

"I don't know either. Who the hell knows what that woman is thinking!" At the mention of her clash with Seryu, Mine gritted her teeth resentfully. "If I run into her again next time, I will definitely make her see what a sniper shot from a thousand meters away is like!"

Suddenly, Tatsumi's gaze caught a figure, and he could not help but shrink his pupils and stop in his tracks.

"What's wrong, Tatsumi?" Hearing the person behind her suddenly go quiet, Mine turned back and asked with some curiosity.

When she saw Tatsumi standing in place, staring straight at a girl in a maid outfit not far away, she could not help but knit her brows, lift her foot, and kick Tatsumi directly in the calf: "What are you looking at, idiot!"

"Ouch, ouch, ouch!" Tatsumi snapped back to his senses amidst the sharp pain and could not help but clutch his calf: "Mine, look at that maid, doesn't she look a bit familiar?"

"This... it seems so!" Mine looked at the maid's back, her brows slightly furrowed.

Seemingly sensing the movement behind her, the maid turned and looked in the direction of Tatsumi and the other. When her face appeared in their line of sight, Mine could not help but open her mouth wide, and Tatsumi even dropped the things he was carrying to the ground.

"Sa... Sayo?" Tatsumi said, looking incredulous.

Mine also had a look of seeing a ghost. Back then, after seeing Sayo's miserable state, her intuition as a sniper had already told her that this person was beyond saving. But who could tell her what the hell this living, breathing maid appearing in front of her was?

"Tatsumi, so you're okay too, that's really great!" Sayo carried the things in her hands and ran to Tatsumi with an excited look.

Looking at Sayo's appearance, Tatsumi could not help but stammer: "Sayo, you... what is this look you have now?"

"Me? I was saved by someone. Also, Ieyasu is the same!" Seeing her fellow villager again, Sayo was also extremely happy.

"Saved by someone? How is that possible?" Mine said with a look of surprise.

"Although I found it hard to believe at first, I watched myself get better bit by bit!" Sayo said with a smile. "Even Ieyasu's illness was cured by the person who saved us!"

"Then what about this outfit you're wearing now?" Tatsumi looked at the maid outfit on Sayo with some confusion.

"Because the master of that house saved us, I took the initiative to take on the cleaning duties to repay them, and later I was directly transferred to be a maid. By the way, Ieyasu is a guard there now!" Sayo explained.

"In the Imperial Capital, there is actually such a formidable doctor?" Mine was still somewhat incredulous.

"The young master has great skills; it's just that you don't know about them!" Sayo said with a smile.

Just as Tatsumi wanted to ask more about Ieyasu's situation, a voice came from elsewhere: "Sayo, why are you here?"

Hearing this voice, Mine could not help but startle, turning her head to look in the direction the voice came from. When she saw the person arriving, she could not help but shrink her pupils, her body trembling slightly. In that direction, Seryu was pulling her little dog and running toward them. Because she had left the Imperial Guard, Seryu no longer wore that uniform, but had changed into a light green outfit, which invisibly added a touch of cuteness to her.

"Hmm, it's you?" Seryu's gaze landed on Mine, then shifted away; a defeated opponent was not worth her attention.

"Miss Seryu, why are you here?" Sayo did not know about the history between the two and asked softly, looking at Seryu who had run up to her.

"Master saw that you hadn't returned yet and thought you had been harassed by those blind fools like last time, so she sent me to check!" Seryu said.

"Ah, I've troubled Miss Saeko!" Sayo said with some embarrassment, then she turned to Tatsumi and said: "Tatsumi, I have things to do, so I'll head back first. If we have a chance to run into each other again in a while, we'll talk more!"

"What's with that attitude? It was just one loss under your hand; I'll definitely win it back next time!" Watching Seryu leave with Sayo while ignoring her, Mine flicked her twin tails with a look of resentment.

At the same time, Mine also kept a mental note, memorizing the name Saeko, and would have Najenda look into it when she got back; perhaps there would be some gains.