Chapter 239: Night Raid Base

"Young Master, this is bad, Koneko is gone!" After returning to the mansion, Sayo walked a circle around the estate, then said to Lingyun with an anxious look on her face.

"She probably ran off; after all, she's just a little stray cat you picked up!" Lingyun said.

"Ah? Ran off?" Sayo's expression immediately collapsed.

"Never mind, I'll go outside and take a look, see if I can find the little fellow!" Lingyun said as he stood up.

"Is that so? Then I'll have to trouble you, Young Master!" Sayo said with a look of pleasant surprise.

"What's wrong, Ling-kun? Did something happen that requires you to personally go out and find Chelsea?" Busujima Saeko raised an eyebrow and asked softly.

"I still underestimated Chelsea, this top-tier assassin. Although she has turned into a little cat, her abilities are still astonishing. Do you know her current location?" Lingyun said.

"Her current location?" Busujima Saeko said with some confusion. "Could it be that she is no longer in the Imperial Capital?"

"That's right, she is no longer in the Imperial Capital, and she has already entered the mountain ranges on the outskirts. I estimate she is currently heading toward the secret Night Raid Base." Lingyun nodded slightly. "She truly is a top-tier killer of the Revolutionary Army; just from this point alone, one can see her abilities are not ordinary!"

"Then what is your plan now, Ling-kun?" Busujima Saeko asked.

"Naturally, it's to follow that little cat who snuck away and go take a look at the secret Night Raid Base!" Lingyun said with a smile, then transformed into a streak of light and vanished directly into the sky.

Watching Lingyun disappear at the edge of the sky, Busujima Saeko shook her head slightly, then turned and walked back into the mansion.

Lingyun stood in the Void, beginning to carefully sense the location of that Bell. That Bell was no simple ornament; not only could it suppress Chelsea's Gaia Foundation, but it could also serve as a coordinate for Lingyun to track. Although the distance was quite far now, Lingyun was still able to perceive the direction where the Bell was located. After confirming the direction, Lingyun turned and flew toward it.

At this moment, inside the Night Raid Base, the atmosphere was heavy, and everyone's expressions were not looking good. In today's operation, although they had eliminated a large number of Humanoid Danger Beasts, it had not been without a price.

While pursuing a powerful Humanoid Danger Beast, Lubbock had been ambushed by the opponent and was severely wounded. Fortunately, Akame and Leone arrived in time to save him. However, Lubbock had also fallen into a coma due to the severity of his injuries and had yet to wake up.

Seeing Akame walk out of the room, everyone present gathered around.

"Akame, how is Lubbock's injury?" Najenda asked.

"It's bad; this injury is very tricky. The most important thing on Lubbock right now isn't the burns, but the strange toxins contained within the flames. Although I have suppressed this toxin, I do not have the ability to neutralize it!" Akame shook her head slightly.

"This... is there really no way?" Bulat asked.

"I'm sorry!" Akame shook her head.

Hearing Akame's words, everyone present fell silent.

"No, there is a way!" Tatsumi, who was to the side, suddenly spoke up.

"What way do you have?" Najenda asked.

"BOSS, you remember I mentioned before that Mine and I ran into my childhood friend in the Imperial Capital, right! The friend who saved me might have some way to help!" Tatsumi said.

"But we have too little information; we only have the name Saeko. In the vast Imperial Capital, trying to find this one person is truly too difficult!" Najenda shook her head. "Furthermore, most of the intelligence network in the Imperial Capital is in Lubbock's hands, and now that he has fallen into a coma, this matter is even harder to handle."

"I can find him!" Akame, who was to the side, suddenly interjected.

"Him?" Najenda frowned slightly.

"If I haven't guessed wrong, the person who saved your two companions should be my master. I want to make a trip to the Imperial Capital to see if I can ask my master to intervene! The Saeko that Sayo mentioned might also be someone by my master's side." Akame said. "At the same time, I'll also ask about Chelsea's situation!"

"But your portrait is everywhere in the Imperial Capital right now; going like this is far too dangerous!" Najenda said.

"Don't worry, BOSS. As long as the person coming to catch me isn't my master, I have the confidence to retreat unscathed." Akame gripped the sword in her hand and said.

"Eh, look, why is there an extra little cat here?" Just at this moment, Mine suddenly pointed at a spot and said.

Hearing this, everyone looked over and indeed saw a tiny cat at the entrance. The cat looked a bit dirty and appeared quite disheveled.

"This cat is strange!" This was the thought that simultaneously arose in the minds of everyone present.

Not to mention that this place was located deep in the vast mountains, just looking at the degree to which Humanoid Danger Beasts were ravaging the area around the Imperial Capital, even a strong and sturdy adult, if given an accurate map, might not necessarily reach this place successfully, let alone this little cat that looked like it had run out from a noble's house.

Chelsea noticed the strange looks the Night Raid members were giving her and couldn't help but feel some confusion in her heart. It wasn't until she let out a 'meow' sound while trying to greet them that she realized: she wasn't in her Chelsea form right now, but was a little cat! It would be strange if such a little cat appearing in the Night Raid base didn't cause the people present to be on guard!

Chelsea's gaze shifted around the room, then she quickly jumped onto the table and dipped her paw into a water cup. Everyone present stared at Chelsea's movements, ready to kill her with Thunder if she made any abnormal move.

Chelsea held up her water-dipped paw and wrote crookedly on the tabletop: "I am Chelsea."

"Chelsea?" Najenda looked at the little cat in front of her and couldn't help but frown slightly. "How did you end up like this? Could it be that something went wrong with your Teigu?"

"I don't know either!" At the mention of this, Chelsea felt inexplicably aggrieved and waved her paw even faster. "After I turned into a cat and snuck into that mansion, I was discovered by the maid there. Later, I found that the situation there was even more terrifying than the Imperial Palace, so I wanted to sneak out, only to find that I couldn't undo the transformation! I spent a great deal of effort just to escape from that place!"

Just as Najenda was frowning and about to say something, Akame suddenly stepped forward, grabbed Chelsea by her two paws, and lifted her up.

"Wah wah wah, what are you doing!" Chelsea struggled continuously while protesting loudly, but unfortunately, she could only emit 'meow meow meow' sounds.

Akame's gaze fell upon that Bell, looking at the complex and ornate patterns on it, and she fell into deep thought.

"Akame, did you discover something?" Najenda asked.

"People caught by my master don't escape from his hands so easily!" Akame said indifferently.

"You mean he can use some special method to track Chelsea's trail?" Bulat's expression changed drastically. "Then won't our base be exposed very soon?"

"Not 'might', but it already is!" Akame looked toward a certain direction amidst Najenda's ugly expression. "Am I right, Master?"

"What?" Everyone looked in the direction of Akame's gaze. On a chair in that direction, a figure had appeared at some unknown time; it was none other than Lingyun.

"Eh, it's you, the young man I met at the tavern?" Leone said in surprise upon seeing Lingyun.

Akame released the Chelsea in her hands and flashed to Lingyun's side: "Master, long time no see!"

"Indeed, it looks like you've been doing quite well here!" Lingyun reached out and patted Akame's head.

Everyone watching this scene couldn't help but widen their eyes; having worked together for so long, they had never seen such an obedient Akame.