Chapter 212

"General Esdeath, the suppression of the North was very beautiful. As a reward, I have prepared ten thousand gold for you."

The Little Emperor spoke. These were supposed to be very majestic words, but they changed flavor when they came out of the Little Emperor's mouth. The slightly childish voice had no sense of majesty, as if an elementary school student was reading a textbook.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will reward this money to those brave soldiers who killed the enemy. Since I have returned, I will surely annihilate the 'Night Raid' that disturbs Your Highness's sleep."

Esdeath referred to herself as 'I' when speaking to the Little Emperor, and not as a subordinate.

Su Xiao glanced at the Prime Minister beside the Little Emperor, then glanced at Esdeath. The Empire was perhaps controlled by these two people.

"Then I will trouble you, General. But besides..."

The Little Emperor was speaking when Su Xiao's gaze suddenly became sharp.

"There is an enemy."

Su Xiao looked at Esdeath.

"Are you sure?"

"Sure."

"Kill him!"

Su Xiao stood up and rushed toward a side hall on the side of the main hall.

"This is?"

The Little Emperor was stunned, and the Prime Minister on the side was also full of confusion.

"This is my subordinate. He discovered an enemy in the Imperial Palace, and it might be the thieves of 'Night Raid'."

Esdeath no longer half-squatted, but stood up.

Two minutes later.

*Bang. *

A corpse covered in blood was thrown out from the side hall, rolling a few times and stopping at Esdeath's feet.

Su Xiao's figure walked out from the side hall, his body stained with some blood, his right hand holding Zhan Long Shan with blood dripping from the tip, and his left hand holding a damaged firearm.

This corpse was a contractor. Su Xiao had long sensed the other party, but he didn't pay attention to it; it was normal for the Imperial Capital faction to have its own contractors.

But this guy pointed the muzzle at his head, and the time exceeded ten seconds; it was clearly locked onto Su Xiao.

With the gradually increasing sense of danger, Su Xiao could conclude that the other party was using some kind of skill to charge up, preparing for a one-hit kill.

Su Xiao couldn't tolerate this, so he decisively erupted, rushed to this guy's side, and killed him with two slashes.

With Su Xiao's perception, aiming at him from close range was simply looking for death.

"Is that gun the assassin's?"

Esdeath knew Su Xiao didn't use guns; at least she hadn't seen Su Xiao use one.

"Yes. Just now I thought this was a guard of the Imperial Palace, but the time he spent locking his muzzle on a certain position was too long, and he even pointed the muzzle at the Emperor. This is not the behavior a guard should have."

Esdeath pondered for a while.

"Your Highness, is this a guard in the Imperial Palace?"

"This..."

The Little Emperor looked at the Prime Minister for help. From this, one could see how much the Little Emperor relied on the Prime Minister.

"Come here."

The Prime Minister let out a loud roar, and several guards immediately rushed into the main hall.

"Is this person a guard?"

The Prime Minister's question was quickly answered.

He was a guard, but not a guard of the main hall; he was a low-level guard at the gate of the Imperial Palace.

Such a guard bringing a gun into the main hall, what it represented was self-evident.

"Sure enough, there are no weak soldiers under a strong general. Come here, reward him with gold."

Under the Prime Minister's order, the guards brought up a plate of gold.

Esdeath's expression was very cold; the Prime Minister's behavior was clearly trying to poach her people.

"Prime Minister, my subordinate, I will reward him personally."

Hearing Esdeath's somewhat unkind tone, the Prime Minister smiled apologetically.

"I was truly muddled, somewhat startled by the assassin. General Esdeath, please don't mind."

The Prime Minister could be described as old and cunning; he knew he couldn't be hostile to Esdeath, otherwise, both sides would surely suffer.

"Since that's the case, we'll go back first. I will handle the matter of 'Night Raid'."

Esdeath made a move to leave.

"Wait a moment. Since you are going to handle 'Night Raid', I have a good idea."

The Prime Minister picked up a piece of medium-rare meat and put it into his mouth. As he chewed, a trace of blood slipped from the corner of the Prime Minister's mouth.

"I'm all ears."

Esdeath didn't want to make things awkward with the Prime Minister either, so the Prime Minister began to describe his plan.

The Prime Minister's plan was very simple: let Esdeath's subordinates assassinate some 'defiant' officials near the Imperial Capital. After assassinating the officials, smear 'Night Raid', the night raid unit, at the crime scene. The night raid unit would not tolerate such things happening, and this would expose the night raid unit.

The plan looked somewhat brainless, but it was not the case in reality.

The Prime Minister's goal was not the night raid unit at all, but those 'defiant' officials; he just wanted to use Esdeath's hand to eliminate dissidents.

"Of course, General Esdeath won't run for nothing. The military budget for this quarter will be increased by 30%."

The Prime Minister was indeed an old and cunning person, knowing that Esdeath didn't love money, so he simply helped Esdeath expand her military equipment.

"Is that so... then fine."

Esdeath agreed, the Prime Minister beamed with joy, and the Little Emperor sat somewhat bored.

National affairs were basically decided like this. It wasn't that the Little Emperor had no power; after all, he could control the Supreme Teigu, but the Little Emperor simply had no intention of managing things.

"Your Highness, how was that batch last night? Tonight I have prepared for you again..."

The Prime Minister lewdly smiled a few times, the Little Emperor's face flushed, and his eyes were full of anticipation.

As a muddled emperor, how could the Little Emperor not be fond of women under the Prime Minister's guidance? It was just that the Little Emperor was too young, at most fourteen or fifteen years old.

Su Xiao suspected that the reason the Little Emperor's body was thin was because excessive indulgence led to a lack of nutrition.

The Prime Minister and the Little Emperor walked toward the back of the main hall, and Esdeath looked at the Three Beasts and Su Xiao.

"Leave this matter to you to handle, but I have other ideas."

Several people walked out of the main hall. After leaving the main hall, the Three Beasts received orders to assassinate the 'defiant' officials. Su Xiao didn't go with them; this was Esdeath's special arrangement.

The next day, on the outskirts of the Imperial Capital, the headquarters of the night raid unit.

"Now let's talk about the reason for gathering everyone."

The leader of the night raid unit, Najenda, sat upright in front of a dozen people. Najenda was a one-eyed, one-armed white-haired mature woman. Her severed arm was replaced by a dark green metal arm, and she wore a black eye patch over her blinded eye.

In front of Najenda were several main members of the night raid unit, and there were some new faces around; these were contractors, contractors who were not weak.

Najenda held up a piece of paper with the night raid unit's logo for everyone to see.

"Several murders occurred in the Imperial Capital last night. The victims were all Imperial officials who had a tendency to defect to our Revolutionary Army. They were still wavering, and they also left this at the scene."

Several members of the night raid unit were silent for a while.

"This is clearly smearing us. Only the Prime Minister could do such a thing; there would absolutely be no one else."

The ace of the night raid unit, Bulat, spoke. His strength in the night raid unit was definitely ranked in the top three. His Teigu was 'Incursio: Armor Operation', an armor-type Teigu. The Teigu's usual appearance was a sword, which could turn into armor during battle.

"That is indeed the case. At first, the public didn't believe we did it, but now they believe it."

Najenda's tone was somewhat heavy.

"Why?"

The newcomer of the night raid unit, Tatsumi, spoke. He was a rural boy from the border of the Empire, full of justice, originally wanting to join the Imperial army, but after witnessing the darkness of the Imperial Capital, he joined the night raid unit by chance.

According to the original information, Tatsumi might not be considered the protagonist; the protagonist of the Akame ga Kill world might be someone else.