Chapter 133 - #132 Escaping 1 (2/2)

”That you have cowardly nature? Because you are much stronger than those guys, you could have taken care of them without any strategies, no?” Leone replied with a teasing smile.

”...T-That's just my habit, I don't usually fight battles head-on.” Green replied with a slightly ashamed tone.

”Don't worry about it! As I said, we have a guy similar to you among us so you will be more than welcomed, plus we need to balance things. We have pretty a lot of reckless members so someone cautious as you will be a great help!” Leone said while smacking his back once to encourage him.

”Ouch!” *Cough* Green ġrȯȧnėd in pain while almost losing his balance and falling down on his face.

”Oh! Sorry, sorry...I forgot that my strength is enhanced by a little bit right now...” Leone apologized while rubbing Green's back with an apologetic grin.

'A little bit?! That group might even be crazier than ours. What have I gotten myself into?' Green thought while looking at Leone's grinning face with a forced smile.

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'Finally out of the Capital!' Akame's sour mood suddenly turned to better once she was finally beyond the walls of the Capital.

”?!” However, at the same time when she was beginning to feel better, she stopped running while looking in front of her with narrowed eyes.

”Akame, you are finally here, I was beginning to think that you actually fooled me but it seems that you just took your sweet time with your sister.” Gozuki who was waiting for Akame said with a smile.

”...” Akame kept silent and only gently put Kurome on the ground without tearing her eyes away from Gozuki.

”It looks like she didn't want to go together with you...Do you really need to force her to desert the Empire? You are aware of who is her backer, right? I will give you the last chance to be a good girl and return to the Capital with me. If you do so, I will forget about this entire matter and no one has to know anything about it, I promise.” Gozuki said with a small smile and despite sounding like a snake, he truly meant his words. He doesn't really want to fight Akame but he is loyal to the Empire so he will correct his own mistakes even if he doesn't want to.

Akame looked behind her at Kurome lying on the ground still unconscious before she snapped her head back at Gozuki with narrowed eyes.

”...I will bury you!” She said with completely emotionless tone while drawing out her katana.

'...Not even a bit of hesitation, huh?' Gozuki thought with dull eyes, maybe slightly disappointed in her reaction.

”I don't have time to fight you honorably. Leone!” Akame said to Gozuki before she shouted while looking at the certain location behind Gozuki right at his blind spot.

”Hm?!” Gozuki snapped his head behind him which made Akame dash towards him, intending to cut him down.

”Just kidding...” He said while smiling and still looking at the same location before all nails on his feet extended, piercing through his boots, aiming to even pierce Akame's gut.

Akame was able to easily dodge his attack due to already expecting it and when she side-stepped his attack, she also slashed his nails so they would be unusable for a short time without losing her momentum.

When she arrived in front of him, she slashed her katana in a horizontal motion, intending to separate Gozuki's upper body from his legs.

”?!” Gozuki was surprised how easily she dodged his attack without losing any speed and before he realized it, she was already in front of him, slashing her katana. He had no time to react with Murasame so he bent the area between his ribs and hɨps, moving that area to the back in an inhuman way.

He gritted his teeth and didn't let her continue her attack by using his hair as drills to attack her from above.

*Shatter* *Shatter* The ground upon the impact was slightly destroyed but his hair didn't dig too deep before stopping.

'Body-manipulating skills are really annoying but if everything goes like this, it will be fine.' Akame thought while gritting her teeth.