Chapter 145 - #144 Night Raid (2/2)
'But I am doing exactly that...' Aiko thought while pouting and looking at Akashi's back.
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Days passed by and the Empire almost completely forgot about the incident with their best ȧssassination unit. They actually stopped actively searching for Poney but there were still wanted posters with her drawing so she was pretty much screwed if she ever wants to live inside the Capital. These days, Akashi didn't even leave his mansion since he was too busy with all kinds of meetings and paperwork due to his nearing ”marriage”. There were many people congratulating him even a few weeks before the actual marriage and he could see a few ridiculing looks in some of the people's eyes and he was perfectly aware why.
Normally, big and powerful families like his, heirs usually choose who they want to marry, and usually, it is also from another big family or only slightly weaker one. Sometimes, it can also be commoner, after all, there are many more commoners than nobles so chances of finding a more beautiful woman there are higher. But that only happens when the family is strong enough and doesn't need to form any bonds with others. And that's the reason why they felt pity or why some were ridiculing Akashi, of course, none of them dared to show it in front of him. Aria herself wasn't exactly ugly or beautiful, she was looking alright which was fine with Akashi, he has never been a type to pay too much attention to appearance but her personality is something he wouldn't be able to stand.
Actually, he was slightly accepting the matter with testing the poisons but if he ever had to quickly test any important poison, he would go for prisoners first, however, if he really had no other way, he would also kidnap someone off the street just to test it. However, he hated how they lured those people in with fake hope. In this world, everyone was ruthless in one way or another but giving someone fake hope is really disgusting act. He wants to let them feel how their victims feel.
---Akame's side---
Akame, Green, Najenda, Bulat, Leone and Lubbock were standing in a small circle around a table.
”We have waited long enough! We have gathered considerable amount of people so I think it is out time to slowly start this revolution. We are going to carry out this revolution with as few casualties as we can and that's also the reason for our group existence, ȧssassination unit!” Najenda said with a light cigar in her mouth.
”...” Both Akame and Green looked at her with a slightly nervous expression or maybe impatient would be better a word.
”Come on Najenda! Don't tease them so much, announce our group's name already!” Lubbock exclaimed with maybe a too much excited tone and expression.
”Our organization's name is Night Raid and with this mission, I declare official existence of Night Raid!” *Bam* Najenda said and slammed the table in the middle while leaving a poster on it.
”?! Bill?” Akame and Green exclaimed at the same time with slightly surprised expressions.
”Oh? You know this man?” Leone asked both of them with a curious expression.
”Of course they know him, he is leader of the different ȧssassination unit but they must have met him a few times, right?” Najenda replied in their stead while puffing out the smoke out of her mouth.
”Yes, he is quite an important person but there is still someone higher above him, however, we know nothing about him.” Akame replied with a thoughtful expression.
”Hmm, still, trying to ȧssassinate someone deep inside the palace will be extremely hard.” Green muttered while holding his chin, looking down at the poster.
”Saikyuu is the name of the man above Bill but he can be said to be the second most important person in the Empire so targeting him right now is nearly impossible. On the other hand, Bill is another matter, right?” Najenda said while looking at Green.
”That's right, Bill most likely spends most of his time in the laboratory that's located inside the palace but most of the security is concentrated in the middle of the palace and laboratory is in the underground on the edge of the palace, the same with the entrance. There is tight security but definitely not as tight as near the Emperor's hall. We might have some chance to sneak inside.” Green nodded his head and replied.
”Do you know any secret passages we can use to our advantage?” Bulat asked since he was a soldier and not ȧssassin, therefore, he has never spent a lot of time at the palace during his time in the army.
”There are a few underground passages but we still need to get inside the palace through the whole Capital.” Akame replied while thinking hard about ways how to get inside unnoticed.