Chapter 152 - #151 Warehouse (2/2)

”That beautiful Onee-san, that's me~! Anyway, lad, you are behaving like you are protecting an innocent girl and if it's really like that, let me correct you.” Leone interrupted Tatsumi while winking at him before she turned serious, redirecting her gaze at Aria and the warehouse.

Even Akashi's stoic expression faltered when he heard that she was the one who caused Tatsumi his current situation.

'So righteous Night Raid...I bet she scammed him by using her ȧssets...' Akashi thought with a blank expression.

”W-Wait!” Aria shouted when Leone approached the warehouse's entrance but she didn't listen to Aria and kicked open the door, revealing the shocking sight.

Kurome and Poney's faces winced in disgust and Akashi wasn't much of an exception but he at least quickly recovered his calm expression.

Aria tried to convince Tatsumi that those are ”lies” despite the evidence being in plain sight. Tatsumi walked ignored everyone and walked inside where he found his 2 conscious and nȧkėd friends completely covered in bruises and cuts.

”Tatsumi?!!” Both of them shouted from the rest of the strength that remained within them with new hope in their eyes.

”Ieyasu, Sayo?! W-What-” Tatsumi immediately let them out of their cells and despite wanting to ask what happened here, he was already aware.

”S-She tortured both us...She was trying her poisons on Ieyasu while she was torturing me while shouting at me that I should blame myself for having this straight hair” Sayo explained with tears in her eyes but it was unknown if it was because she recalled the tortures or because she was happy to see her friend rescue them.

”Tatsumi, k-kill that bitch! She was treating our wounds after each torture just to prolong our suffering!” Ieyasu shouted while gritting his teeth which made Tatsumi's face much colder than before.

'Oops, the cat is out of the bag. Well, no one will believe Aria even if she says that she didn't do it.' Akashi thought when he heard Ieyasu's words.

Aria however didn't care about his words and simply lost it while cursing at everyone, finally showing her true colors.

”I can't believe ”that” tried to kiss me” Akashi couldn't help but mutter while his body shivered a bit. Both Poney and Kurome threw him a pitying look while both began rubbing his back like comforting a little kid.

When Akashi saw Tatsumi with extremely cold eyes slowly walk to Aria, he decided it was a time for him to act.

When Tatsumi slashed his sword at Aria, Akashi used his skill [Phantom Strike] and disappeared just to appear in front of Aria who was previously around 50 meters away from him

[Energy: 1680/1700]

*Clang* Akashi blocked his weapon but he was still slightly surprised by the power behind that attack.

'The power of hatred is really big, it can make one's strength exceeds their limits.' Akashi thought while others looked at him with a shocked expression.

”Akashi?!” All present members of Night Raid exclaimed.

”Tsk!” Tatsumi just clicked his tongue while glaring at Aria hiding behind Akashi. She was the only one who was extremely glad to see him but her expression quickly changed when she recalled how she behaved just a few seconds ago, not to mention that warehouse.

Akashi knew what was she worrying about so he just threw her a smile which calmed her a bit.

”Why are you here, Akashi?!” Akame shouted while looking around.

”I can't let you kill my future wife, especially not when our wedding is just in a few days from today.” Akashi said but his smile was still twitching a bit which was noticed by everyone, however, only Leone knew the meaning behind it.

'What is he playing? I highly doubt he wants to save her...if what the boss said about him is the truth, he would definitely let her die after seeing contents of that warehouse' Leone thought with furrowed brows.

Kurome and Poney quickly joined Akashi's side.

Akame was at ease once she noticed her sister but when she saw the figure of the other person...

”Poney?” She exclaimed with a disbelieving expression, even Green was slightly surprised how Akame was able to identify the masked figure so easily.

”I guess you would be able to recognize me anytime, Akame” Poney said without taking her mask off while also nodding at Green.

'Hm? Now that I look more carefully, isn't Kurome's weapon a bit different?' Akame also noticed the change of colors on Kurome's weapon but she quickly threw it aside. She wasn't sure how to behave in front of her little sister that she tried to forcefully kidnap but she knew that she mustn't avoid her eyes!

”How can you call that girl your future wife after seeing that?!” Tatsumi shouted at Akashi while pointing his sword at the warehouse. Sayo and Ieyasu finally noticed Akashi's group presence and they had no idea what to think about it.

”You want to kill her, right?” Akashi asked with a calm expression.

”Damn right I want!” Tatsumi shouted while readying his sword.

”A-Akashi” Aria whispered while tugging his coat. He just showed her hand sign that everything will be alright.

”I can't let you do that.” Akashi said with a smile and closed eyes.

'Because I want to kill her too~' Akashi kept this part to himself.

Hearing his answer, Tatsumi rushed at him and swung his sword down.

”Wait!” Leone tried to interfere but she was ignored.

Akashi easily deflected his attack but Tatsumi continued in his onslaught of attacks. Every time Akashi deflected Tatsumi's attack, he moved a bit to the side and after a while when Tatsumi performed wide swing aiming at his right side, Akashi used more of his strength in deflecting his attack which made Tatsumi's sword slip out of his hand.

”AAGH!” The sword pinned a few times before piercing Aria's gut which completely surprised everyone.

'W-Was this his intention?' Leone thought while Tatsumi was looking at his empty hand and then at his sword stuck inside Aria's gut with a confused expression.