Chapter 167 - #166 Oarburgh meeting Wild Hunt (1/2)
---A few days later---
”...Those are the terms, do you find them acceptable?” Najenda asked Akashi after relaying everything said in the meeting at Revolutionary Army's HQ.
They were at the same place as before and Najenda especially contacted him through Akame who came also to look at Kana and Tetsu, however, she still wasn't brave enough to face them after everything that happened.
”I see...That doesn't sound so bad. They said that they don't mind helping me a bit, right?” Akashi nodded and asked.
”Whew, yes. We are willing to help you as long as it won't be anything too dangerous for the entire organization.” Najenda replied with a small relieved smile.
”Then there are some people I want you to take care of. You are pretty good at such things, no?” Akashi asked with a smile.
”Haven't you said that you have your own unit to take care of such things?” Najenda asked, trying to probe for more information.
”Hah, they were already sent to take care of a few Teigu users.” Akashi replied with a fake troubled expression.
'A few Teigu users?! ...His group has to be really strong for him to be so confident and carefree.' Najenda thought with a calm expression while inwardly being surprised.
”You must be in possession of many Teigus if you can arm the entire unit...” Najenda muttered with a thoughtful expression.
”Hm? Not at all, none of them have Teigu.” Akashi replied with a carefree smile while waving his hand in denial.
”What?!” This time, Najenda failed to hide her amazement.
”What? They are different from normal people, Teigus are only tools, what I look at, are people. They are extraordinary group even without Teigus, they also have a rich history, I am sure that if I were to tell you their name, you would immediately recognize them.” Akashi said with a teasing smile and his words only caused Najenda to think really hard about it.
'People who are able to match Teigu users? Plus they are also well-known group? Who could it be?' Najenda thought.
”Anyway, I ȧssume that you know group known as Four Rakshasa Demons, right?” Akashi changed the topic while handing some papers to her.
”Of course, are they the ones you want us to take care of?” Najenda asked while taking the papers and looking at them.
”Yes, they are under the direct control of Honest, however...There are 2 people I want you to capture instead of killing. Mez and Suzuka, on the last page, there is a mention of all of their abilities which will make it much easier for you to fight them.” Akashi nodded his head.
”Why do you want to spare them if they are under the direct control of Honest?” Najenda asked while giving him a strange look.
”Sentimental feelings I guess? They are strong so it would be better not to kill them if they can work for the Empire later, however, the true reason is that I can call them...old acquaintances. I want to give them a chance but if you won't be able to capture them despite knowing all about their abilities, I guess there is nothing else to do but kill them. Still, I would be disappointed if I couldn't have at least a word with them.” Akashi explained while shrugging his shoulders.
”I will inform others, knowing all their abilities will be very helpful so I think we will be able to capture them alive, however what about other 2 Rakshasa Demons?” Najenda nodded with a serious expression, accepting Akashi's reason, she actually felt complicated about this but at least it showed her that Akashi is perfectly fine in mind and is a normal human who feels something even towards to his old acquaintances, however, on the other hand, she felt that it would be easier to just kill them all.
”I have met them only once but they struck me as sadistic guys...maybe it is because I haven't met them under the same circumstances as Mez and Suzuka but those girls at least have manageable personalities. One doesn't feel much about her allies' deaths so she is a bit apathetic but she is still playful which is nothing bad and the other one is...masochist...I guess there is no need to mention anything else to that. Those 2 other guys have high raw strength and their entire frame is big so all I can say is to not fight them with the strength alone. Also, be careful of their body manipulation but everything I am aware of is already mentioned in those papers...” Akashi explained before he got up to his feet.
”Alright, we are going- wait! What is this?” Najenda was about to agree to everything while looking through the text on the papers before she exclaimed while showing a certain part to Akashi.
”This? Instructions on how to tie Suzuka up...She probably has the greatest manipulation over her body but if you will tie her up in the exact way which is described in the papers, all of her strength will leave her body...Don't look at me like that, it's something I picked up from Mez.” Akashi replied with a stoic expression that prompted Najenda to give him a strange look.
”Are you sure they aren't something more than your ”old acquaintances”?” Najenda asked while slowly hiding the papers into her bag.
”...For me, yes, they are only old acquaintances.” Akashi stopped to think for a while before giving out a suitable answer.
'For you, huh? At least it looks like he will be able to talk some sense into them. Having more people to keep security once Honest is killed will be very helpful.' Najenda thought and didn't question it anymore.
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When she returned to Night Raid's hideout, she informed everyone about their mission.
”So we are taking missions from that guy now?” Mine muttered while pouting a bit.
”Well, it sounds easy enough, they don't even possess any Teigu.” Tatsumi said while clenching his fist.
”Don't think so fast...Their group is strong enough to go against Teigu users due to their unpredictable movements. However! We have advantage of knowing most of their abilities beforehand so everyone should look at the information and decide who will take on whom.” Najenda calmed Tatsumi down.
After a while...
”Their abilities are certainly interesting and troublesome but it's nothing we can't take care of. What I am concerned about is how are we going to capture two of them alive...” Bulat said while holding his chin.
”I and Lubbock are like made to capture people alive, distract them a little and we will take care of everything else, right?” Green said before turning his head at Lubbock.
”Eh? Well, I don't appreciate you saying it like that but I guess we are the most suitable people for this job...” Lubbock admitted although unwillingly.
----Western's nation----
”Where are we going now?” A lean, muscular man wearing a black outfit with a black hairstyle in a triangular bob-like cut asked a young man with tan skin and an X-shaped scar over his face who was walking in front of the group of people.
”Hm? I guess we can go slowly back to the Capital while creating a bit of chaos on the way, heh.” The young man with an X-shaped scar over his face was exactly Syura who replied with an arrogant and bored expression.
The one he just answered is named Enshin.
There were also 4 other people in his group...
A young woman of small height named Dorothea with blonde hair.
A tall man named Izou with black hair worn in a top ponytail, his entire clothing looked like that of samurai's.
A young woman named Cosmina with a bob-style haircut and bunny ears accessory on her head.
An overweight, dark-skinned man named Champ with puffs of dark curly hair above his ears. He was wearing clown make-up and clothing.
”Hm?” Enshin suddenly stopped when he noticed a big group of 9 people walking on the same road, however, what surprised him was none other than the number of beautiful girls in that group.
'Kill that old woman, an old man in butler attire and I can have so many options to pick from!' Enshin thought and licked his lips with his unusually long tongue while looking at Mera, Taeko, Chelsea, Gilberda and Cassandra. He immediately stopped Syura and suggested creating some chaos right now which he himself didn't mind, however, he found that big group slightly suspicious.
Suddenly Babara approached their group all alone.
”Hello, may I ask you for direc-” Before she was able to finish, she was interrupted by Syura.
”Piss off grandma and don't block our pa-!” Syura said with a harsh tone and irritated expression but before he was able to finish, he had to quickly jump to the back as he sensed danger. When he landed on the ground, he touched his neck just to find out a small scratch but blood was still pouring down from it.