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Upon hearing this, the commander frowned: "Isn't this too reckless?"

"Haha, we're fighting these people with knives while armed with guns, and you call that radical? Let me tell you, if it weren't for those 'Teigu users,' the General Staff would probably have had the Logistics Department send a helicopter to the capital and detain the Emperor. You know, right now Earth is urging us to end the war quickly so they can focus on resource extraction."

Just as the two were talking, shouts and chaos suddenly erupted from the battlefield in the distance, which had just calmed down.

"what happens?"

"Report, it seems there are enemy soldiers who haven't been completely killed in action..."

V4~I0 Er Er Shan Si Pa (8) Si Gong “Da da da——”

The sudden burst of machine gun fire interrupted the conversation. The chief of staff, who instinctively lay on the ground looking for cover, looked toward the source of the gunfire with a belly full of questions. What he saw was an Earth soldier with a numb face holding a machine gun like a rifle and unleashing a barrage of fire on his friendly forces around him.

Not only him, but several of the friendly soldiers who were hit also staggered to their feet, took the weapons they had originally aimed at the enemy, turned them on their own men, and pulled the triggers.

"boom--"

"Da da da--"

"boom----!"

This bizarre and terrifying scene caused a commotion among the soldiers. After failing to dissuade them, some of them gritted their teeth and attacked the group, only to find that the group did not react even when hit by bullets. They were immediately horrified, and their fighting spirit was greatly weakened.

In this situation, the Chief of Staff couldn't help but recall the term: Imperial Arms User.

"Eat them, Little Ke!"

After a roar filled with savagery and murderous intent, a huge, ferocious beast suddenly appeared and launched a fierce attack on the rear of the already chaotic formation. Soon after, anti-armor heavy firepower hit the ferocious beast. However, at this time, more "strange" things appeared.

Humans capable of flight...

A masked man capable of spewing out molten lava...

An armored warrior who ignores bullets...

……

And, the figure shrouded in low-temperature liquefied mist.

"General Binglan—!!!"

Just before the terrifyingly low temperature froze everything in front of him, the chief of staff felt a sharp pain in his back before losing all sensation.

Three minutes later, Qia Yiqi dug up her father Lin Qi Lu Yi.

On the frozen battlefield, the Empire's Grand General, Esdeath, examined the "weapon" in her hand, salvaged from a corpse controlled by Kurome. Even this well-traveled Grand General was astonished by its intricate internal structure; however…

"Compared to the weapon, the operator is far too weak."

He casually crushed the frozen weapon and scanned the frozen corpses around him with his icy blue eyes: "Notify the troops behind that they cannot retreat during the battle. Once they get close, their weapons will be useless."

"Yes!"

"'Hunter,' keep going!"

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When the chief of staff regained consciousness, his training prevented him from opening his eyes immediately. Instead, he used his still-unconscious mind to catch the sounds of conversation around him.

"...Before we took action, the Imperial Army's 'Hunters' had already begun their attack, led by Esdeath."

"No wonder... You must have worked hard to catch that 'devil'."

"It's alright. Compared to that, why would the Imperial Army attack at this time?"

"You'll have to ask them about that. After all, they not only killed the 'Three Beast Warriors' that Esdeath had deliberately trained, but they also simultaneously waged war against the Empire and our army... Don't you think they're just mysterious figures?"

His heart skipped a beat, and the chief of staff had no choice but to open his eyes and quickly survey his surroundings.

It's clear this is a closed room, specifically used to imprison prisoners; otherwise, there wouldn't be so many instruments for restraint and torture. As for the two women in front of me, the one with the knife in the back is probably the one who rescued my Imperial Arms user, Esdeath, and brought her here. And the one in front…

“You are members of the revolutionary army.”

"Looks like you're not such a fool after all."

With a smile that was anything but kind on her face, Najendan crouched down and looked directly into the chief of staff's eyes: "Speak, what is your background and purpose?"

“I tried to establish a cooperative relationship with the Revolutionary Army, but they refused.”

Instead of answering the question, he brought up another topic. The chief of staff, with his extensive experience in counter-torture, knew exactly what he needed to do, and he succeeded—judging from the changing expressions of the two men before him. So he continued, “Our common goal is to overthrow this empire, but our ideas diverged afterward. The revolutionary high command wanted to establish a new empire under their control after its collapse, while what we wanted to do was to completely liberate the people under this feudal system, allowing them to live freely and with dignity.”

Najenda and Akame were both stunned by the Chief of Staff's unexpected remarks.

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"You have no way of proving whether what you're saying is true or not."

Ultimately, the hard-won foundation for defection was destroyed by the reason that "words are not enough." At this point, no matter how much the chief of staff said, it would be of no use. He could only reply with "Don't deceive yourself" and then shut his mouth. He was well aware that the more he said at this time, the more he would reveal.

However, the brutal interrogation that the chief of staff had imagined did not come. Instead, he saw the revolutionary army member in front of him take out something that looked like glasses or a telescope and put it on his face, and an ominous premonition arose in his heart.

"Imperial Arms: All-Seeing Eyes, possessing the ability to see into people's hearts... You'd better take the initiative to speak now, otherwise if I find out what you've been hiding later, I'll have no choice but to kill you."

"..."

The chief of staff fell silent.

Long before he heard about the abilities and news of Imperial Arms from the hunters, the Chief of Staff had paid special attention to Imperial Arms with the ability to "read minds." In some ways, he was even more wary of this kind of Noble Phantasm with the ability to "read minds" than the Imperial Arms that could freeze a river. However, just as if what he feared most had come to pass, after just encountering the Imperial Arm that could freeze a river, he was forced to face this Imperial Arm that could see into people's hearts.

So what should he choose now?

Honestly say what's on your mind?

Or should we remain silent, waiting to be seen through and killed?

No, these aren't the worst things, if that information were actually read—

"That information?"

In a moment of shock, she noticed that the revolutionary soldier in front of her was looking into her eyes. The information that she had tried so hard to hide was so easily exposed to her. Then, both of their faces turned pale at the same time.

"Najhitan?"

Meeting Akame's questioning gaze, Najenda simply removed the Imperial Arms from her face and calmed her wildly beating heart and heavy breathing before speaking after a long while: "...I need to confirm some things. Before that, try not to take any action, especially regarding these people."

Without waiting for Akame's reply, she gripped the "Five Visions All-Powerful" Imperial Arm tightly and turned to leave, her steps even appearing somewhat disheveled.

Frowning as Najenda disappeared, Akame turned her attention back to the prisoner before her, only to find that his behavior was exactly the same as Najenda's, except that compared to Najenda's bewildered and uncertain expression, the prisoner before her seemed more like…

"Are you afraid?"

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Fortunately, the commander was not frozen on the battlefield with the hundreds of soldiers. Instead, he struggled to escape with his severely frostbitten body and was later found by patrolling soldiers and taken back to the camp.

A few days later, a special envoy from Earth arrived and had a highly confidential conversation with the commander, who was still recovering. No one knows what was discussed during the conversation, but all that is certain is that the commander immediately slowed down the original pace of the war after the special envoy left, and advanced towards the capital in the manner of facing an army of equal strength.

With the cover of a large number of armored units following behind, the impact of attacks from the Empire and the Revolutionary Army was minimized. Perhaps the dead who could not be killed by bullets could cause panic, but there is no such thing as "living corpses" under the tank cannons - they were all turned into fragments.

Similarly, after using heavy firepower to blast the mutated creature called "Kero," which could grow larger and smaller, into mincemeat; using anti-aircraft machine guns to shoot down the flying "Birdman"; using electromagnetic sniper rifles to blow the head off the "invulnerable" Imperial soldier; and using thermite bombs to burn the "masked man" who could spew high-temperature flames to ashes, the obstacles in front of the army were mostly eliminated. After the final use of three thermobaric bombs to melt a patch of tundra along with the Imperial Arm at the center, leaving its fate unknown, the army from Earth marched straight in and stormed right up to the Imperial Capital.

During this period, apart from sending regular soldiers to their deaths in a desperate attempt to kill, the Revolutionary Army did not deploy its elite Teigu users, which made the army planning to attack the capital for a decisive battle hesitant.

It was at this moment that the leader of Night Raid, a notorious assassin organization known for its infighting within both the Revolutionary Army and the Imperial Capital, broke through numerous blockades under the protection of the Imperial Arm "Susanoo" and arrived at the very back and most secret location of this "unknown organization".

"this is……"

What Najendan saw first was not the heavily guarded "teleportation gate" that continuously transported supplies outwards, but rather the "passage" that could not be protected or concealed at all—stretching from the front of the teleportation gate all the way to the edge of the forest 27 kilometers away.

Even though nearly two months have passed, the remnants of that "disaster" are still deeply etched on this land. The wheels and footsteps that have rolled back and forth on it cannot cover up the "scars" at the bottom. And all of this is just what Najenda saw in the eyes of that prisoner using her "omnipotent vision".

"...Was it all caused by one person, all of this?"

After a moment of utter bewilderment and shock, a sense of urgency welled up within one of the revolutionary army leaders: "This can't go on... If that's really the case—where are Susanoo, the members of Night Raid, Akame and the others?!"

"The last place we sensed was the capital."

"——!!!"

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"Cooperate with the Empire?! Are you crazy?!"

"Even if you yell at me, it won't work. It's not like this is my decision."

While covering her ears, Chelsea's face showed undisguised dissatisfaction as she thought about her upcoming duties: "Najethan has been missing for so long again. Besides her, only the leader of the Revolutionary Army can give us orders."

"Even so, it's impossible to cooperate with the Empire!"

“Under normal circumstances it would be impossible… but now it’s not necessarily the case. Although it’s incredible, the current situation is that both the Empire and the Revolutionary Army have been defeated on the main battlefield by an unknown force, and they have even surrounded the Imperial Capital. Under these circumstances, there is no other force that can turn the tide of the war except by borrowing the power of the Imperial Arms users.”

"But wasn't the Revolutionary Army founded to overthrow the Empire? Why are they now cooperating with the Empire to protect the capital?!"

"...Who would know such a thing?"

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The battle broke out quickly, but unlike what was expected, the first to attack was not the unknown army surrounding the city, but one of the many imperial people trapped inside the city... or rather, one "person"?

"A huge heat source has been detected, approaching the city wall!"

"avoid--"

With a dull thud, visible cracks appeared in the massive stone wall, which was over twenty meters high, before it collapsed completely under the second impact, revealing the enormous object behind it.

"A colossal dangerous species!"

Why are you here—?

"Don't worry about why it's here, attack!"

And so, the final battle began hastily before anyone was ready. Dr. Fashion, the Teigu user and genius scientist who had transformed into a colossal Dangerous Beast, caused some trouble for the army outside before being reduced to ashes under the onslaught of heavy firepower. Along the "passage" torn open from the inside, the army outside the city officially launched its attack on the interior.

Outside the capital, the headquarters of the First Expeditionary Force.

Watching the troops steadily advancing on the battle display screen, the commander was far from at ease. Both his still-recovering body and the Teigu user who had vanished in the thermobaric attack filled this human with deep apprehension towards "Teigu." If it weren't for the repeated urging from Earth to end this costly war across worlds, he would have preferred to spend several years gradually infiltrating and controlling the country rather than seizing dominance over this land through such violence.

Unfortunately, as a commander rather than a decision-maker, all he could do was obey, which led to the current situation...

"Report! Revolutionary Army troops spotted in the rear!"

Are there any Imperial Arms users?

"No units similar to the Teigu users were observed."

The commander waved his hand: "I'm giving you a warning. Anyone who continues to approach will be shot on sight."

"Yes!"

The soldiers who received the order quickly left, but less than two minutes later they stepped back into the command room, their attention focused on the commander who was suppressing the rebellion in the capital. They asked with dissatisfaction, "Is there anything else?"

"..."

The commander, who had not received a response for a long time, subconsciously looked up, but what he saw made him subconsciously hold his breath.

Pulling the long, needle-like weapon from the last convulsing, collapsing soldier, the Teigu user, now back to his original form, tossed the weapon in his hand while observing the technologically advanced space: "Is this also your 'weapon'?"

"...Teigu User?"

His fingertips seemed to move almost imperceptibly towards the table, but as a sharp sensation came from the tip of his nose, the commander rationally abandoned the action: "Are you a member of the Revolutionary Army?"

“If I were the Imperial Arms user of the Empire, all of you, including these people, would be dead by now.”

As he said this, the Revolutionary Army's Teigu user unusually put away his weapon and sat down on the opposite battle platform: "So you'd better behave yourself and not do anything to make things difficult for me, otherwise even I will have to 'handle it strictly'."

Realizing that his situation wasn't as bad as he had imagined, the commander breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, he checked his fallen comrades to make sure they were still breathing, though they were probably unconscious.

The commander composed himself: "Our goals are the same; we are both here to destroy the entire empire."

"Then why attack the revolutionary army?"

"It was the Revolutionary Army that attacked us first... One of my fallen comrades once conveyed an invitation to the Revolutionary Army to establish contact, but it was rejected."

Upon hearing this unexpected news, the Teigu user revealed a distrustful expression: "Refuse? The Revolutionary Army was originally established to overthrow the Empire. If like-minded partners join us, we cannot refuse."

"Is such that……"

Choosing his words carefully, with his own life and the lives of many around him in the hands of the Teigu user before him, the commander could only do his best to persuade her: "We share the same goal of destroying the Empire, but what about after the Empire is destroyed?"

"after?"

"Destroying an existing system can only be a process, not an end. Even those of you who have suffered persecution from the empire wouldn't want to live in a chaotic society without any order, would you? So, what do you want to do after destroying this empire?"

With a slight frown, Chelsea admitted that she was somewhat persuaded: "Destroy it and that's it, what else is there to do?"