Stella: “So many people, isn’t this supposed to be a rescue? Why isn’t anyone taking action?”
Yukari Takeya: “Ling Qing has already gone.”
Akame: “Yeah, he snuck into the Imperial Capital.”
Ling Qing was currently standing on top of the imperial palace in the heart of the Imperial Capital.
He surveyed the surroundings.
Then, he amplified his voice with his power and shouted.
【Night Raid’s Mine, your companions have sent me to save you. If you hear this, shout out where you are.】
The sound was like a dragon’s roar, shaking the very heavens.
Instantly, the entire Imperial Capital was awakened.
One light after another illuminated the night.
Soldiers began to shout.
Leone and the others were stunned.
The group in the chat were also shocked.
Stella: “This… is sneaking in?”
Sakurajima Mai: “Uh, Ling Qing said he was sneaking in when he left.”
Shigatsukawa Shōbu: “This…”
Everyone was shocked at his incredibly loud method of sneaking in.
And inside the Imperial Capital, from the common soldiers to the young emperor, everyone was awakened.
The entire Imperial Capital was instantly lit up.
Soldiers lined up, each holding a torch, searching for the source of the commotion.
However, since ancient times, CT never looks up.
They probably wouldn’t have imagined someone hovering in the air above the palace.
In a special cell in a side hall of the palace.
A girl with pink twintails and a pink dress was squatting in the corner.
This was Mine.
Mine felt hopeless.
She had been captured by the Empire.
Night Raid would definitely come to rescue her.
But the Empire had anticipated this.
They wanted to use her as bait to lure out Night Raid members.
They had already set a trap in the Imperial Capital.
Even the seemingly frail girl guarding her outside the iron bars was a powerful Imperial Arms user.
“Hey, Night Raid member, have you seen my sister?”
“……”
Mine looked up in confusion.
Before her stood a frail girl with black short hair and a sailor uniform, a katana strapped to her waist, staring at her.
Confirming that the girl was talking to her.
Mine asked in confusion: “Sister?”
“Her name is Akame.”
The black-haired girl calmly spoke the name Mine knew all too well.
“!!!”
Mine’s eyes widened.
“You’re Akame’s sister?!”
Mine had never heard Akame mention having a sister.
Wait!
If she’s Akame’s sister, wouldn’t she let me go out of respect for Akame?
Mine’s mind raced.
She walked up to the girl.
“Akame’s sister, what’s your name? My name is Mine.”
“Kurome.”
Kurome replied calmly.
Mine’s eyes lit up.
They could communicate!
Great, there was a chance!
“Since you’re Akame’s sister, can you please let me go?”
“I will take you to see your sister, Akame!”
“……”
Kurome remained silent.
After a short pause.
She asked: “Are you close with your sister? Will she come to save you?”
“Um… Akame will definitely come to save me.”
Mine’s expression fell.
“But it’s very dangerous, so letting me go is the only way to protect your sister!”
However.
She suddenly saw a sinister smile on Kurome’s lips.
“Hehe, my sister is really coming, huh.”
“That’s great. I will personally kill my sister… with this blade.”
“???”
Mine was dumbfounded.
This wasn’t how the script was supposed to go!
Why did Akame’s sister have such a strong killing intent towards her?
It’s over… it’s completely over!
From heaven to hell.
Mine felt despair.
【Night Raid’s Mine, your companions have sent me to save you. If you hear this, shout out where you are.】
The deafening voice suddenly appeared.
And it shook the imperial palace, causing it to sway three times.
“Wow, an earthquake?!”
Mine was so frightened that she grabbed the iron bars.
Was that voice talking to her?
They said they would save her… but why would they shout so loud? Isn’t that a giveaway?
Mine looked at Kurome with a grimace: ‘Is this part of your plan?’
She thought this was the Empire’s trap to lure out Night Raid.
However, Kurome tilted her head in a cute way, looking confused.
“I don’t understand what you’re saying.”
“Hmm?”
It didn’t seem like she was faking it.
Mine suspected: ‘Could it be they really came to save me?’
She thought about it for a moment and decided to shout.
Even if it was fake, she was still locked up.
So, she took a deep breath and shouted in her strongest voice: “I’m here!!!”
“Oh, there you are.”
After hearing the sound, Ling Qing instantly locked onto a direction.
He grinned.
“Then the trade can be easily completed. Time to sneak in.”
“Wait! What is that?!”
Leone suddenly saw a red dot rapidly growing in size in the sky above the Imperial Capital.
In the blink of an eye.
“!!!”
A gigantic creature, nearly a hundred meters tall, spread its wings, casting a shadow over the entire Imperial Capital.
A long, thick, powerful tail.
Giant, sharp claws that gleamed in the night.
Massive limbs and torso with bulging muscles.
Scarlet scales like burning flames.
And a ferocious dragon head, whose breath could turn the sky red with flames…
…
PS: Picture of Kurome!