Anime: Ashura from Killing Akame

"Run, why don't you keep running? Have you given up?"

Silla was now very arrogant and confident that she had everything under control. She looked at Lubbock, who suddenly stopped running, with a look of boredom on her face. Was the cat-and-mouse game over? It was so hard to find an interesting toy.

"Run?" Lubbock smiled and drew lightly with his ten fingers.

The change happened suddenly.

Countless tiny and sharp silk threads were instantly stretched straight, forming an impenetrable silk thread barrier with Silla as the center.

Before Silla could react, she felt a pain in her wrist.

then.

hand.

broken.

A smooth cut appeared at the wrist of the hand holding Shangri-La, as if it had been cut by some extremely sharp object.

"Ahhhh!!!"

After a brief stagnation, the confidence on Xila's face suddenly changed. Because of the pain brought by the broken palm, her face became distorted and she let out a shrill wail.

"Damn it, when!"

He looked at the silk threads all over his body and looked at Lubbock in horror: "Could it be that you have been plotting against me from the beginning? Was my embarrassing escape just an illusion you gave me?!"

"Do not."

Lubbock shrugged. "In a head-on battle, my imperial weapon is no match for you, but you were too confident and careless, so I took advantage of the opportunity."

As Lubbock spoke, the control realm was disconnected and shrank, preparing to understand Sheila's life. During the days he hung out with Tatsumi, he learned a lot of things, such as "villains die because they talk too much."

If we delay, something bad will happen. Brand's situation is not optimistic, and he is in the enemy camp, which is not good for him. The plan has been exposed, and the current plan is to quickly deal with Sheila to help Brand.

"Pfft."

A knife pierced his abdomen.

Lubbock shuddered and turned to look at the maid in disbelief.

"Why?"

The maid first looked at Lubbock with a complicated expression, and then looked at Xila with a pleading look: "Lord Xila, please let my father and mother go."

After she said this, Lubbock understood, understood everything.

He recalled what Nadezhda had said to her before they set out: be careful with women.

He admitted that he had indeed relaxed his guard a little because of the maid's appearance.

But he never expected that Xila had a back-up plan and kidnapped the maid's parents. Lubbock felt the pain in his abdomen and didn't know what to say.

Strange maid?

From an emotional point of view, the grace of raising a child is greater than heaven, and there was nothing wrong with the maid doing this.

Logically speaking, the maid betrayed the revolutionary army and deserved to be put to death.

"Let them go? Hahaha!" Silla suddenly laughed, and even laughed until tears came out: "Sorry, you said it too late. I played them to death yesterday."

"Why!"

The maid screamed angrily and questioned Silla: "You clearly promised me before!"

"Who do you think you are to negotiate terms with me?"

Ants are always ants. Sheila sneered and tried to pick up the fallen Shangri-La with her other hand.

at this time.

There was a loud noise in the sky.

Tatsumi makes a brilliant appearance.

The power of the falling silver blade from a height of one hundred meters is terrifying.

Xila only felt a sudden burst of heat and a sharp sound that made his ears deaf. He looked up in horror and saw an extremely sharp sword covered with white light coming straight towards him like the Milky Way falling from the sky.

"Do not!!!"

Silla quickened her movements and quickly picked up Shangri-La on the ground, trying to use her ability to avoid the attack.

But he was still too slow.

He could only watch helplessly as the tip of the sword touched his forehead, and as his body, starting from his skull, was gradually turned into blood foam by this extremely terrifying energy storm.

Sheila.

Graduate.

Labberk and the maid who were not far away were both blown away by the falling energy shock wave. Labberk, who had already been stabbed and injured, was hit even harder this time. After rolling on the ground for more than a dozen times, he looked at the center of the attack with a grin.

When I saw the figure gradually emerging inside, my heart quickly settled down.

"Fuck, this move is more powerful than I thought."

"Lubbock, are you okay?"

Tatsumi just glanced at Shira who was dead without leaving any trace under him and ignored him. He quickly looked at Labok who flew far away.

Noticing the knife stuck in the other person's abdomen, he couldn't help but sigh.

Was he still a step too slow? Fortunately, he was not fatally injured. He learned a lesson from his failure and considered it a lesson for Lubbock.

After all, he had asked Nadezhda to remind Lubbock to be wary of women, but in the end he was still stabbed in the back. Who can he blame?

"Ahem... Everything was fine before, but now it seems like something's wrong again."

Getting up from the ground, Lubbock reached to his back and pulled out the bloody red knife, gasping in pain. After pulling out the knife, he quickly sutured the gaping wound with silk thread.

To be honest, although the Cross Tail is not very capable in frontal combat, it is good at all aspects. It is very good for suturing wounds and stopping bleeding, or for suturing broken arms for people like Leone who have strong self-healing abilities.

Seeing that Lubbock seemed to be fine, Tatsumi looked towards another battlefield.

At this time, Chimera was fighting fiercely with Bud.

One after another, basketball-sized spherical energy balls flashing with thunder spurted out of Chimera's mouth.

"Dangerous species?"

Looking at the Chimera that suddenly broke into the battlefield, Bud frowned, and the action of charging up to use a big move was forced to interrupt because of the Chimera's attack.

Facing the flying thunder balls, arcs of electricity flashed between his arms, giving him immunity to thunder-attribute attacks, and he knocked the thunder balls away with one punch.

"You are?!"

When Brand saw Chimera's appearance clearly, he became excited.

He is familiar with this stuff!

We even had barbecue together!

"How could the dangerous creature tamed by Tatsumi appear here? Could it be that..."

Thinking of this, Brand immediately looked towards Lubbock, and sure enough, he found Tatsumi looking at him.

Now Brand was completely relieved.

Tatsumi is here.

This time the operation is stable!

"let me help you!"

After briefly recovering his strength, Brand joined the battle without hesitation and helped Chimera fight against Bud.

"Looks like you don't need my help."

The super combination of an extremely dangerous species and a top-notch imperial weapon user is basically a sure win unless they encounter a pervert like Esdeath whose combat power cannot be measured by normal standards.

Bending down to pick up the Shangri-La that was blown away by the shock wave, Tatsumi secretly sighed at the good quality of the imperial weapon. At the same time, he looked at the maid who had just backstabbed Labberk and was now looking at him with confusion and horror.

"How are you going to deal with her?"

"I......"

Lubbock was silent. Ultimately, the maid was not to blame, and he didn't know how to solve the problem.

Kill her?

But the maid had her own difficulties.

Finally, Lubbock sighed deeply and looked at the maid calmly: "Go away, I will pretend that what happened today never happened."

"I was the one who wronged you first, just kill me."

The maid raised her head and looked at Lubbock, her guilty eyes showing a bit of determination to die.

The moment she heard that her parents were gone, she realized that she was a ridiculous Joker at the mercy of others. Everything she did was in vain. She had lost the desire and reason to continue living.

"You do deserve to die."

"But he shouldn't have died in my hands."

Lubbock didn't say much. He looked away from the maid and watched as the noise around him attracted more and more guards. He looked anxious and said, "Tatsumi, we can't stay here for long."

"I know."

"They... uh, haven't finished fighting yet."

Tatsumi turned around and looked.

Chimera was being beaten by Brand. Brand wanted to help, but due to the injuries he had suffered before, he was powerless.

He admitted that he overestimated Chimera's strength.

The extremely dangerous species is indeed very strong for ordinary people, but in the eyes of masters like Bud, it is still unsatisfactory.

"Evil Light Slash."

Tatsumi launched a small attack to force Bud back and did not choose to use the large-scale Shura Evil Light Slash. After all, his purpose was not to destroy.

After forcing Bud to retreat, Tatsumi jumped onto the back of Chimera carrying Lubbock: "Run."

Brand immediately understood Tatsumi's intention and jumped up as well.

He also understood that now was not the time to fight a protracted war.

"Don't even think about running away!"

Bud blocked the Evil Light Slash in a panic. Seeing that several people were trying to escape, he roared angrily and immediately prepared to charge up for a big move.

"Demon Seal Bead." Tatsumi used a skill without even turning his head.

Looking at the bead that was so powerful that it emitted a terrifying force that made people's hearts flutter and panic, Bud suddenly came to his senses.

His duty is to protect the safety of the palace, not to kill the enemy, so why is he chasing after them?

"Run, run, don't let me catch you next time."

Bud hastily dodged the attack range of the Ghost Seal Pearl, but was still affected by the aftermath of the explosion, and had many scratches on his body.

Those guards who were not quick enough to react and had dull brains were in trouble.

Some had broken arms and legs, it was a terrible scene.

Looking at the Chimera flying away, Bud fell into deep thought with fear in his eyes: "Who is that boy and why is he so strong? The power caused by just a casual attack is so terrifying. I am afraid I am no match for him. I guess only that woman can fight him."

......

"Have we forgotten something?"

After flying out of the palace, Tatsumi became thoughtful.

"That maid..."

Lubbock reminded weakly.

"maid!"

Tatsumi was shocked when he heard this. He was so busy running with Labok and Brand that he forgot about the maid!

"I thought you did it on purpose."

Lubbock looked down at the wound on his abdomen and said faintly.

In his impression, the maid who was stabbed in the back was not a good person, and not killing her was already the greatest kindness he could show. He thought that Tatsumi had the same idea as him and did not want to save the maid.

"It could be intentional."

Tatsumi had no intention of going back to rescue the maid. They had already become enemies, so why should he save her?

"Tatsumi, why are you here?" Brand asked curiously.

"Have you forgotten my abilities?"

"Oh, that's right."

Flying high in the sky above the imperial capital, Lubbock looked at the prosperous city below with some emotion: "It won't be long before this place becomes a battlefield."

The revolutionary army had already begun to take action at this time, but its main target was not the imperial capital, but the towns affiliated with the imperial capital, that is, the outer defense line.

"We don't have to go to the battlefield. If the war spreads to the imperial capital, what's the point of us leaving the Revolutionary Army?" Brand disagreed with Lubbock's point of view.

"That's right. Let's wait a little longer until the imperial capital sends out troops. That's when we can take action."

Tatsumi gazed into the distance with deep eyes.

With his current strength, he can definitely kill the minister alone. After all, the power he relies on is not the imperial weapon, but Ashura. The minister's imperial weapon that can invalidate the power of the imperial weapon naturally has no effect on him.

As for the little emperor, it's easy to deal with him. As long as we take action before he activates the imperial weapon, the national protection machine, we can easily capture him.

But if you want to change the imperial weapon, it is not enough to just kill a few people.

Like ants.

Although ants are weak and he can easily step on them to death, it is impossible for him to step on all the ants in the world to death.

After all, a person's ability is limited. If you want to completely control this huge country including the imperial capital and its hundreds of affiliated cities, brute force alone is not enough.

This is also the reason why he did not join forces with Esdeath to take action immediately. With his own strength and the help of Esdeath, the two of them could completely kill their way through the imperial capital.

It’s not that I don’t want to take action, it’s just that the time has not come yet.

Once Bolick has dealt with the affairs of Anningdao, or when the revolutionary army and the imperial capital are both suffering heavy losses in the fight, that will be the best time for him to take action.

"I always feel a bit stuck in a dead end..."

"Since I have the dependent function, why don't I just control the ministers and the little emperor and make them puppets to rule the empire in disguise?"

Sudden inspiration always comes inadvertently, and Tatsumi suddenly thought of a very fatal and critical problem.

The prerequisite for using the dependent function is that the favorability cannot be too high.

He is currently thinking about how to overthrow the empire. How can he have a high level of favorability with the ministers?

Wouldn't it be better to just turn the minister into your own dog? Then all the power of the minister's lineage would belong to you. Why would you bother to rack your brains to plan so much?

“This idea might actually work.”

"I have a system, why should I take the ordinary path?"

The more Tatsumi thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible, and he immediately couldn't wait to test the feasibility of this plan.

Send the two of them outside the imperial capital.

Tatsumi said, “You go back first.”

"Aren't you coming back with us?" Lubbock asked.

"I have something to do."

As he spoke, Tatsumi subconsciously curled up the corners of his mouth into a smile, and secretly praised himself for his cleverness.

"be careful."

Lubbock and Brand didn't ask any more questions, but just reminded him seriously that they believed in Tatsumi's strength and ability.

If even Tatsumi finds the matter difficult and unsure, it would probably just cause more trouble for them to follow him.

"Do you want to treat your wound?"

Tatsumi glanced at the bloody hole in Lubbock's abdomen.

"No need." Lubbock lifted up his clothes, revealing the wound that was stitched with silk thread. "The wound has stopped healing, it's nothing serious, just rest for a few days."

"Lubbock."

"what happened?"

"Let's just say..."

Tatsumi looked at the red-dyed silk thread, hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but ask.

"Aren't you afraid that the wound will get infected? You use this thread frequently, but I don't think you've ever cleaned it?"

Lubbock: !!!