Anime: Ashura from Killing Akame

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"Wow, there are quite a few people."

When the minister handed over the list of corrupt officials, Tatsumi couldn't help but be shocked. There were thousands of names written in black and white on the long list.

Among these names of corrupt officials, there are high-ranking officials and nobles, a mixed bag of good and bad. It would be a huge task to clean them out.

Fortunately, he didn't have to do this alone. He could just leave it to Nadezhda, who was absolutely professional in this regard.

Afterwards, Tatsumi experienced being an emperor for half a day and found that it was much more boring than he had imagined. If he wanted to be a tyrant, ignore state affairs, and indulge in pleasure all day long, it would naturally not be so boring. But if he wanted to govern the country diligently, he would have to sit at the desk all day long, reviewing countless memorials.

"come here."

Tatsumi waved and called the little emperor forward, and the little emperor obeyed.

The little emperor was a girl, about the same age as Aikunsi.

Tatsumi took off the tall hat on the little emperor's head, and then reached out to lift up his green hair that was scattered on his forehead because there was no tall hat to restrain it. As expected, at such a young age, he already had a hairline that was hard to find for ordinary people...

It is conceivable that the little emperor was going through unimaginable burdens all day long.

Actually, the little emperor is quite pitiful.

She was forced to take the throne as a puppet emperor at a young age. She had no salary and worked diligently all day long. However, the only minister she trusted was full of bad intentions and led her step by step towards becoming a tyrant.

It can be said that the young emperor had good intentions in governing the country, but he used the wrong people, so his methods were naturally wrong.

"Perhaps, we can continue to allow the little emperor to participate in politics."

"Then ask Nadezhda if she has such plans."

Looking at the densely packed memorials on the table, Tatsumi thought that even if Esdeath came, she would not be able to bear it. With Esdeath's temperament, if she sat on the throne, she would most likely become a hands-off boss and feel at ease exploiting Ran, the hard-working worker.

In fact, whether it is the little emperor or Nadezhda, it doesn’t make much difference to Tatsumi. He provides policies and strategies for governing the country. As long as it is not a fool who becomes the emperor, he can change the current corrupt situation of the imperial capital and lead the imperial capital to prosperity.

"Owner......"

The little emperor shouted in a low voice, not understanding what Tatsumi's intention was in lifting his hair.

Tatsumi glanced at the little emperor and said, "Don't you notice that your hairline is a bit high?"

"Hairline?"

The little emperor looked confused and didn't understand the meaning of the words. Tatsumi sighed when he saw this. He was thinking too much. In this world, even survival was a problem. Apart from those nobles who were greedy for pleasure and focused on appearance, how could anyone pay attention to such insignificant things as hairline?

"Come on, do a good job."

Patting the little emperor on the shoulder to show encouragement, Tatsumi then looked at the minister: "You know what to do, right?"

There is no doubt that the minister has the ability, but he used it in the wrong direction, otherwise he would not have been able to govern a country for so long.

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When Tatsumi returned to Night Raid, Lubbock and Brand had not returned yet.

This brings us to the inconvenience of transportation in this backward era.

A five-minute flight of the Chimera is equivalent to a two-hour journey by a horse-drawn carriage.

Although he was delayed for a long time at the palace, he returned faster than the other two.

"Strange, we didn't see any trace of Brand and Lubbock when we came back. Did they take a shortcut?"

Tatsumi muttered and pushed open the door of the base. Nadezhda was sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper as usual, but her eyes were wandering and it was obvious that her attention was not on the newspaper.

"Solved?" Noticing Tatsumi coming in, she moved her eyes away from the newspaper.

"Are you still worried about me doing things?"

Tatsumi walked to the guest table and made himself a cup of tea. He took two sips and put it down. It was just as bitter as ever. As expected, he preferred iced tea to tea.

"Where are they?" Nadezhda looked outside the door and was puzzled when she found that Brand and Lubbock did not come back.

"On the way, maybe?"

"By the way, where are the others?"

Normally, Leone should be sitting here chatting and gossiping with Maine and the others, but today only Nadezhda was here, and the place was unexpectedly empty.

"Everyone is on a mission. After all, now is not the time to relax."

Nadezhda responded, her hand subconsciously reaching into her pocket, pausing, glancing at Tatsumi, then retracting her hand.

This detail naturally did not escape Tatsumi's eyes.

He seemed to be thinking about something, then jokingly asked, "Quit it?"

"I don't want you to be exposed to secondhand smoke."

“How does it feel to quit smoking?”

"Oh, that's it."

"I rarely see you come back. Why did you come back suddenly today? Did something happen?" Nadezhda changed the subject while pouring the remaining tea in the teapot into the cup and taking a sip.

"As expected, I still can't hide it from you."

Tatsumi organized his words and said, "Don't worry about the minister. I have already subdued him."

"puff!......"

Nadezhda spat out a mouthful of tea and thought she had misheard.

"What did you say?"

"The minister has turned over a new leaf."

"..."

Nadezhda frowned and stared into Tatsumi's eyes, as if trying to find signs of lying or joking in the other's eyes, but after looking for a long time, there was no change in the other's expression.

Nadezhda took another sip of her tea: "Are you kidding?"

She would rather believe that the First Emperor would be resurrected than believe that the minister would turn over a new leaf.

"Are you kidding me? You already have the answer in your mind, don't you?"

"How did you do it?"

In Nadezhda's impression, Tatsumi rarely joked, but to ask her to believe that the culprit who had caused the current corruption of the empire would mend his ways... again, she would rather believe that the First Emperor would be resurrected than believe that the minister would mend his ways.

If the ministers really had a little conscience, the empire would not have fallen into the state it is now with people living in misery, wars raging everywhere, and internal and external troubles.

But since these words came from Tatsumi's mouth, she still believed them subconsciously.

"I used a little trick."

Tatsumi did not explain too much. The power of the system was so great that it would be difficult to explain even if the previous god grandfather continued.

You can't say that the old god used his magical powers to turn the minister into a good person, right?

Nadezhda did not continue the conversation, immersed in this incomprehensible news for a long time and unable to recover. Tatsumi did not speak either, giving Nadezhda time to accept it.

The atmosphere was somewhat silent for a while.

"Probably tomorrow, we should receive a notice."

After a while, Tatsumi said.

"Notice?"

"Night raiders should not walk in the dark."

"Really? Then I'm looking forward to that day."

Nadezhda was a smart person, and combined with what Tatsumi had said before, she quickly analyzed the deeper meaning of this sentence.

"It'll only take one day...but we'll be busy from now on."

Taking out a list from his pocket, Tatsumi handed it to Nadezhda and said, "There are many more termites in the empire than I expected."

Nadezhda lowered her eyes and took a quick look. She was also shocked by the densely packed list and took a deep breath.