Time spun by, and who knew how many days had passed. The so-called plan to "purge the corrupt officials from the emperor's side" was still proceeding secretly and in full swing.
This day was when Night Raid would mobilize its entire force to deal with Syura, the son of Minister Honest.
Originally, for the sake of caution, Night Raid was accustomed to first gathering sufficient intelligence before striking for a decisive kill.
However, during this period, before they could even finish gathering intelligence on Syura and his Wild Hunt subordinates, Night Raid was forced to launch their operation somewhat hastily.
This was because Syura's actions were simply too tyrannical.
Here's what happened: While Night Raid was diligently investigating Syura, incidents of human modification experiments were continuously and dangerously occurring around the Imperial Capital.
At first, it was nothing much; only a dozen or two dozen people were affected. But later, the number of people attacked and killed had already surpassed two thousand!
The Imperial Capital did nothing about this matter. Since it didn't affect the inner circles of the capital, that group of old officials and lords simply didn't care about the life or death of the poor common folk outside the capital.
Later, as more and more people died, gradually nearing three thousand fatalities, the members of Night Raid couldn't hold back anymore.
After seeking Uchiha Madara's consent, they decided to resolve this matter first. They truly could no longer stand by and watch the impoverished people outside the Imperial Capital continue to die miserably.
After a thorough investigation, both overt and covert, Night Raid found clues and, following them like a vine, uncovered the mastermind behind this incident: Dr. Stylish!
That's right, it was the insane mad scientist under Esdeath in the original work.
After investigating, Night Raid discovered that this fellow, Dr. Stylish, was a scientist at a mysterious research institute within the Imperial Capital. Sponsored by some unscrupulous nobles,
he had been conducting a terrifying human experimentation project. Originally, this fellow had always acted discreetly and cautiously, but for some unknown reason, his recent actions had become increasingly reckless.
Now that the target had been found, what else was there to say? Night Raid mobilized its entire force with one goal: to assassinate Dr. Stylish!
That evening, Night Raid secretly left the Imperial Capital and headed straight for Dr. Stylish's secret research institute outside the capital!
However, the development of events was completely unexpected!
Night Raid members explored their way to Dr. Stylish's secret evil research institute and just happened to encounter Dr. Stylish himself, who had just emerged from the institute and was preparing to go out and continue his human-capturing, human-killing experiments!
What else was there to say?
As the saying goes, "When enemies meet, their eyes turn red." Night Raid and Dr. Stylish immediately erupted into a fierce battle!
Why do we say 'both sides'?
Because Dr. Stylish was not alone. He had numerous modified humans under him, known as the Stylish Army.
This included the Eyes, Ears, and Nose Reconnaissance Trio, Guima Doloma, Hisha Tobi, Kakugyou Jessant, and a pile of modified foot soldiers.
When Dr. Stylish saw the seven or eight individuals opposite him, all of whom were Night Raid assassins and all Imperial Arms users, he immediately felt a bit panicked.
He knew very well that although his modified humans were strong, facing so many pure Imperial Arms users, he absolutely could not handle them.
In his urgency, Dr. Stylish made the most correct choice!
The mad Dr. Stylish pulled out a vial of a dangerous, self-researched, heart-blood crystal drug from his pocket and injected it into himself!
Instantly, to the astonished gazes of Night Raid, Dr. Stylish transformed into a terrifying, seemingly mutated, gigantic, super-large muscular giant, his body swelling dramatically in an instant.
Not only that, the gigantic Dr. Stylish cruelly and violently devoured and absorbed all of his modified human subordinates!
In the original work, Dr. Stylish only became stronger after devouring and absorbing the Eyes, Ears, and Nose Reconnaissance Trio, making him difficult for Tatsumi and Akame to deal with. But now, he had devoured and absorbed all of his subordinates in one go, making his strength even more terrifying and tyrannical!
Although Dr. Stylish's strength under his violent rage was formidable, Night Raid was never afraid, because this time, they had mobilized their entire team!
Without another word, all the Imperial Arms users of Night Raid moved out together, giving Dr. Stylish a thorough beating!
However... pay attention to this "however"! This is important!
However, Night Raid members never expected, and Uchiha Madara himself never expected, that Syura and his Wild Hunt subordinates would actually come to support Dr. Stylish!
After some discussion and argument, Night Raid understood: it turned out that after Syura arrived in the Imperial Capital, he had taken a liking to Dr. Stylish's research talent and decided to take Dr. Stylish under his wing.
When Syura arrived at Dr. Stylish's secret research institute, he discovered the countless modified human research materials. Witnessing the power of these modified humans, desire and greed instantly surged in Syura's heart.
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Syura immediately decided that he would use the endless modified humans to get rid of his deadbeat father, Honest, overthrow the entire Imperial Capital, kill the young emperor, and ascend to the throne above tens of thousands of people.
With this desire, Syura began to act. He ordered Dr. Stylish to capture many people as research material, precisely to create a large batch of modified humans. This was also the reason why Night Raid launched their operation tonight.
And so, tonight, as Night Raid confronted the gigantic Dr. Stylish, the immense commotion drew out Syura and his Wild Hunt subordinates from within the research institute.
Now, the situation had changed, becoming an all-out battle between Night Raid and Syura's entire group.
Plans couldn't keep up with changes. Caught off guard, and before they had even thoroughly investigated intelligence on Syura and his Wild Hunt subordinates, Night Raid had no choice but to confront their target, Syura, ahead of schedule.
A great battle erupted outside the Imperial Capital.
The members of Night Raid each found their respective opponents, unleashed their various techniques, and began to slaughter.
The situation outside the Imperial Capital, where Night Raid was fighting, was all clearly perceived by Uchiha Madara.
That night in the Imperial Capital, within Uchiha Madara's estate, Uchiha Madara was not sleeping. He sat on a reclining chair on the rooftop, seemingly dozing lightly, but in reality, he was meticulously sensing the battle situation outside the Imperial Capital.
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