Akame had defected? The first thing Kaede felt upon hearing this was disbelief.
But recalling Akame's expression recently, a bad premonition suddenly arose in her heart. Perhaps it was true...
Unable to remain calm any longer, Kaede rushed directly toward the location of the base.
As soon as she entered the house, she saw that everyone was there: Nahash, Poney, Chikushi, Green, and Kurome were all sitting there.
Kaede, you're the only one missing, Nahash said, looking at Kaede as she pushed the door open and entered.
Kaede looked around, but ultimately did not find the figure she was looking for. A bitter smile immediately appeared on her lips. So, was it true?
Kaede! Kurome, with red eyes, threw herself into Kaede's arms at this moment. Sister has defected! She came to find me and told me to go with her. Why? Kaede, we finally managed to be together, why did Sister have to defect?
"Hmm?" Kaede paused, stunned. Listening to Kurome's words, Akame had approached Kurome when she betrayed the Empire, wanting Kurome to defect with her?
Suddenly, Kaede didn't know what to say. Looking at Kurome in her arms, her heart seemed to turn cold. Finally, she sighed and carried Kurome to a seat.
"It seems you already know. Your younger sister, Akame, was persuaded to join the Rebel Army when she was assassinating the former Imperial General, Najenda," Nahash said.
"Captain..." Chikushi tugged at Nahash's sleeve, looking at Kaede with some concern.
However, Nahash ignored Chikushi and continued, "Then Akame even tried to get Kurome to defect with her. Fortunately, Kurome's stance was firm, and she wasn't persuaded."
"Just tell me what we are to do next," Kaede's voice was cold. As Akame's sister, she knew she absolutely could not escape the repercussions of Akame's defection.
"Right, very well." Nahash gritted his teeth and finally brought out two missions.
"The Empire's high command has issued two missions for you and your sister to choose from. The first is to pursue and kill Akame right now and bring her back to the Empire to be executed." As Nahash spoke, his eyes turned cold; he didn't seem to care for this mission at all.
"And the other?" Kaede asked directly.
"Although this is unpleasant, I still suggest you choose the first one..." A bitter smile appeared on the corner of Nahash's mouth. The second one was basically sending them to their deaths.
"Speak." Ignoring Nahash's advice, the cold voice came directly from Kaede's mouth.
"The second mission is to face a foreign tribe in the west by yourself and... exterminate them." As Nahash spoke, a look of helplessness involuntarily appeared on his cold face. This mission was simply not something one or two people could accomplish.
"I choose the second one." After hearing this, Kaede made her choice immediately.
"You need to think this through, Kaede. Although Akame is your sister, even if you don't choose it, someone from the Reinforcement Squad will accept this mission." Nahash still wanted to persuade Kaede; he didn't want to watch her go to her death.
"Say no more. That's it." Kaede said, carrying Kurome as she walked towards her room.
"Bang!" Green slammed his fist against the table at this moment, hitting it repeatedly. "Bastard!"
"Bastard!"
"Bastard!"
"How is this possible..." Green, who had been pounding the table, finally collapsed onto it, tears streaming from his eyes.
"Green..." Chikushi watched Green, not knowing what to say. They all knew that Green had liked Akame for a long time. He liked Akame wearing sleeveless clothes; Green, an armpit fetishist, had long been captivated by Akame.
However, now, such a thing had happened.
"Sigh..." Weariness appeared in Nahash's eyes as well. With such a thing happening to the Elite Group, things would be difficult in the future.
However, could he blame Akame? Strangely, Nahash didn't have that feeling. Ever since he learned of the Empire's darkness, he had a feeling that Akame felt the same way; it was just that their final choices were different.
Meanwhile, Kaede, who had returned to her room carrying Kurome, felt her heart was very cold, very cold—not just because of Akame's betrayal, but also because of Kurome.
At the same time, Kaede also had some self-reflection. She seemed to have trusted Akame and Kurome too much, way too much!
She had seen the look on Akame's face and initially wanted to ask, but Akame didn't want to talk. Then, she chose to believe Akame could handle it, and then Akame betrayed them.
Then there was Kurome; she had always trusted Kurome, and yet...
"Kurome, I want to ask you something," Kaede suddenly said.
As it turned out, Kurome didn't answer Kaede. Kaede looked down and saw that, at some unknown point, Kurome had fallen asleep.
Kaede was silent for a moment, then sighed again. She lay on the bed holding Kurome, closed her eyes, and also fell asleep.
However, after a while, Kurome opened her eyes. Looking at Kaede right in front of her, she seemed to see Kaede, and yet she also seemed to see Akame. Her eyes held a trace of madness.
"Big Sister left me. Kaede will abandon me too, right? I don't want that, I don't want that! Kaede, you must be with me!! You must!"
Kurome was so scared right now, terrified. Akame had already come to find her. If Akame came to find Kaede later, would Kaede leave? She would, right? After all, both sisters...
Akame's departure made Kurome involuntarily imagine the worst possible outcome. She completely failed to realize that Kaede actually took care of her the most. In Kurome's eyes, Kaede and Sister Akame looked exactly the same; if Akame came to persuade her, Kaede would probably leave too...
And thinking that both sisters were going to leave her, to betray her, a certain string in Kurome's heart snapped completely. She started thinking of ways to make Kaede stay. No matter what method it took, as long as Kaede could stay, it would be fine, just fine!
"As long as Kaede becomes a puppet, it will be fine, right! Then I'll turn Big Sister into a puppet too, and then the three of us can be together again!!" Kurome thought, recalling the time the three of them were together. A smile slowly appeared on the corner of her mouth, but her eyes became brighter and brighter, and the black in her eyes grew thicker.
"That's it, that's it. That will work. The three of us sisters can be together forever! We will never be separated!"
While thinking this, Kurome had unknowingly gotten off the bed and retrieved yatsufusa from the corner.
The Teigu "March of the Dead," also known as yatsufusa, could manipulate those killed by this blade through a curse. It could control up to eight corpse dolls at once. The dolls looked the same as they did when they were alive and could be manipulated freely. Once the ability was deactivated, they would turn into ordinary corpses.
Kurome now also knew the ability of the Teigu in her hand. As long as she possessed this Teigu, then Kaede could stay by her side forever!
Then, she would find Big Sister, have Kaede catch Big Sister, and then use this blade, and the three of them could be together forever!
"Hehe..."
As she thought about it, a silly smile appeared on Kurome's face, and she walked step by step toward the sleeping Kaede.
At this moment, Kurome's eyes were full of madness and a trace of chaos, lacking the existence of something called reason.
Finally, Kurome walked up to Kaede. Looking at the face under the moonlight that was exactly the same as Akame's, Kurome's eyes seemed to blur.
"Big Sister..."
"Why did you have to betray us!!"
Roaring this, Kurome suddenly swung down the Teigu in her hand!
However, just as Kurome swung the blade, Kaede's eyes slowly opened. Looking at the blade in front of her, she sighed again. Perhaps today was the day she had sighed the most?
Today was truly a headache-inducing day!
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