"Aren't we going back to the capital now?" Esdeath looked at the direction Kaede was walking and couldn't help asking. According to what Kaede said, shouldn't they be rushing back to the capital now?
"Why go back so early?" A smile appeared on the corner of Kaede's lips. "If we go back too early, it wouldn't make sense not to take action. Besides, haven't you heard that the trump card always appears last?"
"Hm? It seems the Great General is really going all out this time." Esdeath said thoughtfully from the side.
"If it weren't for that stubborn old man, I wouldn't have to do so much." Dissatisfaction appeared in Kaede's eyes.
"Aren't you worried about your subordinates?"
"Worried? Hmm... a little, I guess." Kaede didn't refute, saying, "But I feel that rather than worrying about them, I'd rather believe in them. Their strength is actually stronger than we imagine. They just haven't had the chance to show it."
"Oh?" Esdeath looked at Kaede with interest, eyes narrowed, "Is what you said true?"
"Of course it's true." Kaede nodded. "Of course, I'm also sure that the possibility of them being in danger is not high. With their strength, as long as they don't separate, no one should be able to kill them."
"That's true." Esdeath also understood their strength; she had confirmed this point when she tested their strength back then.
"However, the subsequent war can't go on forever either." Esdeath also understood that a country cannot be in a state of war forever. Although Kaede spoke well, sooner or later, she would lose her hobby.
"Hmm." Kaede nodded noncommittally and said, "But by then, perhaps you will have already grown tired of it."
"Perhaps..." Esdeath nodded, not refuting, and for the first time, a look of melancholy appeared on her face.
Meanwhile, in the capital, Run used his appearance to attract a lovesick woman in the Jaegers unit. Finally, Run found the person he hated to the bone.
The subsequent battle was very simple. Kurome used Dola to solve the lovesick woman with one shot from the shadows.
What remained was the battle between Run and that enemy.
Run's eyes were blood-red, completely unlike his previous refined gentlemanly appearance. The Teigu "Mastema" was originally elegant angel wings, but at this moment, it was used as a brutal object for close-quarters combat.
However, even so, Run quickly knocked the enemy down.
Afterwards, Run wanted to properly torture this person who had brought him endless pain, but at this moment, Kurome slashed the fat man on the ground with a sword, nearly killing him directly.
"Kurome, you!" Run was a bit puzzled; although a bit annoyed, he wasn't enough to get angry at a companion.
Kurome tilted her head and said, "Sister said, if an enemy can be killed in one hit, just kill them directly, so as to avoid a desperate struggle." As a younger sister who greatly admired her sister, she remembered what her sister said very well and was doing it very well.
"Hm?" The anger in Run's eyes slowly faded. He looked at the fat man at his feet and finally shook his head. A feather shot directly through his heart.
Then Run looked at Kurome, his eyes returning to gentleness, "Thank you, I was obsessed."
"It's okay, we are companions." Kurome nodded, "Solved, we should be able to go back now, right?"
"Ah, let's go back." Run nodded with a smile.
Tonight's night is still so quiet...
Under the cold moonlight, Akame hugged her legs, curled up there, looking at the stars in the sky.
In fact, Akame's mind was not on the stars at all, but thinking about what was to come.
From the Boss, Akame learned that tomorrow was the moment to attack the capital. The final battle was finally about to begin.
It seemed it should have been a happy time, and the justice in her heart could also be interpreted, but Akame couldn't be happy at all.
In the final battle, Akame knew that she would definitely be a main member, and as a main member, she surely couldn't avoid fighting Kurome or Kaede.
Thinking of this, the struggle in Akame's eyes became more severe. Her hand touched her abdomen, not knowing when.
It still faintly transmitted waves of pain; perhaps it was real pain, or perhaps it was mental pain. This was the place where Kaede had struck Akame with the scabbard at that time.
That strike, Kaede both used strength and held back. After the battle, Akame was diagnosed, and the bones in that area were partially fractured.
Akame actually knew that if her sister had used full force, that strike could definitely have killed her directly.
"Sister... must be very disappointed in me..." A dim look appeared in Akame's eyes, and her hand clenched into a fist, not knowing when. "However, no matter what, it will end tomorrow, right? Kurome, Sister..."
"Is Akame's state really okay?" Leone and Najenda stood behind a tree, Leone asked, looking at Akame's figure with some concern.
"Indeed, Akame's pressure is too great, and in tomorrow's battle, it's very likely she will face her sisters." Najenda also nodded.
"However, we can only believe in our trump card. In the current situation, we can only go all out. If those two generals return, I'm afraid there will never be another chance." Najenda clenched her fist and said.
"Yeah, only this one chance..." Leone also nodded, but at this moment, the unease in her heart was growing stronger and stronger.
"Let's go, let Akame think it over properly by herself." Najenda turned and left.
Leone looked at Akame there for a while longer, and finally followed Najenda away.
"Cough, cough!" Najenda, who had only walked a few steps, suddenly coughed violently.
"Hey, hey, are you okay, Boss!" Leone hurried up, startled by Najenda's appearance, and asked while patting Najenda's back.
"I'm fine for now." Najenda looked at the bloodstains she had coughed up, and the look in her eyes was still firm. This was the side effect of her Teigu, which consumed life, especially the sequelae brought about by forcibly using the Magatama Manifestation after Susanoo's core was destroyed.
Najenda didn't know how much longer she could hold on; this was also one of the reasons she had to seize the opportunity to attack the capital.
However, Najenda also knew that the success rate this time was very low.
Even if Kaede and Esdeath were not present, this battle would still be difficult to fight, let alone the fact that Kaede and Esdeath could return at any moment.
Although the success rate was small, there was at least a possibility of success.
At the very least, they had to kill the Minister and Budo before they returned; then, it would be a bit easier to deal with them when they came back.
If the three of the empires strongest were to unite, Najenda couldn't imagine any possibility of defeating them.
Everything depended on tomorrow!
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