Chapter 33: Luck
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- What, you're not even going to scold me for going into town without asking? - Chelsea asked when we got back to our temporary base and I set the girl down on the floor.
- Would you like me to scold you, or maybe even punish you? - I asked, and stroked the red hair of this fool, -Well, we are kind of killers, danger is always waiting for us, that's why I created these bracelets, it would have protected you long enough for me to come to your rescue, but I decided to check out the city myself, and walked along the rooftops with you. Come on, I think Najenda's already back from her meeting. - I went to the room where the girls were gathered around the map.
- Did you go on a reconnaissance trip to the city? - Najenda asked.
- Yeah, and there's no convenient firing points, unless Spear can hold Maine in the air while she shoots. But Bolik's in the mansion more often than not, and he's a lot easier to shoot using the same method. Oh, and also learnt that from today 'Four Demon Rakshasa' renamed to 'Two Demonesses Rakshasa', while walking through the city, Chelsea was attacked by these guys, and I had to halve their composition. - I replied.
- I saw the fight, and he could have killed them all, but he deliberately let the girls go without even injuring them. - Chelsea added.
- Yeah, well, the dark one was too attractive to kill, and the other one was a pity; she must be a masochist if she moaned so loudly at my blows. The next time we meet, I will prepare places for them in my pocket world. I will collect a collection of slave girls from the villains, and the jewel of my collection will be Esdeath, but she still needs to be defeated first. - replied my schizophrenia.
- Well, Esdeath is not our main target right now, so we'll talk about her later. We met with the local rebels, and it turns out that Bolik moves between the cathedral and the mansion through an underground tunnel, inside the mansion he is always in the inner rooms, rarely going to the windows, so that he doesn't get shot. Anyway, we were advised to eliminate him specifically in the cathedral. - said Najenda, showing the scheme of the cathedral and the scheme of the mansion, - Bolik is too valuable his life and has taken good care of his defence, in the cathedral it is possible to kill him, but it is inconvenient, and in his mansion it is too dangerous.
- Hmm... I've got an idea, Spear will keep Mein in the air, and I'll infiltrate the mansion or the cathedral, and tip Bolik off, even if he's surrounded by guards, Mein will be able to shoot him from the air, the gun has a special mode that concentrates all the power on the penetrating force, I won't even have to fight, just point to where Bolik's head is. I was impressed with the Big Bear's armour, it had incredible protection for the last time its owner survived. I could redesign it for Najenda, adding attack power in addition to defence. And that Seriu and her dog, I've got some plans for her, too, so we can disband the Huntsmen for lack of squad members. - I said, rubbing my chin.
- It's not a bad plan, and me and Leone and Shelly will guard Spear and Main from the ground, according to spy information, Serew was upgraded by Stileish before he joined the Huntsmen, and Serew herself worked as a guard. Yubiquitas can use ten different powerful guns, including a long-range gun. It is most likely Serew who will be the one trying to attack Main if he sees a shot. Esdeath is always near Bolik, so there should be no threat to Mein and Spear from her. - Najenda added, 'We won't attack today, Bolik will be worried after losing two bodyguards, so we'll wait a few days and then attack suddenly.
- What do we do now? - Spear asked, glancing at the bed.
- Chelsea, go into the living room and cover your ears. - said Leone excitedly.
- You know, Gin just saved me, and as a reward, I'm thinking of giving him my body. - Chelsea began to undress, and coming to the bed, looked at me, - Come on, my hero, accept your reward.
- Another flat-bottomed, baby-faced girl. Thank you, I will refuse the award, I already have one of those. - I looked sceptically at this 'award'.
- Hey, perverted Gin, take the place of this uncomprehending fool! - With offence said Mein, who had already managed to get naked too.
- Already here, and ready to accept the reward. I remember this bitch used to say a lot of nasty things with her mouth, now we will clean this mouth. - I walked over to Chelsea, who was still sucking on her lollipop. I took out the candy and gave her something more interesting to suck on.
Even though my body was ruled by schizophrenia, I couldn't help but admit that seeing Chelsea's face on my device was quite pleasurable, especially when I started getting deeper inside the bitch's throat and she started choking because she was having trouble breathing, and I deliberately held out until the last minute before I let her go and let her catch her breath, but not for long, and continued to suck on her throat, which I soon filled with hot yoghurt. While Chelsea coughed there, I rolled her over onto her back and penetrated her anal, which was a new experience for her... oh yes, I'm vindictive.
We had a few days of debauchery in the cave, waiting for Bolick to lower his guard, and after five days we decided to proceed with the operation.
Since Bolick's mansion was on the outskirts of the city, it was in the mansion that we decided to swat him, the team set up on a low cliff, over which Spear would fly with Mein, while I invisibly infiltrated Bolick's mansion that I was currently dining with Esdeath, and Wave, Seriu was walking around outside the mansion with the girls of the Four Demon Rakshasa.
- Today, after the service, Lord looked at me strangely. - said Bolick, who looked like some kind of sinful cardinal, while he was just devouring Esdeath with his lustful gaze.
- So? And Bolick, I'm disgusted by weaklings like you, stop looking at me with that undressing look, or I'll kill you myself before the Night Raid. - Esdeath replied, stabbing her rapier into the floor.
- It's just that the Lord has some powers that helped him build a cult around him. I sent his blood back to the capital to Dr Stylish, and it turns out that Lord is half dangerous beast, half Cilin to be exact, and they were exterminated here long ago for their blood, which accelerated the healing of wounds. I don't know how the Lord was born, but he can heal people, and he can also sometimes predict the future, and the fact that he looked at me so strangely today can only mean one thing: the Night Raid will come to me soon. - Bolik said, still giving Esdeath a greasy look.
- Oh, if they could, they'd come straight to you, but they're afraid of me, so as long as I'm around, you're safe. - Esdeath smirked, and sat back in her chair. She had already eaten, unlike Bolik, who had all the sins, including gluttony.
- Yes, as long as we are with you, you have nothing to fear. - Wave confirmed, and at the same moment, Bolik's head exploded from the energy beam that Maine had fired from the air.
- Ha-ha, 'perfectly safe' and 'nothing to fear', ha-ha. - I appeared in the middle of the room, coming out of invisibility, -You guys are so funny, especially that country bumpkin.
- Terrorist! - Wave jumped up.
- What? I'm not a terrorist, I'm a radical reformist. - I responded to that accusation.
- You're killing people! - shouted Wave, keeping his hand on his armour-activating sword.
- Doesn't the Empire kill people? Esdeath here, who exterminated my tribe, or Bols, who burned down entire cities, or Kurome, who was specially trained by the Empire for the Terror Group, who kills all enemies of the Prime Minister.
- They are only following orders, and Bols, and Kurome, and Esdeath, and me. - Wave said, seeing that I was not attacking, but rather open to conversation.
- However, that doesn't change the fact that it's the order to kill people that you accused me of as well. The only difference is in the side, I'm for revolution, you're for a rotten Empire, I'm for change for the better, you're for oppression of the people. You should have seen how rotten the Empire is, and it is rotten at the very top, all orders for murder and genocide come from there, and they are not given by the little Emperor, who has not yet dried up his breast milk on his lips, they are given by the Prime Minister. When he took office, that's when the Empire started having problems, and Night Raid wants to solve that problem by removing the root cause. Don't you realise that, Wave?
- I do... I noticed the Empire was rotten myself, so I decided to change it from the inside out! I will not stoop to your methods, terrorists! - Esdeath was silent at the same time, having decided to listen to me, as the target of her defence was already dead and there was no hurry.
- Decided to change the empire from within? Let's hear how exactly do you plan to do it? - I asked, looking at the guy, who just said nothing, 'Let me answer for you. So, to be able to change the Empire from the inside, you need to take the highest position, so that your words can change the Empire. You can't become Emperor, but there are two positions below Emperor that have a great deal of power - the Prime Minister, which is now Honest, and the Generalissimo, which is now Budo. Only by taking these two positions will you be able to change the country from within, but considering that both Honest and Budo took these positions after forty years of age, and you are now at most twenty years old, it will be about twenty years before you can change anything. Let's assume that you didn't become a scum during this period and remained as conscientious and honest, let's assume that you weren't killed by other scum because you were as conscientious and honest, let's assume that you managed to take the post of Prime Minister, the post of Generalissimo is most likely to go to a relative of Budo, they inherit this post by favour. So, you've become Prime Minister and you have an Empire that was almost destroyed by the policies of the last Prime Minister, whom you didn't let the Night Raid overthrow. The question is, how long will it take you to rebuild this Empire? Normally, it takes a generation to bring about global change in a country, that's somewhere between twenty and twenty-five years. So, for your plan to 'change the Empire from within' to work, you need to wait forty to forty-five years. Let's look at the revolutionary plan. We overthrow Honest in the next six months, change all the corrupt officials by executing the old ones, and since the country, though in a deplorable state, is clearly in a better condition than it will be in twenty years of Honest's rule, we can rebuild the Empire in ten years at the most, but I think seven years will be enough. And let us reason, which is better? Revolution and a better life in ten years? Or to wait forty years until you can possibly change the Empire from within? - I finished my long monologue.
- ... what did you do with Kurome? - Wave decided to ask a question.
- She's with Akame now, I reconciled them, they're sisters, Kurome's on our side now, and I want you to be on our side too.
- I have a duty, I made a promise to a man to serve the Empire no matter what. He helped me join the navy, and I can't let him down. - Wave gripped the blade tighter, about to activate the armour.
- Haha, so instead of serving the people, you're choosing to fulfil your promise to the one man who got you into the navy? I mean, he's the officer that took advantage of his position to sneak you into the navy, must be some uncle of yours? Well, what are you gonna change from the inside, since you've already defamed yourself by admitting that you joined the navy on the strength of your favours? You're already corrupt now, in twenty years, you'll be just like your uncle, a corrupt man, putting his relatives and friends on the breadline, just like Honest is doing now. Huh, 'change the Empire from within', you're a hypocrite, Wave.
- I'm sick of your words, terrorist! - he activated the Big Dipper.
- Truth hurts, doesn't it? - I asked with a sneer as Wave came at me, 'It's going to sting one more time,' I said. - I said, and Maine's shot hit Weyve's eye, piercing his head clean through. While I was there chatting with Wave, Mein was reloading her gun for another one of those super-piercing shots.
Veive was shot in a jump, and he died in the jump, while unclenching the hand he was using to strike me with Teigu's sword. I intercepted the blade in midair, letting Weyve's corpse fall to the floor without armour.
- Esdeath, can we chat now while Maine's gun reloads? We've got a hundred and sixty seconds before your head gets blown through. - I said, holding the Big Dipper's Teiga in my hand. Should I activate it and see what happens? I'm already wearing armour, and it's pretty powerful.
- Gin, you've miscalculated a bit. - Esdeath said with a smile and a blue wave came out of her chest, freezing everything in the room, including time and space, -You and I have all the time in the world, not one hundred and sixty seconds. - The blue-haired girl, sitting on the ice throne that her chair had turned into, said, 'You and I have all the time in the world, not a hundred and sixty seconds.
- Since our last meeting, I have refined my trump card technique, now it freezes not only time, but also space, although in a small volume, but no one can move there if I do not want. This room is subject to my rules. - Esdeath took a glass with frozen wine, and in a moment the wine was normal, - See? I hope you see, I think you are strong enough to keep seeing and hearing what I tell you. - The girl looked at me with a smile and sipped from her glass.
I, meanwhile, was trying to regain my ability to move, but so far, I've only been able to regain the ability to feel the world at normal speed.
- You know, Gin, I've realised something, I like you, maybe it's not love, maybe I'm not made for love, but I've realised that I want to possess you, and the more time passes, the more this desire grows. - Esdeath came to me, - I respect only strength, this strength can be manifested as in physical strength itself, in speed, in skill of fight, in high intelligence, in high endurance, and you are strong on all these points, and that's why I like you so much.
I felt my knee joints release from Esdeath's influence, but she only did it to bring me to my knees.
- I want to possess you, Gin, and I will possess you whether you want me to or not. If you think I don't know how to love, and you don't want to accept my love, then you will be my slave. - She put a collar on me and made a chain out of ice, -You will be my faithful favourite tiger. - Esdeath smiled contentedly.
- H... r... f... e... n... you! - I decided to activate the armour of the Big Dipper, I could use the extra protection from abilities, and maybe the energy release could destroy this icy area of hers with frozen space and time.
It took a lot of energy to activate the Big Dipper, but that was a good thing, the ice chain broke, the ice on the walls started to crack, and when the armour was fully activated, there was a massive energy release that destroyed Esdeath's icy dimension after all.
- Fuck you, not a tame tiger! I'm the one who's going to tie you up. - I said, wearing the armour of the Big Dipper, which allows to conduct several times more energy from the domain, but the energy in the domain at this rate will quickly run out, - Moon Sickle! - I shouted, swinging my sword, which was constantly glowing from Ki, this blade was an amalgamation of my blade and the Big Dipper's blade, so it could also conduct many times more energy.
- Damn it! - Esdeath was able to dodge the destructive wave that destroyed almost all of Bolik's mansion, but two armours at once had a bad effect on me, after this attack, I fell on my knee. In order to destroy Esdeath's ice dimension, I had let so much ki pass through me that I had destroyed my body in addition to the ice dimension, which made me feel disgusting to say the least.
Noticing the destruction of the mansion, Mein began to fire at Esdeath, who she could now see, for she had been obstructed by the roof and walls of the mansion before, but now only one wall remained. Esdeath had to run away, she had used up all her energy to freeze time and space, and in a few minutes she could have been shot in the head like Bolik and Wave.
I, on the other hand, seemed to have overdone it a little too much, with so much Ki flowing through my body that my body literally became mincemeat in my armour, and I fell to the floor exhausted.
- I sense evil, and that evil must be punished. - Seriu Yubikitas said happily, she was lucky to be on the side that was not hit by the destructive wave, but the black-haired Four Demon Rakshasa was not so lucky... just like me now. The dark-skinned blonde saw Esdeath running away, and decided to join her, since she was running away, it meant something.