Emiya Shirou doesn't want to work overtime

It's a pity that Emiya missed one more chance for a feeding game.

"I seem to have no choice?"

Emiya stared intently at the dashing woman seated on the throne.

"You should know the darkness of the empire, and you should also know why we engage in this kind of assassination work."

"Besides, now that you know the location of our base during our night raid, there's no way we'll let you leave alive."

The reasons were quite compelling. From what Lubbock had shown her, Emiya was also someone who wanted to change the Empire, completely aligned with Night Raid's vision. She felt that Emiya would definitely agree.

Tatsumi, sitting to the side, was somewhat uneasy. He felt as if he had heard these words before, but he couldn't quite remember them.

"Night Raids mostly kill the scum of the Empire. You all came together to change this corrupt Empire."

Emiya's mind was extremely sharp at this moment. From the information he had intercepted, Night Raid was a righteous organization.

They specialize in killing the scum within the empire, those who disrupt it.

Everyone present nodded in agreement. Emiya had struck a chord with them; they had all joined Night Raid in order to change the current situation.

"Da Ga, oral wah lu!"

Chapter 80 Rejection

The woman sitting at the very top was stunned, as were all the other team members sitting in the other positions.

The black-haired girl standing behind Emiya looked down at him, somewhat puzzled.

"I will not join any organization."

Emiya tilted his head and answered them with utmost seriousness.

It wasn't that Emiya was uncomfortable joining an organization and obeying orders, but rather that he didn't belong to the Empire.

Although they have the same goal, they are fundamentally different.

Night Raid was motivated by a desire for a better future for the Empire and its people, while Emiya was motivated by a desire for a better future for both the Empire and its people.

The former hoped for a strong and corrupt empire that would improve the lives of its people.

The latter hopes that the people can live better lives and that the empire can be strong and stable.

Emiya prioritizes the people here, while Night Raid prioritizes the Empire.

Even if the revolutionary army succeeds, the empire will still be an empire.

Apart from the black-haired girl, the others in the night raid were not professional assassins, and their whereabouts would easily be exposed to the guards.

Once exposed, they could only kill most of the guards and servants in the mansion, as well as some poor people who had been cruelly treated by the nobles.

Simply because they had seen the people who launched the night raid.

Therefore, there are often reports of massacres occurring inside a mansion.

On the one hand, such massacres can establish the image of Night Raids as extremely powerful in the eyes of the masses, making people feel at ease about such a killer organization that is revitalizing the empire.

On the other hand, it is able to feel a sense of crisis towards those remnants living within the empire, restrain their behavior, and temporarily suspend their oppression of the people.

No one can see through his heart just by meeting him once. Night Raid, facing those guards and servants who saw his face or witnessed his battle, could not possibly know which were good people and which were bad.

A night raider wouldn't risk exposing their actions, weapons, and fighting style by gambling on whether their guards would reveal their information.

Gambling with one's life on someone else's character is clearly something a night raider would never do.

The dead are the best at keeping secrets.

Even if the servants and guards had committed no crime, they would still be attacked and killed at night.

Even the clients who assigned them the tasks would kill them if they sensed something was wrong.

Regardless of whether the client was coerced or for other reasons, Night Raid would not risk such a thankless task to investigate.

Maybe it's a trap?

Having fought the Empire for so long, what hasn't Night Raid encountered?

If it weren't for the black-haired girl's strength, she might have been surrounded and died there.

Even though the client kept apologizing to her, she still ruined the relationship.

Once is never enough, and since all her fighting styles were exposed to him, letting her client leave would undoubtedly put her in even deeper danger.

Since that incident, Night Raid has been killing any clients who have problems.

As a powerful fighting force within the revolutionary army, they must cherish the lives of their comrades and themselves, and to some extent, value their own lives even more than those of ordinary citizens of the empire.

Emiya could understand their actions. If you weren't ruthless, you might end up being even more ruthless. From Emiya's perspective, Night Raid's style of doing things was perfectly acceptable, even excellent.

Furthermore, as assassins, they were considered remarkably merciful, forming a group of like-minded individuals.

He was not simply a killer.

Emiya understands, but he will not accept, agree with, or act alongside them.

"Don't you also want to change the empire?"

Lubbock was the first to stand up and question Shirou Emiya. He had spent the most time talking to Emiya and knew him best than anyone else.

Of course, he only knew a little bit, not much, but he could feel that Emiya's desire to make the empire better came from the bottom of his heart.

"Yes, but I will not accept your way of doing things."

Emiya nodded in agreement with Lubbock's question and briefly explained why he was unwilling to join the night raid.

Even when he and the Three Orcs were on their mission, only the mission targets in each mansion suffered fatal damage.

Everyone else, even the guards who fought back against their attack, only suffered minor injuries.

"You mean, methods of assassination?"

The white-haired woman with only one eye, sitting on the seat, rested her hand on her chin and asked Emiya a question.

She genuinely wanted Emiya to join their Revolutionary Army, considering that he had withstood Brand's full-force attack and even Riva's final blow before his death.

Emiya's strength during the Night Raid has likely surpassed that of everyone except Akame.

She asked Brand if, if he were in good condition, he could kill Emiya in a fight.

Brand's response was to shake his head.

Even Brand, dressed in [Haunted], couldn't withstand such an explosion.

This attack was a move that Emiya unleashed when he was extremely weak.

Moreover, it seems that [Possessed] has found a new love and forgotten its old one, so Brand has no way to activate [Possessed] again.

The Imperial Arms that originally belonged to him can now only be used by Tatsumi.

This made him very sad.

After all, only this imperial weapon possesses a soul and is capable of fickle and capricious behavior.

The rest of the Imperial Arms were basically accepted by them, so they didn't care who used them first or last; they were oblivious to the difference in their own abilities.

Just like the [Romantic Turret] in Mine's hands, if given to Najenda, she could still use it, but with her various disabilities, she would no longer be suitable to use this weapon.

This does not mean it cannot be used.

If someone like Emiya, who can easily overwhelm Teigu users without using Teigu, joined Night Raid, their assassination missions would become much simpler.

At the very least, the security level is improved.

"We will not allow you to leak our information. If you do not agree, you will face certain death!"

Najenda squinted, wondering if Emiya was truly afraid of death.

An extremely sharp katana flew from Akame's hand and was placed directly against Emiya's neck, as if she would not hesitate to cut off his neck if he said no.

There is nothing shameful about being afraid of death. Everyone present was afraid of death, even Akame, who was always on the verge of death, was afraid of dying herself.

They all had things more important than death, which is why they shone so brightly in the face of death.

Chapter 81 Intelligence Partner

"I will not join!"

Emiya seemed completely unconcerned about the katana held to his neck, and his tone was extremely firm.

Najenda is unlikely to change Night Raid's operating style for Emiya's sake.

Emiya wouldn't join such an organization just to gain assistance.

"why?"

Two voices came from beside the table.

Lubbock couldn't understand, nor could Tatsumi. They weren't enemies, so why was Emiya so stubborn and unwilling to join the night raid?

"Then, let's talk about cooperation."

Najenda was not an inflexible person. Seeing the uncompromising look in Emiya's eyes, she knew that she could not bring Emiya into Night Raid.

Najenda did not necessarily want to kill Emiya. Just as Lubbock and Tatsumi had thought before, they were not enemies.

The fact that Emiya cannot be recruited as a subordinate does not mean that he cannot be an excellent ally.

Najenda isn't like Esdeath, who has the same idea of ​​forcing Emiya to submit. Clearly, keeping Emiya alive would be more beneficial than killing him.

Killing Emiya wouldn't cause any serious damage to the Empire; he's neither one of the Three Beasts nor Esdeath.

On the contrary, it was the warriors who, like them, resisted the empire.

"cooperate?"

Emiya looked at Najenda with some doubt, while Akame also put down the sword in her hand.

The tense atmosphere vanished instantly, and Lubbock and Tatsumi breathed a sigh of relief.

Lubbock believed that Emiya was a like-minded person and that talking to him was a pleasant experience, so she did not want Emiya to die here.