Infinite Anime Strategy Guide

“You can’t do that. How can you trust your enemy so easily? Mr. Gozchi must have taught you, right? Never trust what your target says.”

"Martha, you really are..."

Akame's voice was tinged with bitterness.

"That's right, I used to be an inside agent for the rebels!"

Martha smiled and admitted it, while at the same time launching a merciless attack on Akame.

"Little Akame, you're too gentle. You won't be able to survive as an assassin if you keep going like this!"

"Therefore, dying here is the best relief for you!"

Despite uttering heartless words, a deep sadness lingered in Martha's eyes.

"To die here?" A chill ran through her, and Akame's gaze shifted: "If I'm going to die here, then..."

"Then only Kurohime will be left all alone!"

"I absolutely cannot..."

"Make it happen!"

By the time Akame came to her senses, her sword-shaped weapon, 'Kiri Ichimonji,' which could prevent wounds from healing, had already severed Martha's left shoulder. For the first time, her hands were stained with human blood, and the person was none other than her friend...

246. Attack? [Two-in-one]

"Listen carefully, Akame. If you want to see your sister alive, you must be ruthless when carrying out missions. Press the switch in your body. Right, use a specific word. Say it out loud while carrying out the mission, or silently recite it in your mind, like a spell."

Gozchi's teachings seemed to flash before her eyes. Akame's sword was pressed against her former friend's chest. She only needed to take one more step to complete the task entrusted to her by her 'father'.

Tick-tock, tick-tock...

Akame's demon sword 'Kiri Ichimonji' possesses the special ability to prevent wounds from healing. Martha, who was severely injured by this sword, has no chance of survival. It seems that Akame's only choice now is to stab her friend through the chest.

"How do you know I'm an assassin trained by the Empire?"

Even though the mission was only one step away from completion, Akame couldn't bring herself to take that final step. At the same time, she noticed something unusual about this mission; even though it was very subtle, there was something incongruous about it, as if it were all deliberately contrived…

"Because I'm a spy!"

There were no desperate cries; Martha simply sat on the ground, leaning against a tombstone with a smile.

A plausible explanation, as Martha said, is that as a spy, he might have been guarding this place precisely because he knew Akame's identity, and he deliberately approached her because he knew Akame's identity. Everything makes perfect sense.

But...but!

"You're being kind to me because you're a spy?"

Akame's hands clenched nervously; she longed to hear the answer she wanted.

"Actually, I..."

Martha stretched out her hand as if on her deathbed, seemingly wanting to touch Akame's cheek, which was so close to hers, but just before her fingers were about to touch her, another hand hidden behind her slashed at Akame's throat with a dagger!

Martha has answered Akame's question with her actions. Akame, who has been trained since childhood, narrowly escaped Martha's attack, which was already severely injured and her movements were obviously slowed down.

"Buried..."

Driven by her killer instincts, Akame dodged the fatal blow, revealing a cold gaze. All past friendships vanished with her low murmur. Her weapon, 'Kiri Ichimonji,' stabbed out with lightning speed, a blow that could be fatal!

“That’s right, that’s fine, Little Red Eyes, you must finish me off immediately.”

In her final moments, Martha's eyes revealed not a longing for life, but regret—regret that she could never return to the days when she was with her dearest friend.

I really like you!

Martha closed her eyes, a smile still on her lips. She didn't regret what she had done. Dying at the hands of her best friend was a kind of happiness, wasn't it?

Ding!

The expected stinging pain did not come. Instead, a crisp metallic clang reached her ears. Martha opened her eyes and saw a petite figure standing in front of her.

"Who goes there!"

Akame instinctively created distance, warily staring at the child in front of her who was holding a katana, wearing loose clothes, and whose eyes were completely covered by large glasses...?

"A accomplice?"

Martha, being a spy for the rebels, would step in to save her at this time, so it goes without saying that she must also be a member of the rebels!

"and many more!"

Akame's gaze swept across Martha's face, which was also full of surprise. She seemed not to recognize the person who had come to save her, nor did she expect that someone would come to save her.

"Could it be someone else? Or is there another reason?"

Just as Akame was on high alert, her opponent showed no intention of fighting her, grabbing the still dazed Martha and leaping into the jungle.

"Don't even think about running!"

Akame is not swayed by her personal feelings now, otherwise she would not have attacked Martha in the first place. After confirming that the other party was also an accomplice, Akame naturally would not sit idly by and watch her mission target escape. She immediately prepared to chase after her, but a huge guy who appeared out of nowhere had already blocked her and the fleeing rebel accomplice.

"A dangerous species? And a high-level dangerous species at that!"

……

"So your mission failed?"

In the room where the first mission was issued, Gozchi squinted and tapped the table with his knuckles. Opposite him were seven people who didn't dare to breathe.

"Red Eyes, out of the seven, you're the only one who failed to complete the mission. Do you know what that means?"

Gozchi stood up and walked to Akame, looking down at her with cold eyes. Although the seven called him father, in the end, it was only to better train the seven to become the empire's best assassins. His feelings for the seven were not as deep as one might imagine.

"A member of an assassination squad who can't even complete their first mission doesn't deserve to be called an elite!"

Gozchi's words made all six of them widen their eyes in surprise. Only Akame bit her lip and kept her head down without saying a word. No matter what punishment her 'father' decided, she had nothing to say. After all, she had let her mission target escape right in front of her.

Even if there were unexpected events, this is an indisputable fact!

"Akame's personality suggests she wouldn't lie, which means there really are rebels lurking in this environment that the empire has specially prepared. Interesting."

Although he appeared to be angry but not showing it, Gozchi was actually almost completely unmoved. This mission was a deliberately arranged outcome, and failures caused by other factors were not within the scope of his punishment. However, he still had to put on a show.

The seven people never imagined that everyone in the village, and the entire village itself, was a cage created to brainwash them, and that even their assassination target was a death row inmate of the empire!

However, one of them had a goal that was completely different from the others.

That person is Martha...

“Martha is someone who is willing to risk her life for the country to save her family. From the moment she received the order to assist in the training of assassins until now, her every move has been monitored. It’s impossible for her to have any opportunity to contact the rebels. Even if she was reluctant to complete the mission by sacrificing her own life, she shouldn’t have had the chance. It’s really strange.”

After a moment's thought, Gozchi made up his mind: he would personally bring the man back to get to the bottom of things. If there were also rebels mixed in with the assassination squad, things would get really messy.

"Red eyes... huh?"

Just as Gozchi was about to announce Akame's punishment, his extremely keen senses detected some kind of anomaly.

"Everyone, watch out!"

With only this one sentence to say, Gozchi suddenly drew his Imperial Arms 'Murasame' from his waist and charged forward!

Bang!

A loud crash was heard, and the small house where the eight Akame were located collapsed. Fortunately, Gozchi warned them in time, and everyone rushed out of the house. However, before they could get a sense of the situation, they were all attacked!

"How could a dangerous species found only in the central part of the empire appear here?"

Gozchi's experience was certainly far beyond what those little guys who had grown up in the environment deliberately arranged by the Empire could compare to. He immediately discerned the original distribution range of these dangerous species, and at the same time...

"Not a living thing but... a corpse? Could it be him? No, if it really was him controlling a dangerous species, it wouldn't be this weak."

In Gozchi's memory, perhaps only that guy could do that, but if that were the case, the strength of these dangerous species would be too low.

"you again!"

Akame wrote, "The one I killed, Martha, cannot survive." But the thought that she couldn't even give her one last hug made Akame feel a burning anger in her heart.

"Then be prepared!"

Kirito Ichimonji was instantly drawn, and the two katanas clashed together, even producing sparks. After just one exchange, Akame realized that her opponent's strength was no less than hers!

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!

Both of them seem to be quick, and in terms of skill, they seem to be evenly matched!

"Such astonishing strength, but!"

Akame swung her sword forcefully at Kiriichimonji, and in the brief exchange, she had already figured out the strengths and weaknesses of both sides.

"He is not as strong as me!"

As Akame expected, each of her slashes slowed down her opponent's movements slightly. Although the two had almost equal skills, Akame had the upper hand in terms of strength!

Bang bang bang!

Gunshots rang out, and strikes were repeated. None of the seven chosen by the Imperial assassination squad were mediocre. Each had their own area of ​​expertise and each possessed extremely powerful strength. However, the seven dangerous creatures were quickly killed, even though their corpses were indeed quite bizarre.

"He can still move even with his head shot through. Luckily, this enemy is an idiot. He actually tried to attack all of us. If we were to take him down one by one, I really wouldn't have the confidence to withstand an attack from so many corpses!"

Bonnie, with her cheerful personality, patted her slightly bulging chest with relief. Despite her energetic demeanor, she seemed to be the slowest developing girl in terms of breast size.

"Akame! I'm here to help you!"

Wearing glasses, Grimm first took out his whip-shaped weapon 'Rattlesnake' to help Akame, but was stopped by Gozchi.

"This is a task that Akame hasn't finished yet, consider it a make-up exam, let her handle it alone!"

Gozchi narrowed his eyes slightly. He had been somewhat concerned before, and the little guy in front of him was actually holding that person's Imperial Arms 'March of the Dead: Hachifusa'!

"What's going on? Both my strength and skill seem to have improved?"

Akame, who had initially held the upper hand, discovered that the gap between her and her opponent was constantly narrowing, and in a short time they had reached a point where they were evenly matched!

"Could it be because these corpses were knocked down?"

Akame analyzed the situation while fighting.

"It seems so. Before, I couldn't fully unleash my strength because I had to focus on manipulating these corpses. Now that all the corpses have been dealt with, my strength has actually increased!"

Akame thought to herself that this was a tricky situation, and the battle between the two began to stalemate, with Gozchi becoming increasingly impatient.

Even though the battle between the two was not simply a contest of skill and strength, but also a battle of wits and experience, and both of them could kill each other in an instant, they just couldn't find that one fatal opportunity.

Why does this person look so familiar?

Akame frowned. As the battle progressed, the sense of familiarity grew stronger, and she even felt that she couldn't bring herself to fight him!