Their commission was suspicious.

Arya stared in disbelief at her right arm, which had been holding the lantern, suddenly explode.

On the handle of the fallen soul lamp, there was still a fair hand tightly gripping the handle.

"Ah!!!!" A heart-wrenching scream rang out again.

Because of the close proximity, Fran, whose face was stained with some blood and flesh, paid no attention to the blood and walked towards the umbrella two meters away.

Fran loosened her grip on Arya's arm, which had been tightly clenched.

Leone and Akame, who were originally about to rush forward, suddenly became wary as they looked at Fran, who was picking up an umbrella as if no one else was around.

Just now, the danger emanating from Fran suddenly surged to its highest level.

"My arm!" Arya cried out, clutching her shoulder where she had lost her right arm.

Perhaps due to the intense pain, Arya's voice was somewhat hoarse.

"Hmm, my sister got ruined? She got ruined so easily? My sister is such a bad friend. She clearly wanted to play for a longer time, what should we do now?" Fran, who had returned to Arya's side with her umbrella, squatted down and looked at Arya lying on the ground, saying with distress.

“Fran…” Sayo called out softly, somewhat fearfully.

"Sayonara-neechan, will you play with me too?" Fran asked happily.

"!!!"

Sayo was reminded once again of the fear she had felt when she was dominated by Fran.

It made him think of the terrifying monster hidden beneath Fran's appearance.

"Francine, stop fooling around," Chen Luo's voice rang out.

"Um, teacher, I wasn't being silly. It's just that Sister Arya is too fragile. And she knocked my umbrella away. I hate rain," Fran said pitifully.

In short, just play the victim for now.

"Yes, yes, no nonsense, it's all her fault. But you crushed his arm way too thoroughly, didn't you?"

The sudden sound, without any warning, startled Leone, a man who considered himself to have keen senses.

Leone looked back and saw a boy walking in the rain, also holding an umbrella.

Unlike Fran, however, he carried an oil-paper umbrella, and beside him was a gray-haired woman who looked somewhat familiar, but whose familiarity was hard to pinpoint.

"Oh, I remember now, you're the boy who saved his revolutionary comrades, right? I haven't even asked your name yet, and I didn't expect to meet you here again." Leone quickly recognized Chen Luo.

"The runaway kitten..." Chen Luo glanced at Leone before turning his gaze to Akame.

"It's not a kitten, it's a lion."

"We'll find out whether it's a cat or not later," Chen Luo said.

"Is he the Teigu user mentioned in the intelligence report? Wasn't he supposed to be accompanied by a white-haired woman wielding chains?" Akame asked.

"You're asking me? How would I know?" Leone shrugged innocently.

"Little Fran, you hit pretty hard." The Herrscher of Knowledge, who was sharing an umbrella with Chen Luo and walked to Arya's side, patted Fran's head and said.

"Sister Xiaoshi, this is not my fault." Fran felt wronged.

Even my own sister has never hit me, and you actually want to hit me?!

Fran was already showing great restraint by not sending her to meet God.

"Teacher, what should we do now? Please help treat her, otherwise this toy might die," Fran said to Chen Luo.

"If you knew you'd die, you should have gone easy on her." Chen Luo rolled his eyes at Fran, then reached out and touched Arya, who was curled up in the mud in pain.

However, after a short while, Arya's arm suddenly reappeared on her shoulder.

The speed was so fast that it felt as if Arya losing her arm was just an illusion.

"This..." Iyas and Tatsumi were a little confused by the complicated situation before them, and were about to ask when Sayo stopped them.

"Shut up and listen carefully," Sayo said.

“Hey, Akame, I already told you, his healing abilities are really strong. Why don’t we try bringing him into Night Raid? That way, if anyone gets injured or is on the verge of death, someone can save them,” Leone whispered to Akame.

"But his origins are unknown..."

"But he saved the revolutionary army."

“…We can take him back and have the boss decide the situation. He’s just a healing-type Teigu user anyway. But that little girl is more dangerous.” Akame’s heart raced when she saw Fran.

Healing-type Imperial Arms users are generally not in any danger.

Besides, this night raid involved the entire force. If so many people can't defeat a single healing-type Imperial Arms user, then they might as well all leave the group.

On the other hand, although Fran looked cute, the terrifying threat she exuded a second before Arya's arm exploded made Akame feel as if she were facing a Special Dangerous Species.

Furthermore, Akame couldn't understand why Arya's arm had exploded.

"Help, help me." After Chen Luo instantly healed her arm by reversing time, Arya, covered in mud, reached out her trembling hand to Chen Luo.

Although the injury has been healed, the lingering pain from the intense agony still remains.

It's like Paimon is flying in the sky all day long, and occasionally he complains that he's tired. When he's exposed, he says that he's tired because of his phantom limb.

Arya's condition is phantom limb pain.

"Didn't I already save you? Your hand is all healed." Chen Luo said, pointing to Arya's recovered arm.

"Great, big sister, we can play together again!" Flandre happily squatted down and looked at Arya.

"Get out of here, you monster!" After seeing Flandre crouch down, Arya ignored the mud and used her hands to support herself as she moved backward.

Even Arya, who has absolutely no connection to martial arts, could sense what danger was just a moment ago.

"Teacher, she insulted me," Fran said, standing up with a hint of grievance.

“Arya, you’ve really gone too far. Fran just wanted to play around with you, how could you insult her? It’s fortunate that Fran has improved her control over her power a lot now, otherwise you would have been scattered to the winds long ago.” Chen Luo sighed as he looked at Arya.

Chen Luo seemed to be angrily rebuking Arya for her lack of ambition.

They really are capable of repeatedly teetering on the edge of death.

If Fran hadn't undergone special training at the bar, significantly improving her mental fortitude and control over her power, Arya would have exploded and died in that instant.

“And Fran, since you want to take her back as a toy, you’ll have to be more patient with her,” Chen Luo said.

"Patience? Fine." Fran nodded thoughtfully, then took two steps forward and walked up to Arya, extending her hand to her.

"Big sister, can you be my toy from now on? I promise I'll have Sakuya prepare the most delicious food and the prettiest clothes for you," Fran said obediently.

"!!!" Arya's whole body trembled.

"Big sister?" Fran tilted her head, wondering why Arya wasn't responding.

"Get away from me!" When people are in a state of extreme fear, they are prone to doing irrational things, just like now.

Arya slapped Fran across the face.

"Sigh!" Chen Luo helplessly covered his forehead.

Arya is incredibly brave.

"Ah!!!" Arya screamed for the third time.

This time, Arya's right hand, which she raised to slap, was not completely destroyed; instead, her arm was in an abnormally twisted state.

Fran innocently released Arya's hand and looked up at Chen Luo.

[Ding! You have a new request!]

[Toy Repair]

Reward: 50 Primogems

Although the rewards aren't much, the quantity is large.

Chen Luo could already imagine that he would be receiving this kind of task frequently in the next few days.

But it's actually not so bad.

Evil people will be punished by other evil people.

Chen Luo had already seen the warehouse next door; of the dozens of corpses inside, at least half had been tortured to death by Arya herself.

Chen Luo didn't like torturing people, but he didn't want to let these sinners off easily either. And coincidentally, Fran was still missing a playmate.

Chen Luo's approach is called making the best use of resources.

It's not enough to keep having Chen Luo play with Fulan; Fulan always needs a pretty older sister to play with her.

This way, Fran can develop the experience of interacting with ordinary people normally, and in the future, she will be able to leave the basement and travel around the entire Gensokyo.

Very good, now only the world where Elijah is injured is complete.

Chapter 873 Arya: Though I've done all sorts of evil, I'm still a child! (Bonus Chapter)

[Ding! Mission complete]

"Miss Arya, you really shouldn't resist Fran anymore, otherwise your injuries might become so severe that even I can't heal them," Chen Luo earnestly advised Arya after healing her fractures.

If Fran really goes berserk, she can kill you and turn you to ashes in an instant.

Its ability to destroy objectives is more terrifying than imagined.

Even if it's not a normal physical body, even if Arya's body dies and her soul leaves her body, her ability to destroy targets still works on ghosts or the undead.

It's more accurate to say that when Fran completely destroyed her body, she may have also destroyed her soul in the process.

"Please, please save me!" Arya finally couldn't hold back anymore after Infram screamed twice.

For a girl in her early teens, what she experienced today was truly terrifying.

First, all the guards of his own house were killed, one of whom was even killed in front of him. In addition, there was no news of his parents, who were most likely dead as well.

Just now, after one of his arms was crushed, it was broken by the force of the crushing.

Although Arya disciplines, poisons, abuses, and commits all sorts of evil deeds, Arya is still a child.

At this moment, Arya finally remembered Chen Luo, who had an innate aura of friendliness and seemed very trustworthy.

Arya clung to Chen Luo's leg, tears streaming down her face, and pleaded in the most pitiful voice she could muster, "Please, save me. If you can save me, I'll give you everything—my family's wealth, power, connections, even my body..."

"Shut up. Who are you trying to steal a man from?" Arya was interrupted quite irritably by the Herrscher of Knowledge before she could finish speaking.

Even the most old-fashioned wouldn't dare to act so wildly in front of me!

Okay, even I wouldn't dare to act like that in front of an old fogey, how dare you?

"I'm sorry, what I mean is, whether you want money or me as your maid, I will do my best to serve you both." Arya, who had a strong survival instinct, immediately changed her words after realizing that the woman next to her might have some special relationship with Chen Luo.

I'm currently asking for help, and although I don't know what the relationship is between the two people, I still have to have the will to survive.

"That's more like it."

"Hey, you two, don't do anything stupid. This woman isn't a good person." Leone quickly said after seeing that the conversation between the group was getting into a good mood.

As an assassin, one shouldn't need to explain so much to people, but if you want to recruit him into your organization, that's a different story.

“Yes, Lolo. If you don’t believe me, you can come and see this warehouse. This warehouse is full of destitute people from other places who were abused and killed by this family.” Tatsumi quickly confirmed.

“They’re lying! I had no idea such a place existed. Lolo, do you believe the person who helped you, or do I believe these guys? They’re all after my family’s money!” Arya cried helplessly to Chen Luo.

"Lolo, don't trust this vicious woman," Shayou said quickly.

"Alright, don't rush. Who should we believe? The facts are already laid out before us. Can you let go of my leg for a moment?" Chen Luo patted Arya's hand and said.

Seeing Chen Luo's gentle tone, Arya assumed that Chen Luo believed her, so she subconsciously obeyed his orders.

After Arya released his leg, Chen Luo slowly walked to the Soul Lamp, which had been thrown to the ground and was emitting a faint light, and picked it up.

Because Chen Luo was holding an umbrella while he was under it, the Lawbringer could only follow Chen Luo.

"Speaking of which, Arya, do you know why this Soul Lamp was so excited when it saw you? And why you were able to pick up this wonton?" Chen Luo asked suddenly after picking up the Soul Lamp.

"Oh right, could it be that this young lady is actually a Teigu user?" After being reminded, Leone suddenly thought of this.

“No, that young lady Arya could never be a user of the Soul Lamp. Because it is known as the most mysterious and terrifying Imperial Arms, if the Soul Lamp were to unleash its true power, it would be impossible for it to be only this powerful,” Akame said, shaking her head.

As someone who once represented the dark side of the empire, Akame understands even more the sacred status that this Soul Lamp holds within the empire's darker past.

"Moreover, I've heard that the Soul Lamp is extremely selective in choosing its master. Only those who are truly kind-hearted yet decisive enough to use the Soul Lamp for righteous acts can use it perfectly. The conditions are extremely complex, so there are very few users of the Soul Lamp. Moreover, the Soul Lamp disappeared during the civil war 500 years ago."