Their commission was suspicious.

Although Li Sushang said this, and the principle of eradicating evil completely was indeed reasonable, she ultimately couldn't bring herself to kill all the soldiers who had surrounded her.

Firstly, killing too many people would indeed go against Li Sushang's chivalrous spirit; secondly, according to the Minister of the Interior, Shao'er, this was also a helpless move on their part.

In this world where ministers hold power, not everyone is innocent, but they are also acting under orders.

In the end, Li Sushang chose to render them incapable of resistance, and then swaggered away with the apprehensive Shaoer.

Meanwhile, the Judah Oath successfully brought all of the home official Sauer's daughters out of jail.

......

"Is it really okay to live here? Isn't it a bit too ostentatious?" asked Guan Shaoer, the Minister of the Interior, looking at the luxurious residence in front of him.

"Don't worry, it'll be fine. Probably..." Li Sushang said somewhat uncertainly.

After all, the house in front of them was indeed a bit too luxurious.

Moreover, being located in the capital city is far too ostentatious.

"Oh, I remember now. If I remember correctly, this house seems to be a nobleman's residence. It was attacked yesterday, resulting in the deaths of the male and female owners of the villa, as well as a large number of guards. Only the family's daughter is missing." The Minister of the Interior, Sauer, looked at the house and suddenly thought of something.

"After what happened last night, all the cooks, maids, and other servants in this noble household ran away. I am aware of this."

As a person of conscience and someone who truly gets things done, the Minister of the Interior, Sauer, was aware of any serious incidents that occurred in the capital.

However, the Minister of the Interior, Sauer, showed absolutely no regret for what had happened in this noble family.

Because the Interior Minister, Sauer, knew that this family were all scoundrels.

However, despite knowing this, the Minister of the Interior, Sauer, was still powerless to do anything about it.

After all, in the capital city now, the aristocracy, who are inherently corrupt, is the mainstream.

"Are you the ones who launched the night raid?" asked the Interior Minister, Shao'er, looking at Li Sushang, who had brought him to this house.

"Night raid? What's that?" Li Sushang shook her head, somewhat confused.

“Is that so? Then forget it. Night Raid is an organization that specializes in assassinating wealthy merchants and nobles. However, according to my investigation, most of the people Night Raid kills are those who deserve their fate. In fact, this kind of thing is not a secret among the nobles,” the Minister of the Interior said.

We're all rich, we're all officials, we're all nobles. Do you think we don't know what dirty things you've done in private?

Anyway, they're all people in the same circle.

Of course, Home Secretary Sauer was different from them. As a conscientious and capable pragmatic official, Home Secretary Sauer did not want to associate with these people.

Therefore, officials like the Interior Minister Sauer are not afraid of night raids at all. They have a clear conscience and have not done anything wrong, so how could a night raid possibly target them?

"I always felt that the people from Night Raid were good people. If possible, I'd really like to get to know them," Li Sushang said, nodding in agreement.

"That's true, but using assassination to eliminate the lesions is ultimately only treating the symptoms, not the root cause," the Minister of the Interior said, shaking his head.

When the entire empire is slowly becoming corrupt, the power of an individual or a small team is simply utterly powerless to reverse the situation.

“My lord!” Just as the Minister of the Interior, Sauer, was still worrying about the future of the country, a voice rang out from behind.

Upon hearing the voice, Sauer froze for a moment, then turned around in disbelief.

Upon discovering his wife and children standing behind him, Sauer could no longer contain himself and ran over to embrace his wife.

"Judah's Oath, you're back. Did you run into any trouble?" Li Sushang greeted Judah's Oath.

During the time that Judah's Oath accompanied Li Sushang on her chivalrous journeys, her affection for Judah's Oath was rapidly increasing. She enjoyed chivalry, and Judah's Oath enjoyed punishing sinners; the two were a perfect match.

Therefore, Li Sushang still has a high level of goodwill towards the Judah Oath.

"I encountered some trouble. When I arrived at the home of the internal affairs officer, Sauer, it seemed his house was being ransacked. There was also a large group of soldiers trying to take his wife away, but after I intervened and defeated them, I successfully rescued his wife and children," Judah Oath stated.

Although the Oath of Judah is said to be able to do anything except fight, it does have some combat capabilities. At least it can easily deal with ordinary soldiers, not to mention that Chen Luo has equipped the Oath of Judah with many special items.

"You should stay here quietly for a few days. The master and mistress of this household are both dead, their daughter has disappeared without a trace, and the guards have also died a violent death. Perhaps because things happened so hastily, no one has come to take over this mansion yet, which is perfect for you to stay in. However, there are no maids or cooks here now, so you will have to cook for yourselves if you want to eat." Chen Luo appeared beside him at some point and said to the Minister of the Interior, Shao'er.

"Food and cooking are of course no problem. My family rarely employs servants or cooks; we usually do everything ourselves," said the Minister of the Interior, Sauer, looking at the young man who appeared to be the eldest among them.

"The problem is that this young lady was quite brazen when she rescued me. Won't that attract a large number of people to search the mansion?" the Minister of the Interior said with some concern.

For an average official, the wealth and monthly salary would be insufficient to afford a large number of maids and cooks.

As a conscientious official and the Minister of the Interior, Sauer did not have many servants, so even if he supported himself, he could live comfortably in this well-supplied noble mansion.

But the pursuing officials, including the Minister of the Interior, Sauer, could not be stopped. He was just a conscientious official, but not a conscientious god.

We definitely can't beat those pursuers.

“You don’t need to worry about this person. I’ve set up a barrier around this mansion, so they’ll subconsciously ignore this place. Even if General Bude comes to arrest you personally, nothing will happen,” Chen Luo said.

The application of the power of the Herrscher of Knowledge is extremely broad; drawing a circle that makes others subconsciously ignore it is perfectly feasible.

However, because the circle drawn was a bit too large, it could be broken through by those with exceptionally strong mental power.

But this does not include the vast majority of people in this world.

"You can all settle down here in peace. In a few days, this country will undergo tremendous changes. Then you'll have your chance to prove your worth," Chen Luo said to the Minister of the Interior.

Officials with conscience and ability, like the wicked young woman who is the Minister of the Interior, will surely become important ministers that the new empire will need to rely on in the future.

“I have set up a barrier here, which will at least ensure that you will not be arrested. This can be considered the last contribution this family can make to the country,” Chen Luo said, glancing at the luxurious mansion.

Neither Arya, nor her parents, nor the servants and guards of Arya's household were good people, but the mansion they left behind did indeed serve as a fairly good sanctuary for good people.

Perhaps, in a while, other people will come to accompany the Interior Minister, Sauer.

"So what's next? Assassinate Ernest?" Li Sushang asked with great interest.

"No! Ministers are often in the palace, and there are imperial guards patrolling the palace. The commander of the imperial guards, General Bud, is extremely powerful. If you attempt an assassination, even if General Bud is an upright man, he will not stand idly by. Be careful that the assassination attempt fails and you end up in danger of losing your lives," the Minister of the Interior hurriedly advised.

“As he said, now is indeed not the best time to assassinate Ernest, and to let him die so easily would be too merciful.” Chen Luo nodded.

"Next, it's my business. Whether you and Judah Oath want to do chivalrous deeds or something else is fine, but we need to do something to purify the entire country," Chen Luo said.

......

[Ding! General Bud's doll transformation complete]

Chen Luo looked at General Bude, who was patrolling the palace, and a gratified smile appeared on his face.

Although General Bude did drink orange juice, his physical strength was so great that a normal amount of orange juice was not enough to fully transform him into a doll.

The technical logic behind orange juice is that if twice the amount of orange juice is still insufficient to create a person into a puppet, then the person will be marked with the power of faith, and the attempt to create a puppet using orange juice will be abandoned.

So after saying goodbye to that Gan Shaoer, Chen Luo returned to the palace and personally turned General Nabude into a puppet.

The Rebirth of the Empire: 60%

After transforming General Bud into a puppet, Chen Luo's empire's rebirth progress bar increased by 5% to 60%. 50% of this increase was due to the perfection of Chen Luo's plan, while the remaining 5% was the result of taking action.

The capital city is indeed rotten to the core, but the empire is not. If the empire can be made to realize its mistakes, continuing its thousand-year glory is still possible.

Hmm? What about the extra 5%? That's the result of the little emperor being turned into a puppet, of course.

The young emperor's strength is truly lacking. Although the young emperor has the greatest power in the entire country, he has neither the Imperial Arms of General Budo nor any special ability to protect his body, nor does he possess the formidable physique of General Budo.

It's really quite simple to turn into a doll.

"Although I really want to complete the mission of the Empire's rebirth today, I feel that it's a bit too hasty," Chen Luo said, stroking his chin.

"So what do you plan to do?" asked the Herald of Knowledge.

"For corrupt officials who have truly experienced the hardships of the people but are beyond redemption, the best punishment is to directly humanize them and turn them into 007-style corporate slaves. However, for old-fashioned stubborns like General Bud who are righteous but too pedantic, it's a different approach. After humanizing them, there's no need to change their personality much; just let them know what will happen in the future, and they will naturally choose to purge the entire country."

"Enough is enough, there's no need to endure any longer" is the most accurate description of General Bude.

Chen Luo still has a moral bottom line. Although he did indeed turn General Bude into a puppet, it was a last resort.

After all, if General Budega isn't made into a puppet, he'll never listen to anything Chen Luo says.

But just like many people who have been turned into puppets by Chen Luo don't even know they are puppets, Chen Luo only needs to make General Bud believe in him and tell General Bud all the visions of the future that he knows, and General Bud will definitely take action.

After all, if something like the anime or manga "Akame ga Kill!" records the entire life of a country, directly presenting it would easily be mistaken by General Budo as spreading heresy.

If Chen Luo could convince General Bude that this was indeed the future direction of the country, things would be much simpler.

Chen Luo believed that the most ideal model for the development of an empire was to turn all the corrupt officials and bad people into puppets, and then let them be 007, allowing those with conscience to guide the empire in a better direction while maintaining their own will.

"So what we need to do next is to let the young emperor, who has been deceived by his ministers for so long, see what the real capital is like. Just as the Minister of the Interior, Sauer, said, it is indeed time to let the young emperor hear the voice of the people."

"Wait, what do you want to do?"

"Of course, we'll abduct the young emperor out of the palace!"

"Open the door! A moth drawn to a flame brings warmth!" Chen Luo said as he kicked the door of the little emperor's bedroom open!

General Bude has been ordered by Chen Luo to patrol other places, so now is the time for Chen Luo to do whatever he wants!

"Huh?" The young emperor, who was resting, was jolted awake by the violent sound of the door being kicked open.

"What happened? Who are you?" The young emperor looked at Chen Luo, who kicked the door open, with a bewildered expression.

"Guards, protect the emperor!" But the young emperor quickly realized what was happening and shouted loudly to his guards.

"Go ahead and scream, no one will come to save you even if you scream your lungs out. Hehehe!" Chen Luo grinned like a villain who had just succeeded.

Chapter 896 Mine: What good is your high status?

"Looking closely, the Imperial Capital, which I once longed for, is now filled with many gloomy-faced people, as if they have lost all hope," Tatsumi muttered to himself as he walked down the streets of the Imperial Capital, carefully observing the people around him.

"I'm calling you, you peeping tom! What are you dawdling around for? The boss said you're my subordinate today, so hurry up and come with me!" Mine, with her pink hair, called out to Tatsumi as she walked ahead.

The reason Mine calls herself a voyeur is because this morning, when Tatsumi woke her up, he accidentally saw her putting on her underwear.

Of course, benefits are benefits, and almost dying is almost dying.

For Mine, who possesses the Imperial Arm Romantic Cannon, almost sending Tatsumi to his death three times this morning after he was nearly seen naked by him.

That being said, it is indeed true that Tatsumi almost saw Mine naked.

In the end, Tatsumi's fate was no one's fault but his own.

"Subordinates?" Tatsumi wasn't too convinced by that term.

"Didn't the boss say that this morning? Didn't you hear him?"

"She only told me she was going to learn from Mine, she never said she'd become your subordinate," Tatsumi argued.

"But doesn't that mean you're my subordinate today? Stop talking nonsense and come here quickly." After saying that, Mine walked straight ahead.

"Hey, wait a minute." Tatsumi tried to call out to Mine, but Mine had no intention of listening to Tatsumi's advice.

“Hey Mine, don’t you think there are a lot of people here who look like they’re in a lot of pain?” Tatsumi, who wasn’t familiar with the capital, said as they walked down the street.

"Isn't that all due to the current economic downturn and the reign of terror? Only a small group of people rise to prominence, while those who fail are relegated to the bottom. That's reality. That's the reality of the capital," Mine said.

"Seriously, isn't it alright for the two of us to be walking around like this in broad daylight?" Tatsumi asked as he walked with Mine down the street.

“Don’t worry, because only those four have their faces recorded.” Mine said, pointing to the four wanted posters on the street.

The four wanted posters that were plastered all over the capital only listed the wanted persons as Brand, Hill, Najenda, and Akame.

"I see." Tatsumi nodded.

No wonder a night raider like Leone can openly swindle money from people.

“That’s why we, who can move around freely outside, were sent here to carry out a mission, understand?” Mine said.

"I understand, that's why you brought me here, right?" After realizing the significance of his mission, Tatsumi was filled with motivation.

"Very good, very energetic! Now let's begin the city survey of the Imperial Capital!" Mine nodded in satisfaction as she looked at the highly motivated Tatsumi.

"Although I don't understand what's going on, I'll do my best!" Tatsumi said with great enthusiasm.

then……

Tatsumi then understood what market research was.

Eating, drinking, and having fun, and doing it everywhere.

Tatsumi suddenly recalled the fear of being dominated by Aria.

"Sigh, I've bought enough, I've bought enough. Pink clothes are definitely more eye-catching in spring." Mine said quite happily, holding a cup of tea.

“Uh, yes.” Tatsumi had nothing to say about this.

“You should rest properly during your vacation. Okay, mission accomplished!” Mine announced.

"Hey, isn't this just simple shopping? Where's the mission?" Tatsumi said.