I, Asuna, don't want to travel around the world

Under the illumination of the room lights, invisible threads spread throughout the house and even established connections with the outside.

Moreover, as Lubbock's fingers danced, those almost transparent and tough silk threads were also trembling slightly, conveying their own information.

After a while, Lubbock slowly stopped what he was doing.

He first wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then moved his tired fingers. His movements were so skillful that it made people feel distressed.

"No one, or are they out of my range?"

After saying that, he shook his head again, "If there really was someone suspicious, Myne would have already shot at me... I would have fired a warning shot."

"Besides, Mayin has Xi'er protecting her closely. Even if someone wants to attack them, it's impossible to defeat both of them in an instant."

"Besides, Brand didn't take any action to create chaos in the imperial capital to cover them. It seems that there really aren't many people left."

Lubbock picked up the cup of tea on the table that he had not had time to drink from the beginning and drank it all in one gulp.

"Whoo~"

He took a deep breath and said, "If there is nothing special later, let's go back."

After saying that, he casually pulled out a book, opened it, put it on his face, and lay down on the chair as if he had fallen asleep.

"I didn't get much sleep last night, let's take this opportunity to catch up on some sleep..."

He muttered quietly, his breathing gradually becoming calmer.

He looked like a failed author who stayed up late every day to write and finally fell asleep on the chair.

……

"I'm back. What's the result?"

Not far behind the mansion gate, when Asuna pushed open the door and took off her cloak, Kayaba Akihabara walked up and asked.

"It's not bad."

Asuna glanced around, "Where are they?"

The ones being asked were, of course, the guards who were beaten up by Kayaba Jingyan yesterday.

"I haven't recovered yet. I'm still lying in bed."

Kayaba Akihiko said as he and Asuna walked side by side.

After hearing this, Asuna was silent for a while and then asked, "So... breakfast?"

Kayaba Akigao first sighed, then said thankfully: "Originally, it was prepared by Izayoi, but in the end it was poured out by Sau. It's a blessing in disguise."

"Huh, then I'm relieved."

Asuna immediately exhaled, "If they eat the breakfast Izayoi prepared, we might have to prepare a funeral for them."

"Actually, she didn't add much weird stuff today."

Kayaba Akigao glanced at Asuna, then pointed to the pond that was slowly turning black and said, "Look, isn't this much less toxic than what she made in the North?"

72 As long as the hoe is wielded well

The originally clear pond was now gradually being eroded by darkness. The fish that were originally swimming in the water had long lost the ability to resist. With the arrival of the "black tide", they disappeared into the water one after another, as if they were swallowed up.

Asuna stroked her chin, looked at the pool of biological weapons, and nodded.

"What dangerous material did that girl add to breakfast?"

"It seems to be some kind of giant snake-like venom gland..."

“…There should be more than that.”

"The saliva of a very large dangerous species..."

"..."

"It seems that she has developed some secret recipe of her own..."

"I remember that I searched her body before I came here."

Asuna twitched the corner of her mouth and said speechlessly.

"I don't know where that girl hid all these dangerous things. When I searched her body, there was nothing."

Kayaba Jingyan looked around the pond, then broke off a branch from a small tree and carefully put it into the water to stir it.

Chi Chi

A wisp of green smoke rose up along with a pungent smell...

"Tick tock..."

Kayaba Jingyan looked at the branch in her hand that had already lost a small part, and remained silent.

Asuna waved her hand to blow away the pungent smell. "How about... after we get back, we transfer the child to another department?"

"Studying medicine won't cure the Empire, but biochemical poisons... aren't they a bit too harsh?"

Kayaba Jingyan threw the branch in her hand into the pool and advised.

"Besides, it's still unknown whether that kid can make the antidote. Forget it."

"It was just a joke, why take it so seriously?" Asuna shook her head and smiled bitterly.

No matter how much she wanted to complete the mission as quickly as possible, she would not choose to use biological weapons to deal with the imperial army.

After all, most of the people in the army are just civilians. Even if there are really those parasites in it, as long as he unifies the empire, he can clean them up in a centralized manner. There is no need to use inhumane weapons for the sake of speed.

What's more, Izayoi is still too young. Although she has extraordinary talents in some aspects, Asuna doesn't want the child to become a psychologically twisted being when she grows up.

"After their injuries have healed, let them clean up this pond..."

Asuna sighed, "My warehouse is almost full of this polluted land and sewage, and there is no other way to deal with them..."

"By the way, Asuna, how big is your warehouse?" Kayaba Jingyan asked curiously.

"How big?"

Asuna concentrated slightly, took a look at the capacity of her warehouse, raised her hand, and slightly overlapped her thumb and index finger, leaving a small gap.

"Now there is only a little bit left."

Kayaba Jingyan: "..."

I didn't believe you three years ago...

Kayaba Akiya rolled her eyes, which was rare, and ignored Asuna who had a mischievous smile on her face.

"Let's go, let's go. After breakfast, let's go out for a walk. Those people outside have been guarding there all the time, so we have to go out and show our faces."

Asuna: "By the way, do you have any way to lure the minister out of the imperial city?"

Kayaba Jingyan asked in confusion: "Are you worried about this?"

Asuna spread her hands helplessly: "After all, from the news we have received over the years, that guy has been hiding in the little emperor's imperial city and refuses to go out."

Asuna's tone was filled with deep helplessness. "Although I have reached an agreement with the Night Raid Organization in the Imperial Capital, from what I just learned from their conversation, they don't seem to be a senior assassin organization, but rather a group that started out as novices."

In response, Kayaba Akihiko nodded without any surprise.

"After all, the rebels at the top don't have much of a foundation. How could they possibly establish a formal assassination organization in just a few years?"

"The reason why Night Raid was able to intimidate those officials in the imperial capital was due to the hard power of their members. I heard that all the members of Night Raid were imperial weapon users. It was already quite difficult for the rebels to form such an assassination organization, not to mention providing them with special training."

"Indeed." Asuna nodded in agreement.

When establishing some special departments, if there are no corresponding talents, then that department is just an empty shell.

Thanks to her military background, as her status improved, she gradually took over most of the military forces and departments in the North and West, laying a solid foundation for her development.

But the rebels within the empire did not receive such good treatment.

Most of the soldiers under their command were bandits and farmers who could not make ends meet.

The middle and upper ranks of the team were from minor noble families across the empire. Because they had received more or less cultural education, after joining the rebel army, they would obtain some positions of varying degrees of importance.

Once they have made enough contributions, they will be able to move up further and perhaps become the central figures of the revolutionary army.

Talents are hard to come by, and those officials who choose to rebel against the empire for various reasons become the favorites of the rebels.

For example, Najeshitan.

After she escaped from Esdeath, she joined the rebellion and eventually became the leader of Night Raid.

And as a benefit for joining their team, the rebels even installed a mechanical arm for her that she could control at will.

The flexibility of those fingers can even be compared to the skills in Asuna's world.

This shows that there are still some talented people among the rebels.

However, even if there is, it is just an isolated case.

The core force is not enough, which makes it difficult to coordinate certain movements of the rebels.

However, even so, they are still unstable factors that can affect the stability of the empire!

In the future, after Asuna has dealt with the ministers, she will sooner or later take action against them.

By then, I just hope that those who launched the night attack can see the situation a little more clearly and not focus all their attention on the rebel force which will be destroyed sooner or later.

After all, Asuna was still quite tempted by this assassination organization whose entire members were imperial tool users.

Although they are not very qualified as assassins, they are still sufficient as a strategic weapon that can influence the direction of a war.

For Asuna, no matter what kind of talent it is, it is an extremely scarce resource.

So what if they are talents from the enemy side?

You have one of my "undercover agents" there. Wouldn't it be easy to persuade him to defect?

73 Ghost Ouka

Suddenly, Asuna seemed to remember something, turned her head slightly, and asked Kayaba Akie: "By the way, Izayoi seems to have come from an orphanage, right?"

"That's right." Kayaba Jingyan nodded and asked in confusion: "What's wrong? Is there anything wrong?"

Asuna stared at the pool of black water, her face thoughtful. After a long while, she slowly shook her head and said, "No, nothing."

"Yeah……"

Kayaba Jingyan shook her head and did not ask any further questions.

"By the way, what was the orphanage called before Izayoi?"

"It seems to be called..." Kayaba Jingyan thought for a while, then said: "It seems to be called, Arkham."

"Arkham?"

"Well, I heard that the director of that orphanage was once an official who participated in the war against foreign races. So when he was raising those children, he habitually taught them a lot of knowledge."

As Asuna's deputy, Kayaba Akihabara can be said to have memorized most of the information.

"When they are old enough, those children will choose to join our army. Judging from the feedback from below, they are all good talents."

"It seems that my previous attention was not enough..." Asuna shook her head and said a little disappointedly.

"People's energy is limited. It's impossible for you to do everything."

Kayaba Jingyan said calmly: "In addition to this Arkham Orphanage, there is also a Qidian Orphanage.

I heard that the meaning of this name is to give those children a brand new start and enlightenment. From the information I received, the children who came out of that orphanage performed very well. "

"After we return, we must increase the training of talents and the development of education. Otherwise, if such a large empire is managed only by these people in the north and west, it will be a bit beyond our ability."

"We can't rush this. After all, we have too little time to develop. It's really not appropriate to have developed to this point in less than ten years."

"We can only take our time."

"However, the situation is not as bad as you think. After all, as long as we send soldiers with strong faith to all parts of the empire, sooner or later, the people of the empire will unknowingly submit to us."

"Don't mention it. I don't know what's wrong with them. I'm just an ordinary person. Why do they suddenly regard me as their faith?"

Looking at the distressed expression on Asuna's face, Kayaba Jingyan was quite speechless.

Don’t you know what’s happening to you?

That inexplicable affinity. If it weren't for the fact that this is not my body, I would have become your fanatical follower without realizing it.