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

However, judging from Asuna's distressed and puzzled expression, she really didn't know the changes in herself.

However, because this change was different from the development of their own forces, Kayaba Akihabara never mentioned this matter to Asuna.

"Perhaps it's because they all have faith in you, and believe that you can lead them to overthrow this corrupt empire and build a brand new one."

"Trust?" Asuna smiled bitterly, "I hope I won't let them down in the future."

"Don't worry, with our strength, there's no way we can lose."

Kayaba Akihabara placed her hand on Asuna's shoulder and said, "Whether it's the people, the army, the officials, or the leaders, with our current strength, we can completely crush the Empire."

As she spoke, Kayaba Jingyan took a step forward, walked in front, and said to herself: "In fact, if you had been more ruthless and risked civil strife in the empire to get rid of the minister and Bud, the empire might have been under our control by now."

"But at that time, our military strength had not yet reached the level it is today. If we acted rashly, I'm afraid we would not be able to suppress the unrest caused by the death of the minister and Bud."

Asuna shook her head. "Wait a little longer. Be safe."

"I knew you would say that."

Kayaba Jingyan looked back at Asuna, with a hint of helplessness and emotion in her enchanting eyes.

"Alright, alright." Asuna smiled again and said, "Remember to give me a copy of the information you compiled about the minister's subordinates after breakfast."

Asuna stretched her wrists and looked up at the rising sun in the sky. It was full of vitality that was completely different from that of the Empire.

"Although Night Raid does have some reputation in the imperial capital, I am always a little worried because I haven't seen their strength with my own eyes."

"After all, he is an amateur killer who has not received professional training." Kayaba Jingyan's lips curled up slightly, with a hint of smile in her tone.

Over the years, he is no longer the middle-aged man who was obsessed with his dream.

Although his own Aincrad has disappeared, with the help of Asuna, he has seen a whole new world. Can this be considered as fulfilling his childhood wish?

Maybe...I should have...

During these years, a small figure became increasingly clear in Kayaba Jingyan's mind.

I once had a wonderful love, but unfortunately...

Kayaba Jingyan's eyes dimmed a little, but were perfectly hidden under the sunlight.

"Perhaps, in the future, I will return to the world that belongs to us and accept the judgment from there."

Looking at Asuna bathing in the sun, Kayaba Akihabara silently guarded behind her and thought so in her heart.

He never expected anyone to forgive the sins he had committed, but before accepting his own judgment, he just wanted to follow Asuna silently and take a closer look at the scenery from other worlds.

"Yes."

Noticing the change in Kayaba Akihiko's tone, Asuna smiled softly and said, "Who knows, tomorrow night we'll be able to see the strength of the Night Raid and the incompetence of the Imperial Capital Guard."

"Hey, they are our colleagues after all, give them some face."

Kayaba Akihabara smiled very cooperatively.

"Is that so?" Asuna asked back, then nodded in agreement: "In that case, let us see the strength of the Imperial Capital Guard!"

"By the way, I remember the name of the current captain of the Imperial Capital Guard is Ghost... Ouka?"

Asuna looked at her walking clerk, Kayaba Akigao, and asked for confirmation.

74 poisoned? That's a bit cruel, right?

Kayaba Akihiko recalled the news about the captain of the Imperial Capital Guard in his mind, sorted out the content, and said: "Oka, the current captain of the Imperial Capital Guard is the minister, one of Ernest's men."

"Nicknamed 'Demon Oka', he is feared by many criminals."

"but……"

Kayaba Jingyan paused and frowned slightly, "Although he has made great contributions in fighting crime, according to the information we collected before coming here, this guy seems to have colluded with Jamal, an oil merchant in the imperial capital, and illegally made a lot of profits!

He also used his position to help Jamal cover up many dirty tricks that were not visible to the public, and framed and killed many innocent people..."

As Kayaba Akihiko revealed more and more information, the smile on Asuna's face slowly faded, and a terrifying aura appeared around her unknowingly.

"It seems that I didn't choose the wrong target for the night raid "trial"."

She walked to a stone table nearby and sat down, tapping the table lightly and rhythmically with her slender fingers.

"Yes."

Kayaba Akihabara walked over to Asuna and stood beside her.

"There are too many people like this in the imperial capital. With ministers as their protection, ordinary people have nowhere to complain even if they are persecuted by them."

Kayaba Jingyan looked at this magnificent mansion and a cold look flashed in her eyes.

"In the imperial capital, officials who attempt to change this situation will be ostracized by the minister's faction, while those honest and upright officials are unable to compete with the minister.

They could only suffer the murder of ministers one by one and disappear from the court.

If General Budd had taken care of things a little, perhaps the current situation wouldn't be so bad."

"There's nothing we can do about it." Asuna shook her head. "As long as he still believes in the idea that 'military generals should not interfere in government affairs', we will have to fight him sooner or later."

"Should we take action against him in advance?" Kayaba Akihiko turned around, his back to the sun. "Several of the spies we sent into the empire have already infiltrated the inner city. If we want to poison him, we can still do it."

"Besides, in this case, we don't even have to prepare poison. We can just let that girl Izayoi indulge in her own interests."

"You are too vicious, aren't you?!"

Asuna looked at Kayaba Akiya in surprise.

"You know that Izayoi girl's ability to commit suicide. If we let her use her abilities to the fullest, I'm afraid there will be only two of us left standing in this mansion."

The reason why there are two people is that sometimes even Izayoi, the maker of the poison, would be poisoned due to various things, and eventually leave a mess for Asuna to clean up.

Therefore, when Kayaba Akihiko suggested that Izayoi use her full strength, Asuna looked surprised.

"After all, compared to other methods, poisoning is the safest way." Kayaba Akihiko said: "Although I don't know how strong General Bud is, as the guardian of the royal family, he has always been crowned as the "strongest", so his strength should not be underestimated.

"Although I have great faith in your strength, Asuna, if we don't defeat him immediately, then with our combined strength, the aftermath of the battle will be impossible to conceal."

"This is the imperial capital. Plus, most of the guards and city guards are crooked. If there's unrest in the imperial capital, I'm afraid all kinds of negative news will spread to all parts of the empire in just a few days."

"And by then, what we face may be the thing you least want to face in the first place."

Asuna took off the mask on her face, covered her still young face with both hands, and rubbed it up and down with some fatigue.

"Rebellions are everywhere..."

"Also, General Esdeath in the south of the empire is an uncertain factor."

Kayaba Jingyan sighed: "Based on our analysis of her, she will definitely not be kind enough to help quell the war within the empire. Instead, she might be excited to find people to fight with in order to satisfy her special hobby."

"Minister...Bud...Esdeath..."

"When will this kind of life end... I've really had enough..."

Asuna lay on the table without any image, her shoulder-length hair draped diagonally in front of her eyes, giving off a strong decadent vibe of "I just want to be a salted fish now."

"Hold on a little longer. Once the empire is liberated and the new country is on the right track, you can completely relax."

Kayaba Akihabara said the words very easily which gave Asuna a headache.

"Ah! Please spare me..."

"As the ruler of a place, you should act like the ruler of a place. Hurry up, you are going to be the emperor in the future!"

"There has never been a female emperor in the history of this world."

"You're here, right? Here it is."

"That's not good. You say that so easily. Hey, you're not the one who's tired!"

"Yes~yes~"

Kayaba Akihiko responded twice perfunctorily, but his mood relaxed unconsciously.

"Now, I really miss the simple life back then..."

Asuna lay on the stone table, raised her hand to tidy up her short hair, then rested her head on her arms and looked at the scenery not far away.

"Yeah... I really miss it..."

Kayaba Akihiko turned slightly, looked at the clear stream and the green grass, and gradually became absent-minded.

"I really miss you..."

……

……

The imperial capital, at a street corner not far from the slums.

"Brother, what are we doing here?"

Tatsumi, wearing "one of the three best swords in the village" given to him by the village chief on his waist, holding his luggage in his hand, asked Brand who was fixing his hair beside him.

"Brother, I'm waiting for a friend~!"

Brand was seen flicking his fringe bangs lightly with his fingers, looking very narcissistic.

"If nothing unexpected happens, we will meet here before noon today."

"Accident? What accident?"

Tatsumi asked curiously:

"Hey, Brother Rand, if your friend really has an accident, should we go look for him?"

"No no no."

Hearing this, Brand shook his head and wiggled his fingers, making a gesture of protest.

"If something unexpected really happens, then we have to go and rescue her."

Tatsumi: “…Huh?”

75 Ho ho ho ho ho!

Brand's words made Tatsumi think a lot.

wait?

Not surprisingly?

If something unexpected happens, you have to rescue her?

How to save it?

This is the imperial capital. Could there be robbery or kidnapping here?

A series of question marks suddenly appeared above Tatsumi's head.

He wanted to ask Brand what the accident was, but seeing that he didn't look worried at all, and that he even had the leisure to comb his hair, it was obvious that there shouldn't be any problem.

But to be honest, Tatsumi was quite curious about what Brand meant by "accident".

Not long ago, Tatsumi decided to follow his big brother Brand.

Although this elder brother had told me before that his name was a pseudonym, it was actually just reducing his name by one character, so it couldn't be considered a lie.

Tatsumi counseled himself in this way.

He was dressed gorgeously and had a strong body. He gave off a dangerous aura and used a pseudonym when walking around the imperial capital.

It seems that this big brother must be of extraordinary identity!

"Could it be that he is a hidden guard of some high-ranking official?"

"Or is it like those hidden masters in novels?"

"But Brother Brand is still so young... he shouldn't be one of those hidden masters, right?"

"Or... is he actually a secret force under the control of His Majesty the Emperor? Is he currently conducting a secret investigation in the Imperial Capital?!"

The expression on Tatsumi's face changed from confused to excited, and Brand couldn't help but ask:

"Hey, young man, what's wrong with your face? Did you eat something unclean on the roadside before coming to the imperial capital?"

Looking at Tatsumi's superb facial expression, Brand thought that he had just eaten some poisonous mushrooms on the roadside because he was hungry before entering the imperial capital.

"No, no, no, I'm fine, Brother Bu... Rand!"