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

The little emperor looked curious. He placed his scepter, a symbol of power, on his legs and asked.

"Sorry, Your Majesty."

Asuna leaned forward slightly, as if to bow.

"I just heard that General Esdeath, who has been stationed in the southern part of the empire to fight against the southern foreign races, arrived in the imperial capital yesterday. But why was she not present at today's court meeting?"

When the little emperor heard this, he was immediately surprised. Then, he muttered softly, "So that's how it is. Is this the resonance of the strong?"

"General Esdeath is working hard to maintain peace and order in the imperial capital... Am I right in saying this, Minister?"

Halfway through his speech, the little emperor looked up to the side and asked Ernest who was eating meat.

"Oh! That's right!" Ernest's throat rose and fell suddenly, and he swallowed the food in his mouth. He nodded with satisfaction and said, "Your Majesty, please continue."

After saying that, he picked up another piece of meat and started to gobble it up.

Asuna frowned and no longer paid attention to the huge mountain of meat.

"Yes." The little emperor nodded, and then said to Asuna again: "In order to punish the Night Raid Organization that is acting recklessly in the imperial capital, General Esdeath will establish a new department to protect the safety of the citizens of the imperial capital. At this moment, she is probably selecting the right person."

"The night attacks these days are really bad. With General Esdeath here, we will surely be able to take them down quickly."

The little emperor waved his fist and said excitedly.

Although he himself had no idea about the specific actions and behaviors of the night raid, since the ministers said that their behavior was extremely bad, they must be those big villains. So it must be correct for him to let General Esdeath to attack them.

"Oh, I see. General Esdeath must have worked really hard."

Asuna nodded, then said, “However, General Esdeath has just returned from guarding the southern part of the empire and has not had time to rest properly.

Your Majesty, why don't I replace General Esdeath and deal with those "worms" of the empire for you?"

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Next to the little emperor, Minister Ernest suddenly started coughing violently.

88 We are all one family

"What's wrong, Minister? Did you choke because you ate too fast?"

The violent coughing attracted the little emperor's attention.

With the young emperor's political knowledge, he naturally didn't know why his minister was coughing, and thought he was choking because he ate too fast.

After all, his minister was eating almost all the time, so it was reasonable that he would choke occasionally!

So, facing the little emperor's concerned gaze and innocent words, Ernest suppressed his cough and used his strong muscle control to force a smile.

"Yes... yes, it seems that I am getting old. I must exercise more in the future."

Ernest put the grilled steak in his hand on the plate and handed it to the servant beside him.

"Oh? Minister, you exercise every night, right? You still have to deal with state affairs during the day, so don't overwork yourself."

The little emperor nodded and said with concern.

"Yes, thank you for your concern, Your Majesty."

Ernest nodded secretly in his heart.

The loyal officials below couldn't help but frown, and a trace of disgust flashed in their eyes.

The little emperor didn’t know what Ernest’s bed exercise method was, but they knew!

When they thought that the empire they had worked so hard to maintain was actually controlled by such a guy, their determination became more determined.

"General Budd, the future of the empire depends on you!"

Many older officials secretly sighed in their hearts and completely handed over the responsibility of saving the empire to the old stubborn Bud.

As for Asuna who is at odds with Ernest?

They would not allow a woman to hold the sacred power of the empire.

Even though Asuna quelled the crisis of the empire and carried out comprehensive development of the border areas, in the eyes of these veteran ministers, Asuna was ultimately just a woman.

No matter how powerful she is, they will not choose to cooperate with Asuna. Otherwise, where would they put their face?

It was precisely because of this prejudice that Asuna did not receive much support from them, although she did not value that support.

……

……

"Cough cough."

Ernest coughed lightly, then said to Asuna, "Although the Masked General's proposal is good, it would be too much of an honor to send in the two great generals of the Empire just to wipe out a group of villains."

Ernest smiled hypocritically and said, "Besides, you have been guarding the border of the empire for so many years. How can we let you come back just because of such a small matter?"

"And since General Esdeath has volunteered to take on this task, then you, General Masked, should experience the customs and practices of the imperial capital."

"Compared to the prosperity of the imperial capital, it will definitely not disappoint you."

As Ernest spoke, he placed his hands on his bulging belly, with an expression that said, "You'll be right if you listen to me!" on his face.

"Oh, is that so?" Asuna tilted her head. "Your Majesty, what do you think?"

"Just do as the minister says!" The little emperor waved his hand and said the most unassertive words with the most arrogant gesture.

"Really...I know."

Asuna had no choice but to nod, taking a step back and saying nothing more.

This court meeting no longer had any meaning to her.

The person he originally wanted to meet did not show up here, and the minister would not give him the opportunity to hold power. All he had to do next was listen to the two parties arguing.

However, being able to choke the fat man Ernest is also a trivial gain.

……

……

After the court meeting, Asuna and Kayaba left the heavily guarded imperial city directly. General Bud didn't seem to have anything to say to her, nor did he try to stop her and let her go.

"How many of the people we have planted in the imperial capital over the years are left?"

In the carriage, Asuna and Kayaba Akigao sat opposite each other. After using SAO's props to block the prying and eavesdropping around them, Asuna asked Kayaba Akigao.

Hearing Asuna's question, Kayaba Jingyan was stunned at first, then she lowered her head slightly and thought for a while. After a long while, she said hesitantly: "I don't know."

"Huh?" Asuna was stunned.

"There are too many people. Every year, new people are sent to the capital. After a while, I don't pay much attention to it..."

Kayaba Akiya rarely showed a hint of embarrassment.

After all, they have placed too many people in the imperial capital over the years. Their personnel are almost everywhere in the imperial capital, and they have people in almost every department of the imperial capital.

As long as the signal is given, Kayaba Jingyan can be sure that they can completely paralyze all departments of the imperial capital within an extremely short period of time!

However... it should be noted that over the years, those spies who were first sent to the imperial capital have already become senior officials in those departments, and those who were sent later don't even know their predecessors...

Because the North's intelligence system was not perfect at the time, the earliest batch of intelligence personnel almost never contacted each other in order to avoid the risk of exposing their friends.

Later, as the intelligence system gradually improved, the latter batch of intelligence personnel were able to gradually communicate with each other, but they could only communicate through secret codes and it was impossible for them to meet each other.

And their older predecessors have already completely integrated their lives into the imperial capital, playing the roles and personalities they have painstakingly cultivated over the years, waiting only for Asuna's signal to contribute their own efforts to overthrowing this corrupt empire.

However, because they have been lurking for such a long time, most of them have already taken core positions in their departments.

In other words...if Asuna takes action, those older intelligence officers might be accidentally injured by those newer intelligence officers, resulting in an embarrassing situation where their own people fight against each other...

Thinking of this, Kayaba Jingyan felt helpless.

If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have sent so many people to lurk in the imperial capital...

By the way, how many people do we deploy to the imperial capital every year?

Forget it, I don’t want to think about it anymore. It’s too much.

Everyone here is one of us!

"..."

Asuna looked at Kayaba Akane helplessly and said, "Tell them not to send people to the imperial capital. First, compile a list of the personnel from these years to avoid accidentally hurting their own people."

"……Um."

Kayaba Jingyan nodded silently, and secretly decided in her heart that next time there was such a task of planting spies, she must control the number of people to less than a hundred.

Resume updates before this weekend

I am still not busy enough, I still think too much, I am still not hard enough on myself. Sometimes people’s emotions are really helpless. I want to get rid of them but I can’t. I am a little fed up.

I recently chatted with a friend, and every time I chatted, it was full of negative energy, which made both of us feel uncomfortable. I feel that it is time to end this friendship that hurts each other. Anyway, it is good to be alone...

Sorry

89 Old Undercover

Porus was a little panicked.

As a veteran undercover agent with nearly ten years of undercover experience, he has always been conscientious in maintaining his current persona over the years!

But today, he was indeed a little panicked.

After the daily "punch-in at work", the familiar daily routine of slacking off did not begin, but I was called to the office instead.

I was confused and then received a very mysterious task, which said that I would be transferred to other units?

Hearing the words of the bald minister, Porus couldn't help but complain in his heart: "Is there any unit more suitable for me than the Imperial Incineration Unit where I am now?"

However, when he heard that the army was led by General Esdeath, who had just returned from the southern part of the empire, Porus was stunned.

Don't be fooled by his muscular appearance and the strange headgear he wears all day, which makes him look honest and simple, but all this is just a disguise.

Otherwise, how do you think he managed to win over his beautiful wife?

Many other members of the Empire's Incineration Corps were discussing this matter in secret.

After all, Porus doesn't look like a good person at first glance. If he stands there in the middle of the night, he might scare the children to tears.

In that disguise that was deeply rooted in people's hearts, Porus's personality had been completely integrated into other people's cognition. No one would suspect that this honest and muscular man would be the kind of spy who had been lurking in the enemy camp for several years.

Moreover, as the trump card of the Empire's incineration forces and the user of the imperial weapon - Purgatory Summoning Rubigond, Borus has cleared countless villages that might have caused large-scale diseases for the Empire over the years. How could such a person be an undercover sent by others?

Even if it is, will the force that hid Porus in the Empire's Incineration Forces accept Porus in the future?

You know, he has dealt with countless villages with large infectious diseases for the empire. Even if the people inside are infected with the disease, who would know that they are infected before they become ill?

When they are not sick, they still behave like healthy normal people. However, Porus' behavior is naturally unacceptable and unacceptable to those hidden forces that claim to be righteous.

Therefore, the bald minister had full confidence in Polus's political stance.

"We in the Empire's Incineration Force are all walkers who are willing to bear the world's infamy for the Empire. How could there be spies from other forces?"

However, what he didn't expect was that Borus was not the man he thought he was from the beginning...

"Polus, work hard. Maybe when you retire from serving General Esdeath, you can come back to us and take over my position!"

The bald minister stood up and patted Porus on the shoulder, his eyes full of admiration: "You are so lucky, kid!"

"Being able to work under General Esdeath is a qualification that others would fight tooth and nail to obtain. Even if your future career is not smooth sailing, it should be smooth sailing."

"Ah, is that so? Then it would be a bad idea for me to go... What if something goes wrong..."

After hearing this, Porus scratched his head belatedly, but then he seemed to be worried that his personality would cause him to make mistakes in future missions, and he shook his head in panic and asked.

"Haha, don't worry, Porus!" The bald minister patted the young man in front of him vigorously: "In terms of qualifications, our entire Burning Corps is not as good as you! Just serve General Esdeath as usual!"

"Oh yes!"

Porus nodded blankly, and there was no trace of honesty under the face hidden by the hood.

Seeing this, the bald minister nodded with satisfaction, and continued to feed Porus dozens of bowls of poisonous chicken soup before letting him go.

Afterwards, Porus, as usual, greeted his colleagues and took all his belongings to the address he got from the bald minister to report to the legendary Esdeath.

Borus, who was tall and didn't look like a good guy, walked through the streets of the imperial capital with his imperial weapon on his back, which naturally caused quite a commotion.