As for General Budd, Najeshita no longer counts on him. Unless Asuna openly attacks Ernest, that guy will be like a wooden man and will not move at all, let alone interfere in the political affairs of the empire.
There is no need to count on Esdeath, she is a battle maniac and power means nothing to her. Now she is preparing to attack them and force them to move their base and develop slowly.
"Alas, this emperor is obviously just a child, can't you respect the imperial power a little and have some bad thoughts towards it."
Najeshitan sighed in her heart.
If this had happened in the past, few emperors would have been willing to hand over the power of the empire to their subjects.
It’s a pity that I really encountered it.
……
……
Time flies by.
A few days later, Kayaba Akigao walked out of Izayoi's infirmary with a serious look on her face.
In one hand, she was holding the unconscious Izayoi, and in the other hand, she was carefully wrapping something in a towel.
"Give the order that this infirmary is not to be used any more."
She gave instructions to the guards beside her.
"Yes!"
The two guards present nodded, then put a seal on the door of the infirmary with very skilled movements.
"Lady Yvis, Izayoi..."
Shayou on the side asked anxiously.
"She's fine."
Kayaba Jingyan looked down at the girl in her hands with a bitter smile on her face, and finally handed her over to Sau to take care of. "She will wake up in a few days, and you will take care of her during these days."
"Eh? Yes, I understand."
Sau quickly took Izayoi from Kayaba Akihabara's hands.
When she helped Izayoi to steady herself and was about to look up and say something, Kayaba Akihiko had already disappeared.
Seeing this, Shayou's attention shifted to the sealed infirmary.
"Could it be that...something went wrong when Izayoi was developing a new drug?"
Shayou said softly.
"emmmmm"
Hearing this, the two guards present looked strange, but in order to prevent Shayou from going in out of curiosity, they still warned Shayou again.
"Remember, this infirmary must not be used until this girl Izayoi wakes up!"
"Is it that serious? I get it!"
Seeing the solemnity in her predecessor's eyes, Shayou seemed to realize something and nodded heavily.
"Then Senior, I will take Izayoi back to the room to rest."
"Well, let's go."
Sauyu bowed slightly, then turned around and helped Izayoi leave.
And in this short period of time, Kayaba Jingyan had already arrived at the other end of the mansion.
"The medicine has been developed."
In Asuna's office, Kayaba Akiha carefully took out a bottle of powdered medicine from the towel.
Looking at her cautious expression, it seemed as if she was afraid that the glass bottle would be broken.
"How's that girl?"
Asuna glanced at the powder on the table and asked Kayaba Akiya.
"He has fainted, but it seems that he should be fine."
Kayaba Jingyan said slowly.
"That's good."
Asuna finally felt relieved. Even though Izayoi often tinkered with some weird things when she was in the North, when she was mixing the poison, Asuna couldn't help but worry that she would kill herself.
Although there are life-saving elixirs in his warehouse, they are only for living people. If Izayoi accidentally poisons herself, even Asuna will not be able to save her.
But fortunately, the girl is fine.
"How effective is the medicine? Are you sure it won't be discovered after use?"
After confirming Izayoi's safety, Asuna asked about other things.
"According to that girl's estimation, if this half bottle is thrown into the water source of the imperial capital, it will be enough to turn this area into a dead zone."
Kayaba Akihabara looked into Asuna's eyes, her tone very slow and quite solemn.
However, to her disappointment, she did not detect any hesitation or confusion in Asuna's eyes. She was still so calm and unperturbed.
"I don't want to massacre the city."
Asuna shook her head.
"In that case, a small dose would be enough to deal with them."
As she spoke, Asuna reached out, took the bottle of poison in her hand, and examined it carefully in the sunlight.
"Your strength is about the same as Esdeath's. If you were the one who got poisoned, would the impact be serious?"
Kayaba Jingyan shook her head, "Although this poison is very toxic, it has little effect on me.
And with Esdeath's ability, if she finds something wrong, she should be able to force the remaining poison out of her body."
"However, if it is an ordinary imperial weapon user without any special means, it shouldn't be a big problem."
102 The Final Opposing Sisters
"Even an ordinary imperial weapon user can't handle it..." Asuna looked at the powder in her hand and gently shook the bottle. "In that case, let's not attack Esdeath and the others for now."
"Yeah." Kayaba Jingyan nodded.
After all, they still need Esdeath's help to suppress the rebellion within the empire, and even if they take action, it is not the right time to do so.
Moreover, this bottle is mainly used against the fat man Ernest. Its effect is not as good as that of those who break their own physical limits, that is, those perverts who can fight dangerous species with their physical bodies.
The most significant effect of this bottle is its slow onset. It is colorless and odorless after dissolving in water, and cannot be detected at all with the medical methods and poison testing methods of this world.
Once you are poisoned, you can only rely on your physical fitness to get through it. If you can get through it, nothing will happen. If you can't, then say goodbye to everything.
"I remember that there are many experts around Ernest..." Asuna put the poison in her hand on the table, "I heard that those people in the Royal Fist Temple can fight against the imperial weapon users with their own strength... Forget it, if the poison doesn't kill him once, we can use it a few more times. Anyway, we don't lack this little time now."
"Should we send someone to deal with them?" asked Kayaba Jingyan.
"Forget it, there's no need." Asuna shook her head.
She only has so few people in the imperial capital. The loss of any one of them would be enough to make her heartbroken for a long time. How could she let her confidants take risks?
"Tell those who attacked at night to temporarily evacuate the imperial capital and join the rebels. Tatsumi, I'll be watching over you here, don't worry."
"Yes, I understand."
How could Esdeath obediently go and wipe out the rebels if the people who were responsible for the night attack did not leave?
As for the imperial capital, once that fat man Ernest dies, he will have nothing to worry about.
There is no need to pay attention to Bud for now. As long as he does not interfere in state affairs and attempt to attack the little emperor, then he has no reason to attack him.
As for the cause of Ernest's death?
Ok?
"Night Raid is an assassination organization, right? Shouldn't poisoning and assassination be their basic operation?"
"Why do you doubt me, a general who is loyal to the empire?"
"Look, I've been in the capital for so long, have I ever gotten into trouble?"
“Although I really dislike that fat guy, I have been avoiding him for the sake of the empire!
Bud, you can't doubt me just because I have a little conflict with him!"
Even if Bud really suspected that Asuna was responsible for Ernest's death by then, it would be too late.
The person is already dead, so Asuna has no shortage of reasons.
Once Ernest, the traitor who brought disaster to the country, dies and Esdeath is sent back to suppress the rebels, Asuna can notify her troops in the north and quietly move south!
When Asuna thought about her talented subordinates, she really didn't know how she could lose.
"By the way, I heard that Esdeath has been training Tatsumi these days?"
Suddenly, Asuna seemed to be amused by something, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth as she asked Kayaba Akihiko.
"Well, it seems that he wants to improve Tatsumi's strength, and then take him with him to achieve merit and become the fourth general of the empire."
Kayaba Jingyan said with a strange expression.
"interesting."
Asuna couldn't help but laugh.
"Have the three beastmen and the hunter team under her command made any other moves?"
"I heard they have been searching for the Night Raid's base."
"Thanks to them, the imperial capital has become much cleaner these days."
Speaking of this, Kayaba Jingyan still had a slight sigh.
"What happened?" Asuna asked curiously.
"The three beast warriors followed Esdeath's orders completely. Although they encountered many "darkness" in the imperial capital during the search, they did not intervene."
"On the contrary, the hunter team..." Kayaba Akihiko organized his words, "It seems that because most of them are outsiders, they don't know that the "darkness" is actually the work of Ernest.
Some of them have been doing some crime fighting these past few nights.”
"Thanks to them, the powerful people in the empire thought that the night raids had appeared again, so they have restrained themselves a lot in the past few days."
"There is such a thing?" Asuna said in surprise.
"Well, but after my observation, I found that Will and Lan in the hunter team are more likely to be turned by us, because while they are fighting against those evil forces, they are also concerned about the safety of those civilians."
"That Selyu will go with them, but she seems to have some mental problems."
"When fighting, he seemed to be insane, shouting for justice, but he didn't care about the civilians around him at all, just killing people." At this point, Kayaba Jingyan nodded with regret, "He usually looks quite quiet, but... This is probably the so-called contrast."
Asuna: "Any other news?"
Kayaba Akie: "A few days ago, Borus from the Hunter Team contacted us. I have also confirmed his identity. He is indeed the spy we sent."
Asuna: "Yes, there is more."
Asuna did not find it strange. After all, they had sent too many spies over the years, so it was normal for one or two of them to reach Borus' current position.
However, considering that he already had a family, Asuna did not assign him any tasks, but just asked him to maintain his current status and continue to lurk.
Kayaba Akie: "We just got the news this morning that Shishang from the Hunter Squad is conducting human transformation experiments outside the Imperial Capital and has imprisoned a large number of cyborgs... Should we take action?"
"Inform that stubborn old man Bud about this. After all, this is the imperial capital, there's no need for us to take action." Asuna leaned back in her chair, holding her chin with one hand, and threw the matter to Bud. "By the way, find a chance to tell Esdeath about this and tell her that most of the victims are the disabled soldiers in her hands. With her personality, she will definitely not let that fashionable guy off easily."
"Also, after our confirmation, the black-haired girl in the hunter team is indeed one of the sisters that you, Asuna, have been looking for in recent years.
Moreover, her sister joined the Night Raid many years ago, and her appearance has been exposed and is on the wanted list..."
“I heard that both sisters were members of the Imperial Assassination Force, but no one knew what happened later, and the elder sister defected and joined the Night Raid.
As for my younger sister, she had been working for the Imperial Assassination Organization until Esdeath returned, when she joined the Hunters and was exposed to the public."
103 Ernest: Life finally took its toll on me, a little cutie
Hearing this, Asuna rubbed her brows with a headache, and smiled bitterly in her heart, "No wonder we haven't found any trace of the two sisters in all those years. It turns out that they were abducted by those people from the Empire's assassination team..."
"But I remember that the two sisters had a very good relationship. What exactly caused them to separate..."
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