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

So, when Asuna entered the imperial capital, she was instantly discovered by Bud.

"Huh? Why are you back?"

Bud, who was riding a dangerous creature, fell from the sky and asked Asuna.

"We have discovered the night raid..."

"Where are they?!"

Before Asuna could finish, Bud's eyes turned serious and he asked in a deep voice.

"..." Asuna looked at Bud silently, but didn't say anything. Seeing that he was getting impatient, she continued, "Although we found the base of the night raid, it was already deserted."

"Before you leave, I have ordered the soldiers to go in and search. However, in order to prevent night attacks and backup bases, I suggest you fly outside the imperial capital for a while and search carefully."

"Especially the back of a mountain or some underground bases."

"No one? Looks like they did it." Bud frowned, only then was he sure that Ernest's death was indeed caused by Night Attack.

Otherwise, why would they escape so quickly?

"I understand." Bud nodded, tightened the reins in his hands, and was about to take off.

"By the way, Bud." Asuna stopped him.

"What's wrong, Mask?" asked Bud.

"Esdeath is still leading troops to search outside the imperial capital. Maybe she will find something. You can ask her then."

Bud said, "Well, anything else?"

Asuna shook her head, "No, go ahead."

"Yeah!" Bud exerted a little force with his arms, and then controlled the dangerous creature under him to fly out of the city.

Asuna narrowed her eyes, looked at the dark shadow gradually moving away in the sky, and turned away.

……

……

A few days later, an urgent report from the southern part of the empire instantly broke the peace of the imperial capital.

The rebels within the empire took advantage of Esdeath's presence in the imperial capital and launched a large-scale attack on many cities in the south!

In just a few days, several important cities of the empire were captured!

I heard that those officers who were supposed to command the army in battle all died inexplicably at home, and even if new officers took up that position later, they would be assassinated in a very short time, which directly led to no one taking charge of the core command of the army and causing chaos!

In addition, there were long-time rebel undercover agents lurking in the city, causing the city gates to be wide open and without defense. The defenders in the city were simply unable to resist the rebels' offensive, and the city changed hands in an instant.

Among them, the people who attacked at night played an outstanding role.

At the same time, the officials who were originally worried in the imperial capital learned the news of the night attack again.

"No wonder we haven't seen them in the past few days. It turns out they went to cause trouble in the southern part of the empire. Now we can finally enjoy ourselves in peace!"

115 Healing Black Eyes, Backstab from Asuna

In the eyes of the imperial nobles, it was impossible for the rebels to reach the imperial capital.

The defeat in the south meant nothing to them, because they knew that as long as Esdeath returned to the southern part of the imperial capital, she could suppress it in an instant!

Recover lost ground!

What if the rebels have imperial weapons?

We have here three of the strongest people in the empire.

Even if you use human wave tactics to hold back Esdeath, can't we just send someone with almost the same strength as Esdeath?

As for who to send at that time, that is not a problem they need to worry about. The little emperor will choose when the time comes.

They just need to stay in the imperial capital and enjoy a wonderful life without being disturbed by night attacks.

Moreover, Minister Ernest has not shown up in the past few days, and has not even summoned any of his confidants. This phenomenon has caused many people in the court to have some concerns.

Perhaps, the future imperial capital will not be destroyed by the rebels, but will be destroyed by the power struggles among these powerful officials.

And given Bud's personality, he probably wouldn't stop them.

Asuna was very happy to see this happen.

It even allowed Kayaba Jingyan to instigate several officials who secretly defected to her and continued to add fuel to the fire.

Anyway, those people are not sincere in their surrender, and after he gains the power of the empire in the future, he will definitely replace all the people in the court with the team he has trained before. How can he continue to keep these disloyal old ministers?

So, Asuna continued to be an invisible person as usual, watching the little emperor issue decrees one after another under the advice of other officials.

As for Esdeath, it was natural for her to go back and quell the rebellion.

After all, her purpose of coming to the imperial capital was to launch a night attack, and now the night attack took advantage of her absence, stole her base camp, and captured several cities in succession, which made her quite annoyed.

After receiving the little emperor's order, he left in a hurry.

In addition to the three beast warriors under her command, the remaining hunters also left with her.

However, before she left, Asuna asked for Kuroneko and took her to her side.

Although Asuna agreed to many of Esdeath's conditions for this, those conditions were nothing more than fighting competitions, which were no problem for Asuna.

However, in order to avoid arousing Esdeath's suspicion by agreeing too readily, Asuna bargained with her.

In short, it’s not a loss in any way.

It’s a pity that I didn’t have time to lure Chi Tong out.

"But... that child has his own beliefs and goals now."

"If we rashly take her away from the night raid, it might just have the opposite effect. It would be better to wait until she grows up a little bit and has accepted some of the beatings from society before picking her up. This way it would be a lot easier."

As for who will bring the social beating to Akagi?

Is there anyone else besides Esdeath?

Huh? Maybe there really is one!

Isn't it okay for me to help Hei Tong improve his strength, and then let Hei Tong help Esdeath?

Being beaten up by your own sister is better than being beaten up by Esdeath, right?

Thinking of this, Asuna nodded with satisfaction at her plan.

As a result, a petite figure appeared on the training ground of the mansion.

However, not long after Asuna took Kuroneko to her side, she realized how big the hidden dangers Kuroneko was hiding.

Back then, after Akame and Kurome were kidnapped, they were sold to the Imperial Agency together and sent to the Assassin Training Institute to receive assassination training.

At that time, Asuna had no ability to mobilize a large amount of manpower and resources to find them. In addition, they were sold to the Imperial Agency, making it even more impossible for Asuna to find them.

In the assassin training center, Kuroyon was injected with drugs to forcibly increase his abilities because he was not selected as one of the elite seven.

The reason is that the controller of the training center wants to separate Akame and Kurome, so that they won't be dependent on each other and be confused by their emotions.

However, although the drug injected into Hei Tong's body can greatly enhance Hei Tong's strength, the burden is also quite heavy!

He has a strong dependence on drugs and needs to take them regularly to save his life. Once he stops taking the drugs, the only thing that awaits Hei Tong is death.

In addition, Hei Tong's imperial weapon [March of the Dead - Eight Chambers] will also consume a lot of Hei Tong's physical strength!

Although Hei Tong's imperial weapon can control the people or dangerous species killed by the sword through curses, its maximum limit is only eight corpses!

Moreover, the more corpses Hei Tong controls, the greater the impact on Hei Tong's own abilities, thereby rapidly depleting Hei Tong's physical strength, causing Hei Tong's health to become worse and worse.

So, when Asuna learned about Kurome's situation, she forcibly confiscated her Teigu and only allowed her to use an ordinary wooden sword for training.

Moreover, in order to cure Kuronetō's body, Izayoi once again began to work overtime on research. Fortunately, Kuronetō's cookies were not all eaten, so Izayoi could analyze their ingredients. Otherwise, it is unknown how long this process would be extended.

However, even so, developing an antidote to completely solve the problem of black pupils is still a long way off.

In desperation, Asuna had to let Kurohiro live an "old age life" ahead of time, and extended Kurohiro's medication time by reducing physical activity. From then on, Kurohiro's training was completely suspended.

Poor Iyeas, he was once again the only one left to be beaten.

After all, Sayu is a woman, and Asuna's guards will naturally not use too harsh hands on her. And Iyeas, a rough man, simply cannot possibly receive such good treatment.

……

……

That day, Asuna called Kayaba Akihabara to her office again.

"What is the control rate of northern cities?"

Inside the office, the windows that were originally open have been closed, and even the curtains have been drawn, making this luxuriously decorated office appear a little dim and dull.

When Kayaba Akihabara sat down opposite her, Asuna began to write in the notebook in front of her.

Moreover, the characters used by Asuna were the characters of their world. Even if the note was stolen, the content of their conversation could not be deciphered, thus completely eliminating the possibility of information leakage.

Kayaba Jingyan looked down at the contents of the note, then quickly started writing.

“The city that the minister once set up for us has been completely controlled by our people.

In addition, most of the cities in the north of the empire are also secretly controlled by our people. Only those cities that are close to the imperial capital and have quick communication have not been easily taken, and the rest of the cities basically belong to us. "

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Asuna nodded slightly as she listened to Kayaba Akihiko's report, "What's the situation of the army?"

"Our elite soldiers have completely replaced the defenders of those cities, and those defenders are also undergoing training under our leadership."

"However, in order to prevent our actions from being discovered by the empire's spies, we only replaced the garrisons in those defensive cities."

"However, without the obstruction of those defensive cities, our army can quickly move south. After completely occupying the city that was originally under our control, the remaining troops will be enough to attack the remaining cities."

"As for the Imperial Capital, as long as we control Budd, the defenders here will not be our opponents except for the imperial guards guarding the Imperial City."

Years of infiltration, coupled with the decline of the empire in recent years, the loss of imperial power, and the corruption of officials, have made everything simple.

Although Asuna's people did not completely control the cities close to the imperial capital, there were still a lot of people at the lower level.

At least, when Asuna's army was approaching the city, they could help open the city gates and kill the city lord.

As for whether there were any defenders who fought back stubbornly, it was hard to say.

After all, although there are few old stubborn people like Bud in the world, they are not rare. The diehards of the empire will definitely not easily give up the city where they have lived for a long time. Only then will it be the turn of the army to suppress it.

After all these years of development, Asuna can say with certainty that every city in the empire has its own spies! And there are definitely a lot of them!

Even though the rebels have occupied many cities in the southern part of the empire, as soon as Asuna's army arrives, I'm sorry, your city gates will be open.

Then, this city is mine.

Moreover, they have been losing ground recently under Esdeath's offensive, and it is not certain how many cities they can defend in the end.

"By the way, what is Bud doing these days?"

Asuna felt that the time had come and prepared to take action.

"Everything is normal, there is nothing wrong." Kayaba Akihiko said.

"After Ernest's death, the empire's intelligence agencies were completely paralyzed." Asuna sighed, then propped up her hands on the table and stood up. "I'll go and deal with Bud's matter. You go contact those people in the north and west and tell them that they can take action."

"I understand. Be quiet and don't expose yourself now." Kayaba Jingyan stood up, nodded and added.

"I know. It just so happens that the powder I made last time hasn't been used up yet... But Bud is not someone that Ernest can compare to. It seems that I need to add more..."

Asuna took out two cloaks, put them on and disappeared while speaking.

The corner of Kayaba Akihiko's mouth twitched suddenly.

Bud's body is very strong, but no matter how strong it is, it cannot withstand the poison from inside out.

Could it be that he could use his own imperial tool to perform electrotherapy to detoxify? If he really did that, would it be because he thought he wasn't dying fast enough?

Oh, forget it. At least Asuna doesn't have to do it herself. Otherwise, with their strength, they won't be able to hide it once the fight starts.

If Esdeath heard this, she might abandon the war in the south and return to the imperial capital to duel with Asuna.

By then, even if Asuna defeats Esdeath, they will still have to deal with the mess that Esdeath has not solved.

By then, they would be facing a double attack from the remnants of the Imperial Army and the main force of the rebels, which would create another stumbling block to their goal of liberating the empire.