DxDanmachi: Voyager of Worlds Ability

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"Watch out!"

Although the beam shooting from afar was very discreet, this was a battlefield surrounded by numerous soldiers.

Here, the few people present were exposed under the eyes of hundreds.

Not to mention beams of light, even a mosquito flying by would be noticed.

Therefore, when the beam was fired, various warnings rang out one after another, allowing Tatsumi to easily dodge the shot.

But this was just the beginning.

Following that beam, continuous beams kept shooting over, and the targets were no longer just Tatsumi but everyone present.

"Find cover! Watch out for the beams!"

Seeing the situation unfold, Airmid shouted loudly.

Such an order left Tatsumi puzzled.

But receiving a subtle signal from Airmid's eyes, he immediately realized.

He remembered.

Mika had once told him that the important thing wasn't to capture or kill the enemy but to use these people for training.

After all, if all these people were captured, he wouldn't have suitable opponents.

Thinking of this, Tatsumi repeated Airmid's order, shouting to those around him.

Hearing his command, the soldiers under the police force quickly began to evade the shots coming from afar.

Seeing this scene, Tatsumi nodded in satisfaction.

In fact, Tatsumi still recognized Night Raid's actions.

Especially in these few days as the captain of the police force.

After abolishing many of former Captain Ogre's orders, the renewed police force immediately solved several major cases.

Through these cases, Tatsumi gained a new understanding of the corruption in the Imperial Capital.

People like Aria were countless in the city.

If he weren't the captain of the police force, those who died tragically in the Imperial Capital might never have anyone to seek justice for them.

Therefore, after deeply understanding the Imperial Capital and Night Raid, he agreed with Night Raid's purpose.

He believed that they were people with justice in their hearts.

Even though they belonged to the Revolutionary Army's intelligence and assassination unit, Tatsumi still thought so.

So, in fact, Tatsumi didn't want to kill Night Raid members.

And he hadn't reacted earlier because his battle with Akame was too intense.

It made him temporarily forget everything except the fight.

"Seems I must be cautious in the future!"

"No matter how intense the battle, I must never forget my own intentions!"

Tatsumi said to himself seriously.

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"Retreat, Leone!"

Although Akame felt the enemy commander's orders were strange, now was obviously not the time to think about such things.

With the enemy commander's order, the net that had been cast around them now had gaps.

For Akame and Leone, this was definitely the best opportunity.

"Got it!"

Hearing Akame's words, Leone immediately began to retreat.

"Damn it, don't think you can escape!"

Watching Leone flee rapidly, Seryu shouted loudly.

As she spoke, she was about to give chase.

"Stop, Seryu!"

But Tatsumi suddenly called out to her.

"Captain Tatsumi, why are you telling everyone to hide instead of holding their positions!"

Looking at Tatsumi approaching, Seryu shouted loudly, puzzled by his command.

"That's because, compared to those small-time thieves, the lives of our comrades are more important!"

Patting Seryu on the shoulder, Tatsumi said seriously, "Remember, Seryu!"

"Night Raid is an assassination organization composed of Teigu users. Each one of them is extremely dangerous, so absolutely do not let others engage them directly."

"What they need to do is merely contain them. Direct combat is to be handled by the two of us. Understand?"

"Yes!"

Hearing Tatsumi's words and grasping his intent, Seryu calmed down.

"Glad you understand!"

Tatsumi nodded slightly, then turned his gaze to Seryu's body.

"Your body has been modified?"

Noticing the machinery inside Seryu's body, Tatsumi frowned and spoke.

"Yes."

Seryu responded with a smile.

Obviously, she had no objections to her body modifications.

"What a twisted method!"

Tatsumi immediately criticized such behavior.

"If you want to improve your strength, there are many ways. Body modification should be the last resort."

"Moreover, you're still young; there's plenty of room for growth in the future. There's no need to gain strength through body modification unless you're really desperate!"

"Yes, I am desperate!"

Seemingly hearing what Tatsumi was implying, Seryu quickly said.

But Tatsumi didn't consider Seryu's feelings and continued, "I think the one who was desperate was Ogre! He clearly knew that his actions might make him a target someday, leading to his assassination."

"So he needed strength to protect himself, and you, as a Teigu user, were the best choice."

"But at that time, you were still young, and manipulating a biological-type Teigu could easily become a weakness. So he suggested you undergo body modification!"

"No, it's not like that!"

Unable to accept reality, Seryu shouted loudly.

Seeing this, Tatsumi stepped forward, holding her arm, and said, "Whether it's true or not isn't that important. After we return, I'll ask Miss Airmid to heal you."

"As for strength?"

"You'll need to train yourself. Don't think about taking such crooked paths!"

"Yes!"

Lowering her head, Seryu responded softly.

After comforting Seryu, Tatsumi walked into the nearby forest and, unsurprisingly, saw Mika and Airmid.

"Well done; you're quite good at comforting girls, Tatsumi!"

"Not at all!"

Hearing Mika's teasing, Tatsumi became shy.

"By the way, didn't Miss Airmid lead people to pursue Night Raid? How did that go?"

Not wanting the topic to stay on himself, Tatsumi quickly asked.

After Akame and Leone escaped, those who went in pursuit were Airmid's secret unit and the city defense forces dispatched by General Budo.

"As expected, they got away."

"An enemy Teigu user who manipulates threads set countless traps in the forest; our people couldn't catch up."

Airmid's voice was calm.

It was as if the failed operation had nothing to do with her.

"That's good!"

Mika said with a light smile.

Then he turned to Tatsumi and said seriously, "Tatsumi, you must remember."

"Even though I'm now the emperor, Mellie is the prime minister, Airmid is the leader of the secret unit, and you're the captain of the police force, the Empire is still not ours."

"The Empire is just a tool, so never let yourself be corrupted by this tool. Understand?"

"Understood!"

Hearing Mika's admonition and feeling deeply moved, Tatsumi responded earnestly.

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"Ah! Finally, we made it out!"

Outside the Imperial Capital, after several skirmishes, Lubbock, who had finally shaken off the pursuing imperial soldiers, leaned on his knees, gasping for breath.

Earlier, under Bulat's instructions, he hadn't gone to the front battlefield.

Instead, he set traps in the rear.

This was the task that best utilized his Teigu "Infinite Uses: Cross Tail."

And Lubbock didn't disappoint Bulat's trust. The traps he set blocked all the soldiers pursuing them in the forest.

Allowing the Night Raid members to escape safely.

"Ah, I'm exhausted!"

Sitting down immediately and leaning against a tree trunk, Leone sighed and said, "This mission was really thrilling; we actually encountered two Teigu users."

"If Akame and I hadn't arrived in time, Mine and Sheele might have been in grave danger!"

"But that biological-type Teigu was really hard to deal with. Although I could roughly sense where its core was, I just couldn't successfully destroy it."

"I'm so tired!"

Expressing her feelings loudly, Leone looked exhausted as she leaned against the tree.

"We actually encountered two Teigu users? When did the Imperial Capital become so dangerous?"

Lubbock, who hadn't participated directly in the battle, only now realized what Akame and the others had experienced. This sudden change shocked him.

"No, it was three Teigu users!"

Mine, who had been silent since returning, said seriously.

"When Sheele and I were retreating, we encountered another Teigu user. He should also be an imperial Teigu user."

"But unlike other imperial Teigu users, his actions were more like playing, holding us in his hand and toying with us repeatedly."

"Facing him, even Bulat was defeated."

"If it weren't for his mercy... the three of us might have become corpses in the forest."

"Although I haven't seen the so-called 'strongest' General Budo and General Esdeath, I think that person is definitely not weaker than them."

"I agree with Mine; that person definitely possesses 'strongest' level strength."

After listening to Mine's explanation, Bulat nodded in agreement.

Having personally fought with Mika, he could better understand that immense power.

"What? Three Teigu users?"

"And one at the level of the Empire's strongest?"

"What's going on!"

Already feeling very surprised, Lubbock was shocked again.

This was Night Raid's first operation since Minister Honest stepped down.

But this first mission turned out to be so terrifying.

Such shocking news made Lubbock momentarily unable to fully process it.

"No, it's not just three Teigu users!"

After a moment of silence, Akame said quietly.

"Before Mine fired, I saw my sister Kurome; she's also a Teigu user."

"And at that time, she was obeying the woman beside her without question. That woman was obviously her superior. For her to listen so obediently, the other party is probably also a Teigu user!"

"In other words, we encountered five Teigu users one after another in this operation?"

Hearing Akame's words, Lubbock summarized.

"That should be the case. Moreover, from the conversation between that woman leading them, the Empire seems to be summoning Teigu users from other regions to the Imperial Capital."

"If that's true, our future actions will probably be extremely dangerous."

"Huh???"

Hit by this series of news, Lubbock didn't know what to say.

"No, we must quickly inform the boss about this!"

After a moment of panic, Lubbock calmed down.

He knew that in this situation, to break the deadlock, they had to rely on the wisdom and strategy of Night Raid's boss, Najenda.

He had absolute trust in Najenda's abilities.

"No, we can't return to the base now!"

Akame immediately stopped Lubbock's idea.

"Why?"

Not only Lubbock but the others also looked at Akame with puzzled eyes.

"When we finally escaped, it was too smooth; it felt like they wanted us to get away."

Recalling the situation during their escape, Akame said thoughtfully.

"What? Is that possible? Tell us more!"

Bulat quickly said.

Because he hadn't joined the main battle due to injuries from fighting Mika and was instead diverting some enemy attention from the flank, he wasn't fully aware of the situation on the front lines.

"When Mine started shooting, they had already completely surrounded Leone and me. But when Mine fired, they chose to dodge rather than capture us, which doesn't align with the Empire's usual tactics."

"Indeed!"

Hearing Akame's words, Bulat, once an imperial soldier, nodded.

"Secondly, among the soldiers surrounding us, there were some wearing special uniforms. These people gave off a very strong presence; they should be that elite unit called 'Night Crow'!"

"But during the subsequent pursuit, I didn't sense their presence at all; they disappeared!"

"This is too strange!"

"So I feel they deliberately let us go."

"And if they let us escape, there might be a bigger conspiracy involved!"

Bulat continued Akame's speculation.

"You mean their target is our base, is the boss!"

Understanding their words, Lubbock shouted loudly.

And his voice was filled with worry.

"In that case, we really can't go back!"

Standing up, Leone said seriously, "Although the boss was once an imperial general and also a Teigu user!"

"But she's not who she used to be!"

Once, as an imperial general, Najenda was the user of 'Pumpkin.'

But when she grew dissatisfied with the Empire's darkness and chose to leave, she was pursued by her former colleague, Esdeath.

At that time, two Teigu users chose to leave with her.

But they both died at Esdeath's hands; only she escaped.

But she still lost an eye and an arm.

This caused her combat ability to be almost completely lost, which is why her former Teigu ended up in Mine's hands.

"Then let's operate elsewhere for now. Until we're certain we're not being followed, we shouldn't return to the base."

"Agreed!"

Hearing Akame's command, everyone responded in unison.

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