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Clara didn't think much of it and simply found a spot to lie down.

A quiet night, a dense forest, twinkling stars, and a steaming hot spring. Gazing at the clear night sky, soaking in the crystal-clear hot spring water, I felt completely relaxed.

At that moment, Mine suddenly moved closer to Clara, her voice tinged with melancholy.

"Clara, do you think... we will eventually succeed in overthrowing the empire and establishing a peaceful era?"

"Clara doesn't know either, but we can try to work in that direction..."

Overthrowing the empire should be no problem, but to be honest, Clara wasn't too optimistic about the revolutionary army.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have prepared those things.

Mine, on the other hand, trusts the Revolutionary Army because of Najenda, which prevents her from knowing the true situation of the Revolutionary Army.

Naively believing that overthrowing the empire would bring all happiness.

"You're right, we will work hard to make that day come."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Clara fell silent. Why was she even more naive than herself?

Did they never hesitate? They are, in essence, assassins with blood on their hands. Even if that day truly comes, will these shadowy killers truly be seen as heroes and honored?

Chapter 35 The Debut of the Self-Destructing Robot

As time passed day by day, since it had been agreed upon from the beginning, Clara didn't need to participate in many of the Night Raid missions, nor was she required to participate.

Night Raid is generally not a problem against most opponents, unless they are also Teigu users.

So nobody cares about this, not even Najenda. She just uses Clara... no, Swallow as a card to deal with Esdeath.

Although she didn't participate in the operation, Clara hasn't been idle these days.

When I have time, I go to my small base to learn about mechanical parts and start making some equipment.

And so it went on until the first batch of materials for making mechanical artifacts, which had been brought from the revolutionary army, arrived.

"That's all I need, right?"

Clara looked closely at the self-destructing robot that had just been created with Mr. Schwarz's help.

Lacking the crucial engine power, she had to use other materials as substitutes, making it a rudimentary self-destructing robot that couldn't compare to the automaton spider.

It will take a long time to achieve true industrial-scale production capacity.

Even with the power of intelligence and destiny, Clara discovered that many things were not as simple as she had imagined. However, robots, which were much simpler than automatons, were much easier to manufacture.

If she has enough materials, she can make dozens a day.

In short, let's give these simple self-destructing robots to Akame and the others first.

With the help of these robots, the tasks ahead would be much easier. Thinking this, Clara led the makeshift self-destructing robots out of her workshop.

The sky was just right outside, and everyone from the night raid was still there; they weren't on any missions.

You can see Brand training in the training ground. Even though he is already very strong, he does not stop training when he is not on a mission.

Good morning, Clara.

Upon noticing Clara's arrival, Brand stopped training and greeted her warmly.

Good morning, Mr. Brand.

Clara quickly responded to him, looking at the strong man in front of her. She remembered that this man had once killed 128 people in a single battle and was known as the "Hundred-Man Slayer".

After acquiring the Imperial Arms Demon Possession, his strength reached an astonishing level. However, the prerequisite for using the Imperial Arms Demon Possession is to possess superhuman physical abilities, which is understandable.

An ordinary person would surely die if they used this Imperial Arms.

"Those machines behind you, are they newly built?"

Brand noticed the line of robots behind Clara and seemed very curious. He had always been fascinated by the mechanical creations Clara made.

However, he is incapable of learning that kind of knowledge.

It's quite remarkable that Clara, at such a young age, can create such amazing mechanical creations.

"Well, the boss brought back a complete set of basic raw materials, so Clara is thinking of making some simple robots first, which can help everyone complete the mission better."

Unfortunately, more powerful automated soldiers require better power sources, and without good equipment and energy, they are not easy to produce.

If only there were related alchemy techniques.

Or perhaps it possesses the Imperial Arms God's Hand "Perfect One," which is optimized through more sophisticated methods.

"As expected of Miss Clara, she has created so many mechanical creations in just a few days."

The boss did manage to get a lot of parts and materials from the Revolutionary Army, but it's only been a few days, right? How come so many robots have been made in such a short time?

This is truly astonishing, especially considering it was achieved without the aid of Imperial Arms.

As if struck by a thought, Brand flexed his wrist.

"Clara, could I have them practice with you?"

He practiced with Clara's automaton beetles beforehand and found them quite good. Especially after they deployed their defensive field, they became excellent punching bags.

If it doesn't transform, it's impossible to break.

Compared to the other Night Raid characters, the Automaton Beetle is undoubtedly a better practice target.

With so many robots now available, having more opponents undoubtedly excites him even more.

"Ah, them? I'm sorry, they might not be suitable. These robots are all self-destructing robots and would harm Mr. Brand."

Among simple robots, apart from reconnaissance robots, self-destructing robots are the most cost-effective, so most of these robots are self-destructing robots.

"A self-destructing robot? Forget about it..."

Upon hearing Clara's words, Brand quickly shook his head; he wanted to find someone to practice on, not to torture himself.

"I'm sorry, Clara will try her best to create a robot suitable for Mr. Brand to fight in the future."

Clara said apologetically to Brand.

Speaking of robots for combat, Clara actually thought of one: a robot with very strong fighting capabilities.

Although not as good as Mr. Schwarz, he is still far from being someone that an ordinary person can defeat.

"It's okay, it's okay, take your time. Clara, you've already done a fantastic job."

Seeing the little girl's apologetic look, Brand quickly waved his hand, saying he was just saying it casually.

He then changed the subject, saying that Clara had been working behind closed doors making machines these days, and now that she had achieved these results, she should tell the bosses about them.

"By the way, you're probably looking for the boss and the others, right? They should be over there now. I'll take you there."

"Ah."

Clara nodded; she had made these simple robots so that they could help everyone.

These robots lack intelligence and are merely tools, so Clara wouldn't consider them friends like the previous automatons.

Following Brand, Clara quickly arrived in front of Najendan.

Najendan was equally surprised after learning about Clara's ideas and the self-destructing robots that had already been created.

So many robots have been produced in such a short time.

It seems we need to get those other things shipped from headquarters as soon as possible.

The mechanical parts materials delivered to the Night Raid base so far are only the first batch, and a relatively small one at that. The Resistance headquarters still maintains a degree of skepticism regarding Clara's abilities, based on Najenda's account.

It could even be said that the reason this first batch of parts arrived so quickly was simply because of Najenda.

They need Najendan to better target the capital, and they'll meet most of their demands, as long as they're not too unreasonable. Whether the remaining batches have been collected and prepared is still uncertain.

"Clara, if these robots really have that kind of power, the missions they undertake might be much simpler."

"And coincidentally, we just received a mission, a request from a poor man."

After learning about these simple robots, Najenda sat down with a slight smile. The true capabilities of these robots would be revealed in the upcoming mission.

If she could, she certainly wouldn't want anything to happen to her subordinates.

Having these robots to reduce risk is the best thing that could happen.

"Task?"

Clara was a little curious when she heard this.

"Yes, I just received it, and I haven't officially informed everyone yet. Now that Clara is here too, I'll explain in more detail after everyone arrives."

Whether or not you choose to join them is your own decision.

She had promised Clara that she would not force Clara to participate in the assassination.

Whether she goes or not is up to her own choice.

Although Clara herself has little combat ability, with Swallow's help, everything is very simple unless the target is Esdeath and that Imperial General.

Assassination?

Even a clean sweep of the entire population in a fair and square manner is still an assassination.

"it is good."

Clara had no objections and sat quietly to the side, also a little curious about what kind of action would be taken.

Before long, all members of Night Raid arrived at the headquarters' conference hall.

Everyone was a little surprised to see Clara appear; could it be that Clara would also participate in this operation?

Once everyone had arrived, Najenda finally began to explain the assassination operation and its objectives.

"..."

"In short... that's the mission."

"This time, the targets are the greedy oil merchant Jia Mai Le from the capital and the corrupt captain of the capital's security force, Oni no Ouka."

Najendan explained the whole reason for the mission.