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However, Ouka is indeed quite strong, not one of those opponents who can be easily defeated. Akame's fight with Ouka inevitably surprised the others in the shop.

Before long, a large number of bodyguards and thugs dressed in black suits and wearing sunglasses appeared around them, carrying knives, guns, and even firearms.

"This is a wanted criminal, a night raider. Let's take her down!"

Seeing the bodyguards and thugs appear in the store, Ouka breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he looked down on these night raiders from the bottom of his heart, thinking they were just dirty rats hiding in the sewers.

Faced with Akame's power, he had to admit that he was a little flustered.

Especially the weapon in the girl's hand, which was full of viciousness, made him very careful in every exchange of blows, for fear of being cut by it.

"Yes!"

Upon hearing Ouka's words, the bodyguards and thugs immediately rushed towards Akame.

However, before the thugs could get close, several strange iron lumps quickly appeared from the corner and rushed in front of them.

Before these people could react, these metal lumps exploded, and the thugs and bodyguards who had appeared were immediately blown to pieces.

Thick smoke and the smell of blood instantly filled the entire room.

This change left Euroca completely stunned, utterly unprepared for what was happening.

However, Akame was not affected at all. Taking the opportunity to get closer, with a flash of light, before Ouka could react, the girl's knife had already slashed across his neck.

"Burial!"

"you……"

Ouka clutched his bleeding neck, his eyes fixed on the girl before him, filled with resentment. But those struck by Murasame's blade, no matter how unwilling they were, could not survive.

In the end, he could only collapse to the ground in agony and die...

Watching his target die, Akame expressionlessly sheathed his sword, then turned to look at the white-haired, barefoot girl walking over.

"Thank you..."

After thinking for a moment, Akame thanked her.

"Huh? No, no need. Actually, Clara didn't help Akame-nee-san much."

Clara looked around. It seemed that it made no difference whether she was there or not. Even without her, Akame could easily assassinate the target by herself.

Ouka is decent, but compared to Akame, she's nothing.

On this trip, Clara discovered that her makeshift self-destruct robot wasn't all that effective. It wasn't as impressive as she had imagined; at least in assassination situations, it was less effective than a sniper rifle.

There was too much movement.

"There are too many people, making cleanup a hassle."

Akame didn't seem to think so. Although she could handle them all, killing them one by one would require so many more sword strikes. It seemed faster to just blow them all up like Clara did.

The problem is that the commotion seems a bit too loud, making it easy to be exposed.

"Let's go, we can't stay here any longer."

Thinking of the noise of the self-destruction, Akame called Clara to leave the scene together.

"But...but what about those people?"

Clara thought of the women in the shop, who were all very pitiful, but she didn't know how to deal with their situation for the time being.

If it were an injury or illness, she could use the power of abundance to heal it, but those people had been harmed by medicine and could no longer escape the control and influence of those things.

"..."

Upon hearing this, Akame remained silent for a moment.

Then he answered Clara expressionlessly.

"Those people are beyond saving."

She had seen too many things like this, which is why she chose to betray the Empire and join Night Raid.

The goal was to change all of this, to prevent these things from happening again. And there was only one way to change this: as Najenda had suggested when she invited her, to overthrow this corrupt empire.

These things will only change when a completely new country is established.

"...So let's go, Clara."

Looking at the girl before him, who was filled with reluctance, Akame could understand her thoughts.

But what they can do right now is to punish those demons as much as possible before dawn, to reduce the pressure on the revolutionary army, until the revolutionary army enters the capital.

Is there no hope?

Clara fell silent after hearing Akame's words.

It seems that this is the only way for now.

However, Clara was not so naive as to believe the Revolutionary Army's explanation.

Anyone can talk big, but who knows if overthrowing the empire will lead to something even worse?

Especially after joining Night Raid, Clara inquired about the Revolutionary Army headquarters from Akame and even Najenda.

They discovered that the high-ranking members of the revolutionary army were essentially no different from the powerful figures in the empire, except that they were now at a significant disadvantage and operating in the shadows.

So they're just very good at restraint...

In addition, what they are best at is actually making empty promises.

Lena Jeshitan was also attracted by the beautiful blueprints they drew, depicting the wonderful future after the overthrow of the empire and the establishment of a new nation.

But when that day truly comes, will the rebel leadership actually fulfill these pre-revolutionary promises? Or will the dragon slayers become the dragons themselves?

Clara didn't know, but she had recently learned that the rebels had made contact with alien races in order to fight against the empire, and had even made a promise to divide up the territory after the empire was overthrown. This alone made it impossible for Clara to rely on their final choice and promise.

So let's proceed with the final plan.

……

The two returned to the Night Raid base without incident.

Najenda wasn't surprised that Akame, Clara, and Leone were able to complete their missions smoothly.

It was originally an operation that wasn't difficult at all.

I simply asked Clara how she was feeling.

"Feelings..."

Clara felt that the current robots were not well-suited for assassination, but perhaps more suitable for defense and frontal attacks.

Clara expressed her feelings.

These makeshift robots seem redundant for an assassination mission; they create too much noise. It would be much easier for Akame and her team to infiltrate alone.

Robots are better suited for direct warfare or defense.

Unless Clara designs a special assassin robot specifically for carrying out assassinations.

"Is it not suitable? I think it's quite nice."

"As long as it's planned in advance..."

Leone didn't seem to care much when he heard Clara's words.

"Big sister, this thing is making too much noise. We are assassins, not attacking a city."

Lubbock, watching Leone's expression, muttered helplessly. Had she really fallen in love with this explosive art after just one use?

"In that case, these robots are indeed not very suitable for assassination operations, so let them guard the base."

"The Empire's spies have been very active lately, and they may have already discovered our location."

Najendan didn't think much of what she heard. As Clara had said, these robots were just simple products.

They were completely different from the two automatons from before.

If assassination isn't suitable, then let these robots guard the base.

Meanwhile, she had already sent these samples to the Revolutionary Army headquarters, hoping that the headquarters would send over the second batch of mechanical parts as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Najendan then told Clara about the Revolutionary Army's situation.

Headquarters has agreed to provide the machinery, metals, and raw materials. However, they don't want to invest unilaterally; they also need a return on their investment.

The headquarters requested that 500 of these simple self-destructing robots be provided before the second batch of materials arrived.

"Five hundred simple self-destructing robots? Sure."

Clara calculated that the materials for the first batch would be more than enough to make five hundred. Because they were the simplest mechanical creations, they wouldn't even need a real engine.

Normal automated mechs definitely won't work.

However, even if a normal automaton is created, the highest command is guided by the source code, and handing it over to the Revolutionary Army will not be detrimental to her.

When the final battle comes and the Empire is defeated, the Revolutionary Army can be sent to its doom at any time, and a brand new Mechanical Empire can be established.

"That's good. Then I'll reply to headquarters like this."

With Clara's consent, Najendan breathed a sigh of relief. She had been quite worried that the girl would refuse, making it difficult to explain herself.

While robots are important, Clara's current concern is the fighting power of the Swallows behind her.

Esdeath was terrifying. She pacified the northern barbarians, who were thought to take at least a year to defeat, in the blink of an eye, and buried 40 people alive.

While crushing the enemy's body, they also destroyed their minds. A wise and brave prince from a foreign tribe in the north was once invincible.

But after fighting her, even the most basic human dignity was lost, and this terrifying creature was already on her way back home.

……

For the next few days, Clara did not participate in the night raids, but instead studied new mechanical creations.

With Mr. Schwarz's guidance and the mechanical materials provided by the Revolutionary Army, she, with her extraordinary intellect, successfully created several excellent automatons.