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"Don't be careless, I've heard that Imperial Arm is quite extraordinary."

Hearing Leone's confident tone, Najenda couldn't help but remind her.

"Can Clara research this Imperial Arm?"

"Clara can help too."

At this moment, Clara suddenly spoke up, recalling a Teigu that seemed quite worthy of study...

The Imperial Arm in Zank's possession is called: Five-Seeing Omnipotent [Observer].

It is an Imperial Arm that possesses five abilities: penetrating vision, farsightedness, X-ray vision, future vision, and illusion vision.

Perspective can completely see through the other person's thoughts by observing their facial expressions; farsightedness can see things in the distance; X-ray vision can see the target without being obstructed by obstacles; future vision can see what will happen next through subtle muscle movements; and hallucinations can make the other person see illusions.

If Clara—no, Mr. Swallow—could analyze the abilities of this Imperial Arm, it might be of great help to her.

"...Clara, are you interested in Zank's Imperial Arms?"

"Of course, in that case, there's no need for too many people to go together."

Najendan was a little surprised to hear Clara's request, but she didn't refuse. If Clara wanted it, then so be it.

The Imperial Arms are naturally prioritized for use by those conducting night raids; only the useless ones are handed over to the Revolutionary Army.

However, since Clara is going, there's no need for the entire Night Raid to be involved; they have other missions to complete.

"Alright then, Hill, you and Clara will go and defeat Zank!"

After glancing at the members in front of her, Najenda's gaze finally settled on the naturally naive and beautiful woman with long purple hair, Hill.

Hill hasn't been acting quite right lately. Sending her and Clara on a mission might change things. With Mr. Schwarz around, they won't be in any danger.

"Huh? Me?"

Hill, who was in a daze, was stunned when she heard Najendan's arrangement and was a little taken aback.

If she goes, won't she mess up the mission?

Hill seemed very insecure.

"Yes, so I'm leaving Clara in your care."

"But……"

Hill hesitated even more. All she knew was how to kill people; she couldn't do anything else and could even get lost.

However, she couldn't refuse the boss's arrangement and had no choice but to accept it.

……

A pitch-black night descended upon the capital.

Meanwhile, Clara and Hill had already arrived in the capital.

However, Clara looked at her companion beside her and thought she seemed a little unreliable, although she was very gentle and should be the most caring person in Night Raid.

Moreover, she doesn't usually have much of a desire to express herself, and Clara has the least interaction with her.

"Sister Hill, have we taken the wrong road?"

Clara hesitated before asking the beautiful girl beside her.

It must be said that all the girls in Night Raid are very beautiful, even the boss Najenda is still voluptuous, otherwise Lubbock wouldn't have been so infatuated with her that he would give up everything to follow her.

The woman in front of me, Hill, had long, flowing purple hair, purple eyes, and wore a light purple long dress resembling a Chinese cheongsam, purple boots, and white stockings.

However, she often wore those purple-rimmed glasses. It's not that she didn't look good in glasses, but they did hide her true beauty.

She looks even more beautiful after taking off her glasses; Clara had seen her before, and she was truly stunning.

"Oh, I'm so sorry..."

"I clearly remember being here, so why has it changed? Well... I don't really know either, sorry."

Hill looked around blankly, his mind a little confused. He remembered that he was in the right place, so why had he gone the wrong way?

Sure enough, she really is useless; she even got the destination wrong.

The main reason was that she never expected the boss to send her and Clara to fight Zank together. Normally, her main role is to assist and cover Mine while she secretly snipes at the enemy, so she doesn't need to think too much.

"It's alright, Sister Hill."

Clara didn't pay much attention to the bewildered girl with glasses in front of her.

I was just a little worried looking at her; she was a bit of a ditz and airhead. In the original story, she was also the first member of Night Raid to sacrifice herself.

"Sister Hill, this is for you."

Thinking of Hill's experience, Clara found a blue storage light cone in the system space. Before leaving the last world, she had drawn a large number of duplicate light cones.

Since I can't use them all myself, I'll give some to people I care about.

This item is different from the one given to Tatsumi and the others before; it is the item "Expanding Territory".

This is a light cone about the Interstellar Peace Corporation, a memory of the company's expansion across the galaxy.

"The days of being helpless and alone are over. The company will stand with you all."

It is the power of preservation, and even more so, the company's blessing.

Holding it might bring unexpected rewards!

"this is?"

"It's Clara's gift. With it, it can protect Sister Hill in Clara's place."

"Therefore, please make sure to keep it safe!"

Clara held the cone of light in both hands and presented it to Hill. She looked up at Hill with an angelic smile that instantly made Hill feel the warmth of the winter sun.

Clara instantly healed my heart.

"Clara's feelings? Why..."

Looking somewhat dazed, Hill realized what was happening and looked at the girl in front of her with even more confusion.

But she seemed unable to refuse the girl's feelings.

"Can I have it?"

"Of course!"

"Because Clara hopes that her sister Hill can live a long and peaceful life."

"..."

Hill didn't say anything more, she just blankly accepted the light cone. Whether it was her imagination or not, the moment she held the light cone, she felt a sense of peace.

It's as if someone has everything covered for me, so I can do whatever I want without worry.

"As for Zank's position, Mr. Swallow... could I ask you for a favor?"

Seeing that Hill had accepted the light cone, Clara nodded in satisfaction and then asked Mr. Schwarz to help her.

Clara guessed that the reason Najenda had Hill come with her was probably because of Zank's Teigu and Hill's situation.

Although Hill is usually absent-minded, she is incredibly calm when killing, almost like a killing machine, and doesn't think about anything.

That's why the Imperial Arms in her hands, the Soul-Severing Blade, resonates with her wavelength.

The Imperial Arm "Five Visions" has a very strange ability, but it has relatively little impact on Sheele.

I can scan the surrounding area for signs of life; perhaps I can find the target.

Schwarz was still in a blurred, hidden state, but his voice could be heard beside Clara. Even in a blurred state, some of its functions could still be used normally.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Mr. Schwarz."

With Mr. Schwarz's help, finding Zank should be much easier.

……

Following the scans provided by Schwarz, Clara and Hill began their targeted search.

The capital city was now completely shrouded in night. Dim streetlights illuminated the desolate streets.

Perhaps because of Zank's recent violent outbursts, the capital city is unusually quiet tonight, with hardly anyone going out for a stroll.

This makes the search much easier; you can quickly find the target by simply following the movement traces found by Mr. Schwarz.

So it wasn't long before Clara and Hill discovered the location where Zank had been beheaded.

However, they seemed to have arrived a little too late; at Zank's feet lay a headless corpse...

Blood dripped onto the sharp blade in Zank's hand, indicating that the attack had just been carried out.

He held the dead man's head in one hand and let out an extremely excited laugh.

"Hahaha, delightful! So delightful!"

"But that's far from enough..."

Seeing the head in his hand still bearing the look of terror even after death brought Zank an irrepressible pleasure.

However, he was very dissatisfied with today's results.

In this bustling capital city, there were hardly any passersby at night, a stark contrast to the days when one could easily go on a killing spree just by walking a few steps.

The person he killed at this moment was actually the first one he had found and beheaded that night.

This won't do; it's too disappointing for him.

The reason he stole the warden's Imperial Arm and came to this bustling imperial capital was to better experience the pleasure of beheading passersby, wasn't it?

"what……"

Suddenly, Zank seemed to notice something and shifted his gaze to a dark corner not far away.

Others might not have noticed anything, but for him, who was wearing the Teigu Omnipotent "Observer," there was simply no chance of escaping.

"There are still people here! Great! Hahaha, kid, no, you two little brats, I see you, come out here!!"

Zank casually tossed away the head in his hand, then stared cruelly at the dark corner, and began to walk towards it step by step.

Once he sets his sights on someone, that person can no longer escape his notice.