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"Who goes there? It's you? Traitor! You're still alive?"

With a furious roar, the death threads surrounded Chelsea. Any misstep she made would be fatal.

However, before the man named Lubbock could utter his next sentence, Chelsea suddenly appeared in front of him. At the same time, he suddenly discovered that his Teigu had appeared in the hands of the red-haired little girl.

“This is a very interesting toy. You used it to hurt my employee, so the toy… is confiscated.”

Yuna Takashima's voice sounded like a parent scolding a child, which instantly enraged Lubbock. But then a golden light magic circle appeared on the ground, imprisoning him.

Monger's Prison Gear: In the game, this item can imprison specific bosses or be used as a special tool to break through hidden walls. However, after some modifications by Yuna Takashima, it has become a prison tool with a very wide range of uses.

It has a remarkable effect on people who are many times weaker than her.

Chapter 183 The Red Alert Army Assembles Outside the Capital

The appearance of Yuna Takashima and Chelsea instantly alerted the Night Raid members who were resting inside, and Akame was the first to rush out.

Her Imperial Arm, 'One-Hit Kill Murasame,' will curse an enemy with a swift death if it wounds them.

Akame could be considered the trump card of Night Raid, but that's only compared to ordinary Teigu users. Against Takashima Yuna, whose power level is on a completely different dimension, she could only feel despair.

A golden magic circle appeared beneath Akame's feet, and at that moment, Takashima Yuna couldn't help but marvel at how useful the skill was after the item was modified.

This was recommended to her by Liu Yuan. Liu Yuan saw her love of peace; compared to making earth-shattering changes to various skills, this kind of skill where you can be defeated as long as you're weaker than me was a better option.

Imprisonment tools or skills are very useful to her.

"what is this?"

“Monger’s prison can forcibly restrict all enemies weaker than me within its range.”

"Teigu?"

"Teigu? No, it's not. And your weapon seems to be afraid of me."

Yuna Takashima had already drawn the Divine Body Sword in her right hand. This thing wasn't very useful in the game, but it was a weapon created from the remains of a true god. While it might not be effective against powerful beings, its deterrent effect far outweighed its practical use.

"Okay, the people inside shouldn't hide anymore, and we still need that sniper. If you're going to fire, I'll be serious."

Yuna Takashima looked at Mine on the tree in the distance. Mine, who had been discovered, was gritting her teeth and hesitating whether to attack.

Najendam, the leader of the Night Raid, is a one-eyed, one-armed silver-haired woman. She saw her imprisoned subordinates and the 'traitor' Chelsea, and immediately realized what was happening.

Chelsea's defection was inexplicable, according to reports. She betrayed her mission, failing to assassinate her target, letting him escape, and leaking the assassination plan.

She has been killed by the executioners, but her body has not been found, and her Imperial Arms has not even been retrieved. Currently, the higher-ups have only temporarily declared Chelsea dead. If the target is found, the execution will continue. Furthermore, all the higher-ups have made preparations to counter Gaia Foundation's abilities.

Everyone involved in the night raid knows about this. Najenda's analysis suggests Chelsea likely escaped. The executioner's claim of killing her might simply be due to failing to complete the mission and fearing punishment. Anyway, she's nowhere to be found, dead or alive. Even if Chelsea were to reappear someday, he could use his Imperial Arms as a pretext to escape punishment.

But now it seems that Najenda has discovered that things are not so simple.

Chelsea didn't speak. She knew Najenda and, after the mission to assassinate Black Eye, she was preparing to become a member of Night Raid and assist Night Raid in its infiltration operations.

But now it seems unnecessary.

"Am I a traitor?"

Najendan nodded; her identity as a traitor had already spread throughout the Revolutionary Army. She knew something was amiss, but by the time she found out, it was too late. The target of the assassination was unharmed and even knew about the plot, but what about her? According to intelligence, she wasn't dead; there was no other possibility than that she was a traitor.

However, she also sensed that this matter might not be as simple as it seemed. It was quite possible that there was a traitor among the middle or even upper management, who was simply framing Chelsea.

This was an underground operation, and Chelsea was merely a casualty of it. If Chelsea had appeared earlier, before the news spread, she might have been able to protect Chelsea. But now that the news of the betrayal had spread, there was no point in saying anything more.

As for the death information? The Imperial Arms has not been retrieved, and the body has not been found. We are just temporarily trusting the executioner's word.

Chelsea fell completely silent. Her faith had collapsed? Not quite. Ultimately, she was simply using the Revolutionary Army to realize her own dreams. She hadn't betrayed them, but had been abandoned by them. So, for the sake of the bright future she had witnessed, she decided to become their adversary.

"Thank you, this makes me completely give up. Let me become a traitor to the Revolutionary Army."

Chelsea breathed a sigh of relief and said to Takashima Yuna, "Manager, thank you for your help. Please let them go."

"really?"

"Ok!"

The golden light vanished, and although the restriction disappeared, neither Akame nor Lubbock dared to make a move. Akame, in particular, was surprised to find that her weapon was actually feeling fear.

Yuna Takashima glanced at Akame and asked, "You have a younger sister named Kurome, right?"

"what?"

You will see her.

After saying that, Yuna Takashima left with Chelsea. Watching their departing figures, Mine said unwillingly, "Boss, I'm confident at this distance."

"Put down your weapons, we can't beat her."

Najenda's tone was filled with helplessness and fear. What had she sensed? A power even more terrifying than Esdeath? This power even surpassed that of a Super Dangerous Species.

"This power is exactly the same as that man's from that night. Do they both come from the same place? And what is their purpose?"

She didn't believe that this same golden power, this same power that evoked despair, came from any other place.

"It seems the world is about to undergo an even bigger change..."

The changes in the capital during this period were so significant that she could hardly recognize it. The conservatives had come to power, and a new force had emerged. Even the Revolutionary Army's high command hoped that Najendan would deal with this new force.

If you can win them over, then do so; if you can't, then suppress them.

But can it really be suppressed?

After leaving Night Raid, Chelsea didn't go back. Instead, she asked Takashima Yuna, "Manager, can you find that guy named Tatsumi? I want to go see him."

"Tatsumi? Let me ask."

Meanwhile, Tatsumi, inside the base, received a message from Yuna Takashima and immediately shared his location.

"We're lucky, it's not far from us, just on the other side of the city."

The two arrived at Tatsumi's base in no time; the base was now teeming with people. Tatsumi had already completed the Epsilon route and was halfway through the Su route.

As compensation, Hugh gave him a higher-level tech vehicle and unlocked Tier 2 technologies for both the Soviet and Allied factions. Once Tatsumi...

Once the final strategy is completed, she will help unlock the last technology.

In fact, even if you unlock it in advance, it won't help, because all you get from completing the Red Alert series is knowledge and blueprints. If you can build it, then build it; if you can't, then completing the series is just watching.

Thanks to the player shop, players can trade with each other. For items like blueprints, it's very easy to just ask Hugh to customize them.

Looking at the numerous buildings and the soldiers and vehicles coming and going inside the base, Chelsea felt a sense of familiarity, reminiscent of her time playing Red Alert.

Meanwhile, Tatsumi stood at the base facing the direction of the capital, waiting for them.

Upon seeing them appear, he immediately went to greet them.

"Store manager? Network administrator? Welcome!"

He didn't know why the store manager and the network administrator would come over, but after seeing the message on TT, he didn't think much of it and came over to greet them.

Yuna Takashima then introduced, "She's from the same world as you. She heard you were going to overthrow the empire, so she came to see what was going on. It seems like things are going very well here."

"It's alright, it's alright."

Tatsumi gave a somewhat shy smile. As the de facto leader of the organization, he found himself with an overwhelming amount of work to do. But here, he was truly grateful to Yuri. Although he lacked psychic powers in reality, through constant command in the game, he had learned to control people's hearts even without psychic abilities.

Now, his base has secretly grown to tens of thousands of people, and with such a large number, he is confident that he can defeat and occupy the capital.

However, considering Esdeath's terrifying strength, he decided to play it safe.

As for not having enough manpower? That's not a problem at all. According to Tatsumi's calculations, in the later stages of Red Alert's Mental Omega campaign, a single head-on battle would cost him at most five figures in resources.

This time, his team didn't have any messy oil drums, so he felt he should be fine.

The Red Alert army, now under the cover of the forest, has assembled outside the capital. It's fortunate that this world has no satellites, and that everyone who comes here has been recruited by Tatsumi; otherwise, such a large force would be difficult to hide.

Chapter 184 Opening a Sub-mine

What does it mean to have tens of thousands of players in Red Alert? It's roughly equivalent to a skirmish that drags on for hours. You could easily achieve tens of thousands of kills or losses in a 1v7 defense game.

In reality, a force of 10,000 men is equivalent to a division, and the area occupied by such a force could reach around 100,000 square meters. It's also thanks to Minato Namikaze's ruthless attack earlier that no one would dare to venture into the forest in this chaotic world.

Beset by internal and external troubles, the empire temporarily failed to notice these people outside the city.

Moreover, over ten thousand people are nothing in Bud's eyes. Even Esdeath could easily wipe out an army of tens of thousands, let alone a rabble of over ten thousand.

In fact, Bud might even be grateful to Tatsumi in some ways. Tatsumi temporarily took away the root of the riot within the castle, and Bud wouldn't launch an attack unless Tatsumi did something reckless. After all, almost none of the ten thousand men were Teigu users, let alone experienced soldiers. They were definitely a rabble.

But they weren't a rabble. Only Tatsumi knew that, trained with technology from outside this world, these people possessed basic military skills. And now, what they needed most was time. Just another month, and Tatsumi was confident of victory.

Moreover, there should be another Chelsea now.

Chelsea stared in surprise at the base. It wasn't large, but inside were two mobile construction vehicles, ten mines and thirty mining workshops, six armory factories, three barracks, an air force command post, and ten production lines for various resources. Because he had already completed Epsilon, Hugh was even planning to gift him an Allied base vehicle to help him open a secondary mine.

The only pity is that Tatsumi doesn't have the ability to launch satellites. If he could launch satellites and obtain ground information through them, he wouldn't need to constantly send people to collect intelligence and create maps of the surrounding area.

Led by Tatsumi, the group arrived inside the main base.

Compared to the initial empty base, there are now intelligence personnel coming and going.

For people in this world, it is difficult to start something from nothing, but after being baptized in the world of Red Alert, Tatsumi knows how to build the most efficient organization, how to attract people to join him through benefits, and how to judge a person's thoughts.

The people under his command are all handpicked from the poor who are on the verge of starvation. They are not particularly capable, but what if they had learning machines?

The learning machine, similar to the chip in Cyberpunk 2077V that teaches combat skills, only requires wearing a helmet on the head to accelerate thinking, thus enabling the user to learn a large amount of knowledge in a very short time.

Doing this has side effects; you may feel lethargic for a few days, but you can recover by eating enough during this time.

The base currently has no shortage of food. Ten production lines are ready to produce all kinds of basic supplies at any time: food, clothing, and even, if necessary, firearms and ammunition.

What he lacks now is time. He has the ability to establish and expand an organization, to change the country with advanced ideas, and to develop plans to significantly increase productivity.

However, this requires people, time, and even some skilled individuals to stop Esdeath and Bud from potentially appearing in the future, or even the Revolutionary Army's Imperial Arms users.

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Seeing this, Chelsea fell completely silent.

"Manager, I want to work with Tata to change this country."

"what?"

Yuna Takashima thought for a long time before replying, "Don't be late for work."

"... "

Chelsea fell silent. She had thought her passionate words would encourage her manager, but instead, she received these words: "Don't be late for work?" Was she the kind of person who was late?

Besides, I can't be late even if I want to.