"As you live you lose reasons and hope. But as you keep on going, you pick up new reasons and hope."— Asta, Bck Clover

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  BOOM!

  A golden beam of energy erupted before Dr. Stylish and his panions, halting their escape.

  "Damn it! It seems they won't let us go that easily," Dr. Stylish growled, his face torted in frustration.

  "Dr. Stylish, we will protect you!" his two bodyguards, decred, standing before him.

  "No, no, no. You two 't possibly withstand so many Teigu users," Dr. Stylish said, shaking his head. He seemed to be pting something drastic.

  He hesitated for a moment, then pulled out a syringe filled with a strange liquid, a crazed look in his eyes.

  "Secret teique wo... it seems I have no choice."

  He pluhe syrio his arm, iing the liquid into his body. His form started to distort and bubble ominously.

  "It's ing... it's ing... it's ing..."

  "This is the ultimate fashion!" he screamed, his voice a mixture of madness and triumph.

  Dr. Stylish's body rapidly expanded, growing into a grotesque giant, dozens of meters tall.

  "Magnifit!"

  "As expected of Dr. Stylish!"

  his two bodyguards gazed up at the transformed Dr. Stylish, pletely oblivious to the dahey were in.

  "You are valuable nutrients! Bee oh me!" Dr. Stylish roared, grabbing his two bodyguards and stuffing them into the gaping maw that had appeared on his monstrous form.

  After a siing g sound, Dr. Stylish's body grew even rger, reag a hundred meters i.

  The Night Raid members stared in shock.

  "He's a monster!" Chelsea excimed.

  "How disgusting!" Mine grimaced.

  "I'm quite ied in his corpse," Kurome ented, her eyes gleaming with morbid curiosity.

  She was sidering whether to add this giant to her colle of corpse puppets.

  "He's just a big oaf with too many weaknesses. Watch this!" Roy scoffed, unimpressed by Dr. Stylish's transformation.

  "Secret Art: Ice Thousand Armed Kannon!"

  He raised his hand, and a k of ice materialized in the sky.

  The ice expanded rapidly, transf into a colossal Kannon statue, a thousaers tall.

  The Kannon statue moved, its tless arms reag towards the hundred-meter tall Dr. Stylish.

  pared to the Kannon, Dr. Stylish was like a mere child.

  A barrage of punches rained down on him.

  Dr. Stylish looked up in terror, his screams eg through the battlefield.

  "I still have so many human experiments to duct! I 't die here!"

  But his pleas were cut short as the Kannon's fists obliterated him.

  When the dust settled, a massive crater, a kilometer wide, marked the spot where Dr. Stylish had stood.

  There was no trace of the giant, only some uifiable liquid remaining.

  The Night Raid members were awestruck by Roy's overwhelming power.

  The thousaer tall Kannon, unleashing a relentless barrage of punches...

  It was a dispy of brutal beauty, leaving them speechless.

  "A-Amazing..."

  "He's... s!"

  "As expected of Roy-sama!"

  ...

  Roy looked around, making sure everyone was safe. "Is everyone alright?" he asked.

  "We're fihey replied.

  "Roy, that was incredible!" Leone excimed, throwing her arms around Roy's neck. "You were amazing!"

  "Haha, it was nothing," Roy said modestly, though a hint of pride flickered in his eyes.

  The others were speechless.

  A thousaer tall ice giant was "nothing"? What would he sider a real challenge?

  Just then, a gust of wind swept through the area.

  A Danger Beast resembling a flying fish appeared in the distance.

  "Look, what's that?" Mine poiowards the sky.

  "Don't worry, it's Boss. She's back," Roy said with a smile.

  As the flying fish Danger Beast approached, they could see Najenda standing on its back, apanied by a cloaked figure.

  "Yo! It seems everyone is alright!" Najenda greeted them, jumping off the Danger Beast with her panion.

  "Boss, you're finally back!"

  "Wele back!"

  "Boss, who's that with you?"

  ...

  The Night Raid members chattered excitedly.

  Najenda smiled. "Alright, let me introduce you."

  She pulled back the hood of the cloaked figure, revealing a man with blue hair, horns, and a ly pressed white suit.

  "This is the new Teigu I received from headquarters: Speed of Lightning: Susanoo."

  "A humanoid Teigu? Amazing!" Leone excimed.

  The others also stared at Susano'o in awe.

  "Now, now, let's not get distracted. I received a warning from the oracle at headquarters about a potential danger here, so I rushed back," Najenda expihen looked around at the traces of battle. Her eyes widened as she saw the kilometer-wide crater.

  "It seems the battle is over, but it must have been quite intense."

  The Night Raid members, uanding her unspokeion, looked at Roy.

  "Haha, don't worry, Boss. We're all fihat's all that matters," Roy said with a dismissive wave of his hand.

  "Indeed," Najenda agreed, not pressing further.

  "Sihe enemy mao find us here, this base has been promised," she tinued. "So, everyone, pack your things. We're leaving tonight."

  "Yes!"

  They quickly gathered their belongings and boarded the flying fish Danger Beast, heading towards a new location.

  ...

  After traveling a safe distanajenda he Danger Beast.

  "Eh? Boss, there's nothing here!"

  "Are ing in the wilderness? No way... I want to take a hot bath!"

  "Me too..."

  Mine and the others pined, seeing the barren surroundings.

  "Don't worry, everyone. We'll have a new base soon," Najenda reassured them.

  "I'll show you the special ability of my new Teigu."

  "Special ability?"

  The Night Raid members were fused.

  Roy sighed inwardly. He khat Najenda's so-called "special ability" was just household chores.

  "Susano'o, do your thing!" Najenda anded.

  "Yes, ma'am!" Susano'o replied, then got to work.

  He started by cutting down trees and building a house. Within a few hours, a rge, fortable house was structed, much to everyone's amazement.

  If ordinary workers had been tasked with this, it would have take least half a month.

  Susano'o then prepared a delieal in no time.

  The Night Raid members ehe feast, theired to their rooms food night's rest.

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  Peaceful days returned.

  Roy spent his time with Kurome and Akame, hunting Danger Beasts and gathering ingredients.

  He also teased Mine and Chelsea, enjoyed p pillows from Sheele and Leone, and generally reveled in the pany of his new panions.

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  Meanwhile, after Dr. Stylish's unauthorized attack, Esdeath discovered his disappearahe day.

  She also found that some of the research materials in his b were missing.

  Following the trail left by Dr. Stylish, she found Night Raid's hideout, but it was already abandoned.

  Esdeath returo the Capital, disappointed.

  However, she didn't know that not all of Dr. Stylish's research materials had been taken.

  Some of the remaining materials and Danger Beasts were now uhe trol of Syura, the son of Minister Ho.

  Syura was as cruel and depraved as his father, if not more so. He was also lecherous and arrogant.

  Using his father's influence, he itted all sorts of atrocities.

  He possessed the Teigu "Dimensional Formation: Shambha," a spatial teleportation device.

  After taking trol of Dr. Stylish's remaining humanoid Danger Beasts, he sent them to attack merts and civilians around the Capital.

  His goal seemed to be to lure out Night Raid.

  ...

  A few days ter, Najenda gathered everyone in the meeting room.

  "Our target this time is a ype of Danger Beast that has been appearing around the Capital," she announced.

  "They mostly travel in packs, and some even possess intelligehey're incredibly strong and attack everything in sight."

  "Many martial artists who tried to challehem have beeed."

  "Although the Jaegers and the Imperial soldiers are stantly fighting them, their numbers haven't decreased."

  "So, our mission is to elimihese Danger Beasts."

  The Night Raid members discussed the mission.

  "Even the Empire's full force couldn't elimihem. It doesn't seem like a trap," Mine ehoughtfully.

  "To put it bluntly, this mission is helping the Empire. Any objes?" Najenda asked, lighting a cigarette.

  "Acc to Boss, those Danger Beasts must be eliminated," Akame decred, readily accepting the mission.

  "There's a special reason for this. Even if it means helping the Empire, it's necessary," Sheele agreed.

  "Well, I don't mind helping the Empire, but I hope we don't enter any Imperial soldiers," Leone said with a shrug.

  Everyoared at her as if she were an idiot.

  "We're Night Raid, Leone. Of course, we'll operate at night when the Imperial soldiers are resting," Najenda said, rolling her eyes.

  Leone finally uood and blushed in embarrassment.

  "Sigh, risking our lives to eliminate Danger Beasts in the Capital? Shouldn't we leave this to the Jaegers? You guys are so naive," Chelsea ented, leaning against the wall with her arms crossed.

  Everyone was silent for a moment.

  "Chelsea, you're wrong. You're just... g in vision," Roy said with a chuckle.

  "Eh?" Chelsea looked at him, fused.

  "Who said this mission is about helping the Empire?"

  Roy smirked. "The Empire will be ours soon. Eliminating these Danger Beasts is helping ourselves."

  The Night Raid members' eyes widened in realization. Even Najenda hadn't sidered that.

  "So, helping the Empire is helping ourselves?" Chelsea asked, uanding dawning on her.

  "Exactly," Roy firmed with a nod.

  "Since everyone agrees, let's form teams and begin the mission," Najenda decred.

  "Sheele and Mine, Akame and Leone, Lubbod But, Roy and Saeko..."

  "Wait, wait!" Kurome suddenly interrupted.

  "I want to be on Onii-'s team!" she decred, ging to Roy's arm.

  "Kurome, don't be so selfish," Akame scolded.

  "I don't care. I want to be with Onii-," Kurome insisted.

  "Let her be on my team," Roy said, gently patting Kurome's head.

  After being a Devil, Kurome had bee quite attached to him, even more so than to Akame.

  "Fine," Najenda sighed.

  "Then Chelsea, you'll be with Saeko."

  "Yes!"

  Najenda assighem their areas of operation.

  ...

  That night, Night Raid set out.

  To save time, Roy and Kurome spread their Devil wings and flew to their designated area.

  They nded on a barren, rocky mountaintop.

  "This should be the pce," Roy said, his senses deteg the presence of several Danger Beasts.

  "They're over there, Kurome. Let's go!"

  "Yes, Onii-!"

  They quickly reached the Danger Beasts.

  There were three reptiliaures.

  "Onii-, leave them to me," Kurome decred, drawing her Teigu

  "Okay, good luck," Roy enced her with a smile.

  Kurome smiled bad charged towards the Danger Beasts.

  The three creatures were quite strong, possessing the power of Middle-Css Devils, but they were no match for Kurome.

  Within moments, she had sin them all.

  Just then, a flying-type Danger Beast approached from the distance.

  "It's Esdeath!" Rnized her instantly.

  Esdeath also noticed them and steered the Danger Beast towards them.

  He felt a headache ing on. How was he going to expin this?

  Well, I guess it's time to e .

  Boom!

  As the flying Danger Beast reached them, Esdeath jumped off, nding with a powerful impact that created a rge crater.

  "Roy, I've finally found you again! I'm not dreaming, am I?" Esdeath excimed, her cheeks flushed as she stared at him.

  She rushed towards Roy and embraced him tightly.

  "Uh..." Roy awkwardly patted her back.

  Kurome, however, wasn't happy about her brother being hugged by anirl.

  "Let go of Onii-!" she shouted, pushing Esdeath away and standing protectively before Roy.

  "Kurome, Roy is my beloved. I won't hold back, even against you," Esdeath decred coldly, drawing her sword and pointing it at Kurome.

  "Hmph! I won't let you have Onii-!" Kurome retorted, drawing her Teigu.

  Her strength was now parable to Esdeath's. She wasn't afraid.

  A teandoff ensued.

  Roy quickly intervened.

  "Esdeath, calm down. And Kurome, you too..."

  He pulled Kurome behind him, and she obediently sheathed her Teigu.

  Esdeath also calmed down.

  "Roy, Kurome, why did you leave the Empire?" she asked, wanting to uand their suddeure.

  "Haven't you figured it out yet, Esdeath?"

  "We're Night Raid," Roy revealed.

  "I only joihe Jaegers t Kurome back."

  "I see... Night Raid..." Esdeath murmured, her expression hidden by her hat.

  Then, she looked up with a smile. "Well then, I have no choice but to capture you."

  She moved to attack.

  "Wait, Esdeath..." Roy stopped her.

  "I know I 't vince you to leave the Empire..."

  "But for those of us who believe in strength, it doesn't matter who we serve, right?"

  Esdeath nodded in agreement.

  She was a general in the Empire simply because she ehe thrill of battle.

  "In that case, let's have a battle tomorrht here. Night Raid versus the Jaegers," Roy proposed.

  "If we win, you'll submit to me."

  "And if you win, we'll submit to you. How does that sound?"

  Esdeath grinned fidently. "Very well. I accept your challenge."

  She was incredibly fident irength.

  Moreover, she believed in survival of the fittest, the strong ruling the weak.

  This kind of battle was exactly what she desired.

  Roy had proposed this challenge because he didn't want to waste any more time.

  His mission in this world was almost plete.

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