I, Yorii Tsugikuni, Must Do Something Chapter 34

"This is my Imperial Arm."

"It doesn't have a name yet."

Yorii Tsugikuni smiled as he looked at the cozy residence the three of them had set up.

"He looks a bit slow and silly, let's just call him Adai."

Ieyasu picked up the small mechanical figure from the ground, carefully examining some of its parts.

Chapter 51: Reorganizing the Guard, Kurome Arrives

"Adai, Adai."

Hearing Ieyasu's words, the mechanical figure in his hands responded with a mechanical voice.

This almost made Ieyasu jump and throw the mechanical figure away.

"Then let's call him Adai."

Unable to think of a better name at the moment, Yorii Tsugikuni went along with Ieyasu's suggestion.

He named the mechanical figure Adai.

Since they had already eaten.

Yorii Tsugikuni returned to his room early.

He casually picked up a book and began to read.

This had become Yorii Tsugikuni's new hobby since arriving in this unfamiliar place.

He wanted to find clues about his homeland from these books.

Creak, creak, creak...

Adai sat on the floor next to Yorii Tsugikuni, its blocky head slowly rotating, its emerald eyes emitting a faint green glow.

Soon, Adai, who had been sitting on the floor, walked towards the bookshelf.

Its arm suddenly extended, taking a book from the shelf.

Sitting down next to Yorii Tsugikuni, Adai also began to read.

Its page-turning frequency was even the same as Yorii Tsugikuni's.

Yorii Tsugikuni paid little attention to his Imperial Arm's actions.

He was engrossed in the book in his hands.

"What is this?"

As he flipped through the pages, Yorii Tsugikuni found a piece of paper filled with writing tucked within the book's pages.

"Mr. Yorii Tsugikuni, we from Night Raid... The reason we killed Oka last time..."

As Yorii Tsugikuni continued to read, he understood the general content of the paper.

It was a letter from Night Raid.

In this letter, Night Raid explained two things.

One was the reason they killed Oka last time, and the other was their attitude towards Yorii Tsugikuni.

'Colluded with the oil merchant Meyla, conspired to harm...'

Although Yorii Tsugikuni had already suspected from outward appearances that Oka might not have been as upright as he presented himself, he was still somewhat surprised by Oka's actions after reading the letter from Night Raid.

It could be said that Oka had deceived many people.

Sayo was one of them.

However, Yorii Tsugikuni didn't completely believe what Night Raid said, as he still needed to verify many things.

He was now the captain of the Imperial Guard, and investigating such matters wouldn't be difficult.

The next day.

Imperial Guard training grounds.

All four hundred-plus on-duty guard members were gathered on the training grounds without exception.

"Starting today, everyone will participate in morning drills."

Sayo's voice echoed across the field as she looked at the hundreds of guard members in front of her.

This was a decision she made after discussing it with Yorii Tsugikuni.

The previous Imperial Guard had been far too lax.

No one in the field dared to object to this decision.

After all, over fifty guard members had already been expelled when they arrived that morning.

Even though the work of the Imperial Guard was extremely dangerous, compared to other jobs in the Imperial Capital...

This place is quite good, all things considered.

"Let's get started too."

After the regular guard members were arranged, the morning training for Sayo, Tatsumi, and the others began.

Compared to the regular members, the training intensity for them was undoubtedly much higher.

Compared to when they first started, everyone had already made considerable progress.

Just as Yorii Tsugikuni had predicted from the beginning, Sayo was the first to master the Water Breathing Technique.

Tatsumi was second, Ieyasu third, and Sayo, who joined later, had also made some progress.

"Crack!"

In order to synchronize Breathing Techniques with the activation of their strength.

For everyone's training, Yorii Tsugikuni chose a simple method: swinging his sword.

However, swinging a sword here was not as simple as just moving the sword in their hands.

It was about concentrating one's spirit, energy, and mind into a single point, and then, in conjunction with Breathing Techniques, unleashing a full-power swing.

While it seemed simple, the difficulty was actually very high.

As usual, Yorii Tsugikuni first demonstrated it for everyone.

He held a wooden sword in his hand, flicked his right wrist, and the log standing in front of him was suddenly split in two.

Yorii Tsugikuni's speed was so fast that to the eyes of the onlookers, it was as if he hadn't moved at all.

"Such a fast sword."

"He truly lives up to his reputation."

A voice of admiration came from not far away. Yorii Tsugikuni turned his head, and upon seeing the person who had arrived, he was first taken aback.

It was a young girl, but she looked almost exactly the same as the girl named Akame from Night Raid.

However, Yorii Tsugikuni quickly found the difference between the girl before him and Akame. Besides their clothes and weapons, the color of their pupils was also different.

"Kurome, why are you here?"

Sayo stopped swinging her sword. Although she hadn't cooperated much with Kurome, as they both served the Empire, the Imperial Guard and the assassination unit had quite a bit of contact.

Many times, their guard unit had to cooperate with the assassination unit in some intelligence gathering work.

"I'm here to deliver some documents."

"You must be Captain Yorii Tsugikuni, you're much more handsome than the rumors say."

Kurome sized up Yorii Tsugikuni, who was holding a wooden sword and appeared somewhat cold and aloof, and smiled playfully.

As a member of the Empire's assassination unit, she had naturally learned of Yorii Tsugikuni repelling Night Raid immediately.

Originally, delivering documents wouldn't have required a core member like her to be dispatched, but out of curiosity, she wanted to see what kind of person could make her sister falter.

"You... you look very much like someone I've met before."

Yorii Tsugikuni took the documents Kurome handed him, and some guesses began to form in his mind.

"Akame is my sister."

Kurome didn't hide it and directly told Yorii Tsugikuni about her relationship with Akame.

Because she disagreed with her sister's views, she now served the Empire while her sister served the Revolutionary Army.

They stood on completely opposing sides.

"I hope we have the opportunity to cooperate."

"I'll be going now."

Kurome didn't stay long. After delivering the documents, she left quickly.

'You should thank this guy.'

Walking onto the street, Kurome thought of her sister's embarrassed state in front of Yorii Tsugikuni, and she couldn't help but find it amusing, a smile forming on her lips.

'Is it about the Revolutionary Army?'

As the captain of the guard, the biggest difference between him and Yorii Tsugikuni when he was still a regular member was that he could access more information.

Opening the documents Kurome had sent, Yorii Tsugikuni quickly finished reading the contents.

Chapter 52: Thoughts on Improving Strength, Oka's True Face

The documents detailed how the Revolutionary Army was recruiting members in the slums.

However, this was not the main point.

The documents from the assassination unit wanted the guard team to reduce patrols near the slums.

This would make it easier for the Empire's assassination unit to capture more Revolutionary Army members in their upcoming operations.

Naturally, the document didn't contain much information, with no specific details at all. It was clear that the assassination unit maintained a very high level of secrecy regarding this operation.

"Let's continue practicing."

Handing the document to Sayo, Yorii Tsugikuni continued to instruct everyone.

Even though the document revealed little, the fact that the Revolutionary Army could develop members in a place like the Imperial Capital was enough to show that the Empire was indeed in a precarious state.

Imitation ability, it's truly powerful.

Yorii Tsugikuni nodded slightly as he watched the small mechanical figure, Adai, standing behind Tatsumi, swing a wooden sword with its mechanical hand.

Even though it was his first time wielding a sword, the little mechanical figure could replicate about half of his movements. It was much stronger than Ieyasu.

While Yorii Tsugikuni didn't know how strong this mechanical figure's combat power would be, he had a premonition that it would be much stronger than Ieyasu.

In fact, what Yorii Tsugikuni valued most about this Imperial Arms was that it was a mother-child Imperial Arms. It could split off a part of itself to be used for tracking. However, how to use this tracking ability would require Yorii Tsugikuni to slowly figure it out. As for combat, he trusted his own strength more. He disliked relying on external things.