Please, Come with Me!

As the entire 'Teigu World' was affected by the actions of the four forces, a tense atmosphere of impending storm and looming darkness descended.

The common people in various cities have felt intense unease. Some of the braver ones immediately chose to cut their losses and flee south with their families, abandoning their existing homes, connections, and some of their wealth.

They didn't care what World Government was; all they wanted was to live a peaceful life with their families.

But this is an extremely risky gamble; a slight misstep could lead to being robbed by bandits along the way, resulting in the tragic end of losing one's family and home.

However, the lives and suffering of those at the bottom of society are a different story.

The high-ranking officials had no interest in understanding or caring; their attention was focused on the confrontation between the two armies.

White Horse Mountain.

At some point, this place became the center of the Uzumaki Clan attracted special agents and intelligence personnel from the surrounding area.

Turn out to be.

As the World Government captures more and more prisoners, the Otherworld Strategy Committee has learned that White Horse Town is the front-line stronghold of the Imperial Intelligence Corps.

Its leader is Sabatini, one of the four captains of the Imperial Intelligence Corps, who is also a Teigu user.

Crucially, his Teigu 'Thousand-Mile Heavenly Eye' possesses the ability to see and see through objects up to a thousand kilometers away, allowing him to monitor every move at the Star Gate Base in the Snow Valley at all times.

Therefore, the Otherworld Strategy Committee immediately ordered the Sea Ninja and CIPHER POL members near White Horse Mountain to rush to White Horse Town as soon as possible, capture Sabatini alive, and bring back 'Thousand-Mile Heavenly Eye'.

After all, this was a high-ranking officer in the Imperial Intelligence Corps; he must know more about the empire's internal affairs.

Even today.

Imu had already noticed that the 'Teigu World' before him differed from the 'Akame World' he knew in many ways.

Fortunately, he had only given the Five Elders information about Teigu, Shingu, Danger Beasts, and a few key figures, thus avoiding a repeat of the 'prophecy error'.

This also filled Imu with curiosity about the 'Teigu World'. What exactly caused such a drastic change in it?

Soon.

As more and more intelligence emerged from the mouths, minds, and even memories of numerous prisoners, almost all the clues pointed to one person.

The 'Sacred Emperor' from six hundred years ago!

Imu actually had some understanding of this emperor, because according to the 'original work', those Shingu were created by him to Imitation Magic the Teigu of the first emperor of the empire.

It was only because the difference in their abilities was too great, and because it would bring inexplicable side effects to the user, that the emperor of six hundred years ago shamefully named it 'Shingu'.

The key point is that in this 'Teigu World', this 'Shingu' has done many other things besides creating Shingu.

First.

Just like in the original story, he did order the gathering of skilled craftsmen and Alchemists to create a batch of Shingu, led by the "Kiri Ichimonji", "Shattering King", and "Water Dragon Sword".

However, instead of creating only one of each as in the 'original work', he mass-produced them directly, claiming that his Shingu were far superior in this respect to those that could not be copied and even required the Teigu' approval to be used.

However, despite being mass-produced, the actual quantity is not very large, because even the Shingu require materials from corresponding Danger Beasts creatures as well as various rare mineral materials.

Therefore, so far, it is only enough to equip the elites of various departments and institutions.

Secondly.

He issued an imperial decree that all Teigu would legally belong to the Imperial Family. Teigu discovered outside the Imperial Family would be retrieved by Imperial Guard. If the Teigu already had a recognized Teigu, that user would be brought back.

If the user of a Teigu refuses to submit, or even attempts to escape or rebel, the Imperial Guard has the right to arrest or even kill them.

However, in the past six hundred years, apart from the initial occurrence of such a thing, all the unaffiliated Teigu users encountered later have happily chosen to join the 'Imperial Guard'.

The benefits of becoming an 'Imperial Guard' are so enticing that they can quickly transform a poor family into a wealthy one.

Therefore, now throughout the entire empire, regardless of which department or military unit, anyone who is a user of Teigu is definitely a member of the Imperial Guard.

At last.

During his reign, he reformed the political and military systems and strengthened central authority.

He single-handedly established a hospital system, a school system, Science Unit, Police Force, Air Force, Imperial Intelligence Corps, and an assassination squad called 'Oarburgh,' completely conquering the foreign tribes in the south.

He also improved farming techniques, invented various farming tools, and even selected some docile, trainable, low- Danger Beasts to help people reduce their labor burden.

These measures resulted in bumper harvests year after year throughout the empire, and even when harvests were not abundant, basic production was guaranteed, truly fulfilling the promise that most citizens would have bread to eat and milk to drink.

Therefore, for the past six hundred years, the entire empire has referred to him as the 'Sacred Emperor'!

After reading this, Imu felt complicated, because this so-called 'Sacred Emperor' was almost certainly his colleague, or even a fellow countryman.

This also made him wary of the current 'Teigu World'. Who knows if that 'Sacred Emperor' has left the Empire with any strange trump cards?

Therefore, he was determined not to take any risks before fully understanding the other party's true intentions.

Therefore, intelligence gathering is of paramount importance to the current World Government!

As for the Empire...

Najenda, from the Imperial Intelligence Corps, was also a talented individual. Through the vast amount of information gathered at the cost of sacrificing hundreds of her subordinates, she astutely noticed that World Government personnel were gathering towards White Horse Mountain.

She immediately informed Gozuki had recently been promoted to commander of 'Oarburgh'.

Without much hesitation, Gozuki dispatched most of his assassination team, ordering them to use every means to intercept the enemy's ninjas and other agents.

He even had someone deliver his Teigu 'Murasame' to Akame!

As the commander, he certainly couldn't personally go into battle; otherwise, if he died on the front lines, the 'Oarburgh' lineage would essentially be broken.

But I can't let 'Murasame' go to waste like this in my hands. It would be better to give it to Akame, who is also recognized by 'Murasame'.

At the same time.

A massive fleet consisting of over one hundred 'modern' warships, including missile destroyers, cruisers, and battleships, is docked in the port of the Imperial Navy Headquarters.

Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be Aircraft Carrier in sight.

The so-called Imperial Navy Headquarters is located in the southeast corner of the Empire, at most a hundred kilometers from the mainland, on a large island with an area of more than 30,000 square kilometers.

Below it hangs a small island with an area of less than 10,000 square kilometers.

However, its environment is quite strange. There is thick snow everywhere, as if it were in the Snow Region of the north, but the large island above is lush and green.

Inside the island stands a snow-white Western-style castle.

Melard, who had vanished without a trace in the Star Gate Base, was now standing in the main hall of the castle, clenching her fists, seemingly oblivious to the cold temperature, still wearing that purple dress with a large exposed chest.

But her gaze was fixed on the blue-haired woman sitting cross-legged on a stone chair in front of her, who was breathtakingly beautiful yet incredibly aloof.

Melard seemed quite angry with the other party, but she was still trying her best to persuade them.

"Stop being stubborn, come with me right now and we'll find somewhere to hide!"

"The Empire... no, the power of our world is no match for that World Government at all. I'm begging you!"

"Come with me!"