"Y-you-you-you..." Tatsumi pointed at Jiu Ming in horror, unable to speak for a long while. Was this guy no longer human? No... if it was alive, it should be affected by that blade.
"A fine blade... what a pity." Jiu Ming shook his head. Honestly, he really did not want to take money—not because he wanted no payment, but because there was no need for money. If there was something he wanted, Jiu Ming would rather collect other things...
Unfortunately, the people who came here now could only offer something as vulgar as money. "Who's first?"
Just as expected, Tatsumi decisively took out his trashy spare sword to test the waters. He could replace his own sword whenever he wanted, but if Akame's blade got damaged... well, he would definitely be hacked to death after they got back, right!?
Sigh. In a muddle, he had joined an assassin organization that stood against the Empire. Originally, he had wanted his two good friends to go home, but their resolve had turned out to be even firmer than his. They insisted on personally stabbing this rotten Empire twice more.
Looking at it that way, it seemed he was the one being coy. If he had gone through what Sayo and Ieyasu had gone through and survived by chance, he would have made the same choice, wouldn't he? Tatsumi stared intently at the enhancement rules posted beside the machine, his thoughts drifting. "Mm! It's +10. Do you want to keep going? Raising it any further carries the risk of the weapon shattering," Jiu Ming said with a beaming smile, as though he were about to watch another unlucky fool tumble into a pit that had already been dug.
"So fast! I haven't even finished reading the rules!" Tatsumi's eyes widened as he hurriedly