If, at first, the Minister had harbored some improper thoughts about Rita, this new wielder of Imperial Arms, then now, faced with a woman who wielded three Imperial Arms at once without the slightest strain,
the Minister had completely cast aside those improper thoughts.
Though he deeply regretted bringing Rita into his treasury, he had no choice but to face the truth.
There truly were humans in this world capable of perfectly wielding three Imperial Arms.
"Oh, right. There's one more thing I need to trouble you with, Minister."
After leaving the treasury with the Minister, Rita seemed to recall something. She stopped and spoke to him.
"There's more...?"
Hearing Rita's words, even the scheming Minister could not help feeling a little uneasy. Her request for Imperial Arms just now had already filled him with regret. What else did this woman want now?
Yet faced with Rita as she was now, he did not dare refuse outright. He even had to make his outward attitude more agreeable, lest she develop a negative impression of him.
But on second thought, this woman who wielded three Imperial Arms was now on his side. Powerful people naturally received special treatment.
As long as she remained under his control, Rita would be one of his trump cards!
"It's nothing major. I've spent some time in the Imperial Capital and found that the personnel in those security forces... aren't particularly capable.
Forget capturing spies from enemy factions—even their work maintaining public order is an absolute mess."
Rita's wording was already quite restrained. She was practically just short of saying that most of the security force were useless drunkards with barely a few capable people among them!
"I heard quite a few people in the Imperial Capital have been assassinated these past few months, and intelligence