"Teacher, Sister Cornelia said you wanted to see me?"
Not long after Cornelia left, Seryu walked in, leading a creature less than half a meter tall that looked like a toy dog.
This dog was no ordinary creature, but the Imperial Arms [Hekatonkheires], a biological dog-type Imperial Arms. Seryu had named it "Koro," though it could also be called Koro.
Koro usually stayed by Seryu's side, but in battle, it could grow into a gigantic canine creature capable of both attacking and defending. So long as its core was not destroyed, it could regenerate endlessly.
Its secret technique was Berserk Mode, which could greatly enhance its abilities, though it would be unable to move for the following few months.
Unlike the original situation, where Seryu had only obtained the Imperial Arms Hekatonkheires because of her luck and compatibility with it—where incompatibility would have led to a terrible outcome—
The original Seryu had really only been an experiment. Before her... those who had been tested for compatibility with Hekatonkheires had all died alive on the operating tables because they had failed...
And if Seryu had failed to obtain Hekatonkheires, her fate would have been much the same...
But now...
Rita had directly claimed it and given it to Seryu.
Although Seryu already possessed the weapon and Stigmata Rita had bestowed upon her, if there was a suitable Imperial Arms, Rita would help them acquire it as well.
The only regret was that Gozuki was still alive. Instead, he had led the assassins he trained into a continuous struggle against the assassin organization allied with the Revolutionary Army. Though many of those assassins had died, Gozuki still lived.
Thus, the Imperial Arms Murasame remained in Gozuki's hands.
Akame still held the Void Blade, but... Murasame was unlike Yatsufusa and Hekatonkheires. Unless Akame