" Lin Feng... what's going on?!?"
General Budo first asked Lin Feng a question, he could not believe what he was seeing.
Four girls were chained together back to back, among them was Akame, a former member of the Imperial Assassination Squad and a five-star wanted criminal.
Mine, a sniper listed as one of the top wanted snipers during the ' Night Raid ', once caused the Imperial Guard a great deal of trouble with her long-range support.
The Leo woman, long considered the most agile and elusive member of the Night Raid, whose true form remained a mystery, was instantly recognized by General Budo upon seeing this stunning blonde girl as Leone, who possessed almost limitless regenerative abilities.
Finally, there's the former Imperial General. Even if you can't recognize her by her white hair, everyone knows she's General Najetta, the one who defected from the Empire, just by looking at Esdeath's injured right eye and her modified mechanical right arm.
Rumors have long circulated that Najetta has become the leader of Night Raid, but some members within the organization have offered alternative explanations, resulting in two opposing viewpoints.
Honest, of course, insisted that Najetta was the leader of the Night Raid, and now it seems that he is indeed so.
Ernest had originally intended to ask Lin Feng what he had been busy with lately and whether he had managed to improve his relationship with his son, Syura. However, upon seeing the scene before him, Honest completely forgot all those thoughts.
Honest had always considered Night Raid his biggest thorn in his side.
Previously, I thought the issue of ' Night Raid ' could be temporarily set aside, because ' Night Raid ' were too covert and difficult to track, and spending energy on them would be a waste of money and resources.
Moreover, the Night Raid were mostly small-scale raids targeting ordinary people he didn't care about. Honest was only worried that the Night Raid would become too powerful and pose a threat to him, so he wanted to nip them in the bud.
However, now that Honest has promoted Lin Feng to counterbalance Esdeath's overwhelming strength, he has brought himself an unexpected surprise.
" Lin Feng... you actually captured the Night Raid members alive..."
Lin Feng looked at Honest, whose eyes, which were originally full of murderous intent, now held a restrained respect that was hard to see through.
"Reporting to Minister Honest, I was away these past few days mainly to follow your instructions and settle accounts with the ' Night Raid ' organization."
"I've come here not to seek reward, but to apologize."
" Lin Feng, what do you mean by this? What crime have you committed?"
Lin Feng sighed deeply, his expression turning somewhat gloomy.
This gloomy expression might have other meanings to others, but to Lin Feng, it simply meant he felt disgusted by his own acting.
"Bring it up."
Lin Feng spoke calmly to the guards behind him.
"Yes."
Several guards behind him carried up a coffin-like box.
The guard gently placed the box on the ground, feigning suppressed grief, and opened the coffin.
"This is?!!"
Inside the coffin, a white-haired youth lay peacefully with his eyes closed.
His arm was almost broken, half of his body was covered with marks from branding, and his body was covered with deep, bright red claw marks.
Blood had congealed on his body, and the box even emitted a foul stench of decay, making one frown.
" Syura..."
The man lying in the coffin was none other than Syura, the minister's son.
"Reporting to Minister Honest, I fought alongside Syura against the members of ' Night Raid.' Syura was no match for Leone and Mine of ' Night Raid,' and despite her valiant efforts, she was brutally murdered."
"I've come today to apologize because my defenses weren't swift enough. Defeating the remaining Night Raid members took far too long, which led to Syura's death..."
General Budo looked at Syura's body, which indeed bore the branding marks of the Teigu ' Romantic Artillery Pumpkin' that he was familiar with, as well as Leone's fierce, lion-like claw strikes.
These wounds were undoubtedly caused by the ' Night Raid ', and looking at the members of the Night Raid —they also had injuries on their bodies.
Leone, who was said to be immortal, was already covered in wounds. Akame, the Akame of the empire, had a knife wound on her waist, and her long robe was stained crimson with blood.
They did indeed engage in a great battle with the ' Wild Hunt '. Swordsmen wielding knives were already rare in the Imperial Capital, and a swordsman capable of wounding Akame was practically nonexistent.
" Syura's ' Wild Hunt ' unit has been completely wiped out. They were indeed quite strong, but they didn't obey my commands and their teamwork in combat was extremely poor. In the end, they were all killed by Akame."
"Because of Akame's Teigu ability, I couldn't even transport their corpses. Only Syura wasn't injured by Akame, but by the time I arrived, he was already on the verge of death. In the end, I could only watch helplessly as he died from his severe injuries."
Honest stared at his son's corpse, his pupils dilating several times, but what happened next was completely unexpected by Lin Feng.
"Oh... Syura's been away for so many years, yet she's still so useless..."
"I trusted him so much; next time, I'll have a more capable child..."
"..."
As Lin Feng listened to Minister Honest's mutterings, he couldn't help but clench his fists tightly.
'Heh... Even tigers don't eat their cubs. Even if he's a beast, I never imagined you'd be so selfish as to disregard even the bonds of kinship. How laughable...'
Lin Feng had expected Minister Honest to be deeply saddened by Syura's death, but to his surprise, the man thought it was a trivial matter.
However, when his gaze shifted from Syura to the four members of the Night Raid, Minister Honest was already overjoyed.
"I thought capturing one team member was the limit of your abilities, Lin Feng, but I didn't expect you to capture Najetta as well..."
"Now Night Raid is leaderless... no... the entire Night Raid organization should be completely crushed by you! Hahahaha!!!"
"Indeed, Minister Honest, the Night Raid's stronghold has been destroyed by me, and the other Night Raid members are all dead. Since their bodies have turned to ashes, I was unable to capture them alive. Please forgive me."
As Lin Feng spoke, he took out a small box from his waist, which contained the ashes of Izou and Enshin, members of the Wild Hunt.
It was less like ashes and more like a disgusting mixture of flesh and skin.
"Minister Honest, these are the ashes of the other two male members. I didn't think they would be of any use to you, so I didn't collect any more."