Chapter Summaries

Akame tried to persuade Kurome to join Lin Feng’s reformist faction, but Kurome fled, unable to accept the evidence against the Imperial Palace. As Lin Feng prepared to launch the decisive battle the next day, Chelsea brought Seryu to join his side.

• Akame explained to Kurome that she served Lin Feng and urged her to choose between his reformists and the corrupt ministers.
• Kurome broke down and ran from the room before deciding whether to join them, and Lin Feng told Wave not to stop her.
• Lin Feng said his forces were prepared to attack the next day, regardless of whether Kurome warned Honest or other enemies intervened.
• Chelsea brought Seryu to Lin Feng, and Seryu greeted him warmly before meeting the Night Raid members.
• Seryu confirmed she had chosen to help Lin Feng and had left Imperial Guard patrol duties to her rookies.

Honest ordered a search for Lin Feng after Kurome and Wave vanished, while Lin Feng and Chelsea began their infiltration of the palace alongside Night Raid. Chelsea reached the Jaegers meeting room disguised as an ant and found only a bored, masked man inside.

• Esdeath questioned Honest about the missing Jaegers, and Honest ordered Budo and Esdeath to find Lin Feng.
• Leone killed a palace guard as she, Mine, Najenda, and Akame felt the power granted by the special blood.
• Lin Feng and Chelsea entered the palace disguised as Budo and Esdeath, expecting Night Raid to follow the map Lin Feng had prepared.
• Lin Feng explained that Seryu's presence in the attack was meant to confuse the enemy and buy Night Raid time.
• Chelsea went to the Jaegers meeting room and found a masked, bare-chested man inside, but Kurome was absent.

Run and Wave headed to confront General Budo, and Kurome joined them after deciding to turn against the Empire’s liars. Meanwhile, Chelsea prepared to assassinate Bols and stopped him from reaching Esdeath by appearing as a lost little girl.

• Run and Wave used Lin Feng’s map to make their way toward the meeting room where Budo was likely to be, while Wave explained Budo’s lightning Teigu and its danger to close-range fighters.
• Kurome appeared behind Run and Wave and said she would join them, though she would reveal her condition after the mission.
• Chelsea recalled Bols’s role in burning innocent civilians and resolved to assassinate him.
• A guard summoned Bols to Esdeath, but Chelsea stayed disguised as an ant until the guard left.
• As Bols stepped out to leave, Chelsea appeared before him as a crying young girl who reminded him of his daughter.

Chelsea disguised herself as a little girl and killed Bols with poison, then promised to care for his wife and daughter. Lin Feng impersonated a guard to lure Esdeath to the meeting room, but she saw through his act as they approached Bols's corpse.

• Chelsea transformed into a little girl and tricked Bols into exposing his neck by asking him to help her find her parents.
• Chelsea revealed that Bols had burned the girl’s parents to death and injected him with a fatal poison.
• As he died, Bols reflected on his past cruelty, and Chelsea promised to care for his wife and daughter before closing his eyes.
• Lin Feng transformed into a new guard and told Esdeath that Bols needed her at the meeting room.
• Esdeath followed Lin Feng to the meeting room, where Bols’s blood-covered corpse lay, then accused Lin Feng of pretending.

Lin Feng confronted Esdeath in the Jaegers' command room after she recognized his disguise and explained that she wanted to settle who was strongest in the Empire. Their battle began with Esdeath attacking with extreme ice, while Lin Feng countered using Alucard's powers and prepared to fight her directly.

• Esdeath recognized Lin Feng disguised as a guard but chose not to expose him to Honest, and Lin Feng revealed himself in the command room.
• Esdeath explained that she wanted to determine who was strongest in the Empire, and Lin Feng agreed to fight without holding back.
• Esdeath attacked Lin Feng with converging ice spikes and a massive hailstone strike.
• Lin Feng transformed into a shadow and tried to choke Esdeath, but she protected her throat with frost and blocked his attack.
• Lin Feng returned to his original form and drew Casull, while Esdeath froze his wrist; he shattered the ice with Alucard's power.

Lin Feng and Esdeath fought at full strength until Esdeath unleashed Mahapadma, her once-a-day technique that froze everything around her. Believing Lin Feng was trapped, she prepared to stab his heart, though his killing intent remained in his eyes.

• Lin Feng countered Esdeath’s ice attacks with blood energy and physical strikes, freezing her right leg in shadow.
• Esdeath praised Lin Feng as the only opponent worthy of her full strength and revealed the power bestowed on her by Demon God Manifestation: Demon's Extract.
• Esdeath used Mahapadma to freeze Lin Feng and the world around them, stopping space and time through an enormous burst of energy.
• Esdeath confessed her love for Lin Feng, formed a sharp saber, and thrust it toward the left ventricle of his heart.

Lin Feng survived Esdeath’s killing blow by using a resurrection secret art, then challenged her to begin their battle again. Esdeath, overwhelmed by his return and her own surging power, attacked him in a frenzy, but Lin Feng’s enhanced body withstood her ice weapons.

• Esdeath believed she had killed Lin Feng and mourned the emptiness left by losing her only worthy opponent.
• Lin Feng revealed himself alive on the council chamber windowsill, leaving his apparently dead body at Esdeath’s feet.
• Lin Feng explained that his resurrection secret art had consumed one undead life, then asked Esdeath to start over and show him her true strength.
• Lin Feng transformed Alucard’s energy into physical power, moved beside Esdeath, and fractured her shinbone with a kick.
• Esdeath’s emotions and Teigu-driven energy surged as she attacked Lin Feng with an ice blade, then rows of ice spikes.
• Lin Feng shattered Esdeath’s ice blade and used Alucard’s power to endure the spikes without being pierced.

Lin Feng fought Esdeath as she unleashed her battlefield technique, Ice Storm Commander-in-Chief, and summoned regenerating ice soldiers to overwhelm him. He drew his twin pistols and fired at the soldiers and the massive hailstone Esdeath prepared to drop, leaving the outcome of their clash unresolved.

• Esdeath summoned dozens of powerful, regenerating ice puppets with Ice Storm Commander-in-Chief.
• Lin Feng fought off the puppets, smashing and dodging their attacks as they repeatedly repaired themselves.
• Esdeath gathered a huge hailstone overhead while freezing Lin Feng's feet and ordering the puppets to restrain him.
• Lin Feng drew his Casull and Jackal, then fired a spinning barrage at the puppets and a single golden-lit shot at the hailstone.

Lin Feng defeated Esdeath in the palace after his golden Jackal bullet destroyed her hailstone and left her mortally wounded. Esdeath accepted her loss, confessed her love in her final thoughts, and died peacefully beside Lin Feng.

• Lin Feng's blood energy swept away the ice-and-snow puppets as his golden bullet pierced Esdeath's hailstone and blasted through the palace ceiling.
• Lin Feng found Esdeath gravely wounded and confirmed that her Teigu had gone quiet.
• Esdeath asked Lin Feng whether she had lost, and he told her that she had.
• Esdeath accepted her defeat, felt admiration and love for Lin Feng, and wished she could have lived a different life with him.
• Esdeath said goodbye to Lin Feng and died peacefully in his arms.

Lin Feng absorbed Esdeath’s soul after killing her, while Night Raid confronted Minister Honest in the imperial palace. Honest was shocked to see the four women he believed dead alive again, but he showed no fear as Najenda demanded his surrender.

• Lin Feng sensed Esdeath had no regrets, absorbed her soul, and put aside his guilt over killing her.
• Honest investigated the palace shaking and encountered Seryu, who reported that Night Raid had returned.
• Tatsumi tried to spear Honest from behind with Demon Incursion, but Honest’s hardened body resisted the attack.
• Honest recognized Demon Incursion and was stunned to see Mine, Leone, Akame, and Najenda alive again.
• Tatsumi evaded Honest’s swift counterattack as Lubbock and Susanoo blocked the exit, surrounding Honest with Night Raid.
• Najenda told Honest to surrender, saying his guards had been dealt with and Esdeath would not come to help, but Honest only laughed.

Night Raid confronted Honest in the council chamber, where he revealed extraordinary strength and used a dangerous combat-enhancing drug to prepare for battle. Meanwhile, Run launched a surprise attack on General Budo, who avoided the first barrage and braced for Run’s next strike.

• Tatsumi’s attack failed to harm Honest, and Honest identified the red-eyed power as something connected to Lin Feng and a foreign Teigu user.
• Leone charged Honest, but he stopped her claws with a flick of his fingernails and revealed his formidable physical strength.
• Honest swallowed two doses of a prohibited drug derived from Danger Beast blood, and Akame warned that its toxins should kill him within four hours.
• Honest unleashed a black battle aura and taunted Night Raid, while Najenda ordered the team into formation around him.
• Run attacked Budo’s office with thousands of feather projectiles, but Budo’s Adramelech sensing ability let him evade the first barrage.
• Run flew through the shattered window and sent razor-sharp feathers toward the corner where he believed Budo was hiding.

Run and Wave attacked General Budo, but his electromagnetic power deflected Run’s feathers and paralyzed Wave despite his Grand Chariot armor. As Budo moved to subdue them, he sensed Kurome outside the door and called her out.

• Run launched Thunder God's Rage: Adramelech, but Budo’s electromagnetic field scorched and diverted his feathers.
• Wave struck Budo with a Grand Chariot flying kick, but Budo’s charged arm paralyzed him and left him unable to move.
• Budo recognized Wave and confronted him about rebelling; Wave said Lin Feng had helped him understand that following Budo’s path would only change them for the worse.
• Run attacked again to give Wave an opening, but Budo intensified his electromagnetic field and scattered the feathers.
• Budo sensed a different force outside the door and called for the hidden girl to come out; Kurome appeared, remarking that summoning her companions seemed excessive.

Budo fought Kurome, Wave, and Run in the shattered office, using his electromagnetic Teigu to suppress Wave and devastate Kurome’s summoned puppets. The chapter ended with Budo destroying Apeman by striking its power core, leaving Kurome to realize her puppet could be killed that way.

• Budo paralyzed Wave with his electromagnetic Teigu and challenged Kurome to fight him.
• Kurome summoned her puppets with Yatsufusa, including the enormous Danger Beast Destaguru, which broke through the floors and ceiling.
• Budo unleashed a burst of lightning that injured the puppets, but they began healing, so he prepared to destroy them with a concentrated attack.
• Apeman charged Budo, who fired Thunderbolt Concentrated Shot and destroyed the puppet by shattering its power core.
• Kurome watched Apeman fade into ashes and wondered how Budo had managed to make the pain-insensitive puppet show a blank expression.

Kurome, Wave, and Run struggled against General Budo as his lightning attacks overwhelmed their defenses. Run revealed Mastema’s ultimate technique and reflected Budo’s devastating blast back at him, leaving Budo caught in his own attack.

• Budo fought Kurome’s puppets and destroyed Destaguru’s powerful beam with a concentrated lightning blast.
• Budo targeted Wall, the puppet protecting Wave and Run, and prepared another lightning strike.
• Run stepped in front of Wall as Budo fired, surprising Kurome and Wave.
• Run used Mastema’s secret technique, God's Feather, to reverse the direction of Budo’s lightning blast.
• Budo raised his iron stake to defend himself as his reflected attack struck back at him.

Kurome, Wave, and Run defeated General Budo with the Feather of God, while Honest fought Akame and Night Raid in the Imperial Palace. Honest’s extraordinary strength and lack of side effects from the forbidden drug left Akame wondering how many doses he had taken and why his body had not rejected it.

• Kurome, Wave, and Run used the Feather of God’s lightning cannon to blast General Budo to pieces.
• Kurome, Wave, and Run regrouped after the fight and expected Honest to learn of the attack, though they thought he was occupied.
• Akame attacked Honest in the Imperial Palace, but he blocked her strike and dodged her hidden sword techniques.
• Lubbock tried to ensnare Honest with threads while Mine fired her Pumpkin Cannon, but Honest evaded both attacks and tore through most of the threads.
• Honest trapped Akame’s sword between his boots and stood on it, revealing strength that made Akame suspect he had taken far more than three doses of the forbidden drug.

Honest overwhelmed Night Raid during their ambush, badly injuring Leone and Tatsumi despite their attacks. As Tatsumi lost consciousness, a mysterious voice offered him power in exchange for everything he had, and he accepted as a black-and-red energy began transforming him.

• Akame and Seryu failed to stop Honest, and Leone intercepted his attack on Seryu.
• Honest overpowered Leone and slashed her chest, leaving Mine and Seryu to carry her away.
• Tatsumi and Susanoo attacked Honest together, but he resisted both and kicked them aside, leaving Tatsumi badly injured.
• Tatsumi relived his past failures and doubts as Honest approached him.
• A voice offered Tatsumi power at the cost of everything he had, and he answered yes.
• Black-and-red energy surrounded Tatsumi and began pouring power into him as he rose into the air.

Tatsumi entered Dragon Transformation and overwhelmed Honest, who took Najenda hostage to turn him against Night Raid. Najenda summoned Susanoo with Magatama Manifestation, forcing Honest to release her as the Kusanagi Sword threatened his hands.

• Tatsumi transformed into a crimson, scaled form, and Najenda recognized it as Dragon Transformation, which could make him lose control.
• Tatsumi attacked Honest with a rapid barrage of punches, breaking his ribs and damaging the diamond wall.
• Honest swallowed his drugs, then seized Najenda and held her hostage to make Tatsumi attack his own allies.
• Najenda used Magatama Manifestation, and Susanoo appeared with the Kusanagi Sword, Yata no Kagami, and Yasakani no Magatama.
• Honest released Najenda to avoid having his hands severed by the Kusanagi Sword.

Tatsumi and Susanoo cornered Minister Honest, but Honest unleashed a power that erased their transformations and restored Najenda’s strength. A young emperor arrived, and Honest presented Night Raid as traitors caught in the palace.

• Tatsumi attacked Honest while Susanoo used Yata no Kagami to teleport behind him and cut off half his arm with the Kusanagi Sword.
• Tatsumi resumed battering Honest as Susanoo prepared another attack, leaving Honest trapped between them.
• Honest released a brilliant light that shattered Susanoo and stripped Tatsumi of his dragon form while restoring Najenda’s spent life force.
• Honest claimed he had returned their power, and Lubbock demanded to know what he had done.
• The young emperor entered the palace and asked Honest what had happened, and Honest accused Night Raid of treason.

Minister Honest revealed that his jeweled headpiece could shatter Teigu and urged the young emperor to unleash the forbidden royal Teigu, Shikoutazer. The palace transformed into a colossal fighting machine, leaving Night Raid outside and overwhelmed by its scale.

• Honest explained that his Erastone headpiece could destroy Teigu, then persuaded the young emperor to demonstrate the royal weapon.
• Akame attacked the emperor, but Murasame struck a diamond wall as the surroundings began rotating and rearranging themselves.
• Shikoutazer carried the emperor and Honest upward while the shifting floors and walls trapped Night Raid inside the council chamber.
• Najenda ordered Night Raid to escape through the windows before the chamber crushed them.
• Najenda and Night Raid saw that half the palace had transformed into an enormous mechanical body, and the team despaired at its scale.

Night Raid faced Shikoutazer, a diamond-armored mechanical giant, while Imperial Guard forces surrounded the palace. As Akame and Mine failed to damage it, Kurome arrived with Wave and Run to help Night Raid.

• Akame attacked Shikoutazer with Murasame, but the blade failed to scratch its diamond armor, and its punch sent her crashing to the ground.
• Mine fired Romantic Artillery: Pumpkin at Shikoutazer, but its defensive net dispersed the blast without harming it.
• Imperial Guard forces surrounded the palace and ordered Night Raid captured alive.
• Kurome, Wave, and Run attacked the advancing guards and joined Night Raid, with Kurome saying she would fight beside Akame.