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"Alright, time to write in my diary again today. Honestly, this is getting addictive."
Aria's mother walked through the villa corridor with a gentle smile on her face.
Slash!
A massive pair of scissors suddenly appeared before her eyes.
In the next instant, Aria's mother saw her own lower body collapse to the floor.
Blood rapidly spread across the ground as a woman in a purple qipao stood there holding giant scissors, coldly staring at the corpse.
Then, as though she had suddenly remembered something, the woman slightly bowed her head.
"My deepest apologies."
Outside the window, several figures stood balanced atop thin steel wires like ghosts.
Behind them hung a massive blood-red moon, casting an eerie crimson glow across the night sky.
It almost looked like an omen for this family's fate.
"That's...!"
Tatsumi stared outside in shock as memories of the assassin organization Aria's family mentioned flashed through his mind.
"Night Raid!"
"Because this family's wealthy, they targeted this place?!"
At that moment, Tatsumi watched guards continuously rushing into the courtyard.
He hesitated between helping them fight or staying behind to protect Miss Aria.
"Katakuri, what do you think that kid's going to choose?"
Rob Lucci calmly asked the equally expressionless Katakuri beside him.
"None of my business."
Rob Lucci instantly choked on his own words.
He already thought he was cold enough, but somehow this guy was even worse.
Standing next to Katakuri genuinely made him seem talkative.
Sigh...
He suddenly missed Kaku and the others.
Those guys were probably out patrolling right now.
"Alright, time to enjoy the show."
At that moment, Lubbock crouched atop a steel wire and quietly spoke to Akame beside him.
"The three guards are all targets, Akame."
Akame slowly raised her cute face.
Her crimson eyes were completely emotionless.
"Bury..."
The next moment, she leaned backward and dropped silently to the ground.
The three guards trembled in fear as they stared at the suddenly appearing girl.
Even the hands gripping their weapons were shaking.
"Listen carefully! Don't let that sword touch you!"
After shouting that warning, the captain forcibly suppressed his fear and charged toward Akame.
Slash!
The two figures crossed paths.
The captain slowly reached toward his neck, his eyes filled with unwillingness as he felt warm blood pouring out.
"So this is the punishment someone rotten like me deserves..."
The curse activated instantly.
His body collapsed lifelessly onto the ground.
The remaining two guards screamed in horror.
"W-What are these monsters?!"
The two immediately turned and fled.
Bang! Bang!
"AAAAHHH!!!"
After two gunshots rang out, both fleeing guards collapsed onto the ground.
"How pathetic. Running away during battle."
Mine held Pumpkin while looking disdainfully at the corpses.
Meanwhile, Lubbock twitched awkwardly.
"In that situation, most people would've run..."
Watching the guards get wiped out instantly, Tatsumi subconsciously took a step backward.
"They got killed in an instant..."
"No matter what, I have to protect Miss Aria!"
After saying that, Tatsumi immediately ran off to search for Aria.
Meanwhile, Leone had already killed Aria's father.
"I found you, Miss Aria!"
After desperately searching through the mansion, Tatsumi finally found Aria standing in front of a warehouse beside a guard.
"Tatsumi!!!"
Aria looked at him with excitement written all over her face.
"You came at the perfect time. We're planning to hide inside the warehouse until the Security Force arrives."
"As for you, stay behind and stop them."
The guard immediately planned to sacrifice Tatsumi without the slightest hesitation.
Tatsumi instantly looked troubled.
"Huh?! That's way too much to ask..."
Whoosh!
Just as Tatsumi hesitated, a girl's figure suddenly appeared behind him.
The moment Tatsumi turned around and met those crimson eyes, an indescribable fear surged through his body.
But remembering how kindly Aria had treated him, he still forced himself to stand firm and pointed his sword toward Akame.
"If that's how it is... then I have no choice but to fight!"
Suddenly, Akame vanished from sight.
"Oh no!"
Tatsumi realized he couldn't react at all and could only watch helplessly as she appeared right in front of him.
"Not the target."
Akame merely glanced at him without attacking.
Instead, she stepped directly onto his head and leapt over him.
After dodging the guard's gunfire with swift side movements, she instantly cut him down with a single slash.
Then she slowly walked toward Aria while holding Murasame.
"Bury."
Akame raised Murasame high above her head.
Just as Aria was about to be killed, Tatsumi desperately rushed forward.
"STOP!!!"
To avoid Tatsumi's attack, Akame stepped back several meters.
"You are not the target. There's no reason to kill you."
"But you're trying to kill this girl!"
"..."
"Why are these two still dragging this out? Hurry up and fight already."
"Tatsumi?! *2"
At some point, Ace and the others had arrived beside Rob Lucci and Katakuri together with Ieyasu and Sayo.
"You're here. Are those two mission targets as well?"
Rob Lucci calmly continued watching Tatsumi and Akame while asking.
"Yeah. We finally found them."
"Seriously, tracking people down with only names and some abstract portrait drawn by who-knows-who was a nightmare."
"We really should go study in Academy City someday."
Ace complained helplessly.
Right at that moment, an adorable voice suddenly came from beside them.
"I know, right!"
Everyone jumped in shock.
Someone had approached them completely unnoticed.
The group hurriedly turned toward the voice, and their expressions immediately changed drastically.
"Ramiris-sama?! *n"
"Hehe~"
Ramiris scratched her head shyly while giggling foolishly.
"Why are you here? Weren't you with Kaito-sama?"
Ace stared at Ramiris in shock.
"Wuwuwu... I got left behind."
"Kai-chan drove off, and after I got lost, I accidentally ended up here."
The moment Ace asked, Ramiris immediately started tearfully explaining everything.
After getting left behind on the roadside, she originally planned to chase after them directly.
But halfway through flying, she realized she had gotten lost.
Then she tried flying higher to get a better view, only for a hurricane inside the clouds to blow her who-knows-how-far away.
After wandering around aimlessly for ages, she finally spotted Ace and the others moving nearby and secretly followed them all the way here.
"...This really does sound like something Kaito-sama would do."
The Goblin warrior beside them awkwardly muttered.
"So what are you planning to do now?"
"I'm sticking with you guys!"
"You all have to buy me food too! I want desserts!!!"
The group looked at each other helplessly before finally nodding together.
There was no way they could just ignore this little ancestor.
If anything happened to her, forget Kaito-sama and Rimuru-sama...
Treyni alone would already be enough to make their lives miserable.
"Lucci, hurry up and contact Kaito-sama. Tell him we found the missing Ramiris-sama."
"Got it..."