'Together, we'll get rich at the capital!'
Those words echoed inside a certain person's head, as he gazed at the open shed in front of him. Countless corpses of either male or female hang in the air, with many other more littering the whole floor. One particular thing caught the teen's attention; a silver butterfly band.
"This is… Sayo's." Spoke Tatsumi, his gaze deep as the abyss beyond. Grabbing the accessory off the ground, he clutched on it, then heaved a sigh.
'Such a waste.'
"Do you understand now what this sadistic family really do?" A feminine voice sounded behind him, prompting the green-eyed boy to turn around. It was the girl before, the one with the blonde hair. He vaguely remembers her this morning. "They lure in unsuspecting country people with their kind façade, then shows their true color after a few days."
"I fully understand, miss blonde." For some reason, the look on his eyes before didn't seem to change, even after seeing what was inside that horrible place. A fact that a nearby girl quickly noticed.
'Strange,' thought Akame, her red eyes glinting. 'This boy, it's as if seeing dead bodies is a common scenario for him. He looks exactly like… me.' Also, she heard him say some kind of name. She concluded that one of the victims inside must be at least an acquaintance of him, yet his eyes never wavered.
"Now then," Leone, the blonde-haired woman having the characteristics of a lion, cracked her knuckles. "let me at that little girl behind you."
In response, the shaking girl known as Aria tripped behind her, obviously from fear. In a pathetic attempt to save her live, she turned to the boy she 'helped' earlier this day. "T-Tatsumi! Surely you believe me over those killers, right?! I-I helped you when you needed it!"
A soft grunt came inside the slaughterhouse, making everyone look back inside.
"T-Tatsumi…" Another boy weakly spoke within a cage, his body covered in weird black spots.
"Leyasu?" Tatsumi slightly tilted his head, frowning.
"Th-that bitch, Aria… She tortured Sayo for almost a whole week!" Sputtering out some blood, he wobbly tried to stand up, his hand grasping a bar from his cellar. "S-She managed to escape, but please… avenge us…"
Upon hearing that Sayo survived, a small grin appeared on Tatsumi's face. However, it was removed once again after he heard the boy's last words. Everyone present could see that Leyasu was already dead.
"Robola's disease." Akame quietly said, her eyes narrowing. "He was already condemned the moment he got that."
Aria quietly snuck away from the group, but a hand roughly grabbed her by the back of her dress. "Where are you going, Aria?" Thrashing and yelling, she failed to notice the smile gracing Tatsumi's face.
"L-Let me go! They, they deserved what I did to them! They were just hicks from the countryside, how dare they go here in the capital! They're nothing but a ca—" A harsh slap to her cheek shut the girl up.
"You're noisy. Be quiet for a while." Tatsumi's glare was enough to petrify the rich girl from her position in front of him. Even the two assassins, Akame and Leone, were surprised by the tone he just used.
"I heard you tortured Sayo." He threw her on the ground, a menacing smirk plastered on his face. "You interest me, Aria. Though," grasping her neck, he began to slowly choke the air out of her lungs. "you will die tonight…"
Hearing those words, the girl wearing a dress couldn't help but to cry, as even her wouldn't like to die. She tightly grabbed Tatsumi's hand in vain.
"Reborn, my cute little slave."
Suddenly, Tatsumi's sclera began to shrink, looking as insane as the little girl had been before. His left eye shone a bright green hue, as black smoke began to flow out of Aria. All of the mysterious gas was speedily sucked inside his glowing eye.
"A teigu?!" Both Akame and Leone said in unison.
A passed out Aria slept within Tatsumi's arms, his hands protectively covering her from anything. He slowly raised his face, and with his familiar grin, he spoke.
"Night Raid. You too interest me." As if it's not enough, his smile grew even bigger. "You wouldn't mind a new member, would you?"