This is a story takes place before Night Raid goes to the east to assassinate Bolic. This story will not follow Akame ga Kill!'s version of events and will split from the canon
Chapter 1: Mysterious Killer
A masked person watches, from atop a roof, as the Minister of War crosses into an alley. They smiled as if being handed their birthday presents early. With a flip they landed right across the street from the Minister of War. Lucky for them the streets were unusually empty tonight due to a curfew placed in order to try and catch Night Raid members.
In many ways the Minister of War considered himself a lucky man. He was rich, almost always got what he wanted, was one of the few ministers to have their own handpicked bodyguards, and had still yet to be targeted by Night Raid. He smiled to himself in satisfaction as he stared at the money he had taken from the ungrateful orphans a few blocks away. Not like they deserved it anyone, they were just scum who wallowed in the mud like pigs.
As he continued down the alley he heard a thump behind him. Fear ran up his spine and he turned around to see what it was. "Oh Crap, it is Night raid isn't it, they have come to kill me," he thought. But when he finally saw the person it wasn't Night Raid's famous Akame, Incursio, or anyone else associated with Night Raid that he knew about. They were no younger than 19, with messy brown hair and piercing blue eyes just barely seen from the eyeholes in his mask. they wore black trench coat, grey tunic, black pants, shoes that resembled slippers, a belt that had weapons strapped to it with a side strap that went from his right hip over his left shoulder and back, a metal shoulder pad painted black, a white mask, and two metallic black gauntlets. Under the person was his two guards, he had with him at the time, dead with the small amount skin seen looking pale and ashen.
With closer inspection of the mask the Minister saw a hand that looked to be painted from blood on the mask. Instantly the Minister became paralyzed with fear of what it represented. Any minister knew that the mask represented the members of a tribe of assassins known as the Red Hand. The group was famous for serving the Empire for generations, however recently the Red Hand was destroyed the Empire, and with the knowledge of the group came the knowledge of their skills. Members of the Red Hand were all trained to kill Teigu users without wielding a Teigu of their own. Only the Chieftain and their Heir would ever wield a Teigu. He didn't know whether any of the Red Hand had survived or if this was just an imposter, but either way he couldn't help but feel terrified. The assassin walked up to the Minister and began to draw sword. The blade had a black hilt and silver blade, with a line of what seemed to be red metal running down the center.
Then the assassin says, "Akai te no sutoraiku!" He then thrusted the blade forward into the Minister's gut. The Minister didn't die instantly as the attacker didn't strike in a lethal area, but he felt as if the blade was slowly tearing away his life. He screamed as his skin became the same ashen pale as his bodyguards. Then he felt as he body fell to the ground with a thud followed by death.
Seryu could hear the scream coming from a nearby alley, when she was doing her patrol. Assuming it was Night Raid she ran towards it dragging her teigu Koro with her. She ran into the alleyway to see three dead bodies, with all three's skin color being pale and ashen. Then she noticed one person who seemed oddly similar to the Minister of War with a injury to the gut. An injury that shouldn't have killed. Her first assumption was it was Akame of Night Raid but upon closer investigation she determined it didn't have the black tattoos left behind by Murasame's cut nor has Murasame ever left its victims ashen and pale. The final thing she saw was a handprint on a nearby wall painted in blood. As far as she knew no one in Night Raid ever did anything like this. Her next thought was who it could be then. After a few moments in thought she decided to confide Esdeath and the Jaegers about the mysterious killing. One of them had ought to know something about this. With a determined nod Seryu ran towards the Palace the location of the Jaegers dragging her poor teigu with her.