The trio were speeding between trees and bushes while trying to catch up to an unknown person who was running away at seemingly impossible speeds . After 3 minutes of intense running the man seemed to be far gone from their sight so there was no more use running so they stopped to take a break and go through their options at the moment .
"H.. ..got away" Lubbock said while struggling to inhale much needed air. "Something was so odd about that person , he seemed to be at least twice as fast as i thought he could be , well at least there is no doubt who killed those people now , his murderous energy could rival even Esdeaths while she was alive . Leone thought to herself .
"Well this is bad i screwed this up , now the probably think i killed those people ..." and with that thought hooded man vanished into the forest .
5 hours later - 10 km from the destroyed town
"How did i even get the idea that spying of group of pro assassins would bring me anything good , let alone help me at my complicated matter at hand , i guess i should go to my old hideout to think of a better way to approach this whole problem of mine . Well anyway i should hurry now , this is not like me at all i was so lost in thought for past few hours i was not moving not even half as fast i should have . " next thing that could be seen at near end of thick dark green forest was hooded figure from before fast pacing its way east side towards an unknown location .
Back to Night Raid - about 7 km west from the destroyed town near the closest city
"I cant believe it ! Who in their right minds would have caused this trouble in this sensitive time of peace ? And what for ?! an old general was rather furious once the report from Night Raid about what happened to nearby town was directly delivered to him. " And whats more there were not any worth things stolen? Is that true?"
"Yes" - Akame said bluntly . "S...sorry for the yelling , oh my god look at me i am getting a report from the heroes of Revolution and all i do is yell , please accept my apologies" - simple "Its okay" from Lubbock was all he received before he was left alone in his office.
As they left generals office they noticed how happy people of this city actually are . Truth was they still were not informed about a tragedy that happened just that day , but still this whole scene brought a nice fact to their minds . They were the Night Raid the heroes who defeated the Empire and freed the people , but it also reminded them about all the things they have lost through the course of the past year - most of their friends were dead , and most painful was the loss of Tatsumi even doe he was their comrade in the times of need rhe was the best leader and motivation they could have ...
But still hey would not let the past stop them from protecting the innocent and killing the wicked it was both their reason to live and they nearly full-time job .
At the center of the city there was some kind of celebration or something of that sort . People were dancing and singing all over the place the sight really was heartwarming on one side but on the other hand... "Such a shame that in about a half an hour or so when they find out about that massacre all of this will disappear like it never happened ...
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Darkness , darkness , darkness . Where was he ? He could not tell . Only thing he felt in all of this void his breathing which was as slow as it can get , but later it became even worse anther thing he felt was warm liquid dripping down from his head , chest , and pretty much most of his body . Next thing he heard was what was haunting him every night a voice , but not any ordinary voice , it was desperate and it sounded so broken , it was making words he could not make out and then... - end of dream , he jumped out of the pile of clothing and feathers that were suppose resemble the bed .
He was dripping wet from all the sweating he endured , this was happening so frequently now it was driving his sanity the dream itself was not so scary but for certain reason it felt to man like he was scared both physically and mentally ever time it unfolded in his sleep .
He calmed down after about 4-5 mins and lied down to his improvised bed once again trying to get at least a wink of sleep before morning , but the thing that was making him even more upset was that he did not know what to do tomorrow to solve his deep crap - like problems .
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"What should we do know?"-asked Leone .
"My best guess is to wait orders from Najenda , told that general to send message about this back to capital ."
"Typical suggestion of you Akame"
"Have a better idea?" - seeing herself that that is the best option that they can choose Leone suggested that they stay in a hotel near the city center . It was a rather big building with a little above of average quality red walls , with some meaningless looking drawings on its front side . It was already late and they were tired so they all went to sleep almost they got their hands on the keys of their rooms . Little did they know about a conversation that was going on just in front of their hotel...
"We have a chance know , they are sleeping "
"I do not really know considering how many people their killed over past years i doubt they can even sleep , watch out Marcus maybe they do not even sleep...BUUU!" joked the other man.
The man now known as Marcus delivered a swift punch to a "comedy" guy "WHAT WAS THAT FOR?"
"If you are that brave go on and kill them instead of doing this it would be much less complicated you know?"
"Relax , relax ,... i am just saying that all we need to do is approach the hotel and write with this blood what boss told us , and we do not have to be afraid boss gave us these spell notes we just shout what says on paper and boom we are back in safety of our hideout "
"The spell would cost us a limb or two remember , so it is out last resort , understood Franc?"
"I know i know lets just get this started "
And two masked men in the middle of the night under the moonlight got their planned job done .
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Akame woke up to the voices she heard were coming from the hotel. Once she was finally outside she noticed a group of officers including Leone and Lubbock gathered in front of the hotel they were looking at something she could not see , more precisely something above her. Once she turned around she immediately realized what was up...
BLACK HAWK WATCHES YOU NIGHT RAID
"Black hawk is the same person who is responsible for the recent massacre am i right?" - someone said . The voice belonged to the general .
His sentence was more a statement than a question so no one actually answered it . "This sing was written in fresh blood " said one of the officers . Akame just sighted and said "I recommend you to clean this up as soon as possible or it will cause extreme panic " group of officers immediately run of to get cleaning tools and general went back to his office while Leone and Lubbock went to pay the staff of hotel their rooms , leaving Akame alone in her thoughts to guard the place .
"Whoever did this has some serious motive and even more serious guts to do this , because threatening Night Raid now basically meant threatening the whole country and this risk could not be taken by some amateurs with next to no grudge against the new country , anyway one thing is sure same person is responsible for this and that massacre at the previous town.
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"This is really problematic , they are going to frame me for more things than i can even count ..."
"Who is there" asked a hooded man . After 5 seconds or so shadowy figure appeared from nearby bush .
"Looks like you are lost my friend i would like to help you but i need to get a bit paid , if you know what i mean" said a shadowy figure while drawing out his sword and whispering something and in a flash , a hooded man was surrounded by around 30 armed men.
Two things happened in next minute big pile of heads and bodies appeared on the village road , second a hooded man walked away with blood dripping from the blade as big as his carrier .
"These guys did not have any idea how to use a sword" he concluded ." Now , now how do i sneak on Night Raid without being noticed ? "
"Guess i must make some trouble to attract them " said the man as he was making his way to the city Night Raid stayed for last night.
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FEW HOURS LATER
"So , they left about an hour ago , do you know where may be heading ? "
"That , i will tell you if you give me 10 more " said the pub owner while pointing at pile of silver coins resting on the table .
"Talk " commanded hooded man while tossing another 10 coins at the table .
" They went back to the capital , because they received an info from some kind of their spy that the person who did those...things has a hideout at the capital , although i do not know why do not they simply send army if that guy is nearly hiding on the open "
"Because that would be too obvious idiot" he thought as he left the run down pub.
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10 HOURS LATER
The night was blooming in its own way , the moon was catching plain red color and only sound that could be heard were his steady footsteps . Air was warm and man felt comfortable even doe he had a whole pack of problems at the time . But this night really had him overwhelmed with nostalgic feeling .
"This brings back memories i wish all this did not have to turn out like this"
