Sorry for missing the update last week. A fellow writer asked me to adopt his stories since he will be indisposed for a undetermined amount of time so I decided to help him out. Please check out my profile for his stories as they will most likely be posted soon after this is. Anyways enjoy the chapter.
It was currently tense in the meeting that was going on at base. All of the us members were in the meeting area in a very heated argument. I had only proposed a very simple plan that would allow me to eliminate the Capitals strongest general but apparently no one else agreed due to how dumb and idiotic it sounded when I first presented the basics of the plan.
"For the last time Tatsumi, no means no! You will not go find and attack Esdeath since she will kill you! How many times do I need to repeat this to get it through your thick skull?" Najenda barked at me. We had been currently arguing over this issue for the last ten minutes and she has not budged a single inch on the issue. Only one of those minutes were spent proposing the plan and the other nine were spent with Najenda lecturing me about what I should not ever pick a fight with Esdeath.
"Shes right you stupid bug. You couldn't even kill a girl and her mutt. Do you think you have a chance at killing the strongest of the empire?" Mine asked smugly. I turned my attention towards her and looked her dead in the eyes to show her how serious I was.
"Mine, if you saw what I saw, knew what I knew, you would do anything to kill the ice general." I then turned towards Najenda again. "It's not like I am going to challenge her without a plan." I reached for the folded piece of paper in my pocket and handed it to Najenda. "For some reason she is holding a fighting tournament. The prize is a mystery itself but the thing is she personally gives it to the victor. I can easily just disguise myself, enter the tournament and win. When she presents my prize I will sink my blade into her and get the hell out of there." I said this like it was the simplest thing in the world. Truth is I had no idea how I would escape but eh who cares as long as I get to kill Esdeath I am happy.
Najenda was looking at the poster during my whole explanation. She looked up but this time instead of denial in her eyes I saw a glimpse of hope. "It does seem like a good plan but there are some unaccountable things that could easily end up with you being killed almost if not instantly." She said to me.
"And what would those things be? I hope your not worrying about infantry Toripuru can easily slaughter a thousand regular men." I said with confidence as I switched the gem in Toripuru to the ruby.
She gave a little thought before she spoke again. "Well besides that there are the three beasts Esdeath's personal henchmen each of them wielding a Teigu and are incredibly experience in battle. Even if you can kill them what about General Budo? I'm sure if he heard another General died in the Capital he would go over there to kill the person who would dare have the guts to challenge a person of importance. Lets not forget about the organic Teigu user either." I had to admit she had some good points, there was no way I could kill that many Teigu users. Before I could come up with a solution Lubbock began to speak.
"I got an idea that may work. If Tatsumi here can kill Esdeath and get out of the fighting area and lead any pursuers down a specified alley some of us could be hidden there to ambush any pursuers and kill them as well. I can fill the whole alley with wires and let Tatsumi get to a safe spot in it and tear anything else to shreds." I gave a nod of respect to him. I gotta give Lubbock more credit that was a pretty decent idea with a good success chance.
"I'll watch the fight itself and hide in plain sight in the crowd of spectators. If needed I will transform into Lionel and whisk him away from there after he's killed her." Leone said. I gave her a nod of appreciation. With her in Lionel form my chance of getting away from any pursuers was greatly increased.
Najenda turned towards the green haired pervert before she asked another question. "That would work but only on ground pursuers. What if they chased Tatsumi from the rooftops or if Budo is flying after him.
This time Mine decided to speak up. "Schere can guard me while I setup on the rooftops to stop Budo if he goes after him I can easily gun him down. After all I am a genius sniper!" She said in her usual smug tone. "Besides I doubt Kurome and Akame aren't gonna sit around twiddling their thumbs while Tatsumi does this. They can stand nearby on the roofs to make sure no one gets near him." Both of them nodded in agreement with her statement.
Najenda began to ponder this plan. Personally I thought this would work out pretty well. We get to kill the strongest Teigu user and probably some others. She looked me dead in the eyes before she gave a nod. "If everyone does what they should this should work out well. But I am giving a warning to you all now. If Esdeath for some reason is not killed get out of there. Get out of there and stay alive." We all nodded. She then turned to Bulat. "I know you're on wanted posters so I want you to use in Incursio's invisibility to assist Tatsumi in any way possible if needed. He gave a nod to her.
"All right everyone lets get started with the most idiotic plan ever!" I exclaimed while raising a fist in the air. Everyone else followed in example with their own shouts of approval.