weaklings

"What do you think yourself doing?" Garou said as he looked at Akame with annoyance.

Instead of answering Garou's question, Akame struggled to free herself from Garou's grip. When she realised she couldn't free herself, she jumped with a kicking motion, she was aiming for Garou's head.

Garou didn't dodge the kick and took the kick right in the face. Akame was surprised that he didn't attempt to block or avoid, but her surprised increased as she realised her kick did no damage to Garou. He stood there like a mountain, rooted in his place.

Akame wanted to send another kick. But, she stopped when she noticed Garou's eyes, his eyes were narrowed as he looked at her with annoyance mixed with anger, she could feel her heart skip a beat. Only now, she truly understood Leone's words, she initially thought Garou was intimidating and dangerous. However, she underestimated how dangerous Garou truly is.

On the other hand, Garou wasn't happy with Akame suddenly attacking him, he came here for Zanku, and a gloomy chick appeared before him with a katana that gave him a feel of danger. What's worse, the girl kicked him right in the face when he tried to speak like any civilised person.

With the current situation, Garou did what he does best, he resorted to violence. He let go of Akame while sending a punch at the same time, he didn't wish to waste more time on them.

Akame being free and seeing the incoming punch, she jumped to the back while using her hands to shield herself from the blow. When the punch hit her, she was sent flying dozens of meters and landed near Zanku. She looked at her arm protector with pained and shocked expression. Her steel arm protector was dented to the point of being unusable with a single punch from Garou. Both of her arms went numb. Such a punch is definitely stronger even than Leone's punch.

Similarly to Akame, Garou was slightly shocked, not to the extent of Akame's shock. He was shocked that she managed to move fast enough and block the punch saving her from being injured and knocked down. He didn't use his full strength in that punch, but the power he put was still something that most of the strong warriors wouldn't be able to block nor react to.

Akame raised her sword toward Garoua taking another stance, she knew her opponent was extremely dangerous and chances of winning were slim. However, she still not going to give up so easily.

Akame was about to attack again when she felt a hand grabbing her foot, she looked down and saw Zanku, who was still lying on the ground, extended his caught her. Akame was entirely focused on Garou that she forgot about Zanku. Moreover, she didn't even realise she was standing right next to him.

Akame in fast and decisive manner slashed Zanku's hand. Her weapon's poison started spreading through Zanku's body, forcing him to cough and growl painfully before dying.

Garou narrowed his eyes at this sight, he saw the girl slashing then some weird symbol appearing on Zanku killing him. Garou immediately concluded the sword was either poisoned or has a specific property that kill who touches the blade. That explained the danger he felt earlier. He needed to be a little wary of the blade.

"Killing him like that when he could not even stand, was it satisfying?" Garou asked. He didn't appreciate fighting opponents who couldn't fight back not alone, killing them.

"He was a target… and I eliminated him" Akame to the first time replying before retaking her stance.

Garou didn't speak, he narrowed his eyes slightly then walked toward Akame. On the other hand, Akame took a deep breath then charged forward. She slashed with all the strength she had toward Garou's neck.

Like before, Garou extended his hand and caught Akame's hand, but this time Akame dropped the sword from her hand and caught it with the other one then continued her slash. Garou, who saw her action snorted slightly and used his other hand to catch Akame's.

Again, Akame was caught by Garou with no way out of his hold. She tried to struggle, but Garou wasn't merciful like the first time. He kneed her viciously forcing her to drop the sword and lower her entire body. If not for Garou holding her, she would have fallen on the ground.

Garou was still not satisfied, he pulled Akame up then kneed her again, causing her to cough blood. He then let go of her hands as one of his arms extended toward her head. His hand clawed around her head. He used her head as a handle to raise her entire body in the air before slamming her down.

Garou's slam caused the ground to crack as part of Akame's body was imprinted in the ground. Garou let go of Akame after the last blow as she stopped all kinds of movements. He knew she won't be able to walk for a while, let alone fighting.

Garou thought about breaking a few more bones before leaving. But he stopped when he felt a movement behind him. He turned around and saw the injured young man standing while pointing his sword toward him.

He was obviously wounded and tired. Moreover, he could see the fear painting the young man face, he was slightly shaking. Garou whistled a little and said, "Do you want to receive your share of beating ?"

Tatsumi took a step back and gulped in fear as he felt every hair on his body standing on its own. Tatsumi shook his head and said with determination, "I know I can't beat you, but I will not retreat and let you harm my friend more. "

Tatsumi Gathered all the courage he had and attacked. Garou laughed a little before taking two steps toward Tatsumi. He punched with a lighting speed hitting Tatsumi right in the face, effectively knocking him out.

Once he finished dealing with the idiots, he turned around and went back to the orphan.

Few minutes later, Mine alongside Shelee arrived at the location of the battle. The two were shocked, two of their friends lying on the ground. The two rushed toward them to check their state.

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Hours later inside Nightraid's hideout, Tatsumi, who is his face bandaged like a mummy, was sitting with the other members, except for the boss and Akame, telling them what happened.

"So even you and Akame suffered under his hands, lucky for you, he didn't hit you a lot" Leone commented.

Tatsumi shivered slightly, he only had his nose broken. In comparison to the others including Akame, he barely received any damage.

"So, how is Akame now?" Leone turned to Shelee and asked

"She will be fine. But it will take some time before healing completely. She had a broken rib and scratches and bruises covering her body. The slam broke her nose and bruised other parts of her bodies" Shelee replied.

"What should we do now? This is the second time we lose to him" A purple face Bulat asked.

"Let's wait Najenda for now!! We can't go and face that monster head on" Lubbock added from the side, his words earned the agreement of everyone.

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In the forest around the capital, Garou was looking around and hunting his food. He didn't bother or care about the consequences of his actions.

He didn't even know that he fought with an infamous group of assassins more than once and got their full attention. If someone warned him, Garou would probably laugh hard before ignore these kind of warnings.

In Garou's mind, those he fought so far were nothing but a group of weaklings.