Uninvited guest

The Night Raid headquarters was located in the mountainous forest south of the imperial capital, with tall trees and surrounding valleys making it a safe and hidden base. No one would have thought that the headquarters of the assassin organization that had been shadowing the imperial nobles was not far from the imperial capital.

A tense atmosphere enveloped the Night Raid meeting room as Leone and the others reported their mission.

"So you guys met a very strong foreign young man?" Najenda asked while exhaling cigarette smoke.

"Yeah, we were defeated in just a few moves" Bulat said honestly.

"By the way, Tatsumi, I heard that you know Noah, can you tell me how you know each other?" Najenda asked Tatsumi, the new Night Raid member brought back by Leone.

"Well, about 6 years ago, Noah came to our village with C.C and Esdeath and saved our village from bandits..." Tatsumi said honestly because he felt there was nothing to hide and Night Raid seemed like a good person.

"Wait a minute.... Esdeath?" Najenda asked, interrupting Tatsumi's words while rubbing her forehead because she had a headache when thinking about Esdeath's figure.

"Right, is there a problem?" Tatsumi asked confusedly.

"Problem?, of course a big problem. Esdeath is an imperial general. That means there is a possibility that Noah will become our enemy" Lubbock said from the side. As a former noble and someone who followed Najenda, of course Lubbock was clear about who Esdeath was and her terrible strength.

"But I don't think they are bad people, they helped our village from bandit attacks and even taught us martial arts" Tatsumi said defending Noah and the others.

"If it's like you said, then there is a possibility to attract him to our side and help us overthrow the empire" Najenda said while exhaling cigarette smoke.

"I will find out more information about them from the revolutionary army. Akame, I will leave the headquarters to you for the time being, I will go to the revolutionary army headquarters" Najenda continued

"Yes. Leave it to me" Akame answered seriously.

....

"Have you decided on your next plan?" Asked C.C curiously to Sayo and Ieyas as they had breakfast.

"We decided to join the army, even though the empire is now rotten and declining, we will try to change it" said Sayo who sat across the table seriously.

"I'm afraid that's impossible, if you want to change the empire, there's no way just being a soldier can do it" Noah shook his head hearing Sayo and Ieyas' naive decision.

Sayo and Ieyas lowered their heads in depression.

"Since you want to be soldiers, then I will ask Esdeath to include you as her subordinates, at least in Esdeath's army you can be safe and don't have to worry if someone has bad intentions towards you" said Noah when he saw them so depressed.

"Really?" Asked Sayo and Ieyas excitedly.

"Yes" Noah nodded in confirmation.

"Thank you"

"You're welcome"

...

A few days later, still in the same meeting room, the members of Night Raid gathered.

The atmosphere was still tense after the meeting. Akame, who was now in charge of the headquarters, was formulating a strategic plan to deal with the possible threat from Noah and Esdeath. She knew very well that their strengths were not to be underestimated.

"Akame, we must prepare ourselves for any eventuality," said Bulat, still affected by the encounter with Noah. "If he really is allied with Esdeath, we need to think about our next move."

Akame nodded. "I agree. We can't fight them head-on without a solid strategy. We need to find out more about Noah and his true goals."

Leone, who was sitting in the corner of the room casually, added, "While we are gathering information, we should also make use of our strengths. Night Raid has many ways to gather information, both through spies and infiltration into the empire."

Najenda, who had returned after the encounter with the revolutionary army, joined the discussion.

"I've gotten some initial information. Apparently, Noah and Esdeath have quite a strong relationship. If we can pull Noah to our side, it could be a great advantage for us. But we have to be careful, we don't know what kind of specific relationship there is between them"

"Yo.. are you guys talking about me?"

A strange voice suddenly interrupted their discussion, they immediately turned their heads together and didn't know when Noah's figure was sitting in the corner of the room next to Sheele who had a confused expression on her face.

"How did you get in?!" Lubbock asked seriously because he didn't feel anyone approaching the base before. Lubbock was the one in charge of the base's security, to prevent someone from infiltrating, Lubbock had set up a thin thread around the Base, so if a stranger approached the base, Lubbock would immediately notice it. He didn't know how Noah managed to get into the base without him noticing.

"Of course I went through the front door" Noah answered calmly without noticing their wary attitude.

"Are you Noah?" Najenda asked calmly, not afraid or at Noah's uninvited arrival.

"That's right." Noah nodded.

Noah scanned the meeting room filled with a tense aura. His eyes glanced at each member of Night Raid who snorted in disbelief and worry. He knew that his arrival at this hidden base would raise many questions.

"So, what brings you here?" Najenda asked in a serious tone, despite the tension between them. "We don't accept uninvited guests, especially from someone close to the imperial general."

Noah smiled, but it wasn't entirely sincere. "I'm not here to fight you, Najenda. Instead, I want to offer you an opportunity."

Hearing that statement, the members of Night Raid exchanged glances. Catching the attention of the entire room, Noah continued,

"Your struggle to overthrow the empire is completely impossible because you can't possibly defeat Esdeath. How much power do you think it would take to defeat Esdeath, Najenda? Do you think ten Teigu users and a hundred thousand soldiers can defeat her? That's impossible," Noah said with full confidence.

Because as the one who trained Esdeath and had fought with her, he knew Esdeath's true strength, even without him training her with power Esdeath could not be defeated by Night Raid. The reason in the original work Esdeath was defeated by Akame was partly because Esdeath had an emotional weakness for Tatsumi.

if placed in the world of god slayers, Esdeath was even able to compete with subordinate gods. She was as strong as Edelweiss before she became a Campione.

"I admit that Esdeath is strong, but she is only one person, while we have many Teigu users. And if one hundred thousand is not enough, then two hundred thousand, three hundred thousand." Najenda said confidently.

"Are you sure that Esdeath's power that you have seen is her true power?" Noah asked in an ambiguous tone.

"Also, are you sure that the revolutionary army can make the empire better?, are they really fighting for the freedom of the people and not for power, after all they are nobles who lost in politics fighting for the throne before. Maybe they will become another Honest after gaining power, how can someone who brings foreign enemies to attack their own country make the empire better" Noah said with a disdainful attitude.

"Of course, we fight for the freedom of the people" Mine said confidently, while Najenda did not answer, because as a general before and someone who often dealt with the revolutionary army, Najenda knew what the revolutionary army really looked like. But she had no other choice, because at least the revolutionary army was better than the empire.

"Boss, say something.!" Mine said anxiously when she saw Najenda not answering Noah's words.

"Mine, what Noah said is not wrong, but at least they are better than the empire." Najenda said with a sigh.

"No way.." Mine was devastated by the fact. Mine is a mixed race and often experiences discrimination, therefore she always hopes to be able to live freely without discrimination, that's why she joined Night Raid after being invited by Najenda.

"As you said, but we have no other choice" Najenda said to Noah.

"That's why I want to invite you to join me" Noah said seriously. The reason Noah wanted to overthrow the empire was because previously when he brought Sayo and Ieyas to meet Esdeath, he found some Walkers from Infinite Space. When he saw them, he knew that one day they would fight, so he gathered strength before it was too late. It was impossible to fight Infinite Space alone, so he needed subordinates to help him. And coincidentally every member of Night Raid had strength and personality that could be trusted.

"Why should we trust you that you won't make the people suffer more like the empire?" Mine said sarcastically.

"It's up to you whether to believe it or not, even without you, I can overthrow the empire" Noah said casually and confidently because he had that ability.

Seeing Noah's confidence and based on Akame and the others' reports about Noah's strength plus Esdeath, Najenda knew that Noah had the capital to talk arrogantly about overthrowing the empire.

"I'll consider your invitation" Najenda said seriously.

"Okay, then I'm going" Noah said as he disappeared with a gust of wind.

"Boss, are you serious about joining him?" Lubbock asked Najenda when Noah was gone.

"If Esdeath also joins to overthrow the empire, then I'm sure her chances of success will be higher than the Revolutionary Army." Najenda said seriously, actually she was also not sure about facing Esdeath.

"I don't care, as long as the people don't suffer" Leone said cheerfully. She was a slum dweller in the imperial capital, so she wanted to free the people from their miserable lives the most, she didn't care who would become emperor, as long as they treated the people better.