Akame Ga Kill - Garou

The days continued on with the same routine, Garou would train the children then fight against Esdeath, Budo and the rest. The children were improving fast under the crazy training regime provided by Garou. Similarly, Esdeath, Budo and the Jaegers were improving as well.

Especially Budo, who now was much calmer, after his first spar with Garou, he learned to control his anger. Even when Garou is provoking him, he still didn't lose himself to anger. He also started to develop some respect toward Garou. As a warrior, he couldn't help but admire Garou's strength and courage. He still didn't agree with how Garou treated the little emperor but seeing the boy himself not backing down. He stopped complaining but kept watching at all times in case something threatened the boy.

At the same time, Nightraid leader kept herself busy with the revolutionaries. They were preparing their ambush for the Jaegers. It was a single time shot, they couldn't afford to fail. The assassins also didn't waste any time, they have been training harder than ever in the past few days, sharpening their skills, especially their teamwork.

And so the day has come, Esdeath received news of Nightraid leaving toward the north. She ordered her team to prepare, it was time to start their hunt. The Jaegers were more than happy to comply. They didn't know how strong Nightraid assassins are but no matter what, they can't be anywhere near Garou's level. After fighting him so many times, they had the confidence to take down any opponent.

Before leaving, they headed toward the orphanage to meet Garou. They wanted to inform him about their leave and not being able to train with him for some time. The Jaegers were keen to skip their training sessions, the only one who felt regretful as Esdeath.

"You are leaving to hunt some rebels?" Garou asked, he didn't care much about how the empire operated. But he was still confused, to send a group of their strongest fighters to hunt a few idiots was an overkill. Shouldn't they reserve their strongest soldiers for dangerous enemies?

"Oh dear, they are not your typical rebels. They are the most dangerous of the rebels, a group of trained assassins, each of them extremely dangerous and regular soldiers can't contend against them" Esdeath said

Garou ignored her first word, he long since gave up on this woman. He had a feeling that even if he cut her tongue, she would find a new way to annoy him, and might as well ignore her remarks. He replied "Good luck."

Garou turned around planning to go inside, he was not interested in the empire's affairs, not even in the slightest.

"Wait!! Why don't you come with us" Esdeath spoke suddenly.

"Not interested, not to mention that I'm not a soldier and don't like to work for others" Garou dismissed her suggestion.

"Think about it, our enemy is a group of trained assassins with weapons as dangerous as ours. They might not be strong enough individually, but together they might prove to be an interesting challenge for you" Esdeath spoke hastily.

Garou frowned a little, he doubted her words. If he assumed that each assassin is as strong as any member of the Jaegers. Then they are still not strong enough to consider it a challenge. Even if their numbers are higher, they are still not enough. He was about to decline again when he thought of something, he asked "What kind of weapons do they have?"

Even if they are not strong enough, their weapons might be a good experience for him. Esdeath smiled slyly as she knew Garou was now interested in the assassins. She spoke about the more exciting weapons "There is an assassin among them with a poisonous blade called Murasame, the blade can kill with a single cut. There is also another one with armour similar to Wave, it was said it can disappear, and no matter how much you try you can't locate him"

A particular white-armored guy came to Garou's mind, but he pushed the thought to the back of his mind. It might just be a coincidence after all. Besides, she said she couldn't locate him. The guy he fought was easy to find, he only turned invisible but didn't hide anything else, such as his smell, presence, or sound..

"Very well, I will come with you, but If we find them, I want to have the first shot at them. No one of you allowed to interrupt me" Garou laid out his condition.

"Sure, but once you are done with them, I want to have my share of fun" Esdeath agreed instantly.

"No problem" Garou smirked.

The Jaegers on the side sweated at the two's conversation, they couldn't help but feel some pity for Nightraid. Two monsters are hunting the poor assassins just for fun.

"Ummm… Can I make a request ?" Korume walked forward and spoke.

Esdeath and Garou looked at her along with the rest of her teammates. She asked hesitatingly "Can you leave Akame for me?"

"Akame?" Garou frowned, he heard this name before but couldn't remember where.

"She is Kurome's older sister, she betrayed the empire and joined our enemies." Esdeath clarified.

"She betrayed me, betrayed our memories and our friends. I want to take her down myself" Kurome spoke with a calm tone, but the people present heard a hidden anger and sorrow from her.

"Okay, she is yours" Garou agreed, seeing how the lonely girl acted. Kurome nodded gratefully at Garou, she knew if he refused, then there was nothing she could do but watch him take down her sister.

"Esdeath, send someone to the capital to inform the emperor-brat about our leave. Also tell him, if he slacked off when I'm not here, he would not like what I will do to him" Garou spoke.

The Jaegers' eyes twitched, Garou didn't only want to inform the emperor about their leave, but he also wanted them to threaten him. Garou nearly destroyed any dignity the little emperor had in their eyes. This was not the way to speak with an emperor even if you are his teacher.

"Sure" Esdeath agreed without any hesitation, making the Jaegers sigh.

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Sometime later in the palace, a soldier conveyed Garou's words to the emperor while excluding the threat part and was much politer.

The young emperor heard the soldier patiently then said with a smile "Knowing my teacher and how he speaks, he would never talk like this, I'm betting he threatened me, didn't he?"

Unknowingly, the emperor stopped referring to himself with 'we' and started using 'I' instead. All thanks to Garou. In return, the soldier coughed in embarrassment as he replied, "You are the wisest your majesty."

"You can leave" The emperor said, the soldier sighed in relief and retreated.

"General Budo, I would like you to help me train while the teacher is away with General Esdeath" The emperor spoke to the present general.

"If I may say, your majesty… Why are you training? As the emperor, you should sit on your throne and order the people around you" The prime minister finally spoke.

"And stay weak like this? Even a girl is stronger than me!" The emperor replied.

"But you have the ultimate Teigu under your command!" The minister tried to convince him.

"Even so, I still need to be strong in case I couldn't use it. In addition, the stronger I'm, the better I can use the Teigu" The emperor explained.

"But..." The minister was about to say something but the little emperor didn't allow him "Enough! I made my decision, you are not allowed to question me. You are to perform your responsibilities and tasks like usual, and that's all."

The emperor left with Budo the throne room. The prime minister remained in the room watching with cold eyes.

"I can't allow this to continue, he is not listening to me anymore. If I knew it would end up like this, I would have killed this little dog a long time ago, along with his foolish parents." The minister cursed internally.

He initially kept the boy because he was the only one to control the supreme Teigu and was easy to control. But now, he was not listening to him anymore. If he won't listen, then he doesn't need to continue living. But the issue was Garou, if he killed the little emperor, he would be at the receiving end of that monster's wrath, and he had no doubt Esdeath and Budo wouldn't go against him, not like they could stop him anyway.

Garou's presence brought the prime minister a lot of headache. If the prime minister had enough strength, then he would have ripped Garou to pieces and fed him to dogs. He truly hated Garou more than anyone else. Only fear prevented him from acting against Garou.