Ding-a-ling—
The bell inside the base rang, and the excited Night Raid members stopped their discussion.
"Boss is back."
"Great, Boss is back."
All the Night Raid members quickly ran to their meeting place.
Every time Boss returned from the Revolutionary Army, she would wait for them in the conference room to tell them important news and list the next assassination targets.
Their Night Raid assassination list had two sources: one was intelligence from the Revolutionary Army, secretly eliminating threats for the Revolutionary Army; the second came from civilian intelligence, assassinating local thugs and bullies who oppressed and exploited common people, as well as those executioners of the Empire.
"Boss, you're back!"
"Boss, let me tell you, something big happened here."
The Night Raid members rushed into the conference room, but before they could speak about what they had encountered, they were interrupted.
"Hmm, let's talk about your matters later. I've brought back a very urgent situation," Najenda said, sitting in her chair with her arms crossed, looking very serious.
"Uh—"
Upon hearing this, the Night Raid members swallowed the words they were about to say. Everyone stepped forward,
their expressions also becoming serious.
"Boss, did something big happen to the Revolutionary Army?" Leone asked.
Najenda recalled the news she had just received from the Revolutionary Army and frowned slightly.
"Not just the Revolutionary Army, it's a very important major event, one that could overturn the entire Empire, and the Revolutionary Army might even split because of it."
"Ah? The Revolutionary Army splitting? What's going on?"
Everyone looked bewildered.
"It's like this," Najenda took a deep breath.
"When I just arrived at the Revolutionary Army headquarters, the Revolutionary Army received the latest news: The Way of Peace, the largest organization in the Empire's Eastern Province, has launched an armed revolution."
"The Way of Peace launched an armed revolution? Isn't that great news?" Brand's eyes lit up.
He knew The Way of Peace well. It was a religious group that had risen in the past decade or so, believing that 'doing good deeds can lead to happiness and longevity.' It was a very peaceful organization, with no conflict with the Empire; on the contrary, it had the effect of stabilizing local conflicts.
Although he heard that the Holy Capital had been trying to eliminate The Way of Peace, it had not succeeded because a large portion of the people in the Eastern Province were believers.
When an entire region consists of followers of a religious group, the Empire's power in that area is greatly diminished.
It was said that the local nobles were much more restrained than those in other places, because most of the common people the nobles faced when they went out were believers, and these believers were more willing to listen to The Way of Peace.
However, it was precisely because The Way of Peace's doctrine was peaceful that it did not touch the Empire's nerves.
"Hmm, I originally thought so too, but the Teigu User who returned from Jerok brought back news that shook the entire Revolutionary Army high command."
Najenda was still in shock, her expression trembling.
"What news?" Everyone looked at each other, never having seen Boss with this expression before.
Najenda took a deep breath: "A miracle descended upon Jerok, the headquarters of The Way of Peace. This isn't a trick by The Way of Peace, but a true miracle."
"In just one night, at least two hundred people comparable to Teigu Users appeared in the entire city of Jerok, and they weren't using tools, but their own inherent power."
"The leader of The Way of Peace not only didn't conceal it, but instead revealed the existence of God, God's power, and God's desire to establish a new country."
"At the same time, all the nobles in Jerok, the nobles' executioners, and those self-serving merchants, as well as the local bullies and thugs, were all cleared out in one night by those people comparable to Teigu Users."
"Their heads were piled up into a 'jingguan' (a mound of enemy heads) at the entrance of The Way of Peace's headquarters."
"And they announced the establishment of a Religious State, with Jerok as its Holy Capital."
"Even as I speak to you about this, Jerok is holding the founding ceremony of the Religious State."
"All the believers in Jerok and the surrounding towns and villages are attending."
"And at the same time, they also dispatched those who call themselves 'God's Grace,' people comparable to Teigu Users, to execute those defined as sinful by The Way of Peace in the surrounding towns and villages."
"The entire Eastern Province has fallen into a frenzy that even the Revolutionary Army is worried about."
The Night Raid members were only surprised after hearing this, not shocked.
They had already received Divine Blessing from God. Didn't they know what God wanted to do? God's Grace was indeed more powerful than a Teigu User, and God's Grace combined with a Teigu User was incredibly strong.
Mine asked, full of confusion: "Isn't it a good thing to establish a Religious State and eliminate those thugs, bullies, and corrupt nobles? Why is the Revolutionary Army still worried?"
She had lived until now because of the Revolutionary Army, and becoming an assassin was her own choice. In her heart, the Revolutionary Army represented justice.
Brand frowned: "Yeah, why would the Revolutionary Army be worried? Doesn't the appearance of people comparable to Teigu Users just mean they have the ability to directly declare war on the Empire?"
Najenda shook her head: "You're oversimplifying things."
"The Revolutionary Army has always represented the justice of the people, and its current scale is entirely due to the support of the people."
"Money, food, soldiers, everything comes from the support of the people."
"But suddenly, an organization emerges that directly slaughters all sinful people, establishes a country in the name of God, and possesses the secret to creating individuals comparable to Teigu Users."
"Who do you think the people will choose to support?"
"Leaving aside everything else, even the current soldiers of the Revolutionary Army will become unstable. Soldiers come from the common people."
"This directly cuts off the Revolutionary Army's foundation."
Leone frowned: "By the way, Boss, since they are better than the Revolutionary Army in all aspects, isn't it normal for the people to choose them?"
Akame nodded, and the others also fell into thought.
"On the surface, it does seem better than the Revolutionary Army, but the people seem to have been brainwashed and fallen into a frenzy, as if they've become marionettes. It's truly chilling."
"It's highly likely that The Way of Peace has brainwashed the people through some means," Najenda said.
"Why can't it be that God truly exists?" Mine asked at this moment.
"God? There is no God in the world," Najenda shook her head.
Everyone hesitated to speak. Didn't they know whether God existed or not? They had all received Divine Blessing from God. Such power was definitely not something a human could achieve.
"Is that what you think, Boss, or the Revolutionary Army?" Brand couldn't help but ask.
Najenda felt that her subordinates were a bit strange, but she continued: "That was the conclusion reached by all the high-ranking officials of the Revolutionary Army in a meeting that night. Of course, I won't easily draw conclusions before knowing the truth."
"Originally, the high-ranking officials of the Revolutionary Army issued an assassination list for the high-ranking members of The Way of Peace to us, Night Raid, but I think that's too hasty, so I believe we should personally go and investigate the situation before making a decision."