The kidnapping of the internal affairs officer at the execution ground soon caused a sensation in the entire imperial capital. Everyone who heard about it was stunned, not to mention that the judge who announced the emperor's order was also killed on the spot. This was simply a naked contempt for the emperor! !
All of a sudden, the entire imperial capital was in action. Both the guards and the security forces patrolled 24 hours a day. The entire imperial capital was completely closed, and anyone coming in and out had to undergo the most stringent inspection. A curfew was also implemented in the imperial capital.
Originally, the senior officials thought that under such strict orders, those bastards who dared to offend the imperial power should not appear again, but the reality was completely different from what they imagined. As the level of security in the imperial capital increased, the frequency of these "death gods" being dispatched also increased!
A team of garrison soldiers who were patrolling late at night did not return on time, and when they were found, they had already become dead bodies in the alley.
The captain of the security team in charge of the patrol area asked someone to get some breakfast. However, when his subordinates came back with breakfast, they found that the captain of the security team and his two subordinates who were sitting in the office were dead.
The Guards' adjutant was found dead in the toilet.
The clerk in charge of checking the market was found hanged from a street railing.
Although the angry soldiers of the imperial capital showed their determination to kill a hundred people by mistake rather than let one go, and arrested and even detained ordinary people for trial, in an attempt to threaten the ghosts who came and went without a trace, those who did so usually did not survive more than two days before being found dead on the street.
Under such circumstances, the imperial nobles were also extremely angry. They even closed the entire city and ordered all the troops to go out to search and monitor every street! For a time, the imperial capital was even more tense than during the war preparation period.
But what was unexpected was that on the same night when they dispersed all their troops to the outer city of the imperial capital for search, the enemy attacked in the aristocratic district of the inner city of the imperial capital and killed a high-ranking civil official.
This scared the nobles, and they hurriedly demanded that all the troops return to the aristocratic area in the inner city to protect themselves. As for the ordinary people in the outer city, these nobles obviously didn't care.
But when it comes to your own life and death, that’s another matter.
So now most of the troops have returned to the inner city, and the patrol level in the outer city has been reduced to its original level.
No, it should be said that it is lower than before.
Reality is not a game, there are no soldiers that refresh infinitely, and everyone has only one life. At the beginning, the guards and the Royal Guards were indeed angry, especially because the other side treated them as nothing and entered the house, killing whoever they wanted. What was even more frustrating was that they didn't even know who their opponents were!
If it was a night raid, at least they could still find the murderer with a few portraits, but now, they didn't even know whether the murderer was a man or a woman, a human or a ghost. They just wanted to catch someone, but they didn't even know who to catch. This feeling of punching the air was really uncomfortable.
However, when anger reached its peak, it turned into fear.
That's right, more and more people suspected that those death gods might really be death gods, hiding in the darkness, ruthlessly harvesting other people's lives. As for why those who were killed died, even if the general public didn't know, there would always be someone who knew why. Because of this, the morale of these soldiers became lower and lower, especially after the nobles withdrew most of their troops to the inner city in order to save their lives, leaving only the most basic armed forces in the outer city, the morale of these soldiers was basically gone.
Under such circumstances, the patrol soldiers became more and more lazy, and many of them even just went about their business as usual. Their superiors could do nothing about it, after all, the law does not punish everyone, and if they wanted to lock up all these soldiers for dereliction of duty, it would immediately cause a mutiny.
What's more, if they did that, they might be the next to die.
After all, those idiots who took their anger out on their subordinates because they couldn't catch the Grim Reaper basically didn't live to see the sun rise the next day.
This is why most people believe that those people are really the gods of death, otherwise it is impossible to explain why they can be so clear about what is happening around them. You know, many people died even under heavy guard, but those soldiers either didn't find anything or died together.
And judging from their situation, they didn't even have time to send out the slightest message.
But not everyone has given up.
"team leader……"
Standing in the room, looking at the empty desk, the brown-haired girl gritted her teeth and turned to walk towards the door. As soon as she opened the door, she saw a short-haired boy blocking her way.
"Ms. Seleu, where are you going?"
"I'm going on patrol."
In response to the boy's question, the girl named Seleu gave an answer.
"Those villains will surely strike out again. Without the patrol of the security team, they will be even more unscrupulous. I can take this opportunity to ambush them and will definitely be able to catch them!"
After saying this, Selyu picked up the white puppy beside her and walked out. However, the boy hesitated for a moment, then hurriedly caught up.
"Ms. Seryu, I'm coming too!"
"Tatsumi?"
Seleu was stunned for a moment when looking at the boy in front of her, while Tatsumi stared at her.
"I still remember that when I first came to this city, I was cheated of all my money. It was you, Miss Selyu, who helped me and recommended me to join the security team. Captain Ouka was also very kind to me. I... I will never forget what happened that day! I also want to avenge Captain Ouka and kill those thieves who disrupted the imperial capital!"
At this point, Tatsumi clenched his fists. He was extremely angry as he saw with his own eyes that the once bustling imperial capital had now become deserted. He didn't know who those people were who had disrupted the imperial capital, but it was because of those people that the imperial capital had become what it was now, and even Captain Ouka had died in their hands!
He will never let those guys go!
"Maybe he'll die?"
Staring at Tatsumi, Seryu whispered, and Tatsumi smiled slightly.
"I won't die that easily."
"Very well, then follow me, Tatsumi."
Hearing Tatsumi's answer, Seryu also smiled.
"Let us use absolute justice to destroy those evildoers!!!"
Night falls.
It was already late at night, and on the deserted streets of the imperial capital, two figures were running along the street.
"Ah, it's all because of those Death Gods. Now it's even becoming so difficult for us to carry out our mission."
As Mayin ran, she complained in a low voice. Hearing her complaints, the girl wearing a cheongsam, purple hair and glasses beside Mayin smiled slightly.
"But mission success is better than anything else."
This purple-haired girl is also a member of the Night Raid. Her name is Hill. Like Maine, she is also the holder of an imperial weapon. This assassination was carried out by her and Maine as a team.
"Yeah, now those guys from the security team don't dare to show up... so... huh?"
However, before Mayin finished her words, she seemed to notice something and quickly raised her head to look behind her. At the same time, a figure suddenly flew out from the woods and rushed towards the two of them!
"There are enemies!"
Maine quickly turned over and dodged backwards, while the purple-haired girl grabbed her scissors and dodged to the other side. Almost at the same time when the two of them dodged, the figure hit the ground heavily like a cannonball.
"What's wrong with this guy?"
Staring at the figure slowly standing up in front of her, Marin's expression was solemn.
"I can't sense her presence at all."
Hill also slowly raised the scissors in his hand and looked forward. At this moment, the smoke dissipated, and he could see a brown-haired girl and a puppy standing in the middle of the street.
"It seems that they are not on the same level as those guards who completely exposed their auras."
“…”
The brown-haired girl didn't pay attention to the conversation between the two. She just silently picked up the wanted poster in her hand and took a look at it.
"As expected, her appearance matches the one on the wanted poster, so I'm sure she's Hill from the Night Raid. Judging from the imperial tool she's holding, the woman who's traveling with her is also from the Night Raid..."
Having said that, the girl opened her mouth and revealed a ferocious smile.
"We finally meet, Night Raid!!! In the name of absolute justice, we will judge the evil here! Die! You evil thieves!!!"
"boom--!"
There was an explosion.
"Um?"
Standing on the top of the tower, Fang Zheng turned his head and looked in the direction of the explosion.
Over there... there shouldn't be any assassination plan today, right?
Thinking of this, Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes. The next moment, the scenery in front of him instantly zoomed in like a telescope. Then, Fang Zheng saw the battle breaking out in the deserted square.
"That's... three people and a... dog?"
Fang Zheng could clearly see that the girl with pink twin ponytails was holding a huge gun-like thing in her hand, and was fighting with a dog that looked like it had been inflated. She fired countless bullets at the dog, piercing through its body and even blasting it with beams, but soon the big white dog would return to its original form and continue to attack.
On the other side, a girl with long purple hair and wearing a cheongsam was holding a pair of scissors almost as big as herself and was fighting with a girl wearing guard armor.
"That's... the one who attacked at night."
Fang Zheng also took out a wanted poster from his arms and took a look at it. By the way, the style of this country is so mixed that Fang Zheng is speechless. Different from the pure fantasy, Western fantasy or Chinese style, the style of this country is a complete hodgepodge. In this country, Fang Zheng can see people wearing kimonos, suits, cheongsams, armor, sailor suits, Gothic lolita... What kind of cultural fusion is this?
What the hell is this? Everything from ancient times to the present, from China to the West, is crammed in here all at once.
Never mind, these are just small things, don't worry about them.
"Iyeas."
Fang Zheng lowered his head and looked around him.
"Yes, mentor."
"It seems that the Night Raid and the Imperial Capital Guard have started a fight. Let's go check out the situation and clean up the mess."
"yes."
After saying this, Fang Zheng stood up, walked to the edge of the tower, and then opened his arms. At this moment, a pitch-black falcon descended from the sky and circled around the entire tower.
“——!!”
With an eagle's cry, the next moment Fang Zheng leaped down from the high tower and completely disappeared into the darkness.