After eating, the group was resting there.
"Kaede, are you willing to join the Elite Group?" Gozuki asked, seemingly casually as he exhaled a puff of smoke.
"The Elite Group?" Kaede was stunned, and surprise flashed in Akame's eyes beside her. If her sister also came, she would be able to see her sister every day, but Kurome...
"You want to recruit me into the Elite Group?" Kaede understood immediately, narrowed her eyes, and looked at Gozuki.
"Of course, after all, you are strong." Gozuki was not lying in this sentence. Even now, he couldn't feel a shred of aura on Kaede; it was almost non-existent. Having heard the Elite Group's account, and with Kaede's record of killing Barbara, she naturally couldn't be an ordinary person.
Therefore, this feeling of "nothingness" was even more terrifying than that feeling full of killing intent. To be able to do this in front of him already proved that she had achieved a near-perfect level of restraining her killing intent!
Actually, before last night, Kaede couldn't do this. It was just because she had figured things out; the problem that had been bothering her was solved, and then it was as if her whole person had undergone a sublimation.
"Hmm, it's not impossible." Kaede nodded, then looked at Gozuki. "I still have a younger sister in the Reinforcement Squad."
"The Elite Group's missions are very dangerous," Gozuki said.
"The Reinforcement Squad is more dangerous," Kaede replied with a smile. "If you can let Kurome join the Elite Group, I will go to the Elite Group."
"..." Gozuki was silent. Listening to Kaede, it felt like it wouldn't be easy to let Kurome join the Elite Group, but how could that be?
As if she knew Gozuki's doubts, Kaede directly continued: "Kurome definitely wants to join the Elite Group, after all, Akame is here too, but Bill might not agree." As she said this, Kaede shrugged, "As for me, if I want to leave, Bill can't stop me."
"Hmm?" Vaguely, Gozuki seemed to sense something, the corners of his mouth curling up. Interesting. Then he would let him see if that old man dared to go against him!
Afterwards, although very reluctant, Kaede still parted ways with Akame. After all, since the mission was over, even if it wasn't completed perfectly, she still had to return quickly.
However, this time upon returning, did Bill still want to treat her as a tool?
In Bill's office, an angry roar rang out.
"What did you say? You failed the mission?"
"Yeah, I ran into Barbara, I slaughtered her, and then the others escaped." Kaede was leaning against the wall there, trimming her fingernails with a dagger, saying it without any self-awareness.
"Barbara?" After Bill muttered this, his face turned pale, and shock flashed in his eyes. He seemed to realize who she was, and then was immediately choked speechless. Continue scolding Kaede? How could that be possible? Just the fact that she killed Barbara was enough to explain everything.
"By the way, Kurome and I won't be doing any missions these next few days. I'm telling you so you don't arrange any missions for me again." Stretching, Kaede continued to trim her fingernails.
"What did you say?" This time, there was no roar, but Bill's face darkened completely. He realized that this time when Kaede returned, something seemed to have changed.
"Are you deaf? So you'd better change someone else for this position sooner rather than later." Kaede shrugged, her words merciless.
"Don't forget our agreement." Bill's face turned black, suppressing his anger.
"Agreement?" Kaede's eyes flashed, and then her entire figure disappeared from the spot.
"What?" Bill widened his eyes, but the next moment he felt his body completely out of his control.
"Bang!!" This was the sound of the collision as Kaede fiercely slammed Bill's head onto the desk.
"You still dare to talk to me about an agreement?" Anger also appeared in Kaede's eyes, "Don't think I don't know how many things you've done that violated the agreement!"
Kaede actually knew that agreements and such were completely unreliable things, but what could she do? If it wasn't for the medication, Kurome would show the aftereffects of not taking the medicine in front of Kaede; otherwise, Bill would probably secretly drug Kurome.
Unable to stop all of this, Kaede could only act as if it hadn't happened, but she remembered every single instance clearly!
"You!" Bill wanted to stand up, but felt a cold sensation on his neck. Immediately, Bill's body stopped struggling, his face twisted.
"What do you want to do?"
"I don't want to do anything." Kaede withdrew the dagger and walked towards the door.
When she reached the door, Kaede's body paused, and without looking back, she said: "By the way, actually I really want to try if I can kill you here and then take Kurome and escape~ If I killed you, I think if I ran to Esdeath, she would still take me in~" Having said that, Kaede completely left Bill's office.
"Bastard!!" Hearing Kaede's words, Bill became furious. He didn't expect that at this moment, she had already completely escaped his control! Bastard! Although he had a premonition, it was too fast!
Moreover, Bill did not doubt Kaede's words. If she could kill Barbara, then killing him would be absolutely easy. And after killing him, based on that Esdeath's personality, she would definitely protect her subordinates.
Esdeath, the empires strongest, they are all bastards! Bill gritted his teeth, angry, but helpless. Esdeath was definitely not someone at his level could touch.
Moreover, Bill also vaguely felt that Kaede herself was faintly moving in the direction of Esdeath.
Now, Bill somewhat wanted to get rid of Kaede, but after thinking for a long time, Bill realized that there seemed to be only a few people who could definitely kill Kaede.
Esdeath, General Budo, but these two were not existences he could invite.
After thinking it over, Bill finally could only abandon this idea.
However, looking at his gloomy face, the forehead with prominent veins, and bloodshot eyes, one could imagine how intense the suppressed anger in his heart was!
Although, even if Bill was like this, no one would sympathize with him.
Walking in the hallway, Kaede had a smile on her face. She would be able to see Kurome soon, and Kaede believed that after saying this, not only would she have no missions, but Kurome would also not have any missions. Furthermore, in this way, Bill might be eager to hand her over, this hot potato, and at that time she and Kurome should be able to reunite with Akame.
Although it was jumping from one pit into another pit, Gozuki didn't count as too big a threat to her, maybe not even as much as Bill's place. After all, Bill's place was inside the Empire~
As for mentioning Esdeath, hmm, that was Kaede talking nonsense. Although she did know Esdeath, well~ does meeting and having to fight a battle count as having a good relationship? Anyway, unless absolutely necessary, it was impossible for her to go to Esdeath's place.
However, it must be said that Esdeath's place was indeed the safest place. Who would dare to ask for someone from her hands? Do they not want to live?
As for how she met Esdeath, it was actually just doing missions. Sometimes the missions conflicted with Esdeath's, actually not conflicting. Esdeath's mission was to wipe out everyone, while Kaede's mission was to assassinate the leaders of those people.
However, after the leader was assassinated, the remaining people were naturally vulnerable. So the warlike Esdeath was very unhappy every time and had to fight a match with her, although every time the result was her running away.
However, over time, they encountered such situations several times, and slowly got used to it. Then, when Esdeath saw Kaede, she wouldn't think about killing those leaders, but directly developed the habit of fighting a match with Kaede and bullying/abusing Kaede...
However, before Gozuki asked for people, Kaede still had some serious business to do. For example, that good instructor of hers had been looking forward to her assassinating him~
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