Unlimited Blade Works of the Raging Dimension 51

Title: Cooperation

That night, the entire imperial capital was in chaos. Although the guards had completed their missions as quickly as possible after five days of preparation, there were still many disturbances. Under the pressure, no major issues occurred.

However, this operation could also be considered a failure.

Because the biggest target had disappeared.

“What did you say? The Prime Minister escaped?” Shirou looked at Budo and asked in surprise.

“That’s right. We were all deceived by him. The Prime Minister who appeared before us these past few days was just a substitute.” Budo’s face was slightly gloomy.

This action had violated his own principles. Not only had he secretly sent troops, he had also joined forces with the Revolutionary Army, which he had previously considered rebels. Yet, he still allowed the biggest target of this operation to escape.

“It seems we all underestimated him. That’s right. After holding power in the court for so many years, why wouldn’t he leave behind some escape routes?”

Another voice spoke, but this voice did not come from Shirou, but from the former Prime Minister Chouri. After being rescued by Night Raid, he had joined the Revolutionary Army.

“This is really troublesome.” Shirou pinched his chin and said, “Over the years, Honest has left many escape routes throughout the country. If he escapes, it will be easy for him to return. What’s most important is that the current emperor trusts him deeply. I’m afraid we will have a hard time convincing him.”

“Just leave it to me. I will let His Majesty see Honest’s true face, but...” Budo turned and looked at Chouri and said, “Although I promised to cooperate with you, you must still keep your promise. Keep an eye on your subordinates and don’t let Night Raid act recklessly, or else don’t blame me for being rude.”

“Don’t worry, General Budo, now that I am in your home, I certainly won’t do anything that would ruin my integrity.” Chouri nodded.

“Good.” Budo nodded, then said to Shirou and Chouri, “I will report all these matters to His Majesty when I go to court, and I will also do my best to persuade His Majesty to recruit the Revolutionary Army. You two come with me, and then you will have to explain it yourselves to His Majesty.”

Of course, Shirou and Chouri had no objections and nodded in agreement.

Seeing the situation before him, Shirou couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. The hard work of the past few months had finally paid off.

In fact, when he had a secret conversation with Budo a few days ago, they discussed the issue of the Revolutionary Army.

Actually, Shirou had put a lot of thought into handling the Revolutionary Army. Although the Revolutionary Army wasn’t particularly powerful, they had gathered most of the forces opposing the Empire. Especially due to Honest’s persecution, a large number of people had been driven to join.

Officials were forced to join the Revolutionary Army, and most of these officials had extraordinary abilities, not to mention there were many Imperial Arms users in the Revolutionary Army, and Night Raid was one of them.

So the question was, an organization of that size couldn’t possibly be dissolved just by killing Honest, and previously the revolutionary army had already taken control of parts of the empire, which made those with ill intentions in the Revolutionary Army see hope of occupying the empire, and these people were not a minority, they occupied a considerable proportion among the senior leaders of the Revolutionary Army.

Shirou had an idea, which was to have the Empire recruit the Revolutionary Army, but if they did so, they would have to eliminate opposition from both sides. So over the past few months, he persuaded them, and in these short few months, he used the power of the Jeweled Sword to eliminate all unstable factors within the Revolutionary Army. This caused a massive change in the top leadership of the Revolutionary Army.

As the former Prime Minister, Chouri naturally had political skills and quickly gained a place among the top leaders of the Revolutionary Army, thus facilitating this cooperation.

For the Revolutionary Army, most of the grassroots officers and mid-level leaders were commoners and officials who had been directly or indirectly persecuted by the Prime Minister. Of course, this cooperation was also approved by many people, although there were voices of opposition. Those were also suppressed under Chouri’s operations.

After receiving Chouri’s reply, Shirou immediately held talks with Budo. After all, if there was anyone in the imperial capital who could rival Honest in terms of power, it was only Budo.

The result was not surprising. Although Budo was old-fashioned, he was not stupid. Moreover, the evidence that Honest had killed the previous emperor and forced the empress to death was placed before him. In the end, he brought Chouri, who had a good relationship with him, to speak directly with him, and finally he agreed to the request for cooperation.

The three of them chatted in Budo’s home, waiting for the time to come to go to court.

However, compared to the relatively calm situation here, the atmosphere at the Jaegers base was somewhat strange.

“Captain Esdeath, why do we have to cooperate with Night Raid? They are criminals.”

Seryu pointed at the Night Raid group sitting across and questioned Esdeath with an angry face. Although she did not hold a grudge over the murder of her teacher, Dr. Stylish was her patron.

Dr. Stylish was killed by Night Raid. Given her personality, Seryu did not attack directly only because of Esdeath’s majesty.

“Alright, Seryu, Shirou and I are the ones who want to cooperate with Night Raid, and General Budo also agrees.” Esdeath glanced at Najenda, then said, “This time, since you just returned and you don’t know, this is to eradicate the root of evil that has been entrenched in the imperial capital for years. Don’t you agree, Seryu?”

“I...”

Esdeath leaned back in her chair and looked around, feeling a bit strange. The current situation was really odd.

She was surprised because her former enemies were now cooperating. Fortunately, Shirou had explained it beforehand, otherwise it would have been very troublesome. However, the current atmosphere was somewhat unbearable for ordinary people.

The two sisters, Akame and Kurome, were glaring at each other, and their right hands were simultaneously placed on their sword hilts. In fact, a slight killing intent could be felt.

Mine was arguing with Seryu again, angrily accusing her of being the real villain. Seryu of course disagreed, and the two girls started a heated argument and were about to fight.

Bors was just staring at Lubbock. Although it was an unconsciously wary expression, the scary mask still made Lubbock feel creepy. He unconsciously sought help from Sheele beside him, but this naive girl was just calmly sipping her tea at the moment.

Leone was probably the most relaxed. She didn’t consider herself an outsider at all and just took drinks from the Jaegers base and drank them.

Najenda and Susanoo were looking at Esdeath with wary gazes, while Esdeath was looking at the Night Raid members with an interested look in her eyes. It seemed like a new experimental product, but of course it wasn’t from a laboratory, but from a torture chamber.

As for Wave and Tatsumi, who had similar personalities and experiences, they looked at their teammates around them and smiled bitterly with understanding. As for Run beside them, he was happily chatting away with the two of them.

In this way, time passed bit by bit, and soon it was time to go to court.

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The three people in Budo’s home were also preparing to rise and take action, but at this moment, there was a commotion outside.