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[Yu-Gi-Oh!: Undefeated/Ultra-Meta!]
Sai Akuto's soul and body shuddered.
Just as the Leone family's rumors said, her physical strength was the greatest within Night Raid—like an indestructible lion queen.
Fortunately, Akuto had prepared for this.
Keeping one hand on Leone's beast tail, he activated both his Succubus bloodline and the Red Dragon Emperor's effects.
Because Leone had long relied on "Beast King Incarnate," she had picked up some feline habits and liked to follow instinct. Very soon, she drifted deep into that instinct and couldn't pull herself out.
Not long after, the system chime rang beside Akuto's ear.
[Ding!]
[Congratulations to the host for completing a Fate-Seize.]
[Fate Source: Leone.]
[Blank Initial-Ability Slot +1. Total initial-ability slots: 17.]
Night Raid's base
Akame wandered aimlessly through the base.
Tonight she felt an unprecedented emptiness.
Because, one by one and in a set order, her comrades had left.
First were Sheele and Mine—the earliest to go. They'd just finished their bath when they headed out.
Before leaving, Akame overheard them discussing what styles of outfits to "recreate" with Slime tonight.
Next was Najenda.
Before stepping out, she chain-smoked quite a bit, then stuffed herself with snacks.
She said she didn't want the smell of smoke in her mouth to leave a bad impression on Akuto.
Then came Leone.
Leone didn't dress up in any special way; she'd told Akame she planned to keep "Beast King Incarnate" active when she met with Governor Akuto.
Akame could only admire that level of resolve.
After that was Chelsea.
Chelsea had prepared herself long ago—honestly, she was delighted, as if her long effort was finally paying off.
And at the end… it was Akame herself.
She didn't prepare much. She simply wore her usual uniform and ate a lighter dinner.
After all, if she ate too much and her tummy puffed out a little, showing that in front of Governor Akuto would feel mortifying.
Sighing, Akame stepped forward on her fair legs wrapped in black short socks and entered the transfer array reserved for the army.
A few seconds later, she arrived at the Governor's Residence—
—and saw a scene she would remember for life.
Her younger sister Kurome sat in Akuto's lap like a child in a stroller, her brows brimming with bliss and contentment. Perhaps she felt too happy; her eyes had rolled up slightly, as if her spirit had floated to the heavens.
Akuto cradled Kurome in a gentle, carry-a-baby posture, his hands lightly holding Kurome's black-stockinged feet. Akame swallowed.
Kurome looked no different from when they'd just met earlier.
At least… not in clothing—besides a few square centimeters of black stockings being torn away.
So it can be like that… Akame felt she'd learned something new.
Akuto, currently serving as Kurome's human "rocking chair," also noticed Akame's arrival.
"Kurome, our guest is here," he whispered by her ear.
"I-Is she?"
Kurome looked toward Akame.
Under Akame's calm gaze, Kurome reached out her hand.
"Onee-sama, this way, we can be together forever~"
"Together forever…?" Akame murmured.
Indeed—Akame admitted it—Akuto, with his beyond-standard abilities, had swept away every obstacle between her and Kurome.
Kurome's physical problem? Akuto solved it with a single Devil chess piece.
Kurome's values? Governor Akuto was very good at coaxing women; he'd all but won Kurome over. Otherwise, Kurome wouldn't have accepted his piece.
That left Akame's own problem.
She wanted to build a new nation where the people could live happier lives. And Akuto just happened to be the person most likely to accomplish this within the present Empire.
Finally, there was absolute strength.
Even if she refused to accept it at first, Akuto's overwhelming power forced her to face reality.
Yes—if a happy future exists, who would choose the one filled with tragedy?
"Onee-sama, could you come here?" Kurome smiled foolishly and invited her with a gesture.
Pop— a soft sound.
Before Akame could respond, a hat-wearing girl with a firearm appeared behind her and gently pushed her toward Kurome.
"Is that… one of Kurome's puppets? Looks like Doya?"
Akame found it odd. Weren't Kurome's puppets supposed to be corpses? Why were this gunner girl's hands warm?
There was no time to think more. Akuto's lips met Akame's.
Under the influence of the Succubus bloodline, hormones surged throughout Akame's body; her head turned hazy. With Kurome assisting, Akame slowly settled down. Her toes, encased in short black socks, curled bit by bit, and her pale thighs shone with cool moonlight.
[Ding!]
[Congratulations to the host for completing a Past-Life Goal — "Bedside Reconciliation of Akame & Kurome."]
[Reward Obtained: Golden Entry — Hades' Blessing.]
[Hades' Blessing: Greatly increases affinity with the Underworld and the Earth.
Comes with "Bond of the Chthonic God." When activated, beings slain by the host can be converted into the host's Death Servants to attend upon the host eternally.]
After that, Akame didn't remember much.
She only knew that Akuto seemed to… particularly like her well-trained, shapely thighs. Compared to Kurome's full pantyhose, Akame's short socks better showcased that advantage.
"Governor Akuto… can you really save this Empire by yourself?" Akame asked breathlessly, eyes rolling up a little.
"Akame, to save an Empire takes the effort of every person of vision within it," Akuto replied.
"If salvation depends on me alone, then the Empire isn't worth saving."
"In that case… we're in this together."
"I acknowledge your answer," Akame said, voice trembling yet resolute.
"The Empire belongs to the Emperor—and to the people. From today on, I will help you achieve that goal."
"…Is that so? Then I'll look forward to your performance," Akuto chuckled, shaking his head softly.
Akame was, indeed, Akame—her mind full of saving the people and the Empire.
Not a bad thing. At the very least, it aligned with his blueprint for this nation.
And—
Even setting ideals aside, to empower the "Supreme Imperial Throne," Akuto needed more dragon aura and national fortune…
About half an hour later, with the Boosted Gear active, Akame finally fainted.
Akuto, still joined with her, heard the longest system prompt yet.
[Ding!]
[Congratulations to the host for completing a Fate-Seize.]
[Fate Sources: Akame & Kurome.]
[Blank Initial-Ability Slots +2. Total initial-ability slots: 20.]
Thus, half-coercion and half-consent, Akuto "obtained" the entirety of Night Raid.
As he'd once said, most heroines in the Akame ga Kill world aren't difficult to win over—as long as you untie their heart-knots, meet their partner standards, and truly make the people's lives better, they're willing to devote themselves.
[Ding!]
[Congratulations to the host for completing a Past-Life Goal — Night Raid: Full Collection (Red).]
[Reward Obtained: Ring of Usurpation (Red).]
Ring of Usurpation — a miracle-tool forged by Pandora after she reworked the "divine implements" the Steel War-God had used to seize the Earth Mother's authority, created to realize the "Grand Rite of Deicide."
As human society shifted from matriarchal to patriarchal clans, myth itself changed: the Steel War-God representing paternal divinity gradually replaced the Earth Mother representing maternal divinity. The fathers' gods not only boasted of their strength; they folded the Earth Mother's authorities of the defeated into their own hands. Witnessing this, Pandora found the implements the paternal gods had used to rob the Earth Mother's power—and refashioned them into the Ring of Usurpation.
The Ring can seize the authorities of a defeated god. In the world of the God-slayers, because a Heretic God's descent is only an avatar, Campiones can normally pull only the authority that suits them from among many.
But the system's Ring of Usurpation is different.
This Ring directly acquires all of a Heretic God's authorities, and, after slaying the deity's true body, can further evolve the obtained authorities.
Note: Any being that governs world-rules qualifies—for example, the Heretic Gods of the Campione! world, the gods of the DxD world, the Outer Gods of the EXE continuity, the Human-God of Mushoku Tensei, etc. The Ring can extract their authorities.
"Ring of Usurpation, huh?" Akuto mused. "Are you egging me on to slay gods?"
"The DxD world should have plenty of deities who won't cause problems if they're eliminated, right?"
A red-tier reward caps out at Dragon-God class, and Dragon-God alone isn't enough against the EXE world's Outer-Three—Evil God, Oni God, Demon God—who stand beyond the Dragon-God level.
"For now, I'll leverage dungeon worlds to power up fast."
"Like this time—before my memories fully awakened, I spent over a decade studying arrays and arts. I've already raised my sorcery to a 'universal crown' level of mastery across formations."
"Give me a few more worlds, and both my technique and combat power should leap forward again."
Though the crisis loomed, Akuto didn't shy away.
He gently kissed Akame and Kurome on their lips, adjusted their posture so Akame could lie atop him under gravity's pull, and, still joined, drifted into sleep.
(End of Chapter)
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