Imperial Palace:

Imperial Army Messenger: General Nakakido and General Hemi....have deserted us and joined the rebel army!!

"General Nakakido was an expert at war...."

"If we don't do anything fast, the Empire will fall!""

"The rebel army are amassing strength at a frightening rate, and our generals just keep defecting..."

The Emperor: There's nothing to be afraid of! They are far down south, we can deal with them at any time! Let them amass their numbers so we can wipe them all out!.....That should do, right Prime Minister?

Honest: *chewing meat* Heh heh, you're calm as always ....Rather than some far-off rebels, we have a bigger problem. The Imperial Guard captain, my distant relative Iokal and that executioner, all of them were killed by Night Raid. And there's that "Carcharodon Astra" who dared threaten me in front of the Emperor!

The Emperor: What about that one tribe?

Honest: I lost contact with them.....To deal with this problem, we must contact General Esdeath and bring her to the Capital!

Random general: B-But we already have Grand General Budo guarding the capital!

Honest: That man is too prideful to hunt rodents. Esdeath is our most viable choice. She's already buried 400 thousand tribe members alive. Picking off some gang shouldn't be an issue.

The Emperor: She's as great a hero as Budo, it should be fine.

Honest: We must also order the garrison to buck up! I don't care if Night Raid were captured alive or dead! We will hunt them down, and finish off every last one of them!

Imperial Capita's slums:

"Good day, Leone."

"Could you give me a shoulder rub, Leone?"

"Leone, come play with us!"

"Looking good today, aren't ya? Wanna go drinking?"

Arthur: I never thought that one day I would see the slums being the liveliest place in a city

Tatsumi: This place looks alive, unlike the capital.

Leone: When you have to struggle for your entire life, your spirit becomes die-hard.

Arthur/Tatsumi: Either way....You seems popular.

Leone: I grew up here. It's my hometown!

Arthur: What about those debtors?

"Pay me your tab!"

"Come here and settle the gambling debts!"

"Give back the money you scammed my brother!"

Arthur: I have my own business. Bye!

Leone: This place is interesting, don't you think so?

Tatsumi: I am too scared for my life to think here!

After a while:

Tatsumi: Finally, I lost them. So as Leone.....Hold on...Oh crap, I've got separated! I don't even know the directions! And Sir Arthur has bailed out!

A/N: Here comes another bitch in sheep's clothing:

Seryu: You there, are you in need of assistance?

Tatsumi: Those clothes....are you a member of the Imperial Guard?

Seryu: Yep! I'm Seryu Ubiquitous, member of the capital garrison! I'm an ally of justice.

Dog: *whining*
Seryu: Are you hungry, Coro-chan?

Tatsumi: Uh, is that...

Seryu: He's the Imperial Arm: Hekatonkheires. Don't worry. He's harmless to all innocents!

Tatsumi: (I read about him in that book!)

Seryu: So, do you have a problem?

Tatsumi: Uh, I'm just lost. I do know the name of where I'm supposed to be, but...

Seryu: I'll help you get there while doing my patrolling! This way!

Tatsumi: By the way, do all Imperial Guard members own guys like your dog?

Seryu: I'm the only one with an Imperial Arm. Coro is the name I gave him. There was no one in the higher rank who could use him, so I received a full-body examination, and it was my heart of justice that he responds to. That's how he became my partner! Anyway, here's the bar you were looking for. Bye!

Tatsumi: (A garrison soldier with an Imperial Arm. I better let the Acting Commander know.)

Seryu: (It's good to help those in need, but I have to find Night Raid!)

Flashback:

Ogre: You've gotten stronger again, Seryu!

Seryu: Koro has chosen me, so I have to build up my strength! "Justice must never give in to evil!", that is what my father said before he's killed in action.

Ogre: if you want to be that strong, how about I teach you a trick?

Seryu: Really?

Ogre: A doctor friend of mine said he wants to try a little experiment, but it will be extremely painful. Do you want to accept it?

Seryu: If it means I can conquer evil, I can do anything.

Flashback end.

Seryu: (The evil that killed my master Ogre.....Night Raid....I will never forgive them!)

Imperial Capital's Red Light District:

Leone: Now then, we will sneak in and kill the target

Leone activated her Imperial Arm, jumping from rooftop to rooftop while holding a freaked out Tatsumi. They stop when Leone jumped into an attic

Leone: Phew! We made it!

Tatsumi: You called that sneaking in?

Leone: This way, hurry!

Tatsumi: ......

Leone: Look.

Below them were a crowd of young women, all of them in various stages of drug addiction. They have grown totally dependent on the drug traffickers. A particular one was groveling below the drug traffickers' feet, her addiction made her look more akin to a living corpse than human.

Drug trafficker: Boss. This one's broken.

Drug trafficker leader: Just throw her away. We can get a new one

Drug trafficker: We could find more in the slums

Drug trafficker leader: Yeah. Those good-for-nothings will do anything for money.

Tatsumi: They are monsters just as the client said. Unforgivable.

Leone: Let's go kill them.

Tatsumi: Roger. After hearing Sheele's story, I've got no patience for narcotics.

They descend to the traffickers' meeting room. Between two assassins of Night Raid, they simply stood no chance. They abuse the "good-for-nothings" in their whole lives, now they die by the hands of such "good-for-nothings".

Later that night, at the Imperial Capital's outskirts:

Tatsumi: What's going to happen to all the girls now?

Leone: There's a former doctor in the slums. He's old, but still quite sharp. We can leave them to him. Besides, he likes cute girls

Tatsumi: You're quite a softie.

Leone: It's only because I knew some of them when I was a kid.

Tatsumi: At least there is still some hope for them

Leone: I have thought for quite a while.....That smiley face of yours is quite cute, you know?

Tatsumi: Wah.... What?

Leone: I've marked you, you know? When you're fully grown, you'll be all mine. Now then, I wonder how the Acting Commander and others are doing

Mine: Our target Chibul has way too much protection.

Sheele: I'm glad we still pulled this off unscathed.

Someone jumped down from the trees

Mine: (An enemy....I didn't pick up on her at all...Who is she?)

Sheele: (She can conceal her presence. Definitely not a normal guard).

Seryu: That face looks just like the picture in the posters. You must be Sheele of Night Raid. And judging at the Imperial Arm on your friend's hand, she must also belong to Night Raid as well. At last, I have found you! I am Seryu Ubiquitous of the Imperial Guard, and I sentence you all to death in the name of justice!

Mine: We have no choice but to fight this time.

Seryu: My father and my teacher...they all died because of villains like you! I will kill you by my own hands

Mine: In that case......I'll make the first move.

Switching Pumpkin to Machine Gun Mode, Mine unleashed a hail of fire at Seryu. Seeing its owner in peril, Coro turns into a 10 feet tall monster and shield Seryu from all the projectiles.

Sheele: Mine, that's an Imperial Arm!

Mine: And it's a biological type....

Seryu: Coro, eat them!

Hekatonkheires, mouth brimming with razor sharp teeth, lunges at Sheele. Undaunted, Sheele cut the dog in one move, almost beheading it. Thinking Coro was dead, she turned around to deal with the guardswoman. But from behind her, Coro rose, fangs bearing again. Mine blasted it away from her friend.

Mine: A biological Imperial Arm can only die if its hidden core was destroyed, otherwise it can keep regenerating.

Sheele: It doesn't have a heart, so Murasame is useless against it as well. What a problematic opponent

Seryu: Coro. Arms

Coro's forelimbs transform into muscular arms, making the already monstrous dog look even uglier.

Coro: RAAAAAARRGHHHHH!

Mine: The fuck is this abomination? You know what, this is our only chance, Sheele

Sheele: Understood.

Seryu; Crush them!

Obeying Seryu's order, Hekatonkheires threw a heavy barrage of punches at Mine. Sheele stood in front of Mine, using Extase as to block the punches. It goes without saying that Extase really proves its durability. Seryu used a small whistle to call for reinforcement, putting the assassins in even greater peril.

Mine: Now we're even more in a pinch. So let's do this!

Mine fired a charged shot towards Hekatonkeires, heavily injuring the Imperial Arms, causing it to shrink.

Seryu: Her firepower increased?

Mine: He's already begin to regenerate. That's some vitality there.

Seryu: Never underestimate an Imperial Arm's durability!

Sheele: Imperial Arms are just tools. If the user die, they will stop working.

Seryu: (She's after me! Shit!)

Sheele: Extase!

A golden flash temporarily blinded Seryu. Exploiting her opening, Sheele repeatedly stabsbedat Sery by Extase. Seryu, however, was no slouch either. She deflected all of the stabs, making Sheele surprised of her strength and skill. Coro attempted to assist its owner, but Mine kept it occupied.

Mine: You are dealing with me. ( Now that I'm not in a bad pinch, I can't finish him off. But I finally have an idea of where his core is)

Back to the brawl between Seryu and Sheele, so far the fight has been a stalemate. Suddenly Seryu loses her footing. Seizing the moment, Sheele cut up her arms.

Seryu: I'm not done yet! Take this!

From the stumps, protrudes two pistols

Sheele: (Bionic upgrades?)

Seryu: This is a trick Captain Ogre taught me! Now DIE!

*BANG!*

Seryu: She blocked it?

Sheelu: No more guns, no more arms! (cuts the guns)

Seryu: I've not done yet! Coro, activate Berserk Mode!

Hekatonkheires, upon hearing the order, grew even larger, its skin now reddish brown. The abomination grabbed Mine, using its iron grip to gradually crush Mine, breaking her elbows in the process. Mine cries out in pain as the berserk beast tightens its grip. Luckily, Sheele came into rescue just in time, freeing Mine by slicing the arm.

Mine: Sheele!

Sheele: I came just in time

*BANG!*

Mine: Wha....

Sheele: (My body...I can't move!)

Sheele was shot, and Mine can only look in horror. The crazed guardswoman has gone so far as to install a hidden gun inside her mouth, looking absolutely gleeful at what she just did. Hekatonkheires charges at Sheele, who cannot do anything due to being immobilized. It's jaws open wide, ready to clamp on the prey in front.

"NO VERMIN ARE ALLOWED TO HARM MY FRIENDS."

From high above, Arthur stomped Coro's head into a bloody paste. Seryu, Sheele, Mine stared wide-eyed in shock.

Arthur: Glad I make it in time.

"Acting Commander!" Sheele and Mine exclaimed in relief.

"You girls have fought well. I'm proud. Now you can leave this to me."

"This bitch hurts you two, doesn't she? [Heal]"
"Go back to base. I will make her pay a thousand more.", Arthur said

Sheele & Mine: Roger!

"So you are the one that almost kills Sheele." Arthur points his chainaxe at Seryu. "Normally killing women brings me no pleasure, but this time....I will enjoy every. Last. MOMENT. OF YOUR LIFE.", he continued, his voice seething with unbridled fury.

"That face......that armor....that weapon....No, it can't be...Y-you are...." Seryu uttered in fear.

"HE'S CARCHARODON ASTRA, THE ONE WHO DIRECTLY THREATENS THE EMPEROR HIMSELF!" A member of the recently arrived Imperial Guard reinforcement shouted in horror.

"E-Everyone fire at will! He only has himself! We can defeat him!"

Arthur: Weak....too weak..

Arthur teleported in the middle of the Imperial Guard platoon. Before any of them could depressed the trigger, he brandishes his weapon - the Chainaxe of Ending, and butchered them all. 20 soldiers were butchered into little gibs in three seconds, their souls destroyed, their blood painting his armor red. Seryu, out of sheer horror and desperation, ordered Coro to kill Arthur while she ran away.

Arthur: Show me what you've got, abomination.

Arthur just stood there, tanking each and every of Hekatonkheires's punches. Each impact creates a strong gust of wind, but none of them could even slightly damage him.

Arthur: How disappointing. [Eyes of Erasure]

His eyes flash a bright yellow, and Hekatonkheires was subsequently disintegrated.

Seryu: If I can inform the higher-ups, they will no doubt....

A flying chainaxe split her in half. Her lower body kept running a few more steps before collapsing on the ground like her upper body.

"That was fuckin' fun! Well, time to return", Arthur said.