In this way, with the destruction of all the high-level members of Anning Dao, Fangzheng and others also returned to the imperial capital.
Chelsey also wrote a letter about what she saw this time, and then asked Mine to give it to Najetta. Although she couldn't go back to the night raid at present, this did not violate the rules.
However, the imperial capital was not peaceful at the moment. The reason was … very simple.
That was, a guy named "Zank the Beheader" appeared in the outer city.
He seemed to be the holder of Teigu. He wandered on the street every night to kill people, and his method of killing was to behead, so he was given this nickname. Although the empire did organize the Jaegers at present, they completely ignored Zank's behavior in the outer city.
Of course, after all, the nobles were more concerned about their own safety. It didn't matter to them how many civilians died outside. What's more, in this way, they could also push the blame of the deterioration of the security in the outer city to those assassins, saying that these assassins caused the security in the outer city to be corrupt, so this kind of thing happened.
If it was a night raid, maybe there would be some problems, but for Fangzheng, this was not painful at all.
They could do whatever they wanted, what did other people's thoughts have to do with them?
However, to a certain person, this was a very good trial.
"Are you ready? Akame? "
"… … …"
In the face of Fangzheng's inquiry, Akame nodded. When everyone came back from Anning Dao, the graveyard-like death breath around Akame had disappeared, and she did not continue to cut the wooden sword. She became the same as before, but Fangzheng knew that this did not mean that Akame's swordsmanship training had failed.
"Then, today is your first task. You know Zank the Beheader who appears in the imperial capital, kill him."
As he said, Fangzheng picked up the Cursed Blade Murasame and handed it over.
"You know what to do."
"Understood."
Akame took the Cursed Blade Murasame and looked at Fangzheng.
"I will complete the task."
For the assassins, it was not difficult to find Zank the Beheader. Now that the capital had become their territory, especially at night, it didn't take long for the assassins to notice the whereabouts of a guy like Zank who wandered the streets looking for prey. Then, Fangzheng arranged Akame to be in charge of sniping, while he took Mine and Chelsy to a high place to watch the battlefield.
"Speaking of which, is the swordsmanship you taught Chi Tong really useful?"
Looking at Akame who was walking on the street without saying a word, Mine asked in confusion. In her mind, skills needed to be practiced. For example, during the night raid, Chi Tong would go to the training field at the back to train every day. But at Fangzheng's place, Mine didn't see Akame practicing her sword. She was just holding a piece of wood and cutting a wooden sword every day.
Then after Mine came back from the night raid, Akame found Fangzheng and said that she had learned it, and Fangzheng didn't even check and directly nodded to let her do the task.
This made Mine feel so weird that she didn't know what to say.
"Don't worry, I believe that she really learned it. This is a feeling."
"… Why don't I have this feeling?"
"This is normal. After all, this is a relatively neurotic thing."
For Mine's whisper, Fangzheng also laughed. In fact, it was reasonable that Mine didn't understand. In Fangzheng's previous world, it was easy to see the difference between the martial arts of Jinyong and Huangyi, and it really needed to be practiced. It was just that Jinyong paid more attention to skills, while Huangyi paid more attention to the artistic conception.
For example, one day when looking at the moon in the well, he suddenly had an inspiration and created a set of sword skills that coincided with the philosophy of nature.
But in contrast, the martial arts of Ancient Dragon was very neurotic. If Huangyi's martial arts were about understanding nature, then Ancient Dragon's martial arts were a bit like digging oneself and digging oneself into a mental illness.
For example, "Love is always easier to accept than hate, but he has to hate!" or "Because you want to die more than others, of course you can't kill people." and so on.
To put it bluntly, those who practiced Ancient Dragon's martial arts were generally philosophers. Of course, philosophers would end up either committing suicide or being killed.
After all, eight out of ten people in the university's philosophy department jumped off a building, and the remaining two failed to do so.
For example, if Akame learned Jinyong's swordsmanship, then she would first show it in front of Fangzheng, and then ask Fangzheng for advice.
If it was Huangyi's, then Akame would fight with Fangzheng, and then test whether her understanding of this swordsmanship was thorough.
But for Ancient Dragon's martial arts, it was like this.
Akame: "I understand."
Fangzheng: "Understand?"
Akame: "Understand."
Fangzheng: "If you say you understand, then you understand."
OK, end.
If you put this thing outside for people to see, people would think that it was a conversation between two psychopaths.
"Speaking of which, I still don't know why you joined the Revolutionary Army. Anyway, I have nothing to do. Why don't you tell me?"
It was quite boring for the three of them to stand here in the cold wind at night, so Fangzheng said. Hearing Fangzheng's words, Mine glared at him. Although Fangzheng seemed to be just an ordinary question, she could still hear the meaning of "if you are unhappy, say it to make everyone happy" in his tone.
But even though she was unhappy, Mine still said it.
"I was born in the border area of the west. I am a hybrid between a foreign race. I have been discriminated against in the city, and no one recognized me. That was a miserable childhood, but the Revolutionary Army also concluded an alliance with the foreign races in the west. As long as a new country is established, the two countries will establish diplomatic relations. The difference between the countries will not exist. In that way, no child will suffer the same situation as me … "
Speaking until here, Mine clenched her fists.
"I will not let anyone suffer the discrimination like me anymore!"
Hearing Mine's words, Fangzheng frowned.
"The alliance between the Revolutionary Army and the foreign races in the west? What kind of alliance? "
This time, it was Chelsea who answered Fangzheng's question.
"In short, the Revolutionary Army promised to return the land of the foreign races occupied by the empire after seizing power."
"…"
Facing Chelsea's answer, Fangzheng was silent for a moment.
"In other words, the Revolutionary Army asked foreign forces to send troops to invade the empire at the cost of ceding the empire's territory?"
"Huh? What are you talking about? That was originally the land of the foreign races! "
Mine suddenly shouted unhappily, but Fangzheng just glanced at her.
"But it was occupied by the empire, right?"
"Yes, the empire occupied the land of those foreign races. Because of this, we are constantly fighting with the foreign races, and mixed-race people like me will be discriminated against …"
"If the alliance is really implemented, are you sure the discrimination will not become more serious?"
"… What do you mean by that?"
Hearing this, Mine was stunned for a moment and looked at Fangzheng.
"It's very simple. As you said, the discrimination of the border people against the foreign races is related to the war. This is very normal. When two different races and people from different countries fight, there will be casualties on both sides. There will be hatred when there are casualties, and there will be discrimination and abuse when there is hatred. But at least the empire will get the actual territory, which will also make the border residents have a feeling that 'the sacrifice is not in vain'. But now … You said that the Revolutionary Army will wave a pen and return the land that the relatives of the border people exchanged with blood to the foreign races? Do you think they can accept it? "
"This … I … this …"
"Moreover, this alliance also means that the Revolutionary Army can't fight against the empire alone, and can only get foreign aid. Then, if the Revolutionary Army succeeds in seizing the power, then those foreign races can arrogantly say in front of the people of the empire, 'If it wasn't for our help, you can't overthrow the cruel emperor' and so on. What do you think the people of the empire will think? When the people of the empire see those foreign races arrogantly putting on the appearance of saviors in front of them, do you think they will accept it? Instead of discriminating against those mixed-race people? Venting all their resentment and anger on them? "
"…"
Facing Fangzheng's inquiry, Mine was dumbfounded. She really did not think about this issue, but now that Fangzheng mentioned it, she seemed to feel that things were not as simple as she thought. If according to Fangzheng's words, then after the Revolutionary Army seizes power, the situation of those mixed-race people will not become better, but will become worse?
"But, but the Revolutionary Army can issue laws to protect those mixed-race people from being discriminated against …"
"If the Revolutionary Army seizes power, then they will be the ruler of the empire, and the mixed-race people are 'outsiders' in the eyes of the people of the empire, so you mean, let the empire's regime help foreigners to deal with their own people? Do you think that the regime of the Revolutionary Army is too stable, so you want to overthrow it again? "
"Uh …"
Mine opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say. Chelsea patted Mine's shoulder, narrowed her eyes, and looked at Fangzheng thoughtfully.
"So you think the Revolutionary Army is wrong?"
"Of course, I don't know much about the Revolutionary Army, but for now, not cooperating with the Revolutionary Army is really the right choice. No matter what the reason is, colluding with foreign countries is the most unacceptable and intolerable."
Just like Wu Sangui opening Shanhai Pass, although there were many theories in history, some people said it was for Chen Yuanyuan, some people said it was to deal with Li Zicheng, some people said that the Ming Dynasty was sorry to Wu Sangui, but in any case, no matter what Wu Sangui's purpose, motivation, or background, he was nailed to the pillar of shame of traitors, and he could never come down again.
The same was true for the Revolutionary Army. Ceding their own territory to get the help of foreign troops to seize power, this was simply a blatant act of treason. It seemed that the empire's suppression of them was really right.
"If I'm the leader of the Revolutionary Army, I won't send Mine here to be a killer. If I want to ease the situation between the mixed race and the people of the empire, the best way is to promote the mixed race like Mine, let her participate in the war, and then tell the people that the mixed race is the same as the ordinary people of the empire. They are all victims under the oppression of the empire's regime, and now the mixed race is also fighting for the future of the empire. As long as we publicize some of the deeds of the mixed race, it's better to write some articles about how tragic their life experience is to win sympathy, then we can get the support of most of the empire's people, instead of directly selling the country for glory like now … In this way, it seems that the IQ of the leader of the Revolutionary Army is also very limited."
"Hmm … Hmm … What you said is indeed a good idea …"
Hearing until here,
Chelsea also frowned and thought, even Mine's eyes were flickering. Indeed, if this is the case, then maybe it can really solve the problem between the mixed race and the people of the empire.
"Then …"
"It's useless. Now that the Revolutionary Army has boarded the pirate ship of selling the country for glory, they can't get off. Unless they have a little bit of backbone to tear up the treaty with the alien nations and give up ceding the territory, maybe they can still be saved. But do you think those idiots of the Revolutionary Army will give up important reinforcements for a group of mixed race?"
Chelsea hesitated for a moment, and finally did not speak, and Mine also lowered her head in disappointment. She originally joined the Revolutionary Army because she heard that the Revolutionary Army had formed an alliance with the Western alien nations. Originally, Mine also hoped that this could solve the current situation, but now it seemed that this kind of alliance was not a good thing, but a bad thing …
"Well, let's stop talking."
Fangzheng waved his hand and looked ahead.
"Akame's target has appeared."
(End of this chapter)
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