Just as Najenda was happily walking out towards the forest's edge, carrying a large pack on her back, a tiny rustle made her halt abruptly, watching her surroundings with alert eyes.
She had every reason to be cautious. The Revolutionary Army had just been annihilated, Uchiha Madara had just left, and she was carrying so many important items. Prudence was essential.
Najenda stood, still carrying the large pack, vigilantly observing her surroundings, her ears meticulously listening.
As she listened, the sound seemed to be coming from underground, directly in front of her.
Looking carefully, Najenda saw a small bulge on the ground in front of her. A pangolin then crawled out from underground.
"A pangolin!?"
She observed the pangolin closely. It bore numerous scars, and its eyes held a weary look.
Wait! Why was she seeing such an extremely human-like weary expression in the eyes of a pangolin!?
Najenda immediately felt alarmed and took a step back.
The pangolin burrowed out of the ground, tiredly looking left and right. Upon seeing Najenda, it seemed very happy. Then, with a puff of white smoke, it transformed into a person!
The pangolin transformed into a beautiful young girl with an excellent figure, wearing an English-style uniform skirt, and pale pink hair with headphones!
This beautiful young girl had many injuries on her body and swayed unsteadily before collapsing in front of Najenda.
Najenda was greatly surprised. She recognized this person!
She hastily put down her large pack, ran over to help her up, and asked with concern:
"I know you! You're called Chelsea, aren't you?"
That's right, this beautiful young girl was the key character who appeared in the middle to late stages of the original work: Chelsea!
Lying in Najenda's arms, Chelsea's expression was quite weary. She tried her best to force a smile at Najenda:
"I recognize you too. You're the leader of Night Raid, Commander Najenda, correct?"
"That's right, it's me. I didn't expect that, besides me, you also survived among the entire Revolutionary Army."
"What!? Only the two of us survived!?"
Chelsea was greatly shocked, her eyes sweeping over the surroundings.
When she saw the gruesome sight of fresh blood and broken, mangled limbs everywhere in the grim forest, she was stunned beyond belief:
"Th-th-this... our Revolutionary Army was really massacred cleanly by that bastard!?"
Najenda grimly hummed for a moment, then nodded:
"It's indeed as you say. The Revolutionary Army... has already been annihilated by that bastard!"
"Damn him! That bastard... one day, I will kill him!"
Chelsea gritted her teeth, hating with all her might. After a moment, she finally reacted and struggled to stand up, asking Najenda:
"Commander Najenda, how did you survive?"
"I... I was spared by that guy, which is how I survived..."
"Spared!?"
"That's right..."
Next, Najenda explained everything that had just happened to Chelsea in detail, including the battle between the Revolutionary Army and Uchiha Madara, the Revolutionary Army's defeat, the high-ranking members fleeing, and her own opportune escape.
Uchiha Madara wiped out the entire Revolutionary Army. Uchiha Madara found her. Uchiha Madara showed her evidence of the Revolutionary Army's high-ranking members' crimes. Finally, Uchiha Madara left.
From beginning to end, Najenda told Chelsea everything.
Other than that, Chelsea, upon hearing that the Revolutionary Army's high-ranking members were a bunch of bastards, instantly felt her faith crumble. Her whole body trembled. Regret, rage, sadness, and other complex emotions welled up within her.
"So that's how it is... I never thought... the high-ranking members of the Revolutionary Army were actually such scum..."
Chelsea paused, silently fuming for a moment, then instantly revealed a fierce glint in her eyes and said viciously:
"That bastard, he killed the high-ranking members of the Revolutionary Army! Good riddance!"
Facing such a Chelsea, Najenda found it hard to say anything, only letting out a faint sigh.
She walked to the side, once again hoisting her huge pack onto her back, and said to Chelsea:
"Chelsea, now that the Revolutionary Army is annihilated, I plan to take these Imperial Arms back to Night Raid and then make other plans. What do you intend to do?"
As she said this, Chelsea suddenly realized that she had nowhere left to go.
With a pair of red pupils, she blinked and looked at Najenda. Chelsea suddenly bowed ninety degrees and pleaded:
"Commander Najenda! I have nowhere to go now! Please take me in, Commander! I am willing to join Night Raid and contribute my strength to Night Raid!"
Najenda looked at Chelsea, saying nothing.
Chelsea grew a little anxious and quickly tried to sell herself to Najenda:
"That... Commander, I am also an assassin, and I am also an Imperial Arm user. Moreover, my Imperial Arm is very suitable for assassination. My Imperial Arm is Transformation: Gaiya Foundation, which can change into anyone's appearance, even small animals. You just saw it; I relied on my Imperial Arm to transform into a pangolin and hide underground, thus barely escaping the Imperial Arm battle!"
Najenda, seeing her situation, quickly explained:
"I trust your abilities very much. However, currently, the Revolutionary Army has been annihilated, and I don't even know what will happen to Night Raid next. If I let you join, I'm afraid I might pull you into a pit of fire."
Chelsea shook her head, her attitude resolute:
"It doesn't matter, Commander. I have nowhere to go anyway. Please, Commander, take me in!"
"This... alright then. Since you're so resolute, then come back to Night Raid with me!"
Chelsea was overjoyed:
"Thank you, Commander! No, thank you, boss!"
After the two finished their discussion, they leaned on each other and exited this deathly forest. Najenda summoned her mount, which was the super-dangerous species known as the demon manta ray, Eraharda.
The two rode on this super-dangerous species, flying through the sky towards Night Raid's headquarters.
This way, apart from the original protagonist, Tatsumi, all members of Night Raid were assembled!
What? You ask if there's still one biological type Imperial Arm, Susanoo, missing?
Right now, Susanoo is inside the large pack on Najenda's back...
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