"Under this wave of indiscriminate bombardment, the troops chasing Najenda and the others were wiped out in an instant.
Najenda stared blankly at the tragic scene of corpses strewn over there, unable to accept such a result for a moment.
After a while, she asked Lancer Alter, "Why kill them?! Obviously, as long as we evacuate, there is no need to fight."
Lancer Alter glanced at her coldly. "There are not so many reasons. If you are not satisfied, you can leave. We haven't officially joined the Dimensional City yet, and there is still room for regret."
She didn't even bother to explain so much, turned around, and led the team to continue hunting. As for why she took action against those soldiers? It was entirely because they were weak, and the secondary reason was the trouble caused by Najenda and the others. They would definitely not withdraw. How is it possible that some cannon fodder wants them to give in?
If you resolve misunderstandings and avoid war through negotiation, you don't have to think about it anymore. What level are you facing? It's just these little fry. If you look at them twice, you can kill them. Instead of being so troublesome, it's better to simply destroy them.
"..."
Najenda watched Lancer Alter leave blankly and couldn't help but regret her decision to seek refuge with the hunting team. Even if they directly asked Akame to open the door and go to the Dimensional City to ask for shelter, they could still achieve their goal, and that way they would not have killed those soldiers.
"Boss, are you okay?"
Seeing that Najenda's expression was wrong, Leone quickly asked with concern.
Leone didn't think there was anything wrong with the hunting team killing the pursuers. She was not merciful enough to sympathize with everyone who was chasing her. In fact, if Najenda hadn't stopped her along the way, she would have killed these pursuers long ago.
Akame and the others were similar, and they did not sympathize with the pursuers. Without Najenda's high consciousness and perspective, in this troubled world, they are more concerned about how to keep themselves and the people around them alive. As for other outsiders? I don't care whether they live or die. What nonsense!
"I'm fine, I just feel a little uncomfortable."
Najenda shook her head, took one last look at the corpses of the soldiers, and stopped paying attention. They were all dead; what else could she say? They themselves couldn't protect themselves now; how could they spend more time worrying about others? She just felt guilty that her decision had killed these soldiers.
"They are almost gone, shouldn't we follow them?"
Kurome looked at the hunting team members who were gradually retreating and reminded a few people.
"Come on, let's follow."
Najenda did not hesitate and quickly led a few people to catch up. Again, they are already at the end of their rope now; how can they manage so much? No matter what opinions you have about the hunting team's actions, joining the Dimensional City and seeking his asylum was their only choice; otherwise, they would have to wait to be killed sooner or later in the endless pursuit of the Revolutionary Army.
When they caught up, Lancer Alter stopped the team and came to the six people in front of her again.
"Have you figured it out? Let me explain in advance that after joining the Dimensional City, you cannot go back on your word."
Najenda shrugged. "Besides, we have nowhere to go."
Lancer Alter nodded and asked no more questions. She asked people to give Najenda and others some food and water, let them eat, drink, rest for a while, and recover some strength.
Then she temporarily handed over the command to Saber Alter. She personally took Najenda and the others back to the Dimensional City, found Takumi, and explained the matter.
"That would be a real disaster."
After Takumi heard what happened to Najenda and the others, he couldn't help but express his sympathy. It can only be said that they were quite unlucky. They obviously just wanted to save their relatives and friends, but they were inexplicably accused of being traitors.
Then he smiled and said, "As for your wish to join the Dimensional City, we naturally welcome it."
"Thank you, City Lord, for your willingness to take me in." Seeing this, Najenda quickly expressed her gratitude.
"Thank you, City Lord, for being willing to take me in." x5
Akame and the others also thanked him one after another under her leadership.
Takumi waved his hand. "Put aside the words of thanks and let's talk about your treatment first. I have two plans here. You can choose the one that suits your heartfelt desires."
For people like this who take the initiative to defect, Takumi has been relatively democratic recently. He will not force them to be included but will give them a choice. After hearing this, Najenda and the others quickly cheered up and listened carefully.
"First, the advantage of ordinary residents is that there are not so many restrictions; they will not be forced to participate in any work, and they can develop freely in the Dimensional City. The disadvantage is that the benefits are only at a basic level."
"Second, the advantage of joining the establishment is that you can enjoy the best resources and benefits in the Dimensional City, and you can benefit from good things immediately. The disadvantage is that you are not so free, and you need to sign a soul contract and accept control."
"The former is relatively stable. Unless something big goes wrong in the Dimensional City, it is unlikely to be in danger."
"The latter may suffer from time to time, but with high risk comes high reward; you can live a very comfortable life and have a bright future."
Takumi carefully introduced the differences between the two treatments, as well as their respective pros and cons, to the six of them. Then he said no more and waited for them to make their own choices.
"I choose the first one, I just want to be an ordinary resident."
Mine was the first to express her opinion and chose to be an ordinary resident. There was no other reason. She just didn't want to do any more dangerous things and wanted to live a stable life. In fact, if she hadn't been desperate, she wouldn't have joined Night Raid as an assassin.
Then she looked at Sheele next to her. "Sheele, please come with me."
"Um." Sheele nodded blankly. Although she didn't understand what was going on, she knew that Mine would not harm her, so she agreed.
"Then I will choose ordinary residency. Is it easy to find a job in the Dimensional City?"
Leone hesitated for a moment and chose the safe path because she was also tired and didn't want to bother anymore.
"Which one can treat Kurome?"
Akame asked after thinking for a while, and told Takumi about Kurome's physical problem. It doesn't matter how she chooses. The main thing is that she hopes that her sister's physical problem can be treated.
On the way to escape, Kurome suffered from the side effects of the Empire's long-term use of banned drugs once. At that time, Akame had to go through a lot of trouble to find a doctor for Kurome. However, Kurome's condition was not cured. It was also at that time that Akame found out about Kurome's physical problems. She was told by the kind doctor that Kurome's condition was incurable. With the medical level of the Akame ga Kill! world, he could only help Kurome live a little longer.
From that time on, Akame had the idea of coming to Dimensional City. After all, a disease that cannot be cured in their world does not mean that it cannot be cured here in Dimensional City. There will always be a way with connections to so many worlds. And her idea also received unanimous support from everyone. It was at that time that Najenda made up her mind to defect to the Dimensional City.
After hearing this, Takumi thought for a while and said, "Then let's do the latter. After all, it's just verbally, her condition cannot be explained clearly, and it may be troublesome. The latter's welfare package allows her to get the best medical conditions."
Well, in fact, even ordinary residents have no problem. After all, medical care in the Dimensional City is basically free. The reason why I say this is mainly because Akame has the authority of the Dimensional Gate and is a key target to be included. So, someone simply deceived them into joining the establishment.
But Takumi was not lying. If Kurome's situation was more troublesome and required a lot of high-end resources, they would definitely have to pay for the medicine in the end. After all, medical care is free, but it doesn't mean that all medicines are free. Some ordinary medicines are fine, but high-end elixirs cost a lot in labor alone.
First of all, the medicinal materials were carefully cultivated by Takumi himself. Secondly, the elixirs are prepared by Takumi or Lulucy personally. For these two labor costs, it is impossible not to charge. Just the consumption of Takumi's time must be worth a lot. Although the charge will not be too expensive, and ordinary residents can afford it by installment settlement, generally speaking, it is definitely more cost-effective to reimburse with the benefits included in the establishment.
"Then let's join the establishment."
Seeing this, Akame chose to join the establishment without hesitation with Kurome.
Then, only Najenda was left.
Seeing everyone looking over, Najenda hesitated and said, "I also choose to join the establishment."
The reason why Najenda chose to join the establishment, and the benefits were secondary, was mainly because of Lancer Alter. Lancer Alter's ruthlessness left a deep impression on Najenda, and she felt that she was very similar to Esdeath.
Therefore, out of guilt for the soldiers she had harmed in the past, and not wanting the style of the Dimensional City to be distorted by people like Esdeath and Lancer Alter, causing any further harm to the world of Akame ga Kill!, she wanted to check and balance them by getting inside. Even if she couldn't check and balance them, she could just be a peacemaker and smooth things over.
"Okay, that's it."
Takumi didn't care what Najenda thought. Anyway, the malicious alarm didn't go off, which means they don't have any bad intentions. Moreover, you have to sign a contract to join the establishment. Then Najenda can do whatever damage she wants? Impossible.
After signing a contract with the two sisters, Akame and Kurome, and Najenda, and giving them the Divine Path System, Takumi arranged them into resettlement houses in the residential area.
As for work, considering that they have been drafted in the Akame ga Kill! world, they were not allowed to join the hunting team. Instead, they were arranged to go to Orario to keep Esdeath company.
Regarding this arrangement, Najenda said that it was a miscalculation and hurriedly followed Takumi, applying to be transferred to the hunting team, but was decisively rejected by Takumi.
Naturally, Takumi saw Najenda's caution. Although as long as it did not harm the interests of the Dimensional City, Najenda was allowed to go there. It is not impossible to seek some benefits for one's own world. However, considering that the hunting team has just been reorganized, it would be somewhat detrimental to the harmony within the team for Najenda to go over at this time and confront Lancer Alter, so Takumi refused her application.
Moreover, Najenda's talent is not in leading troops to fight in a hunting party. Although she also has the ability in this area, there is still a lot of gap compared to Artoria. Najenda's ability that Takumi really values is actually her old profession: destruction behind enemy lines, or in other words, her ability in underground intelligence work.
Najenda can lead Night Raid, lurk in enemy bases like the Imperial Capital, and carry out sabotage for so long. Her underground work ability has been tested in actual combat, and she is a proper spy chief.
Takumi did not make a random decision to arrange Najenda to go to Orario. It was because he had a comparatively important task that must be left to Najenda. That is... secretly investigating the intelligence and movements of the Dark Faction (Evilus). If possible, try to contact them, gain their trust, and find out the location of their lair.
Takumi has not forgotten that there is still a storm caused by the Evilus in the Danmachi world. Although as long as the Dimensional City remains hidden, this matter has nothing to do with the Dimensional City, and it will not affect the Dimensional City directly. But Riveria and Hephaestus can't hide. Hephaestus's entire Familia is in Orario, and Riveria also has old acquaintances from the Loki Familia. Even Darkness can't be stopped. If the faction's conspiracy succeeds, the entire world will be in turmoil, and it will also affect Riveria's family's elves. Therefore, Takumi must intervene to stop this matter.
But at present, the situation has deviated from the original work and is completely beyond Takumi's expectations, and the Evilus has never shown up. This makes Takumi a little embarrassed. It is impossible to directly and brazenly take out all the Evilus members. Moreover, Takumi was also a little worried that those guys from the Evilus had not shown up yet because they were holding back some big moves.
Therefore, Takumi had also been dealing with the problem of the Evilus recently, and Najenda came at the right time, so Takumi took the opportunity to send her over to investigate. Akame and Kurome were arranged to work under Najenda to assist her in her mission. However, Kurome needed to receive treatment before taking up the post. Fortunately, the side effects of the drugs she had taken were not difficult to solve and could be cured with a tube of elixir. However, her body needs to be recuperated in order to return to normal health, so she can only stay in the Dimensional City for the time being.
As for Mine, Sheele, and Leone, there was nothing to say. After giving them the Divine Path System, they were also arranged to low-rent housing, and then they were left to find jobs with Riveria. As long as they are willing to do it, there are many jobs for them to do in the Dimensional City, and they can live a good life step by step. Asuna Yuuki is a living example.
After arranging their affairs, Takumi looked at Lancer Alter, who had not left since he came back with Najenda and the others.
"Do you have anything else to ask me for?"
Lancer Alter nodded, came, and sat down opposite Takumi.
"I have some ideas about their world."