However, Najenda gained very little from the key information related to the dark faction.
I don't know if the Dark Faction Clan no longer intends to cause trouble, but they have retreated very completely. Najenda searched all over Orario and found traces of the Dark Faction Clan.
After working hard for nearly a month, I just found out that Lyu, who was hiding in the Hostess of Fertility, was hunting down the remnants of the dark faction.
However, the remnants are just some minions with less than LV3 strength, and they are still remnants of the old era. Even the current dark faction is unwilling to bring them along if they want to cause trouble.
Najenda tracked Lyu, cut off the enemy before he made a move, and captured one for interrogation.
As a result, the guy didn't know anything about it. Even if she used the soul-searching technique, she couldn't find anything useful in the other person's memory. It was of no value at all.
"As for the Man-Made Dungeon you mentioned, I was worried that the news would be leaked, so the 'May 13th' did not ask those informants to help find it. Only the three of me, Akame, and Kurome, were looking for it, and they haven't found it yet."
"The Ikelos Familia that you have paid attention to has not seen any strange phenomena for the time being."
After Najenda said this, she closed her mouth and watched Takumi's reaction silently.
To be honest, Najenda was quite uneasy.
After all, although she performed well in other aspects, her main goal was not accomplished; this is incompetence at work.
"Um."
Takumi nodded but did not criticize Najenda because even though she did not achieve her main goal, she had already worked very hard.
Just like those classic unspoken rules in the workplace, you don't have to be able to answer the questions, but the sound of turning the paper must be loud. To be honest, you need to show your work attitude to your boss.
Najenda is almost like this now. Let's not talk about whether she is doing a good job or not, just say whether she works hard or not.
The answer is yes; even an offline intelligence network has been put together. This is definitely an achievement that exceeds expectations.
Not only can't I criticize, but I should even praise it.
"Well done, keep up the good work in the future."
"Yes." Najenda breathed a sigh of relief.
"But if you are worried about the leakage of information, you don't need to worry too much. You can just investigate it openly and don't have to worry about alerting the enemy."
Lyu has been cleaning up the remnants of the old Dark Faction, and other clans are also more or less wary of the resurgence of the Dark Faction. If there is one more Najenda to investigate, the Dark Faction will probably not care so much.
Moreover...
"Rather, considering the current situation, it would be better if the snake could be frightened out."
Takumi hopes that these old bastards will jump out soon.
As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of thieves, you are afraid of being missed.
The old bastards who are exposed are not scary, but the old bastards who are hiding are really scary because you don't know what they did secretly behind the scenes.
Therefore, the deeper the Dark Faction hides, the more Takumi wants to find them out.
Although the Dark Faction does not pose a great threat to the Dimensional City, the existence of the dark sect is really unreasonable.
If they are not eliminated, the Dimensional City will be active in the underground world, and we will always have to be careful to prevent these guys from suddenly jumping up and hitting the Dimensional City on the knee.
Although one knee may be taken at that time. The jump reaction can kick these dark faction bosses to death, but what if it delays the official business of the Dimensional City? It's not very harmful, but it's disgusting.
"This group of lunatics is not conducive to our activities there and must be eliminated as soon as possible."
"One week, I'll give you another week. If you really can't find anything within a week, try to force them out."
"Yes."
Najenda responded quickly, and then saw Takumi wave his hand, and retreated with Akame and Kurome.
Takumi then looked at Esdeath and asked with some confusion, "Follow me back. Are you looking for something from me?"
"Certainly."
Esdeath nodded, then walked around the desk, came over, and sat on Takumi's lap.
Looking directly at Takumi at close range, Esdeath said quietly, "About my punishment, is it almost time to end?"
Takumi was stunned for a moment: "How long has it been?"
Only then did he remember that when he asked Esdeath to go to the DanMachi world to reflect, he never paid attention to it again. It seems to have been almost a month now. Now when he saw Esdeath's resentful expression, Takumi couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. He almost forgot about it...
Esdeath was speechless when she saw Takumi's embarrassed expression: "You must have forgotten. Huh, you shameless scumbag has a new love. Just forget about old love."
As she said this, she started to sneak attack on Takumi angrily.
"Hiss~!"
Takumi was so surprised that he took a breath of cold air and quickly argued, "No, we don't practice boxing all the time."
Well, although Esdeath would go to the DanMachi world every day during his punishment, he would come back every day, so he often practiced boxing with Takumi...
"But you haven't asked me about it even once. Isn't this considered heartless?"
"Can you blame me for this? There was no chance for small talk given the situation at that time."
With his fighting ability, he rarely only finds one opponent to practice boxing. There are other people around. Where can he have a chance to chat? The whole process is nothing but fighting.
Esdeath saw that Takumi was still quibbling, so she simply didn't bother to talk anymore. What's the point? She continued to sneak attack, preparing to use physical means to make Takumi surrender.
In the end, she was defeated by Takumi.
With her strength, it was really overestimating her ability to defeat Takumi alone.
After watching Esdeath being beaten to the ground, Takumi also understood her request and said, "Since you have reflected on it, the punishment will end here, and you can return to the military headquarters."
Esdeath was happy at first when she heard this, and then complained a little unhappily, "Humph, what's the use of ending it now? The war has already been missed."
Esdeath was still unwilling to miss the two battles.
Seeing this, Takumi comforted her with some helplessness:
"Those two actions, one was just a coup, and the other was in the world of Akame ga Kill. It is not easy for you to participate in it, and the intensity of both parties is only at the level of playing house. Why are you so worried about it?"
Artoria's action in the world of Harry Potter is, to put it bluntly, nothing more than a coup because the gap in strength is too large and the combat standards are pitifully small.
Artoria Alter's action in the world of Akame ga Kill, although the scale is larger, in fact, it is not that intense. Esdeath's identity there is also relatively sensitive, making it inconvenient to participate. Moreover, in Takumi's view, the two are just a Familia-level war, and they are not worthy of much attention at all.
Esdeath didn't care about this. She came up and hugged Takumi and started to act like a baby: "I don't care, I want to fight, not against monsters and dangerous species, but against people."
"Can you help me find a chance?~"
It was in front of Takumi that Esdeath showed up as such a little woman.
I have to say that for Esdeath, a cold queen, to suddenly turn around and start acting coquettishly, the lethality is quite significant.
Takumi was slightly dazed by the fascination, and then he couldn't help but feel soft.
"Okay, I'll give you a chance."