I, Kiriko, the Cheater

All I could hear was the sound of machinery running, and a board on the wooden floor was slowly raised first, and then slid away to one side, revealing a downward staircase.

Bill picked up an oil lamp from the table and walked ahead, with Nishinomiya following behind.

The two of them didn't walk for long before they came to the room at the end of the stairs.

This room was decorated as a reception room, and it seemed that Bill often talked with others here.

Bill walked to a chair and sat down, then pointed to another chair and said to Nishinomiya.

"It's very quiet here, please tell me if you have anything to say."

Nishinomiya sat down, but asked a different question.

"Master Bill, how is your injury?"

Bill opened his clothes, and on his stomach, there was a huge scar slanted from the heart to the lower right waist, which was shocking.

"It's okay. Fortunately, when Chitong defected, he didn't use the one-cut-kill-Murasame. If he was cut by that demon sword, even if he just scratched the skin, he would be infected with the poison and die quickly."

Bill smiled and put on his clothes again. The bright firelight in the basement shone on his monocle, reflecting a cold light, "But I think Master Nishinomiya must not only care about my body when he comes to the humble house, right?"

"Then I'll get straight to the point." Nishinomiya pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose, "Master Bill, have you ever heard of the Great Rebel Army?"

"The Great Rebel Army?" Bill frowned, "Are you talking about the Great Rebel Army who occupied Black Mountain City?"

Xigong nodded: "The prefect of Donghe City sent people to the imperial capital to report this matter, and personally led the army to go to Heishan City, but they returned in a big defeat. Now Donghe City and many cities in the north have fallen into the imperial capital. The hands of the Great Rebel Army. The sphere of influence of the Great Rebel Army has spread across half of the north."

"There is such a thing?"

Bill was surprised.

Although Bill was in charge of the empire's assassination force, he was weak in intelligence. He miscalculated the enemy's situation more than once and killed a large number of members of the assassination force.

The worst thing was the action against the gravekeeper a few years ago. Because Bill made a wrong assessment before the war, many assassination teams were killed by the gravekeeper, and even the black pupil of the elite group in the assassination team (at that time Hei Tong was still a member of the reinforcement group) were all captured. If it weren't for the assistance of the elite seven and the imperial general Estes, the loss of the assassination force would have been even greater.

But even so, Minister Ernest did not remove Bill, but continued to let him serve as the manager of the assassination force.

On the one hand, it is because Bill is used to sycophancy, and on the other hand, Bill is really loyal to the minister.

Compared with talent, the minister valued his loyalty to him more.

Bill began to think, Nishinomiya came to find his purpose.

Although Bill's grasp of the battle situation was surprisingly poor, he was top-notch in trying to figure out people's hearts.

He could probably guess why Nishinomiya came to find him.

"So Nishinomiya-sama, you mean..."

"Master Bill, this great army of rebels is sweeping across the north, with the potential to swallow up mountains and rivers. If they go south to seize the destiny, what shall we do?"

Regarding Nishinomiya's guess, Bill shook his head.

"Is this impossible? Although General Esdes' Northern Legion is heading to the fortress city of a foreign nation in the north to fight against the hero of the north, Numa Seka, as long as the minister gives an order, General Esdess will The squadron returns to the country, and the imperial capital's guards attack from north to south, and the righteous army will be defeated without a doubt."

"That's what I said, but the minister...you understand, right?"

Nishinomiya seemed to want to say something about Minister Hornest, but in the middle of the sentence, as if he knew he had made a slip of the tongue, he quickly shut up, looked around subconsciously, and then changed his words.

Although Nishinomiya did not continue his words, Bill also knew what Nishinomiya wanted to say.

What Nishinomiya wanted to say was that the minister might not be the internal response of the revolutionary army.

If you want to say why, it is naturally that the minister turned a blind eye to the rebellion that was raging in the country. Instead of suppressing the rebellion, he was more concerned about how to rectify the civil servants who were sheltered by General Bude in the court. It seemed that doing so would make the minister more happy a feeling of.

Minister Ornest is like a brat who wants to die, constantly trying to use the little emperor's hand to get rid of the conscientious civil servants protected by General Budd.

Fortunately, General Bude followed the ancient motto "The general's family must not interfere in the government affairs", so he turned a blind eye to the minister's actions, otherwise the minister would die like that, and he would have died many times.

Over the years, it was still Bill and Nishinomiya who collected information on rebels and sent assassination troops to assassinate possible rebels. If not, there must be twice as many Lindenwans in the empire now than they are now.

But even that could not contain the rebellion.

Because the origin of the empire's rebellion lies in the empire's corruption, heavy taxes, and other issues. If these fundamental problems are not resolved, it is of course impossible to contain the rebellion by blindly relying on assassination.

Bill was silent.

Indeed, although Bill himself was in a state of confusion when he was in charge of the assassination force, compared with the ministers, Bill was still ashamed.

"Master Bill, although I don't know what you think, but since you and I decided to stand on the side of the minister, we have been regarded as the minister's faction by the world. Even if you and I surrender at this time, the revolutionary army cannot easily agree After all, you and I have ruined many good things for the Revolutionary Army, and many people in the Revolutionary Army hate you and me to the bone, wishing to eat you and me raw."

Nishinomiya adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose, and became more and more excited as he spoke.

"That's why we must not let the empire perish, nor let the ministers collapse. One revolutionary army is enough, and there must be no second revolutionary army in the north."

Bill was silent for a while, and asked, "What does Nishinomiya-sama mean..."

Nishinomiya made a downward cutting gesture: "Send your best assassin, the most elite assassination team, to the north to kill the leader of the Great Rebel Army. As long as you assassinate the leader, the generals under the leader will definitely fight for you Fighting for the position of leader. If this is the case, the Dayi Army will be in chaos if it does not attack."

Nishinomiya knew very well that this was just an expedient measure, but there was nothing he could do about it, because they were sent by the minister. Since they followed the minister and helped him do so much dirty work, even if they wanted to quit now, the Conscience faction And the Revolutionary Army will not let them go.

That being the case, it is better to go all the way to the dark.

……

In the castle in the mountains 10 kilometers away from the imperial capital.

Unlike the previous meeting, this night attack was attended by all members.