Akame Ga Kill: Garou

The next day of Esdeath's team gathering day, Seryu was walking alongside her weapon Kuro in the imperial capital streets. She was walking with a rare serious face toward the orphanage where Garou has been staying. Seryu's eyes were shining with determination as if she was going to a life and death battle.

Moments later, Seryu reached the orphanage and stood silently in front of it. Her eyes showed hesitation then determination. She kept standing in front of the orphanage like that for unknown time until she heard a voice coming from her behind.

" What brings you here ? "

Seryu jumped in surprise as she recognized the owner, his voice never left her mind since her last encounter with him, not to mention she came here to look for him. Seryu turned around slowly to meet the sharp scary face. Beside her, Kuro, her Teigu showed slight fear toward the man. This man was probably the only human out there able to scare the little beast.

" Hello Garou, It has been a while " Seryu said stiffly

" Yeah, yeah… What do you want? " Garou asked again disregarding Seryu civilized words.

" Can't I visit a friend " Seryu asked awkwardly

" Last time I checked, you wanted to kill me for your so called 'justice' while I was thinking to cook your pet. As far as I know, this is more like enemies than friends, right?" Garou spoke coldly

Seryu lowered her head a little and said " I'm sorry for what I did last time!! I really am, it just I thought you attacked and harmed innocent people, I didn't know what they have done "

" Whatever, what are you here for? You are not here for apologizing, since you could have done it ages ago !!!" Garou again asked for her reason being here

" Well…. I heard from the general you was also invited to join her elite team but you didn't come, so I'm here to check why you didn't come to the imperial palace for the meeting? " Seryu asked with hesitation

" Why would I come? I don't want to be part of the army or the police " Garou answered casually

Seryu blinked and said " you are not going to be a soldier or a policeman!! You are going to join a special team to fight for justice against the forces of evil. You are more like a hero !!!"

Garou eyes narrowed dangerously at her causing her flinch, he said coldly " That's even worse !! I'm not joining and this is finally, you can leave now"

Seryu looked at Garou silently with surrow, which caused the latter to feel bewildered at the girl's reaction. He expected her to leave or maybe get angry but to be sad for this? He now didn't understand what was going on.

" Why?? Why you don't want to join us??!!! You are strong!! Very strong. With you on the side of justice, good people won't have to die anymore " Seryu spoke with surrow

Garou kept his cold stare as replied " I simply don't care…. And why do you want me to join in the first place?"

Seryu's eyes started tearing as she spoke with a choked face " Because that what teacher Ogre wanted. He wanted you to join us and help us protect the justice !!"

Garou frowned at her and said with sarcasm " That evil looking man wants me to fight for justice ??!! "

Seryu exploded with anger as she pointed her guns at Garou " MY TEACHER IS NOT EVIL !!! HE LIVED AND DIED FOR JUSTICE !! HE IS THE GREATEST MAN I HAVE EVER KNOWN ….. He wished you to join us before his death, I just want to fulfill his wish"

Garou was surprised by her outburst, he kept staring at her without saying anything. On the other hand, Seryu started crying before running away with Kuro running behind her.

Garou's eyes followed Seryu as his face showed a bewildered look, once she disappeared from his sight he spoke to himself, " That old thing was definitely a rotten trash, rotten to his very core. But somehow, in her mouth he turned out to be an angel !!! What the f.u.c.k is wrong with her ?? The f.u.c.ker had single black and red eye staring sinisterly at everything, if not for this world not having monsters, I would have thought he was about to turn into a one!!!"

Garou's continued to speak to himself as part of him felt slight pity for Seryu. In his eyes, her intelligence transcended beyond the realm stupidity. At the end, he threw his thoughts to the back of his mind as he walked inside.

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Later the same day, it was lunch time. It was the only time when all the residents of the orphanage would gather. It was Garou's favorite time as he enjoyed eating, to him eating a delicious meal was as good as having a decent spar.

" Hey Garou!!! Look at this "

Garou looked toward Eren who was carrying a poster, next to him his sister Ari. The two of them were looking very excited as their eyes danced between Garou and the poster.

" What is it ?" Garou asked

" This is the announcement of a tournament. The best fighters of the empire will join to fight for the prize" Eren said excitedly.

Garou gleamed with interest, he didn't care much about the tournament prize but the thought of him fighting against other martial artists and strong warriors excited him a little. His life was too doll since his arrival.

" What is the main prize ? " Himiko asked Eren

" It says 50,000 gold coin. In addition to that, the winner will have the chance to join the army as a high ranking officer as long as he proved himself to be a great warrior !!!" Eren said happily as he stared at Garou. In his eyes, Garou was the strongest person out there, no one can match Garou's might.

" 50,000!!! SO MUCH!!! You have to win this tournament. Otherwise, I won't cook for you again " Himiko said seriously as her eyes shone with a golden light

Garou was shocked to the second time today. The shy woman he knew for weeks turned into this so suddenly at the mention of money!! Did greed destroy her brain's cell to threaten him?!!!

Regardless of his thoughts, Garou still nodded as his mind wondered if the people of this world is just p.o.r.n with some intelligence disease.

" The tournament going to be tomorrow !!!" Ari on side added but Garou didn't hear her

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The next day, three members of night raid were walking toward the stadium. They were Tatsumi, Lubbock and Leone.

" I'm not sure about this. Aiming to receive a prize from our enemy is really weird to me" Tatsumi said in a low voice

" What is weird about it? The money ending in our hand is better than leaving it for them" Lubbock commented

" Beside you are sending the money for your village. Think only about this and forget about anything else" Leone added

Tatsumi nodded to them as he walked toward the stadium. He was going to fight without his Teigu today, but he wasn't worried as he knew the past 3 months of hard training under his friends made him far stronger than any regular warrior in the empire.

However, his confidence was shattered minutes later as he stared at the distance with a pale face, his two friends beside him had similar look. They saw someone they truly wished to not see ever again. Garou was their standing in front of the register window. He was going to participate today !!!

What terrified them even more, as if Garou sensed their gazes, he turned around and looked directly toward them. Once he saw them, he gave them a maniacal smile that promised them pain and misery. It was only for a moment, before Garou walked in ignoring the three assassins.

" I changed my mind, I'm not joining. With that monster inside, isn't it a plain suicide to go in ??!!!" Tatsumi spoke with a shaking voice, he was truly afraid of his ending if he went against Garou. The other two assassins didn't mind their friend fear, even the two of them wouldn't dare to go against the monster head on. Moreover, without their weapons.

" Forget about joining the tournament, the winner is already set. Let's go to the seats and watch. We might find something useful about him" Lubbock suggested. The other two nodded and headed toward the seats.

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Inside, Garou was standing with the other participants. He was thinking about the three he saw earlier.

" So that's why that girl attacked me that night. It was not for the useless trash of a police but for these bandits!! " Garou mumbled to himself.

He knew why he was attacked at last. But in truth, he still didn't care about it.