Akame Ga Kill: Garou

"So you're telling me, a single injured man who seemed barely standing with his bones most probably broken did this to you? Even more, he managed to retreat with only a wound on his c.h.e.s.t, which is not relatively close to endanger his life. Did I miss something?" Najenda coldly said as she looked at the four injured assassins before her.

The four looked dispirited while the rest of the assassins were tending to their wounds. Najenda took one of her cigarettes and blew a few breaths before saying "We have to get all the information about this guy. If he is with the empire, then we have another terrifying foe. His threat level is only below general Esdeath and general Bodu. If you encounter him again, don't engage with him unless you have absolute numeric advantages and being able to neutralise him."

The assassins nodded, hearing their boss order.

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Garou was resting at the side of a soil road, he was quite pissed because he had to escape from a small fries, but his body felt like it was going to break any moment. He couldn't risk fighting them and the possibility of having a reinforcements at their back. Now here he is leaning on a huge rock at the side of a soil-road like a beggar.

He wanted to follow the road as a road like this will most probably lead to a village near City Z. He needed to find a place to rest and also to figure out his current location. However, he currently was too tired to continue moving. He closed his eyes and began recovering.

Sometime later, he heard the sound of steps approaching him, he opened his eyes and looked toward the source.

"Are you okay?" A brown-haired girl asked with worried face

Garou noted the girl costume, it wasn't your typical cloth but some kind of a mix between a soldier and knight. He also noticed the presence of a small thing similar to a dog walking next to her. He assumed it to be some kind of a robot. The girl first impression, another hero.

He didn't feel like talking with her, he would prefer to stay alone and recover, the last thing he needed was to waste his remaining stamina on this girl. He responded coldly "I'm okay, you can leave."

His tone was rude and seemed like he was giving her an order, but the girl didn't mind it and got closer to him. She batted her c.h.e.s.t and said cheerfully "As a soldier of the empire, I have to fight the evil and help those in need. And you are in need."

"Empire's soldier?!" Garou didn't know what she was talking about.

"Oh, you must be from the villages at the skirts, and this is your first time seeing a soldier. That's right citizen, I'm a soldier, protector of justice and helper of the weak"

Garou stared at the girl, who was making her declaration proudly, and the little thing beside her, who seemed to nod at his owner words, as if they were idiots. Garou believed his first impression was wrong, she wasn't a hero, but crazy and most probably a delusional idiot.

"Seryu!!! As a soldier, you can't run like this, leaving your unit behind." A new voice joined them from behind the girl. A huge man who looked like a criminal walked closer along with a carriage and a group of people who wore the same clothes. [ did someone develop a madness virus !!!] Garou inwardly thought

"I'm sorry captain Ogre, but I saw a citizen who seemed to be in trouble. I had to move and help" Seryu replied cheerfully.

The man looked toward Garou with his single red eye, he seemed to study Garou. Garou's had a hunch that this guy was nothing but a sc.u.m, and usually, he is right about people. Except for the girl, she is just too crazy.

The man looked back at Seryu and said "I admire your sense of justice, but you can't help everyone you see. How do you know he is not a thief or maybe a traitor from the revolutionary army."

The girl gasped and looked toward Garou warily as she asked "Are you evil??"

Garou blinked at them, he was getting more and more confused by the moment. He still replied, "I'm not a thief and have no idea what army you are talking about. But I don't deny that I'm evil, I will beat anyone who annoys me."

The girl looked shocked as she pointed her finger toward him and said with an angry and hurt look "you tricked me !!!"

Garou looked at the girl intently, he now confirmed it, she is really an idiot. He replied, "First, you are the one who came to me, I didn't ask you. Second, are you people crazy? I still could handle idiots playing heroes but now playing soldiers? Aren't you all too old for this game?"

Seryu got angry and screamed back at him "We are not playing!! You are indeed evil, making fun of justice."

"Justice?! Then why are you here in the woods? Shouldn't you be in the cities fighting against criminal and monsters?" Garou responded

"We had a mission in one of the nearby villages, we finished it, and now we are heading back to the capital !!" Seryu responded not wanting to lose to Garou.

"Capital? What Capital?" Garou asked, his version of Japan had multiple cities with name from A to Z, but they didn't have a specific capital.

"Naturally, the empire's capital!!! The biggest city in the empire" Seryu answered the obvious.

Garou was silent for a moment before saying "Never heard of it, do you mean city Z? It is the biggest city as far as I know."

Seryu anger vanished and was replaced with shock "Everyone knows about the capital, how do you not know and what is city Z."

On the side, the soldiers began laughing as Ogre finally joined the talk while laughing himself "I see, you are really not from the revolutionary army. Even they would feel too embarrassed to say they don't know the capital. I wonder which cave you crawled out of hahaha… Seryu don't mind him, in the end, he is just an ignorant idiot playing ruffian to protect himself."

Seryu then looked at Garou weirdly as the later felt uncomfortable by the stares and laughs he was receiving. He didn't like the situation at all. Moreover, the sc.u.m looking guy called idiot playinfg ruffian, for a moment he wanted to attack this group.

Ogre then asked him "How did you end up injured like this ?"

Garou replied "I met with a group of bastards who injured me before forcing me to escape. Later on, I hunted a boar monster, and when I was eating it, another group of bastards appeared and attacked me."

Ogre blinked at him then exploded laughing "you tried to eat a danger-beast, their meat is by far one of the most disgusting things to eat. Besides you got attacked by bandits twice. You are really unlucky bastard, they even robbed you of your clothes hahaha."

The rest of the soldiers joined him in his laughing hysteria while Seryu looked at Garou with pity. Then she brightened as if she had figured something important, She said sincerely and cheerfully "I understand why you want to dye yourself evil, you want to scare people as you are afraid of being attacked again. Don't worry, I will protect you !!!"

Garou's urge to beat the shit out of them was on the rise. Maybe the heroes were not as bad as he thought initially. These crazy idiots are far worse than anything he met.

Seryu then turned to her captain and said "Captain, can we take him with us to the capital? He might die if we left him alone here."

Ogre thought a little then said, "Very well, but if he caused us any trouble, I would kick him out to fend for himself."

"You are coming with us …. What is your name? " Seryu finally realised she didn't know the man name

"You can call me Garou" Garou replied, he didn't care if they heard his name before, they seemed too crazy to even realise it.

Seryu smiled happily as she approached Garou to help him bandage the wounds. Seeing her like this, and seeing the rest having no reaction, he knew he was right. He decided to follow them out of need, once he reaches the city, he will leave this group of madmen.