This is Rabur's moment of glory, and also his final battle.
Though Rabur is usually flippant, his resolve is unquestionable.
It all began when Tatsumi saved Mine, who was caught in a bomb blast.
For Tatsumi, his comrade died because he wasn't strong enough, and Chelsea died because he wasn't fast enough. But this time, he would definitely save Mine.
Although Mine still acted tsundere, she now knew her feelings for Tatsumi.
Mine made a promise with Tatsumi to survive this revolution, and she would confess her feelings then.
Meanwhile, Leone and Susanoo had already infiltrated the church. Kurome tried to resist but was affected by the fatal wound mentioned earlier.
In a moment of crisis, Will appeared and blocked Leone. Will immediately summoned the Noble Armor, vowing not to repeat his past mistakes.
On the other side, Bolic, terrified inside the church, knelt before Esdeath, begging for protection.
Esdeath didn't want to protect such scum, but a command was a command. As long as Bolic stayed in the room, she could guarantee his safety.
However, Bolic didn't trust Esdeath at all and immediately escaped through a secret underground passage of the church.
But Akame and Rabur had been waiting in the tunnel for a long time, just waiting for Bolic to fall into their trap.
Bolic's assassination was successful, and the operation ended perfectly.
Due to Night Raid's various assassinations, the people who had been oppressed by the empire for a long time began to riot, forcing the Great General of the Imperial Army to intervene.
Although military officials were not supposed to interfere in politics, protecting the empire was the mission of the Notō clan, which had continued for thousands of years.
To suppress the riots and maintain order in the capital, the Minister specially established a new elite force, commanded by his son, Shura, the man who had previously teleported Esdeath and Tatsumi to a deserted island.
Shura declared that the mere civilian rebellion did not require the Great General's personal intervention; he could resolve it himself.
Meanwhile, Tatsumi and Rabur continued their reconnaissance in the capital. Rabur spoke of his determination to win Najeda's heart after the war, while also teasing Tatsumi about his relationship with Mine. Just then, the intelligence operative who was supposed to be their contact arrived, and the three of them proceeded to a rebel stronghold within the capital.
However, their usual coded knock received no response. Peering closer, they saw blood seeping from under the door. Rabur felt a bad premonition. As the door creaked open, they found the place filled with corpses.
Indeed, the stronghold had been exposed and was under siege. Tatsumi and the other two were surrounded by Shura, who had arrived at the scene. Tatsumi immediately drew his sword and lunged at Shura, but a lightning strike from the sky repelled him.
The one who had arrived was the Great General of the Imperial Army, Notō.
With the situation as it was, Rabur and Tatsumi could only fight with their backs against the wall. Tatsumi would face Notō, while Rabur would fight Shura. Fortunately, Esdeath was not in the capital at this time, having been on a distant campaign, where she had single-handedly annihilated all the rebel forces in the west.
Tatsumi in the capital summoned his demon.
Tatsumi observed that while Notō's power was immense, his movements were also very slow, which gave Tatsumi confidence that he could defeat the Great General. However, General Notō immediately counterattacked with a lightning strike, knocking Tatsumi unconscious and rendering him unable to fight.
Concurrently, Shura demonstrated the power of his Imperial Armament, which allowed him to teleport himself and his opponent to pre-marked locations, achieving instant movement. However, this consumed a lot of stamina and could not be used repeatedly.
But Shura found something useful in the capital: a body-strengthening potion, which allowed him to use his abilities at will.
Not only that, but Shura had also marked every corner of the palace. This perverse ability forced Rabur into a desperate retreat. Rabur then used his needle to escape into the air, only to find that Shura had already marked the air as well, meaning there was nowhere to run from the start.
Just then, the female intelligence operative betrayed them, tightly clutching Rabur's body.
It turned out her parents had been falsely accused and imprisoned by the Minister. If she didn't go undercover, her parents would be executed.
However, to Shura, this woman was merely a plaything. He immediately slit her throat with a single slash, and Rabur's bottom line was that he would never harm a woman.
Enraged, Rabur instantly severed the arm of Shura's Chi You Imperial Armament. It turned out that as Rabur had fled earlier, he had laid down boundary lines throughout the palace. Although he had used up most of the threads, he had managed to complete it.
But the woman, who had fallen to the ground and was on the verge of death, stood up again and stabbed Rabur in the waist.
Even in death, the woman remained deluded. Her parents had actually been killed by Shura long ago, and Shura had thus regained his Imperial Armament.
Shura immediately unleashed his trump card, sending Rabur to the ends of the world. Under this attack, no one could ever return.
But Shura did not know that Rabur's needle threads had already bound him and Shura together. Neither of them could sever this connection, not even an Imperial Armament that controlled space.
As Rabur pulled with all his might, Shura was also drawn into the ends of the world through the teleportation array.
Shura immediately summoned another teleportation array to escape, but Rabur's steel spear pierced his chest. The threads then advanced through the wound towards his heart, and Rabur successfully killed him.
Rabur would never forgive someone who treated other lives as toys and trampled on them at will.
Rabur then fell from the teleportation array, but by then, his Imperial Armament was in tatters, and his body, severely wounded, was immobile. Memories of his time with Night Raid flashed through Rabur's mind like a kaleidoscope. Perhaps there was sadness, perhaps pain, but there was more happiness.
What Rabur regretted most was not being able to express his feelings to Najeda until the very end.
Cross Tail shattered with Rabur's advancing smile. The remaining fight would have to be left to Tatsumi.