Inner Voice: All Heroines Hear My Inner Voice Chapter 1041: Enter the enemy's headquarters through the front door

"What about the other information? For example, the place called the tomb—tell us everything."

Eiji unhesitatingly ordered Bill to provide all the information he knew about the tomb. Although he already knew—since a short while ago, he had asked Rasiel.

Secretly, he had even ordered his shadow soldiers to infiltrate the tomb in the city.

He did this as a precaution to ensure that the lecherous men in the original work wouldn't lay a finger on Kurome or one of her beautiful friends. In a dark fantasy world like Akame Ga Kill, he was careful to ensure that the things he wanted wouldn't be touched by others.

"I have that information, though not much." Bill immediately laid out all the tactical documents from his pocket onto the table. "This is all the information regarding the maps of the ancient tombs that have been explored, the number of guards we're facing, and the details of the location where Kurome and two other members of my group were captured by those guards. Please use this information to save them."

Akame looked at the information intently; she wanted to see it right away. Eiji handed it to her so that she and the others could read it.

Akame was pleased.

While the women were busy reading the documents, Eiji stood up from his seat and turned toward the stairs. "We'll help you—not for your sake, but for the sake of the Empire. We'll head straight to the tomb now."

[Host, are you really serious about pretending to be the Imperial Heir?]

'Miss System, of course.'

Akame and the others naturally followed Eiji's lead right away. But Bill seemed to say, "You're leaving now? That's good. But the tomb's guards are strong. Actually, I've also requested additional assistance from the Empire. Don't you want to wait a little while?"

"No need."

Eiji refused to wait, which made Akame even happier. Besides, she wanted to rescue her younger sister as soon as possible.

Not long after.

They arrived in front of a tomb—or more precisely, a pyramid—whose interior was said to contain a treasure guarded by sentinels.

"If only Guy were here... He'd definitely be able to sneak into the tomb through the underground passage." Tsukushi said with a note of regret in her voice.

How could it be otherwise?

"The intelligence reports say the interior of the tomb is full of traps. This seems like the most dangerous mission we've ever been assigned."

Poney scratched his cheek, feeling a little nervous.

"Even so, we have to do it. Kurome is Akame's younger sister. We have to save her and her friends."

The one who said that was Cornelia. Long before this, they already knew that Kurome was Akame's younger sister. Except for Chelsea and Taeko, the rest of them had just found out.

Akame was moved. "Cornelia, thank you."

She glanced at Tsukushi, Poney, and the others, including Eiji. "I can lead the way into the tomb first. That way, you'll know where the traps will appear."

"Akame, you don't have to do that!"

"That's right. We've never had any problem saving your younger sister. I just want us to be more careful."

Poney and Tsukushi rejected Akame's idea. They couldn't let her take on the riskiest part of the mission all by herself.

"Ahem!" Eiji pretended to cough, and all the women's eyes turned to him. "Actually, I already know exactly where all the traps are inside the tomb. I also know there are 198 guards there."

Hearing this, everyone was surprised.

"Eiji, how do you know? That document didn't contain that much detail." Taeko asked, puzzled.

Eiji casually replied, "I ordered my shadow soldiers to infiltrate the tomb as soon as we arrived in this city."

He said this while summoning some of his shadow soldiers. Two soldiers shrouded in darkness, glowing with a purple light and radiating a terrifying aura, emerged from his shadow.

Soon, they retreated back into his shadows.

Akame, Cornelia, and the other women's eyes widened. What kind of creatures are those!?

Shadow soldiers?

They didn't seem human.

The aura they radiated was so powerful it made them break out in a cold sweat.

"Boss, you're surprising me yet again with your abilities. Actually, how many superpowers do you have?" Chelsea asked with a numb expression.

Eiji didn't answer; he just smiled mysteriously. But when Akame asked, "Eiji, does that mean you know Kurome's exact location right now?"

"Yes, I know."

"!" Akame was excited; she was about to ask how her younger sister was doing.

Eiji interrupted, saying, "Don't worry. For now, she and her two friends are just being held captive."

Akame felt relieved, but her expression then turned serious. "In that case, let's go inside the tomb! Even if there are many tomb guards, we'll kill them all."

When it came to killing, she was extremely confident.

*Boom!*

Shortly after, Cornelia punched the massive gate of the ancient tomb. With her Shingu, she easily shattered the thick door.

Unlike in the original work, since Eiji had mapped out every trap and the locations of the tomb guards, Akame and the other women didn't hesitate to attack.

Once inside the labyrinth-like darkness—

"This area is vast, and there are a large number of tomb guards patrolling it." Eiji said, his gaze fixed on the torch-lit, labyrinthine corridor ahead of them. "We'll still split up. Akame and I will head straight for the main detention chamber. The rest of you, comb the side corridors to distract the enemies and reduce their numbers."

He could have used teleportation to reach Kurome's location, but they didn't know that. Except for Chelsea—she actually held back from asking whether Eiji couldn't use his teleportation ability to a specific location inside the tomb?

She didn't do so because some of the women watching the live stream in the chat group had told her something.

[Lilith: Eiji really likes to pretend... If he wanted to, he could save Kurome and her friends in an instant. He can use teleportation magic.]

[Akio: Pfft! Come on, Lilith. That's Eiji—remember how he managed to charm us and get all the Trinity Seven members to join his harem?]

[Lilith: Akio, don't bring that up.]

[Liese: Fufufu. I suddenly miss rolling around in bed with Eiji~]

[Lilith: L-Liese, don't say such lewd things here!]

[Levi: Hoho. Lilith, are you embarrassed?]

[Lilith: Levi, you too! Don't tease me!]

"...." Chelsea.

Well, she'd better stop reading the messages those women sent for now.

They're pretty noisy.

"Understood." Cornelia and the others replied in unison. The group immediately split up into several different paths.

In a hall adorned with massive stone pillars, after easily avoiding several traps, Taeko and Chelsea's footsteps came to a halt.

That was because they saw a tall, muscular man with tanned skin wearing loose-fitting black clothes. The man had short, dark hair styled in a mohawk.

Five skulls hung from his neck like a necklace. Among the tomb's prisoners, the number of skulls they possessed determined how powerful they were.

Chelsea and Taeko remembered this information from the documents Bill had given them.

The man in front of them was undoubtedly strong.

"You intruders… Let me guess—you must be more of the Empire's lackeys." Kimatsu didn't attack right away.

He stared at the two women in front of him with a cold gaze.

"You can say that to the others who came with us. But the two of us? We're just following our future husband's orders."

"Chelsea, what are you saying!?"

Hearing what Chelsea said, Taeko blushed slightly and glared at her.

This wasn't the time to say something like that.

Chelsea put on an indifferent expression as she drew the rapier from her waist. It wasn't just the rapier—thanks to her above-average talent with weapons, she could actually wield a variety of them.

And with the buff from the Master-Servant contract, she felt she could easily defeat the man in front of her.

Chelsea was extremely confident.

This was the first time Taeko had ever seen her like that. Even so, she also drew her sword and stared at Kimatsu without fear.

"Oh? You two seem stronger than the other intruders we've captured. I like that confident look, but don't underestimate me!"

Veins bulged on Kimatsu's forehead, and her muscles also appeared to swell. He darted forward at high speed, swinging his fist toward the stomachs of the two women in front of him.

However, he didn't know.

Chelsea and Taeko, who had received a buff from their Master-Servant contract, were able to see his movements. To their eyes, he looked slow.

Each of them dodged the attack and slashed at Kimatsu's burly body from both sides.

"What!?"

Blood spurted from Kimatsu's waist and armpits. In a panic, he kept dashing forward and leaped before turning around.

He stared at the two women in front of him with a serious look.

"Surprised we managed to dodge your attack? You're not actually that fast." Chelsea popped a lollipop into her mouth and held her rapier casually.

Taeko didn't bother taunting her opponent; instead, she scolded Chelsea. "Stop messing around, Chelsea. If you hadn't, the enemy would have lost both his hands by now."

With her previous slash, she had rendered one of Kimatsu's hands useless.

"Taeko, you're taking this too seriously. But fine, let's kill him as soon as possible." Chelsea narrowed her eyes.

"Gugh! Don't get cocky—I'm the one who's going to kill all of you!"

Kimatsu shouted, his face clearly contorted with rage. The tomb guardians possessed the Secret Art of the Tomb Guardians, which allowed them to transform parts of their bodies to use abilities similar to those of a Disaster Beast.

In an instant, his legs transformed into muscular hind legs. As he propelled his body forward, his speed increased severalfold.

Chelsea and Taeko frowned slightly, but—

*Tring! Tring! Tring!*

They blocked every punch and kick from Kimatsu directly using their respective weapons—and even their own bodies.

'Are these women using Secret Arts too!? How come their physical strength isn't any weaker than mine!?'

Kimatsu was shocked.

If Eiji had to answer, it was because he had given his love to both of those women.

There's no way they'd lose to a petty villain.

Taeko stepped forward, parrying every one of Kimatsu's attacks with her katana. "Chelsea, attack his blind spot!"

She shouted while fending off all the attacks coming at the two of them.

"Leave it to me!" Chelsea leaped forward and aimed at the back of Kimatsu's neck with a long poisoned needle she'd hidden under her skirt.

Her speed was still faster than her opponent's. Kimatsu was unable to dodge and was pierced.

"Kaghhh!"

He screamed in pain.

At that moment, Taeko used the technique she had once used on Eiji. A powerful slash, fueled by wind, tore Kimatsu's body in two.

*SLASH!*

The wind from the slash continued flying to the end of the corridor, cutting through the floor and walls in the distance.

"I-I've lost? You guys... there are still plenty of other tomb guardians, and our leader are very strong—you're still going to die..."

Those were Kimatsu's last words before he died.

Chelsea and Taeko immediately walked away from his corpse. With their current power, they actually wanted to face many more tomb guardians and kill them!

Both beautiful women had somewhat sadistic expressions on their faces.

Meanwhile.

In a fairly spacious room, Poney had to face Umber, a young woman with brown skin and a bob haircut. She was wearing a light-colored top and pants.

Around her waist, she had four skulls hanging as part of her collection.

Her Secret Art grants her snake-like characteristics. This made her slippery, and Poney had a hard time landing any attacks on her.

For example, right now—

"Damn it, stop dodging!" Poney's dagger slashed at empty air even though she'd moved extremely fast using her Shingu.

"Hehe, blame yourself for being too slow." Umber laughed, and the next second, she wrapped her strong arms and legs around Poney's entire body. "Now, I've got you."

Umber tightened her grip, intending to snap every bone in Poney's body with a single powerful squeeze. The immense pressure caused Poney great pain, but before her bones could snap—

*JLES!*

Blood spurted into the air and splattered across the golden-yellow floor. It wasn't Poney's blood, but the blood of...

"UAGAAAKH!" Umber coughed up a mouthful of blood; she was forced to stop wrapping herself around her opponent and clutched her shoulder.

That was because, at that very moment, a sword shrouded in darkness pierced her shoulder. Her body was lifted into the air until she was suspended there.

"W-Who?" Umber asked weakly.

Only Poney knew that behind her enemy stood one of Eiji's shadow soldiers, who seemed to have emerged from the shadows.

The knight of darkness grabbed Umbra by the head, pulled its sword out of her shoulder, and then stabbed her right in the heart.

"!!!"

The light in Umbra's eyes faded; she was brutally killed.

Poney swallowed hard. "Um... Thank you? Sorry for putting you through this, Eiji."

She thanked Eiji and felt guilty for being so weak. She also didn't know that Eiji had long since placed that shadow soldier in her shadow.

The shadow soldier said nothing. It sank into the floor, becoming darkness that blended with her shadow.

"Come to think of it, do Cornelia and the others also have one in their respective shadows?"

Poney suddenly wondered.

*BANG!*

Cornelia had managed to kill four tomb guardians, each with two or three skulls.

She was slightly out of breath; blood from one of the tomb guardians she'd just killed was dripping from her gloves.

"I hope the others aren't having too much trouble either."

"They'll definitely be fine."

The one who replied optimistically was Tsukushi. With her dual pistols, she had killed at least three tomb guardians.

Eiji had deliberately put the two of them in the same group. In the original story, Tsukushi was defeated by a tomb guardian who had four skulls around his neck. He was also captured, just like Kurome and her two friends.

To prevent that, he also had her choose a different route where she and Cornelia wouldn't encounter a tomb guardian who was too powerful for them to handle.

The Tomb Guardian was a muscular man with thick black afro hair and a short beard.

Right now, he's blocking Eiji and Akame's path.

"This time it's a handsome man and a beautiful young woman, huh. I can't wait to capture you two and have my way with you."

His name was Jamo, one of the strongest tomb guardians. He's been standing guard in front of the room where Kurome and her two friends are being held captive.

However, the disgusting things that happen in the original work don't happen here. One of Kurome's beautiful friends wasn't molested by Jamo because Eiji and his group had arrived beforehand. The shadow soldiers had caused chaos by setting off explosions and killing many tomb guards.

Before Kimatsu died, he had also told Jamo not to touch the captives until their leader decided what he wanted to do with them.

This annoyed Jamo.

"Eiji, leave this to me. I'll kill him." Akame said with a cold expression.

"Sure, Akame. Kill that disgusting man. Oh, and be careful of his body parts—they can turn into octopus tentacles. You're also not allowed to eat him—that's unhygienic."

Akame was stunned.

The man in front of her could turn his limbs into tentacles? Like an octopus?

Still, why did Eiji think she would eat it?

What he didn't know was that, in the original work, she actually ate Jamo's tentacles to free herself from his grip. Eiji didn't like that; he even wondered why the author of Akame Ga Kill was so fond of letting the villains harass the women in the protagonist's group.

"Understood."

Akame didn't ask how Eiji knew about the enemy's powers.

Jamo stared at Eiji in surprise, "How do you know about my Secret Art?"

Eiji didn't bother to answer.

Akame attacked.

*Clang! Clang! Clang!*

Her sword, Kiriichimonji, clashed with Jamo's steel-hard fist. As small cuts began to pierce his skin, Jamo realized he couldn't stop the bleeding.

He considered Akame a formidable opponent. One of his hands turned into a tentacle, and he was about to wrap it around the woman's body.

However, Akame's reflexes were so fast they rivaled those of a Danger Beast. She sliced off the tentacle just as it was about to touch her.

"Gugh! That really hurts! Your face reminds me of one of the intruders we captured. Are you her sister? I regret not doing something to her!"

Jamo groaned in pain.

Blood spurted from his severed hand. Normally he could regrow his limbs, but Kiriichimonji's ability prevented him from regenerating.

That's terrifying, Jamo thought.

He didn't seem capable of defeating the woman in front of him. His gaze fell on Eiji, who was just standing there watching, and he smiled slyly.

"Have you ever thought about doing something to Kurome? I'll definitely kill you!"

Akame lunged forward, her gaze filled with murderous intent. However, Jamo dodged her attack and charged toward Eiji.

"Handsome guy, why don't you play with me? Are you not good enough at fighting?"

Jamo thought Eiji was weaker than Akame, and that it would be easy for him to kill Eiji first.

Eiji found it amusing; there was a reason he hadn't shown his natural oppression.

"Eiji!"

Akame knew the man was strong, but she was worried he might let his guard down.

"You think I'm weak?"

[I like to make my enemies misjudge my power. Not only do I make beautiful women worry about me, but I can also slap my enemies and take them by surprise.]

The heroines: You have a bad hobby, Eiji.

*Bam!*

With a muffled thud, Eiji caught Jamo's fist with his bare hand. He remained in his position, not budging an inch.

Jamo's eyes widened in surprise. At that very moment, he felt a chill run through his entire body, and his instincts told him that compared to Akame, the man in front of him was far more dangerous!

The sense of oppression he felt from him was even more terrifying than that of his leader.

"C-Can you let me go?" Jamo stammered; he couldn't pull his fist back, and his body felt stiff.

Eiji didn't change his expression. Instead of answering, he asked. "Can an octopus still survive after being electrocuted by 1 billion volts of electricity?"

Just then, a red light shone from the hand he'd used to catch Jamo's fist. A stream of deep red electricity enveloped the man and electrocuted him.

"AHHHHHHHHGGGG!!"

Jamo's scream was so loud it echoed throughout the hallway. Five seconds later, his body turned to ash scattered across the floor.

Akame watched the scene in a daze.

Once again, Eiji displayed abilities unlike anything he had shown before.