Code: Infinity [Reboot]

Chapter 36 - Status Null (I)

"Y-Yes!", Although a bit confused, Seryu looked back at Esdeath with a frown on her face. From her perspective 'Shadow Garden', was in the end a secret force of the Empire. It was, in the end, an organization started by the Prime Minister Honest.

"I see... So you were lied to. Seryuu... You were manipulated by this terrorist group called 'Shadow Garden'. You never worked for the Empire. These people were using you for their own benefit.", With pity eyes, Esdeath looked at Seryuu and shook her head.

"What!?", Seryuu's eyes went wide as her mind went blank. A shadow covered her face as her body trembled in unknown emotions.

This was not just because Esdeath was the strongest person in the whole world for her, who didn't need to lie to her as she could just kill them but also because she was never given a certification proof of the 'Shadow Garden' working for the Empire.

She never got an audience with the Prime Minister. And Ryo always dismissed some of her confusion.

Yes, she saw those letters.

Yes, she saw the corrupted nobles.

But what if...

It was all staged?

Her mind was struck by a thunder as she thought of that possibility. With dull eyes, she looked back at Esdeath and asked, "General Esdeath... Is what you said true?"

"Yes.", Esdeath looked back at her and replied to her emotionlessly. But she was happy. For she had gotten one of her subordinates back, and also got herself an ally for a fight. Now this was not 1 person fighting three, it was two people against two.

It won't make a huge difference with her condition. But with Seryuu on her side, she was confident that she could take down Zero Two while Seryuu held off Wave.

"Seryuu. I am giving you a chance to prove to me that you are not another traitor. Prove it to me by bringing her their dead bodies."

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Note:

From here on, you will understand the true scope of his plan.

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In the original material, Wave was alive till the end, while Seryuu died. Here the situation is reversed.

Ryo knew that after their fight, Esdeath would have next to no strength to actually 'kill' Zero Two. Even if she died, due to their physiology her 'babies' would be saved by forming egg cells as long as they are not damaged.

Even if Zero Two died, Ryo would just impregnate another girl, and make her give birth.

As for why just Zero Two? Why go through and make her 'yandere' for him? It's for the final 'revival' plan. But in the end, she won't really be the 'final' option. Ryo had set up multiple countersafe plans.

Zero Two surviving and fulfilling her role will be the BEST outcome.

He already planned Seryuu's betrayal, that's why he had stationed his soldiers such that they would invite Wave, Zero Two, and Seryuu as described. And he had already measured how strong Esdeath was with their confrontation.

He knew for a point that Esdeath could use her time freeze again to some possibility, so he at least made sure that she was exhausted before he died so that when confronted by Zero Two, she would at most attack her vital spot (Brain or Heart) according to the setup.

For he knew that Esdeath never had any 'proper' fight in her previous life. Fighting Ryo was just rewarding for her, so she would go all out, when and when only when she was exhausted would she use her 'Time Freeze' to honor her opponent.

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As for the reason why the 'main' Ryo couldn't return and send out this empty shell?

First, any High Dimensional Being's presence will literally destroy a world. They are like outer god. Their mere presence is a defiance of physics and logic.

Also, remember the System placed a barrier over the world of 'Akame Ga Kill?'. Yes, the [RYO], was after all an outer entity that had reached a higher dimension. He is also considered an outer interference.

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-SR_2027.

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