On the other side of Nicolo Island, three of the Five Elders arrived at the CP base.
Before these three arrived, the other two Five Elders had already arranged for several CP members to come and conduct investigations.
Although the CP Training Base had been destroyed, completely cutting off the supply of fresh blood to CP, the CP members who had completed their training and left the training base were not affected at all.
"How is the investigation going? Have you found any abnormalities, or discovered any other members of the Infinite Pirates?"
Saint Saturn, Warrior God of Science and Defense, inquired.
"Report, Five Elders. Currently, we have not detected any members of the Infinite Pirates entering or exiting. Akame has not left this island, and we have not had any close contact with her in recent days!"
CP0 Matia Cole replied.
"I understand. You may leave now!"
Saint Saturn waved his hand.
"To be cautious, let's use Observation Haki to survey from three different angles again, and make sure not to sweep over Akame!"
Saint Nusjuro, Warrior God of Finance, said.
"Alright, I'll head east!"
Saint Mars, Warrior God of the Environment, responded.
Immediately, the three Five Elders quietly surrounded Akame from three different directions. Under the precise control of their Observation Haki, they did not cover Akame, and upon probing the area within tens of thousands of meters around her, they found no abnormalities.
"No abnormalities to the east!"
"No abnormalities to the west!"
"No abnormalities to the south!"
"Let's proceed to the next step. I will block her escape route from the sky, while you two encircle her from both sides. We absolutely cannot let her escape!"
"Understood, let's move!"
The three Five Elders communicated with each other through the Den Den Mushi and quickly decided to capture Akame!
"Hm? There's a killing intent!"
Having just finished shopping and buying snacks, Akame suddenly turned her head to the left. In an instant, she tossed aside all her snacks and drew her supreme blade, the Demon Blade Muramasa.
A tall, white skeletal warhorse appeared, but the upper body of the skeletal horse was that of a bespectacled old man. He held a demon sword radiating a black, eerie light and charged towards her at incredible speed.
"Saint Nusjuro of the Five Elders!!"
Even though Akame had never seen the Five Elders before, she recognized Saint Nusjuro the moment she laid eyes on him. After all, she had seen the photos of the Five Elders countless times during her childhood! "Then let me see just how strong the legendary Five Elders, who stand at the pinnacle of world power, really are!"
Upon seeing Saint Nusjuro, Akame did not choose to retreat; instead, her fighting spirit soared.
As far as she knew, Saint Nusjuro was the strongest swordsman among the five Five Elders and wielded the supreme blade, the First Generation Demon Slayer, making him an incredibly powerful swordsman.
As a swordsman herself, she naturally wanted to see if Saint Nusjuro's swordsmanship was stronger than hers.
If it had been two years ago, Akame would never have thought this way, but now, at nineteen years old, she had gained enough strength to challenge the Five Elders! "Demon Slayer: One Shape!"
Seeing that the opponent actually intended to counterattack, Saint Nusjuro's gaze turned cold, and he swung his sword, unleashing a cold white slash hundreds of meters long.
Wherever the slash passed, all surrounding buildings were destroyed, and anyone on the street who came into contact with the slash was cut in half without exception.
As Saint Nusjuro's slash approached, Akame transformed into her beast-human form, her entire body enveloped in a white cursed aura.
The Nue form granted her unparalleled cursed power, which could be inflicted on enemies to deal cursed damage, or applied to herself to enhance her own abilities.
Now, Akame placed the curse upon herself, casting a powerful physical enhancement curse, temporarily increasing her physical strength by thirty percent!
"Don't bother testing me with such little power!"
In an instant, as Akame's strength surged, she swung her blade and shattered Saint Nusjuro's slash, scattering starlight across the street.
"Take this!"
As Akame stomped her feet on the ground, the earth collapsed downwards by over ten meters. With the reaction force, she shot towards Saint Nusjuro like a white meteor.
The unique cursed power of the Demon Blade Muramasa was ignited by Akame's cursed energy, amplifying it by several times, causing the entire Demon Blade Muramasa to be engulfed in black cursed flames.
At the same time, the black flowing cherry blossom Haki was injected into the Demon Blade Muramasa like an accelerant, causing the black cursed flames to burn even more fiercely.
The black flame blade and the white cursed power appeared simultaneously on Akame, two completely different colors of black and white, yet possessing the same cursed power! "Cursed Slaughter: Demon Frenzy!"
With a single slash, the cursed power erupted, and the entire world seemed to be cursed, turning black! "Demon Slayer: Demon Ice!"
Facing the incoming Akame, Saint Nusjuro did not hesitate to swing the First Generation Demon Slayer to meet her.
A bone-chilling power erupted from the First Generation Demon Slayer, freezing the scattered cursed energies in the air that were trying to invade Saint Nusjuro's body from all directions.
"Boom!!!"
At the moment the two supreme blades collided, the black cursed flames, carrying a maddening force, attempted to invade Saint Nusjuro's body along the blade of the First Generation Demon Slayer.
However, they were blocked by the icy power contained within the blade.
"Your swordsmanship is much weaker than your father's!"
Saint Nusjuro snorted coldly, and with all four legs of the skeletal horse pushing down, he forced Akame back over fifty meters! The moment Akame drew her sword, Saint Nusjuro had already recognized that the familiar swordsmanship came from Li Yuan! As a fellow great swordsman, he had studied Li Yuan's swordsmanship for over a decade, so he would not mistake it!
"Your swordsmanship is much weaker than my father's!"
Although Akame was pushed back, she was not discouraged; instead, her fighting spirit surged even higher.
After the clash of that last sword, she had roughly gauged the depth of her opponent's strength. Even if she was at a disadvantage, she would not be easily defeated!
"Rumble, rumble!!!"
Just as Akame was about to continue her duel with Saint Nusjuro, a violent tremor came from behind her.
It was a gigantic bull demon, resembling a mountain. No, it should be said to be a monster with the face of an old man, horns like Kaido's, and a body like a mountain spider.
Not only that, but Akame's Observation Haki also sensed a powerful aura circling above her head in the sky, ready to swoop down and ambush her at any moment.
"The Five Elders are truly shameless, sending three of them to deal with just me!"
Seeing this, Akame immediately abandoned the idea of continuing to tangle with Saint Nusjuro and quickly broke through from the side.
"You have nowhere to run!"
Just as Akame dashed out, Saint Nusjuro, with his four legs, had already blocked her path. After all, how could Akame, with her two legs, outrun Saint Nusjuro, who had four?
At this moment, Saint Saturn had also rushed over, effectively surrounding Akame from both the front and back, not to mention that Saint Mars was flying in the sky, ready to provide support at any time.
Against one of the Five Elders, Akame might have been able to cope, but against three, she truly had nowhere to escape!
"Li Yuan's daughter Akame, now you have nowhere to flee. You might as well surrender obediently!"
As Saint Nusjuro prepared to join forces with Saint Saturn to capture Akame, he was taken aback to find no trace of panic or fear on her face, only an invisible sense of mockery.
(End of Chapter)