As vermin are drawn to rotting corpses, so are power-hungry men drawn to weak
rulers; moreover, its restless people. The greedy/corrupt humans clung desperately to the quickly dissolving corpse of the Empire. Can Pain stop the cycle of strife in a w...
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Tatsumi and Pain had arrived at the capital. Tatsumi was impressed at how big the capital was but Pain could feel that although the atmosphere looked calm and peaceful, there was great malice hidden within a lot of people he had passed through so he decided to send all the other paths to investigate different parts of the capital while he and Tatsumi investigated on their own. Almost every person in the capital showed looks of surprise at Pain's appearance most of them kept their distance from him.
"The capital is even bigger than I thought. If I get successful here, I could even buy the whole village!" Tatsumi stated while looking around.
"And how do you plan to make money here?"
"You will see, follow me to the barracks!" Tatsumi replied with a lot of enthusiasm.
In front of the barracks
"Get out of here!" the man who was responsible to enlist the candidates for the army shouted, kicking Tatsumi out of the barrack.
"Hey c'mon, can I at least take the test!?"
"Stop messing around, you have to win a raffle even for becoming a soldier! With the recession going on I already have more applicants than I can handle now scram, fucking brat!" the man shouted angrily and slammed the door.
"Pain, lend me a hand here maybe if we cause a ruckus around, we can make a name for ourselves!" Tatsumi stated, but Pain shook his head.
"I don't think it's a good idea".
"Hmmm... yeah... we could get caught..." Tatsumi stated, agreeing with Pain.
"Hey there". a blond woman, which was Leone, called them. The two turned to her. "You two seem to be having trouble, should this onee-san here lend you a hand?" The woman suggested but Tatsumi could only stare surprised at the woman's attributes.
'So this is the capital ...' Tatsumi thought, looking at the woman's boobs with an expression of shock.
"...? what's wrong?" Leone asked, confused at the boy's stare. "Lad, you must be one of those coming to the capital from the country seeking adventure, right?"
"How do you know!?" Tatsumi asked, shocked at Leone's guess.
"If you live in the capital long enough, you could tell outsiders apart in a heartbeat. So, I know a quick way to get commissioned" Leone stated, making Tatsumi's eyes widen.
"Seriously!?" Tatsumi asked impressed, but Pain was not buying it; yet decided to see where this would go.
"You wanna know? then, treat onee-san to a meal"
At some Bar in the capital
Leone had dragged Tatsumi and Pain at an expensive bar just to drink like there was no tomorrow. Tatsumi was with a worried face seeing her drink so much, not knowing how much all that would cost him and Pain was just sitting there with his arms crossed and eyes closed, waiting for them to finish.
