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...
Bulat was dreaming. He was there, on the day he was accepted in Night Raid. The day Najenda reached out to him, even though he had nothing to offer her but his desire to fight back against the same structure which disgusted him the same who framed and imprisoned his former superior and friend, Liver just because he didn't give in to the Prime Minister's agenda. He could still remember it... the moment he was unable to help Liver in that unfair situation, a memory of his impotence that would stick with him till the end of his days.
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It would serve as a reminder that he must not show weakness if he wanted to protect his comrades.
He still felt ashamed whenever he remembered his figure when he still worked as a high Imperial officer, a figure he was being constantly reminded of whenever he saw his wanted poster. They truly needed to update that picture he couldn't stand it anymore. Imperial Guard Bulat was dead for him now, he was Bulat of Night Raid here, he had been received with open arms by people like him that were no heroes but distinct people who were united for a single purpose of taking down the source of the suffering and corruption. In the current government, innocents had no other choice but to live under the rule of a corrupt supreme authority who was being fooled by a cowardly swine. Change the Empire into a better place that was what the revolutionary Army and Najenda promised him if he joined.
He shook Najenda's hand gladly and smiled. It relaxed him recalling the events of that day but then the scene had changed. He was now recalling the events of the other day when he and his comrades had met the one who called himself God. The guy had appeared out of nowhere and squashed his friends like they weren't much in a matter of few minutes. He remembered the bald guy with horns and the sinister smile he fought and the ludicrous strength he had. He barely was able to keep up with him and the others weren't better specially Akame who got her arm life force sucked out of her...? He still couldn't understand the nature of this enemy's powers it didn't seem like any Teigu he had seen during his time in the Empire nor the ones he read about in the Teigu book he took the chance of reading a while back. But one thing was clear to him, the rage he had felt the moment he knew one of his friends was about to be killed right in front of him was unbearable. He wanted to rip out the long-haired man's head off but was stopped by the bald bastard and couldn't rid himself of him. The frustration he felt when Akame lost her arm was like Liver's situation all over again. He failed a friend, again. What a disgrace he was.
What was once a recalling of happy events of his life, was replaced by this nightmare. A man who once served under the Empire, one who didn't flinch upon the worst mankind had to offer and fought bravely against it, also feared by the nickname of 100 man-slayer which he received upon slaying a hundred people in a battle against the barbarians in the south long ago was now covered in fear. Fear of losing his comrades. And without a moment spare, the scene changed again. But this time, Najenda appeared in the battle and everyone seemed to have recovered their hopes of winning. But it was not to last. Najenda made a signal and they went for the attack but Pain threw some of those black rods at their arms and legs and it seemed to have immobilized everyone. Before anyone could do anything, Pain once again got the better of them and sent a powerful shockwave that was much stronger than he remembered. This time though, they didn't get out with only a few broken bones but instead, were all vaporized by the unknown force. Bulat opened his eyes immediately after that. He woke up panting heavily looking around him desperately. He noticed he was in his bed and was sweating heavily.
