When the clash concluded Akagi made himself very clear to Nobeshiba: whatever Nobeshiba or his masters try, he will always a step ahead of the Imperium.
Keeping that message in mind Nobeshiba told Ichiro what Akagi did to him, after his failed mission, recovered from his severe injuries, though Ichiro did not please hear such news.
Hearing failing news Ichiro stands grimly across, Nobeshiba whom has no excuse to justify, surrounded by Ichiro's Imperial Paragon Guards in a closed chamber.
"I thought we would talk in your office? Supreme One?"
Nobeshiba stuttered uncomfortably, become nervous, unable to predict what's in Ichiro's head as he staring at him in an ambiguous face,
"What can I say Akasku,"
Ichiro sighed, and replied in a casual, unfazed manner,
"I had such high hopes for you, thinking you might serve your nation well, prove loyalty to your Lord."
"P...-please I beg you, give me another chance I will get Akagi Shinsuke's head I promise you."
Seeing Ichiro disappointed, Nobeshiba desperately pleaded that he will prove his worth to the Empire nevertheless it makes frustrated Ichiro even more,
"Do you know who Akagi Shinsuke is? What he's capable of?"
Ichiro said, grimly, glaring Nobeshiba with his sharpen purple eyes,
"He's like a Dark Chaos God, that crushing down everything in its path, he uses violence and bloodshed to get what he wants, and yet despite this the people can't help but cheer him on, knowing he will kill them the moment they turned against him, using terrorism, creating more chaos, to them he's some kind of a messiah because he is on the front line, always moving ahead of everybody else. He not only gave them hope, but he will give all Mutants their bright future with them sitting at the top and us been their slaves. Tell me something Akutsu, how will you domesticate a highly reactive force of darkness and evil?"
Nobeshiba was utterly out of words, completely powerless to reply, though he shrugged and whimpered what comes in his mind,
"I don't know..."
"Hmm... Just as I thought... Worry not—I do,"
Ichiro smiled, patted Nobeshiba's shoulder, and as he sensed some hope, Ichiro casually ordered his guards,
"Break his right hand!"
"What!?"
Before Nobeshiba could sense the pending danger, the Paragon Guard put on the Mutant Restrainer while the other brutally smacked him with a stun baton right on his stomach, after fall down they continue to beaten him like a stray dog, Ichiro gave him a chance, Ichiro Kyousuke is the man of his words, he gave Nobeshiba a true opportunity to prove himself but he failed thus will suffer the consequences,
"Ahhh-arhh!!"
"30 minutes later I have to attend in a press conference, let the nation know we can protect them from these vile savages."
"Araghh, Ahhh!!!"
Ichiro while easy-going, adjust his clothes, making himself presentable, his guards ruthlessly beating the hell out of Nobeshiba, way worse than what Akagi had given him, breaking his right hand with a hammer, nearly blinded him as their boots kicked on his face.
"Throw this trash in the Raizen, for now on I will take care things myself."
"Yes, my lord."
After the brutal beat down, Paragon Guards dragged Nobeshiba's unconscious body out from the chamber, because brutal beating his body looked more like a bloody meatloaf.
"What happen? Did you capture him?"
Airicaba Simmori: Byron's former female bodyguard is now Ichiro's, questioned when he entered his chamber before the press meet,
"No, Nobeshiba failed, Akagi Shinsuke is still at large as well as the criminal organisation Athenaeum. We have to wait a little longer, that handsome leach is hard to catch."
With a sigh of contempt Ichiro replied,
"Though I won't expose his real identity to the Press, refer him as Redtron."
"Why?"
"It might cause panic over the TYZ, knowing one MRC's employee could responsible for such horrendous terror attacks, it could sabotage my position as Supreme One. The campaign against mutant supremacist extremism and the support of the nobility."
"You don't have to worry what people think, mostly Nobles in the Green Zone."
"I couldn't care less about other's opinions, especially about the Nobility, those are nothing but a indulge-sucking parasite. Though it will eventually incapacitate my army, and losing soldiers unnecessarily is the thing I won't tolerate, including you Miss Airicaba."
"Huh?"
"Yes, though you are my bodyguard and I don't doubt your capabilities still it makes me sad just think of losing you."
Airicaba's eyes widened with surprise, being overwhelmingly flattered and delighted listening Ichiro's intend, avoiding unnecessary bloodshed for those he loves, regardless Ichiro already committed several crimes including assassinating few political leaders and nobles, arson and bombing the opposition parties, and murder or suppress any Foreign-based journalists who were investigating political crimes in the region. Still avoids losing innocent lives.
"Just as you know, no matter what happens, no matter what you will face in the future,"
Dropping the rifle away, temporarily forget her duty Airicaba walked near Ichiro, slowly, more intimately surrounds her slender arms around his neck and passionately whispered, while nearly an inch away from their lips,
"I will always with you."
After said that Airicaba lean forward kissed Ichiro; which gradually become passionate as Ichiro embrace the kiss gracefully.
Ichiro first met Airicaba in a labour camp as a captive during the Second MH War, during liberation campaign against Mad Mutant Emperor Victor X's tyranny, acted as a Vice-Commander of the Imperial 56th Counter-Rebellious Unit Ichiro saw Airicaba, chained up in the dirt, like a lifeless slave repeatedly abuse and demoralised,
When Brittonia soldiers overpower the Mutant militant in the camp, they started killing unarmed slaves as well as Counter Rebellious soldiers. When one of the mutant militia attempted to kill Airicaba, she skilfully manoeuvred this by strangling then kill a healthy Mutant using her restraining chains.
Ichiro witnessed all of these and got curious about her, later he rescued her before Airicaba told her story been part of an aimless mercenary group of the Chinese Confederacy got separated by the chaotic Imperian Civil War after accomplishing her mission in Bronze State.
With no aim or flag whatsoever, but overflowing with Military skills and experience, Ichiro decided to enlisted her into Brittonia Imperial Army, since as a foreigner Airicaba soon promoted as personal bodyguard of Byron, despite being an aloof at first but soon Ichiro went under her affection within few years, from the beginning she held a considerable loyalty towards Ichiro than his father Byron.
"I be off then."
After the kiss, Ichiro confidently exited his chamber, go and attend the press.
"My fellow citizens of the Imperium,"
Ichiro said, went forward into the flashes of media, speaking directly to the press in a passion and, confidence like his father,
"As you already heard, my father, Byron Kyousuke is died, but with his passing comes a sign of change. An opportunity to reform our nation that been ravaged by war, chaos, violence and death initiated by some evil men..."
While Ichiro's speech is a direct message to Redtron and his allies, hidden within there's an intimidating challenge for Akagi personally.
"Like my father before The Imperium's primary impediment to a free and uninhibited future is the evil Mutant Radical's violence, terror and outright tyrannical point of view that currently grips our beloved country. The Mutant Emperor and their RMS organisation will stop at nothing until they achieved their depraved goals overthrowing our government, and enslaved the good citizens of the Imperium!"
Regardless good honest Imperians and shady Nobility brought Ichiro's hollow promises, objectifying Redtron and his immoral deeds, he directly confront Akagi, claiming he will not afraid fighting fire with fire, pay evil unto evil, willing to become ruthless in closed down or will do whatever it takes to complete his perceived "utopia" to get rid of that pesky "free will" thing that is the cause of crime and evil.
While Akagi watching attentively to his speech on his phone, sitting next to Misaki sleeping on his bed, resting through the deadly ordeal, commissioned by Ichiro himself.
"I promise you my fellow Imperians, a change will come for those of you who wish to support me on my quest to make The Imperium States a better place and brought those men into justice in a name of decency and humanity I will vanquished the mutant supremacy ideology, forever!"