Chapter 590 - SPILLING BLOOD

Inside The Summit, Kaito was breaking into a nervous sweat. He did not know why he was worried. He was sure that Akira would show up, but he could not stop the apprehension in his heart. If it were not for his training, he might have started pacing. 

"It seems like Akira wised up and made a run for it," Hajime said with a grin while looking at Kaito. 

Kaito levelled a calm gaze on his cousin. "Why are you here again?" 

"You know Akira invited me to the wedding. I am just pitying you, so I am standing by your side. I should be with the Yamazaki family, with my teacher." Hajime said with unfounded pride. 

Kaito smiled with an evil gaze. "It seems that your skin and skull have become thicker since I last saw you. Perhaps, it is time I taught you a lesson." 

Hajime felt a cold chill in his bones. He knew that Kaito would not really harm him, but he could definitely make his life quite miserable. After gaining power as the CEO of Takahashi Corporation, he had discovered good intel on Kaito. 

He was not sure how much of what he found out was true, but he knew to be afraid of Kaito. As an assassin, he was a formidable figure. Moreover, his brilliance was exceptional. Still, the most frightening thing was his cruelty. 

Hajime remembered how Kaito had helped him eliminate their uncle, Takahashi Senzo. 

After the incident in Tokyo, Senzo began making his move again to take back the company. He sent his thugs to attack Hajime and his family while also targeting the internal operations of the corporation. Kaito had left people to protect him. 

However, he was still quickly overwhelmed by Senzo's methods. At the time, Hajime did not want to bother Kaito because of the incident in Tokyo. However, one of his subordinates must have reported the matter, causing Kaito to call him. 

Kaito told him about the greatest weakness that Senzo had. With just a vial of an unusual material that Kaito had hidden, Hajime was able to get Senzo to back away from the company. He never thought too much about the contents of the vial. 

All he knew was that Senzo had fallen into a coma. He was at the Stillwater Medical Research Institute, and the finest doctors could not identify the cause of his coma. 

Hajime had gone to see him. The man was hooked to countless machines, and he looked so weak and helpless. He was a shadow of the man who once reigned with terror. At that moment, Hajime felt peace. He had gotten revenge for his father. 

He was grateful to this elder cousin who appeared out of nowhere and changed his life. He was no longer a little boy hiding in the shadows. He had become the best version of himself, a man who could protect his mother and sister, and a man who could face his father with pride.

Still, he enjoyed getting a rise out of Kaito when he could, especially when it concerned Akira. 

"You would not spill blood on your wedding day, would you?" Hajime laughed. "It is bad luck." 

Kaito cracked his knuckles while looking at Hajime. Hajime felt fear and quickly stepped behind Zhong Feng who was standing silently with his usual austere dignity. His calm eyes looked from one man to the other. 

"Stop playing around. Can't you be more like Xiao Fai?" Zhong Feng asked. 

Kaito and Hajime looked to the Hu Fai. The young boy was already sixteen, but he still looked incredibly young. His body was petite, and his face was cute, just like Hu Lei. However, he was not childish and irresponsible. 

In fact, he was holding little Hikari while watching the mighty Wang Lei. The image was of the three of them was too adorable that the wedding photographer had already captured too many photos of them from countless angles. 

Hajime felt a little embarrassed because he was the one who started the whole thing. He could not even compare to a child. No wonder he was still single even after becoming one of the powerful people in Mountain Ridge. 

As for Kaito, he simply turned from Hajime and looked towards the aisle. His pursed lips betrayed his still nervous heart. Zhong Feng sighed. When he was thinking about checking with Hu Lei, he heard light movement from the small bud in his ear. 

"We are at the gate." Hu Lei said. 

Zhong Feng did not say anything. He did not want to betray the little secret between him and Hu Lei. Since Martial Island, the two of them kept using the earbuds when they were apart. It did not matter if they did not talk. 

There was some reassurance in knowing that they were always in each other's ears. 

After a short moment, the news that the bride had arrived at The Summit reached Wang Che. He leaned to the side and told Shun, who in turn nodded to Kaito. Immediately Kaito straightened his back even though he knew it would be a moment before Akira reached him. 

"How do you feel?" Zhong Feng asked. 

Kaito took a breath. "Like it is going to be a good day. I wish my uncle could be here." 

After the fallout on Martial Island, Taiki had gotten embroiled in a lot of complicated issues. While he was not the primary instigator of the incident, he was a major player. He had provided a lot of support to Yuan Haoran and allowed Zhong Feng to access critical and damaging information. 

Unfortunately, the people from Martial Island could not take action against him. Unlike some of them, he had retained a solid identity in the outside world as a world-class lawyer. Moreover, he still had some incriminating evidence against most of the clan leaders. 

Furthermore, he had the support of Zhong Feng. 

In the end, the two sides decided to come up with a way forward. As things stood, Taiki was working to right some of the wrongs done by Martial Island with reluctant help from those clans. Even though there was pushback to avoid international unrest, things were not too difficult. 

The powerful figures who would have protected Martial Island and its evil plots had been assassinated by Hu Lei to repay Yuan Haoran's favour. The fresh blood in those positions made it easier to bring some of the evildoers to justice. 

Regrettably, Taiki had not returned to Mountain Ridge after the incident. 

Zhong Feng did not know how to comfort Kaito. Therefore, he patted him hard on the shoulder. Kaito looked up in surprise before smiling in his usual wicked way. 

"Have you finally fallen for my charm?" He asked, his evil eyes twinkling. "It's already too late. I am a taken man." 

Zhong Feng immediately regretted feeling sorry for the man.