Chapter 33：Back

"Teleportation."

Tasha teleported all of them to a deserted factory where the light was dim. Kai and Tasha found this place by chance.

Kai didn't start attacking Ikeda Kenzo. Instead, he stopped and asked, "I'm still confused… You act like a subordinate of the Katsuragi family, but at the same time, you act like you're not."

"Hoho… Subordinate, you say… It is certainly wrong. I am not their subordinate, but you might be able to consider me as their partner at the moment, as I said earlier. After all, this relationship is only for benefit. I don't give a damn about their plan, but I still need to follow their plan because of this benefit," Kenzo briefly explained.

"So what is their plan?

"No comment. My family will be affected if I tell you."

"Why do you want us to go back to Tokyo?"

"In fact, not only Tokyo. I want you to leave this United Asia. I don't care where you will go to. As long as you keep fighting magical beasts and try to make a better future," He said.

"Leave United Asia, you say?" Kai and Tasha frowned.

"Yes. This place is soon going to be a battlefield."

"What do you mean?"

"I can't say anything more than that," Kenzo shook his head. "I don't know why they're targeting you, but I think that was not the will of the Katsuragi family. Targeting the younger brother of the famous Tasha Carter would be a big problem.

"I'm sure I would have also been notified if that were the case. I don't know why you suspect the Katsuragi family, but I think this situation is not because of this family," Kenzo said calmly.

He knew about the Katsuragi family's plan concerning Kai Carter and Tasha Carter. After all, Tasha Carter was the key to their grand plan.

They even sent their successor to 'seduce' her. And he would need to do that by approaching her younger brother first. He thought it must be because of that sudden appearance they thought the matter was related to the Katsuragi family.

Of course, he didn't know about the obsession of Katsuragi Takaki on Kudo Ayaka. If he knew about that as well as her relationship with Kai, he might understand why they thought that way. It was also the reason why Kai decided to say his name in front of Tasha.

Kenzo was also put in a hard situation. He knew if Katsuragi Takaki failed to make Tasha Carter his, they would kill her.

He loved to see every child of the next generation, especially talented ones like Tasha Carter and Kai Carter. After all, he knew that Tasha Carter at least had more potential than him. Kai Carter also had some sort of potential, but he only knew about him being a sound magician.

Even though Kai seemed to be calm and collective, he still couldn't be compared to Tasha Carter. He didn't want them killed, so he decided to tell them to leave United Asia.

Kai tried to see if he was lying or not, but he found nothing. Whether it was from his look or his heartbeat, everything was normal. He could even hear his muscles' vibrations. Usually, if a person were lying, there would be signs of such.

"Kai, do you truly believe him?" Tasha whispered in a low voice. She didn't take away her eyes from Kenzo and didn't need to come to him. Even so, Kai could hear it easily with his ears.

At this point, he didn't anymore. There was also a possibility that it came from here, but he didn't know. Kai thought about it before nodding his head. At least, Kenzo didn't lie to them.

"Still, the Katsuragi family is truly suspicious. With your personality, why don't you just let us investigate them? If we find nothing, we'll quietly leave. I can guarantee you, we won't be spotted," Kai said.

"I'm sorry, but I still can't. If you still want to play this game, then this old man will accompany you." Kenzo suddenly disappeared.

Kai shifted the sword in his right hand a little, trying to intercept him. But before he managed to do it, Kenzo already appeared on his right, and his finger already clung to his neck.

"!!!" 

Kai was surprised at how fast he was. He was barely able to react. If he had experienced this technique even once before, he would be able to block it. But this was his first time experiencing it, and if Kenzo wanted to kill him, he would have already died.

He thought that this old man would become slower if they were somewhere dark. Although this place wasn't that dark, it should still affect him.

"Kai!" Tasha shouted as she clenched her bow.

"Don't move!" Kenzo said while pinching Kai's neck. "I don't want to kill you two. Please go back nicely."

"Fine, we'll go back," Kai suddenly agreed.

"Kai… are you sure?" Tasha was surprised by his decision.

"Yes," Kai nodded with a serious expression.

"I'll follow your decision then." Tasha didn't know why he agreed, but since the matter was concerning him, she decided to follow his decision.

Kenzo finally released Kai's neck and retreated a few steps back.

"But even if we want to go back right now, we don't have the plane tickets as we have yet to book them," Kai suddenly threw a joke that was out of character. Even Tasha was surprised by it.

The old man was dumbfounded when he heard that. "Just book a ticket right now and go back."

"But we're not from a wealthy family. If we book the plane right now, we'll get a high price," Kai said again.

"You… Just buy it!" Kenzo shouted in anger.

Kai looked at his sister, "Do we have enough money?"

Tasha didn't know why Kai was doing this, but she went along with him, "We don't."

"Argh. You brat. Just take my money and leave. Give me your Identity number."

"000004884395." Kai smiled as he said his ID.

The old man immediately transferred a bit of money to them. "Shut up and take my money."

He used the money to book two tickets for him and Tasha. "We'll be going then."

"Just go, you brat."

Tasha used her teleportation magic so they could go back to the hotel before checking out.

Meanwhile, the old man suddenly spat out blood. He was holding it this entire time, and Kai seemed to notice it too. That was why Kai did that.

Kai had read about his biography too. He knew that Ikeda Kenzo was cheeky and often did things like that when he was young. After getting played by Kai, he wasn't mad. Instead, he seemed rather happy.

"Haiz, that brat. He must've known about my condition and wanted to have his little revenge on me because I stopped their investigation. Luckily, there won't be any potential harm to me. If not, I would be mad. But his actions seem out of character… In fact, he acted like how I was when I was young.

"That brat must've read it somewhere. Haiz, to think that I would taste my own medicine when I'm already at this age. I should let him taste a little pain when I meet him in the future… Well, I hope I won't meet him again though. The next time I see him will be the moment that Katsuragi starts his plan and conquer the entire United Asia.

"But still… It's pretty enjoyable to have someone like that in the family. Haiz, the brat in the Ikeda family fears me, so they don't dare to act like that to me. Only a child would try to act playful to me… unless they had been taught about those complicated things."

Kenzo shook his head as he swept the blood on his mouth. He then came back to stroll around as he felt that Kai wasn't someone who would easily break a promise.

He then disappeared.p

…

The next day.

Kai and Tasha had come back. And obviously, it invited Ayaka's curiosity.

When Ayaka arrived in class and saw Kai, she didn't say anything, but she kept staring at him.

Because Kai came to school very early, he unknowingly got the seat back before Katsuragi Takaki took his seat.

Katsuragi Takaki was hoping to sit together with Ayaka, but Ayaka always avoided him. It was a disastrous day for Ayaka, who needed to keep avoiding him. So when she saw that Kai came back, she was happy, but also a bit angry.

As soon as she reached her former seat, she narrowed her eyes and kept staring at him.

Kai had predicted this would happen, and her stare was also hurt.

Fortunately, after considering Ayaka's personality, Kai had bought a present for her. He put it on the desk and pushed it toward her.

"Don't ask anything, please."

"Fine. Although I've been curious about it since I saw your parents in your house yesterday even though the teacher said you were on a family trip, I won't ask any questions. And you came back at the perfect time."

"Perfect time? And what do you mean by seeing my parents at my house?"

"Ah!" Ayaka unconsciously blurted that out. She was just a bit curious as to where he went, and because of that, she tried to 'investigate' it, but in her 'investigation', she found out that his parents were still there.

"You just came at the perfect time since today, we'll know who will be in our group later for the test in the outside world," Ayaka said, trying to change the topic.

Just when he was going to ask about it, Shirotsuka Sanae came to the class.

"This will be your group in the upcoming test."