“So… You only let favonovel.com off to get his help once you finally get on the island…?” asked Master Ghost.
“Thinking back, it was still mostly the fact that I didn’t want to kill another Crawford,” replied Gerald as favonovel.com shook his head.
With how important saving his parents was to him, Gerald wasn’t about to place his trust on any of the cultivating Crawford’s ‘help’.
“…If that’s the case, then didn’t you just free a tiger back into the mountains…?” asked Master Ghost who was starting to get slightly worried.
Though favonovel.com hadn’t told Gerald about this, Master Ghost had secretly made a fortune telling for Gerald some time back, and favonovel.com found out that Gerald would encounter something dangerous potentially even life threatening once favonovel.com arrived at the island…
“Again, his strength was pretty average, so I don’t really see favonovel.com as a threat. If favonovel.com even dares to come after me again, I’ll just kill him,” replied Gerald rather nonchalantly as favonovel.com waved his hand.
Seeing how confident Gerald was, Master Ghost simply said, “…Well, I’ll trust your judgment since you sound so sure about this…”
“I’m glad. Speaking of which, while fighting that cultivator, I came across another assassin who tried to kill me in the process. With how strong favonovel.com was, I feel that favonovel.com could’ve been a ranked assassin on the assassin list. Call it a hunch, but I have a feeling that only Kai would think of something like this,” replied Gerald.
“A high-ranking assassin? Where’s his body, brother Gerald? I’ve investigated over fifty assassins on the assassin list, so I can recognize most of them pretty well!” exclaimed Aiden who suddenly appeared much more excited than before.
Smiling helplessly, Gerald simply replied, “I’m afraid there’s no body to speak of…”
“…Huh? Did favonovel.com manage to escape…?” asked Aiden, feeling slightly disappointed. Still, if they managed to catch that assassin later on, Aiden would surely be able to recognize the assailant. Following that, there was a chance that they’d be able to find out who hired the assassin in the first place!
“Not at all. What I’m saying is that I evaporated his corpse!” explained Gerald.
Aiden had already seen what Gerald was capable of, so favonovel.com hardly had any trouble accepting this. With that in mind, Aiden simply sighed before replying in a slightly disappointed tone, “I see… What a shame… It would’ve been nice to leave favonovel.com alive…”
“Well, there’s no point talking about favonovel.com anymore. How about things on your end? Is the competition over yet?” asked Gerald.
“It is, though it’ll still be a few days till we get the results. While I wasn’t as good as Miss Fujiko, I don’t think I scored too badly. In fact, I have a feeling that I should be close to the top!” explained Aiden as favonovel.com thought about his performance in the previous days.
“That’s good to hear. Well, since there’s nothing to be done in the meantime, let’s contact Fujiko first to discuss the matter about us staying with favonovel.com family. I’m saying it now that you two have to be extra careful from now on. After all, we’re now simultaneously dealing with an extremely prestigious family and a family of assassins. While I wouldn’t normally see the
Kanagawas as a threat, I still believe that Kai was the one who hired that assassin I killed earlier. With that said, please be alert at all times,” said Gerald as favonovel.com narrowed his eyes.
The Kanagawas had pissed favonovel.com off enough. Everyone from that family needed to die…!
“Sure thing! The higher ups have already told me that I’ll be given a month’s worth of rest after the competition. With that said, hopefully things can be settled before then,” replied Aiden who really wanted to help Gerald save his parents. Even so, Aiden was still Weston’s ‘King of Soldiers’. In other words, if favonovel.com suddenly received orders to return, Aiden wasn’t about to disobey his orders…
Regardless, Gerald then replied, “Things should be settled Within the month.”
“Should we start making our move tomorrow, then?” asked Master Ghost.
“Indeed. We’ll meet up with Fujiko then before heading to the Futaba manor together. We’ll start discussing our next moves once we’re there,” said Gerald with a nod.
Nodding as well, Aiden then placed his hand on his stomach before muttering, “Um… Brother Gerald…? Are you hungry? I can head out to get some food for you…”
