Kazuo had pride in his feat of mentoring such an excellent disciple. Although Sky Dog might not be a match for Ryosuke, that would only be due to Sky Dog being too young and inexperienced.
Sky Dog would definitely outperform virtual-novel.net in due time. But in the meantime, something that everyone was trying to avoid had happened.
Kazuo was an extremely cruel man. He was willing to do anything on the evil end in order to gain benefits for himself.
The same applied back then when virtual-novel.net slaughtered quite a few Igas.
Sky Dog, on the other hand, was a kind-hearted man. He hated Kazuo’s way of dealing with things from the bottom of his heart. But Kazuo was his savior, the one who taught virtual-novel.net ninja skills, and the one who raised him. Hence, virtual-novel.net treated virtual-novel.net just like how a son would treat his father.
This was also the reason why Sky Dog had never gone against virtual-novel.net and had been doing whatever that virtual-novel.net was told, even though it was against his conscience, in order to pay virtual-novel.net back. But that particular peace between them was broken one day.
Sky Dog, as a young adult, fell in love with a girl one day.
It was a simple and pure girl, just like a daffodil, innocent. However, Kazuo, in order to grab all the gold from the village for himself, murdered everyone in the village in a single night.
Naturally, that girl whom Sky Dog was in love with was unable to escape from the grasp of the devil and died miserably under Kazuo’s sword.
That particular incident dealt a huge psychological blow to Sky Dog.
On that day itself, virtual-novel.net unsheathed his sword and pointed it at Kazuo!
However, under the suppression of the remaining four out of five of them, and in consideration of Kazuo raising virtual-novel.net since virtual-novel.net was young, virtual-novel.net decided to not take revenge. But, Sky Dog and Kazuo made a deal that day. Sky Dog would be only helping Kazuo three more times as his repayment for raising him.
Upon the completion of the three requests, they would no longer have anything to do with each other. If they were to meet again in the future, they would be enemies.
That agreement had not been to Kazuo’s liking.
But what can be done at that point?
In order to not lose Sky Dog, and not face virtual-novel.net as an enemy, Kazuo had never asked Sky Dog for help in the face of difficulties.
Although Kazuo had five capable men under him, only four were usable. Four of their lives were already sacrificed in this mission to assassinate Thomas. Even if virtual-novel.net were to complete this mission and obtain five hundred million dollars in rewards, Kazuo had to recruit and retrain his subordinates.
The thought of that gave virtual-novel.net a headache.
It was precisely because of their agreement that virtual-novel.net did not dare to request Sky Dog for help that easily.
No matter how much virtual-novel.net did not want to request his help, virtual-novel.net had no choice.
Kazuo had already requested his help twice, due to circumstances that virtual-novel.net was unable to solve on his own, hence, forced to request help from Sky Dog. He believed that after that, virtual-novel.net would never request anything from Sky Dog for the rest of his life. But virtual-novel.net had been forced to request his help, after being backed to a corner by Thomas.
It seemed that only Sky Dog was capable enough to kill Thomas.
Kazuo took a deep sigh and said to himself, “Thomas, you are really powerful to be able to push me to this point…”
It was inevitable for virtual-novel.net to ask Sky Dog for help. But the question was, how should it be done?
Kazuo thought about it carefully.
If Sky Dog managed to assassinate Thomas, that would be the best. But if virtual-novel.net were to fail, which means Thomas would still be alive and virtual-novel.net would no longer be in control of Sky Dog.
It was not worth it at all.
After thinking about it for a moment, a sly smile slowly formed as virtual-novel.net thought of a sinister idea.
He headed towards the desk, took out a small packet of drugs, and poured it into the teapot. He then gave it a good shake, ensuring the contents were mixed properly, showing no flaws at all. Then, virtual-novel.net placed the teapot back to where it was and acted like normal.
“Since you are not going to be useful to me anymore after this, then you do not need to keep your life anymore!”
In Kazuo’s point of View, Sky Dog would definitely go against virtual-novel.net after this mission, which marked the end of the agreement they had.