Chapter 64：Kudos

After Ayaka left, her father suddenly rushed into her room and shouted, "Ayaka! You need to leave this base right now! Your… your grandfather…!!!"

He suddenly realized there was no one in the room. He shouted, alarming everyone in the house. "Ayaka!!!"

Ayaka's mother, as well as her butler, were the first one to come.

"What happened, Dear? Why are you shouting Ayaka's name?"

"Master?"

They were bewildered as to what happened.

"Ayaka… They kidnapped Ayaka!" He said hurriedly.

"What?! How could this be?" Kudo Chiyo said while covering her mouth. "They've taken Father, and they also want to take Ayaka."

Kudo Yoshihiro clenched his fist. "Katsuragi family, Ikeda family, since you're going to do this. I don't care anymore. We are going to move the entire Kudo family and go to war with the Katsuragi family and Ikeda family!"

"But we're not capable of competing with those two families at the same time," she said.

"They must have not killed Ayaka yet. Our top priority is to rescue her and send her to another base to make sure she's out of the Katsuragi family and Ikeda family's reach. As long as she is still alive, our Kudo family will still be there.

"After that, I'm going to go all-out in the war against them to avenge Father. However, I know Ayaka needs someone on her side to overcome this situation. That's why you will—"

"I am going with you." She didn't let him finish his words. She frowned. "You were going to say I need to leave with her, weren't you? I'm not leaving this place without you. I promised back then, didn't I? I'll always be with you, be it here or in the afterlife."

"You… you and Ayaka…"

"Dear, Ayaka is not that weak. I"m sure she can overcome this by herself. So please let me accompany you in this battle, even if this battle will be our last. Let's finish this together as husband and wife." She smiled. Even so, this smile was full of wishes, hope, and determination.

Kudo Yoshihiro was obviously stunned by this. He thought that he needed to protect her and Ayaka forever as a husband and a father, but seeing this, the word 'No' was stuck on his throat. "...All right."

He really wanted to say no, but the only thing that came out of his mouth was that 'all right'. He felt sad when he said that, but surprisingly, he didn't feel any regret.

Chiyo hugged him tightly and said, "Thank you for granting this selfish wish of mine, Dear." She then turned to the old butler, "Old butler, I'm sorry, but we need to gather all of our troops together."

"Yes, Milady." The butler simply nodded his head and left. They didn't need to say anything to him as the one who wanted to fight against the Katsuragi family and Ikeda family was him. Losing his comrade, Ayaka's Grandfather, Kudo Taro, to them filled him with hatred.

Kudo Yoshihiro looked at his wife and said, "We need to find Ayaka's whereabouts first. After that, we'll attack them. I'm sure the south will use this opportunity to attack those two families.

"As long as they can handle that Ikeda Kenzo, our people should be enough to deal an irreplaceable blow to their family even if we were to be wiped to the last man." He clenched his fist. "That's right, how about Becca?"

"Becca… That's right. I'll call her first. She might still be training in the garden. We'll ask her to take care of Ayaka after we're not in this world anymore." Chiyo nodded.

"Indeed. She's the best person for this. This is also why we didn't say a single thing about what happened to Father. She's Father's most loved disciple, she's pure and innocent. Although she's clumsy, she's a reliable person. Ayaka should be fine in her hands."

"Yes." She simply nodded as she was trying to contact her. "Ah, Becca. Where are you?"

"I…" Becca paused a little, "I'm in the garden, milady."

"I see. Well, I have a task for you."

"Oh, a task? Sure, I will surely complete Milady's task."

"I want you to take Ayaka to the US base and live there for a while. I believe I transferred a huge sum of money to your account yesterday."

"Yes, I received it last night. I wanted to ask Milady about it in the morning. What happened, Milady? Why do you want the young lady to live in the US base for a while?"

"Well, don't ask about this for a while, all right? Let's just say our business isn't running well, so I want you to bring our little angel to the US base and protect her. Don't worry. It is going to pass soon. We just want our heart free of worry."

"Ah, if that's the case, I will do it. But you-!" Just before she could finish her words, Chiyo heard the sound of a door opening, and a man's voice echoed through the device.

"Not good! The Katsuragi family and Ikeda family have surrounded us. Come to the living room, we'll teleport from this place."

"!!!" All of them were surprised. Not only Becca, but Kudo Chiyo and Kudo Yoshihiro, who were listening to their conversation, were also surprised."

"Kai? What happened?" They even heard Ayaka's voice there.

"Becca, where are you right now? And Kai? Is he Kai Carter?" Chiyo instantly exclaimed in question.

"Ye-yes. Kai Carter seemed to have asked the young lady for money earlier. And the young lady was worried about him and went to his house. But because she was spotted by me, I asked her to bring me with her."

"So you're at his house?"

"Yes."

"And what was he talking about?" she asked.

"It seems that they're being targeted by the Katsuragi family and Ikeda family, so they want to send their parents to the US base."

"It's not just them! We're being targeted by them too! I and Yoshihiro, as well as your grandfather's disciples! I haven't told you about this, but they killed him!" she blurted out of anger. Even though she wanted to keep it to herself, she never expected that she would say all of that.

"Milady, what did you say? They killed Master?" Becca just got the shock of her life. The master that she respected so much was killed by others.

Ayaka also heard this and shouted, "Mother? Grandfather… Grandfather is…"

Kudo Yoshihiro immediately took the device from her hand and said, "Since both of you have known this, then there's no point in hiding it. It seems you're in Kai Carter's house, and their house is surrounded by them. Get out of there right now. You're going to escape by Tasha Carter's teleportation magic, right?

"Then, get out of there and head to the south. Choose whichever airport that can fly over the pacific ocean and take refuge in the US base for a while. We're going to war against them. It's not like we're at a disadvantage considering the rage of the south's family toward them, but this war will be a bit lengthy.

"Take the Carter family with you too. Since they have money problems, you're free to use the money we left. But you need to make sure all of them are going together with you."

Yoshihiro wanted to take advantage of them. After all, if she were in the hands of Kai Carter, the man who was recognized by their father, they wouldn't need to worry about her. Both he and Chiyo also had investigated Kai instead of Tasha Carter. He was indeed a hidden tiger who was protective of his family.

"Father! Did Grandfather… I need to kill those bastards! I want to take revenge for Grandfather!" Ayaka roared.

"I… I also want to avenge Master too!" Becca also shouted.

"We don't have much time, so I'll only say this. Ayaka, you want to help your grandfather and me, right? Then go to the US base and live on! If you do something other than this, then you're disobeying me and aren't helping us at all. In fact, you're making trouble for us. Do you hear me?"

"I…" Ayaka wanted to shout again, but she felt as though something was blocking her throat, causing her words to be stuck.

"Becca… You are the most loved disciple of my father. And what did your master say to you? It is to protect Ayaka no matter what, isn't it? If you still respect your master and if you still respect me, take Ayaka to the US base and live there. This is an order!"

"Oi, boy, I know you're there. I don't care if you call me petty or anything, since you owe Ayaka money, AKA our money, I want you to protect Ayaka after this and make her happy."

Kai frowned when he heard this. He couldn't answer this as he was also planning to go against them.

"I know you're not convinced, boy. Even though you're an unorthodox magician, you haven't matured yet. It's the same as your sister. If you want to fight them, become a full-fledged magician first. Anyway, don't fight them now," Yoshihiro advised.

"..." Kai closed his eyes and decided. "Understood."

He was planning to escape first and mature. At that time, he might also go together with Michelle's family. This way, it was far better than going now.

"Good!"

He finally hung up.

"Hehe… the fate that has always been playing with our family is finally working its magic again." Chiyo smiled at Yoshihiro.

"Indeed. But this is like when you defeated me. I don't feel any sadness or regret. All I feel right now is joy."

"Yes. That's what I feel too."

"Let's go. We also need to prepare and tell the south about this news," he said.

"Yes."