Chapter 65：In a Pinch

After some time, they managed to prepare quite a large force. Of course, there were around twenty disciples of Kudo Taro to help him lead the troop.

He and Chiyo had also suited up and were ready to move at any moment. It was at this time that one of the disciples suddenly came to them while sweating. "Bad news!"

"?!" Yoshihiro and Chiyo looked at him with a confused expression.

"We… We just sent a scout there, and he found out that the young lady has yet to leave. In fact, she was in front of the house with Becca, the Carter family, as well as an injured woman."

"What?! I ordered them to leave!" Yoshihiro roared.

"I… I am afraid there is a certain space-jamming skill there. The spy also said he found a big suspicious vehicle there."

Yoshihiro and Chiyo looked at each other, frowning. Because space magicians were discovered a few centuries ago, space-jamming equipment was also made to counter them. Of course, they usually wouldn't work against a full-fledged magician. However, it was still enough to stop Tasha, and both of them knew this.

Yoshihiro immediately commanded, "We're going there right now. Have all the troops advance."

…

Meanwhile, one hour ago, in the Carter family's house.

Tasha was helping their parents pack their luggage. Although it saddened them to do this, it was far more disheartening for them to stay here and become their burden.

They were thinking about asking Michelle's family to help Kai and Tasha after they arrived there. Considering their relationship, especially Kai and Michelle's relationship, they would most likely help him.

They didn't care about this whole problem. They knew that Kai and Tasha involuntarily got dragged into this mess, so they wanted both of them to escape from this problem and stay in the US base. It might be uncomfortable for a while since the custom was different there, but it was better than having no good sleep since they needed to watch out.

Meanwhile, Kai was busy looking at his device, wanting to buy the migration tickets and send his parents to the US base. However, he suddenly frowned, hearing two other footsteps coming toward his house. And because he was already accustomed to her presence, he instantly recognized one of them. It was Ayaka.

He didn't know the other one, but from the looks of it, Ayaka knew this person and let this person come together with her.

Because of this, Kai decided to come out to meet her.

He jumped out of the window, not wanting to alarm the others. When Ayaka arrived and saw Kai in front of his house like he was waiting for her, she was surprised even though she knew about his hearing ability.

"Ka-Kai…" She said, a bit embarrassed.

Kai nodded and said politely. "How may I help you?"

"He-help? No… I was just worried about you, so I wanted to check on you. After all, you seem to be the type of person to solve problems alone without involving anyone else, so I was worried since you suddenly asked me for money. Did something happen? Is this related to the assassination incident a few days ago? Maybe I can ask a few people to help you if I'm too weak to help you," Ayaka offered out of pure concern.

Kai looked at her, frowning. He knew Katsuragi Takaki drooled over Ayaka, but he didn't know whether she was on their to-kill list or not, so dragging her to this problem would be a bit problematic.

He then looked at the person behind her. He had seen this person back in the Kudo House. If he wasn't mistaken, her name was Becca. She was a disciple of Ayaka's grandfather.

"I am just accompanying the young lady," she simply stated.

"..." Kai pondered for a moment before sighing. "Come in first. I owe you an explanation for the money anyway. After that, please treat me like you've never known me. I will surely pay the money back."

Ayaka wanted to rebuke him about the money, but Kai simply didn't care as he opened the door for them.

"Come in." Kai invited.

Ayaka and Becca looked at each other and finally went inside. It seemed that his mother, Ayaka Carter, had an instinct for the person she had marked. The moment Ayaka showed up, she immediately came out of her room and welcomed her.

However, when she saw Becca, she immediately narrowed her eyes. "Who is this? My new daughter-in-law?"

"Da-daughter in law?" Becca was startled.

Kai already told Ayaka to ignore his mother whenever she called her like this if she didn't want to be teased, so Ayaka didn't say anything this time and watched the event unfold.

"I am not. I am just accompanying my young lady here." Becca shook her head furiously.

"Mother, how is your situation? Have you packed your stuff?" Kai asked, trying to change the topic.

"A little bit more. If possible, we want to leave after your teacher wakes up, since we want to give our thanks to her," Ayaka Carter said. She was really grateful to his teacher since she had helped their family to the point she almost died.

"If the situation permits." Kai nodded. He also wanted to thank Sanae for this. If the enemy came to this place, he was planning to head to the south and send his family from any airports in the southern area.

After that, he was going to fight the Katsuragi family to end this grievance. He didn't know how hard he could hit them, but he would do his best.

"Well then, I'm going to continue packing the luggage," she said before going back in.

Kai nodded. He then looked at Ayaka and Becca, "Let's go to my room. I'll explain."

Ayaka and Becca followed him to his room, and when they arrived, they saw a naked woman in his bed. They wanted to scream, but her body was full of bandages and even became clothing itself, so they couldn't scream. However, Ayaka and Becca realized that this person was Ayaka's and Kai's teacher, Shirotsuka Sanae.

They never thought she would be in this state and was staying in his house.

Kai started explaining the situation from the sniper to George's case. As his creditor, Ayaka had the right to know this, so he didn't mind explaining this to her.

After telling the story, Ayaka and Becca made a troubled expression. This might be the reason why the people around them acted weirdly.

Kai didn't want to stretch his hand on this matter, so he just left the room.

"Then, I'll leave first. If you're going to leave, do call me and I'll see you off," Kai said and left the room.

Ayaka looked at Becca with a troubled expression. She never thought the situation was this complicated. "Do you know anything about this?"

"I don't know. But I felt that Master and the others' behaviors were weird these past few days. I asked them why, but they didn't answer me." Becca shook her head.

However, her communication device suddenly lit up before letting out a ringtone. She was surprised to see that Kudo Chiyo was calling her, so she immediately picked up the phone. She started their conversation.

Meanwhile, Kai was helping their parents with this before he blurted, "Holy sh*t."

"Kai?!" All of them looked at him with confused expressions.

"We have a problem, we need to get away from this place soon," Kai said hurriedly.

"What happened?"

"We're surrounded. They're still a bit far away, so this is the best chance to teleport. We're going to bypass them with teleportation. If we have to, I'll use that," Kai said while looking at Tasha.

Tasha was shocked when he said 'that.' If he even wanted to use that, then he must have already prepared for the worst. Tasha nodded. "All right. Call the other two and bring your teacher with us. We're going to meet in the living room."

Kai nodded and went to his room, opened his door, and shouted. "Not good! The Katsuragi family and the Ikeda family have surrounded us. Come to the living room, and we'll teleport from this place."

Kai said that and immediately ignored them. He then went to Shirotsuka Sanae and carried her up.

He also got his devices and other necessities from his room. It was at this time that he heard Kudo Yoshihiro's voice from Ayaka's device directed toward him.

"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."

Obviously, Kai didn't want to do it since he was planning to go against them. However, the next thing he said made him rethink his decision, especially when he heard about the full-fledged magician.

If he fought with Shirotsuka Sanae, he wouldn't be able to win. At the very least, he thought so. He didn't have any attack-type magic either, so he strongly felt that he needed one. Thinking about that, he felt that retreating was not a bad option. He would be able to get stronger and stronger until he could finally get revenge for this grievance, so Kai decided to accept the suggestion.

"Go to the living room. We're going to teleport now," Kai informed them while carrying Shirotsuka Sanae on his back.

They went to the living room. Kai looked at Tasha and his parents and simply said, "We're going first. I'll explain the situation later."

All of them nodded and looked at Tasha. Tasha then clasped her hand and made a magic circle.

"Telep-!"

Crack!

They dropped their jaws when they saw the magic circle crack before breaking into pieces. Tasha gritted her teeth, as she knew what was going on, "Space-jamming equipment!"