Chapter 70：Plan

Kai was speechless, hearing her calling him son. There was nothing established yet between him and Ayaka. He shook his head and sighed. "Madam, we still have many magical beasts that were coming toward us, you know. We might kill a few of them, but there were still at least a few hundred Magical Beasts there, please don't joke around like that."

"You are not fun. Even though I am completely serious." Kudo Chiyo complained before looking at the magical beasts again. "Indeed. But let me and Becca take care of the rest. You should go back to the helicopter as we might need your power in the worst case."

Kai nodded. "I will come again if the situation worsens."

"Sure." She nodded and made a magic circle. "Icicle."

She shot out many icicles again to reduce their number. On the other hand, Becca started killing the magical beasts that managed to escape from their ice trap.

Kai had come back to the helicopter and immediately helped Kudo Yoshihiro. Meanwhile, Ayaka was still in shock. She never expected that he could easily have a good combination attack with her mother and Becca without difficulty.

Kai did not know about their power in prior, so she thought maybe she was not special. She managed to catch a little bit with Kai and executed every plan together with him in school, and she was proud of it. That was why when she saw this, Ayaka became downcast. However, there was another feeling that crept inside her heart.

She wanted to become stronger. She had been saved by Kai every time, and even in this situation, her parents asked her to protect the helicopters. She knew it was, so she did not need to fight magical beasts. It was to protect her.

Even though she wanted to help her parents and grandparents, even though she wanted to become Kai's strength and help him back, she never helped them a bit. They were doing everything by themselves and never needed her help.

She knew they were doing this to help her, but that was why it irritated her even more. She was sick of always needing to be protected. She was sick of being nothing but trouble to them. She bit her lips and clenched her fists until it bled.

That was why when nobody noticed her, she suddenly left her position, searching for something.

Kai suddenly stopped helping Kudo Yoshihiro and looked at her departure. She went toward one of the hotels. Kai checked the magical beasts in that hotel, but it seemed nothing needed to be worried in that hotel, he then started helping him again.

"Kai… I can call you this, right?" Yoshihiro asked.

"Yes." Kai nodded.

"What do you think about Ayaka?"

"Friend? Maybe comrade?"

"What about the romantic aspect?"

"I don't know." He shook his head. "She is smart and powerful. She has big potential and might become more powerful than me in the future. Even after teaching her back in the school from my experience, she absorbs it like a sponge. She is reliable, and truthfully, I like her as a friend. But if you are asking how I see her romantically... I don't know.

"I don't want my choice to become troubles to my partner or me in the future. Ayaka and I have only known each other for about a month. That's why I can't truly say anything about it."

"You are a bit different from other people, I guess… If it is other people, they might even say they like her whether it is from her appearance, money, power, or background." Yoshihiro said while glancing at Kai. "However, what you see is if she does not have anything to give but love. Will you accept her or not? I see, even me does not think that thoroughly. Still, you know that my daughter is harboring feelings toward you, right?"

Kai did not say anything. He might be a bit dense, but he was not a fool. That was why back when Tasha asked about Ayaka and love, he decided to change the topic with something on the internet. If he was that dense, there was no way he would accept Michelle or his step-sister.

"No. You don't need to answer it." Yoshihiro took back his question. "All in all, please treat her like what you usually do. Don't avoid her or push her away because of me asking this."

"I am not a person like that." Kai shook his head. "By the way, I have bad news for us."

"What is it?"

"We are at the border of Russia now, and after calculating the fuel, the time we need to change the fuel is at the area where the S rank magical beast resides. What are we going to do with this?" Kai asked.

"I know. I have checked the map too. I plan to land around fifty kilometers away from that place and change the fuel there before continuing the journey. We will try to fly over the Pacific Ocean."

"But… it will be our last fuel, right?" Kai asked. As he looked at a big core on the helicopter body. They wanted to grab more, but Kai could only grab three since the chopper would not be able to load more.

"The only thing we can do is to run. With our speed, we should be able to reach Uelen in a few hours if we don't fight magical beasts. I am not worried about this. What I am worried about is when we arrive in Alaska." Yoshihiro sighed.

"When we teleport and don't have any vehicle to ride on?" Kai furrowed his eyebrows.

"Yeah. You can only use your teleportation in one direction but not know the place where we landed, right?"

Kai nodded before realizing the problem. "This is a big problem."

"This is why I decide to accompany you on this journey," Yoshihiro said. When he heard Kai wanted to teleport there despite not having enough power to teleport directly, he knew they would most likely arrive in Alaska.

If he teleported to Alaska, they would be surrounded by magical beasts unless they were lucky to appear in a hidden spot or something. US base also had yet to reach the depth of Alaska as they were occupied in conquering Canada. If that happened, they would need to run under the pursuit of magical beasts until Kai could teleport them again.

That was why he decided to retreat despite being ready to fight it out with the Katsuragi Family and Ikeda Family.

"If only I can contact her…" Kai looked down, sighing on his fate. At first, he just wanted to stay in Russia until he could contact Michelle. However, it seemed he did not think it through. They needed to find a safe place first in the Uelen before they could wait for the reinforcement. They might need to fight against Magical Beasts nearby for many days since it would still take a long time before Michelle finished her business. He was wondering whether he could survive for many days with only his family. That was why he thought 'screw it' and recklessly teleported to the US base even if he would be badly hurt after using teleportation magic consecutively.

However, it would be different if Ayaka and Becca joined together with Kudo Yoshihiro and Kudo Chiyo. Their fighting power increased drastically, and the possibility of surviving the magical beasts was higher than ever. Although the distance of his teleportation shrank, their group strength had increased.

"You must be planning to teleport from United Asia to Korea then Russia before teleporting to Alaska and finally the US base. Still, it seems we have become your additional burden." Kudo Yoshihiro said.

Kai shook his head. "I will be too tired to teleport again after I use my full power to teleport. And we might even appear in the middle of a magical beasts horde. If that happened, my sister alone could not win, and our group would be destroyed in an instant."

"How about we stay in Uelen until we get reinforcement?" Kai asked.

"You are underestimating the front line too much. There are still a few thousand magical beasts inside the small place like Uelen." He said.

"I see. We can only rush huh…" Kai sighed.

"Yep. That's what we are going to do." He nodded.

"Wait… how about I teleport all of you before we meet the S rank magical beast? The fuel should be enough for us to reach Uelen before replacing it to the last magic core?" Kai asked.

"Are you sure? When you teleport all of us together, the distance already shrank too much, if you teleport us together with this helicopter…" Yoshihiro looked at him with troubled expressions.

"It's fine. I can still teleport all of us 100 km. However, it will take all of my power. That's why you are going to fend all the magical beasts without me." Kai said.

Yoshihiro frowned, weighing something in his mind. Kai's plan was indeed their safest route. "I am sorry to burden you like this."

"It's fine. Please take care of my parents and sister when I am unconscious." Kai shrugged.

"I will protect them like I protect my daughter." He said with a serious expression.

Felt relieved, he nodded.

"All right. That's the plan. The fuel should have started pumping after two minutes." Yoshihiro said while closing the fuel tank.

Kai nodded before his eyes widened. "This is going to be bad…"

"What happened?"

"It seems our fight here attracts more magical beasts nearby. There are at least two thousand… They will arrive at this place in one minute." He said.

Kudo Yoshihiro frowned.