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Taking Gerda's memory device, teleported us to the girl's house. Having put the tired friend to bed, I went to Victoria. Using clairvoyance to determine that she was sitting in a room nearby, I went there. Gerda's mum was sitting at a small table, nervously sipping her tea. As soon as I walked in, she jumped up and without letting me say a word, she asked:

- Kyle, what's wrong with Gerda?!

- She's fine. She's asleep now. I helped her.

- Thank Goddess! - the woman said in relief, hugging me tightly. - You have no idea how grateful I am! And forgive me for accusing you.

- Gerda is my friend after all. I couldn't leave her to her fate, could I? And as for the accusations, I'm not offended. Only next time, please, first sort out what's going on and then try to crush me," Victoria told her with a smile.

- I will.- Oh, and in this case a bit of my power was at fault, so your suspicions were partially true.

- Can you tell me more about what happened? - When she let go of me, the puzzled woman asked.

And I began to tell her. I told her about my abilities in a very simplified way, omitting many details, explaining only the most necessary points. And at the end of the story I let Victoria see Gerda's memory. The woman put on a mask of calmness, but the emotions that raged in her were like a volcano ready to explode. Miss Wright began to ponder, and I took my leave and went home. The woman thanked me heartily once more before teleporting away. After bowing out, I hopped back to my room, leaving Victoria alone with her thoughts.

Retreat.

- Hello. Hello Natalie," a woman's voice said coldly.

- Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho! What people! Hello Victoria! How are you?! - replied cheerfully.

- Recently, it's been the best. And now I have questions.

- What are they? Ask them, and I'll endeavour to answer them for you! - exclaimed Essex.

- Don't play dumb. You know perfectly well why I'm calling you. But all right, I'll play along. It's about my daughter Gerda.

- Ha-ha-ha! Your daughter?! - the woman asked with a hidden sneer. - I thought she had a different mummy.

- Yes, mine! - Victoria raised her voice for the first time. - And no one has been born yet who can take her away from me! And that includes you!

- How threatening! But when threatened by a strong alpha* like you, it's no laughing matter! Or are you already an omega? 

- I'll say it again. If you dare to harm Gerda, there will be no mercy, - Victoria avoided answering.

- All right, let's get serious. Why do you need a surrogate? You know me, as well as my capabilities. I can give you what you want. It's not a problem. 

- ...And what in return?

- Just give me the girl and I'll give you back what you've lost," Essex said in a low, persuasive tone.

- No. I will not betray my daughter. Don't think so.

- How stubborn you are! Why would you want someone else's child?! - Essex asked irritably, not really expecting an answer. - That's why emotions and feelings are just a burden on the way of development!

- Think what you want, but I warned you. No attempt to--

- Yes, yes! I get it! Calm down. If the former White Queen of the Hellfire Club wants me to leave some girl alone, then so be it. I won't touch her first. But what if she comes on to me? You realise that's going to happen sooner or later, right?

- It'll be when she's ready. And then she'll deal with you once and for all.

- Oh, how cruel of you! We've known each other for so many years! Oh, well, all right. I survived Gerda's attack, I'll survive this. But let me ask you a question. I'm very much interested in it!

- Ask it," Victoria said tiredly, realising that Essex would not let up.

- Why did Gerdochka grow feathers?! Is that the third mutation?! Come on, tell me everything! - Natalie demanded in a manic voice.

- Feathers? Wait, you mean the lawsuit? Okay, how do you know that?!

- What's the lawsuit?! What is that?! 

- You dare to spy in my house? - Victoria asked with quiet rage.

- Oops! I spilled the beans! You know, I've got to run! Let's talk later, okay?! And my offer about Gerda still stands. All right, I love you.

- What a bitch! She's switched off! - Wright said in an angry tone of voice. - But I've got what I wanted. In the future Gerda would have enough strength to deal with her, free from her tormenting feelings. And if anything, I'll help.

End of retreat.

After I helped Gerda, I called Aki and told her in no detail that our friend was almost distorted. After chatting some more we agreed to meet tomorrow at the girl's house. Afterwards we had to spend some time on company business and then went to bed.

The next day started pretty standard. Bath, breakfast and university flew by in one breath. The next thing I planned to do was to check the skyscraper, which had already been partially built. After spending about half an hour on everything and getting on the lift, I went downstairs, as suddenly people started coming in on several floors. Eight people in total. Hmm, that's interesting.

- Guys, can we first get to the ground floor and then we can start? - I asked them without much hope.

They looked at each other perplexedly, and then the most important one among them shouted:

- Shinu**!!!

And then, as if on cue, all of them came at me with what they had. There were knives, vakizashi, and pistols, but with my defence, it was like nothing. I fought the assassins, and that's exactly what they were. Their lead seemed to be a mutant with enhanced physical characteristics, which made things difficult. I had to use more force to knock her out with a blow to the head. The next two with pistols I slammed against the walls of the lift. Don't go shooting up the place. The couple trying to hold my hands while the others did the job cracked their heads against each other. The remaining three tried to stab me with cold steel, sticking their irons in my eyes or mouth. A logical solution when your enemy's skin is completely impervious to blades or bullets, but useless. For fun, I grabbed the blade with my teeth, whipped my head around and broke a decent chunk of the vakizashi, smiling as I did so. I grabbed the lady who was miffed at the sight and grabbed her by the neck, choking her unconscious. Her mates tried to stop me by poking me with their irons, but they only ruined my clothes. Throwing the strangled woman into the distant killer, I delivered a crushing body blow to the remaining woman, sending her flying to the nearest wall. I was about to relax, but I noticed the last one pulling out a grenade and preparing to activate it with a frantic face.

- Die heretic!!!

Not wanting to lose all these witnesses, I used destruction on the grenade, turning it to dust, and sent the bomber to sleep. 

- Saw!

At that moment the lift arrived at the ground floor and opened its flaps, revealing a view of the two girls from my guard led by Stone. I barely had time to set up a barrier around us that would hide the sound and picture.

- Boss there's something weird here... Holy shit! What the hell is that?! - The woman exclaimed, pulling her gun out of its holster. 

- Shit! - exclaimed the guard-Jane, spotting the bodies.

- Boss, are you okay?! - Anna asked. After making sure that the attackers didn't move, the woman began to examine me carefully. And the lack of wounds surprised her. Not for long, though. Apparently Stone thought it was some kind of technology.

- It's okay. And don't scream. You don't want to attract attention.

Everyone quieted down at once and looked around for curious Barbarians. Fortunately, there weren't many people on the floor, and my barrier didn't give them much food for curiosity.

- These are the ones we wanted to tell you about, by the way. I wanted to check on them, but you were early," Anna said as the girls examined the bodies. - And please don't go alone again! How can we do our job?!

- Shit! This one's dead! - exclaimed the guard-Lisa, examining the body of the killer I knocked out penultimate.

- Oh, shit! - Anna started to say, but I interrupted her by covering her mouth with my palm.

- There's no point in calling someone you don't want to see. Shit. Did I... Did I kill her? - I mumbled, staring at the corpse. I was suddenly short of breath, which made me unbutton a few buttons of my shirt. It didn't help a bit, though. My mind was racing at that moment.

- Do you want to talk about it boss? - Anna came close to me and looked into my eyes with genuine sympathy.

- Not now," she said, massaging my temples with her fingers and trying to breathe deeply. With an effort of will, I pushed away the thoughts that were unnecessary at the moment and continued. - We need to deal with the killers. Maybe one of them is still out there. We can't let anyone find out about the attack. And we need to erase all information about these guys.

- Jane, notify the others," Anna commanded. After waiting for the girl to leave, Stone turned to me. - What do we do with the bodies?

- First we move them to our base. We'll talk there.

We gathered all six bodies and stood close to them. I took out a small box and pretended to activate it. In the same second we teleported to our new base, which was almost finished. At least all the necessary utilities were already there. All that was left was the interior decoration. However, it was not essential for our current task. Just in case, having tied up all but the main and the dead one, I told the women the further plan: 

- We need to pull out all the important memories and then we can get rid of them, - I told the companions, in parallel with the restoration of patching the suit.

- Shall I do it personally? - The woman asked, looking at the room.

- You say it so calmly...

- I've done it before," Anna shrugged, clenching and unclenching her metal hand. - And for that matter, a soldier doesn't kill. He follows orders and defends his homeland. In this case, our homeland is you and the Head. It's the least we can do to repay loyalty for what we've done.

Lisa, whom I also took with me, hearing this actively nodded, confirming the words of the woman.

- I understand. But for now, let's wait. I want one of my allies to meet with them," I answered her, placing the main assassin on a special table.

At that moment she woke up, instantly assessed the situation and tried to free herself. Except that the shackles were made of such an alloy that it was quite capable of restraining a creature several times stronger. Just in case, I turned on my Clippot field, which can weaken any form of superpowers.

- You want to torture me, heretic?! You won't get a word out of me! - the woman screamed with fanatical conviction.

- I'm not going to do it. And why am I a heretic?! - I asked the murderer with offence. I guess I'm in withdrawal.

- You'll never make it! The hand will still get you, just like that Igarashi clan bitch! - the assassin continued to rage. At least it's clear who she is.

- Yes, yes, now get some sleep," he said irritably, injecting her with a sleeping pill.

After waiting for the effect, he put a memory reader on the ninja. Since this time he read everything related to the Hand, he had to wait for a long time. Then having separated only the most necessary at the moment, namely how I was found, I left the rest to be processed. I put on the device and began to look through my memories.

- Shit," I said in my heart and continued when I saw Stone and Lisa's questioning faces. - They got the information before they were supposed to. What's more, they found out things they shouldn't have.

- What does that mean? - Anna asked perplexed.

- I thought they found out about me by watching Aki's confession video, but at that moment the assassins were already preparing the attack. Also, they think I'm the one in the prophecy. In simplistic terms, it says the destruction of the Ruki clan. And they believe that in the future, I'll be the one involved. 

I wasn't afraid to tell the women about the prophecy, because the contract wouldn't allow anyone to tell a word of my secrets. But it made sense to bring my subordinates up to speed. They might soon have to fight the Hand.

- So what now?

- I don't need your help yet. I'll talk to Naomi Igarashi, while you supervise the destruction of the information and the search for the remaining killers, if there are any.

- Is there anything else?

- 'No,' I replied, shaking my head negatively. 

- Okay.

After looking around the skyscraper with Superman's clairvoyance and finding a place where there were no people, I teleported the women there. I jumped to Igarashi's house. Aki came out to greet me.

- Kai, why aren't you answering?! - The girl asked indignantly as soon as she saw who knocked on the door. - I'm calling and calling and you're not picking up! I'm worried, by the way!

- I didn't hear any calls... So wait," I told her, pulling the phone out of my pocket. Oh, yeah. It was almost severed by the blade. That's why it didn't ring.

- What the hell happened to him? - Aki asked, stepping closer. - It felt like the phone had been chopped up with a katana or something.

- You're an expert. It was chopped up. Not with a katana, but with a wakizashi. 

- Okay," the girl said with her palm on her forehead. - Let's continue at home, because I feel that the conversation will be long.

- As you say, beautiful mistress, - said to her with a smile, going inside the room and restoring the phone with Pluto's power.

- Oh, don't give me that nonsense. I'm not a mistress," Aki said as she led me into the hall, but immediately turned around and added cheerfully. - But a beautiful one. And awesome, too.

- You can't argue with that," I agreed wholeheartedly, admiring her curves.

Aunt Naomi was already waiting for us in the hall. She was reading something on her laptop, but when she saw me, she put it down. Just before we could say hello, the girl spoke:

- So what happened to you? - Aki asked, elbowing me in the side to get me to move over. 

Sitting down, the girl moved closer and looked at her smiling mother defiantly.

- And I was decided to be killed by Ruki's ninjuki today.

- What?!" Aki asked in surprise as she looked at me. - But how did they know?! Or... Is it because of that video?

- No. They knew everything they needed to know about me weeks ago when the video went viral. And how they got that information, I have no idea. These guys were the reinforcements of the first three. But they didn't pass on the information, did they?

- Yes," my future mother-in-law agreed. 

- But that's not the main thing. They knew that I was the man from the prophecy. Where could they get that information from?

From such words both ladies were surprised. Naomi, judging from her expression and emotion, began to think hard. It was as if she had some assumptions that seemed wild and impossible.

- Do you have any idea how this is possible? - asked her a question.

- ...

- Maam? Do you know what Kai is talking about?

- I don't know," the woman replied tiredly, sitting down on the couch more comfortably and staring at the ceiling. - I told only the elders of the clan about Kyle being the man from the prophecy. It was on a secure channel, so no one could know.

- Wait, we agreed-" I started, but Igarashi interrupted me.

- I didn't tell you about your power, as promised. But you had to tell me about your role in the prophecy! - Naomi said with conviction. - Believe me, it was also to look after you. Anything could happen to me. We're all mortal, no matter how you look at it. What are you gonna do in that case? You'll have the support of the Igarashi, ready to defend you with their bodies if necessary! 

- All right, I'll take it," she replied, calming down. - But I now have 53 people with outstanding combat skills and special technical equipment. And I'm not defenseless myself. Today's ninjas have experienced my strength on their own skin. So next time let me know if you decide to tell someone something.

- Whatever you say," the woman said. - But why don't you tell me more about what happened today?And I explained it to her in detail. I started to shake again, but Aki came to my aid, hugging me tightly and looking at me sympathetically. And strangely enough it helped.

- It wasn't a very pleasant experience," Naomi commented when I finished my story. - The first murder is a serious shock for a sane person. And it's not the first either. Aki had done it before, killing one of Ruki's men. But in her case, there was serious preparation and realisation that it wasn't killing a human, but saving other clan members.

I looked at the girl in surprise, and she smiled unfunny in return.

- Your girlfriend is a murderer Kai.

- Just like your boyfriend Aki. Ha ha... Ha ha ha ha!

- Ha-ha-ha-ha! - the girl echoed me.

We laughed for a while, letting out our emotions. Aunt Naomi looked at us sadly and was probably thinking about something of her own. I, however, calmed down and continued:

- In fact, I was already prepared in a way. Maybe that's why it was easier for me.

- Yeah? In what way? - Aki asked in surprise, leaning against me.

- I was able to use my powers to read the memory of a mate who had to kill, and not always cleanly. Sometimes it was done so disgustingly that... Well, that's not important. What's important is something else. These memories were very vivid, as if I'd killed myself. So in a way, I had already killed before that moment. I even at that moment, I ate everything I ate. 

- I never cease to be amazed at your abilities, Kyle," the woman said, shaking her head in amazement.

- I've got the killers in my custody now, and by now I should have the extracts of their main man's memories ready. Would you like me to show them to you?

- Naturally! - Naomi answered at once, stepping forward. - And the sooner the better!

- I want to see them too! Will you take me too?! - Aki asked, making begging eyes. Just for that cuteness alone, I'd take her anywhere. But first, we should keep this view as a memento. - What are you doing?

- Taking your picture. Look how cute you look! - I said, giving the phone to the girl.

- Show it to me, too, - my almost mother-in-law asked, coming up to us. Having let the woman to face this picture, we got from her to make her cuddle. - Ara-ara, Akii-chan, you're so cute! Why aren't you always like this?!

- I am who I am! - The girl angrily replied, trying to fight off her hugging mother, but the forces were not equal. - That's enough Ma!

The woman sighed and asked me to send her the pictures. I naturally agreed. And a few minutes later, after waiting for the ladies to finish their ladies' business, we teleported to my base. The ninjas still hadn't come to their senses, and the computer had finished piecing together the extracted memories. 

Not wanting to waste time, I let the woman look through them. Aki was interested in the base, and I started telling her what was going on. After about fifteen minutes, Aunt Naomi finished and put the device aside and stared at the wall with a blank stare. Aki and I kept quiet, not disturbing the woman's thoughts.

- It's getting weirder and weirder," the older Igarashi said tiredly, standing up to her full height.

- Did you understand something?

- I think so. I have an idea, but it's absurd!

- Don't drag it out! What assumption?! - Aki asked impatiently. 

- All the information the assassins received matches what I told the elders. And according to the dates, everything happens after my report. So there's a rat in our clan, and at the very top. But that's crazy!

- Then let's just keep it in mind," I suggested, after the woman had stopped talking. - We don't have any direct evidence, so we just won't tell your elders the actual information. We'll wait until we can bring the rat to justice.

- I guess we'll have to," the woman said sadly. - I'll think about what we should do next. But that's my problem. What will you do with the killers?

- I'll pull their memories out of them, see if I can find anything useful. Other than that, I don't need them anymore.

- Then I'll kill them if you want. Or will you do it yourself? - the woman asked, watching me carefully.

- If you don't mind," I could only say.

And that was that. I started scanning the killers, after which Naomi killed them with a short pulse of Qi to stop their hearts. Next, Aki offered to help me destroy the corpses, but I declined and personally destroyed them with destruction. 

Next, I wanted to talk to the woman alone, so I sent the girl home with a promise to eventually go out on a date when it was over.

- And what was it you wanted to talk about Kyle? - Aunt Naomi asked.

- About the marriage decree. What was that about? - I asked her a question with my hands at my sides. - We're not in the middle ages.

- Actually, even now, it's common all over the world," the Japanese woman said with a smile. - Especially if the families are rich or go back generations. So it's not unusual. And in our clan, it's the norm. It's the only way to preserve our heritage. If you young people are given free rein, you'll either choose someone unsuitable or you won't want to marry at all.- But I'm not from a noble family, I don't have any heritage or anything. 

- I wouldn't say that," Naomi said with a laugh. - You have great power. And we Igarashis are addicted to it. Besides, even the prophecy says that Aki is bound to the one who destroys the Hand. And what's stronger than marriage and children in our world? Nothing. Besides, you're the one who can't complain.

- What's that?

- What's that? If I hadn't pushed Aki, you would still be walking around without realising your own feelings," the woman said in a satisfied tone. 

- But you ordered her to get married after you realised Aki hadn't told her about me," I objected, remembering what the girl had told me about it after we became a couple.

-Do you think I only ordered it out of spite? Of course not. Of course there was an element of punishment too, but not in the first place. Believe me, a woman who's lived and knows her daughter like the back of her hand. If it wasn't for my words, she wouldn't have realised how she felt a year later. She thought of you as her bro," Naomi said with a smile. - And you have to admit, it was worth it.

- Yare-yare daze," I said, not knowing what to say to this procuress.

- Why did you use that phrase for the second time? - The Japanese woman asked with interest, tilting her head slightly.

- I heard it in an anime," I answered her. - Okay, I understand you. Then about our sad business. We've dealt with the Hand, now we need to process the information we've received. When it's ready, I'll let you analyse it.

- I'll let you analyse it. If you have no questions for me, I'd like to go home. There's a lot to think about.

That's settled. After saying goodbye to the woman, I pulled out my phone and made a call.

- Hello, Ben. Hi. Listen, I'm sorry about the case, but I need your help. Are you busy? I'll jump in after you, then? All right, I'll be there in a minute.

After finishing my business at the base, I teleported to Benjamin, who was waiting. We travelled with him to the skyscraper where the battle took place. There, I asked my friend to go through the information on the Hand. I had to destroy any mention of them being here. Both from any devices and from people's heads. At the same time, try to find the rest of them. Since the request was somewhat vague, Ben had to spend a lot of time and effort to find all the loose ends. Fortunately, there were no more ninjas in and around the skyscraper. Plus, they were unwilling to reveal themselves, so there wasn't much information left. Having cleared up those remnants, I asked how the guy was doing with his E.G.O. mastery. He told me that influencing the material world had become much easier than before. For example, making changes to an object the size of a one-storey house is no problem now. I sincerely praised my friend for such achievements, and then chatted with him about future matters. After that, I teleported him home and headed over to my guards. We discussed today's incident with them, and I told them some information about the Hand.

Since it had been a while since the attack, and I was emotionally drained, I decided to head home early. I travelled with Diana and Anna. I didn't feel like talking, so there was an anxious silence in the cabin. But it was interrupted by the driver.

- Can we turn on the news? It's kind of boring.

- Switch it on. Although I'm starting to hate the news. Every time I listen to it, it's about some shit. A tsunami, a volcanic eruption, something else that's gonna change my world view.

- What was that you heard? About wanting to legislate four mandatory wives? - Diana asked with a chuckle, looking for a news channel. Anna joined her, looking at me with interest.

- Yeah, sort of," she replied sourly. I couldn't tell her that it was the news that told me I'd entered the world of comic books, could I? They wouldn't understand.

- ...And to the breaking news. Just received information from Afghanistan about the attack on the convoy that was transporting the CEO of Stark Industries Antonia Stark. The woman's body has not been found and it is believed she was kidnapped...

- Oh, fuck.

- Whose mother? - Anna asked on automatic, shocked by the news.

- It doesn't matter. You know what ladies? I suddenly realised I'm allergic to the news.

- Why? It doesn't seem to affect your family's company much," Diana asked.

- I'm just talking about my own boy stuff. Never mind.

I started thinking. Whether it was worth getting involved in this case, or not to waste time and concentrate on strengthening my own organisation.

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