Besides, why share valuable intelligence when I plan to kill the target myself anyway? Let Chronus think he's just hiring me to eliminate another troublesome demon. Meanwhile, I'll study this absorption ability, understand it, potentially even find a way to replicate it for myself.
Information is the most valuable currency. The one who controls information controls everything.
Satou understood then. Merc Assault's philosophy—his absolute belief that knowledge was power—had prevented him from sharing the secret. The assassin had been too greedy, too confident in his own abilities, to warn others about the true threat Satou represented.
And Chronus, knowing Merc Assault's personality, had never worried about the assassin betraying him. Because Merc Assault kept secrets as a matter of professional pride. Revealing a client's secrets would damage his reputation, make future employers hesitant to hire him.
