I could still feel the pain behind his silence, the refusal to let me die. That loyalty that bordered on stupid... I'm not a fan of it at all.
[Tensei, please promise me this…] [Usa]
Deep down, I already knew: I wasn't getting out of this alive.
This had been a massive, arrogant miscalculation on my part, and I was paying for it in blood, bone, and burning organs… Except I can't possibly tell my subordinate that.
[I don't think I am one who will die so easily… But in the event of my disappearance, please become the next Shadow Leader of the Shadow Beast Intelligence Agency, okay?] [Usa]
[…]
[I know you have the skill, the power, the knowledge, and everything it takes to lead. You're an exceptional person who was even supposed to succeed my father… So… please, promise me thi—]
BANG!!
The connection severed immediately.
