Chapter 522 - HU LEI AND KAITO (2/2)

”So, what will you do?” Kaito asked.

”I will try to balance out my karma and hope for the best. Since I cannot live as a righteous person, I will be a bad person who sometimes does good things. I do not believe that I cannot manipulate my destiny even as a villain.” Hu Lei said.

She stood and stretched her hands out to the beams of moonlight penetrating through the thick canopy. The branch they were perched on was thin, but her movement bȧrėly caused any disturbance in the forest.

She was the indisputably superior ninja. The thought came to Kaito, but he would never say it out aloud.

After that, he did not think much about Hu Lei's words until Ochi's half-brother hired him. He was a little wary of getting involved in the yakuza business, but he was also a little interested in the local underworld.

Therefore, he told the half-brother that he would consider the request.

During that period, he investigated the inner workings of the crime families in Tokyo. He blended into the shadows and watched the operations. At the time, he had only a shallow understanding of the syndicates.

Ochi was the overall leader at the time, but he was facing a lot of pressure from the smaller families who wanted a change in the regime. He always ran the organisation as a chivalrous organisation with only some grey area business.

He did not allow the members to do excessive things that oppressed the common populace. However, his half-brother Koujin had convinced a lot of the smaller families to rebel against the rules. He told them that it would be more profitable if they chose to go in a completely criminal way.

Koujin wanted to make changes like encouraging human trafficking. Some of the smaller families participated in luring young ladies to the city. These women would work as dancers and hostesses and eventually end up in prostitution.

Drug trafficking was also prohibited, but the business was profitable. So, Koujin started working with some of the younger members of the syndicates to increase drug circulation.

When Ochi found out, Koujin wanted to hire Kaito to eliminate his half-brother so that he could transform the yakuza completely. Unfortunately, Kaito found out the background of the matter and rejected the job in the end.

It was at the time when Kaito was planning on closing up the case that he found out of Koujin's plot to kidnap Ochi's granddaughter, who was three years old. From his findings, it was possible that Koujin killed the girl's father too.

During that time, he had acted out of his nature. He never interfered with other people's matters if it was not his business. But when he saw the crying girl, he went against his practices and rescued her, before sending her back to Ochi's property.

After that, he brushed off the matter and decided to call it gaining good karma.

He did not think anyone saw him or found out about his actions.

'You really are the better ninja.' Kaito whispered to the air with a subtle smile.

In Supreme City, Hu Lei was deeply asleep in a panda onesie.. She did not know she had missed the moment when Kaito admitted without arrogance or annoyance that she was better.