The Legacy System

Old Five looked at Eric with a surprised look on his face, this kid was truly something else. On the other hand, Eric was completely calm as he said,

"I am not so naïve as to think that you will stay away from such an opportunity old man, as the dangers are always accompanied by the best opportunities.

But be careful because you will be playing with fire, the people that get the system on their bodies, and souls would end up as prisoners of the system, no matter how loyal or unmoving they seem to be.

So be careful you don't let your greed and ambitions affect you to end up creating and enforcing your own demise."

Eric's words were spot on, and the Council had already decided that if Eric's claims were true they would try and use this dangerous double-edged sword for themselves.

They would try to empower their own people with systems and create a special unit of those people, they had already decided on the head of the unit also.

It was Old Three from the Council of Five, this had been his idea, and he was supported by Two and Four, as a majority.

Old five and the chairwoman weren't against the idea, they just didn't want Three to be in charge of it, but they were left with no choice.

Especially after the unhappy attitudes of the other three when Old Five announced the deal with Eric and his Master.

Even though the deal was done for the future of their country the other three were still jealous of him, and also unhappy that he hadn't asked them about their agreement, and opinion.

At this moment the Council of Five was almost separated into two divisions, and in fear of deepening the division, the chairwoman had decided to hear the majority, and give them the new special unit.

But still, to keep things under control she had ordered Old Five to create a guards unit for her using these kinds of specimens, and other supernatural experts from Uncle Satoru's division.

What surprised him the most, or even shocked him a little bit, was the fact that Eric seemed to have predicted this situation and was warning him for the future.

Sometimes he wondered just how much information did Eric had on them, as he looked really certain on what he said, but knowing that Eric would never reveal such a thing, he just sighed, and said,

"Sigh~! I understand, I will try my best to not allow it to happen, but not everything is in my hands. You better be careful to kid, you never know when we can pass from friends to enemies!"

Hearing that, Eric just gave him light laugh, and a confident look, as he said,

"You can try whenever you want Old Man, just be careful, because if it happens, it won't be the alien's or the old age that would take your soul, but the death reaper!"

While his voice was calm, and he had a light smile, his voice was cold, extremely cold. His words were more like pieces of hard ice than normal words, and that was without him using his killing intent.

Even though Old Five had a long life, and a rich experience, this was the first time he felt like those words were some kind of verdict and not just empty words.

Right then and there he decided that he would never become enemies with Eric, no matter what the future had in store for him, he would try to keep good relations with Eric.

Eric seemed to have noticed this, as he gave him an understanding look, as he then continued,

"Well let's hope that for the best, it never happens. Anyway, my job here is done and I will let you deal with these two, and the bad apples of the Kirigaya Clan.

All I ask from you is to stay away from Kirigaya Kaito, his family, and his close people. I will take charge and responsibility for them!"

Old Five just gave him an understanding look, and let him leave. What Eric had shown, and proved them was vital for them, and the survival of their country.

This was a good opportunity for them to seize the power, and wealth of the Kirigaya Clan, and also place the clan under a leash, and leaving a few people to go due to their relationship with Eric wasn't a big problem.

Taking the confirmation Eric made his way towards the entrance as he let Old Five and Uncle Satoru deal with the created situation as they saw fit.

As soon as he got out of the venue, he started running towards the direction that Kirigaya Kaito, his wife, and his daughters were running to, followed by Kirigaya Endo.

If he wasn't mistaken, right now the two brothers must be fighting each other, or the battle was really close to the end.

The moment he learned that Kirigaya Endo wasn't the mastermind behind all this, he already had full certainty that Kirigaya Kaito was the indisputable winner of the fight.

So he wasn't really in a hurry as he made his way towards the place where Kirigaya Kaito and his family should be, as he was looking at his GPS location through his phone.

He was able to reach the place in less than an hour, as he was greeted with the view of Kirigaya Kaito and his family reunion.

He was trying to explain to his wife and daughters what had happened, but they still didn't seem to accept his version of the story, and especially his decisions.

One thing that surprised Eric though was the fact that he couldn't sense around any sign of Kirigaya Endo's body.

There were signs of him having been around here, fighting with Kirigaya Kaito, and also bleeding and being hurt, but he seemed to have escaped alive from this place.

Sensing Eric's approach, the three ladies were all on their toes, as they took some kunai's from god knows where they had been hiding those, and took a defensive position against him.

Differently from them though, Kirigaya Kaito approached Eric with a sorry and embarrassed face, as he said,

"Master, I am sorry, I…"

But he wasn't able to continue speaking as Eric immediately made a sign for him to stop talking, and continued for him,

"You were unable to kill him as he is your blood brother, and he seemed to be really sorry, and pleaded to you for his life, something on these lines right?"

Kirigaya Kaito seemed to be a bit ashamed of himself, as he nodded his head accepting Eric's version. On the other hand, Eric just sighed and continued,

"Sigh~! I understand your decision as at the end of the day he is your blood brother, I just hope you don't end up regretting this day.

I must say I was expecting more from you, but now I kind of understand what created this whole situation around you.

You are not the cold-blooded assassin you should be, and you were never fit to be. While this doesn't change the fact that you are my subordinate and you will continue to be.

This clearly changes the position you will occupy in my organization from now on! I hope you understand that from now on, your value and potential in my eyes has clearly fallen really low."

Kirigaya Kaito seemed a bit troubled and startled by Eric's words, but slowly processing them, made him realize that Eric was right.

So he could only sigh in agreement as he said,

"Sigh~! I understand Master! He didn't understand why but he felt like he had truly let Eric down!"

Eric didn't dwell longer in this, as he then proceeded to say,

"Well let's forget about this right now, as we have something more important to discuss. Whatever I told you earlier has been proven, as I am sure you have already noticed it yourself.

The threat is real, but your brother wasn't the mastermind, someone else was. The problem is that now the old fogies in the dark have the reason they need to deal with your Kirigaya Clan as they see fit.

While I am able to guarantee the life, and safety of your family, and the people close to you, the rest will be on their hands, and no one can stop that.

So you better tell your wife and daughters, to lower their weapons, and go together with you to choose the people they decide to protect and save.

Remember that while you can select a few, don't go overboard or you might even lose what you have!"

Eric had already explained most of the situation to him, in the lines that Uncle Satoru and the others knew, and he already had an idea of what might happen.

He hoped that Eric was wrong and what he claimed was wrong, but he knew that no matter what the result was his clan was finished.

He was grateful to Eric for at least saving him, and the people close to him, but still this wasn't easy to accept, and deal with.

His wife and daughter were behind him as they saw this entire scene unfold, and they were clearly stunned at everything.

From the beginning until the end they were getting more and more surprised at what was happening, and especially at what they heard at the end of their conversation.

While they didn't know why, or the how, they could understand that due to Kirigaya Endo, and some other members' fault they were finished as a clan, and would now be in the hands of the government.

This clearly hit them as bomb news, as they couldn't believe it to be true. To them, it was more probable for Eric to be lying than for the news to be true.

But before they would be able to oppose his words, Eric seemed to be expecting this, turned to the trees as he said,

"You guys clearly got the message, and orders, right? So, please accompany them, and then escort them to the Fragrance Hall! And give my thanks to the Old man!"