Chapter 223

"So were you" Tobio said. "Your mission was different. You were to befriend him, make him trust you and get the information needed but you fell in love with him and when Mr Igarashi started to suspect your relationship with Aito, I should have denied it. I should have told him that he had nothing to worry about then maybe he wouldn't have come up with that cruel plan."

"But that would have jeopardised the mission." Ryu stated. "It wouldn't have gotten justice for Aera nor my parents. If things had gone on longer, I wouldn't have been able to obey Father. I would have betrayed him. How can I repay my benefactor with betrayal? I don't blame you Tobio. I don't like what I did but I'm glad you didn't hide it from Father. I did right by him. I've repaid him with my total loyalty and treated him with utmost devotion. I've given him all of me. That chapter is closed. I owe him nothing. Now, I have to do right by Aito. I have to figure out a way to make it up to him."

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