Deep in the forest just outside Hebi City lay a factory secretly owned by the Harada Family. The building in question was supposedly a toy factory, but the truth was that was just camouflage and the factory was a weapons factory. This particular factory had an underground base, where Kenji Harada makes most of his underworld deals.

Currently, the Harada family was laying low in the underground base. Harada Itsuki was still unconscious moaning while being treated by the family's personal doctor. Harada Sara was sitting beside her son, taking care of him.

"What do you think?" Harada Kenji asked the doctor once the doctor was done with taking a look at Itsuki's condition.

"I've checked the young master several times now. His external injuries have already healed, the broken fingers have been fixed and there doesn't seem to be any problem internally. He is perfectly healthy and should have already woken up."

"Then what are you saying?! Are you telling me my son will never wake up again!" Harada Kenji glared at the doctor. Unfazed by Kenji's reaction the doctor responded.

"Truth be told, I have no idea. This case is perplexing... There was no damage done to the head, nor were there any internal injuries. The only thing out of the ordinary were those external injuries that were caused by small needle-like objects. The way they punctured into the skin shouldn't cause too many injuries, not to mention they were pierced in non-vital areas, but those things would have brought the young master significant pain. Aside from that, there's nothing else that could explain what happened to the young master."

"So what are we supposed to do?"

"There's nothing to do. At this point, we can only wait and see."

When Kenji heard the doctor's answer he wanted to immediately shoot him dead, but he stopped himself. This doctor was one of the best in the business, and it would be rather hard to find someone as skilled, that would want to work for him. So before he fully exploded Kenji left the room.

It wasn't the doctor's fault as his skill was indeed impressive, but no matter how hard he tries to find the cause of what happened to Itsuki he would never find it. The world they were in had no instrument to detect what truly ailed Itsuki, which was Loki's mana that invaded Itsuki's body.

Mana that wasn't your own was toxic. Even back in Loki's old world if you injected mana into someone else, the effect was similar to poison. The outside mana would slowly invade deeper into your body killing you from the inside, but if you had a larger or stronger mana then your own mana would fight back and destroy the intruding force. Itsuki who had no mana or even that so called inner energy that martial artists use was defenseless from this unknown attack to his body.

Still, at the beginning Loki had no intention of killing Itsuki Harada, so he only injected a tiny bit of his mana. So though not lethal to Itsuki, the mana injected would cause Itsuki to stay unconscious for a month or two.

...

Once Kenji was out of the room he wanted to kick or punch something but he held it in, and instead, he took out his phone and called one of his subordinates.

"So have you found anything new?"

"Sorry boss, but even the Eye of Truth doesn't have any information on Fade. If we want to start an investigation the fee they gave us is ridiculous."

"How much?"

"They say to start an investigation on someone of Fade's caliber they would need at least two hundred million."

"The f*ck! Why is investigating someone like that cost so much? Even if he is a martial artist it shouldn't be that expensive."

"Well, they said that due to many unknown factors, such as Fade's true strength and abilities, they need to send some of their elite to investigate him. Since it is also possible that Fade was from some organization the risk grows exponentially. Supposedly the minimum amount they wanted was three hundred million, but since the boss is a repeat customer they lowered the price by a lot."

"Damn, even if they did lower the price to that level, I can't afford it right now. Fine then, how about changing the target of the investigation to the person that posted that video of Fade."

"I'll go ahead and ask them, I will contact you once I get the price."

"Alright, if the price is lower than ten million, then agree to it. If not report back immediately."

"Yes boss."

After the call ended, Kenji's mood grew worse. Nothing seems to be going his way ever since his son was attacked. He didn't like this feeling at all, since it felt like some hidden hand was guiding his actions, and it was guiding him to his destruction.

...

A hundred meters away from the Harada Family's secret base, Loki wearing his white mask covered in his all-black outfit was standing on the large branch of a tall tree. He took out the binoculars he borrowed from Harold and started to observe the base from a distance.

Loki spotted a few guards at the front, he then circled around to look at all the angles. After he was sure of the position of each of the guards stationed outside as well as the security cameras, Loki double-checked the equipment he had on him. Once he confirmed that everything was in order he sighed and looked at the clouds above. This was his way to calm his heart, it was something he does before starting a big mission.

"Alright then, time to begin the mission." Loki who was standing on a branch jumped down and headed to the base while blending into the shadows.