Immortal Healer: Immortal Stonekeeper Prequel (2025) Chapter 16: Chapter 16: Trust Issues

Read chapter 16 of Immortal Healer: Immortal Stonekeeper Prequel (2025) by Mercynarie on NovelPedia.

Masao Kubo was finishing his inspection of the equipment when the left side of his vision went dark. He turned away, using the bulky metal cylinder in front of him to hide his discomfort from the patrolling guards. The warehouse felt stuffier than usual, and his heart rate was spiralling out of control. No, he couldn’t let them see their leader like this. It had come on so suddenly. There wasn’t even a warning headache this time, and the pills he’d been taking should’ve suppressed his seizures. He blinked, hoping the black splotch in his eye would go away. It didn’t. Dammit. Kubo pulled out a transparent bottle and popped two pills into his mouth. These tablets couldn’t remove the terminal tumour in his brain; they only helped with suppressing the symptoms. Still, they seemed to be losing their effectiveness each time he took them, regardless of how much he had increased the dosage. He was running out of time. The world was running out of time for him to save it. The man curled his fingers into fists as he felt sweat rolling from his forehead. The blotch was fading away, for a slight relief, but there was no doubt it would be back with a vengeance. And he needed a breakthrough before it visited him for the last time in his life. A presence approached him from behind. “I have been ignoring Miguel Chukyunwelu’s commands for far too long,” she said. “His suspicion grows by the day, and I can no longer contain it. When will this end?” “You know, after the last war, people struggled. Not just the losers, but the victors as well,” Kubo said without turning his attention to the person behind him. “Everyone felt small, weak. That’s what war does to people; it’s fair in that manner. And then Adolf Hitler came along with his flags and big speeches. Benito Mussolini and his traditional values. Even our Great Emperor Hideki Tojo joined in the madness for power.” He turned around. “All of them had the right idea, but they were not strong enough to seize it. They were all so obsessed with being the superior man that they failed to see that true superiority lies in being above men. Do you understand what I am trying to do here, Kitagawa? Do you understand our purpose?” Yuri Kitagawa walked towards him with her hands behind her back. “I care not, Kubo. The affairs of men are no longer any concern of mine,” she said curtly. “It is thanks to my intel that we remain one step ahead of the Marked Emissaries, and you have benefited much from it. But my daughter shouldn’t be involved in our affairs. My mission is all but complete, so I will be going away with her.” “You will not! ” Kubo raised his voice, causing a few soldiers to look in his direction. “Complete? If I recall correctly, we forged a pact when I resurrected you from the dead. As long as my mission isn’t complete, you will not be set free. Look at this!” He jabbed a finger at the machine. “Does it look like I have done what I set out to do? You forget what you are,” the general snarled. “When I sent you to infiltrate those cultists, I didn’t ask you to fall in love with one of them. I didn’t ask you to disappear for eighteen years! Your daughter is an unwanted product of your own mistakes, wraith. You’re treading on thin ice, and you have delayed my mission long enough. Be grateful I haven’t unmade you for your insolence.” Purple light flickered slightly in Yuri’s eyes. “You really should not speak to your elders that way. It is only because you are my descendant that you are even allowed to resurrect me in the first place. Unmake me? Go ahead. Let us see how you take back your supply of Kiseigumos without me.” “You think I need you?” “I care not what you need,” Yuri snapped. “Do not forget that you killed my husband because of your stupid war with that cult! He earned the right to live when he escaped, but still! Still, you threw him into that cursed machine! ” “Bertram Harvey only died because of you. It is your fault for getting too close to those cultists. If he had minded his busin