Chapter 27: Traitor
Raiden and Leo burst into Speed’s room to find Levi beside him, pressing a knife toward his eye.
"What are you doing, Levi?" Leo demanded, quickly moving to strike the blade from his hand.
Levi wore an unbothered expression as he stared at them both. "I asked him about the contract, and he said nothing." He raised an eyebrow. "This is our only option."
He turned to Raiden. "Am I lying? Those were your words, weren’t they? We must earn our requests as assassins."
Raiden gave him a big grin. "That’s right."
Leo shook his head in disappointment. "What’s the point of signing a contract with a disabled person?"
Levi looked back at Speed, reassessing. "So how are we going to do this then?"
There wasn’t much any of them could do. Speed hadn’t been the cooperative type even before taking the devil milk. But Raiden knew if anything would work, it would be psychological torture. The question was what.
He approached Speed and knelt beside him. He reached out and tilted Speed’s face to look into his dark eyes, then let out a sigh. Despite his body being drenched in sweat and his skin running pale, there was no fear in his eyes. None.
He rose to his feet. "I don’t think there’s anything we could do..." He turned to the others.
"Just kill him," he said without any hint of hesitation.