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“That I can do, Dragon. I’ll bomb his safehouses too."

I blinked.

“Be careful of innocent deaths—”

“There are no innocents in war.”

I sneered. “I only want my father’s people targeted, no civilian casualties—”

“That can’t be helped, my friend. Bombs only know how to explode, not to differentiate. But I’ll add a few rocket launchers to be more precise—”

"Kazimir."

"Yes, Dragon."

"If you kill more civilians than soldiers tonight, our next conversation will not be on a phone."

A pause came.

Then, the Lion laughed once. "I do enjoy our conversations, Kenji. The bombs will go off in two minutes. By the way, tell your Tiger I said hello."

The line clicked dead.

Tell your Tiger. . .

Chills ran up my spine.

How much more does he know about Nyomi? No. . .don’t think about that now or you’ll be going to war with him tonight.

I held the phone against my ear for a beat longer than I needed to.

Two minutes. That’s all it will take him to hit the hotel.

I lowered the phone, realizing a new terrifying fact.

Two minutes means the bombs were already placed there before I called. The Lion already has the rocket launchers ready in Tokyo too. Where else has the Lion put bombs?

I stared at the map on the table.

Tomorrow I'll worry about that. Tonight, my only focus can be war.

I set the phone down on the briefing table.

I didn’t make a deal with the Lion. I made a deal with the devil. Tonight, Kazimir would not only bring fear to my father, but he would terrify Tokyo too. And I’d given him the permission.

I closed my eyes.

Please don’t let him kill too many innocent people.

Chapter three

Devastation

Kenji

Sighing, I opened my eyes.

Reo had been watching me the whole time. He saw it land on my face. "The Lion will deliver?"