Eleceed — Chapter 410

BOTH OF YOU. THERE'S NO NEED FOR THIS.

SUFFREY.

YOU'D PROBABLY SAY WE'RE BETTER OFF JUST GIVE HIM WHAT HE WANTS,

SINCE CLASHING WITH HIM AT A TIME LIKE THIS WOULD PUT THE FRAME AT RISK.

BUT...

WHAT HAPPENS IF WORD GETS OUT THAT WE GAVE IN TO HIS THREATS? WHAT THEN?

SCHNAUDER DOES HAVE A POINT...

...BUT LOSING ANDREI WAS A HUGE BLOW TO US.

IF WE CLASH WITH KAYDEN RIGHT NOW...

NOT TO MENTION...

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THAT JERK WANTS. I MEAN, LOOK AT THOSE EYES...

IT'S LIKE HE'S WAITING FOR US TO TURN HIM DOWN.

YOU'RE GETTING THIS ALL WRONG...

I'M NOT MAKING ANY THREATS HERE.

I'M JUST CLAIMING WHAT'S RIGHTFULLY MINE.

ARE YOU SAYING WHAT YOU'RE DEMANDING IS RIGHTFULLY YOURS?

OF COURSE.

THANKS TO THE FRAME, I'VE BEEN ON THE BRINK OF DEATH TOO MANY TIMES.

WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO LOOK FAR.

HOW MANY TIMES DID ANDREI TRY TO KILL ME, HUH? WASN'T HE ONE OF YOURS? OR DID YOU ALREADY FORGET?

SO YOU SEE, THIS ISN'T A THREAT. IT'S AN OFFER.

GIVE ME JUST TWO THINGS, AND I'LL CALL IT EVEN.

THE SHEER NERVE IS JUST UNREAL...

BUT IT'S PRETTY CONVINCING!

I GET IT, SCHNAUDER.

TRUST ME, I DO.

IT SUCKS TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU NEED TO WEIGH EVERYTHING WHEN ALL YOU REALLY WANT IS A GOOD FIGHT.

TELL YOU WHAT. I'LL ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AS MY MATCH.

AND I'LL ACCEPT YOUR CHALLENGE DOWN THE ROAD.

?!

BWAHAHAHA!

KAYDEN.

HAVE YOU LOST YOUR SENSES?

DO I LOOK LIKE I NEED YOUR RECOGNITION?

AND SAY WHAT? YOU'LL ACCEPT MY CHALLENGE?

DID YOU JUST ASK ME IF I WAS SANE?

YOU HEARD ME. YOU WOULDN'T HAVE SAID THOSE THINGS IN YOUR RIGHT MIND.

SCHNAUDER. LET ME ASK YOU THIS.

HAVE YOU EVER TAKEN DOWN A TOP TEN?

I HAVE. NOT JUST ONE, BUT THREE OF THEM.

LOOK. I'M NOT THE SAME KAYDEN WHO USED TO KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR TO CHALLENGE YOU.

AND THIS MAN IS WILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AND ACCEPT YOUR CHALLENGE LATER.

SO SCHNAUDER.

YOU TELL ME.

WHAT EXACTLY IS THE PROBLEM...

...WITH ANYTHING I'VE SAID SO FAR?

WE CAN'T ARGUE WITH ANYTHING HE SAID...

IT'S TRUE THAT KAYDEN'S THE ONLY ONE WHO FOUGHT AND DEFEATED THREE TOP TEN WHEN NO ONE DARED TOUCH THEM FOR ALL THOSE YEARS...

BUT SCHNAUDER'S ALSO SPENT HIS WHOLE LIFE BELIEVING HE COULD TAKE DOWN ANY OF THE TOP TEN...

...SO HE WON'T ACKNOWLEDGE KAYDEN.

CAN YOU THINK OF A BETTER DEAL THAN THIS?

YOU THINK THAT DEAL OF YOURS--

I UNDERSTAND HOW YOU FEEL, MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE COULD.

YOU'RE JUST LIKE ME,

ALWAYS HUNGRY FOR A GOOD BATTLE WITH THE STRONG.

IF NOT FOR THE FRAME ON YOUR SHOULDERS, I KNOW YOU WOULD'VE GONE UP AGAINST THE OTHER TOP TEN LONG AGO.

I CRAVE THE SAME THING.

SO...

...IF YOU CHALLENGE ME, I'LL FIGHT YOU. WHENEVER THAT IS.

I SEE YOUR TONGUE'S GOTTEN AS SHARP AS YOUR FIGHTING.

WHERE COULD HE BE? I DON'T SEE HIM ANYWHERE...

DON'T WORRY, HE WON'T GET LOST.

HE'S ALL GROWN UP, YOU KNOW...

MADAM GESTELLA'S GONE TOO.

HMMM...

KAYDEN?

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

CONTACT SHINHWA. TELL THEM WE HAVE WHAT JISUK NEEDS FOR HIS TREATMENT.

WAIT, IS THAT...?!

YUP, IT'S THAT.

SO THIS IS WHAT DR. DELEIN WAS REFERRING TO?

HOW ON EARTH DID YOU GET IT?

I PERSONALLY WENT TO THE FRAME AND PICKED IT UP.

HOW MUCH HELL DID YOU RAISE TO GET THIS?

SO YOU FOUGHT THOSE TWO? HOW MANY DID YOU KILL THIS TIME?

IT WASN'T LIKE THAT. I GOT IT AS PAYMENT FOR WHAT THEY OWED ME.

WHAT THEY "OWED" YOU?

YEAH, IT'S A LONG STORY.

SERIOUSLY, THERE WAS NO TROUBLE AT ALL?

YOU SAID THE FRAME WOULDN'T JUST GIVE IT OUT.

SERIOUSLY. NONE AT ALL.

GESTELLA WAS THERE. SHE SAW EVERYTHING.

I KNOW IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT KAYDEN'S TELLING THE TRUTH.

HA...!

KAYDEEEN!!

KIERGH!

I CAN NEVER TELL WITH YOU.

WHY, DID YOU THINK I WAS GONNA FIGHT THEM OR SOMETHING?

I DID.

THANKS FOR TODAY.

IT'S NOTHING.

NO, IT WAS SOMETHING.

IF YOU HADN'T BEEN WITH ME, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE AGREED TO MY DEMANDS.

WHO KNOWS, I MIGHT'VE EVEN GOTTEN INTO A SERIOUS FIGHT WITH THEM.

MY POINT IS, YOUR PRESENCE IS WHAT TOOK THAT OPTION OFF THE TABLE.

YOU KNOW...

EVERY TIME YOU THANK ME, IT'S ABOUT YOUR APPRENTICE...

...YEAH?

YES...

WELP, NOW THAT YOU SAY IT... YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT.

THERE'S NO "MIGHT BE" ABOUT IT. THAT'S HOW IT'S BEEN.