Kazerku walked through the halls of the base until he had reached the meeting room. It was locked and only a security code from Kazerku himself would unlock it. Quickly he looked around if no one was around before he opened the door and walked in. He closed the door behind him and found the Ostrich knight standing in the room, looking at monitors.

‘If someone would find you, I have to answer for that,’ Kazeruku said irritatedly.

The Ostrich knight slowly moved her helmet towards him and answered.

‘Luckily you have enough plans so it won’t happen,’ she said with some sarcasm. Kazerku let out some sort of growl before he stopped next to her to look at the monitors.

‘Someone has been interfering with our security. One of my men could find a hidden backup of some videos that had been deleted.’

Kazerku pushed some buttons and on the monitors, new videos were shown.

Both him and the Ostrich knight looked at it and they all showed some escape pods crashing into the planet. One screen even showed an entire ship crashing near the giant tree of Daisugi.

‘Our friends,’ the knight said and Kazerku became more irritated.

‘My men won’t find him. Why don’t you show some of your skills?’ he asked the knight who turned to him.

‘Like I said. I have my orders to stay here and protect you.’

Kazerku wasn’t enjoying his time with her. In fact, he never liked those special guards of Captain Hanzou. They thought they owned the world even though it was him who was in charge. It was him who kept feeding them information about the council.

‘No matter,’ Kazerku said, like it sounded it wasn’t part of his plan.

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‘My real plan will soon unfold.’

The Ostrich knight was triggered by those words and looked at him. Kazerku could feel the knight watching and he gave an evil smile.

‘You want to know?’ he asked but the knight didn’t respond. Still, he started to explain.

‘That tree contains a juice that helps heal and grow everything here. We discovered some in the trees in the jungle but it all leads towards the giant tree as a base. Too bad that a bunch of horrible creatures called the Kojo are protecting it well.’

‘So, how are you gonna get the juice?’ the knight slowly said knowing that Kazerku would keep talking. Again he showed an evil smile.

‘I have been here a long time and slowly I managed to get those creatures to go to war with the other creatures that were also protecting it. Those filthy Ricu monsters. A little misunderstanding with mine help quickly evolved into a war between those two. Now I just need to wait for the right moment to strike.’

The Ostrich knight walked to the wall and leaned on it.

‘And that big plan is?’ she asked.

‘I have a feeling the war will soon unfold. We monitored and noticed they are gathering every month to discuss their territories. Slowly, I have been in contact with both of them, offering help from the council. They have no clue I have been working on both sides. The moment they are together, we will come in and start the fight. It would be a huge battle, leaving the tree open for me to infiltrate.’

This time, the knight was surprised by the story.

‘You are gonna lose your own men in battle by doing that.’

Kazerku turned to the knight.

‘These are necessary sacrifices’ he said. ‘To benefit me to gather the juice. With that juice, I would be one step closer to becoming a part of the council for my service. After that, I can benefit the galaxy more. All because of their sacrifices.'

‘Speaking of which,’ the Ostrich knight said. ‘How did the council approve of this operation?’

Kazerku started to laugh, in an evil way.

‘Who says they know of this? So many operations through the galaxy. They have no clue what is going on here. I am there to be a good councilman and the rest fall out of their reach.’

The moment he said those words, Kazerku started to laugh and enjoy the thoughts of his own plan. He looked at the monitors, thinking about his plan as the Ostrich knight was standing in the back, looking at the councilman getting a little bit crazy.