Thread:Maddog98/@comment-4842541-20151115095231/@comment-4842541-20160112022932

Don't worry about replying. If anything these walls are more for me to put down what I brainstorm and for me to look back when I have a chance. Getting replies is cool as it allows me to see where I'm going wrong and I can fix it. Otherwise I'd understand if you don't reply. Hence why I don't just pester you to reply every chance I get. Though when I have an idea and I see you on the recent activities, that's when I usually post since I figured it'd be a good time.

The thing is in Rai's second appearance, he's already targeting Mark, and Rai makes it apparent that he's trying to kill Mark for the Guardian's blessing. Add onto the fact that Ice just comes out of nowhere and has an alliance with Rai and at the same time there's this plague spreading around, Mark thinks something is off.

The plague wouldn't appear early in the story. There'd be indications that there's something going on with stories of people getting sick and stuff but nothing for Mark to worry about. However after a few stressful fights with Rai and Ice, Mark starts to feel really frustrated and begins to see how much weaker he is since after his fight with the Leviathan, he had a really bad wake up call. Add onto the fact that there's a plague going on that he couldn't even detect the source, and he's really stressed out. If anything, him blaming Rai would be more on the fact that Mark is just trying to find a cause and the fact that the Plague and the Thunder Ninja's appearance coincide together, that's why Mark suspects Rai.