Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~

[Kraco]

Scythe is a major part of Inferno now, especially since the two other big bosses are dead. If it is Scythe hunting them now (and it probably is because of Cal's presence) then he is most likely assigned by Inferno, or at the very least volunteered to take the assignment himself. This does not mean that Inferno would not send their own people had Scythe not been there.

I guess our disagreement boils down to our different views of Scythe. I never looked at him like a man who had any love whatsoever for Inferno. He was simply using them as a steady base for funding, security, and - most importantly - a chance for plenty of opportunities to test his creations in practice. I don't think we have seen any scenes in the whole series where Scythe would have been more interested in becoming powerful in Inferno than his deadly dolls.

Of course we can't also forget the fact that Elen actually knows Scythe betrayed Inferno as much as McCunnen did. That's quite a liability, like you said, but not for Inferno, only for Scythe.

Anyway, Inferno is hardly like a country with endlessly patriotic people ready to die for it. It's just a mafia organization not even made out of old family the Italian way but a mixed collection of criminals either crushed and forced to serve it or driven by greed to join it for higher profits and power. What I mean to say is there's no single will of Inferno but a bunch of executives each trying to get stronger than the others.

[shinta|hikari]

I never said that Scythe is not moving because of his own motives. I said that Inferno has a reason for and is hunting down the two former phantoms. Scythe can use Inferno as much as he wants. It doesn't change the fact that Inferno actively wants to kill Elen and Reiji, and has probably assigned Scythe to do it.

There are tons more information, like faces, location of offices/bases etc that can be used against them, most of which have nothing to do with Scythe. Don't forget that Reiji has met with the big boss several times.

Please don't forget that Inferno has a leader. Even Claudia and Isaac constantly obeyed McGuire's orders. Now that they are dead, it can even be said that Inferno has a single will. Still, this has nothing to do with the basic idea of wanting to kill traitors from your organization.

Please remember the case when Ein and Scythe betrayed the organization. Didn't McGuire himself task Reiji to hunt and kill them? Why? Because they are traitors, like Reiji and Elen are now. I don't get what is so hard to understand about this.