"The Covenant," Dimitri confirmed. "They're not just backing Dante, Mike. They're actively treating him. Providing experimental medical treatment that's accelerating his recovery beyond anything conventional medicine could achieve. They've invested in him. Seriously invested."
Mike stood and began to pace, processing this.
"So Enzo was right," Mike said. "When you called him to investigate, when you asked him to confirm The Covenant's involvement, he found it."
"Not just involvement," Dimitri said. "Direct, active, resource-intensive involvement. They're using pharmaceutical compounds that don't exist anywhere else. They're testing experimental healing technology on him. They've committed to making him a viable threat."
Mike stopped pacing and looked directly at Dimitri.
"Then we kill him," Mike said simply. "We send someone, we take him out, we remove the asset they invested in. It's not elegant, but it's effective."
Dimitri was quiet for a moment.
