 She was later used by him to maneuver Wolverine into participating in an assassination of a rival by having the superhero inadvertently provide a distraction while protecting his true love/girlfriend from the rival's own assassins.This also had the intended effect of deepening Mariko's disgust for Logan upon witnessing Logan going berserk in battle.However, Mariko soon realized that her father was evil and was shaming her family with sinister schemes.