"His treasure is the reason behind everything that he's doing right now, after all," he explains- remembering what Drake had told him about Masayoshi Shido. He was compelled to believe that most palaces worked this way.

"From what I can tell he wasn’t as transparent with you then." He chuckles. "Not that I am surprised."

Given he himself had no clue that a Takuto Maruki could...show this kind of face.