Okay... Atsuro had him there. Nothing Kazuya did could match up to Bel "Gross As Hell" Zaboul.

He seemed to lighten a bit at that, as if a weight had been lifted from his shoulders. He was still worried about what would happen in the future, of accidentally hurting Atsuro, but his friend's fear and avoidance of him would have been equally painful.

"If you don't know, I won't," Kazuya half-laughed, smiling a bit wryly. "You're the brains of this operation. Ah, who knows... maybe we'll stumble into the answer and have it blow up in our faces - like usual."