The Bamboo Man attacked Light-Taker, who kept revising his mental commands to it.
Go attack that damned bastard!
You idiot! Not me!
Even now, Light-Taker still believed his own mistake had caused the Bamboo Man to attack him.
He never suspected that An Kai was behind all this.
It couldn't be helped. In Light-Taker's eyes, An Kai had done far too many pointless things.
For one thing, he had wasted time going around touching each of the Bamboo Men, behaving like a complete fool.
What was that, if not a waste of time?
Most importantly, unlike him, An Kai hadn't received special coaching before entering the [Divine Court Academy].
Light-Taker knew what he should do after entering and what would merely waste his time.
Besides, in Light-Taker's eyes, An Kai didn't know the true meaning of "Betrayal." Without that knowledge, he couldn't possibly master the method of controlling the Bamboo Men.
So even as the Bamboo Man attacked him, Light-Taker still believed he had made a mistake.
He didn't think An Kai was controlling it.
After all, nothing An Kai had done suggested he could easily control the Bamboo Men.
However...
What Light-Taker didn't know was that An Kai understood not only the hidden meaning of "Betrayal,"
but also a way to unravel it that belonged to him alone.
And now, An Kai intended to use that method to overturn the whole game.
Though the Bamboo Men were strong, a single one wasn't enough to defeat Light-Taker.
An Kai knew that too.
Besides, because of the [Divine Court Academy]'s special rules, An Kai didn't want to deploy too many Bamboo Men to defeat him.
He also worried that Light-Taker might become desperate when faced with an unbeatable situation.
After all, the two of them were currently in the same group.