"What motives do I have?"
Kahn laughed in anger and asked in return:
"Shouldn't I be asking what motives you have?"
"Using Spiritbending to corrupt spirits, secretly causing trouble at the South Pole with the intention of unifying it, and dreaming of breaking the sealed passage between the Two Worlds to release Vaatu, the Spirit of Darkness."
"Let me guess. Next, you plan to use the energy of Harmonic Convergence to merge with Vaatu and become a second Avatar?"
"Heh."
At this point, Kahn gave a derisive laugh and said contemptuously:
"I really have no idea where you got such nerve, or who gave you the courage."
Unalaq's expression darkened, because everything Kahn had said was correct. His guess was precisely Unalaq's ultimate plan.
However, after his initial panic, Unalaq quickly calmed down.
After thinking things over rapidly, he soon recovered an expression as still as an ancient well and said calmly:
"I don't know what you're talking about."
Although Kahn had exposed his plan, as long as Korra remained unaware, it posed no serious problem for him for the time being.
Most importantly, this was nothing more than a conversation between them. Kahn had no evidence he could use to bring him down.
On the contrary, through this conversation, Kahn had exposed himself to him. To prevent Kahn from becoming an obstacle to his plan, all he needed to do next was find a way to kill him.
How could Kahn fail to understand Unalaq's little schemes? He put away his smile as well and asked:
"Do you think that because I have no evidence, there's nothing I can do to you?"
"I don't know what you're talking about, sir."
Unalaq neither confirmed nor denied it. Then he said pointedly:
"As Chief of the Northern Water Tribe, I naturally