However, that was then. A Lot of things could have happened in the space in between. And he was not ignorant of that. It would be foolhardy for him to think that he would be able to keep them all under the leash for as long as he could, without actively having to soil his hands every now and then. After all, these were criminals, not that he was judging, their mindset would be wired from what the usual person would have. And so, having them thin of the ways to offset the others would not be something that was alien to them.
What would be alien in this case would be for him to still think that he would be able to keep them under the leash all because he was the leader of the Night Ninjas, the current Night Lord.
However, he had not thought that way. Not once did he think that way. This
