Machiko feels her pulse accelerate despite her effort to keep her spirit settled. These three whom Gongoro names are the three most senior of the Guard. That any one of them should be attacked and possibly killed is astonishing. That all three should be disabled in the same hour of the same night seems so far beyond comprehension as to require the intervention of gods. Sukayo-san studied the Way under sensei Kuroda himself. He is as close to becoming the perfect weapon as any mere meta might ever become.