[Worse, more than likely. Akechi knows he would have left none to survive. Maruki's role in that world-

Well, it would be worse than if they perished from the wrath of another.]

I'll consider this a debt incurred since you changed our arrangement on short notice. You owe me a small favor in the future.

[He plucks the gloves off his hand - this is as far as he goes today.

It wasn't that hard though.]

However, this gave me an idea for future battles and how to fell the beasts we come across. I'm not unhappy with the outcome nor what I've learned today.