[Sure. They just got through the whole almost landed Jyushi in prison thing and Hitoya is willing to take some of the blame for that but...]

His heart's in the right place, that's for sure. [More or less.]

When you think about it this world isn't so different. People gotta put themselves out there. Make a name for themselves. That support will give them an advantage.

[It's only as he speaks that words that they start to merch into a fully formed idea. That same knowledge that had likely first piqued Kuko's interest initially.]

And you've already got some experience with that.