[The sarcasm is laughed at, and Kazuya clearly pays it no mind, doesn't take any sort of offense to it, because Akechi is right. Most people have that narrow scope of which to view things. He's been simultaneously blessed and cursed by having his entire world turned upside down, as it were.

And when he talks about exploiting the demons, his lip quirks in amusement. Entertainment. Long and not too long ago, Atsuro had also poised that thought. Give humans power over demons, bring them under heel. He hadn't thought it possible as things were, but maybe now it seems more reasonable.]

You're not the only one I know who thought demons could be exploited by humans. It's interesting to think about, isn't it? But then, it'd be all too easy to abuse that sort of power, if it fell into the wrong hands.

[He doesn't give a shit about that here, honestly. His fingers tap gently against the table.]

Almost. [He concedes easily.] Given the nature of this place, I'm not entirely confident I'm the biggest fish in this pond either. Wouldn't mind testing my abilities against some of the other power houses here. I think it'd be fun to know where I stand in comparison.