James Lee vs Tom Lee did NOT cause that embedded wall panel for James.
James Lee vs Tom Lee did NOT cause that embedded wall panel for James.
James had already won the moment he used Path.
What I think happened offscreen is this:
After beating Tom Lee, the other Gen 1 kings told James that Daniel Park died. That's when James completely lost his mind and started destroying everything around him. The wall crater, the blood, the ruined area, I think that was all James going berserk after hearing about Daniel.
I even think he killed all the Gen 1 members there before sitting down and waiting for Kitae and Changsu.
Look at James carefully in this chapter.
When he first asked "Where is Daniel Park?", he didn't look exhausted, shocked, or heavily injured. He sounded calm.
Then Kitae said "No" and explained what happened to Daniel as well as Raised a question "I don't understand why you wanted him alive." Then changsu explained why killing Daniel was the right decision. During all of that, James stayed silent and just listened.
What stood out to me is that James didn't react with shock after hearing Daniel died. No sudden expression change, no disbelief. That's because he probably already heard it from the Gen 1 members before Kitae arrived.
Then after Kitae and Changsu finished talking, James immediately brought up the fact that he specifically told Kitae to bring Daniel alive because Daniel is important to his plan. After that, he starts taunting Kitae.
To me, this chapter was basically setting up that:
James already knew Daniel died before Kitae arrived.
The silence in the beginning was grief and anger being held back.
The final panel is the moment that anger finally surfaces.
And now we're probably getting James Lee vs Kitae Kim next chapter.