Tsubasa thought. Kouga, as the Makai Knights' best chance for defeating the masked man, needed to know what he was facing and that the man had been in Kouga's territory. If Tsubasa said nothing, others might be in danger and by extension risk human lives being lost to the Horrors. On the other hand, he still faced the prospect that if the Senate knew what had happened to him he would be removed from his post, "I can't. What if the Senate orders me to step down? Hyuga and Akatsuki can't defend Kantai alone, you know that. You said so yourself."