( it's simply by the nature of his more recent arrival to kenos — and his even more recent introduction to kowloon, having lived above it for several weeks blissfully unaware of its presence beforehand — that makoto is scarcely familiar of any particular part of the underground. he hadn't brought it up in order to use any of its characteristics to their advantage; he had simply wanted to narrow their focus to the area they were most likely to find their target. they are fortunate that sebastian has already done his due diligence, saving them the time here and now of puzzling over reports and rumors to track down the location of this particular rulebreaker's hunting grounds.

that's one obstacle down. now all they need is a sound enough plan, and then they execute it.

makoto reacts neither to sebastian pointing out what sort of individual the demon typically targets nor to gen volunteering him. he had, after all, planned for this to go in such a direction the moment he had suggested setting a trap. this is exactly the sort of stunt he had pulled in jack's bar down in the slums of Hell, and considering it had brought J's brother right to him, he likes to think of it as a rousing success (J having to save him from said brother notwithstanding). now, where gen just barely decides to take the high road here, makoto summarily refuses; he snorts a laugh at the other young man distinguishing himself from the demon's type due to his ears (does he really think he wouldn't go after a twinky dogboy?), raising one hand to cover his face as he descends into silent chuckling indicated only by the mute shaking of his shoulders. )

Well, ( he breathes out in a sigh once he's finished with his laugh, and as his hand drops to rest on the table, it reveals that his appearance has slightly changed: his eyes are once again dark, as they had been when he was alive and human, and the stitches and scar have vanished from around his neck, ) fortunately I was going to volunteer myself to bait him out, even if Minegishi-kun hadn't gone through the effort of doing so for me. If this indeed the tactic we wish to utilize... though I am not entirely without tricks of my own, I am ultimately entrusting you both with my life.

( he smiles broadly, the expression obviously over-saccharine. he honestly doesn't trust either of them in this regard (no offense to sebastian, but demons should know better than to trust one another?), so he will have to figure out his own contingency plan, just in case. )

So I hope you don't disappoint me, in that regard.