@OsTB
Reminds me of a theory I've heard of Akemi and Shiho do not have the same mother. Having said though, marrying between cousins is allowed in Japan.
Keiki talking about how human died quickly and wanting to give Reimu an undying body reminds me of the interview with ZUN in which he compared to "Keiki talking about destroying the flesh body of the heroines and making a new one from soil and water" to "making cyborgs". Pretty weird comparison...
@saxifraga
Considering Lalo mentioned the developers, maybe he is planning in hijacking them, I guess. Getting Robert K to be kicked maybe is part of that plan.
Let me guess, the slaves have to survived in a time limit and if there are any slave survives at the end, the surviving slaves and any spectators who bet on him will win a large amount of money. Usogui is planning for that but then suddenly Lalo will be like "Allow me to introduce myself" and...
It just make me confused... so is the first meeting between Baku and Hal actually set up by Eba or something? Since the book is written by Eba, and what is the purpose of that?