Because of all the fronting happening right now, it feels a lot like Midara and Mitora, where we're led to believe Yakou is basically gonna lose without a chance, and then he ends up being a lot stronger.
Now Usogui has to rely on winning the game himself and Yakou winning, or else he cannot challenge surpassing the leader. I'm really curious if he even will actually challenge after everything (possibly) goes his way.