The conviction of certain victory stemmed from experience and accumulation, though at this moment, Kuren's own experience had been utterly shattered.
Yet, he still placed his hopes on Igor. He felt that Igor, with that inherent unpredictability of his, could stir up this matter once again and make the situation unrecognizable.
Yes, unrecognizable. That was precisely the outcome he desired. Normal reasoning had completely collapsed, and conventional thinking could no longer lead them to their goal.
Traditional rules were no longer applicable; a new approach was essential. Kuren didn't know what this new approach entailed. His intuition, however, told him it hinged on a bit of luck—luck built upon a foundation of chaos.
Chaos—that was what Kuren wanted Igor to create. He needed Igor to charge recklessly through this line of thinking, just as he had before. Igor had to shatter everything orderly; only then could something new emerge from the wreckage.
