User blog comment:B214/General discussion/@comment-24421137-20141102021708/@comment-24421137-20141102103520

Hmmm....Is it possible that they are hearing Ikki make a rukus at the school and is getting recognized and known as a Kurogane, and since he is about to go and compete in the festival, they have become worried that he will prove them wrong about his abilities, and prove that he can be as strong as them. And now Iwao, being the loving father we have all come to know, is going to give Ikki some words of "advice" to try and derail him.

Hmmm...this also is getting me thinking could Akatsuki be funded by the Kuroganes, or have they already revealed something on that.