If it was one thing Bakura disliked, it was someone who he simultaneously wanted little to do with, who had the same type of discernment when it came to people as he himself used. It was a very frustrating and yet enticing set of traits... but he'd answer a reply like that with just as much insight.

That was, after all, just part of the game.

"Zanru could have gone off half-cocked at any point if she was just charging in blind. The Metalworkers were no anchor holding her back. Whether she has people with her or not, she's not going to change whatever it is she's about to do. As for Xuiyu, this isn't a move of ambition. It's a formality. It's due process. Family head, second in command, janitor-- she doesn't care what the title says."