Originally Posted by
SirGauoftheSquareTable
Even if Kariya wasn't a badass, he still was capable of surveillance via Crest Worm, right? That on it's own could have given Francesca pause, or perhaps since Zouken "lent" Kariya the Worms, she still could have judged him enough of a threat as an instrument of Zouken to scram...Or his and Berserker's constant crazed wanderings around the city allowed them to get wind of her first somehow. I'm just spitballing here, even if I do believe 99.9999...% that Francesca was referring to Zouken.