Perhaps being "killed" will just exacerbate the entire clone situation with the Spider-Men.
I see no reason to deal with that potential consequence when considering lynching SMS to prevent him from becoming a nigh-unstoppable threat. Plus, a lot of the information is strictly coming from SMS albeit from the mouths of others. I saw it, this whole situation regarding SMS, described as a stalling tactic, and that is what it is looking like for all intents and purposes. Don't forget that per PK, SMS has a clone of himself known as Jack that allows him extra personal moves. He's obviously got to be building up towards something.
Hell, here is a curve ball. SMS isn't the Jackal. He's the clone of the Jackal, and he's serving as the face that we're contending with while the other hides. I like this curve ball, but nothing substantiates it. Much better to act on curtailing SMS.
As for PK, I'd rather treat him as a minor threat vs treating him as some kind of asset that we can't do without. After all, nothing overtly happened between now and when SMS gave up CL that would indicate something being done, directly, by SMS to affect PK's chances. All we have is PK saying SMS made it difficult (impossible or something) to do what he needs. Or something. I'm typing from memory of reading 15 or so posts so I may blank on specifics. Either way, I am skeptical to think that between CL being outed and today that PK pressed SMS for all this info (that SMS willingly gave upon being pressed for). I mean, mafia must've been ok with the plan since PK didn't cry foul then. And I don't see what would have changed now, unless it is directly because of Minish having outed the other two (which it is odd that CL wasn't marked by her initially like the other two).
The entire situation reeks of shady business behind closed doors to be frank. My initial feeling is to not trust the intentions of anyone associated with the Jackal that closely.
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It's funny in an ironic way how all of yesterday is forgotten in all of this. Rag certainly isn't mafia.