Weak-willed or equally devious in their doings? Perhaps. Children are impressionable, but they hardly constitute a force to be reckoned with. As far as I know--

[now his voice is a bit garbled, as he presses phone along ear to shoulder and scrambles around for a new cigarette and his lighter. when he starts considering things of s serious matter, it's the nicotine that helps him organise his thoughts.]

--there isn't anyone who is unhappy with their situation here that they would want to create chaos because of it. Not to say that there isn't anyone fitting the description. It might be easier to ask the question directly or--

[ah, plumes of smoke] --inquire about anyone familiar with Takasugi.