That his sword contains the will. It's not like it was chilling on a shelf somewhere, he's in love with it. Maybe it's just me but I 100% would've turned the handle by accident (mindlessly while contemplating smthn) over the X years he had it. Or least to inspect/clean it.
The main big bad really just went "Hah, you don't have anything except a ring and a three paged will that I randomly expounded upon for no reason!"...
Something like that is forgivable from someone like (trilogy spoilers) >!Tigre. He's stupid and the moment built up a lot. !<But from Stronghart as the last big contradiction in the huge story of GAA? It very much took the wind out of my sails.
It really should've been somehow Asogi forcing the contradiction, IMO
Why was he, a mafia boss, acting as a test dummy in the sham machine in the first place? I thought this would be explained but mby I missed it.
If everything went according to Asman's plan, what would have happened? I'm also very confused here. He knew it was a sham, right. So he knew he'd fall down hard?