It was obvious they had survived on the previous chapter, as they were absent from the image that attacked Gen (although Andira surviving was always obvious, his "death" scene didn't had any death flags)
To me was the opposite. I really liked when they were making cameos and acting as self-aware unapologetic plot devices to force contrived developments.
But now they are disruptive of the story and it feels like the author is so full of himself that he couldn't even let the story unfold without...