He's literally playing NG+. He has all the skills but none of the experience and physical attributes. He just knows what he's doing but fighting his 200 yr experienced predecessor and it's a uphill fight.
This was a really good chapter for character development of faceless, this isn't a bubbly villain with some evil plan of world domination, he truly believes he is just a guy with a broken heart and he is just that. This makes him even more dangerous, Masaru is right if they leave him alive he will burn the world.
I still don't know if Faceless is retarded, optimistic or just crazy, but the only thing I know is that he's a narcissistic incel, not so different from the self-proclaimed gods . He's not Seiya or Natsu, he's just a frustrated cucklord.
Fujita is so amazing with visual juxtaposition. Bai Jin is truly a shining light of selfishness. Everything that happens isn't his fault and he'll surely succeed eventually as long as he can overcome all ofds.