probably a different level of fear? bcs if dan was gone jaekyung would only abandon the match to go look for kim dan but with kim dan's hurting but still in a close proximity to jaekyung he can now put all that rage for the fight. i mean the reality that strucked jaekyung now is so far worst that just the thought of dan's leaving/drowning that jaekyung is forced to get his shit together

the stabbing is so out of tune but i guess i understand where it comes from, mingwa must want prove that jaekyung can win the match without having to depend on his jinx/kim dan so they need to take kim dan out of the picture temporarily