The ravings of a mad man, possibly... But it's something worth looking into, if those ayakashi really aren't attacking mortals. Is he controlling them, and if so, how?

[Still, Sanzang moves over to pat Sheryl on the arm, making a soothing noise] There, there, don't worry about it! Everything will turn out like it's supposed to-- we can't look on the past too much. Even if the road cracks before us, all we can do is find a way over it and keep moving forward.

We'll get through this too! I'm sure they'll see reason when they see how many of us jumped in to help clean up and take him down!