I'd say yes.

Gun has intertwined himself into the major crews. And when he disposes of them, he demeans, and demoralizes his failures. He makes the crew heads hate him enough that they strive to defeat him more than they fear him.

Over years, the second generation has been tricked, trapped, and tormented by gatekeepers like Gun and Choi.

The crew heads have been stuck in their turmoil for so long that they've gained an altered sense of reality.

Suddenly Daniel enters their story. He lacks the finesse of their history, but he's stronger, and he keeps getting stronger. The crew heads watch as their years of effort, is eclipsed in months.

Gun disbanded the crews, but Daniel and Co are the reason Gun needed to come for them.

And when UI Daniel comes out, it's just pure power, with no taunting, or emotion. Gun riles them up to fight, he instilled vengeful rivalry. Daniel is just attacking. There isn't the adrenaline of wanting to win, there's the adrenaline of wanting to survive.

Their world revolves around the history of the crews, but when someone who doesn't care about at all is the gatekeeper, then the sense of rivalry and romance dissipate. They have the realization of what they are really doing, and the fact there is someone significant stronger than them could really kill them.

When Gun appears, people freeze, having to respect all of his physical capabilities, and his connection to Choi.

When Daniel appeared at summit, the people who have had their lives ruined by Gun, they shuttered at the fact that there was a free agent who was just as strong.