Quote Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
What Archie means is that his current action of grabbing people's faces is ineffective and unnecessary. He hasn't fully converted back to his original style (of choking/knifing someone's neck), or developed a better technique since the lost of his powers, indicating that he's no longer as awesome as he was in his Shinigami days.

In summary, his point was Shinigami/BK201 > Current Hei.
Bill nailed it

Also about this talk about the cargo being Yin or Amber, did Misaki ever meet either of those 2?