Since when did I relinquish the leading position, becoming just a "suspiciously behaving" Nebu?
There's a big difference. For the sticker to come off, you'd have to smoke a cigar down to that sticker, and the guy isn't smoking a cigar.
And besides, it's not even a fact that the sticker is from a cigar; it could have come off from a game by the company "Monte Cristo."