Ah, I thought as much. I suppose it's comforting to know that I was right.

[ At his side, he curls his hand into a fist. It betrays what he's saying, and perhaps he realizes that, because he loosens it a moment later. ]

I suppose no one could tell the truth because it would sound insane, would it not?

[ "In the Metaverse, Goro Akechi was killed by the cognitive Goro Akechi inside his father's Palace." Yes, it's completely insane. No one would believe it--he can't deny that.

But it is so, so frustrating. That he built up this image of himself, only to fade into the public's memory... ]