[I can't believe everyone was right when they said Eichi would be like "that's hot" upon learning Akechi shot a dude]
[it's the use of "beautiful" that gives Akechi pause, that leaves him staring at Eichi like he can't comprehend why anyone would call him beautiful in that moment]
. . . I don't quite understand you, sometimes.
[but he's too weak to fight it, now]
Regardless. . . what you saw was me doing what had to be done for my goals to be met. It was regrettable, but ultimately, necessary.
[he says that, echoing those faint feelings he had experienced while dreaming of Eichi's assault against Valkyrie]
Kurusu was. . . weak. [he wasn't. but Akechi tells himself, to quash that small twinge of regret, to help him focus on his overwhelming sense of victory] And in the end, the stronger of us won.
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[it's the use of "beautiful" that gives Akechi pause, that leaves him staring at Eichi like he can't comprehend why anyone would call him beautiful in that moment]
. . . I don't quite understand you, sometimes.
[but he's too weak to fight it, now]
Regardless. . . what you saw was me doing what had to be done for my goals to be met. It was regrettable, but ultimately, necessary.
[he says that, echoing those faint feelings he had experienced while dreaming of Eichi's assault against Valkyrie]
Kurusu was. . . weak. [he wasn't. but Akechi tells himself, to quash that small twinge of regret, to help him focus on his overwhelming sense of victory] And in the end, the stronger of us won.