[ And Akechi draws some sort of twisted satisfaction from that. There it is, the thing he'd been waiting for. It's the kind of reaction he'd been waiting for from Akira, but it had never come. ]

Oh, you're not from that time, are you?

[ He's smiling, but it's wrong. It doesn't reach his eyes, and it's cruel and cold. It's so different from the considerate, polite Ace Detective Goro Akechi. ]

Were you even aware that I planned on betraying you? After you accepted me into your little group and let me tag along in Sae Niijima's palace, too... All of that was to bring you and your pathetic little group down.