Niikura's face fell. "Really? Alright..." Then he sprung back up. "Ya sure? Akumetsu was going on in Japan right before I left - which was 2006. There was this group, and they were tryin' to clear out the corruption in Japan in a month. Killin' off all the evil politicians and all. Some people call 'em crazy, but I think that's pretty heroic, what they're doing. Did."

So this was also terrible, over-inflated self-flattery, but Niikura knew - he'd even gotten the damn police to agree with him at one point - that what he was doing was actually right and good.