[His jaw was set, his gaze did not falter. He was no fool; he knew, now, what true villains set out to do, and what chance he had against such people.

Some people may have taken that as discouragement, but to Hajime it only made this all the more important. If he backed down from this, than everything he'd ever claimed to stand for meant absolutely nothing.

He'd make a thousand enemies like Eggman, if it meant he was getting somewhere against them.]

There are hundreds of lives under his control that have had that choice stolen from them. Mine willingly offered in exchange is more than a fair trade.