This was a choice Fushimi Roku had never imagined. When he asked the other party to make a defense, he had already determined that this person was a criminal "beyond the reach of the law"—with only two options: death or maiming.
However, Kujo Mutsumi gave him a third option, which was for the criminal to face the law and be judged by the court.
Fushimi Roku hesitated for a moment. It wasn't that Kujo Mutsumi had persuaded him, but rather that he had discovered a flaw in the principles he had adhered to all along.
—What if there are criminals who fear death and choose to surrender to the court?
Fushimi Roku, propping his chin, seriously pondered whether, in such circumstances, he should personally execute the criminal or hand them over to the court for judgment.
