...I really do plan to do it. I just -- can't face them yet. [ Akira looks down at his hands, taking in a breath and letting it out, slowly. He's not going to let Akechi get under his skin like that again, and especially not when they're boarding a train to go to Yongenjaya.

Akira does stop and get a canned coffee from the vending machine, though. ]

I just -- [ He can see Akechi's face in his memory, that moment where Akechi realized, and how broken he felt. He wants his friends to remember without him. He wants them to do it on their own, so he doesn't have to see it. He knows he's a coward. ]

After we infiltrate it today, I'll talk to them again. It'll help if I can see Maruki. [ Because if it's Maruki's fault, it isn't Akira's. ]