Quite true. [And then, without truly knowing what Akira is thinking, he adds:] Plus, coming alone means that you've preserved my life for another day. While most of your teammates were quite set on giving me another chance, I doubt that's the same case now. [They had acted together against him. In unison. It was a very thorough scheme, one that he began to put together when time allotted that capability to him.

In that way, Akechi isn't an incompetent detective, at least when given the opportunity to truly detect. Had his life gone a different way without the same power, he may have ended up in that role in the end.]

You do have to wonder. Why is it that the God of Control allows such a wild variable such as yourself to live?