"Because the time for my appointment with the Pig King has come. Even I can't be certain that you, my lord, will definitely win against King Inosasao, right?"
Sacrificing a few to save the majority sounds like the classic "trolley problem."
And the "trolley problem," even placed in today's real world, remains unsolvable.
No matter what one does, they will be subject to some degree of "moral judgment."
In the Inner World, where morality doesn't apply to begin with, Kamiyagawa couldn't possibly execute justice on the Granny of the Mountain based on it.
"But you chose to let the majority live, simply to gain their faith," he said.
Kamiyagawa eventually let go of the hilt of the Ichimonji Sword he was holding.
"That's right!"
The Granny of the Mountain nodded, her ample fat quivering, and in those small eyes nearly hidden by the folds of her face, there flickered a strange light:
