Souji looked less amused and more serious. "They cheated. So I cheated back. Then the game got a lot damn harder."

A small, depressed smile came over his face. "So I did the only thing I could do. I cheated the world.. I didn't play the game the right way, I played to win. And I won. If winning is what matters right now, then yeah, I guess I did."

He glances at her with a kind of pity, a look on his face that tells a story. A story of betrayal, a story without a hint of hope, until the very end. He looks at her as if he's seen people like her time and time again. "Ishimaru-san, are we still talking about the game? Then I fired blind. I fired blind again, and again, and again. Some bystanders died, but I still won. Because I took out the superhuman on the other side. And that's what the game was-is about. But that was my choice. What's your's, Ishimaru-san? Will you fire blindly into the darkness, or risk a total loss?"