no doubt

Clearly the General wants to get himself killed. Despite Goujun's generous offer to try and obtain mercy for him, he demands a fight. He fires his gun.

Still a child, Goujun thinks remotely as he raises his sword. Still a fractious brat, unable to let go of a grudge, unwilling to use the proper channels of authority, incapable of listening to his superiors --

(and in this pen of monsters, they cried for pity just as Nataku had)

If Goujun had known, he would have taken action. He is sure of that; he could have done nothing less. If he had known.

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