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Chances are there was some sort of ‘failsafe’ with Shido regarding Akechi.

If he were to admit anything, not only would Shido spin anything and everything away from himself, Akechi would… be killed. Having him testify to his own guilt also means incriminating Shido, and then there’s his blood connection to think about- his status as a living scandal, which Shido is already half-cognisant about.

The police are Shido’s bitches, it’s why he was able to organise a police station assassination in the first place. Akechi admits anything, he dies.

I thought that was a pretty obvious point when Shido threatened Akechi tbh

Well yeah, though it’s more solidifying the matter of ‘cannot go behind his back even to the police in his own time’, because Shido has control over such authorities. Stalling or defying to his face/on the phone is dangerous enough, but it’s the fact that even outside of this the kid doesn’t have a dog’s chance.

I feel like this only increases how suspicious his offscreen soap opera “death” was.

Akechi had no way of knowing who would take over Shido’s machine if the Phantom Thieves suceeded, and whether they had instructions to deal with him. It would make sense for him to take advantage of a situation allowing him to fake his death.

The only people he could have turned to for help agains the conspiracy were Sae and the Thieves, and they weren’t available for obvious reasons.

True. He also shows severe issues with trust and even at the end, only barely comes to understand his own feelings, let alone the Thieves. So he’s.. understandably not quick to jump to them for help throughout the whole game, and even at the end, prefers to handle himself on his own (akin to wrestling his own demons).

Hell, he would even confirm with Joker and satisfy himself that Shido was going to be taken care of – even if they were going to do it anyway – and likely figure out what to do from there, should he survive.

I do wonder if he knew he would make it out or not though…

He’s been in the Metaverse much longer than any of them, is a lone ~~wolf~~ crow, and berserk power being like a drug to his system. He’s probably been booted out a fair few times due to carelessness, especially in the early days (though later on he couldn’t risk this happening publicly, lest some.. weird fuckin rumours arise).

That being said.. he took a pretty violent beating and even remained. He may have been unsure of what would happen then..