I... I thought... I thought that I could awaken their hatred...! To make it easier for IT—I could feel that Vita Clotilde-Morris hated me that much, and I accepted that it must be part of our leader's plan... I picked a fight with Jonathan Morris too... but... but now...

[Hiyori threads his fingers fiercely through his hair, plucking them in time with the ticking.]

What was the point...?