In a sense, it was also thanks to Professor Gray.
Annan increasingly understood... what is called "justice that is never late."
Only when people are unaware and unperceptive, and they are being protected in the shadows—only when people's lives have never been disturbed by evil, can "justice" be called "never late."
Compared to being a famous hero, a great person recorded in history, a valorous figure revered by people...
It doesn't matter if I'm seen as a madman, as a lunatic, as long as the end result is good.
"Because this is a choice only the strong can make."
Annan murmured softly: "If I'm too weak... I can only solve those incidents that fall upon me. Those I can save, the matters I can resolve, at most are only things within my reach.
"In that case, I might be revered by people as a hero. Because people can only see what happens around them.
"But now I am strong enough—I am able to fundamentally solve the difficulties that everyone may face.