Kamiya watches him in silence, realizing that Ishimaru is no longer thinking about what is right or wrong. If he allows it to continue like this, he knows everything around them will eventually come crashing down.
"Sir, we should pay Ronin immediately. If this turns into a legal dispute, it will only become far more complicated. Remember what happened to Hugo Ramirez."
Ishimaru snaps his attention toward him, staring in disbelief as though Kamiya has just betrayed him. "Kamiya… you are defending them? Are you saying I'm responsible for what happened to Umemoto too?"
"Kurogane has a point," Kamiya says. "If you insist on placing all the blame on Ryoma, it will be very easy for him to turn every accusation back against you. It was never his responsibility to feel sympathy for an opponent in a fight of that magnitude. It was your responsibility to protect Umemoto if you genuinely believed he was no longer capable of continuing."
