Fame just happens... Like lightning in a bottle. Sometimes it can be fabricated. But even then you have to be personal and charming and act how the people want you to. Because the masses can turn very easily.
The group of thieves I was trying to hunt down. They became very popular too and I was very vocal and against what they were doing. Hundreds of thousands of people turning against you in an instant. Sending you death threats and threats of violence... That's fun and exciting.
[He tips back the bottle to make an attempt to finish it.]
And just as quickly as they turned... they turned back. Like the tide. [Akechi can't help but scoff.] The same people that despised me went back to loving me when it turned out I was right about those thieves. It's... [He rolls his eyes.] It was exhausting. And in the end they still only loved the person I was presenting. If they'd known anything about me they'd have gone right back to hating me. Or never liked me at all.
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The group of thieves I was trying to hunt down. They became very popular too and I was very vocal and against what they were doing. Hundreds of thousands of people turning against you in an instant. Sending you death threats and threats of violence... That's fun and exciting.
[He tips back the bottle to make an attempt to finish it.]
And just as quickly as they turned... they turned back. Like the tide. [Akechi can't help but scoff.] The same people that despised me went back to loving me when it turned out I was right about those thieves. It's... [He rolls his eyes.] It was exhausting. And in the end they still only loved the person I was presenting. If they'd known anything about me they'd have gone right back to hating me. Or never liked me at all.