[ ................. where is Akechi-senpai when he needs him ]

That's news to me, but it wouldn't be the first time I wasn't aware of the specifics of accessing that world...

[ Embarrassing, to be correct about everything laid out in his life's work and yet have no practical experience with it. Maruki closes his eyes, kneads into them beneath his glasses for a brief moment before offering up: ]

Were you involved in the changes of heart somehow?

[ Surely he would've noticed someone this old hanging around Akira, but... ]