It was a bit easier when he wasn't looking at him, Batman found. He didn't take joy in the accusation, or pride.

"You clearly understand the difference between right and wrong," he concluded, trying to sound sympathetic. "Most people do, and choose to ignore it, suffering no ill effects, but that's not you, is it? I can tell you're troubled by this. You don't kill out of self-interest, which was my initial thought after I began investigating all of these criminals who'd gotten away for years suddenly dropping dead all over the country. Most of their crimes had passed through the jurisdiction of Shuichi Takatori at some point or another, until he was finally killed by his brother. My initial thought was that Reiji Takatori was having his brother take out his competition, as it were. I have a lot of experience with corrupt officials in Gotham."