He wanted to follow the original plot to make things less threatening to his life, like last time he was stabbed, in that case the mc genuinely bumped into the girl and as charming as good-looking guys can go he can say the most cliché lines possible and it will still be valid... But he's not...
Think of the protagonist family, then think of people like him and say that again, i actually blame it all on the author that made this an pretty forced situation Serious? The whole place is falling apart with robots everywhere and your priority is to immediately create a slave den? You gotta...
I harbor a natural disaffection towards authors who try to jump into the whole misanthropy scenario and try to make sense of it other than a sign of mental ilness makes my blood boil.