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I was pointing out that instead of begging for forgiveness, the king STILL want the spirits power. He is basically hoping on doing exactly what his ancestor did 200 years ago, if only given the chance to do it. He doesn't think that it is wrong, only that he must have the spirits' power, by any means necessary.
And I know my ancestor committed a crime. My grandfather was an officer of the Japanese Imperial Army in Malaya before his conscience told him it was too much before he quit his commission and ran off in only shorts and singlet into the jungles. He never returned to Japan because he thought by refusing to commit atrocities, he betrayed the emperor and did not deserve to go home. To the end of his life, he didn't know that the atrocities were not the emperor's orders.
My grandfather never tried to hide it. He told me that 3 years after he quit his post, after the war ended and the British returned, he surrendered to the British but instead of being arrested, he was told to just go home. He eventually married a local girl, but he always told us to live good lives and to value ourselves and others. He was probably the sole reason why none of us ever committed a crime. "Live well, and don't harm others". He repeated that every time I came to visit.