Once again, this mangas grasp on Doc Oc's personality and logic is the best I've ever seen.
He truly understands the limits of a hero. And here's the thing: there's other villains out there who will take hostages, fight underhanded, exploit your unwillingness to harm the innocent. To be a hero is to have morality you can lose, faith in justice that can be broken.... to have people you can lose.
Talking about destroying him while his dream of heroism is still 'pure'... to me that's not a cruel statement. It's his own twisted form of compassion. And hypocritical to boot. Doc Oc.... you don't want a little girl to get hurt either, is the thing....
But that's what makes him the best, to me. <3