I've been interacting with her in the hope it'll break the memory wipe.

[Otherwise he would've just left her to it and not interacted at all. What Akaba Reiji did still leaves a bad taste in his mouth.]

I thought he was associated with Academia, and I needed an incentive to draw out someone I needed to take as a hostage. Sealing his employees in cards was the best option.

[He never claimed he wasn't pragmatic.]