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Paratroopa1 posted...

I don't really understand McGilded's plan in the beginning, why he's all sad sack about not having a lawyer and then asking Ryunosuke to defend him, like, if he was masterminding the whole thing from the very start and saw himself as never being in any danger of getting found guilty, then I don't understand how any of that fits into it and it just feels like it's meant to mislead us.

While the true reason is likely to deceive the player, I feel the game does give an in-universe reason for it. McGilded had a public facing persona where he pretends to be a super amazing guy. Stuff like building public libraries. He was wildly adored by the public. I feel like the act is part of that face he shows the public.