#Of course that doesn't pardon him for pulling a massacre and genocide

[artistic-astral-antics]

Just finished reading the updates on Regressor Instruction Manual manhwa I purposely stock it up to binge read, and, well... spoiler alert if you haven't finished season 2 of the Manhwa.

From what I can assume...

Park Deokgoo/Deokgu was Lee Kiyoung moral compass, or at least, what's holding Lee Kiyoung from going to the deep end of no return. In the first first life, things were tough, yes, and they struggled, true. Lee Kiyoung is still scheming and calculating, but Park Deokgoo is there to keep his conscience intact, somewhat. He's still happy and have a good time, not deranged or full of vengeance or madness to kill everyone.

But then, the world in the first timeline is pretty ruined. The Masked-Man is obviously Lee Kiyoung, but he's not someone who would have cause mass destruction unless provoked. Lee Kiyoung is petty. He pays back ten fold the slight people done to him. He does thinks to his benefits, or countering what others did to him.

In the first timeline, Park Deokgoo DIED. Protecting him. There were people hunting them down. Lee Kiyoung would have targeted everyone, starting from mere pawn soldiers all the way to the higher-ups who ordered for the hunt/mess. Heck, with Park Deokgoo no longer there to ground him, to keep him from straying too far, Lee Kiyoung would go as far as destroying the world for his pain.

Thus, he became the Masked-Man.

Kim Hyunsung worst adversity.

Park Deokgoo is essential for Lee Kiyoung, if only for his mental side because Park Deokgoo is kind, loyal, and good. He can pretend that he only wants a meat shield, but it's obvious that Park Deokgoo death was what triggered him to lose control.

Then again, this is my take.

Just needed to let that out.