“Are you trying to blackmail me?” - (Iggy, first/early meeting maybe?)
" Oh, of course. " Mishio answers casually, " How else am I supposed to ensure my own safety? "
Oh...to learn the hard way that the doctor is not to be trusted under any circumstances.
" I think of it more as insurance. If you are truly intelligent enough to see the beauty in my work, then you must be intelligent enough to know I cannot just trust anybody who claims they wish to help. " the doctor explains casually, " I have my ways, do not worry. I can have your illicit activities reported, with undeniable proof, whilst still keeping my own name clean. "
It isn't easy, but with his connections it is possible. Something he would really rather avoid. He would rather keep the organization that funds his work out of things. To invoke their wrath on another person only reflects on him that he could not handle one girl on his own.
" Or I could simply have you killed. Which would be quite a bit more fun to me personally, but that is not really blackmail is it? More of a blatant threat, which is just so ungentlemanly. "