[he hates that he has to confirm this. and amidst it all, amidst the electricity crackling in the air and the stagnant heat that still seems to settle around Akira, there's a flicker of. . . something else? something small and tiny that Akira stamps out immediately before it can cause any environmental emotional affects around them]

[Akechi doesn't need to see his guilt. his regret over how things ended, over how he was completely helpless to stop it all. how Akechi was the one, single person that he had been unable to save from both himself and society around him]

[not yet]

Oracle-- Futaba-- said your signal disappeared after we heard a gunshot. After that, we never saw you in the real world again. You went "missing."

[. . .]

As far as we know. . . you did.

[die, he means]