Zero has been working with Akechi since the tdm. He would welcome another person to talk to about what they’ve been recording and uncovering. All of this bothers him because man did every maverick war start with some kind of statement that’s alarming.

And yeah, it took time (and once you sort through mistranslations of the early games.) but he got on board with X’s desires for peace and a world where he and X don’t have to fight.