Hm... [Well, that's... all very valuable information, actually. The inner tactical analyst in Makoto is happy to know the kinds of things he can do in a battle, and the brains of the Phantom Thief operation likes knowing the social side of it.] He's rich enough to fund it, then even though the people don't like him, they must like his system. [That's conjecture, though, a shot in the dark, but she has a lot of thoughts and not a lot of answers, but this is... this is really helping.]

Perhaps... we can change his cognition that he's untouchable in some way, and that will-

[She frowns, eyes narrowing... no, there's no way they're stuck in a Palace.]

-- No, I think this may very well just need to be done the old-fashioned way. I think ousting him from power would be just as effective as killing him. Might as well be. Someone like that, I would go out on a limb and bet they wouldn't be able to move on once they weren't in charge any longer.