What Fang Zheng found most incomprehensible was how, in so many games, anime, and novels, after the villain was defeated by the protagonist, they would tearfully explain how they had no choice and had been forced to follow the BOSS in committing monstrous crimes. Then the protagonist would be moved, and no matter how heinous the villain's crimes were, they could be excused with the claim that "they had no choice."
Of course, from a legal standpoint, there was indeed the concept of an accomplice under duress. According to the law, those coerced into participating in a crime should receive reduced punishment or be exempted from punishment depending on the circumstances.
But... but still?
Suppose a villain was threatened by the BOSS into killing someone, only for that person to suddenly fight back and kill them instead. What would that count as?
Self-defense, probably.
In other words—you said you would die if you didn't obey the BOSS's orders, but no one guaranteed that you wouldn't die if you did obey them.
The BOSS might not kill you, but wouldn't the protagonist?
What, did you think I was easy to bully?
Even in nature, a cheetah hunting a buffalo could get impaled through the body by its horns. What then? Was the cheetah supposed to shout, "Heaven is unfair! I eat meat, so why did it gore me?"
That cheetah would have to be out of its mind.
You eating people was your business. Me killing you was mine. The two didn't conflict or contradict each other.
Besides, even if a South China tiger or a panda threatened someone's life, humans could still kill it in self-defense.
Looking at what you Ghouls looked like in your true forms, were you more precious than South China tigers? Or cuter than pandas?
Neither