Well yes, of course rulers had to kill. That's why Suzaku had been so amazed that he had managed to put down a rebellion with so few deaths. Suzaku was a little confused, he had known rulers and he had never known one to think of their subjects as their own body. It was a strange concept.

"Because sometimes the ends must justify..." Wait, his mind fuzzed and he blinked in confusion. What had he been about to say? He didn't believe that, the end never justified the means, a victory won by immoral means was no victory at all.

"Even if he believes he has to kill he should not make you do the same." He said this mainly to stop himself being confused but also because this is what he had been angry at Shōryū for, because Enki was so peaceful and yet Shōryū ordered him to fight and kill.