If he was too powerful to be killed then he would’ve been too powerful to even go to jail. If they possessed the ability to smuggle him out of prison then they possessed the ability to have him vanish before being arrested.
The strings aren’t pulled until they need to be, and when they are, they’re paired with smoke and mirrors, so the media can sell a working system and avoid plebeian unrest and vigilantes.
If he was too powerful to be killed then he would’ve been too powerful to even go to jail. If they possessed the ability to smuggle him out of prison then they possessed the ability to have him vanish before being arrested.
The strings aren’t pulled until they need to be, and when they are, they’re paired with smoke and mirrors, so the media can sell a working system and avoid plebeian unrest and vigilantes.