However, after his real identity as the CEO of Cradle Pharmaceutical and role as the main architect behind the First Nonary Game was revealed, Ace's true personality was shown.
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Gentarou Hongou, more commonly known for his code name Ace, in the visual novel 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors was first introduced as a seemingly kind, helpful and altruistic old man. His comeuppance ( getting the tar beaten out of him by Haseo and then PK'ed by the Azure Knights) was most satisfying indeed. When all of his plans fail and he gets infected with AIDA himself, he then spends the first half of the final volume putting together a sadistic tournament for the sole purpose of making Haseo and the rest suffer (harming quite a few others in the process), and laughing at the pain he's causing. Turns out he had met her on a suicide website, preyed on her fears about being alone and considered worthless, effectively brainwashed her into depending on him, and then Mind Raped her to bring out the power of her Epitaph. 
But the biggest blow against him was his treatment of Atoli, who had long been one of his strongest supporters.
Specifically, the revelation that he had been manipulating and controlling AIDA behind the scenes, and that his ultimate goal was to use AIDA as mass mind control over all of humanity. hack GU was merely annoying and overzealous at first, but later revelations removed any kind of sympathy fans might have had for him.
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