Yeah I did see on the board of those who decided to accept his deal. Which I guess means I really did make the right choice, though I hadn't had any doubts about it.

[He toys with a lock of his bangs.]

I can't speak for him, but I can say is that saving him was tempting. Very tempting. I couldn't save him in Shido's palace and a part of me was happy to see him alive again. But I knew accepting the deal would be going against Akechi's wishes. I can see how he might have not been able to get past that wish of saving him.