Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-29295148-20160825214302/@comment-5430952-20160826071029

GreyStark wrote: There is another thing to consider, alive Torchwick is just an annoyance, if he's dead then Neo has a motivation to go after Ruby to avenge him (which is gonna provide us with at least one good fight) Precisely, and the whole Battle of Beacon seemed the most opportune time for Roman to bow out of the story, even if he survived the Beacon faculty would've hunted him down and most likely ended him for what he'd helped wreak.  Both he and Neo would most likely be terminated. At least Neo "escaped" death, that time anyway, and she'll be gunning for Ruby in the next Volume or two, can't wait for it.