[ He imagines a fuss would have been made about that too, even if Ashiro wouldn't have been there to see him seemingly blink out of existence (or whatever it was that happened) after his fight with Number 11. Even if the Defense Force was careful not to mention the disappearance of Captain Narumi to the general public, another captain would be alerted of that fact for sure.

So what was happening here...? ]

Believe me, if I could pinch myself awake out of this mess, I already would have. Some amount of this is real at least.

[ Says the man imagined to be another man thanks to an illusion.

The irony is currently lost on him. ]