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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Perhaps, the real reason why Keiwa is in trouble due to Ace is because Boost is one-time use, thus Keiwa cannot take it back and use it anymore, otherwise it'd be only Ace borrowing it (unless you meant Ace keeping Boost to his huge advantage especially against Keiwa). Keiwa does can learn from this but dunno if you saw this about events that happen or Ace intentionally teaching him that (this excuse can be used on any single crimes like, the thief is just 'trying to teach people to be careful').

Keiwa looked like he was about to use Boost before he fell for Ace's lie, so it would've been lost anyway after the Jyamato boss was defeated. I guess the only variable that might be important is whether or not the extra points for defeating the boss will carry over to the next round, which would put Ace at an advantage. Either way, Keiwa technically relinquished it willingly (Morio tried to pull a similar con with Kanato, offering common Raise Buckles in exchange for Magnum), so he's lucky that it was a limited-use item and thus Ace can only benefit once from his mistake.

It's still too early for me to make any judgments about Ace's intentions, since he's such a mysterious protagonist for now, but I guess it's possible to be both, pragmatic deception for personal gain and teaching Keiwa a moral as a result, potentially helping him survive in a future scenario. Of course, Ace will only admit doing it for himself, as being unpredictable and contradictory is probably an asset in the game, like assuming a persona.