User blog comment:ShockwaveDude120/Pure Evil Removal: Shao Kahn/@comment-4708882-20190614231753

Of what I understand and heard he later tells Katana basically "You know had you always been ruthless I'd not if needed to have her created". With that I personally say keep because that implies he is upset because it makes him look weak and should he be killed won't have a legacy he'd like.