I'm watching the episode subbed right now and Kougami is ripping Gotou off Salary wise.
what do you think would happen if ooo was able to control the power of all the medals-ie what ooo of the past tried and failed resulting in the casket and the sealing of the other greeed
So Akira was trying to pretend being dead so he can make Goto bravely henshin in Birth?
Pretty much - He was hired not to be Birth, but to train Gotou in being Birth.