Chapter 149: Cri and Punishnt… After (3/4)
1. Everyone possessed a real gun, but I was barehanded.
2. After investigations, it was found out that the n had taken drugs.
3. After entering the store, there was a high probability of them shooting at the woman.
4. There were three of them, so if I just disard them, there was a high probability that they would be able to fight back. It was decided that the situation was not one where I could have held back.
5. Although I inflicted heavy injuries on the assailants, the only attacks I made were either a blow to the arm holding the gun or to the head or the body.
6． After the attack, I imdiately contacted the cops and asked that they contact the hospital. I also perford as much first aid as possible.
7． The whole thing was caught on cara, so the people in authority were able to judge that only the least force needed was taken.
8． Other than that, there was also the testimony of the clerks and the custors in the store.
Because of the above eight reasons ntioned, the court decided that the actions I took were taken in legitimate self-defense.
But while I was able to get off legally, that wasn’t the end of the story.
Word of my actions had spread throughout the country. By the ti I was released, people were doing as they pleased and mories of the actual event were starting to fade. A group of three ard muggers were taken out by an unard man. Moreover, the ard muggers were all wounded heavily.
“I know my son did sothing bad, but he didn’t deserve to be hurt this much!”
“If a hospital wasn’t nearby, he might have died!”
At first the public treated like a hero, but then the dia sought out the family of the assailants to get an uncensored interview. The elderly family cried in front of the cara and pleaded. In the following days, the internet and the weekly publications made a big deal out of it, but at the ti, there was no way for to know about the state of society.
“By the ti I ca back to work again, I no longer had a place where I belonged.” [Ryouma]
The reason was although I was able to save people, everyone else just saw as soone who tried to murder three people.
The senpais and coworkers that treated warmly before no longer approached .
Bad rumors started to spread around about a criminal who was able to live carefree without receiving justice.
Although the topic died out in society as a whole, with the subject of that topic right before their eyes, it wasn’t as easy for it to die out in the company.
And then less than one week after I started going back to work, my boss and I were called by the company director.
“It seems you intend to continue working for our company, but… I won’t say anything bad. This must be tough on you too. You should resign and find another path. …You have overdue work as well, right? I believe this is the greatest contribution you can make for our company.”
When my boss at the ti heard that, he prostrated himself before the director.
But the director paid him no heed, and in the end, he said that the one to make the decision would be .
Just that…
“The one who would take responsibility in the case of losses, as well as receive the dissatisfaction of your coworkers is the person who kept you from leaving.”
“In other words, the boss beside … He was a really good person.” [Ryouma]
He bowed his head to clean up after the ss his subordinate made. He voiced out his opinion when soone above him gave an absurd order. Although he was really strict at work, he was a reliable and respectable person.
The reason why I wasn’t fired imdiately after being detained, the person who pleaded for to be released on bail, that was all him.
He was a doting father who would always show the picture of his three children as if they were his treasures.
“That director is such a jerk… He could have just fired you if he wanted to. That would have been easier than doing things in such a roundabout way like he did.” [Kirillel]
“According to Japanese law, my actions were legitimate self-defense. The company can’t use the incident as an excuse to dismiss . That’s why they needed to retire on my own to be able to get rid of .” [Ryouma]
It’s what is referred to as ‘Encouraged Resignation’. Of course, I could ignore it and stay in the company, but the people around will remain hostile and unhappy. I hated that atmosphere, but that person accepted . He encouraged . That’s why I was thinking of paying him back by working hard.
But… Even my benefactor’s position started to be at a risk. The company was not loathe to such behavior.
As such, my resignation was decided after I left the room.
“Thank you for everything until now.” [Ryouma]
Those were the words I said to him in the end, but he appeared to be full of regrets and apologetic. Still, sowhere deep inside, he seed to be relieved. I caused him so much trouble, after all. It was only a given.
“I looked for another job after that, but I resigned too quickly after employnt, so I had to explain why I resigned. Because of that I just kept getting rejected. Before dying, I sohow managed to find work, but… My experience at the ti was just like that of a forr convict. It’s a bit late to be thinking about it now, though.”
The body I forged and the techniques I mastered were powerless before the laws and opinion of society.
I didn’t think I was wrong back then. And even now that hasn’t changed.
But it was also true that I heavily injured those people, so I thought it couldn’t be helped for others to treat differently.
That was the result of my actions. I had to accept it.
But still, I regretted it.
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