I Reincarnated But Will Try To Live Without Using My Cheat Ability - CH 306

I silently returned the glasses, or something like that, to Charles.

Charles took them silently, but observed me curiously.

“So, what do you think?”

“Nothing special. There is no change at all in our policy of waiting for the right moment.”

Charles smiled at me and bowed.

“Yes, sir.”

I’m sure he was planning to stop me if I got angry and my mind turned to attack.

It’s impossible to let personal feelings affect the lives of so many people.

If it were just one person, I would make a decision based on profit and loss and personal feelings alone.

We have lost one admonisher, but we still have one person left.

Deep down, I was very grateful.

I could understand why Taizong Li Shimin mourned the loss of Wei Zheng.

When I mentioned Suzana’s presence at the strategy meeting, everyone was in an uproar.

Then I looked around at everyone.

“We now understood one of the reasons for the surprise attack. However, this is only about the cause, not about how to deal with the situation from now on. I just want to say that it will not affect our policy of waiting for the right moment.”

At my declaration, Governor Oracio silently raised his hand.

I nodded in silence.

“Then why are you making the announcement here?”

“One is to share information. The other is to prevent people from becoming so angry with her that they appeal for an unnecessary attack.”

“Tell me more.”

“First of all, what does the other party knows? I believe we have been winning with my strategy so far. If they want to eliminate that advantage, they will either anger me or make me lose confidence. Then I’m sure they’ll think that if they piss everyone off on top of that, they can take advantage of it…”

Everyone fell silent.

I continued my explanation.

“What can they do to make me angry or lose confidence… It’s simple: do what I’ve always avoided doing. In other words, to make a victim, in vain. And how to make them all angry? To make it clear to them that this is someone else’s conspiracy, that this is the object of their anger.”

Everyone is silent.

Then Abraham folds his arms and murmurs.

“That’s it with Suzana. But I don’t think they know that now, do they?”

“Soon, she will reveal himself. That’s why I made it public here.”

Mil, who had been thinking about it, looked as if something had occurred to her.

“If I had known from the beginning, I wouldn’t be angry.  I’m very angry right now, but…”

I chuckle to Mil.

I mean “too close”.

“My men and citizens would be angry if they were informed of this. And then the push to attack will begin. Then we will be forced to attack. If that happens, we are at their mercy.”

Mil looked up above and sighed at my words.

“I was surprised she thought that far ahead…”

Immediately after that, she smiled at me.

“But I’m glad to see you’re back to your normal routine.”

They all looked at me with grins on their faces, too.

I guess I should stop them from making a habit of using me as an amusement device.

Anyway, I cleared my throat and change the subject.

“I had one more concern that I wanted to bring to everyone’s attention. The citizens are going to be under a lot of stress from now on. And that brings up one problem.”

I cut off my words.

Oracio, who is entrusted with the governance of Antium, leans forward.

“What’s that, it’s not a waste of time, is it?”

I chuckled and nodded.

“I’m sure they’ll think that we should all work together to get through this. Then there will be a tendency to desperately seek out and beat up anyone who doesn’t cooperate, even if only a little. If it goes too far, society as a whole will spiral out of control. They will begin to exclude anyone who is even slightly different from them. The end result is an intolerant society. An intolerant society that doesn’t discriminate against races is a bad joke.”

Everyone was taken aback by a story that had nothing to do with war.

Even Kiara looked puzzled.

“B-Brother. Even I, with the highest degree, don’t understand…”

“In conclusion, it’s after we won. You must think it is strange to talk about such things before we win. But I can’t give in to this talk because it is a matter of fundamental importance to our society.”

“So please explain it step by step.”

Kiara said, but she was too quick or took out her notes.

Hey, hey…

I cleared my throat once.

“First of all, you know how we hit people who don’t cooperate?”

They all look at each other.

I would think that a former tribal chief would have some experience in this area…

Touko tilted his head.

“It’s true… sometimes there are people who do things without permission. We will warn them and that will be the end of it. If they still don’t obey, we’ll settle it by persuasion and fistfight.”

“As expected of the chief who solves the problem. Wouldn’t someone who isn’t in that position try to settle things?”

This time, Abraham folded his arms.

“Sure, there was that. It saved us a lot of trouble. The person who solved the problem was not benefiting in any way, so I was very grateful.”

“Then didn’t that person continue to talk and escalate in content from then on?”

Abraham stopped moving.

Bingo.

“How did you know? You speak as if you’ve seen it all.”

“I’m talking about a trait that is primarily in the social organism. The instinct to do social justice is quite powerful. Solving a problem gives you a tremendous amount of pleasure. It’s like a drug. Once a person gets to know this pleasure, nothing is ever enough. And then they start desperately looking for deviant behavior in search of pleasure.”

Abraham shook his head, hard.

“So it escalates… And because you’re ‘doing the right thing,’ you can’t stop it.”

“The one being in the world who desires blood the most is ‘justice’. I’ve never heard of righteous self-control. Evil has the self-control to avoid destruction.”

That’s why I hate the word justice.

And even before my reincarnation, there was plenty of it.

During wartime, similar to this case, they would denounce them as unpatriotic.

Before my reincarnation, political correctness and the **** police were the same kinds of thing.

I thought the internet flames were pretty close to that.

Wide shows were also selling this drug to get ratings.

When exposed to stress, these things come to the surface as an outlet to relieve it.

Sucking up is one of the fundamental pleasures of human beings.

Touko began to growl.

“Even within the police force, we sometimes joke that nothing is ever enough… Could it be dangerous?”

I shook my head.

“The police have discipline and penalties. They are also expected to exercise restraint as protectors of the public, so the occasional joke is not something that should be tolerated. That’s exactly the kind of joke that people will be desperate to find. In the end, it’s all about tolerance for others.”

Anyway, back to the story.

“By the way, that escalator must have been quite disliked.”

Abraham nodded.

“Yes, and eventually they began to object to joining up. Maybe they were afraid of the change in social norms. As a result, he led my attack and after it failed, he fled. I don’t know if he’s dead or alive.”

“The person was probably shunned by society to begin with. Such people are always under stress. They cling to justice as an escape. And if the stress were on all of them in an emergency situation, like a war…”

Abraham looked above.

“When a lot of people hang on…. and those who know the pleasure of it will look for more… is that what you’re saying?”

“Yes, not all of them. But there will certainly be an increase in addiction to justice. Especially now that we, the establishment, have given our endorsement. That’s what I’m afraid of.”

Mil looks as if she has just had an epiphany.

“Maybe it’s possible that Al doesn’t simply denounce people as bad or no good… To avoid this.”

I smiled at Mil.

“Correct. It may seem frustrating or… simpering, though. If I assert or readily deny something, you will not accept it. But as far as discrimination against beastmen is concerned, it is deep-rooted, so I dared to affirm it. I was going to suppress that too if it went too far.”

They all look at me with astonished eyes.

Only Kiara is taking notes intently and mumbling something.

“I knew it… my brother… because he’s brother… that he’s so wonderful…”

Stop that mystery theory…