CH 130

Why do people attack others?

Translated by Dawn

Edited by Dawn

Why do people attack others?

Th next day.

More than 100 abolitionists who had written lies were caught by the police.

They said that every one of their actions constituted defamation or obstruction of business.

The only ones who got off scot-free were those who saw the danger in their personal opinions.

Since Japan guarantees freedom of speech and freedom of thought, it was impossible to make a case simply by claiming that the Ability League was dangerous.

“If you file a caller ID request, you can find out the device number of the person who wrote the post; the Internet lost its anonymity long before Maria was born.”

Sitting deep on the sofa in our living room, Vice Minister Sayuri sipped a cup of honey tea with a tone of triumph.

She looked at a news program showing footage of abolitionists being hauled away in police cars after they had posted falsehoods.

“I hope this will tarnish the image of the abolitionists and bring about a sympathy vote for us.”

“The Japanese are very fond of the magistrate. We can hope for the best, but I’m not that optimistic.”

As Maya nudged the serious Vice Minister Sayuri and began to sleep with her head resting on her sexy thighs.

I was amazed that she had the guts to force the vice minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to give her her lap.

However, Vice Minister Sayuri didn’t seem to mind and rather began patting Maya’s stomach like a mafia boss loving his cat on his lap.

Maya gazed at the southern hemisphere of the fortress bust that blocked her view.

I continued my story, ignoring Shisae’s envious look.

“Actually, look at this.”

I deployed the MR screen in the air on my device and enlarged it for everyone to see.

There, I saw a list of videos of opposition to the Ability League.

The shy Maiko lowered her eyebrows more than usual.

“This is terrible…Why do they do this? Why do they hate us so much?

“They think that by putting us down, they can raise themselves up.”

After a cold voice of venom, Kiriha stared at the MR screen unsympathetically.

“One can satisfy one’s need for self-aggrandizement by attacking someone. They need imaginary villains to make incompetent people into heroes. They are so low-life that it makes me want to vomit.”

“But that doesn’t mean they should play the role of a hero…why don’t they just find something that helps everyone…”

Maiko’s thoughts were idealistic on a lower elementary school level, but they were true.

Everyone should look for ways to help others and make efforts to do so.

If we could do that, we could create a happy society.

However, human beings were designed to be incapable of doing so.

‘It’s useless Maiko. They want to be respected, but they don’t want to work hard.”

“It is exactly what Harikiri Kiriha said. Living creatures have the energy-saving mindset that tries to get the maximum profit with the least amount of effort, and the ambition to climb to a higher position.”

“? That’s normal, isn’t it? I feel the same way.”

When Maiko blinked absentmindedly, Deputy Director Sayuri’s mouth softened slightly.

I felt that Maiko’s innocence made her look adorable.

I, too, when dealing with bad guys all the time, couldn’t help but love the sense of justice of Kiriha, Miina, and Matsumi, and the innocence of Maria, Maya, and Maiko.

Shisae, sensing something, gave me a gunshot look, but I ignored it.

“You are right, it is normal. But when you combine the two, you end up with the worst kind of thinking: ‘I want to be respected in an easy way.’ And that’s how people like this are created.”

In contrast to Vice Minister Sayuri, whose eyes were sharp, Maiko was silent.

I guess she was saying that she could understand but could not sympathize with the situation.

I could understand because I felt the same way.

“But, Honey, what should we do? Some people are affected by these videos. Even if they don’t watch the video, they are out there protesting and speaking in the streets.”

“People don’t fact-check, and they tend to think that the information they hear is the most important.”

“It’s a common environmental problem.”

Shisae crossed her arms and looked more difficult than she had in a long time.

“Even if an animal is not in danger of extinction if an interest group works to make the case that it is, people will believe it, and they will assume it is an important issue.”

Miina nodded at Shisae’s explanation.

“Yes, that’s right. You know, some of the people who became fans at yesterday’s game have written comments defending me, but…there’s one issue that we can’t ignore.”

As I poured over the video title, I hardened my voice, too.

“The biggest problem is safety. What if a long-range attack hits the audience? I can’t solve this.”

We still hadn’t solved the long-range fighting problem.

That was why yesterday’s match was all about close combat types fighting each other, like the first match, the Werewolf vs. Golem.

‘Everyone was so excited about the battles that looked like anime or manga, but that’s what physic ability battles are because they’re like fiction. It’ll definitely hits the audience with the fighter’s out-of-place attacks and stuff like that…”

“Ummm, from a Shonen Manga Meister, Shisae would like to say that in some works, they are fighting inside a dome-shaped barrier, or there is a barrier in front of the audience that nullifies the attack…”

When Shisae glanced at her, Vice Minister Sayuri shook her head from side to side.

“Impossible. Some of the defensive abilities can generate a special force field. However, they cannot cover the entire large battlefield or the audience. Even if there were, we would have to rely on each individual.”

It was said by Vice Minister Sayuri before.

The weakness of a psychic was that he or she must be there to use it.

Just because a defensive type physic was sick, the match would be canceled.

Matsumi’s voice was muffled.

“Eh~, but, you know, there have been ambulances transporting people to the hospital after being hit by an off-field ball at sports games for a long time. Isn’t too late now?”

“It’s not that effective, is it? Although people are blind to familiar dangers, they are sensitive to new ones. People don’t care when a manual driver causes a traffic accident, but they make a fuss when a self-driving car does, even though the probability of an AI malfunction is far less than a human operator’s error.”

This was probably one of the flaws that humans had.

Anyway, human sensibilities were so flawed that we couldn’t make even the slightest rational decision. Some people would call this human nature, but I think it was just a flaw.

“We’re very popular, thanks to everyone at the academy. If only we could clear the safety aspect and allow people with long-distance abilities to participate, it would definitely be a success.”

The battle between Kiriha and Miina was particularly effective.

The summit battle woven by the most beautiful girls in the world attracted a large number of people, and every video taken by the audience had been viewed millions of times.

It was no exaggeration to say that yesterday’s audience wanted everyone to continue the show and turn it into a professional event.

I wanted to do something for the future of the psychic, and for the fans.

—Is there anything?

As we all racked our brains, Miina suddenly raised her head.