Chapter 149.3
Volume 3 Chapter 149: Crime and Punishment… After (3/4)
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1 . Everyone possessed a real gun, but I was barehanded .
2 . After investigations, it was found out that the men 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 disarmed 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 immediately contacted the cops and asked that they contact the hospital . I also performed as much first aid as possible .
7． The whole thing was caught on camera, 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 customers in the store .
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Because of the above eight reasons mentioned, 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 time I was released, people were doing as they pleased and memories of the actual event were starting to fade . A group of three armed muggers were taken out by an unarmed man . Moreover, the armed muggers were all wounded heavily .
“I know my son did something 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 me like a hero, but then the media sought out the family of the assailants to get an uncensored interview . The elderly family cried in front of the camera and pleaded . In the following days, the internet and the weekly publications made a big deal out of it, but at the time, there was no way for me to know about the state of society .
“By the time I came 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 me as someone who tried to murder three people .
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The senpais and coworkers that treated me warmly before no longer approached me .
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 time 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 me .
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 me… He was a really good person . ” [Ryouma]
He bowed his head to clean up after the mess his subordinate made . He voiced out his opinion when someone 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 immediately after being detained, the person who pleaded for me to be released on bail, that was all him .
He was a doting father who would always show me 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 me . That’s why they needed me to retire on my own to be able to get rid of me . ” [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 me will remain hostile and unhappy . I hated that atmosphere, but that person accepted me . He encouraged me . 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, somewhere deep inside, he seemed 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 employment, so I had to explain why I resigned . Because of that I just kept getting rejected . Before dying, I somehow managed to find work, but… My experience at the time was just like that of a former 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 me differently .
That was the result of my actions . I had to accept it .
But still, I regretted it .