(The first update ~ by the way, 9.4 may not be updated, because it will take a day by train.) Above~)

"That's why we don't want to say anything, squad leader......"

"Huh? Because what will happen? ”

Leaning against the door, I looked at the mountain village a little strangely.

From the very beginning, Yamamura was a strange child. The views and perspectives are different from those of ordinary people, so it is Yamamura's own efforts to be able to win the position of leader now. So I'll listen to him.

"Squad leader, you've always put your mistakes on yourself, haven't you? It's obviously someone else's mistake, and you won't admit it, we are all people with eyes, and it's obvious that those people betrayed the squad leader to become like this! They were punished, and every one of us was so happy! But now he says he's wrong or something...... How can we accept that! ”

"I've never asked you to accept anything, I'm just going to say some facts."

Half-squinting, I smiled contemptuously as I looked at the boy whose face was beginning to stain a red with anger.

"It is my responsibility as a leader to make any mistakes in my subordinates. The subordinate betrayed me as a leader, and it was obvious that I was the leader who made a mistake in scheduling. It was my mistake that I did not take over the full command given to me even though I was the leader. Although I have all the mobilization power, it is still my fault that I spread those forces out and do not pay attention to the internal environment at all. With so many mistakes, how can you say that the fault is not mine? It's not a friend game, so let's see what happens. ”

"It's not like that! Definitely not like that! The squad leader has obviously done so many things but has been scolded for so long, and even kicked out of that place, definitely not like that! That's just someone else's slander! It's only after they betrayed themselves that they put the squad leader in the current situation! So squad leader, come back! Now that those people are gone, we're okay! ”

"Gone? What are you talking about? It's just that the betrayers were duly punished. ”

"Then since you've been punished, why are you, squad leader—"

"Make no mistake, Yamamura."

Standing in front of the red-faced classmate, I lowered my head and looked at the young man who was already in tears at the bottom of the steps.

"You're just on my side now, and from someone else's point of view, their betrayal is understandable. It can even be said that this glory is attributed to the student union as a matter of course. So I also let them get the punishment they deserved. ”

"Then why-"

But I was also one of the punished. Because of the sitting-in system, I can naturally drag those people into the water, but what I've already destroyed won't be repaired. So I'm no longer a leader, and I'm no longer your squad leader. From the time I resigned from that position and started transferring, I wasn't. The leader now is you. ”

I stretched out my hand and pointed at the stunned teenager. Without waiting for him to react, I smiled at him and patted him on the shoulder. Pressed everything he said back into his stomach.

Then looking at the teenagers with different looks at the bottom of the steps, I patted Yamamura's shoulder vigorously and gradually increased the volume.

"I'm just a loser, and you're going to be instructed by the new leader. Whether it's a game, or whether it's a serious organization, that's your business. It has nothing to do with me. I'm no longer part of that class, not a long time ago. People who are always standing in the past have no way to face the future, right? ”

If you don't break free from the shadows of the past, you will never be able to face the future. Just like being bitten by a snake for ten years and afraid of the well rope, the fear of facing the snake appears on the bar, and the fear of the past will be reflected in all aspects.

So I think it's time to set them free.

Or that they have always been free, but they have set me free.

The shadows of decades and years, the punishment of failure, the conflict of responsibility and obligation, are now no longer mine.

I have led thousands of people to attack the organs, and I have spoken out in front of tens of thousands of people. I used to shout all kinds of slogans, and cover up some unsightly things with my age. But now it's all gone. What should have disappeared has not disappeared, what should have been saved is still there, and my behavior is like a mirror, without any real meaning at all. It's like the real call that is often drowned in countless entertainment news.

"It's a great time for us to enjoy the legacy of our predecessors, the rarest prosperity of this planet in millennia, and death and sickness have never been so far away from us. So, I was wrong. I just wanted to follow my dreams. But dreams are always dreams, and even hard work doesn't turn them into reality. ”

patted the slightly thin shoulder of the mountain village vigorously, as if he wanted to pass on that responsibility. Beat it hard again and again. Every time I take a shot, I can feel that my body is also a little lighter.

It's just a squad leader, but he can have such a heavy burden, this should be said to be self-inflicted, right?

Uniting the dreams of dozens of people for their own selfish desires seems great, but in fact it is extremely selfish. But I'm not going to say anything, I'm going to affect the lives of these dozens of people, or whatever. Because life is meant to affect each other. In the words of the snow, there is no one in this world who is victimized.

"There is no soil for a revolution in a peaceful country. It's not the best time yet, and although there are already signs of it, we still can't. So how you go on depends on you, the leader. ”

“…… So can't the squad leader lead it? ”

"Haha, what stupid are you talking about? Let a guilty man lead this hot-blooded group, and God will kill me. ”

I didn't say anything about it, but I was a criminal. Let such a person continue to lead such an ideal organization, and it will only usher in terror and despair, right? Because the thinking is no longer correct, because it is no longer possible. Although this organization is small and small, I still can't completely annihilate this hope in the dust.

"Your life is up to you, and I am no longer your leader. Your leader is a hot-blooded fool standing on this side, Yamamura-san. And my words...... It's about two years late, but it's still something to say. ”

He opened the not-so-heavy wooden door and waved his hand with his back to the young men and women who were already whimpering.

“…… Congratulations to all 34 students in Class A for graduating from the school. ”

"And then, goodbye."