[Code Geass] Irregular 4

Chapter 4 – 3. Shinjuku Gaetorai

“Who is this?”

I welcomed the trespassers with open arms. The appearance of the Ougi group people looking at with vigilant eyes somehow made me feel excited. I took out the bag I was trying to cram into and slung it over my shoulder.
Then he trudged away and sat down on the sofa in the middle of the room where he slept every day. The bag was thrown at my feet.

“Did you come for this?”
“Right.”
“It’s an important item, return it!”

Ogi answered my question, and Tamaki’s voice, who had been subjected to a powerbomb by me earlier, interrupted. I laughed at Ougi. The Ougi group is the leader, and it is unthinkable to me, a 34-year-old salesperson in Korea, that someone else intercepts the leader while he is talking. How can you cut off a conversation with your boss? No matter how close they were to each other, it wasn’t just Tamaki’s problem that they couldn’t tell the difference. It can be seen as a counter-evidence that Ougi is not in control of the group.

“It’s funny how a subordinate interrupts a conversation with a leader.”
“Profit! I’m not a subordinate! I…”
“Stop Tamaki.”

At my sarcastic remarks, Tamaki goes wild! So I ran, but was stopped by Ougi. Even in this situation, Ougi was cautious. By the way, this bastard, Tamaki, must have been someone who shouldn’t have ended up with a powerbomb. Or he dragged his colleague with him and his liver was swollen.

I glared at Tamaki with a savage expression.

“I guess the previous hit wasn’t enough?”
“…Kuh..”

When I opened my eyes, Tamaki covered them. Yes it should come out like that That’s how I’m worth it too.
Ougi looked at Tamaki with mixed eyes, corrected his expression, and looked at me again. I let go of the stern expression I had on Tamaki and smiled.

“That money… Is for our resistance.
“Huh? Uhh? Uhhhhh? Nothing happens?”
“…Okay.”

Ougi’s eyebrows furrowed as I shuddered. He must have thought he looked complacent. In fact, I’m not being complacent. The Ogi Group is a group that is resourceful enough to acquire and operate the Nightmare Frame Glasgow from episode 1, even though it may not seem like a big deal at first glance. Seven years after Glasgow came out, the current Britannia operates Sutherland, a generation higher than that, but compared to conventional weapons, the destructive power of Glasgow cannot be ignored. It would be even greater if a Japanese Eleven saved it.

Of course, he must have a gun, and this was confirmed from the first episode of the anime.

Even if the Ougi group looks shabby right now, it is on a different level from the resistance and the gangsters of the slums. Because they are people who fight against the national system, the combat capability itself is a problem that needs to be considered on a different level than ordinary people.

Even I, who had been beaten by a bully, had never fought a guy with a gun.

“So? What are you planning to do with this money?”
“I can’t tell you that.”

Ougi shook his head with a serious expression at my question. I guess it’s a pumpkin.

“Then I won’t give it to you either.”

I went out shamelessly. There was no reason. I just want to talk a little more with the characters I met for the first time.
I thought I would only talk to Ougi, but Karen, who had been silent and wary so far, opened her mouth.

“You know who we are? We’re fighting for you! We can’t help you, but please don’t get in our way!”
“Huh? Us?”

Karen’s voice was the same as in the anime. She is the voice of a lively sports heroine. She is actually a voice that makes you want to hear more because you hear her.
But apart from that, I thought it went well. I enjoy talking to Karen more than talking to Ougi.
What are you doing talking to a man?

“If it’s us, does that include me?”
“Aren’t you Japanese? We are for the liberation of Japan…”
“Where are you talking nonsense?”

Cut off Karen’s words. You did well

“Why should I help those who are for the sake of the Japanese? I hate the Japanese more than the Britannians?”
“What?”
“I do not know?”

I looked at Karen and grinned. Hmm. Pretty but very pretty, originally, my ideal type is a athletic girl with short hair who is a splinter in the track and field team. Juji hurts seeing Karen…
But apart from that, I laughed crookedly. After all, living in the Shinjuk ghetto, I encountered more Japanese people than Britannians. These Japanese bastards are called Eleven, but they are discriminated against by me as hybrids.

Ougi must have known the information about me properly, so she stretched out her right arm to stop Karen, who was infuriated by my words and took a pose to attack, then lowered her head slightly toward me.

“Ah. Forget what Karen said. I apologize.”
“What? Ougi! I didn’t say anything wrong!”

Ougi’s words sent Karen into a frenzy. Ougi looked at Karen with her stern eyes and shook her head. Karen is caught in silence!

“I know that you are of mixed Chinese and Japanese descent.”
“It’s not the Commonwealth of China. It’s Korean.”

I corrected Ougi’s words. Is this fucking bastard? Where are you talking like you’re Chinese? I hate Japan, but I hate China even more.
At my words, Ougi nodded her head.

“Let’s apologize for that too. He’s of mixed Korean and Japanese blood.”
“Okay.”
“Then! Half of you have Japanese blood, too!”

After hearing Ougi’s words and understanding, Karen shouted at me again. Hmm… This seems like a remark that could be misunderstood if you hear it wrong. For some reason, I feel like I heard that the Japanese are superior to the Koreans.
Perhaps Karen, who is of mixed Japanese and Britannian descent, would not understand me. It is true that Karen and I are both of mixed blood, but since her father is from a different background, the gap is similar yet completely different.

“Besides! Korea has already been absorbed into the Commonwealth of China and disappeared!”
“Didn’t Japan disappear after being changed to Area 11?”
“You… You!”

Karen felt like grabbing the back of her neck at my words, and she trembled. What. Why. What. That’s right.

Karen seemed to be telling her to help Japan because there is nothing she can do about Korea, which has already disappeared, but there is still hope in Japan. Somehow it feels like that. Even though she knew it was an anime world, she was actually getting pissed off. Was I this patriotic? I don’t think he did that… Is it because he was arguing with a Japanese?

“Even if I live thinking I’m Japanese, I never asked you to set me free, don’t you bastards look so fucking pretentious to me right now?”
“What?”
“When have I ever asked to be set free?”

At my words, Karen’s expression became astonished. I continued to rant.

“Don’t attach grandiose reasons to what you do. Liberate Japan? How? Since you’re the Resistance, you’re trying to achieve your group’s will with terror and violence, right? So.”

I got up from the sofa. I could feel the alertness of the Ougi Group, who had been watching quietly, go up a notch. I haven’t pounced yet.

“Can you fight while protecting all the Japanese?”
“…”

At my words, the Ougi group became dumb after eating honey. My point is this. I can commend her for her desire to liberate Japan through resistance activities. However, if the reason for the resistance’s activities is for a universal cause, this is just hypocrisy.

“Resistance? That’s good. After all, it’s an anti-government army to overthrow the system. What will happen? As you climb into orbit and become more and more active, innocent Japanese people will die. Can you tell them too? It’s a glorious death.” “The dead don’t talk.”
“That…”
“Why don’t you just be honest? Damn you! Fuck Britannians! I want to live a lively life, but they won’t let me do that, you bastards! I’m going to kill them all!”

I giggled and mocked. Even in the free Korea of ​​the 21st century, violent demonstrations are difficult to gain sympathy from the general public. Because? It is because it is inevitable that innocent citizens will be harmed due to it. Gandini Yu Gwan-soon is not admired for nothing. Non-violent protest is respected and noble in itself. This is because it does not harm anyone except the parties involved.

But what about the Resistance? Resistance is the parties or resistance. In the situation of Britannia, there is nothing to say even if they are called coup forces or rebels. Because their positions are different.
It is, of course, a structure inevitably causing conflict.

As I was thinking these thoughts, Karen seemed to be angry and chewed her fists out.

“My…Brother…Was killed by the Britannians.”
“Then, the reason for your resistance activities will be your brother’s revenge.”
“No! Because I don’t want to make more people like you!”
“Yes. I don’t want to make people like you, so the sacrifices of other Japanese people other than people like you are inevitable.”
“Kuk!”

Have nothing to say, bitch? I laughed and Karen glared at me.

“You! Do you think I haven’t heard your rumors? A child who always uses violence when trouble arises. Do you have the right to say anything to us?”
“That’s right, I’m not a saint. I solve everything with violence. But.”

In response to Karen’s objection, I readily admitted it. With her bright face, she nodded and admitted, Karen said, What the fuck are you talking about? She looked at me with the expression she said. I grinned.

“I don’t treat my actions like you do. I just don’t want to see bastards who argue with me and think lightly of me. Plus, I fucking hate bastards who pretend to be strong when they’re fucking weak. I want to throw them out.”

I giggled.

“I’m fucking selfish.”

But what?