COTE: Cold Reaction on Genius

Trying to figure out

So... What the fuck am I doing here?

The structure of Japanese society

Suddenly, an image with written words appeared. In parallel, someone's voice rang out throughout the warehouse or whatever it was.

It's a bit sudden, but listen seriously to the question I'm about to ask and think about the answer carefully.

It's a surprisingly familiar voice. It sounds like Ayanokoji, if I have to guess.

Question: Are people equal or not?

Do I really have to answer that? I don't even know...

– No..?

These days, all society loves to talk about is equality. People are calling for men and women to be treated equally, and shouting for society to get rid of inequality. They call for high employment rates for women, personal-use cars for everyone, and they go as far as to find fault with the order of the register of names. People even advocate equality for people with disabilities, and now the public is encouraged to stop using the term disabled people. Children are being taught that everyone is equal.

So, is this a lecture or something? Since when does this guy do something like that? Although I still don't understand what I'm doing here. Damn, there's nowhere to even sit down.

Is that really true?, I wondered.

I wonder if there is at least a chair or a sofa in this garbage around?

Men🍆 and women☕ have different roles if they have different abilities. People with disabilities are still disabled, no matter what term they call disabled people. None of this has meaning if no one pays attention to it.

Oh, the couch. I found it. It was almost behind me the whole time. It's strange that I didn't notice before...

Wait what are those emojis next to... what the hell?

In other words, the answer is no.

– Oh, I knew it.

People are unequal beings; there are no truly equal people.

This guy is really interested in these things, isn't he? Well, that's probably one of the reasons why that loli is not indifferent to him.

A great man once said that God did not make anyone above or below each other. But that doesn't mean that everyone is equal. Does you know that the passage doesn't end there? The rest is like this. Everyone is equal at birth, but then I asked, why are there differences in people's jobs and statuses?

That was written in the second half of the passage. Is it a difference because one struggled with academics or because one didn't try hard enough?

A difference is created there. That's the famous "scholarship studies." These teachings haven't changed at all, even in modern day 2015. However, the situation is more complex and is becoming more serious.

Yeah, I hadn't thought about anything like that before. This, of course, sounds quite important to society, but again why should I listen to it?

Anyhow, people are beings that are capable of thinking. I don't think it's correct to say that people should live on only using instincts because things aren't fair.

In other words, the word equality is full of lies and falsehoods, but inequality is also unacceptable. I was trying to find a new answer to the eternal problem facing human beings.

I can't even think of anything else. And trying to remember something from the recent past at school gives me an unpleasant headache. How problematic is this.

Hey you, the one who's holding this book and reading it.

Book? What? What's he talking about??

Have you ever thought about the future?

This guy...

Have you ever imagined what it means to go to high school, to go to college?

What's going on..?

Have you never felt that it was vague that one day, you would somehow find employment and get a job?

I felt that way.

When I finished compulsory education and entered high school, I didn't notice anything.

So, probably, everything was written down strictly in advance. Maybe I shouldn't even think about what kind of shit it is, to be honest.

I only felt joy in being released of my [duty].

His duty? Did this guy serve in the self-defence forces or something? No, probably just playing Call of Duty or whatever. Well, I get it, games are fun sometimes.

I didn't notice that, at that moment, my life and my future was being impacted progressively.

I didn't even understand what it meant to be studying Japanese and mathematics at school.

And this is more like the mindset of a junior school student. Although, of course, I think that guy from his class, Koenji, also thinks that way, I even can imagine it.

After that, it was over. It was weird and maybe a little instructive, but it's not clear what I was wasting my time on. In any case, the sofa here is surprisingly clean and soft, I could even fall asleep here, although this is a suspicious place.

Okay, whatever. I wonder if there will be any food or drinks here? Cranberry juice would be the perfect solution for start. 

When I thought about it and turned my head to the side, I noticed a small wooden nightstand next to the sofa, which was definitely not there, I'm sure. But there was some kind of red drink with a straw on the nightstand itself. Suspicious, very suspicious, but... I don't care.

Let's try it.

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– What did you do to her?

– Nothing special, just pumped up with strong sedatives. She's like a machine, not a person. Well, for now.

– Why do you need me?

– And who do you think will be voicing this text? Am I?

– And how long will I be here?

– Who knows, Ayanokoji, who knows. If you want, I can invite someone else to join you here so that it won't be boring. But you can't touch Kamuro.

– Why?

– This is a social experiment, no more, no less. I want to see it when she comes to her full senses.