Chapter 61
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M-Maria, What a Scary Girl
Translated by Dawn
Edited by Dawn
M-Maria, What a Scary Girl
Half a month later.
Monday, July 2.
Eight of us had finished work and had come to buy groceries for dinner, as usual.
“Speaking of which, how are you doing with your studies?”
While pushing the cart, Matsumi asked me this as she picked up the fruit for today’s dessert.
“There’s no problem. I just wondered what the study content would be like going into middle school.”
Now I had mastered 1,700 out of 2,136 common kanji characters, 850 English words, and Japanese history up to the Nara period while mastering each subject around the middle of the second year of junior high school.
“I’m glad then. I’ve been getting to know you well, and it would be sad to be in a different class from the second semester.”
“Me too.”
“Boys are either too shy or too cocky, so I like boys like you who take care of his girlfriends.”
As usual, she was the kind of person who would make a statement that a stranger might misunderstand if they heard it.
No, even those who know her, if she were not Kiriha, there would surely be a fight.
I looked at Kiriha with wariness.
“Ahaha, Honey is so popular.”
She was smiling and in a good mood.
She was so nice that I even felt bad for letting her date me.
“Hmm, hey, they sell peeled American crayfish here.”
The package noted that the food had been cleaned in fresh water for three days and that cooking should be done at high temperatures.
“Is this also the one that comes up from the pond or river because of Shisae’s ability?”
“I think so. There was a video on a video site showing crayfish marching in a line to a meat processing facility, where they were scooped up and put on a truck.”
“Like a shrimp?”
“I wonder how to cook this.”
Matsumi ran her fingers through the air and unfolded the MR screen.
Then, she furrowed her brow.
“Huh? What’s this?”
“What’s wrong?”
“No, I just read an Internet news title that said something like, [Bank of Japan President Kaneda intends to sell 600 trillion yen worth of government bonds to a certain country for half the price.]”
“””””Eh?“””””
The voices of me, Kiriha, Miina, Shisae, and Maiko overlapped, And Maria and Maya looked at each other and tilted their heads.
***
In the living room of our place, nine of us, including Director Sayuri, were all present.
There were eight girls and one boy, which was a very unbalanced male-female ratio, but that was nothing new.
While eating fried crawfish, not fried shrimps, and curry with civet meat, we listened to what Director Sayuri was saying.
Incidentally, the dry curry roux was mixed with Kiriha’s characteristic honey and royal jelly to mellow the palate. Maya was so cute as she ate it with her tiny mouth.
However, the shock that overshadowed Maya’s cuteness came from the mouth of Director Sayuri.
“It is not fake news. Bank of Japan President Kaneda Yasunori is about to sell 600 trillion yen worth of government bonds to a certain country for half the price.”
I couldn’t close my mouth and eyes for a while, because it was too unbelievable and outlandish a development.
“Is he…in his right mind?”
Speaking of a certain country, it was one of the so-called “anti-Japanese” countries, and it obsessed with domestic and international activities to undermine Japan.
At the root of this was an ethnocentric desire for national supremacy based on a thorough electoral ideology.
It always regarded Japan as its rival and exclaimed that it would never lose to Japan alone, biting at everything that benefits Japan and supporting everything that harms Japan.
Even Japan’s financial collapse was greeted with national applause and cheers, and neighboring countries were told that “this is Japan’s true identity and true strength,” with some in the media and the public even suggesting that now was the time to invade Japan and turn it into a colony.
President Kaneda wants such a country to hold the lifeline of Japan.
“Is President KANEDA from an anti-Japanese civic organization or something?”
With shoulders slumped, I asked Director Sayuri with a heart as if I was putting my last hope on the table.
“He has no affiliation, but his mouthpiece is almost a civic group quote, out of vengeance against the Prime Minister.”
As a reason for handing over the bonds to a certain country at half the price, President Kaneda said,
“For the sake of friendship with a certain country.”
“The sale of government bonds is a sign of friendship and trust.”
“Our country and a certain country have many international problems, but by showing our sincerity, the wariness of a certain country will fade away, and the way will be opened for true friendship and international society.”
“I would like to ask those who are against it, Japan is in financial ruin. You should look at the reality. We are not the Asian hegemon, nor are we a great nation. We should act accordingly.”
And so on.
I was so stunned by Director Sayuri’s explanation that I stopped thinking.
For 100 years since the end of World War II, the Japanese government had shown a weak attitude toward a certain country, to the extent that it was ridiculed as “Kneeling Down and Traitorous Diplomacy.”
What resulted was the further escalation of a certain country and a number of anti-Japanese activities.
The international problems were caused by the one-sided involvement of a certain country, and the financial collapse was caused by the childish retribution of President Kaneda.
It was unbelievable to think that this was the behavior of an adult, a brilliant man who was appointed governor of the Bank of Japan, while he himself drove Japan to collapse.
“I hate to say this to you young people, but this is the way it is in the upper echelons of the Japanese government. The top echelons of the Japanese government are full of so-called “educated idiots,” such as the ministerial appointments of “friends”. They may be well educated and of respectable family backgrounds, but all they have in mind is the desire for fame and control. They think they are upper-class citizens and do not want to do anything that does not benefit them, even if it is for the good of Japan. They are a kind of psychopathic group that does not care if the people are poor as long as they are promised protection.”
When Director Sayuri said that much, I was worried about being bugged.
I was worried that if someone somewhere was listening to what she just said, we would be in trouble.
But in fact, I had seen before that politicians ranked high on the list of professions with many psychopaths.
A person who acts on their emotions cannot be a ruler. If you could not cut down the few to save the many, you could not maintain the nation.
However, President Kaneda was different. He was willing to cut off all 120 million people in order to save his own life.
That was no longer a human thing to do.
“He’s not human.”
As if she could see right through me, Director Sayuri said in a heavy voice.
Her gaze was cold to absolute zero.
“The higher one gets, the more one sees life only in numbers. They start to run politics as if they were playing chess or a strategy simulation game. Sadly, world history has proven this. Let me be clear, I cannot forgive him.”
The power of her tone of voice took my breath away.
It was as if the current Director Sayuri might be planning an assassination attempt.
“….then, after all, this is where…Shisae should…”
“That’s no good. Politicians are under the influence of the Kaneda faction, and if one Kaneda member collapses, only those who have his breath will take his place. Sending the entire faction to the hospital will surely lead to an investigation. Above all.”
Director Sayuri’s hand was gently placed on Shisae’s hand.
“I don’t want to use you as an assassin.”
“Sa, Sayuri-chan…”
Shisae became docile, her eyes wet with emotion.
Looking at the expressions on everyone’s faces, I could see that they too were deeply moved by Director Sayuri’s humanity. I too was deeply moved.
I even thought to myself, “I want someone like this to be a politician.”
Director Sayuri laughed to herself as her expression became so gentle that it even seemed motherly.
“Unless you guys have some convenient way of rounding up the Kaneda faction without getting your hands dirty, while still being able to walk around under the sun…….no, that was a bit too delusional, forget it.”
–-Director Sayuri…you truly are…
I was overcome with a heartbreaking sense of helplessness at the fact that teleportation could do anything.
“This is President Kaneda’s fraudulent ledger.”
Time had stopped.
Like a frame-by-frame, sixteen gazes were focused on Maria’s MR screen.
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M-Maria, What a Scary Girl
Translated by Dawn
Edited by Dawn
M-Maria, What a Scary Girl
Half a month later.
Monday, July 2.
Eight of us had finished work and had come to buy groceries for dinner, as usual.
“Speaking of which, how are you doing with your studies?”
While pushing the cart, Matsumi asked me this as she picked up the fruit for today’s dessert.
“There’s no problem. I just wondered what the study content would be like going into middle school.”
Now I had mastered 1,700 out of 2,136 common kanji characters, 850 English words, and Japanese history up to the Nara period while mastering each subject around the middle of the second year of junior high school.
“I’m glad then. I’ve been getting to know you well, and it would be sad to be in a different class from the second semester.”
“Me too.”
“Boys are either too shy or too cocky, so I like boys like you who take care of his girlfriends.”
As usual, she was the kind of person who would make a statement that a stranger might misunderstand if they heard it.
No, even those who know her, if she were not Kiriha, there would surely be a fight.
I looked at Kiriha with wariness.
“Ahaha, Honey is so popular.”
She was smiling and in a good mood.
She was so nice that I even felt bad for letting her date me.
“Hmm, hey, they sell peeled American crayfish here.”
The package noted that the food had been cleaned in fresh water for three days and that cooking should be done at high temperatures.
“Is this also the one that comes up from the pond or river because of Shisae’s ability?”
“I think so. There was a video on a video site showing crayfish marching in a line to a meat processing facility, where they were scooped up and put on a truck.”
“Like a shrimp?”
“I wonder how to cook this.”
Matsumi ran her fingers through the air and unfolded the MR screen.
Then, she furrowed her brow.
“Huh? What’s this?”
“What’s wrong?”
“No, I just read an Internet news title that said something like, [Bank of Japan President Kaneda intends to sell 600 trillion yen worth of government bonds to a certain country for half the price.]”
“””””Eh?“””””
The voices of me, Kiriha, Miina, Shisae, and Maiko overlapped, And Maria and Maya looked at each other and tilted their heads.
***
In the living room of our place, nine of us, including Director Sayuri, were all present.
There were eight girls and one boy, which was a very unbalanced male-female ratio, but that was nothing new.
While eating fried crawfish, not fried shrimps, and curry with civet meat, we listened to what Director Sayuri was saying.
Incidentally, the dry curry roux was mixed with Kiriha’s characteristic honey and royal jelly to mellow the palate. Maya was so cute as she ate it with her tiny mouth.
However, the shock that overshadowed Maya’s cuteness came from the mouth of Director Sayuri.
“It is not fake news. Bank of Japan President Kaneda Yasunori is about to sell 600 trillion yen worth of government bonds to a certain country for half the price.”
I couldn’t close my mouth and eyes for a while, because it was too unbelievable and outlandish a development.
“Is he…in his right mind?”
Speaking of a certain country, it was one of the so-called “anti-Japanese” countries, and it obsessed with domestic and international activities to undermine Japan.
At the root of this was an ethnocentric desire for national supremacy based on a thorough electoral ideology.
It always regarded Japan as its rival and exclaimed that it would never lose to Japan alone, biting at everything that benefits Japan and supporting everything that harms Japan.
Even Japan’s financial collapse was greeted with national applause and cheers, and neighboring countries were told that “this is Japan’s true identity and true strength,” with some in the media and the public even suggesting that now was the time to invade Japan and turn it into a colony.
President Kaneda wants such a country to hold the lifeline of Japan.
“Is President KANEDA from an anti-Japanese civic organization or something?”
With shoulders slumped, I asked Director Sayuri with a heart as if I was putting my last hope on the table.
“He has no affiliation, but his mouthpiece is almost a civic group quote, out of vengeance against the Prime Minister.”
As a reason for handing over the bonds to a certain country at half the price, President Kaneda said,
“For the sake of friendship with a certain country.”
“The sale of government bonds is a sign of friendship and trust.”
“Our country and a certain country have many international problems, but by showing our sincerity, the wariness of a certain country will fade away, and the way will be opened for true friendship and international society.”
“I would like to ask those who are against it, Japan is in financial ruin. You should look at the reality. We are not the Asian hegemon, nor are we a great nation. We should act accordingly.”
And so on.
I was so stunned by Director Sayuri’s explanation that I stopped thinking.
For 100 years since the end of World War II, the Japanese government had shown a weak attitude toward a certain country, to the extent that it was ridiculed as “Kneeling Down and Traitorous Diplomacy.”
What resulted was the further escalation of a certain country and a number of anti-Japanese activities.
The international problems were caused by the one-sided involvement of a certain country, and the financial collapse was caused by the childish retribution of President Kaneda.
It was unbelievable to think that this was the behavior of an adult, a brilliant man who was appointed governor of the Bank of Japan, while he himself drove Japan to collapse.
“I hate to say this to you young people, but this is the way it is in the upper echelons of the Japanese government. The top echelons of the Japanese government are full of so-called “educated idiots,” such as the ministerial appointments of “friends”. They may be well educated and of respectable family backgrounds, but all they have in mind is the desire for fame and control. They think they are upper-class citizens and do not want to do anything that does not benefit them, even if it is for the good of Japan. They are a kind of psychopathic group that does not care if the people are poor as long as they are promised protection.”
When Director Sayuri said that much, I was worried about being bugged.
I was worried that if someone somewhere was listening to what she just said, we would be in trouble.
But in fact, I had seen before that politicians ranked high on the list of professions with many psychopaths.
A person who acts on their emotions cannot be a ruler. If you could not cut down the few to save the many, you could not maintain the nation.
However, President Kaneda was different. He was willing to cut off all 120 million people in order to save his own life.
That was no longer a human thing to do.
“He’s not human.”
As if she could see right through me, Director Sayuri said in a heavy voice.
Her gaze was cold to absolute zero.
“The higher one gets, the more one sees life only in numbers. They start to run politics as if they were playing chess or a strategy simulation game. Sadly, world history has proven this. Let me be clear, I cannot forgive him.”
The power of her tone of voice took my breath away.
It was as if the current Director Sayuri might be planning an assassination attempt.
“….then, after all, this is where…Shisae should…”
“That’s no good. Politicians are under the influence of the Kaneda faction, and if one Kaneda member collapses, only those who have his breath will take his place. Sending the entire faction to the hospital will surely lead to an investigation. Above all.”
Director Sayuri’s hand was gently placed on Shisae’s hand.
“I don’t want to use you as an assassin.”
“Sa, Sayuri-chan…”
Shisae became docile, her eyes wet with emotion.
Looking at the expressions on everyone’s faces, I could see that they too were deeply moved by Director Sayuri’s humanity. I too was deeply moved.
I even thought to myself, “I want someone like this to be a politician.”
Director Sayuri laughed to herself as her expression became so gentle that it even seemed motherly.
“Unless you guys have some convenient way of rounding up the Kaneda faction without getting your hands dirty, while still being able to walk around under the sun…….no, that was a bit too delusional, forget it.”
–-Director Sayuri…you truly are…
I was overcome with a heartbreaking sense of helplessness at the fact that teleportation could do anything.
“This is President Kaneda’s fraudulent ledger.”
Time had stopped.
Like a frame-by-frame, sixteen gazes were focused on Maria’s MR screen.
M-Maria, What a Scary GirlTranslated by DawnEdited by DawnM-Maria, What a Scary GirlHalf a month later.Monday, July 2.Eight of us had finished work and had come to buy groceries for dinner, as usual.Speaking of which, how are you doing with your studies?While pushing the cart, Matsumi asked me this as she picked up the fruit for today's dessert.There's no problem. I just wondered what the study content would be like going into middle school.Now I had mastered 1,700 out of 2,136 common kanji characters, 850 English words, and Japanese history up to the Nara period while mastering each subject around the middle of the second year of junior high school.I'm glad then. I've been getting to know you well, and it would be sad to be in a different class from the second semester.Me too.Boys are either too shy or too cocky, so I like boys like you who take care of his girlfriends.As usual, she was the kind of person who would make a statement that a stranger might misunderstand if they heard it.No, even those who know her, if she were not Kiriha, there would surely be a fight.I looked at Kiriha with wariness.Ahaha, Honey is so popular.She was smiling and in a good mood.She was so nice that I even felt bad for letting her date me.Hmm, hey, they sell peeled American crayfish here.The package noted that the food had been cleaned in fresh water for three days and that cooking should be done at high temperatures.Is this also the one that comes up from the pond or river because of Shisae's ability?I think so. There was a video on a video site showing crayfish marching in a line to a meat processing facility, where they were scooped up and put on a truck.Like a shrimp?I wonder how to cook this.Matsumi ran her fingers through the air and unfolded the MR screen.Then, she furrowed her brow.Huh? What's this?What's wrong?No, I just read an Internet news title that said something like, Bank of Japan President Kaneda intends to sell 600 trillion yen worth of government bonds to a certain country for half the price.Eh?The voices of me, Kiriha, Miina, Shisae, and Maiko overlapped, And Maria and Maya looked at each other and tilted their heads.***In the living room of our place, nine of us, including Director Sayuri, were all present.There were eight girls and one boy, which was a very unbalanced male-female ratio, but that was nothing new.While eating fried crawfish, not fried shrimps, and curry with civet meat, we listened to what Director Sayuri was saying.Incidentally, the dry curry roux was mixed with Kiriha's characteristic honey and royal jelly to mellow the palate. Maya was so cute as she ate it with her tiny mouth.However, the shock that overshadowed Maya's cuteness came from the mouth of Director Sayuri.It is not fake news. Bank of Japan President Kaneda Yasunori is about to sell 600 trillion yen worth of government bonds to a certain country for half the price.I couldn't close my mouth and eyes for a while, because it was too unbelievable and outlandish a development.Is hein his right mind?Speaking of a certain country, it was one of the so-called anti-Japanese countries, and it obsessed with domestic and international activities to undermine Japan.At the root of this was an ethnocentric desire for national supremacy based on a thorough electoral ideology.It always regarded Japan as its rival and exclaimed that it would never lose to Japan alone, biting at everything that benefits Japan and supporting everything that harms Japan.Even Japan's financial collapse was greeted with national applause and cheers, and neighboring countries were told that this is Japan's true identity and true strength, with some in the media and the public even suggesting that now was the time to invade Japan and turn it into a colony.President Kaneda wants such a country to hold the lifeline of Japan.Is President KANEDA from an anti-Japanese civic organization or something?With shoulders slumped, I asked Director Sayuri with a heart as if I was putting my last hope on the table.He has no affiliation, but his mouthpiece is almost a civic group quote, out of vengeance against the Prime Minister.As a reason for handing over the bonds to a certain country at half the price, President Kaneda said,For the sake of friendship with a certain country.The sale of government bonds is a sign of friendship and trust.Our country and a certain country have many international problems, but by showing our sincerity, the wariness of a certain country will fade away, and the way will be opened for true friendship and international society.I would like to ask those who are against it, Japan is in financial ruin. You should look at the reality. We are not the Asian hegemon, nor are we a great nation. We should act accordingly.And so on.I was so stunned by Director Sayuri's explanation that I stopped thinking.For 100 years since the end of World War II, the Japanese government had shown a weak attitude toward a certain country, to the extent that it was ridiculed as Kneeling Down and Traitorous Diplomacy.What resulted was the further escalation of a certain country and a number of anti-Japanese activities.The international problems were caused by the one-sided involvement of a certain country, and the financial collapse was caused by the childish retribution of President Kaneda.It was unbelievable to think that this was the behavior of an adult, a brilliant man who was appointed governor of the Bank of Japan, while he himself drove Japan to collapse.I hate to say this to you young people, but this is the way it is in the upper echelons of the Japanese government. The top echelons of the Japanese government are full of so-called educated idiots, such as the ministerial appointments of friends. They may be well educated and of respectable family backgrounds, but all they have in mind is the desire for fame and control. They think they are upper-class citizens and do not want to do anything that does not benefit them, even if it is for the good of Japan. They are a kind of psychopathic group that does not care if the people are poor as long as they are promised protection.When Director Sayuri said that much, I was worried about being bugged.I was worried that if someone somewhere was listening to what she just said, we would be in trouble.But in fact, I had seen before that politicians ranked high on the list of professions with many psychopaths.A person who acts on their emotions cannot be a ruler. If you could not cut down the few to save the many, you could not maintain the nation.However, President Kaneda was different. He was willing to cut off all 120 million people in order to save his own life.That was no longer a human thing to do.He's not human.As if she could see right through me, Director Sayuri said in a heavy voice.Her gaze was cold to absolute zero.The higher one gets, the more one sees life only in numbers. They start to run politics as if they were playing chess or a strategy simulation game. Sadly, world history has proven this. Let me be clear, I cannot forgive him.The power of her tone of voice took my breath away.It was as if the current Director Sayuri might be planning an assassination attempt..then, after all, this is whereShisae shouldThat's no good. Politicians are under the influence of the Kaneda faction, and if one Kaneda member collapses, only those who have his breath will take his place. Sending the entire faction to the hospital will surely lead to an investigation. Above all.Director Sayuri's hand was gently placed on Shisae's hand.I don't want to use you as an assassin.Sa, Sayuri-chanShisae became docile, her eyes wet with emotion.Looking at the expressions on everyone's faces, I could see that they too were deeply moved by Director Sayuri's humanity. I too was deeply moved.I even thought to myself, I want someone like this to be a politician.Director Sayuri laughed to herself as her expression became so gentle that it even seemed motherly.Unless you guys have some convenient way of rounding up the Kaneda faction without getting your hands dirty, while still being able to walk around under the sun.no, that was a bit too delusional, forget it.-Director Sayuriyou truly areI was overcome with a heartbreaking sense of helplessness at the fact that teleportation could do anything.This is President Kaneda's fraudulent ledger.Time had stopped.Like a frame-by-frame, sixteen gazes were focused on Maria's MR screen.
