Chapter 33 Chapter Thirty-Three

The hands of the clock pointed to 6:40 in the morning, and everyone was used to waking up this early. Everyone gathers at the travel agency office.Everyone found their favorite seats and sat down in a circle.Sitting kneeling in the center of the circle is Taichi. "This is too miserable." Xiaofeng looked at the cabinet door and said.The pantry door was now deeply dented, and Tai must have tried to pry it open. "Simply put, it should be like this." Toda said. "I couldn't stand the hunger in the middle of the night, so I came here to steal some food. I didn't expect that the cabinet couldn't be opened, so I had to get the baby's milk powder──Is that right?"

Asuka, standing next to Taichi, nodded with her hands on her hips. "That's it. He opened the can of milk powder that hadn't been opened yet, and used a measuring spoon... How many spoonfuls did you eat?" She kicked Tai's ass with the tip of her shoe. Seven spoons, Tai replied softly. "He said he licked seven spoons." Asuka said disdainfully. "That's enough." Toda smiled wryly. "It's not that poor children steal to satisfy their hunger, but to lick to satisfy their hunger? But it's really thanks to you that you can lick seven spoonfuls of that kind of thing."

"I'm sorry. I wanted to say that licking a spoonful is fine, but the more I lick, the more I can't stop..." Taiyi shrank his neck like a turtle. "There's no water, thank you for being able to lick it." Toda said admiringly. "That's not the problem." Asuka glared. "He did this kind of behavior without telling everyone, how should he deal with it? Mommy, what do you think?" When asked for her opinion, Rong Mizi showed a face of not knowing what to do.Although she lowered her head, she still spoke: "Yuto is different from us, he can only drink milk. I think it's too much to steal milk powder that is so important to him. It's not good."

"That's right. So after discussing with Fuyuki, I felt that I should listen to everyone's opinions." "And there is another problem." Xiaofeng said, "Although the only victim in the end is the milk powder, if the cabinet is opened, he will definitely attack the food stored here. This fact cannot be ignored." "Well, that's indeed a problem." Toda folded his arms. "Because it will affect the relationship of trust between each other. I once said that I was a bit repulsive about locking the cabinet. I didn't expect this to happen."

"I'm sorry. Really, I will never do it again." Taiyi desperately bowed and apologized. "It's not a matter of apologizing." Asuka looked down at him. "Have I seen enough? Taiyi seems to know he was wrong." It was Cai Caimei who interceded for him. "Taichi did a lot for us before, I think we might as well let him go for such a trivial matter, and stop pursuing it." "Such a trivial matter? This kind of statement sounds very harsh." Xiaofeng retorted. "Did you hear what he said just now? He said that he planned to lick only one spoonful, but in the end he couldn't control it and licked seven spoonfuls. If Asuka and the others didn't find out, maybe he would continue to lick it. No, it must be That's it. Maybe I'll keep licking until the whole can is empty."

I won't do that, Taichi wailed. "Can you guarantee it? Unfortunately, I can't feel the sincerity from your words at all. Also, you may think I'm blunt, but I still have to mention this cabinet. If he manages to pry open the cabinet today, you know How much is he going to eat? Maybe we'll eat up all our food stocks from today. I don't think it's something that he can forgive by apologizing." "Otherwise, what exactly are you thinking? Taiyi has no other choice but to apologize." It seems that Cai Meimei is determined to support him to the end. "I'm afraid I have to ask him to prove that he will never commit another crime in the future." Xiaofeng said coldly.

"It's useless. People with dirty hands and feet like this will never get rid of bad habits in their bones." Toda said. "In the accounting department of our company, there was a man who embezzled public funds. After the guy was fired, he went to work in another company and did the same thing in that company. Finally, I heard that he seemed to be imprisoned. That's it. Like smoking marijuana, sooner or later you will relapse." Taiyi turned to Xiaofeng.He propped his hands on the ground in a gesture of kneeling and begging for mercy. "I will never do it again. I'm sorry, please forgive me." After finishing speaking, he kowtowed.

"So what if you kowtow to me." Xiaofeng tilted his cheeks mockingly, scratching his head. So Taichi walked around in circles, shouting "I'm sorry, I'm sorry", and started kowtowing to everyone. There was a loud "bang" suddenly, and it was Kawase who stood up from the chair.He wanted to leave without saying a word, but Fuyuki grabbed his shoulder. Haze turned to look at him. "What?" "You want to go to the bathroom?" "No." Haze shook his head. "I just see that everyone doesn't seem to be able to take out food, so I plan to go back upstairs to sleep."

"That can't be done. As you can see, we are having a meeting to discuss it." "Discussion? You say this is a discussion?" "Otherwise, do you have any opinions?" Fuyuki looked at Kawase's face. "That's right, this kind of scene is not called a discussion at all," Cai Meimei said. "It's just everyone uniting to bully Taiyi." "He did something wrong, of course he should be condemned." Asuka pouted dissatisfied. Fuyuki looked at Kawase. "Do you want to say that too? You also think this is just bullying him?"

"No." Haze shrugged. "There's nothing wrong with bullying him, if it pleases you. Although I think it's a waste of effort." "Vain?" "Yes, it's a waste of effort. In the end, to put it bluntly, no one can be trusted, right? I knew about this kind of thing hundreds of years ago. So, I don't intend to blame that kid, and I don't bother to discuss what to do in the future. Barely If I want to say, I will only remember that the fat man left a criminal record of stealing food, and then I will never trust him again, that's enough. So this matter has been resolved for me, with me It's irrelevant. I just said I'm going to sleep." Kawase shook off Fuyuki's hand on his shoulder. "Excuse me, call me again when you have dinner."

Fuyuki silently watched Kawase leave, then turned to Makoto.He realized that Makoto hadn't spoken. "Brother, what do you think?" Fuyuki asked. Everyone's eyes immediately focused on Makoto.Everyone wondered what he was thinking. "Basically I think the same as that guy," Makoto said. "Which guy?" "Kase. I don't intend to blame Taichi either." "Why?" Asuka screamed. "He stole the milk powder. Why don't you blame him? It's because the victim is a baby and has nothing to do with Makoto-san?" "I didn't say that." "But—" "Didn't I say it before, the concept of good and evil in the original world is no longer feasible. Even what is good and what is evil has to be decided by ourselves." "You mean Tai's behavior is not wrong? He stole the baby's food." "Then I would like to ask you, which one is the greater loss for us, the baby starving to death because of not being able to drink milk, or Tai Yi who collapsed due to malnutrition?" Asuka widened her eyes. "Is it necessary to say it so extreme? Even if Taiyi doesn't drink formula, he won't fall ill." "You can't be sure about this, and neither can I. Only he knows how painful it is to be hungry." Makoto pointed to Taichi. "If licking milk powder can make Tai Yi play a greater role than before, then we can't simply think that this is a bad thing." "This kind of statement is too strange. Even if it is true, it should be approved by us first." Toda said. "What if it's too late to ask for everyone's consent? Or, what if it's expected that everyone will not agree, so you have to make up your own mind?" "That's not acceptable, this is an unforgivable behavior." Xiaofeng spoke. "why?" "Is there even a need to ask? Wouldn't this cause chaos, and you will fight for food." "What if he knows this and decides to do it anyway?" Makoto pointed to Taichi again. "What if he expected this to happen in advance, but the situation is so urgent that he has to steal milk powder? If his survival is the priority, his behavior should be good rather than evil, right?" "Of course, it might be good for Taichi, but it's not good for us. It's a huge bad thing." Hearing Asuka say that, Makoto's expression eased. "That's exactly what I want to say. Even though it is good for the One, it is evil for the others. There are eleven of us, so ten to one. However, he cannot be ignored just because he is a minority. Because ten A ratio of one in one is by no means small." Makoto stood up and looked around at everyone's faces. "If you think about it with eleven people, it might be difficult to understand, but please imagine that there are eleven countries. There is a world made up of these eleven countries. In order to coexist and coexist, countries will sign agreements. Assume that there is a rule that it is not allowed to take goods from other countries. But the king of a certain country is very troubled. Because his country is very poor and food is becoming scarce. So the king made a painful decision to invade neighboring countries and seize food. His citizens therefore I was able to escape the famine. May I ask, is this king's behavior good or evil?" Makoto glanced at Asuka who was standing still. "what you think?" "That's wrong. Even if you save the citizens of your own country, if you cause trouble to other countries, I think it is still evil after all." "But the king should be a hero to the people of that country." "Maybe this is true, but if he does that, he will be boycotted by other countries. This is tantamount to making enemies of all countries." "Perhaps the king had such psychological preparations when he made the decision. It is hard to say which is good and which is evil if you save the starving with the consciousness of fighting, or stick to friendly relations with other countries while watching the people starve to death. That's why I said that. Only Taiyi knows about Taiyi. From our standpoint, we can only watch his actions quietly, and then each decide how to get along with him in the future." Hearing this, Fuyuki suddenly realized that Makoto didn't protect Taichi.Not only not, he even hinted at the possibility of abandoning Taiyi. It seems that Taiyi himself has noticed this.I saw his complexion changed drastically, and he looked up at Chengzai. "I promise, I will never do this again. So, I beg you, please don't leave me out. Please, please." "You don't need to kowtow to beg for forgiveness. What's being discussed now is not about unforgiveness, and besides, doing so won't restore your credit." Makoto's voice sounded far colder than the voices of Xiaomine and Asuka scolding Taichi.The audience held their breath for it. "That's the end of my opinion." Makoto turned to Fuyuki. "A country doesn't have laws to sanction other countries. Similarly, there is no law here. So there is no point in doing this kind of public trial, is it?" "Are you saying that Tai Yi will not be punished in any way?" "I mean it's meaningless to do that, don't make me repeat it again and again." Makoto looked around at the crowd and said to Rong Mizi: "It's almost time to prepare breakfast, it's almost seven o'clock." "Ah, that's right." Rong Miko stood up. And—Sinya added: "From now on, don't lock the cabinet. If someone wants to steal it, let him steal it." Understood, Rong Miko replied in a low voice.There was no objection. Without looking up, Tai began to cry.
Two days passed after that.Fuyuki, who was awakened by the sun, walked to the stairs as usual, looked down at the road, and couldn't help but let out an exclamation.Because the water has almost all receded. He immediately notified Makoto.After confirming the situation in the distance with a telescope, Makoto nodded slowly. "After eating, get ready to go." "Obey!" Fuyuki raised his hands in salute. What I ate this morning was pasta with thick soup, which is a luxurious meal.We have to leave earlier than the scheduled date, so Makoto instructs everyone to eat well and store more energy for walking. "From the look of the sky, it shouldn't rain today. I'm worried about earthquakes, but we can't predict that. We can only pray that earthquakes don't happen." Makoto said to everyone. "It's best not to be overly at ease just because the water has receded." Toda said. "The flooding is so serious this time, it's best to think of the bottom of the ground as a sponge that absorbs water, and it's a poor quality sponge with holes everywhere. If the ground collapses, you won't be able to rescue it after falling in. I Not scaremongering." "Everyone, don't be impatient and move forward carefully. No problem, even if you walk slowly, you should be able to reach the Prime Minister's residence in the afternoon." Chengzai encouraged everyone. After nine o'clock in the morning, everyone climbed the stairs and went downstairs.Although there are still some places with water on the road, walking should not be a problem. "Mommy, let me hold the baby." Tai said to Rongmiko. "Ah? Can you?" "Because the luggage is much less." The baby was wrapped in a large cloth.Tai knotted the two ends of the cloth and tied it around his neck. "Maybe it's right to let him do this. After all, he stole the milk powder." Toda said with a half-hearted smile. "Then, let's go." Said Makoto, and walked towards the wet road.