Councilor Kondo’s Strange Voice
Councilor Kondo’s PoV
My doom is imminent, but there is nothing I can do about it. I’m locked in the branch manager’s office, and all I can do is wait to be killed socially.
I’m not even allowed to escape. There is nothing I can do. I became painfully aware of my own powerlessness. A weak person whose right to life and death is in the hands of others. I realized that the weak person I used to despise was me.
I was just a fox with the authority of a tiger. I had little power as an individual. I’m forced to realize this in the face of social death.
A feeling of helplessness, frustration, and despair. My heart breaks.
My mind is so confused that I feel like a stranger. I feel like I’m going crazy. I can’t stop laughing.
For a moment, an employee opened the door and then quickly closed it.
“I’m already ruined. If you want to laugh, laugh. I’m going to lose everything anyway. Haha, haha, no, no, no!!!”
When I feel the fear that I’m no longer myself, I realize that my mind and everything I have built are crumbling.
“If that happens, I’ll reveal everything. All the secrets I know.”
Screaming, my breathing becomes short and I collapse on the couch. My eyes blink, but time is ticking mercilessly. There was less than an hour before the execution.
Branch Manager’s PoV
Kondo cries and screams. I wondered if he could really hold a press conference in this state. Then my phone rang.
I saw the name on the screen and my whole body tensed.
I answered the call immediately.
“Hello, Secretary General, how can I help you?”
The person on the other end of the line is a very important person from the center. He is the number two of the ruling party.
[I’m calling about Councilor Kondo. The Prime Minister and his sponsors are very concerned about this. It’s big news, you know. The only saving grace was that despite his position as a councilor, he wasn’t deeply involved in the party. However, this turmoil… if it continues for a long time, it could hurt us. It’s your responsibility to put an end to it, and soon!]
An intelligent but mercilessly cold voice. I almost cry as I reply.
“I will do as you have instructed. The press conference is under control. We are ready. But his mental state is very… I don’t know what he’ll say later. Is that okay?”
But the Secretary General says coldly, without even changing the tone of his voice.
[It doesn’t matter. He was just a councilor who thought he had power and went berserk. It would be more convenient for us if he cried and screamed on the way and became a plaything on the Internet. Many people will realize that he was not qualified to be a councilor. I would rather that happen. Even if he gets desperate and reveals something, the amount of information he has is negligible. There is nothing he can do. We already called the police. Before he does any more than he has to, we should expel him from the party after the press conference, arrest him, and put him in jail. If we do this as soon as possible, public opinion will understand us. There is a rumor on the Internet that he will not be arrested because he is a high-ranking citizen. So it’s better to act quickly to make a difference!]
“Ah, ah. Yes!”
It was too good to be true. I felt a shiver run down my spine.
[It’s common for disgraced politicians to end up in the hospital, but such a person would surely be better off if the police arrested him. More importantly. Branch Manager, you have chosen a very bad person. I may have to ask you to resign. Please don’t take it personally.]
If I fail, there will be no next time. This kind of implicit threat makes my hands tremble.
Even though the conversation had ended, my back was still struggling to straighten.
Kondo’s future is already pitch black.
When I think of the imminent end of the annoying man in the next room who is making strange noises, I feel unwilling to do anything. But failure is not an option. If I don’t make the clown dance happily, there will be no tomorrow for me.