What is Justice?

Chapter 96 What is Justice?

To be honest, Genjiro is still baffled by this.

From a young age, Masamune Tachibana taught him to be a good person and to uphold justice, so that he would become a hero and benefit countless people.

Genjiro didn't want to be a hero, but he agreed with the philosophy of Tachibana Masamune: to reward those who do right and punish those who do wrong, so that justice could prevail in the world.

This is what Benedict called "righteousness," and it is also the highest principle of the Japanese. For the sake of righteousness, one can betray, kill, and deceive. As long as a person follows righteousness, no one in the world can deny him.

This is justice that transcends the individual; it is absolute justice.

It was also Genjiro's ideal and goal.

He has decided to be a friend of justice, and he will uphold justice for the rest of his life.

It was because of this philosophy that even though he had just arrived at Kassel College, was unfamiliar with the place and people, and was burdened with the secret that Tachibana Masamune had asked him to keep a low profile, he still chose to help Cameron after hearing about his "tragic experience".

It was indeed wrong of him to backstab Chen Motong at the time, but that subconscious reaction was something he couldn't control, and he was willing to apologize to Chen Motong for it.

And after apologizing, we will fight a fair and square battle. Winning is winning, losing is losing, there will be no more nonsense, and we will not be a sore loser or a sore loser.

Therefore, Genjiro did not feel that he had done anything wrong in this matter.

So he didn't understand why others would take advantage of his kindness to deceive him and make everyone hate him.

He couldn't understand what the red-haired girl meant by saying these seemingly insulting things.

"Your naiveté is cruel. What makes you think you can exercise law enforcement power in the name of justice? And what gives you the right to define justice? Just based on your own arbitrary judgment?"

"When you're being misled, are the things you do truly for justice, or are you aiding and abetting evil?"

Chen Motong looked at the man in front of her. He looked so much like Yuan Zhinu, but their temperaments were completely different.

Genjiro is essentially a brother-complex girl who wants to live a simple life with the people she cherishes, believing that this is the greatest happiness.

But Yuan Zhisheng, while full of passion and not wrong in itself, is naively cruel. He is manipulated and does one thing after another that is definitely not righteous.

These were not his original intention, but they were indeed what he did.

To this, Chen Motong could only say that the concept of righteousness is indeed useful; it can be used in both positive and negative ways. Loyalty to the emperor and love for one's country is righteousness, as is leading troops in rebellion.

In any case, that so-called righteousness is just finding a suitable reason for their actions.

Yuan Zhisheng didn't know why he, as the one who had been deceived, was being blamed at this moment, but looking at the girl in front of him, he felt that what she said was implied and was not just about the current situation.

"What do you mean?" Yuan Zhisheng asked slowly, his expression shifting between light and dark.

"You think you're seeking justice for someone, but you've only been deceived into stabbing an innocent person."

As she spoke, she pointed at Cameron, then at herself: "You believed his instigation and hurt an innocent person like me. You should apologize to me."

What kind of twisted logic is this? The instigator has suddenly become the victim?!

Just as Yuan Zhisheng was about to retort, Chen Motong interrupted him directly: "But I do not accept your apology, because the damage has already been done."

"Every disdain you receive at the academy is the price of your naivety, and the price you must pay."

"If you still can't learn to use your own brain to think about what is right and what is wrong, and you wantonly hurt others—you won't want to know the consequences."

"And I won't let those things happen. This is just a warning. You should be glad that I'm just giving you a lesson you deserve and not really going to hurt you."

After Chen Motong finished speaking, she ignored Yuan Zhisheng's reaction and looked at Principal Angers, calmly saying, "Principal, I am injured and need to rest. I will go back first."

Angers nodded, pointed at Cameron, and casually said, "You go down with Chen Motong. Since you're injured, you should take good care of yourself."

Although Cameron had no idea what everyone was talking about, he still keenly sensed that something was wrong. When Angers told him to step back, he quickly nodded and ran off with Chen Motong.

Genjiro was completely baffled.

He's clearly the victim, the one who was tricked, but now it seems like he's the one who committed the heinous crime?

What he didn't know was that Chen Motong was simply retaliating for the time he stabbed Yuan Zhinu.

He stabbed her so viciously; he was clearly aiming to kill her.

If it weren't for the fact that Genji had consumed so many evolution pills and possessed such a powerful bloodline, that single strike would have been enough to kill him. At this point, the dry well would probably only contain a skeleton that no one would bother with.

Genjiro was indeed deceived by Tachibana Masamune, but the harm he caused was real. Sometimes, foolish kindness can also be harmful.

Unfortunately, Genjiro doesn't understand any of this yet. He only feels that the girl's words have a hidden meaning, and he can't help but think of his younger brother, whom he executed with his own hands.

He remembered his brother's eyes before he died, so confused, so disbelieving.

Even until his death, Genjiro could not believe that he had killed him.

Whenever he thought of those eyes, Yuan Zhisheng felt only pain, as if his heart was being squeezed by an invisible hand, and his chest felt so tight that he could hardly breathe.

"What do you want to say about what she said?"

Angers sized up Genjiro before him and spoke slowly and deliberately.

Genji opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

After a long while, just when Angers thought he wouldn't speak, he suddenly asked a question, a question unrelated to the matter.

He asked, "Principal, how much can a person pay for justice?"

"It seems you still don't understand what Chen Motong is saying."

Angers sighed softly, his eyes filled with disappointment: "It's a pity, as your teacher, I don't approve of your sense of righteousness."

"There is no justice in this world that can transcend the individual. For some, revenge is justice, while for others, protection is justice."

"If you feel you've paid the price for justice, and you feel pain, it's because the justice you've followed isn't what you truly want in your heart."

"As Chen said, you are following the righteousness taught to you by others," which is essentially a form of deception, just as Cameron can make you believe that helping him is righteousness with a few words.

"The person who taught you about righteousness, isn't he just another Cameron? In essence, they're all just using you."

"But you laughably regard these words that deceive you as golden rules, and are even willing to die for them."

As the principal spoke slowly, Yuan Zhisheng stood there stunned. For the first time, his unwavering belief, which he had held since childhood, began to waver.

He suddenly felt lost and at a loss.

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