My name is Yoshikage Kira. I’m 33 years old. My house is in the northeast section of Morioh, where all the villas are, and I am not married. I work as an employee for the Kame Yu department stores, and I get home every day by 8 PM at the latest. I don’t smoke, but I occasionally drink. I’m in bed by 11 PM, and make sure I get eight hours of sleep, no matter what. After having a glass of warm milk and doing about twenty minutes of stretches before going to bed, I usually have no problems sleeping until morning. Just like a baby, I wake up without any fatigue or stress in the morning. I was told there were no issues at my last check-up. I’m trying to explain that I’m a person who wishes to live a very quiet life. I take care not to trouble myself with any enemies, like winning and losing, that would cause me to lose sleep at night. That is how I deal with society, and I know that is what brings me happiness. Although, if I were to fight I wouldn’t lose to anyone. Suppose that you were sitting down at this table. The napkins are in front of you, which napkin would you take? The one on your ‘left’? Or the one on your ‘right’? The one on your left side? Or the one on your right side? Usually you would take the one on your left side. That is ‘correct’ too. But in a larger sense on society, that is wrong. Perhaps I could even substitute ‘society’ with the ‘Universe’. The correct answer is that ‘It is determined by the one who takes his or her own napkin first.’ …Yes? If the first one takes the napkin to their right, then there’s no choice but for others to also take the ‘right’ napkin. The same goes for the left. Everyone else will take the napkin to their left, because they have no other option. This is ‘society’… Who are the ones that determine the price of land first? There must have been someone who determined the value of money, first. The size of the rails on a train track? The magnitude of electricity? Laws and Regulations? Who was the first to determine these things? Did we all do it, because this is a Republic? Or was it Arbitrary? NO! The one who took the napkin first determined all of these things! The rules of this world are determined by that same principle of ‘right or left?’! In a Society like this table, a state of equilibrium, once one makes the first move, everyone must follow! In every era, this World has been operating by this napkin principle. And the one who ‘takes the napkin first’ must be someone who is respected by all. It’s not that anyone can fulfill this role… Those that are despotic or unworthy will be scorned. And those are the ‘losers’. In the case of this table, the ‘eldest’ or the ‘Master of the party’ will take the napkin first… Because everyone ‘respects’ those individuals. Did you perhaps… Come here… Intending to ‘Pursue’ me? I see… So you are pursuing me… I understand. So then, the lid of this jar, have you tried opening it? What I’m saying is… Simply looking at that jar from the outside, you wouldn’t know for certain that what’s inside it is a ‘Fruit’, no…? Isn’t that right? Though it certainly seems to be fragments of ‘Something’… But looking from the outside, those may be potato fragments… or perhaps onion fragments… it may not look like an onion… but that definitely looks like it could be a large mushroom! How can you be so definitive in saying that what’s inside that jar is a ‘Fruit’? I’m explaining the fact that you ‘Opened’ the jar. Because you received that package, you opened the lid with your hands, you ‘Smelled’ it. And it’s because it gave off the sweet and sour scent of a ‘Fruit’… that you came into this room thinking it was a ‘Fruit’. You got all excited thinking ‘I’ve got an exclusive scoop here’, didn’t you? And then… you perhaps got some fruit juice from the lid stuck to your finger. Just a little of it. Or perhaps you were careless and licked that finger. If fate were particularly unlucky, there’s a rather good chance that when you were putting the lid back on, some fruit juice seeped into a small cut on your skin or your fingernail. There is ‘good’ and ‘bad’ luck in this world…That’s…something I’ve been told. There are situations where if you’d gotten somewhere one second sooner… you’ve might’ve ‘been in an accident’ or ‘avoided an accident’ … or… you ‘met’ or ‘didn’t meet’ someone important when you went somewhere… Things where the result… is ‘good’ or ‘bad’. And the cause is ‘good’ or ‘evil’. There are situations like that… I’ve been told. But that’s misapprehension. A societal ‘misunderstanding’ caused by large number of people living together. Once you clear away everything extraneous and view each individual in individual situations… what we find existing around us is… simply ‘strenght’ and ‘weakness’. Good and bad luck… good and evil… legal and illegal… you can forget all that. There exist simply strong that ‘survive’ and the weak which are ‘destroyed’. And you see… ‘Tsurugi’ understands that. As the eldest son of the Higashikata family, he understands what it means to ‘become strong’. Whether the climate and the era we are in changes… or how the rules… and the laws of society change… whatever cruel enemy has set foot on the higashikata family’s land. We are without mercy. Because we always get our hand on ‘strenght’. Tsurugi understands that. I can tell. So rest assured… because of the ‘strenght’ he has, ‘Tsurugi’ wouldn’t do something like crush Mina-chan between those iron gates. Tsurugi doesn’t have time to develop any motive… from being teased or insulted. Umm… so, personally… this is the first time this has happened, so I’m a bit surprised. Only a centimeter away… I mean, I don’t think there’s ever been someone who’s gotten that close to me… without a, you know… calamity occurring. I’m not really… not really sure what happens at one centimeter away… ’cause it’s my first time. I don’t really understand it either. Seriously. But in the flow of calamity… there’s nobody who can attack me. Not a single person. That, I know for sure. Wonder of U. You know Paris, France? In English, it’s pronounced “Paris” but everyone else pronounces it without the “s” sound, like the French do. But with Venezia, everyone pronouces it the English way: “Venice”. Like ‘The Merchant of Venice’ or ‘Death in Venice’. WHY, THOUGH!? WHY ISN’T THE TITLE DEATH IN VENEZIA!? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!? IT TAKES PLACE IN ITALY, SO USE THE ITALIAN WORD, DAMMIT! THAT SHIT PISSES ME OFF! BUNCH OF DUMBASSES! The truth is… how do i say this… Do you know what a fetish is ? … I’ve got a little fetish… This is… well,uh… with girls… Do you know what a bug-bite fetish is…? When a girl’s arms or legs or something gets bitten by a mosquito and their skin swells and gets a little red. That excites me! That’s all! Don’t tell anybody! Ah, i knew it! I take it back! I told you i’d wish i hadn’t said it! If you tell anyone what i said, i’m gonna make you wish a lotta things….. don’t ever tell anyone….