The fact remains, however, that people are hostile toward those they sense are different from them. The snake’s death was my first unshakeable victory, and the sight of its flattened corpse gave me such pleasure. Fear and pleasure are two sides of the same coin to me violence rules the world, and the effectiveness of your own particular brand of violence determines what you accomplish. The moment an enemy succumbs, I feel a huge rush of adrenaline. I learned something about myself that day. I wasn’t trying to be a hero by destroying the snake everyone feared I just didn’t see the need to be afraid of it. My classmates screamed, and the teachers were in a panic.

I might have gotten bit, but I wasn’t afraid of that. So, I grabbed a big rock and bashed in the snake’s head.

Even the adults panicked, crying out for someone to help. Some students watched with great interest from a safe distance, some were scared, and still others couldn’t care less. I found a large snake on a class field trip. Chapter 1: Ryuuen Kakeru’s Soliloquy I T WAS SOON AFTER STARTING elementary school that I realized I was abnormal.

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