Before, Shirayuki said that in all generations of my family, the Tohyamas were allies of justice.
Although, as the generations moved along, our jobs were different, but we all had the special power of Hysteria Mode--and for centuries, we fought for the sake of the weak.
Before I became self-aware, my father died. He was an 'Armed Prosecutor'. And my brother, who was a Butei, was my hero. I wanted nothing more than to be like him.
So, at that time, I unhesitatingly enrolled in Butei High of my own free will.
Although Hysteria Mode had given me a lot of trouble during Middle School, I had hoped that, like my father and brother, I would be able to activate it at will.
...but, last winter, something changed my life.
The horrible shipwreck at Uraga bay.
On Japan Cruise's cruiseship, the Annbelle, one of the passengers disappeared...the investigation closed without even managing to find the victim's body. It was a horrible incident.
The person who died in that accident, was a Butei that was on the ship by coincidence...Tohyama Kinichi.
Also known as, my brother.
From what the police said, my brother, who always fought for the weak, and who had never lost to evil in his life, was unable to escape, because he was helping the other passengers off the cruise ship.
But scared that the passengers would sue them, the company, as well as those passengers that were burned, fiercely denounced Nii-san.
They said that he "was unable to help to prevent the accident, a useless Butei."
From the internet, weekly magazines, and the families of the deceased, came countless slanders, descending like a flood.
Even now, I have nightmares about that time.
--Nii-san, why did you die helping people?
--Why did he become the scapegoat?
This is all because of Hysteria Mode, the penchant of our bloodline! That's right. Butei, the allies of justice, must continue to fight, and fight. They will be torn apart, and they will continue to be shamed, even after death. There's nothing good about being a Butei...!
So I--decided to never do anything idiotic like being a Butei.
I decided to be a normal person.
I could live as those people who just talk, and never take responsibility. I could live a normal life.
That's right, that's what I decided.
I've already made my decision--that's right.