278 重要性に気づくのは失敗してからだ
必要だと思っていても、重要性というのはなかなか感じづらい。
いや、正確には判断基準が設けにくいと言うべきか?
重要な出来事の尺度というのは、各々個人の常識的な感覚に頼ってしまい、共通認識での明確な基準というのはなかなか設けられない。
してはダメ、やっていい、と二択では済まず、ここまでならいい、ここまではダメという水準を重要性には求められる。
例を挙げるのなら機密情報がわかりやすいだろうか。
機密情報というのは取り扱いが難しく、重要な事項が多い。
そのため、それを知る存在はだれとならその情報を共有していいかという判断を求められる。
左右という横繋がりもそうだが、場合によっては上下関係も含まれる。
ここまでなら役職上の都合で、可否の判断が簡単ではあるが、そこに情というのが絡んでくる。
自分がその機密情報で四苦八苦し助けを求めている時、関係者が全員多忙で手が離せない時、目の前に情報は知らないが事情を説明すれば解決手段を持っている相手がいるとしよう。
規則上は助けを求めてはダメだが、業務の進行上必要な助力。
情報の漏洩を取るか業務の遅延を取るか取捨選択が求められ、ここで重要性という言葉で水準が求められる。
この程度ならいいかと判断し助けを求めるか、絶対に情報を漏洩してはいけないと後の始末も含め黙秘を貫くか。
個人の感覚で重要性というのは変化する。
さて、長々と重要性という言葉に関して語ったが、俺が何を言いたいかというと。
「あれ? もしかして私、歓迎されていなかったりします?」
「わかってるなら、次にとるべき行動もわかっているよな? 顔見知りだからって、できることとできないことの区別くらいは社会人のお前ならできると思うぞ?」
勝を責めるわけではないが、今回、事前相談無くして彼女を連れてきたのはパーティー的にも個人的にもNGだ。
安易に共有のパーソナルスペースに個人の知り合いだからと連れてくる行為は、その共同体の重要性を薄く考えた結果だろうと思わざるを得ないからだ。
悪く言う形になるが、勝の行動はたぶん大丈夫だろうというなんの根拠もない安易な発想での行動の結果であることはわかる。
だから彼女をここに連れてきたのだろう。
流れ的にあの場で、俺が一言でもいいと言えば彼女は俺たちのいる場に立っていた。
そうなれば背後の不穏な空気は険悪な空気に様変わりしていたことだろう。
玄関から聞こえてきた川崎の声で一気にパーティールームの雰囲気は悪い方に傾いたのは言うに及ばず。
その空気が悪くなった原因である南は表情から感情が抜け落ち、北宮は目じりがわずかに上がっていた。
両者ともに臨戦態勢に移ったのが見てわかる。
そして当の連れてきた勝は、自分の行いがあまり良いことではないことにやってから気づいたようだ。
まだ高校生である彼の行動は、ありきたりの失敗だと言える。
それに関して言うのなら彼の行動には悪気はなく、善意で助力を申し出たのだろう。
好きだった女性から助力を求められればそれは確かに助けたくなる。
心情的には理解もし、同意もするが、それはあくまで一男としての感情だ。
社会人としての判断なら、そこに情状酌量の余地はない。
集団で行動するときに判断基準となるのは集団の意思、そして個人の感情というのは集団意識に対して向けられればわがままだと受け取れられるケースが多い。
だからこそ社会では報連相が重要だとよく言われる。
そして、さっき勝に伝えたとおりうちのパーティーは少々特殊な立場にある。
他のパーティーを押しのけ、特別な研修や指導を施される立場をもぎ取っている。
体験すれば後悔するかもしれないような内容ではあったが、おかげで戦闘能力、武装、ダンジョンの攻略スピード、はたまた会社内での幹部とのコネクション。
そのどれをとっても他のパーティーに追随を許していない。
数は少ないが同期の中で俺たちはトップに立っている。それもかなりの差を開いて。
そんな存在である俺たちを新人から見ればなんと思うかは想像するにはたやすい。
羨望か嫉妬か概ねこの二択に絞られ、そしてどちらの感情にも下心が大なり小なり付随する。
なにせ俺たちの仲間になるということはこの社内での地位を爆上げするためのカンフル剤となる一種のブランド名みたいな存在になりつつあるからだ。
しかしそのブランド名、あるいは努力の結晶と言うべきか。
それは、あくまで俺たちが努力で積み重ねて築き上げてきた価値だ。
その価値をおいそれと他者に付与する行為は心情的にも社会的にも当然許容しがたい。
しかしその価値に気づいた輩が放っておくわけがないのも事実。
あの手この手で接近し、少しでも利益を得ようとしてくるのはわかっていた。
それは当然だ、目の前にエレベーターがあるのに好んで階段を使って上るようなことはしないだろう。
順番で並ぶか他者を押しのけてその扉の前に立つかは各々勝手であるが、その扉の前を確保しようと動く輩は絶対にいる。
そして、そんな奴がさっそく現れたわけで。
奴は、オズオズなどと遠慮しながら顔をのぞかせるようなことはせず、すっと扉を開き堂々と現れた。
その豪胆さは評価するが、面接なら速攻で落とされるようなことをしている神経の図太さはいただけない。
咥えたばこで出迎えた俺にひるまず、瞬時に空気を察せる脳の回転。
優秀ではあるだろうが、部下にはほしくないと俺は思った。
さっきのやり取りだけでも、目の前の女が非凡であるのがわかる。
川崎は下で支えるタイプではなく、下を動かすタイプの人間だ。
上にいればカリスマを発揮し、先頭に立ち皆を引っ張るタイプだがその反面、行動が突飛すぎて下は理解が及ばず川崎なら大丈夫と盲目に付き従わせられる。
成果を結果的には出すから、過程には目を瞑るうちの会社には正しく優秀な人材だろうよ。
「久しぶりなのに相変わらずずけずけ言いますねぇ田中さん」
「昔なじみだからこそだ。こうやって上っ面じゃなくて正直に忠告してくれる奴は貴重だって覚えておけ川崎」
「はい、しっかりと拝聴させていただきますよ」
ただ、その優秀さは諸刃の刃だ。
その優秀さは自分だけではなく周囲にも被害を出す。
「.........」
「......」
ニコニコと笑顔を崩さず、俺の言葉を待つ川崎に、自然とこの場に居座るのが目的だというのが透けて見える。
後ろの気配から、うちのパーティーメンバー全員が扉越しに魔紋で強化された五感を無駄に活用しこの会話に集中しているのもわかる。
そいつらと接触させたらウヤムヤのうちに流れを持っていかれる。
「.........問答無用で帰れと言ったつもりだったが、相変わらず神経が太いな」
「田中さんくらいですよ。私のことそう評価するのは、他の人はそんなこと言いませんし」
「なら、そいつらの目が節穴だったってことだ」
それがわかっている俺は、引かず態度を変えない。
ピリピリとした空気とは違い、粘り付き纏わりつくような雰囲気。
「一応、勝君に頼んでアポイントはとってもらっていたはずですけど?」
「ついさっき来て今会話大丈夫かと聞くのはアポイントって言わねぇよ。第一、高校生にアポイントを取らせる方がどうかと思うがな。おまけに事前に連絡もなし、ましてやアポイントに関して返答を待つことなく来社することも常識を疑うぞ」
「喫煙しながら応対することも常識的ではないですよ?」
強気にきているが、こいつのこの自信はなんだ?
態度からして俺が好印象を抱いているとは思っていないはず、なのにここで引かないのはなぜか。
まさか、なんとかなるとは思っていないはずだが。
灰が落ちそうになっている煙草を持ってきた携帯灰皿に押し付け、火を消し再度新しい煙草に火をつける。
その仕草に川崎は嫌悪感を見せるどころか、相も変わらずニコニコと俺の方を見る。
「.........大方予想がつくが、お前の本題は俺たちのパーティーに入れろって話か?」
見えない感情相手に妥協と言うわけではないが、ここで堂々巡りに常識の話をし続けても時間の無駄なのも事実。
なので、俺の方から話題を振ってやれば、水を得た魚かのように川崎はこの話に飛びついてきた。
「ええ、そうです。この会社に入社した際の検査で判明した私の魔力適性は七、今のところは戦力として見込めないかもしれませんが将来的には非常に役立ってみせますよ?」
運動神経や頭にも自信がありますと付け加える川崎のやり方は営業が営業先に商品を売り込んでいるように見えた。
少しでもいい部分を強調し、悪い部分を最小限の印象で済ます。
リスクとリターンの会話。
「あいにくとうちのパーティーは戦力が揃っててな。人員は足りてるんだわ。ついでに言えば入れる人員も魔力適性で判断してもいない。それとだ、事前説明会で注意されていたはずだ。過度のアピールをすればペナルティがかかると」
「ええ、社内でのこのパーティーの評判は承知してますよ? 確かに今現在は補充は不要でしょう。ですが、その勢いが果たしていつまで続くかは未知数ですよね? 後進の育成は常に組織で求められる課題。早めに行動を起こしておくのは決して損にはなりませんよ。それと、今の私の行いが果たして過度のアピールと捉えられるかは、いささか決定打に欠ける発言かと」
ああ言えばこう言う。
暖簾に手を突っ込んでいるかのように、柳に風が吹くように、スルリスルリと会話が流れる。
イライラはしないがもどかしいのも事実。
俺と川崎は前の会社で面識がある。
勝と南は親戚だ。
この会話、後の説明の仕方によっては川崎には一切ペナルティが発生しない。
「そうかい、なら、話はここまでだ。お前の用件がパーティーへの加入要請というのならこのパーティーの責任者として断る。将来的にどうなるかという可能性の話を言うのならその根拠をもってきてから話せ」
「なら! その根拠!?」
「.........その行動力は買うが、失敗したら意味ねぇどころか評価を下げるぜ? 不意を打つっていうのはな、ある程度実力差がない状態でないと通用しないんだよ。いくらお前が才能にあふれていたとしても、こっちはこっちで修羅場をくぐってる。こんな気が抜けてるような顔でも隙を晒すようなアホなことはしないんだよ」
会話の運び方はうまく、おそらくだが一矢報いて揚げ足を取ろうとでもしたのだろうが、そうは問屋は卸さない。
すっとポケットから抜き放たれたボールペンなど、どこかの漫画で見せたかのように人差し指と中指で挟んで止めてみせ、驚く川崎に忠告する。
「勝たちに近づくな、なんてことは言わねぇがあくまでプライベートだけの関係にしておけ。公私をあえて分けないお前が俺たちに近づいても利益にはなんねぇよ」
「っ、ご忠告ありがとうございます」
その際にほんの少しだが本気の殺気を川崎に叩きつけた。
ボールペンを押さえ込まれ、動きが止まった彼女にそれを受け流す術はない。
半眼になった俺の瞳から射殺すような殺気と、わずかに漏らした魔力の本流。
それは俺が戦闘時に用いる力の一角。
教官たちが仕込み、そしてこの会社で磨かれたその業はつい先日まで一般人と変わりのない川崎が受ければただでは済まない。
笑顔が引きつり、首元に冷や汗が流れ、俺のあまり調子に乗りすぎてるとどうなるかわかっているなという脅しを理解したようだ。
「今日、お前は来なかったそれでいいな?」
「ええ、そうですね。私はここには来ませんでした」
互いに面と向かって会っているのに、そしてその状況に聞き耳を立てている存在がいるというのにお笑い草な会話。
だが、互いにこの日は何もなかったと確認しあい。
俺はそっとボールペンから指を離す。
それだけで川崎は何かから解放されたかのように一歩後ずさり、わずかに視線を部屋の向こうに向けたが何も言わず立ち去っていった。
「はぁ、面倒だった」
玄関が閉まり、そのまま立ち去ったことを気配で感じ取りほっと一息。
腹の探り合いはあまり好きではない。
煙草を吸い煙を吐き出し、どうにか終わった対話に疲れを感じる。
少々強引だったがあの場で確約の言葉やへたにパーティーメンバーと関わり合いを持たれる方が面倒だったので仕方ないと思うことにする。
「これが今後続くなら、対策考えねぇとなぁ」
ゆるりと首を回し凝った体をほぐすように振り返り、部屋に戻ると。
「ハハハハハハハハ! 追い返されてるでござる!!」
どこぞの魔王かと両手を左右に広げ高笑いをしている南と機嫌が直っている北宮が紅茶を飲んでいた。
「いや、タイミングが悪かっただけっすよね? だから、そこまで落ち込まなくても大丈夫っすよ」
「そうだよ! そうだ! 甘い物食べるヨ!」
そして川崎を追い返したことに自分がなんか悪いことをしたのではと落ち込む勝を海堂とアメリアが励ましていた。
一難去ってまた一難。
本当にこの会社に入ってから暇だと思うことはないな。
今日の一言
失敗から学ぶこともある。
284 278 Zhong Yao Xing niQi dukunohaShi Bai shitekarada
Even if you think it's necessary, it's hard to feel the importance of it.
Or should I say, it's hard to set a standard of judgment, exactly?
The measure of important events depends on the common sense of each individual, and it is difficult to establish a clear standard of common understanding.
It is not possible to choose between "Do not do" and "Do not do," but a level of "Yes" and "No" is required for the importance of an event.
To give an example, confidential information is easy to understand.
Confidential information is difficult to handle, and there are many important matters.
As a result, those who have knowledge of it are required to decide with whom they can share the information.
There are horizontal connections between left and right, but in some cases there is also a hierarchical relationship.
Up to this point, it is easy to decide whether or not to share the information for the sake of your position, but there is also the issue of sentiment.
If you are struggling for help with the confidential information, or if all the parties involved are busy and can't keep their hands off each other, there is a person in front of you who doesn't know the information, but has a solution if you explain the situation.
According to the rules, you should not ask for help, but you can give them the help they need to carry out their work.
You have to make a choice between leaking information and delaying business, and this is where the word "importance" comes in.
You can ask for help if you think that this is enough, or you can keep silent about the situation and ask for help if you think that the information should not be leaked.
Importance varies with the individual's perception.
So, we have talked at length about the word importance.
"Huh? Could it be that I'm not welcome?
If you know what to do, you know what to do next, right? I'm sure you, as a working man, can at least tell the difference between what you can and can't do, just because you know each other.
I don't mean to blame Katsu, but bringing her here without prior consultation is not a good idea from a party or a personal point of view.
Because I can't help but think that the act of bringing someone you know to a shared personal space because they are your personal acquaintance is the result of thinking less about the importance of that community.
It may sound bad, but I know that Masaru's actions were the result of an easy-going, baseless idea that it would probably be okay.
That's why I would have brought her here.
If I had said a word to her, she would have stood right there in our presence.
The disquiet behind her would have turned sour.
Needless to say, the atmosphere in the party room took a turn for the worse when Kawasaki's voice came from the doorway.
Minami, the cause of the worsening atmosphere, had lost all emotion in her expression, and Kitamiya's eyes were slightly raised.
You can see that both of them have moved into a war-ready state.
And Katsu, the one who brought her, seems to have realized afterwards that his actions were not so good.
His behavior, still in high school, is a commonplace failure.
For that matter, he didn't mean any harm in his actions and offered his help in good faith.
When a woman you love asks you for help, you certainly want to help her.
Emotionally, I understand and agree with you, but that's just a man's feeling.
As a member of society, there is no room for extenuating circumstances.
When you act in a group, it is the will of the group that is the standard of judgment, and individual feelings are often perceived as selfish if they are directed against the group consciousness.
That is why it is often said that reporting is important in society.
And as I told Katsu earlier, our party is in a somewhat unique position.
We have won a position where we are given special training and guidance over the other parties.
It's something you might regret if you went through it, but thanks to this, your fighting ability, your armament, your dungeon capture speed, and your connections with the executives in the company are much better than other parties.
None of them are unrivaled.
We're small in number, but we're at the top of our class. And by a wide margin.
It's easy to imagine what the newcomers would think of us for being like that.
Envy or jealousy were the two choices for the most part, and with each of those emotions came more or less ulterior motives.
After all, to be one of us is becoming a kind of brand name that is an incentive to boost your position in the company.
But the brand name, or should I say the fruit of our efforts.
That's just the value we've built up through our efforts.
It is emotionally and socially unacceptable to assign that value to others.
But it is also a fact that those who have realized this value will not leave it alone.
I knew that they would try to approach me in this way to gain as much profit as possible.
That's natural, you wouldn't take the stairs to get up the stairs when the elevator is right in front of you.
It's up to you to stand in line or push others aside to stand in front of that door, but there will definitely be people who will move to secure that door.
And then, such a person appeared at once.
The guy didn't make a shy face, and instead opened the door and appeared majestically.
I appreciate the boldness of the man, but the nerve of him to do something that would have gotten you out of an interview in a heartbeat is unacceptable.
You're greeted with a cigarette in your mouth, and your brain is able to sense the atmosphere in an instant without flinching.
I knew you'd be good at it, but I didn't want a subordinate.
Just from this exchange alone, you can tell that the woman in front of me is extraordinary.
Kawasaki isn't the type of person to support the bottom, but to run the bottom.
At the top, she's charismatic and leads the way, but her actions are so outlandish that the people below don't understand and follow her blindly, thinking Kawasaki will be fine.
You'll get results, so you'll be a good person for our company that pays no attention to the process.
It's a long time since we've had a talk with you as usual, Mr. Tanaka.
It's the old friend that counts. Remember, a guy who gives you honest advice, not superficial advice like this, is invaluable.
Yes, I'll listen to you carefully.
Only, that excellence is a double-edged edge.
That excellence hurts not only you, but the people around you as well.
.........
"......
You'll be able to see that the purpose of this is to stay here naturally, as Kawasaki waits for my words without breaking into a smile.
You can see from the presence behind you that all the members of our party are concentrating on this conversation, wasting their magic-enhanced senses through the door.
If you make contact with them, you'll lose your flow in a haze.
......... I meant to tell you to go home, no questions asked, but your nerves are as thick as ever.
Tanaka-san is the only one. Others don't say that about me.
Then the eyes are a knothole.
I know that, but I will not back down and will not change my attitude.
The atmosphere is different from the tense atmosphere, but it is persistent and clinging.
"Just so you know, you asked Masaru to make an appointment with him, didn't you?
It's not called an appointment if you just came in and asked if the conversation was okay. I don't think it's right to ask a high school student to make an appointment. In addition, it's questionable common sense to come to the office without informing us in advance, much less waiting for an answer about the appointment.
"It's not even common sense to answer the door while smoking, is it?
He's getting bullish, but what's this guy's confidence?
You don't think I'm making a good impression from my attitude, so why don't you back off here?
You don't think you can manage it, though.
You push the ashes of your cigarette into the portable ashtray you brought with you and extinguish it and light a new one again.
You'll be able to see that Kawasaki is not disgusted by this gesture, but is still smiling and looking at me.
......... I know it's pretty predictable, but are you trying to get me into our party?
It's not to say that I'm compromising with invisible emotions, but it's also true that talking about common sense is a waste of time here.
So I brought up the subject and Kawasaki jumped in on it like a fish out of water.
Yes, I did. My magic aptitude was found in the examination when I joined this company and my magic aptitude is 7.
Kawasaki's way of adding that he was confident in his athleticism and intelligence also made it look like the salesman was selling the product to his customers.
Emphasize the good parts and minimize the bad parts.
A risk/reward conversation.
"Unfortunately, our party is full of people. We're understaffed. And by the way, we're not getting in guys based on their magical aptitude. And you were warned about this at the briefing. If you appeal too much, there will be a penalty.
Yes, I'm aware of this party's reputation within the company, right? Certainly no replenishment is necessary at the moment. But how long the momentum will last remains to be seen, doesn't it? The training of future generations is always a challenge for organizations. It never hurts to take action early. Also, I think it's somewhat inconclusive whether my actions are really too much of an appeal.
Say this, say that.
Like the wind in the willow, as if you have stuck your hand into the curtain, the conversation flows with slurries.
I'm not annoyed, but frustrated.
Kawasaki and I know each other from a previous company.
Masaru and Minami are relatives.
Depending on how this conversation is explained later, Kawasaki won't be penalized at all.
Okay, then, so that's the end of the story. If you're here to ask me to join the party, as the party director, I'm going to say no. If you're going to talk about the possibility of what's going to happen in the future, you're going to have to come up with some evidence.
"Then! That basis!
"......... I buy that energy, but if you fail, it's not only useless, it's going to ruin your reputation," he said. The surprise attack is only effective when there is no difference in ability. No matter how talented you are, you're still going through a rough patch here. I'm not going to be stupid enough to expose an opening, even if I look like I'm in a daze like this.
The way the conversation is carried, perhaps, he was trying to strike a blow for the sake of revenge, but I'm not a wholesaler.
You are able to find a ballpoint pen and other items that have been pulled out of your pocket and held between your index and middle fingers as if you were seeing it in a comic book, and then you stop the pen with your index and middle fingers and warn the surprised Kawasaki.
I'm not saying to stay away from them, but keep your relationship private. You don't dare to separate your private and public lives, so it's not in your best interest to get close to us.
"Thank you for the advice.
In doing so, he slammed a small but serious killing blow into Kawasaki.
The ballpoint pen is held down and she stops moving, there is no way to catch it.
The deadly air and the mainstream of magic power leaked from my half-lidded eyes.
It's a part of the power I use in battle.
The karma that the instructors created and refined in this company would not be tolerated by Kawasaki, who until just a few days ago was no different than a normal person.
His smile is drawn and a cold sweat runs down his neck as he understands my threats about what will happen if he gets too carried away.
"You didn't show up today, okay?
"Yeah, I guess so. I didn't come here.
Funny conversation in spite of meeting each other face to face, and even though there is a being listening in on the situation.
But we both confirm that nothing happened on this day.
I gently take my finger off the ballpoint pen.
With that, Kawasaki stepped back as if freed from something and turned his gaze slightly across the room, but walked away without saying a word.
"Huh, that was cumbersome.
Breathe a sigh of relief when you sense in the air that the front door has closed and gone untouched.
I'm not much for gut-wrestling.
You smoke a cigarette, let out the smoke, and feel tired of the dialogue that somehow ended.
That was a bit forceful, but it was more bothersome to have to deal with assurances and messing around with party members right then and there, so you decide it can't be helped.
If this is going to continue, I'll have to think about a countermeasure.
I turned my head loosely to relax my stiff body and returned to my room.
"Hahahahahahahahaha! We are being turned away, that we are!
I'm not sure if it's some demon king or not, but a smiling Minami and Kitamiya, who is in a better mood, are drinking tea.
No, it was just bad timing, wasn't it? So don't get that down,
Yes! That's right! Eat Sweet Yo!
And Kaido and Amelia were encouraging Katsu, who was depressed that he had done something wrong by turning Kawasaki away.
It's one thing to get rid of a problem, another to get rid of a problem.
I really haven't felt bored since I joined this company.
Today's Word
There is also something to learn from mistakes.
Entering a Company From Another World!?
異世界からの企業進出！？転職からの成り上がり録『祝1億PV突破！！』　
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