The way to save everything

“Utopia, the form of a perfect world, in which there is no war, hunger, any social or economic problem."

“Yes, yes, I know that, Yuji-san.” 

“But to achieve a utopia, what do we need? We need WAR! A more brutal and violent war, that usually requires a leader, and consequently this leader has opposition, but those who oppose the leader will die. Those who abstain from the opinion of supporting him will live in a lie. Have you ever seen anyone speak badly of the Front?” 

It never occurred to me that the only way to achieve a utopia was war. In practice, it is really impossible for the governments of all ancient countries to succumb and simply leave the Front in control of the world. 

“I think that once at school. It was the beginning of a new term, a transfer student arrived from somewhere I don’t remember where. He stayed at school for a unique week, constantly repeating that the life we ​​live in is an illusion and that we are being controlled. A week passed and we never saw a trace of that boy again.” 

Now I understand, the Front doesn't allow anyone to speak ill of its government. I pray that this boy is okay. Could he be a time traveler like Yuji-san? 

“In short, a utopia only exists if a lot of people die.” 

Wow! That's really sinister. 

“So, boy, now that you've discovered what a real utopia is, I have to tell you how we can save the world from it!” 

Yuji-san suddenly puts down the pen he was drawing on the board, sighs deeply and begins to explain. 

“Do you believe in destiny, Akimitsu?” 

“I think so. Our path is already written, we're just living it.” 

“Do you believe that with effort we can change destiny?” 

“I think so. If we make a lot of effort, we can rewrite our path!” 

“You just contradicted yourself. If we can change destiny, it simply doesn't exist.” 

If you stop to think about it, what he said might even make sense. 

“The past, present and future are one and the same thing. If I change something in the past, I change the present, which will consequently be the future. However, if I change something in the future, I also change the present, which will be the past.” 

“Yuji-san, that doesn’t seem to make sense.” 

“We call this retrocausality, the consequences appear before the action. Think of a stretched rope, if you shake one end, the opposite end will also move. The same happens with our timeline.” 

Hmm, that example was actually good, but: 

“If that’s the case, why won’t people who die be forgotten? If the past, present and future are one and the same, how can a person live knowing that they will die in the future? It would be as if they had never existed in the past, right? 

“As I said before, the consequences appear before the cause. The consequences are memories and moments with a person, the cause is their death. As I said before too, it’s called retrocausality.” 

That’s interesting, it might even make sense. 

“So, in order to end the Front, we must end them in the future, so that they will cease to exist in the past and forever.” 

Yes, yes. All those years that the world lived under the Front’s rule will be forgotten. Countries would never have become states and Yuji-san would never have been separated from his family. 

“Well, Yuji-san. How will we end the Front?” 

“To be clear with you, we have to execute its leader. How? I have no idea!” 

It was obvious. 

“That’s impossible! How are we going to kill the leader of the most powerful organization on the planet?” 

Yuji-san started laughing for no reason, banging his hands on the wall. But before he lost himself in insanity, I said: 

“I know someone who I think can give us information on how to get to the Front, at least the one in Japan.” 

After that conversation, Yuji-san and I went to sleep. I woke up in the middle of the night to drink a glass of water, stepping quietly on the floor so as not to wake Yuji-san who was sleeping in a sleeping bag. 

“Are you awake, boy?” 

“Yuji-san? I’m going to get some water, do you want some too?” 

“Yes, please.” We drink our water, breathe, and Yuji-san asks me: 

“Do you really believe in my plan?” 

“Well, I’m honestly not sure if what you said about retrocausality is right. But whether it is or not, I think we should save the world from the Front.” 

“Are you really sure about risking your life?” 

“I’m not sure, but it’s better to do something than let the people I love live in this illusion.” 

“I understand, boy, thank you for trusting me. Let’s save the world from this false utopia!” 

After our conversation, I quickly went to bed and, tired from thinking so much that day, I fell asleep and only woke up the next morning. 

“I’m going to school and I’ll be back, Mom!” 

“See you later, I’ll be waiting for you.”

I get to school and immediately when I enter in the classroom I say: 

“Taichi, I need to talk with you.”