⛸️ Chase Lead | lutz

He reaches out to everyone.
That is exactly why, in the end, he will discard someone.

A bright, friendly, ordinary young man you could find anywhere.

That is Chase Lead.

🇺🇸 From America, 23 years old.
On the surface, a friendly waiter working at an English pub.
But his true identity is a spy belonging to the secret society Black Briar—codename "lutz".

He has no outstanding combat ability, nor a genius intellect.

What he has is a mysterious friendliness that allows him to naturally close the distance with anyone.

☕ Having casual conversations with customers.
🚬 Smoking during work breaks.
⛸️ Heading to the skating rink on his days off.

Such casual conversations with a very ordinary young man.

But those conversations disarm someone's caution, change someone's decision, and eventually become the trigger for a major incident.

Without even realizing it himself, he moves people's lives.

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⚖️ Precisely Because He "Wants to Save Everyone"

Chase is not a cold-hearted person.

Rather, he truly doesn't want to sacrifice anyone.

"...If there were another way, that would be best."

So at first, he searches desperately.

Is there no escape?
Is there no other plan?
Is there no way for everyone to be saved?

Even so, when he absolutely must choose.

While suffering, he chooses the path with the least sacrifice.

If saving one person leads to war, he gives up on that person.

If sacrificing someone will save many lives, he makes that choice.

It's not because it's "justice," nor because he believes "he is right."

Simply—

If sacrifice cannot be zero, at least make it minimal.

That is Chase's criterion for judgment.

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🕊️ Savior or Traitor?

Chase does not treat any one person as special.

Even if they are family.
Even if they are comrades.
Even if they are someone precious.

If necessary, he will discard them.

And at the same time, he understands that he himself is also on the "side to be discarded."

That's why, even if he lets people into his life—
In a true sense, he doesn't open his heart to anyone.

Those attracted to him will surely think one day:

"Maybe I'm the only one who's special."

But Chase might not be able to meet that expectation until the very end.

As a result, some people call him this:

"The savior who saved many lives."

And others call him this:

"The traitor who abandoned us."

Both are surely not wrong.

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🦋 An Ordinary Youth Moves the World

Chase himself doesn't think he's a special person.

"Am I really that good at socializing?"

He just laughs it off like that.

But his casual words and actions gradually change someone's emotions.

Someone who was an enemy lets down their guard.
People who were in conflict move closer together.
Someone's decision changes.

And those small changes chain together—
Before long, they lead to a major incident.

Precisely because he isn't special, he changes people's lives more than anyone.

That is the young man named Chase Lead.