My name is Cooper. I'm thirty years old, and I'm a militia member.
One morning, a group of people came and talked about resisting the vampires and establishing freedom. I didn't really understand what they meant, but I couldn't stand the conditions in the village. These people gave off a good impression, and a whole lot of people in the village joined them.
So I joined too.
The new Political Commissar was a good man. He could be a little irritable sometimes, but he knew who was good and who was bad.
The people in the village who slacked off and cheated, pretending to be simple and honest, couldn't fool him.
It was really amazing. I wanted to know how he did it.
He said, "You have to think more. Get curious, then read."
"When you're solving problems and overcoming difficulties, that's when you should learn. That's how you really take things in."
Then he told me to go solve real problems. Once I'd solved enough real difficulties, I'd naturally understand.
The main thing was to take the initiative and rely on myself: to think and solve problems on my own. If I didn't know how, I had to find a way to improve myself. I had to figure out how to bring together people who could help me with a particular matter, and learn to make friends with them. Even if they weren't my friends, I still had to find a way to make sure their interests weren't harmed and that they could benefit. After all, I needed their help.
I couldn't understand what he meant, so the Political Commissar told me to first learn to solve problems on my own instead of relying on other people.
After that, the Political Commissar organized people to fight the vampires.
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