They shout loudly without caring about their surroundings.
Oh, the young lady of Torii Electronics? Matsuzawa-kun, invite her to our table?
what’s with that?
Who are these old men?
Oh, it is as he said. Torii-kun, come to our table
They’re taking Mariko along.
I’m very sorry but I’m with my friends right now
Mariko rejects the offer without breaking her smile.
Don’t say that. it’s just for a moment. See? Just think of it as saving my face. It’s nothing bad at all
I don’t like this grinning attitude of this old man.
Uhm, Mariko doesn’t like what you’re doing
I said.
Hm, what? Are you talking to me?
Who else am I talking to?
The atmosphere turned tense.
Hey, Kou, calm down
Mariko says in a panic, but.
Matsuzawa-kun, what’s wrong? Did anything happen?
Another old man with a flashy necktie shouts from the other table.
Well, Misawa-san, you see
Matsuzawa returned to the table and reported to the other flashy necktie called Misawa.
The table has two old men wearing suits.
They all send us a glance.
Who are those people?
Kana-senpai asks Mariko.
Some troublesome people. That Matsuzawa-san runs an IT company. Recently, he’s been trying to get close with Father at parties and stuff. Saying that he wants to collaborate in business
That suspicious-looking old man?
I asked.
Well, his business runs smoothly. He butters up people in political and business circles and so Father’s cautious of him, but.
So, what about the other people at the table?
Kana-senpai looks at the other men wearing flashy neckties.
That one.do you know about the restaurant chain named Green Buckeyes?
Mariko said.
Oh, I know that
That man’s the founder. He’s the founder and he owns the majority of the stock, but he no longer does management. That guy’s a member of the Diet now
A Diet member?
A politician? But I don’t even know that guy
Kana-senpai said.
Well, there are a lot of people in the Diet. Unless you live in that guy’s district, you won’t even see his campaign posters. He’s only been accepted as a politician once so he’s not in a position where he’s going to be on TV news Anyway, Matsuzawa’s a hotshot IT executive.
And Misawa is a restaurant chain founder and a member of the Diet.
The two of them are socially successful before their 40’s so they’re getting carried away
Mariko said.
But, they’re quite the troublesome people so be careful of them
O-Okay
Saying that; Yomi puts herself on guard.
I.
Haiji, don’t rush
I look at the table of the old men.
Huh, shouldn’t they have bodyguards?
I can’t sense any staff that you can call bodyguards together with Matsuzawa or Misawa.
Right. I think that Matsuzawa-san should have a secretary or a subordinate with him
Mariko said.
I don’t know what they’re discussing in a fancy hotel but it’s not a kind of relationship where you bring your security to each other
I concluded.
I don’t know how much do they trust each other but if they want to show each other that they have trust in the other, then, bringing a bodyguard with them shows distrust
True. I think that the actual bodyguards are watching over from afar
Is that so?
Mariko said. Kana-senpai tried to look around, but.
Don’t look at them
Yomi stopped her.
Any strange movements could stir them up
Yomi, you know where?
I asked.
No, they’re further than the range of my power
Miko power doesn’t work on people far away from her.
Then, I understand now
Haiji?
There are various spots in this tea lounge where you can monitor the inside
Oh, I see.
If it’s outside Yomi’s range, then it should be outside.
If that’s the case, it would be the entrance to the place.
Either way, if there’s a problem, it’ll take more than ten seconds for Matsuzawa and Misawa’s bodyguards to jump in.
Huh, they’re coming over here?
Kana-senpai’s right. Matsuzawa and Misawa leave their table and goes to us.
It doesn’t seem that Torii-san doesn’t want to go to our table, so.
Matsuzawa smiled.
We came over instead
Misawa’s smile is even uglier.
Misawa-sensei seems to want to hear opinions from the young people
Anyway, let’s sit
They make a rude entrance, bring over a chair from the nearby table, and sits on our table.
Well, Torii-kun, you’re still a schoolgirl and yet you’re interested in Equity investment, right?
Misawa speaks to Mariko without warning.
Well, I told Misawa-san about it! You see, I was talking to your father during the party recently.
Matsuzawa talks in such an excited tone.
I’m just doing some child’s play
Mariko speaks confusedly.
Well, no, that’s a good start! Investing while you’re still a student, I believe that’s a good start!
What’s with this Diet member.
You can talk to me anytime when it comes to investments. I think you know about me already but I’m also doing a broking firm over the internet
Yes, that. You can find good advice from Matsuzawa-kun. He’s a good one!
They say that they want to hear opinions from young people but they just keep on talking.
Furthermore, they only focus on Mariko.
Well, it’s that. You can’t really trust the brokerage firms around here. All they do is waste your time. They don’t even get considerable pay and yet they think that they’re big shots because they’re investing their customer’s money. If it’s me, I won’t be afraid to put 200 to 300 million into my investments and all of it will come from my pocket. Our motivation and resolve are different Yes, that, Matsuzawa-kun’s amazing. Right?
Right!
Matsuzawa and Misawa smile at each other.
Misawa-sensei’s amazing too! After all, you’re a member of the Diet
Well, I only became a member when I left the company, see? Then, the sales dropped off a bit, and so I told the current management team that If you keep this up then I’ll take off my badge and go back to the presidential chair. They were all scared to bits. Seriously, they’re so useless unless I’m there to watch them Misawa said.
Misawa-sensei’s a business genius who started the Green Buckeyes in a single generation and built it into a huge restaurant chain group. I respect you every day
No, no, Matsuzawa-kun. I didn’t do anything big. I just worked recklessly to achieve my young self envisioned! Hey, Santao, bring me that thing
Misawa calls his secretary.
Yes!
The secretary wearing a suit brings over something.
Here, I’ll give you this
Misawa distributes some books.
To Mariko, Kana-senpai, Ai, Yomi, Haiji.
And he ignored me.
Oh, that’s Misawa-sensei’s book
Yes, it’s my autobiography. Feel free to read it
Autobiography?
We have every full-time employee, contractors, and partime employees read it all! After all, it has all my ideas written in it. After all, if you want to grow together with the company, you have to get the subordinates to share the same philosophy with me Philosophy?
Then, I have everyone write a report of their impressions. Every week. For example, this week, they read Chapter 3 - Startup and Business Crisis at the same time! The tears I’ve pledged on the Chiba sea! Submit at least 800 words about your impressions.nufufufu What’s with that.
If you want to, then you can write your impression report too! I’ll be waiting! Well, to be honest, I think that the impression report of my employees is a mess! After all, all my employees are just a Yes-man! They all work 26 hours a day to achieve our dreams Err.
I’d like to implement this education system nationwide
What do you mean?
Anyway, my dreams.no, it’s the dreams of me and my friends. My goal is to have the entire population of Japan read this book and submit a report on it. I want to wake up the whole nation with my philosophy! Once my philosophy spreads throughout the nation, Japan will be 10 times more amazing than today! No, ten times and ten times more! Meaning, 2000 times bigger!