I asked.
Oh? If they were to assassinate you, the internal affairs of Kouzuki house will return to half a year ago
Half a year ago?
Misuzu-sama, Ruriko-sama, and now we also have Yoshiko-sama. Won’t that revive the ambition of everyone to become the son-in-law and eventually the head of the Kouzuki house?
I see.
Kouzuki house before May.
They were split into Misuzu and Ruriko factions, having internal strifes
Many were ambitious to have Misuzu or Ruriko marry their son and take over the Kouzuki house.
But now.
With the unnatural death of Ruriko’s father, Ruriko’s out of the succession battle now.
Yoshiko-san’s the daughter of Jii-chan’s late eldest son, but she’s not a legal child.
Therefore, everyone feels like Misuzu’s going to take over the Kouzuki house.
And I’m Misuzu’s official partner.
That settled the problem of the successor of the Kouzuki house.
There will always be bad apples in whatever group
This time, it’s Minaho-neesan speaking to me’
It’s only been half a year, right? It’s about time the shock wore off and somehow, there were people in the Kouzuki house who planned to do what they wanted
But, some of the Kouzuki house, branch families, the executives, and the young were all there during Cesario Viola’s attack in May, right?
The branch families, the executive vassals, their children, Jii-chan’s students.
They were all in that high-rise hotel fight and felt fear.
They all swore not to turn on Jii-chan back then
Those who go against Jii-chan.
All the people who were connected to Cesario Viola, even including Ruriko’s father, were disposed of.
Those who were there were in awe of Jii-chan and reaffirmed their allegiance to him.
Then they also accepted that I’m Misuzu’s partner.
Well, their loyalty is towards Kakka, not towards you, right?
Shou-neechan said with a smile.
The fear they had for the past six months also includes you, and so you’ve been untouchable. But people immediately forget their fears. Once on the shore, we pray no more, right? Their fear from six months ago had faded And so, now they thought about it calmly, and some have started considering that it’s in their best interest to remove you from the Kouzuki house
Rather, it was helpful to us that they didn’t make a move for the past six months. We were able to prepare for them
Right. We made it barely in time
Minaho-neesan said.
Kakka’s past his eighties. He’s too old already. That’s why they were already planning ahead of his death, all while he still has time
Kakka’s taking it most seriously, and that’s why he handed the Kouzuki SS to you
Once we’re ready, we can purposely create a reason for the rebels to move hurriedly
They never expected that Kouzuki SS will be handed to a high-school student like you
Now that you took over over Kouzuki SS, they won’t be able to go against you
Kouzuki SS is basically the violence device of the Kouzuki house
The one who took charge of Kouzuki SS, who was in charge of the protection and security of the Kouzuki group and their companies was not one of the nobility, not one of the branch family, not one of the executives.
If I take control of Kouzuki SS, they will be in danger.
If they wait for Jii-chan to die before assassinating me, then that’s too late.
On the contrary, I will know the secrets about them and all the other families.
That’s why they’re in a hurry to eliminate you before you take control of Kouzuki SS
Shou-neechan said.
Their miscalculation is that they don’t know your relationship with me. They seem to think that I’m only your subordinate and that I’m loyal to Kakka
I see.
They don’t think that Seki Shou, Jii-chan’s personal bodyguard, has become a woman of this just a high-school boy me.
They only see it as a business relationship, and they thought that I’m also dissatisfied that Kakka’s forcing me to protect a high-school boy. I mean, those were the rumors I spread around the company She made them believe that Shou-neechan hasn’t been able to communicate well with a high-school student that’s becoming the owner.
And so, there was actually a group that wasn’t happy that Kou’s the owner now
The dissatisfied group inside the Kouzuki house and Kouzuki SS have made contact
There’s no better time to get rid of you than now, right?
Shou-neechan and Minaho-neesan tell me.
The two dissatisfied groups went together and erupted
While at it, the Kouzuki house members inside the police force also enlisted some people
Minaho-neesan laughs.
Kouzuki house is connected to the political world so those who were dissatisfied, can just bypass it. Some radicals who want to reduce the power of the Kouzuki house as much as possible by arresting you in public Saying that Minaho-neesan looked at Ishigami Norio.
They were going to arrest that boy over there for carrying too many weapons. They were going to catch Kou together with them as allies and leak to the media that they were dangerous young men carrying illegal weapons So, that Koda guy who gave him the weapon was someone the police sent to the Ishigami house?
I asked.
No. It was the Kouzuki SS group who sent Koda. The police were just co-conspirators
The dissatisfied members of Kouzuki SS want to take control of Kouzuki SS in the future.
The police want to reduce Jii-chan’s power as much as possible.
Meanwhile, the Kouzuki house wants their son to be married to Misuzu.
They all have different purposes for eliminating me.
And so, they started doing their work, but we had to pretend that we aren’t aware of it so we could only send Kudou-san and Kinoshita-san
If they sent out regular personnel of Kouzuki SS, the rebels will call off their attacks.
No, it helped. If not for Kudou-san and Kinoshita-san, we can’t even get in the car ourselves
That’s not true! All I did was say random things and crush a big stone
Kinoshita-san laughs as she holds her flail.
Kuromori-sama made the right decisions calmly. Edie-san and everyone also played an active role
Yes, you get a lot of credit for getting through the hardship today. You did well
Even so, these are all within Shou-neechan’s plans.
To spread the word that only me and my group have repelled the rebels’ attack.
You need it to take control Kouzuki SS. Accept the credit, Kou
Minaho-neesan tells me.
You need to be a tough and scary opponent to them
Yeah, okay
I replied.
If I don’t become an object of fear, I can’t keep my family safe.
So, do you know why it’s just you who got called here?
That’s.
I have to punish all those people who did the conspiracy on me, right?
I have to give orders to dispose of the rebels.
I can’t scare them unless I dirty my hands.
That’s right
Minaho-neesan smiles.
Then.
Dorururururu! Dorurururu!
A siren roars through the warehouse and a red light above the large gate flickers.
Gagagagaga!
The huge door slowly opens.
Oh, I knew that the gate leads to outside.
Three cars come down the slope.
First was Kudou-papa’s truck. Edie and Kurose-san loaded up the men they defeated at the open cafe in front of the bakery there.
The second one is a business van.
The type that carries people instead of luggage.
The third car goes inside the underground warehouse.
Then, the huge gate closed once again.
Good job, Kudou-san
Shou-neechan tells Kudou-papa as he leaves the driver seat.
Yeah, that’s the police van, and this truck and the van there is for Kouzuki SS