Chapter 726.
「 We’re in the city 」
Edie looks at the road .
She’s already remembered the map and the names of location in Tokyo’s suburbs .
Edie didn’t just receive elite education as a combatant of the assassination, she’s a genius . She has nearly the same intellect as Michi .
「 Shou, I’d like to hear the instructions on what to do on site already 」
Edie tells Shou-neechan
「 We’re to wreck the Kansai Yakuza . No mercy 」
Shou-neechan looks at the mirror .
「 We’re killing them all? 」
Kudou Haruka’s startled as Edie speaks without reserve about killing .
「 You don’t have to go that far . It’s not worth it . Although, be sure to take down those who come for you in one shot . 」
「 One action, you mean? 」
「 Indeed, don’t kill them but instead take them down in one shot 」
Shou-neechan .
「 As mentioned earlier, Kouzuki SS now is Kakka’s private army . Our job on the surface is a security firm for VIPs from wealthy families, but our other side is a group of specialists who accomplishes Kakka’s requests . But, it won’t go the same way from now on . You know that the situation has changed, don’t you? 」
Edie and I nod .
Kudou Haruka’s showing a surprised face .
「 Jii-chan’s retiring from the Kouzuki group and Shiba-san will be the manager . Kouzuki SS won’t be backing up the Kouzuki group like how they do it before, right? 」
Up until now, Kouzuki house, Kouzuki group, and Kouzuki SS are all under Jii-chan’s control .
But, Kouzuki SS is Jii-chan’s personal company, and so Shiba-san can’t take control .
Shiba-san may be dissatisfied because of that . ,
「 To be honest, we’ve received funding and information from the Kouzuki group until now . Our company needs a lot of money to spend on the other side . We’ve sent employees to Kouzuki group to investigate . We’ve also asked for cooperation from Kouzuki group’s companies in various ways 」
Shou-neechan said .
「 But, we can’t allow that intimate relationship going forward . See? From Shiba-san’s eyes, he only sees it as a professional spy under Kakka’s rule to see if he’s being sloppy in his control 」
You wouldn’t want that . That’s natural .
It would seem like Jii-chan’s looking down on you .
「 That is why we will continue to work with Kouzuki group in the future, but we will make a clear line between our relationship . To put it in a nutshell, Kouzuki group will also have to sign a contract and will become one of the groups of companies trading with us 」
Kouzuki SS will continue to carry out their security duties for the Kouzuki group .
However, the relationship won’t get closer than that . There will be a clear line .
「 With that said, Kouzuki SS needs to become a self-sustaining company . First of all, we have to become the best professional security specializing in both the surface and the other side business 」
If they’re going to refuse the financial support from Kouzuki group, then their only choice is to earn profit themselves .
「 Therefore, this case is important to us . This will be the showcase of the new Kouzuki SS 」
This case .
It’s not about Jii-chan intervening with the Kansai Yakuza causing trouble in the Takakura shrine .
「 To the distinguished families, they see the case this time as the Takakura sisters asking for Kouzuki SS’ protection 」
Tsukiko and the two made the request .
「 Well, there would be a deal with the Yakuza later but, what kind of conclusion could you imagine happening? 」
How would the Yakuza settle the score with Jii-chan?
「 Hmm 」
I think .
「 After all, if you look at the situation, the Yakuza’s at a complete defeat, right? The group who came after the Takakura sisters in Tokyo were almost completely destroyed, Yazawa-san also raided their base in the Kansai area . Lastly, they’re called over to Tokyo from Kansai 」
Even if you call this a “deal,” the two bosses of the Yakuza groups are sent to Tokyo, Jii-chan’s ground .
You can only see it as an overwhelming defeat .
「 You seem to be misjudging the Yakuza . 」
Shou-neechan laughs .
「 The Yakuza still thinks they can make an even deal with Kakka . No, if you ask me, they’ll try to make it advantageous to them 」
「 Huh, why? 」
Why would they think that way even in that kind of situation?
「 It’s because they’re Yakuza 」
W-What?
「 They’ll try to be eloquent, bluff, distract, snap back, use sophism, violence, bribery, influence, or even connections, anyway, they’ll use whatever they can to make the transaction advantageous to them . That’s how Yakuza works . Especially with the two big bosses, in this case, Kansai Raijin Patriarch Oodori, and Unryuu Kaizan’s head Satake . Both of them are heavyweights of Kansai region, the Yakuza of Yakuza in there 」
They won’t hear out what Jii-chan has to say .
「 Besides, it’s still possible that the Yakuza will try to reverse the situation, see? 」
Like, taking away the Takakura sisters from us .
Or maybe, taking Jii-chan as a hostage .
It’s possible that they attack our mansion and kidnap Misuzu .
There are so many possible methods .
「 Furthermore, they don’t even have to do it . All they have to do is make the other party think “This guy can do this,” “If I don’t pull out, it will become troublesome,” or “These people are too dangerous” 」
If you think that they’re scary, then you lose .
The fact that they use bluffs and threats makes them feel mad people and that they can do it .
Also, they do have the power to support their threats .
「 Yakuza’s a wide-area gang, they do have enough “violence” to make threats . They can have someone throw in themselves to shoot a bullet . They could even use suicide bombers . For example, they could send one at the school where Misuzu’s attending . They don’t mind involving outsiders, students, teachers, and whoever it is, and just blow them off . They could even send in five to ten people with dynamite in their stomach 」
It’s hard to prevent acts of terrorism as such .
「 Normally, they won’t do that, see? Involving unrelated people is out of the question, and Misuzu-sama’s classmates are all from distinguished families as well . They’ll turn all of the noble families in Japan as their enemy if they do that 」
Yeah, if they try to use indiscriminate terrorism and put the other children of distinguished families in danger, then it won’t end well for them .
「 Though there’s that risk, if they think that they can retort against Kouzuki house and win against Kakka, then Yakuza will believe that it’s worth it 」
「 Why? 」
「 Looking at the Kansai Yakuza’s side; if Kouzuki Shigetaka “Kakka,” the noble among noble families backing off from them is good propaganda . That Kouzuki house was afraid of us, they’ll say 」
Geez, they’re so troublesome .
That means, it’s “that . ”
Old men with elementary school brat logic .
「 OK . Shou . That means, we can’t show that we’re afraid no matter what they do . Instead, we have to scare off the Yakuza 」
「 That’s it . They need to think; “These people are too dangerous, are they crazy? You can’t go against these guys, they’re scary” 」
「 Got it, I’ll be sure to poke their earholes and make their teeth rattle! 」
Edie, that’s a strange line to say .
「 Thus, if they show that they are hostile to us, then take them down on a single blow . If you only hurt them, then it’ll only make them have a grudge . If you take them down in one shot then they won’t have memories of it, they won’t hold a grudge either . On the other hand, it would create an impact on the surrounding people . You know the parts where you can hit in one shot to take them down and show now after-effect? 」
「 Naturally 」
Edie laughs .
「 Do you know them? 」
She then asks Kudou Haruka .
「 W-What are you talking about?! If you try to hit a Yakuza and they avoided it, it would become a big deal! 」
「 That’s why it’s only one punch 」
Edie sticks out her fist to Haruka .
「 No, but the other party could also be doing martial arts, and what would you do with their numbers? 」
「 That’s easy, take them down one-by-one with one punch 」
「 That’s impossible! 」
Edie laughs out loudly .
「 I can . You can’t . It’s easy 」
She smiled .
「 I can do it too, and of course, Reika and Michi-chan can do it as well 」
Shou-neechan speaks from the driver seat .
「 The other party is Yakuza though?! That’s impossible!! 」
Kudou Haruka shakes her head .
「 This is why Kouzuki SS won’t employ someone like you 」
Shou-neechan said .
「 Our company makes the impossible possible . It may look impossible to turn real, but we do it 」
「 Shou, you can’t convince her no matter what 」
Edie stops Shou-neechan .
「 Her logic goes “Those who know will know . Those who can will . Those who can’t understand never will . And those who can’t do it never will . ” And she’s the last two types! 」
「 I-I! 」
Kudou Haruka tries to refute but she can’t .
「 Well, try shutting up for a while . You can’t do anything if you don’t understand 」
Shou-neechan sighs .
…I
「 U-Uhm, Shou-neechan? 」
「 What? 」
There’s something I’ve been curious about .
「 Uhm, it’s about Tsukiko and the girls’ Miko power 」
I now understand that the discussion with the Yakuza will likely become difficult, but .
If we have the Takakura Miko power, the power to read one’s mind and make one obey, can’t we turn things to our advantage?
「 Edie, how far have you gone training Luna and Yomiko? Do you think they can use it to some extent? 」
All while I was doing it with Tsukiko;
Luna is training with Edie and Yomiko with Michi .
Although, there wasn’t enough time for the three to train with their powers combined .
「 Well, they can control their power better than I thought . But, Darling, 」
Edie smiles wryly .
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