"I would like to once again thank everyone for coming to this gathering of mine. If you wish to stay longer after the gathering has ended that's fine, but I wanted to notify everyone on some things before people start leaving."

The crowd was absolutely silent.

"First of all, I must remind everyone that since I am still pursuing my studies here in j.a.pan any questions or business deals you wish to make with me must be directed to my a.s.sistant. Later when I have the time he will then direct them to me."

Many people who had forgotten that Eugene was still a high schooler looked towards their own children with weird looks. Mhm, he sure raises the standards for high schoolers.

"Secondly, I have to say this but I'm not currently on the look for potential marriage candidates. My apologies if I'm sounding too full of myself, but since many have already hinted at doing so I will reject everyone before anything becomes too complicated."

Wow, I've never seen someone do that at a public gathering in front of the most influential people in j.a.pan. As expected of Eugene. I already see all the dreaming girls finally coming back down to reality.

Although of course, there are the few who refuse to accept reality. You know, the troublesome types.

"Next, as many of you may know the world's first VR game was released quite recently. I'm planning on investing in Sapphire and do business through the game. I'm not hesitant about telling the people gathered here since many already have the same ideas as I do. Through the gold exchange on the official website, it is possible to sell and buy in-game currency with real money with a 2% tax. Therefore I will grasp onto this profit opportunity through my guild called Mizanco. This is a warning and also an invitation. If you want to contact me in-game, my ID is Faraday."

It's true that you could earn a lot of money through Sapphire....but with the 2% tax on the official website, my father is still earning 1% of it without doing anything. Eugene already knows this, he's probably helping my dad earn more money while taking a share of the profits.

I don't think my family is ever becoming broke.

"In addition, I would not advise anyone here to try and get the help of the Drifters through me. Even though I hold the t.i.tle of vice-president, everything is decided through a unanimous vote. The only exception is if the President of the Drifters personally speaks up."

The President of the Drifters? It's not Eugene? I'm surprised that he was willing to let someone else have the t.i.tle when I left. I never expected this little group I made on a whim while I was a kid would become such a famous group where all the most influential people of the world wished to join.

I heard rumors that they only accepted someone into the group if every current representative agreed. It's really had to get in but if you managed to do so then you could do anything you wanted and n.o.body would dare to stop you.

"Lastly, I will be donating a sum of 50 million USD to Tanaka Academy, which is the school I'm currently attending. This money will be used to create a new dormitory for the students and teachers. It will be mandatory to live in the new dorms for the first year after construction to help test out all the facilities. There will be a cafeteria, fitness room, swimming pool, and lounge all readily available for the students. No fee is required to live in the dorms, everything except meals are paid for. The new buildings will be called Sofia Gardens, named after a person very important to me. Construction will be finished in a month on December 6!"

Sofia Gardens huh... Naming the dorms after my mom.

But this isn't good for me, this means I'll have to live in the dorms as well. Good thing this is already my last year before graduating, at most I'll only have to live there for six months....wait a second he did say December 6 right? Isn't that my birthday?

This might just be the worst birthday present in my life. Other people might love it, not me. Living in a building named after my own mom feels awkward. Also seeing her name everywhere doesn't exactly bring up good memories.

"Thank you all very much for your patience while listening to me talk."

Yes, you're very welcome.

"This is all for today, as I've stated before you're free to stay longer since I've rented this place until tomorrow afternoon. Any business can be conducted in the multiple meeting rooms located at the sides, renting one out is only 100 USD an hour. The food and drink will be replenished until midnight. Don't worry about parking, I've got that covered. Please enjoy the rest of your evening!"

Eugene really planned out this party rather meticulously. People have already started heading towards the meeting rooms, 100 USD is nothing but a drop in the bucket for them.

Right, time to get Ryan's contact information and get the heck out of here before I run out of patience and blow something up.

I located the room that Eugene had entered. I didn't see anyone else go in with him so it's probably just him alone.

Casually walking up to the door, I swung it open while tiredly rubbing my eyebrows.

Oh, it's not locked? I'm too tired to think clearly. All I want to do is jump into bed.....

"Hey Eugene, hurry up and give me his contact information before I-" I looked up and realized that there were other people in the room sitting around a large meeting table.

I awkwardly froze.

I quickly scanned the faces for anyone unfamiliar. Toku, Kai, father, Mr. Rose, Mrs. Rose, Prime Minister Matayos.h.i.+, Tomoe, and Taichi Matayos.h.i.+. They all stared at me in surprise.

I have no idea why they're all gathered here, but it's a good thing I've already met all of them before.

I awkwardly scratched the back of my head. "Ohhh, I didn't realize that there were other people here. I guess I'll just leave....."

I was just about turn and leave when the Prime Minister spoke up.

"Aren't you Rei's daughter? Come in and join us!" He gladly exclaimed while standing up to greet me. "I remember meeting you last year, my how quickly you've grown. You've met my son, Tai, but you've never met my daughter correct? She's your age."

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I looked behind him and saw Tomoe staring at me with a seriously surprised expression.

"Uh, we're in the same cla.s.s....." I replied.

He blinked before grinning happily. "That's wonderful news! You two will get along well with each other."

. . .

I slowly turned my head towards Eugene and glared at him.

Now I know why the door was intentionally unlocked.....this guy planned this!

He looked away with a tiny grin.

Yeah, okay, this calls for war.

I smiled brightly at Mr. Rose. "h.e.l.lo sir, it's a pleasure to meet you again."

He smiled back and spoke in English instead. "The pleasure is all mine. I see that you've grown up wonderfully, you look just like your mother! I hope your English hasn't gotten rusty."

I kept my smile even though I really wanted to punch this guy. I don't like him at all, I never have.

"Thank you for the compliment. How was the trip here?" I spoke this time in English as well.

"It was wonderful, j.a.pan still does have some nice places even if it's...j.a.pan. How's my son doing in school?"

My brothers and my father frowned a bit but quickly reverted their faces to neutral. This is what I hate about him. Eugene hates his father too, hence why he even went as far as changing his own last name. David Rose has something against j.a.pan because of an incident that had happened in the past. Although he doesn't mind my family since we lived in America, I can tell that he's sitting far from the Prime Minister on purpose.

The reason he is best friends with my father is because they both knew each other from university and became close after being roommates for years.

I pretended to think for a moment before answering him. Getting a bad feeling, Eugene paled and opened his mouth to cut in but I spoke before he could.

"Eugene's doing quite well at school...however he still has his old habit of attracting girls wherever he goes. He seems to be interested in quite a few. You know....your son is really popular."

Mr. Rose frowned and glared at his son. Back in America he once arranged for Eugene to marry a girl but Eugene didn't agree. I was one of the candidates before I convinced him otherwise....I mean, who still arranges marriages these days.

I bet he doesn't like the fact that Eugene was now swarmed with girls in j.a.pan.

"Is that so.....seems like we will be having a nice talk later, Eugene?"

".....Of course, father." He bitterly answered through gritted teeth.

That's what you get.

Finally grasping the situation, my dad spoke up and changed the topic.

"Yuri stop standing and sit down. We were simply talking about future plans for Sapphire. Since Mr. Rose is the vice-president of Amber he simply wanted to ask the Prime Minister for confirmation on the newest update coming out soon."

As the adults kept talking about the complications surrounding Sapphire's future update. I obediently sat down next to Toku and the Prime Minister's son.

"h.e.l.lo, you can just call me Tai since we've met before. Is it alright if I call you Yuri?"

I looked over at Tai and smiled.

"Yeah sure, I don't like formalities anyways. It's nice to see you again, I believe the last time we met was at the Prime Minister's birthday party last year?"

He nodded. "Your father is amazing, to be part of Amber's Marketing Committee is quite an outstanding achievement. But you know, Kai Suzuki over there is also part of the committee and he's only in his twenties."

I guess they don't know the Marketing Committee Head is actually my brother and my father is the Board of Committee President. My father never shows his face to the public, he always gets someone else to take his place.

Since they're still clueless, we probably still don't fully trust the Prime Minister's family, this meeting must just be an official business deal.

During last year's party, my father only dragged me along and privately introduced me to the Prime Minister since both my brothers were busy. Apparently his excuse was that I needed more 'exposure' to the outside world. That was the only time I ever went to any social gathering since coming to j.a.pan. The Prime Minister's family are the only people in j.a.pan that know I'm related to my father.

Now that I think about it, my brothers have never been introduced to anybody along with my father. I'm sure they will figure out good excuses to tell their acquaintances about their changed last names.

Everything is so complicated that I think my brain is going to shut down soon.

Right, let's just leave manipulating the information all up to my family. Apart from school I never go outside and it's not like I've changed my last name.

Just as I was about to pull out my phone to kill time, Toku leaned over and whispered. Tai knew that we were already acquainted so he didn't show an ounce of suspicion.

"Big Sis.....If you're going to come to a party you should wear something more fitting for the occasion. Next time you decided to barge into a formal gathering tell me ahead of time and I'll fix something up for you. I know you don't like wearing fancy clothes but if you keep this up you'll ruin father's reputation."

I sighed miserably at the thought of wearing dresses again and reluctantly nodded my head.

After everything I've gone through today, just getting Ryan's information isn't enough at all.