Chapter 1350. Judgment / Scapegoat

Then, Tsukiko and Shou-neechan stayed behind to check and scrape the memories of the rebel troops and police.

Well erase all information about us from their minds.

Come here

Minaho-neesan calls me to the backroom of the underground warehouse.

Inside is a small office-like room with a desk, laptop, and a phone.

Kouzuki-sama wants to talk to you

Jii-chan does?

Oh, hes watching from somewhere.

Our school is full of cameras and microphones Minaho-neesan set up.

Theres no better place for live coverage than there.

Minaho-neesan faced the laptop to me and then

Jii-chans at the screen.

It seems that you had troubles

Jii-chans laughing.

Seems like he was watching from his mansion.

He will hear you, just talk

Minaho-neesan told me.

I sat down in front of the laptop.

Its rough, I mean, its still ongoing

We just caught the perpetrators

The people in the Kouzuki house who tried to drag me down arent cleaned up yet.

Leave the Kouzuki house to me. Its not yet time for you to think about that

Since Jii-chan, the head of the Kouzuki house is still alive and well, I cant interfere in the affairs of the family.

Those who messed with you disobeyed my will so they will be penalized accordingly

Jii-chan said.

This is a shame of our house. But if we can sort this out, we will be stronger in the future

Thats why you let the rebellion happen on purpose, right?

The fact that someone out of nowhere is accepted as Misuzus partner, the daughter of the head of the Kouzuki house, was amazing in itself.

Then, if the Kouzuki SS, the private army of the Kouzuki house is given to that person

Naturally, there will be people who will want to take me out no matter what.

Basically. Whenever you reform the system, reactionary forces will appear. If you dont take them out while theyre weak, then theyll become seeds of trouble later on

They were still in a weak state?

Nearly ten rebel units and about 10 policemen invaded our school.

Even if theyre from a branch family, theyre still from the Kouzuki house. It would be scarier if they hired someone like Cesario Viola or a foreign underground organization

Jii-chan smiled wryly.

Its all just Japanese this time, and they werent serious to the point that they had to plant a real bomb, right?

Still, they pretended that they might have a bomb, right?

That was a bluff. Its just a way to put pressure on the guards and have them feel like they have to keep an eye on the whole campus at all times so that they devote their manpower to it

So they had no intention to plant the bomb?

Yes. However, theres still a percent chance that a bomb has been planted, and the guards have to deal with it accordingly

Even if theyre not serious, one has to keep constant watch because the bomb might be real.

Thats enough of an effect, dont you think?

Yeah, I think

If it were a foreign organization, then they wont hesitate to set off bombs or anything else if they think itll be quicker. Theyll do things without worrying about casualties to the public

Jii-chan on the screen speaks to me.

In Japan, they wont set the whole forest on fire to kill a single tiger in the forest. However, foreigners do it. They dont think about the value of the forest or how many other animals live in it. All they can think about is how to achieve their goals efficiently without empathy for others

Even the Kouzuki SS rebel squads would have a hard time with their conscience to involve high-school students who are just enjoying the school festival together with their family and friends.

That kind of method is available to organizations outside the country.

They dont hesitate to destroy communities where others live. They can do that without batting an eye.

Therefore, I think its good that were able to prune this way during this period

Jii-chan said.

Your judgment was also right. Generous to those who are pulled by the ringleaders, but harsh on the ringleaders without taking their lives. Well, it was the right thing to do, because its better to let them live and humiliate themselves, that horror will spread in the future

The ringleaders will pee and defecate themselves whenever they see or hear the name Kouzuki or Kuromori.

So far, Ive been in charge of creating the horrors behind the scenes in the Kouzuki house

Jii-chan was making people in front and behind the scenes get in awe of the Kouzuki house.

However, Misuzu, Ruriko, and Yoshiko will have to take over that job. I dont want them to cover themselves in mud

Yeah.

I also dont want Misuzu to do work behind the scenes.

So, Im sorry to ask but Id rather leave the work where you have to get your hands dirty to you

I know that. Jii-chan, ah

I noticed.

Why did Jii-chan let this rebellion suppression happen at our schools festival

He wants to get it over it without Misuzu and Ruriko knowing about it.

Jii-chan said it earlier.

That it was a shame to the Kouzuki house.

Jii-chan doesnt want Misuzu and Ruriko to know that there were rebels in the Kouzuki house.

Houses sure are complicated. You cant leave blood relationships. Even if you break it off, it doesnt change the fact that youre still blood-related

Jii-chan said.

There are three members of the Kouzuki house who joined the rebellion. Punishing those three would destroy the entire Kouzuki house. Their parents, siblings, and children are part of the Kouzuki house, and work for the Kouzuki group

If its revealed that they plotted to assassinate me, it wont just be them but also their relatives will be affected.

Theyll lose the position in the Kouzuki house, in the group companies, and their parents, siblings, and children will too.

Therefore, well make it look like nothing happened on the surface

Yeah.

However, we still have to punish those who did wrong. They will not be reprimanded in public, but if we dont punish them behind the scenes, then the same thing will happen again

If they carried out a scheme to erase me and got prevented but not penalized.

Theyll think less of Jii-chan and me.

People who will find out about it after the fact will also look down on us.

Theyll make another worthless plan to set me up.

The man who leads the three will end up in an accident. Thatll instill fear in the two. I will put a watcher around them at all times. Then, we can suppress them with fear

Jii-chan continues.

However, there will be no changes made to the current position within the Kouzuki group. If we move them poorly, theyll just resent me more. That could start another incident in the years to come

Problems with blood relatives are complicated

Well, enough of that. Anyway, Ill deal with the Kouzuki house side. Once we pull the fangs out of the three, we can manage and stabilize them

Well continue to be on guard. Theres more who arent happy to see me

I said.

Indeed, dont let your guard down

Jii-chan on the screen smiles.

By the way, as for the Ishigami houses children

Oh, about that.

Tsukiko had them paused for now. Well just erase their memories related to us and then send them back to the Ishigami house

These idiot siblings will take some time but it cant be helped

Are you sure about that?

Huh?

The Ishigami siblings were participating in the plan to take you out, werent they?

No, they were involved in the result But, thats only because a guy named Koda sent by the Kouzuki SS rebel group tricked them

Even if they were tricked, they still caused you trouble. Am I wrong?

Well

Or should I say that if those siblings were wiser, that man wont incite them and they wont come and meet you, right?

Jii-chan asks me.

You handled it well so it didnt cause any problems, but if you hadnt, the siblings could have been injured, or killed. He couldve been caught by the police for processing illegal weapons and tarnishing the honor of his family

I think thats true

If someones done something to you, then you must always pay back

Payback.

If you let them go home safely like that, dont you think the Ishigami house will thank you?

I dont think so

These guys are idiots.

Rather, theyd fear me and hate me.

No, I was thinking of having Tsukiko erase all the memories of our contact

Then all the hard work wont have any worth!

Err.

No, I dont care about the fuss they made

That wont do, you cant let it slip

Jii-chan said.

Its normal for you to go through hardships for your family. But, even your family, is giving a lot of thought to your hardships, dont they? Thats the reason why you work hard and do not get discouraged. Isnt that right?

Yeah, I think so

Its because I have my family

They smile gently and love me every day.

Thats the reason why I can carry on for my family.

However, the Ishigami siblings arent your family. They need to repay you for the favor that youve done them

They would never thank me.

Then, the Ishigami siblings must also be punished as a member of the nobility

Ishigami Norio and Ishigami Mizuki will be punished?

Have you heard of Patricia Hearsts case?

Jii-chan asks me suddenly.

No, I dont know

Have you watched the movie titled citizen Kane

Citizen?

Skip it. There was a newspaper magnate in America named William Hearst who was the model for the movie Citizen Kane. He was a man who made a huge fortune in his lifetime. Patricia Hearst is William Hearsts granddaughter

A wealthy Americans granddaughter.

In 1974, Patricia, when she was 19 years old, was kidnapped by a militant group when she ran away from home. Two months later, that organization committed a bank robbery in San Francisco, and Patricia has become a member of the organization over two months, she also participated the bank robbery

A wealthy daughter became a bank robber?

At that time, a video of Patricia robbing a bank was left in the banks surveillance cameras, and it got reported on TV and newspapers, causing an uproar throughout the US

Jii-chan on the screen grins.

A month after the incident, the police raided the criminal groups hideout, but Patricia wasnt arrested, because she happened to be outside. A month later, Patricia sends a tape with photos and her voice to a station in Los Angeles. In addition to declaring that Patricia had become friends with an extremist group, she even called her parents fascist pigs, and the fiance her parents picked for her a sex animal, causing another uproar in the US when it was broadcasted. Hearsts houses honor has fallen to the ground

Their granddaughter joined a bank robbery willingly.

Patricias arrest happened a year later. When the trial began, she pleaded not guilty, saying that she was coerced by the militant group and that she only joined to avoid getting killed. The lawyer alleged that Patricia had been brainwashed in the militant group, but the excuse didnt go through. Patricia had to go through 35 years of penal servitude

Thirty-five?

The case had been brought to attention by the whole country because of the media, saying that the Jury handed down a heavy sentence, thinking of the social impact. However

W-What?

Patricia Hearsts a daughter of a wealthy family. The Hearst family used various contacts to write a petition to save their daughter. And so, the 35-year sentence was drastically reduced to seven years in prison

A fifth?

In fact, the Hearsts have moved the president to issue a special pardon with bail set at 1.5M$. In the end, Patricia Hearst won the parole after less than a year of prison

From 35 years of penal servitude to 7, the actual was just less than a year.

This wasnt a story of savage dictatorship, it happened in the US a mere 40 years ago

Jii-chan said.

So. Dont you think that its just a shameful story from start to end?

Well

Patricia Hearst joined the bank robbery because she was a kidnap victim suffering from Stockholm syndrome, a condition where the victim sympathizes with the criminals while they were in their company. Still, that was not much. Its still disgraceful

True.

I also have granddaughters. Therefore I cant just pass this off as a laughing matter

If Misuzu and Ruriko were to get kidnapped by some weird cult organization.

And she gets arrested for robbing a bank with those people

Then, the whole society was to cover that process.

Thats the end of the Kouzuki house.

The presence of one dumb girl will bring down the honor of this family. We have to make sure we dont create girls like Patricia Hearst, and we, parents of nobility, cant forget that. I often tell this story during gatherings

Jii-chan said.

And, the children of the nobility also must always understand their status and the weight of their actions. If theyre a child of nobility, then they should know that from elementary!

But, the Ishigami siblings.

Those siblings were clearly lacking in self-respect. They lost their wisdom. They came to a dangerous place on their own and agreed with the bad guys. They nearly disgraced the Ishigami house, and

Jii-chan on the laptop sighed.

They werent reflecting at all. They didnt understand what they did. Thats just troublesome. I want someone to kick them on their asses

Meaning.

They wont be able to learn if you send them home without punishing them. And, its also for your sake

I guess its wrong of me to just swallow and digest whatever the Ishigami siblings did to me.

Give them a scare before sending them home. Give them an unforgettable disgrace

Jii-chan tells me.

If you dont go that far, the siblings wont learn. Let it sink to their mind and body that there are lines they cant cross

Thats

Dont forget that youre a part of a criminal group. And, youre also the man who will control Kouzuki SS and the dark side of the Kouzuki house

I belong to the Black Forest, a criminal syndicate.

Kuromori house belongs in the shadows.

Dont put up to getting underestimated by the Ishigami children. If they did something, return twofold. If not, you will never be feared, and there will always be people who look down on you

We managed to end it safely today.

But, if theres another incident where they try to kill me, my family might get hurt.

But, what do I do with the Ishigami siblings?

I asked.

Its a son and daughter of nobility after all.

Why dont you impregnate the woman or anything?

Jii-chan said.

Kuromori houses business is a brothel. The head of Ishigami house should know that. If they picked a fight with the Kuromori house, can they expect their daughter to return still a virgin?

So Im raping Ishigami Mizuki?

Have fun. Ishigamis daughter wont become your woman. The punishment only lasts for the day. You can violate her knowing that

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