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Chapter 1317 Successfully Ascended to Power! (Please Subscribe!)

The following day, news broke that Koichi Muranishi, the newly appointed chairman of Sanwa Corporation, had been murdered at the company headquarters.

On the day the news broke, Taro Watakawa was shot on his way to the headquarters of Sanwa Company, but he narrowly escaped death.

Immediately afterwards, a split occurred within the Sanwa Company, and the combat team and the Eguchi team went to war.

Meanwhile, the residence of Jiro Shimizu, chairman of Inagi Company, was attacked by unidentified individuals who threw Molotov cocktails, and a fire destroyed three houses.

Immediately afterwards, internal information from Inagi Company leaked out that Shimizu Jiro had decided to go to war with Sanwa Company.

It is worth mentioning that the gang behind Kondo is the Inagi Company, the third largest gang in Japan. On that day, Shimizu Jiro personally called Muranishi Koichi to exchange benefits, so that Sanwa Company would give up its actions against Kondo.

At this time, Inagi Company and Sanwa Company had a falling out. Kondo was so frightened that he immediately stopped all his work and hid in some corner, trembling with fear.

Hua Shier, Du Chuan, and Daoji Company were locked in a fierce battle, with attacks occurring almost daily. News reports frequently showed employees of Sanhe Company and Daoji Company harming each other, as well as internal strife within Sanhe Company.

The two companies were fighting each other, and the impact was growing, causing some people to become restless.

The Superintendent General of the Criminal Investigation Department personally called the veterans of Sanhe Company and the former chairman of Daoji Company, demanding that both sides cease hostilities and stop escalating the impact; otherwise, the Criminal Investigation Department would launch a severe crackdown on both companies.

The veterans of Sanhe Company called Hua Shier directly.

That day, Hua Shier, along with Taibao, Lao Gui, Lao Dai, and others, arrived at the agreed-upon location.

After a rigorous inspection, someone led them across a stone path under a waterfall. At the end of the path, they saw three elderly men sitting on a wooden platform, enjoying the waterfall and drinking tea in a leisurely manner.

Du Chuan and his men were already waiting there. This arrogant fellow stood properly below the platform, which showed that the three old men must be extraordinary people.

Upon seeing Hua Shier arrive with his men, Watari Taro's anger surged, and he cursed under his breath, his face darkening:
"idiot!"

Hua Shier walked over with his hands in his pockets, and upon hearing the insults, he immediately retorted:
"You idiot, do you believe me or not?!"

Taro Watakawa was about to explode, raising his hand to order his men to attack, but at that moment the old man in the middle of the platform tapped the wooden plank on the platform with his cane, making a 'thud' sound.

Taro Watakawa immediately suppressed his anger, and Asaka Twelve snorted coldly and stopped talking.

Hua Shier scoffed, "What are you humming about? If you have rhinitis, go see a doctor. It would be disgusting if you snorted during the negotiations!"

As he spoke, he walked closer to the platform and nodded slightly to the old man in the middle of it.

"Hua Twelve greets the company's veterans!"

The old man saw that he did not bow at a ninety-degree angle and his face showed displeasure. He wanted to snort, but then he remembered what Hua Twelve had said to Taro Watari earlier. He was also afraid that Hua Twelve would say that he had snot, so he simply held back.

He looked Hua Twelve up and down:

"I've heard of you from Muranishi before. You're indeed young and promising. However, you've gone too far lately. The company needs peace. Your internal strife with Watagawa is a violation of company rules!"

When the topic turned to 'breaking company rules,' the old man seemed to be accusing someone.

The two elderly men in kimonos flanking the company's veterans were sipping tea while scrutinizing Hua Shier with their eyes, one of them with eyes full of disgust.

Hua Shier glanced at the old man, then asked the company's veterans:
"Then may I ask, Elder, if attacking one's own people is breaking the rules, then colluding with Inagi Company to murder the chairman is also breaking the rules?"

By the end, his voice was stern and he pointed at Watakawa Taro!

Watari immediately shouted, "Nonsense! I have never laid a hand on the Chairman, nor have I colluded with Inagi Company!"

Hua Shier sneered, "I knew you wouldn't admit it, so I brought all the evidence!"

He snapped his fingers, and the henchmen at the back took off their backpacks, opened them, and one took out a small television, another a VCR, and yet another a videotape.

The three old men on the Hua Twelve Court Platform explained:
"After the chairman took office, he installed the latest surveillance equipment in the company. This videotape is the surveillance footage from the chairman's office, which recorded the entire process of the chairman's murder!"

As he spoke, he instructed his men to start playing the video recording.

The video even included audio, clearly recording the conversations of the characters.

Then, an old man in a suit, led by Taro Watakawa, walked into Koichi Muranishi's office.

The veteran of Sanwa Company on stage immediately recognized him: "This is Shimizu Jiro of Inayoshi Company!"

Both old men nodded in agreement with his statement.

In the video, Shimizu Jiro directly said:

"Muranishi Koichi, your Sanwa Company is targeting artists under my Inagi Company, which is disrespectful to Inagi Company. I order you to immediately cease your actions and issue a public apology on television!"

The three old men on stage were completely dumbfounded. Shimizu Jiro had never been this stupid before. He actually forced Sanwa Company, the number one company in Japan's underworld, to apologize. Did he get kicked in the head by Kobe beef from Hokkaido?

As expected, in the video, Muranishi Koichi resolutely refused and loudly reprimanded Watagawa Taro for bringing outsiders into the headquarters.

But at that moment, Shimizu Jiro suddenly waved to Watagawa Taro, who immediately pulled out a Desert Eagle and blasted Muranishi Koichi's head off with a single shot, and the scene abruptly ended.

After watching the video, the veterans of Sanwa Company all turned ashen-faced, their gazes toward Watakawa Taro filled with murderous intent.

Taro Watakawa was stunned after watching the video:
"Impossible! I didn't do that. Although I know Shimizu Jiro, I would never collude with him to harm our own people!"

Hua Twelve sneered:

"The facts are right in front of you, what are you still trying to deny? Everyone in the organization knows that ever since you lost the election for chairman, you've been resentful of the old chairman. The news has even exposed that your son stole that batch of goods from the company, and you even killed Eguchi Toshiaki. What else is there to explain!"

Taro Watakawa now felt more wronged than Dou E. Although he was a Japanese and didn't know Dou E, it didn't stop him from feeling guilty. It was like a huge black pot had been thrown on his head.

This was in the 1990s, before AI videos existed, so he naturally didn't know what was going on. He couldn't understand why there was video evidence of his own crime when he hadn't done it. He felt like he couldn't explain it even if he had a hundred mouths.

Hua, a company elder on the platform, said:
"It's clear now who broke the rules, and this is not my fault!"

The company veteran nodded gravely, raised his hand to interrupt Watakawa Taro, who was about to explain, and then said:

"While there's right and wrong in the matter, stability is what we need right now, and the company's interests are paramount. Let's put your personal issues aside for now."

In the original storyline, after saying these words, the old man immediately appointed Jiang Guli as the chairman of Sanhe Company. Hua Shier wanted to see if the old man would also promote him. As it turned out, he was overthinking it. The company's veterans never discussed promoting him; instead, they immediately began to redistribute profits.

Hua Shier coughed lightly: "Please wait a moment!"

The company veteran was very dissatisfied with being interrupted and snorted coldly: "What is it, Manager Hua Twelve!"

"Nothing much, just discovered two uninvited guests."

He turned and pointed in the direction he had come from: "Grab them!"

In the direction he pointed, the two heads instantly retracted and then ran away.

Upon seeing that there were outsiders, the people from Sanhe Company immediately gave chase.

Ten minutes later, the two men were brought to the front of the platform. One was a thin, dark-skinned middle-aged man wearing a trench coat, and the other was a somewhat overweight young man with a camera slung around his neck. They had obviously been hiding behind the scenic rocks, taking pictures of this area.

Hua Shier couldn't help but laugh. There was a reason why a middle-aged old man and a young fat man hadn't escaped.

He recognized the middle-aged man in the trench coat as Officer Kitano from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Criminal Investigation Division in the original storyline.

Sure enough, Kitano shouted loudly at this moment:

"I'm Kitano from the Criminal Investigation Department. What does your Sanwa Company want? Release us now!"

Despite his loud shouting, everyone could tell that he was all bark and no bite.

The company's veterans looked at the two old men on either side, and both of them shook their heads.

The company veteran sighed: "Expose their negatives, then release them!"

Immediately, someone rushed over, snatched the camera from the fat man, took out the film, ripped out all the film, exposed it completely, and then burned it with a lighter.

Although Kitano and his companion were unwilling, they knew that being caught taking photos without permission and surviving was already the best outcome.

After the two men were kicked out, the company veterans continued to speak:

"Today, in order to mediate the conflict between your Jiangkou Group and the Combat Group, and also to resolve the issues between our Sanhe Company and Inagi Company, I have invited two friends to witness this. They are both very important figures, and I believe that with their mediation, Inagi Company will definitely give our Sanhehui a satisfactory explanation!"

The two old men nodded and gave a few words of advice to Watari Taro and Hua Shier, meaning to tell the two to stop fooling around. Their tone and attitude were condescending, as if they were ordering two little Karamis to do something.

Watari, who usually had an arrogant and haughty demeanor, bowed at a ninety-degree angle like a grandson in front of these two old men, and shouted:

"Hi Yi!"

Hua Shier simply nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.

The old Japanese soldier who had shown disgust when he saw Hua Twelve earlier was somewhat displeased:
"Young people these days seem to have less and less respect for their elders, which isn't surprising, given that they are, after all, older generations."

He then boasted to the chairman and another old man:
"Back in my war days, I killed countless people like this."

The faces of Taibao, Lao Gui, and Lao Dai behind Hua Shier were not good, but Hua Shier himself smiled faintly, interrupting Lao Bi Deng's words and saying to the elders:

"Your Excellency, a snake cannot function without a head. The most urgent task now is to elect a new chairman to take charge of the company's affairs. Please allow me to recommend myself."

The company's veteran gave Hua Shier a deep look, then suddenly burst out laughing. The other two old men also laughed, and even Watari Taro showed a disdainful smile.

Hua Shier laughed along, then asked, "Is there a problem?"

The company veteran waved his hand, signaling him to stop talking, and then pointed at Hua Shier:
"You are the biggest problem!"

“Although our Sanhe Company has foreign influence, there has never been a precedent of a foreigner taking over as chairman. Originally, after Muranishi Koichi, Watakawa was the most suitable person to take over as chairman, but he made a big mistake. I will summon the senior executives of the branches in various places to Tokyo to elect a new chairman. You don’t need to worry about this matter!”

Hua Shier said calmly, "I think we can set a precedent starting with me!"

After he finished speaking, he suddenly had a pistol with a silencer installed in his hand.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh, within a second, the three old men on the stage were all struck between the eyebrows.

Taro Watakawa couldn't understand how Hua Shier managed to get through security with a gun, and he was even more surprised that Hua Shier dared to kill even a company veteran. He was momentarily stunned and shocked.

In that instant, by the time he came to his senses and wanted his men to retaliate, Hua Shier had already fired more than a dozen shots, killing most of his men.

Hua Shier no longer intended to personally handle the remaining small karami; he waved his hand dismissively.

"Kill them all except Watari!"

Old Ghost and Taibao were already furious, and with neither side having any weapons, they rushed forward and started hand-to-hand combat.

Du Chuan's men on the other side were reduced to only a handful. Old Gui and his seven or eight men fought against him and killed them all. Only Du Chuan was left to try to escape, but Old Gui, that fat man, kicked him in the back and knocked him to the ground, where he immediately couldn't get up.

After Lao Gui and the others finished everything, Hua Twelve called out:

"Let's go, take Watari with us!"

That afternoon, a shocking case broke out at Sanhe Company: a veteran of the company and two influential elderly men were murdered. At the same time, while the police were investigating, two videotapes were released to the media.

One of them is a video recording of Watakawa colluding with Inayoshi Company to murder Muranishi Koichi.

The other video shows Taro Watakawa wreaking havoc next to the waterfall, killing the elder and two other old men.

The Metropolitan Police Department didn't even need to investigate anymore, because according to Kitano's report, they had personally witnessed the video of Watakawa killing Muranishi Koichi at the scene. After a little connection, they knew that these things were true. It must have been that Watakawa Taro's conspiracy was exposed, and he had no choice but to kill to cover it up.

Taro Watakawa: Let's investigate, just in case you guessed wrong.

The Metropolitan Police Department issued arrest warrants for Watakawa and Shimizu, who were seen in the video.

Two days later, Hua Shier officially announced to the outside world that he would serve as the chairman of Sanhe Company.

At Muranishi Koichi's funeral, he appeared in public for the first time. Facing the media, he said that Sanhe Company would cooperate with Uncle Hat's actions to bring the murderer to justice and avenge the old chairman Muranishi!

Koichi Muranishi: Can I swear?
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