Tokyo, 1991: Starting as a bank clerk

Chapter 120 I love seeing rivers of blood! [Seventh update, please vote!]

The next day.

The Osaka branch was quieter than usual.

The asset list that Hara Masazō revealed last night has already caused quite a stir within the Financing Review Division.

As everyone knows, there's a high probability that most of the 800 million yen hole can be covered.

But precisely because of this, everyone is waiting for the answer to one question—

Will this billion-dollar loan ultimately be investigated and prosecuted against the school?

Although the loan may be recovered, the characterization of the incident as an early accident case may still exist.

It's not even eight o'clock yet.

Kiyomasa Ogaki arrived ahead of schedule.

It was almost an hour earlier than usual.

This was quite unusual for the finance minister, who was usually slow and increasingly reluctant to get involved as he approached retirement.

Everyone in the classroom was stunned for a moment.

"minister----"

"Boss Ogaki."

"Good morning."

Upon seeing the visitor, Masakazu Yamada handed over the documents in his hand: "Minister Ogaki, please take a look."

Kiyomasa Ogaki nodded slightly and took the copy of Hara Shozo's confession and a summary of the asset list.

He pulled out a chair and sat down, first opening the confession and reading it from the first page to the last, his expression remaining unchanged throughout.

Then he picked up the asset list, from the Abeno residence, the Kobe apartment, the Minoo land, all the way to the Swiss account and the gold custody certificate.

After reading it, he gently put the documents down and even showed a hint of satisfaction.

"good."

Kiyomasa Ogaki slowly began to speak: "The Financing Review Division deserves much credit for recovering so many assets under such difficult conditions."

Standing to the side, Masakazu Yamada bowed slightly: "You flatter me, Minister. It was mainly the borrower who revealed the truth."

"Um."

Kiyomasa Ogaki nodded: "In that case, proceed according to normal procedures. First, secure the assets that can be preserved, then report to headquarters together with the Debt Management Division. Let's avoid any unforeseen complications."

"Understood," Masakazu Yamada replied.

Kiyomasa Ogaki glanced at the list a couple more times, then stood up, as if he had just come to check on things out of concern, and turned to leave the Financing Review Division's office area.

However, he did not return to his office, but instead turned around and went to the temporary detention area.

Kajiwara Masazō was in a light sleep when he heard footsteps and opened his eyes.

Upon seeing that it was Kiyomasa Ogaki, he slowly sat up straight: "You've come."

In the temporary detention room, Kajiwara Masazo raised his head, his face ashen, but he still managed to force a smile.

Kiyoshi Ogaki closed the door, sat down opposite him, and cut to the chase: "I've come to confirm something. Are there any names that shouldn't appear in the confession?"

Kajiwara Masazō glanced at him and chuckled softly.

"Don't worry, the written documents are clean. The false declarations, misappropriation of loans, and concealment of assets were all done by me alone. I didn't involve you."

Kiyomasa Ogaki nodded calmly. "Very good. At this point, the smartest thing you can do is to stop the case at the level of 'the borrower maliciously concealing assets.' The bank wants the loan back, not to dig into personal connections."

Kajiwara Masazō sneered, "You seem to have it easy. You were the one who approved the billion-yen loan. You also taught me how to hide the assets. Now that things have gone wrong, it's all my fault."

Ogaki Kiyomasa's expression remained unchanged.

"You were the one who decided to lend the money, you were the one who forged the documents, and you were the one who transferred the assets. I never signed a single word for you."

"But you're the one who should open the door."

Kajiwara Masazō stared at him: "Without you, this billion wouldn't have come at all."

The room was silent for two seconds.

Kiyomasa Ogaki said calmly, "So? You want to make things clearer?"

Kajiwara Masazo looked at him and suddenly smiled.

"I only realized today that people like you are the most capable. Not only are you good at getting things done, but you can also absolve yourself of all responsibility when things go wrong."

Kiyomasa Ogaki didn't respond to that question, but instead asked, "After last night, who else knows things they shouldn't know?"

A hint of sarcasm flashed in Kajiwara Masazō's eyes.

"You've finally gotten to the point."

Hearing his tone, Kiyomasa Ogaki's gaze darkened, and a sense of foreboding flashed through his mind.

"Who?"

Kajiwara Masazō chuckled softly, "I don't know his full name, I only know that your subordinates call him Kiryu."

A cold glint flashed in Kiyomasa Ogaki's eyes: "Kiryu, huh?"

Kajiwara Masazō chuckled: "That's right, that's the name."

As those four words fell, Kiyomasa Ogaki's expression finally changed.

"You told him?"

"I'm not that stupid."

Kajiwara Masazō leaned back in his chair: "He figured it out himself. He came to see me alone last night, and the first thing he said after sitting down was..."

He stared at Kiyomasa Ogaki and repeated, word by word, "The person who taught you this way of hiding assets, wasn't it Kiyomasa Ogaki?"

The air suddenly turned cold.

After a moment of silence, Ōgaki Kiyomasa asked, "What was your answer?"

"I didn't admit it, but I can't pretend to be stupid either."

Kajiwara Masashi smiled wryly: "That kid already had the answer in his heart, he was just waiting for my reaction."

Kiyomasa Ogaki frowned: "Besides that, what else did he ask?"

"You asked quite a few questions."

Kajiwara Masazō said, "He saw it very clearly; he knew I wasn't capable of designing that whole system myself. Nominee ownership, overseas accounts, gold custody, insurance payouts—"

"He kept asking, so I eventually told him about the 'Tokyo Assets Consolidation Research Association.'"

Kiyomasa Ogaki tapped the table lightly with his fingers.

"How much did you say?"

"Research association, membership, points trading—that's all I've mentioned."

Kajiwara Masazō looked at him: "But he didn't say much about the name. Only you guessed it yourself."

Kiyomasa Ogaki's face darkened completely.

Kajiwara Masazō, as if he had gotten a sense of satisfaction, chuckled softly, "Before last night, I was the only one who had been exonerated, but after last night, who knew that you, Ōgaki Kiyomasa, would be dragged into this mess as well?"

Kiyoshi Ogaki said coldly.

"Knowing something doesn't mean you have evidence."

"But he's already got his eye on you."

Kajiwara Masazō said, "The plan to have Saeko tell me the bank was going to investigate Rokko, and then to stake out the Rokko Golf Course, that was his idea, wasn't it?"

There was a few seconds of silence in the room.

But in silence, Kajiwara Shozo already knew the answer.

He clicked his tongue and said, "These young people are truly formidable!"

Kiyomasa Ogaki ignored him and spoke again: "Listen carefully. From now on, whether it's Kiryu Yaya or anyone else, if they ask me again, you will only have one answer."

"have no idea!"

"Your asset arrangements were all obtained through your own inquiries with tax accountants, legal scriveners, and intermediaries; they have nothing to do with anyone inside the bank."

"This is the only way you can still retain some dignity."

Kajiwara Masazō stared at him, then suddenly asked, "And you? Aren't you afraid at all?"

Kiyoshi Ogaki stood up and straightened his suit cuffs.

"I've worked in banking my whole life, and the thing I believe in least is karma."

"I only believe in evidence."

After saying that, he walked to the door, paused, and added without turning his head: "Suspicion is just suspicion. As long as there is no concrete evidence, he can't do anything to me."

The door was opened and then closed.

Click.

Kajiwara Masazō sat there, staring at the closed door, and after a long while, he chuckled softly.

"Old fox—"

"Unfortunately, you can't sleep well anymore."

In the corridor, Kiyomasa Ogaki's steps remained steady.

But only he knew that a layer of cold sweat had seeped out on his back.

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So is Kiryu.

He had initially regarded this young man as just another lucky newcomer in the financing review department.

But things are different now.

A person who can directly name someone without any evidence should never be considered an ordinary employee.

Kiyomasa Ogaki stopped in his tracks, slowly removed his glasses, and whispered the name: "Kiryu Yaya—"

For the first time, he truly saw this young man as a threat.

We need to find a way to get rid of it as soon as possible.

11:30 a.m.

Kiryu Yaya took a document, intending to deliver it to the Debt Management Division, and passed by the temporary detention room.

Kajiwara Masazō was sitting in a chair at that moment.

His face was sallow, yet he still had a cigarette dangling from his mouth, looking like he was about to rot away, but he still insisted on putting on the airs of a club president.

head.

"Kiryu-san."

Kajiwara Masazō looked up, grinned at Kiryu Yaya standing by the door, and then said to Yamada Masakazu, who was on duty, "I have two things I'd like to say to him privately."

Masakazu Yamada frowned, but nodded and had someone close the door.

The room fell silent as soon as the door closed.

Kiryu Yaya stood opposite him without sitting down, and frowned slightly: "Speak."

Kajiwara Masazō chuckled softly, his eyes filled with a kind of madness that came from being utterly rotten and fearless.

"Although I'm not a very good person, I still want to give you a friendly reminder at a time like this."

He raised his head, stared at Kiryu Yaya, and said, word by word, "—Oogaki Kiyomasa already knows."

Kiryu Yaya's gaze darkened slightly.

"Know what?"

"I know you know about him."

Kajiwara Masazo seemed to have seen something extremely interesting, and his shoulders twitched as he laughed.

"That old fox came over this morning without stopping."

He sat across from me, slowly sipping his tea, and asked me who I had talked to and what I had said last night, and whether I had said anything I shouldn't have.

"That look in his eyes—haha, it's still a little scary to think about now."

Kajiwara Masazō became more and more excited as he spoke, and a morbid gleam appeared in his eyes.

"Kiryu-san, do you know what? What I enjoy watching most right now is you respectable people biting each other."

"One wants me dead, one wants Ogaki dead, and Ogaki wants to kill you first—hahahahaha!"

He laughed maniacally, laughing so hard he could barely breathe, his entire face contorted in pain.

"I love watching rivers of blood!"

"Interesting, absolutely fascinating!"

"You banking elites, aren't you always the ones who love to talk about rules, procedures, and decorum? But when it really comes down to it, you're tougher than anyone else!"

"Die, die, all of you die!!!"

"Ha ha ha ha!!!"

Laughter echoed in the cramped detention room, sending chills down one's spine.

However, Kiryu Yaya simply looked at him quietly, a faint smile appearing on his lips.

"Thanks for reminding me."

His voice was unusually calm, as if he were not flustered in the slightest.

Kajiwara Masazō's laughter stopped abruptly.

He stared at Kiryu Yaya's face, trying to find a trace of panic, anger, or at least surprise. But he found nothing.

There wasn't even a superfluous expression on that young face.

That feeling gave Kajiwara Masazō a strange chill.

"Aren't you afraid?"

He squinted and asked.

"What are you afraid of?"

After hearing this, Kiryu Yaya actually chuckled softly.

Seemingly realizing that Kiryu Yaya hadn't understood him, Kajiwara Masazō scoffed and said, "What are you afraid of?"

"If someone like Kiyomasa Ogaki sets his sights on you, he will definitely find a way to get you out of his sight."

"There are plenty of people in the bank who want to climb up by stepping on others, and there are also plenty of people who are willing to do things for the minister."

"External transfer, being sidelined, graded unfairly, being implicated in accidents or cases—any one of these is enough to get you into serious trouble."

"And you didn't know, did you? Kiyomasa Ogaki has a younger brother named Hideto Ogaki, who is the head of the personnel department at Mitsubishi's headquarters."

"A single transfer order can send you to Southeast Asia."