Tokyo, 1991: Starting as a bank clerk

Chapter 210 Kiryu-kun! You've got some nerve!

The corridor was quiet for a few seconds.

Yutaro Kamiya did not immediately refute.

He stood under the eaves, leaning on his cane, and remained silent for a long time.

"Huizi, I have listened to what you said today, but if you want me to support you in selling the land in Lingkong City, these words alone are not enough."

"Because these are all just judgments in the end, and judgments can be wrong."

"If a mistake is made, the Miyazawa family will lose more than just a piece of land; they will lose their chance to turn things around over the next twenty years."

He turned around, leaning on his cane, ready to leave.

"Director Kamiya."

Kiryu Yaya's voice came from the other end of the corridor.

Yutaro Kamiya stopped and slowly turned around.

The young man in front of me still looks the same as always.

He was wearing a black suit, carrying a briefcase, and had a restrained and stoic expression on his face.

Yutaro Kamiya looked at him, standing there leaning on his cane: "Kiryu-kun, you're here too."

"Yes."

Kiryu Yaya stepped forward, bowed slightly, and then looked directly at the over-seventy-year-old director: "I heard what Ms. Keiko said just now. I will explain to you the part she didn't finish."

Yutaro Kamiya narrowed his eyes: "Was it your idea to have the Miyazawa Group sell that piece of land in Rinko City?"

Kiryu Yaya didn't mince words: "That's right, that's my opinion."

Yutaro Kamiya's face darkened with anger. He slammed his cane on the ground with a dull thud: "Nonsense! Do you know what that land means to the Miyazawa family?"

Yutaro Kamiya's gaze was sharp as a knife: "You, an outsider, dare to incite the Miyazawa family to sell their ancestral property? You've got some nerve!"

Yutaro Kamiya was clearly genuinely angry.

Keiko Miyazawa instinctively wanted to speak, but was stopped by Yaya Kiryu.

He stood before Yutaro Kamiya, meeting the fiery gaze of the over-seventy-year-old man, without taking a single step back.

In this situation, Kiryu Yaya not only did not back down, but instead a smile appeared on his lips.

"But it is precisely because I am an outsider that I can see things that the Miyazawa family cannot see."

Upon hearing this, Yutaro Kamiya frowned even more deeply.

Kiryu Yaya declared loudly, "Director Kamiya, haven't you realized that the biggest crisis facing the Miyazawa Group right now stems from this land?"

Yutaro Kamiya's cane hovered above the stone floor as he looked at Yaya Kiryu and asked, "What do you mean by this?"

Kiryu Yaya gazed at Kamiya Yutaro: "During the Edo period, there was a bustling market in Osaka. One day, a seven-year-old child was walking alone on that street, clutching a small piece of pure gold in his hand."

"Director Kamiya, what is your opinion on this behavior?"

Koban was a common gold coin during the Edo period, with a legal face value of one ryo.

Yutaro Kamiya frowned, wondering why he had suddenly brought this up, but he still offered his opinion: "The child's parents were too negligent. In that kind of place, at that age, holding gold coins was far too dangerous."

"You're right."

Kiryu Yaya nodded: "But what if the child's parents are no longer alive? What if the child is an orphan? In that case, what should he do?"

Yutaro Kamiya did not answer, but he seemed to have understood something from the analogy.

Kiryu Yaya completed the answer for him: "You would tell him: put the gold down, or replace it with something less conspicuous, and survive first."

"But have you ever considered the difference between the gold tablet in this child's hand and the land in Lingkong City held by the Miyazawa family?"

The corridor was quiet.

Kiryu Yaya took another half step forward: "Everyone knows the value of the Gold Plate and the Sky Castle, but does the Miyazawa Group have the power to defend them now?"

"Director Kamiya, you just said that by selling this land, the Miyazawa family will lose their chance to turn their fortunes around for the next twenty years. But if that orphan doesn't let go of the gold, do you think he can walk out of that street alive?"

Yutaro Kamiya is an extremely intelligent person; otherwise, he could not have reached this position.

In just a moment, he understood Kiryu Yaya's story.

Then he stood there, leaning on his cane, without moving.

After a long silence, he finally spoke: "—That kid Miyazawahara, his death—wasn't it an accident?"

Yutaro Kamiya didn't look at Yaya Kiryu; his gaze was fixed on the distance.

He seemed afraid to see the answer, yet also as if he already knew the answer and was just waiting for confirmation.

Kiryu Yaya did not answer, but simply nodded slightly.

This nod, like a leaf touching the ground, was more weighty than any words.

Yutaro Kamiya's cane swayed slightly.

He stood under the eaves, leaning on his black cane, his gray hair gently blowing in the wind.

After learning the answer, the anger, confusion, and resistance on his face receded like the tide.

Yutaro Kamiya was silent for a moment, then spoke: "Kiryu-kun, you're right."

"A child clutching the gold coin will never leave that street."

With that, he let out a long sigh: "Let's do as Huizi wishes with that piece of land in Lingkong City."

He then shook his head, turned and walked a few steps along the corridor, then suddenly stopped, leaving behind the words: "Don't call me 'Old Man' on the day of the vote—"

Without turning around, Yutaro Kamiya stood at the exit of the corridor, leaning on his cane, his back to the two men: "This old man—"

"I can't bear it—"

Keiko Miyazawa stared at the retreating figure, opened her mouth as if to say something, but found herself unable to utter a single word.

Yutaro Kamiya did not linger.

He leaned on his cane and walked forward step by step until he disappeared at the end of the corridor.

Kiryu Yaya stood there, watching the figure disappear completely before letting out a soft sigh of relief.

He turned to look at Keiko Miyazawa and comforted her, "When Director Kamiya was young and helping your grandfather build the empire, he probably never imagined this day would come."

"To watch something you've protected your whole life being torn down with your own hands."

Keiko Miyazawa did not answer.

She just stood there, looking in the direction where Yutaro Kamiya had left, for a long time.

Then she lowered her head: "—Let's go."

"There's still a lot to do."

Kiryu Yaya nodded and walked with her along the corridor.

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