I became Hokage in Tokyo

Chapters 153-155 The Palace of Bliss

"I see. So, the Black Emperor Society's Chairman Hyoudou... what kind of monsters and demons are they?"

Under the hypnosis of the Sharingan, Kurosaki the butler and Junfu were naturally powerless to resist and were controlled by Uchiha Naruto.

The young master named Junfu knew nothing when asked, but the silver-haired old butler knew everything and spilled out all the inside information.

Naruto Uchiha had never heard of either the Black Emperor Society or Chairman Hyodo before. He asked Junfu to take out his phone and search for them, but there was almost no trace of them on the internet, only a few rumors of unknown veracity.

With the introduction from Kurosaki's butler, Uchiha Naruto gained a general understanding of the history of the Hyoudou clan's rise to power.

The Hyodo family were just ordinary merchants during the Edo period; they truly rose to prominence after the Meiji Restoration.

After the Meiji Restoration, among the nobles granted titles by the imperial court, apart from the hereditary nobles and feudal lords, one-third were commoners and lower-ranking samurai.

These nobles, who were granted titles for their meritorious service, were divided into military nobles and great merchants who made contributions to industry and commerce, such as Shibusawa Eiichi, known as the "Father of Japanese Industry".

The ancestors of the Hyodo family poured all their wealth into the anti-shogunate army, and later engaged in the business of trafficking Japanese women to Southeast Asia to sell their bodies, earning a large amount of foreign exchange for the empire. In the end, they were awarded titles for their merits and ranked at the bottom of the nobility.

After the war, the American occupation forces focused their attacks on several top-ranking conglomerates such as Mitsui and Mitsubishi. The Hyodo family, being at the bottom of the list and through diligent maneuvering, managed to escape the purge.

Later, with the changing international situation, the United States regarded Japan as a bridgehead in East Asia and began to support Japan's industry, commerce and finance.

The previously suppressed zaibatsu began to regroup in the form of industrial associations, accumulating enormous wealth during the unprecedented three decades of prosperity following the war.

The Black Emperor Society, led by the Hyodo family, is one of them.

In Japan's thousand-year history, there were only two rare periods of upward mobility: the Meiji Restoration and the thirty years after the war. The Hyodo family seized these opportunities, so how could they not rise to prominence?

In particular, the current chairman of the Hyoudou family is quite bold and capable. He decisively withdrew from the real estate industry on the eve of the bursting of the bubble economy, and then bought up assets at the bottom when the economy collapsed, making the Black Emperor Society's wealth grow bigger and bigger like a snowball.

Chairman Hyodo is over ninety years old, and the wealth, prestige, and connections he has accumulated over nearly a century are simply unfathomable.

As far as Kurosaki knows, Chairman Hyodo holds more than 10% of Mitsubishi Bank's shares.

Naruto Uchiha remained silent after hearing this.

Afterwards, Butler Kurosaki explained all the details of their cooperation with the monster organization, including providing living people to Higuchi Orochi for live experiments, providing shelters, and even mentioning the "art of immortality".

"The art of immortality requires a bloodline sacrifice, which is impossible. The Hokage doesn't possess such a technique."

Naruto Uchiha shook his head. There are only a handful of techniques in Naruto that can achieve immortality, and none of them fit the bill.

Using living people as sacrifices sounds a bit like the Impure World Reincarnation technique, but the Impure World Reincarnation is the highest level of summoning jutsu, which even Naruto Uchiha hasn't mastered yet.

Of all the skills that dropped when we killed Higuchi Orochi, the only one that was even remotely related was "Resurrection of the Corpse".

However, Higuchi Orochi was only at level 2 of the Reanimation Jutsu, and he could barely possess a human body himself, let alone help others to do so.

"The secret to immortality is a lie! That old man was fooled by Higuchi Orochi."

Naruto Uchiha blinked and immediately came to a conclusion.

Hyodo, the chairman of the Black Emperor Society, was a formidable and powerful figure in his time, but in his old age, he made a series of foolish moves, placing his hopes for immortality on monsters.

"The Higuchi Orochi made a grand promise and tricked the human elites into serving it like slaves. So, is it true that as long as one experiences birth, aging, sickness, and death, one cannot resist the temptation of immortality?"

Naruto Uchiha was somewhat relieved that he had accidentally exorcised the Higuchi Orochi.

Higuchi Orochi, this so-called demon teacher, is extremely cunning and treacherous in both his methods and thoughts. Moreover, he is well aware of the darkness and weakness of human nature. If he were to cultivate deep roots in human society and unite with those already corrupt and greedy powerful figures, he would likely form an unprecedentedly huge malignant tumor.

"Where is Chairman Hyoudou now?" Naruto Uchiha licked his lips and asked.

"In the Palace of Bliss."

Uchiha Naruto, a country bumpkin from a humble background, naturally had no idea what Paradise Palace was.

It was only through the introduction of the butler, Kurosaki, that I learned that the Palace of Ecstasy was actually the largest money pit in Tokyo, run behind the scenes by Chairman Hyodo.

In addition to regular activities such as casinos, sex work, underground boxing, and dog fighting, there is also a special program that is usually held once a month for top VIPs.

Because it's Golden Week, the special program is being shown every day as an exception.

"How interesting. Humanity's imagination for tormenting its own kind truly knows no bounds. Or perhaps, do predators simply not consider ordinary people as their own kind?"

After listening to the special program, Naruto Uchiha's body trembled slightly, not from fear, but from excitement!

Whether in his past or present life, Uchiha Naruto had never met a figure of Hyoudou's stature.

If I hadn't obtained the system, even if I studied diligently my whole life, got into a prestigious university, and entered a large company, my final destination would have been nothing more than becoming a pawn under Chairman Hyodo, and I might not even have had the chance to face him directly.

"I wonder if Chairman Hyoudou's blood is red, black, or some other, more murky color?"

The scum of the Seishin-kai and Sei-no-gumi that Uchiha Naruto killed numbered close to two hundred, but the combined weight of these people was probably less than one of Hyoudou's hands.

"Waaaaah—"

Tsuna lay on the ground, trembling and whimpering in fear at the murderous aura emanating from Naruto Uchiha.

"Tsuna, that's enough for now. Slip out of this manor and wander around somewhere random."

Naruto Uchiha patted Tsuna's back, and as his hand touched him, Tsuna began to turn transparent.

Now that Tsuna is also a superhuman dog, with the added ability to escape through obstacles, running away from this heavily guarded manor without anyone knowing would be incredibly easy—no, even easier than wagging his tail.

Next, we'll be heading to the Paradise Palace. Bringing a dog along isn't very convenient, so when needed, Uchiha Naruto can naturally summon it using the Summoning Jutsu.

"Next..."

Naruto Uchiha turned around and carefully examined the young master Junfu's face from head to toe, left to right, the black tomoe in his eyes constantly swirling.

Then I walked around him a few more times, memorizing his physical features.

Naruto Uchiha raised his index and middle fingers together, then brought them together:

"Transformation Technique!"

(End of this chapter)