After being elected as the governor of Tokyo, he will debut as a band!

“Xiao Xiang… I’m not saying this to criticize you… I just hope you can care about Xiao Mu and us, just like before… crychic.”

Before Nagasaki Motoyo uttered the word "crychic," it truly touched the softest corner of Toyokawa Shoko's heart. But when she uttered the word "crychic," Toyokawa Shoko's heart was once again filled with vigilance.

"Stop using Xiao Mu as an excuse! All you're thinking about is Crychic! You don't really care about Xiao Mu at all!"

As Toyokawa Shoko looked at the girl who was gradually becoming more and more repulsive in her eyes, her guilt towards Komu was almost completely suppressed by her aversion to Nagasaki Motoyo.

If Toyokawa Shoko's "only thinking about herself" over the past year could be explained by being overwhelmed by immense life pressures, then Nagasaki Motoyo's "only thinking about herself" was entirely due to her personal selfishness.

Was she only thinking about reviving Crychic because of Wakaba Mutsumi, Takamatsu Akari, or Shiina Tatsuki? No, that was just a reason she used to justify her actions.

Because Crychic gave her a "feeling of home," she was willing to deceive others, and even herself, to revive Crychic.

Does this person really know what price they have to pay to maintain a broken "home"?

Toyokawa Shoko felt a surge of anger when she thought about the terrible ordeal she had endured in the previous year.

"Nagasaki Motoyo, I'm asking you one last time, do you even have the resolve to be a good bassist for the Miku band?! Do you even want to work with the other four members of this band to achieve our goal of debuting, holding large-scale commercial performances, and becoming a highly popular band?!"

"Xiao Xiang, why are you always fixated on the material things like debuting, commercial performances, and becoming a popular band?! Are these things more important than having fun playing in the band together?!"

Nagasaki Motoyo also became agitated. Having never experienced the struggles of living beyond her means, working four jobs a day, and renting a dilapidated apartment without air conditioning or a bathroom, she couldn't empathize with Toyokawa Shoko at all.

What's the point of making so much money?! The most important thing is that everyone is happy together.

“Nagasaki Motoyo,” Toyokawa Shoko’s gaze turned icy as she looked at her, “your ignorance is truly astonishing.”

“I’m giving you two choices: one is to return to the Mizhong Band and participate in rehearsals, commercial performances, and music awards as usual; the other is to leave the Mizhong Band immediately and sever all ties with Lixi, Deng, Aiyin, Yao, and of course me… and never have anything to do with them again.”

Nagasaki Motoyo suddenly felt as if her body had fallen into an ice cave. She couldn't believe that all the "touching" things she had said had not only failed to change Toyokawa Shoko's mind, but had instead led her to say something like "drawing a line" between herself and Toyokawa Shoko.

"No, Xiao Xiang...you can't do this. Don't you really care about all the touching moments and laughter in Crychic?"

"Crychic! Crychic! Why do you only ever mention crychic?! Isn't there anything more touching in your life than that month?"

At this moment, Toyokawa Shoko no longer cared about the demeanor of the Toyokawa family's eldest daughter and practically shouted the words out.

"I……"

These words struck Nagasaki Motoyo right to the soul! Her vision even blurred as if a revolving lantern was flashing before her eyes—

Is there anything more important in my life than crychic? There is nothing more important in my life than crychic.

My life feels so meaningless...

She felt a sudden darkness before her eyes and immediately knelt on the ground.

……

Chihaya Aine was stunned by what she saw.

What's going on? How come Su Shi was forced to kneel down by Xiao Xiang's words?

No wonder there's a scene in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" where Zhuge Liang verbally berates Wang Lang to death... The power of language is terrifying!

Wait, now's not the time to be sentimental about this...

Chihaya Aine rushed to Nagasaki Motoyo's side to help her up, but she couldn't lift her up.

Nagasaki Motoyo, her eyes devoid of light, seemed to have turned into a puddle of mud, her body limp and boneless, with no foothold at all.

Chihaya Aine regretted keeping her promise to "not speak." If she had intervened during the argument between Toyokawa Shoko and Nagasaki Motoyo, the situation would not have deteriorated to this point...

"Xiao Xiang, come and help me get Su Shi back to her sofa at home."

Chihaya Aine seeks help from Toyokawa Shoko.

“I…” Toyokawa Shoko hesitated.

She felt that Nagasaki Motoyo might be faking it... trying to lure her into her home.

But she didn't dare to turn around and leave directly, because she would feel bad if something happened to Nagasaki Motomasa.

The three remained in this stalemate for about five minutes.

Just as Chihaya Aine was considering whether to use the guitarist's special skill—the nimble, octopus-like fingers—to "wake up" Nagasaki Motoyo (actually, it was just pressing her philtrum and tickling her feet; those who have dirty thoughts, please stand in the corner), the elevator doors suddenly opened.

Shoko Toyokawa and Aine Chihaya both looked over nervously.

This is the top floor! Aside from the residents of this floor, who would take the elevator up here for no reason?

The only residents on this floor, besides Nagasaki Motoyo herself, are her mother. If Nagasaki Motoyo's mother saw her only daughter being treated like this, she'd skin Toyokawa Shoko and Chihaya Aine alive! (Aine: Speak up for me!)

However, it wasn't Nagasaki Saya who stepped out of the elevator, but Aoyama Muto who was only wearing sunglasses.

"Ms. Toyokawa, is this how you unite the band?"

Isogachi Music Awards: 103 The gift you gave me was a sumimi?

Twenty minutes ago.

The current Governor of Tokyo, Mukoro Aoyama, is based at his personal office in Roppongi.

The Secretary-General of the Neon Purification Group, Yurui Nantian, was facing Aoyama, who was sitting upright on the sofa, and performed the dogeza (a traditional Japanese bow).

"Please! If this continues, the Ni Jing Clan will be disbanded! Lord Qingshan, please help us!"

A North Korean minister has been appointed to the Pungdo branch of the Nekron (Japanese National Geological Park), and it seems he is also involved in a case of kidnapping Japanese people and transporting them overseas...

Not long ago, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Special Division, in conjunction with CIA agents stationed in Tokyo, secretly arrested the North Korean minister, and a number of people involved in the kidnapping case were also apprehended.

Although the kidnapping was the private act of the North Korean minister, the Jeongbu delegation bears at least some responsibility for inadequate oversight.

It is said that a high-ranking official in the cabinet was extremely dissatisfied with the Nijang group because of this incident, and even said in an internal meeting, "This organization is simply a Tibetan..."

Phrases like "a filthy garbage can" are used to describe this situation.

The financial backers behind the Negev are also under pressure from the cabinet and even the Supreme Court, and are already considering sacrificing some assets to save the group.

Although no formal decision has been made, the senior members of the Ni Jing Group have become extremely nervous. So they sent Nan Tian You Rui, adopting a posture of "Shen Bao Xu crying at the Qin court," hoping to obtain a sense of security from Qingshan.

Of course, Aoyama could not make any promises to them.

Although the Negev is not, as some in the cabinet have said, a "garbage dump," the things they do are hardly clean. Giving them a promise is no different from pushing yourself into a fire pit.

However, the Nijang group does indeed control a considerable number of votes and resources.

Aoyama had absolutely no intention of saving it, but he wanted to take this opportunity to completely seize control of the political resources held by the Nijang Group.

Therefore, he gave Nantian Yourui this suggestion: "Instead of waiting to be banned, you might as well announce your dissolution."

Nantian Yourui and his council had considered this approach, but the power to disband the Nijing Group wasn't entirely in their hands; they also needed to persuade their financial backers...

"Lord Aoyama, your suggestion is very valuable... but we don't have a suitable reason to announce our disbandment..."

Nantian Yourui said with a bitter face.

In this situation, if the company were to suddenly announce its dissolution, it would only be seen by outsiders as "evading responsibility," which would only increase the pressure on the investors.

Once they lost the protection of the Ni Jing Clan, these high-ranking members of the Ni Jing Clan became like trees without roots, completely reduced to pawns that could be manipulated at will in the game with their financial backers.

"Isn't the reason readily available?" Aoyama said casually. "The kidnapped individuals and their families have suffered such a terrible ordeal and deserve substantial compensation. You can proactively negotiate with them and use all the liquid funds and flexible assets on your books for compensation. This will not only alleviate your passive position in public opinion but also reduce the worries of the cabinet members. Most importantly, once all the liquid funds and flexible assets are used up, your financial situation will definitely collapse, making it perfectly reasonable for the council to propose a motion to terminate the agreement."

There's no need to worry that the victim, in order to seek justice, will disdain the money... After all, the mastermind behind the kidnapping is the Korean chairman of the Fengdao branch, and the Nejeongtuan headquarters was simply negligent in its supervision. This Korean chairman will definitely be sent to prison for decades, which is some consolation for the victim.

"Is the Nejayan group going to use all of its liquid assets and flexible assets for compensation? Isn't that too much? I think even just one-tenth of it would be enough to change the attitude of the unfortunate kidnapped man and his family towards the Nejayan group."

Nantian Yourui and the other members of the Neon Cleansing Group hadn't really thought of this method... On the one hand, they were caught up in the situation and their minds were clouded; on the other hand, the amount of this wealth was so huge that they were somewhat reluctant to part with it.

After all, in their view, although the situation was serious, it was not to the point of certain death, so they still wanted to keep all the money in their own hands.

“This is not a matter of amount, it is a matter of attitude… You need to let the bigwigs in the cabinet see your attitude, and also let the public see your ‘conscience’ as a non-governmental public welfare organization.”

Aoyama's sensitivity to Zheng Zhi is much stronger than Minami Yurui's.

The reason why that "big shot" in the cabinet was so dissatisfied with the Nijrakitiyabha group was mainly because he was worried that "the involvement of a non-profit organization like Nijrakitiyabha in a transnational kidnapping case" would cause public distrust of all non-profit organizations, which would have serious repercussions.

It is well known that in capitalist countries like Japan and the United States, many of their non-governmental public welfare organizations work for conglomerates—because the conglomerates have long since ruined their reputation among the public, so they can't do many things themselves and can only rely on these frontmen.

Animal protection and environmental organizations, for example, involve a great deal of vested interests.

If these white gloves also lose their reputation, they are very likely to face huge losses.

The Negean group proactively made compensation in order to reverse this situation.

Paying money may not be the best way to admit a mistake, but it is definitely a way that society can accept. This is much more convincing than those guys who only bow at a 90-degree angle and then dodge the question when it comes to compensation.

When the time comes, everyone will see that although the leaders of the Neon Clean Group have been deceived by spies and are a bunch of complete idiots, at least they are not bad people. The Japanese public welfare organization has not completely become a stage for a group of people with ulterior motives to manipulate the public.

However, since Nantian Yourui is neither Aoyama Xiang's biological son nor his disciple, it's impossible for him to clearly explain all of the above to him.

Therefore, Nantian Yourui was still full of doubts and reluctant to part with that large sum of money.

He also knew that the members of the Nebula Council were equally reluctant to part with that large sum of money.

"Still worried about money?"

Qingshan took a sip of tea and asked.

"...The people on the council don't have your foresight, and they might not be willing to give up those petty gains."

Nantian Yourui wiped the sweat from his forehead and said somewhat awkwardly.

“I understand…” Qingshan nodded, continuing to mutter to himself, “However, although the compensation amount is high, there is still a lot of room for maneuver in the specific compensation process… This statement should dispel the doubts of your council members, right? After all, you should know the details better than I do.”

Such a large amount of compensation cannot be paid in a lump sum.

The Nebula Foundation could easily establish a small escrow fund to pay compensation to the victims and their families on a monthly or annual basis.

If handled properly, most of the funds would remain in the hands of those responsible for the Nei Jing Tuan (a criminal organization), allowing them to continue manipulating the system. Furthermore, if the monthly or annual amounts are high enough, the victims and their families would not object and might even agree to this scheme.

After all, it's not necessarily a good thing for a family to acquire a huge amount of wealth all at once.

Being scammed, losing all your money, being cheated, or even being murdered for money are all common occurrences in countries around the world.

Isn’t there a saying like that?

People cannot earn wealth beyond their level of understanding, and even if they do, they will quickly lose it.

Nantian Yourui quickly understood Qingshan Xiang's meaning, and immediately felt that the last layer of fog that had been obscuring his eyes had disappeared. The future of the Nijing Group and himself and other council members seemed to be clearly displayed before his eyes.

First, they made a high-profile compensation claim, then established a fund to maintain control over the funds, then disbanded the Neja Cult under the pretext of financial collapse, and finally reincarnated with the original members of the Neja Cult to establish a new charitable organization.

At this point, he had already begun to plan the name of the new charity organization in his mind.

……

Nantian Yourui gained something unexpected from this meeting.

He was eager to return and discuss the plan that Aoyama had given him with the other council members, so he immediately took his leave.

As the saying goes, "reciprocity is the best policy," and having received help from Aoyama, he naturally had to give Aoyama an equal return.

"Lord Aoyama, I know you have no interest in such vulgar things, so I have prepared a special gift for you."

"Mr. Nantian, you're too kind."

Qingshan is thinking of Ni.

The Bersih group, with its votes and resources, has no interest in money or valuables.

He figured that since Nantian Yourui had said so, he must have investigated his preferences, and the things he gave him were probably just some expensive musical instruments.

I'll just take it, play it, praise it a couple of times, and return it.

As a result, Nantian Yourui did not play by the rules, but instead handed him a book.

"You didn't slip something in this book, did you?"

Aoyama tapped the book twice on the desk; if there was anything inside, those two taps should have shaken it out.

As a result, of course, there was nothing there.

Giving bank cards or checks to officials of Qingshan's level is too low-level... It's not like they don't own businesses; you could just help their businesses make money through legal means.

"You're joking. If you're not satisfied with this gift, just return the book to me next time we meet."

After saying that, Nantian Yourui left.

Aoyama pondered the book for a while, then opened the title page and saw a line written on it—

[Lord Aoyama, the gift I prepared for you is in the luxury suite on the top floor of this building... You'll see it when you go up.]

"Oh dear... I was careless."

Qingshan quickly threw the book aside.