We agreed to be in a band for life, what the heck is Dragon Raja?

Well, luckily I'm a top student who graduated from Kassel College and was even invited to afternoon tea by the principal of Angers. Although I've heard a lot about the reputation of the Japanese branch, I'm not afraid of anything.

In addition, Mizuho truly loved him, and despite her father-in-law Toyokawa Sadaharu's constant dissatisfaction with him, she still married him without hesitation.

Therefore, although Kiyotaka Toyokawa felt that his experience was too bizarre, he was still able to tolerate it.

In addition, over the past few generations, the Toyokawa family has transformed into a commercial conglomerate. Although it is still under the leadership of the Snake Clan, at least it no longer has to fight and kill each other.

He also has the right, together with his wife, to decide not to let his daughter, Toyokawa Shoko, participate in the disputes of the mixed-race society.

Thinking of his daughter, Toyokawa Kiyoko smiled.

Tonight, my daughter is going to perform on stage with her band, and she has specially invited me to come and watch.

How long has it been since I've seen a performance like this?

When he was studying at Kassel College, although the college had Christmas performances every year, he was focused on honing his skills and rarely participated in such activities. The only time he did participate was because several deceased old friends dragged him there.

And after graduating from Kassel College, I never did it again.

at this time,

The elevator descended to the first floor.

The door opened, revealing an empty room.

Toyokawa Kiyotaka went inside, calculating the time in his mind.

The performance doesn't start until tonight, so if I finish this today, I'll still have time to make it there.

There is enough time.

The elevator doors slowly closed, trapping Toyokawa Kiyoko inside.

Chapter 105 Genji Heavy Industries: Hidden Underground, Falling into the Abyss (6k)

Ding-dong-

Kiyoshi Toyokawa pressed the button for the 28th floor of the elevator.

The elevator doors slowly closed, and the car was empty except for him.

He listened listlessly to the music playing automatically in the elevator, and the name of the song came to mind—the Goldberg Variations.

This is a work from Bach's later years, containing thirty exquisite variations that encompass various forms such as fugue, canon, and aria.

Toyokawa Kiyoshi remembered hearing it at Kassel College, apparently during a professor's class, but he couldn't quite recall the details.

There are quite a few professors in the college who value style, because mixed-race people have a longer lifespan and their aesthetic sense is quite different from that of ordinary people.

For example, when he was in school, there were many people at Kassel College who loved classical music, and without exception, their families had produced quite famous musicians...

Although Toyokawa Kiyotaka only came into contact with these things after starting school, he had gained some understanding of them through exposure to them.

However, he was still somewhat surprised that a yakuza family like the Snake Clan would play such elegant music in the elevator of their headquarters building.

"Tasteful."

He had just made a remark when he suddenly remembered that Snake-Headed Hachi's family still had many members who had returned from exchange programs at Kassel College.

Perhaps these people developed a liking for this kind of music while they were in the United States, because of their classmates or professors.

He listened quietly to the melody of the music, waiting for the elevator to slowly ascend.

Third floor - Seventh floor

Kiyoshi Toyokawa suddenly regretted not taking the observation elevator at Genji Heavy Industries.

The observation elevator offers views of every floor; the area between the fifth and sixth floors features an entire elevated highway, and he still remembers the first time he saw it.

At the time, one of the Sheqi Hachika's agents proudly said that such a technically impressive building was rare, but Toyokawa Kiyokao immediately smiled and said that this was just a city called Chongqing, and there were many of them, but being able to withstand earthquakes or hurricanes was a testament to the designer's skill.

Now this elevator is like a black box, so you can't see the outside world.

"You can sit down when you go downstairs."

He thought, looking at the display screen in the elevator.

10th floor, 15th floor, 20th floor...

Twenty-fifth floor...

Finally, we arrived at the 28th floor.

The elevator was a bit slower than he expected, but thankfully he didn't have to wait too long.

Kiyoshi Toyokawa clutched his briefcase tightly and walked out.

This entire floor is an office lobby, where many girls are sitting in their respective cubicles making phone calls.

If he hadn't known that these people were all operators from his own company, he probably would have thought this was some kind of big company that would hire so many product managers to smile while talking on the phone.

As he thought this, he walked deeper into the call center.

Ordinary elevators cannot go up floors above the 28th floor.

As an outsider member of the Snake-Headed Eight Families, Toyokawa Kiyoko naturally did not have the authority to ride in such an elevator.

In addition, such backup elevators are always kept private. Thanks to the design of Maruyama Construction, if no one reveals the location, he would have a hard time finding it.

Therefore, he could only continue upstairs via the internal staircase.

After passing through the cubicle area where a group of girls were sitting and hearing countless "hai hai" sounds, Toyokawa Kiyotaka finally reached the innermost stairwell.

He knocked lightly on the door before reaching out and turning the knob to open it.

Inside stood two Sheqi Yake agents dressed in black uniforms. They also reached out and helped him push the door open, creating a passage large enough for him to pass through.

"Please show me your identification."

"Toyokawa Kiyoshi, there's something I need to discuss upstairs today."

"Um……"

One of the operatives, who was wearing sunglasses and looked rather thin, took the business card that Toyokawa Kiyoshi handed him, glanced at it, then looked up to compare his appearance before stepping aside.

"Please come in, Mr. Toyokawa."

"Thank you."

Toyokawa Kiyoshi walked past the two men, and the door behind him closed again, with the two operators still standing guard without moving an inch.

"Sigh... Without the guidance of a family head, it's impossible to get to these places normally..."

He climbed a few flights of stairs, thinking to himself.

He was merely an outer member of the family; if it weren't for the fact that he was here today to deliver materials, he would have no right to set foot in the areas above the 28th floor of Genji Heavy Industries.

"Fine... Anyway, this is just this once, I'll never come again."

The staircase between the 28th and 29th floors was longer, and although these details were very subtle, Toyokawa Kiyoshi still noticed them:

There must be a hidden compartment inside.

Kiyoshi Toyokawa smiled. Based on his experience, the extra gaps between each floor would eventually converge into a separate floor.

He wasn't surprised that the Snake Clan had such a design; he was simply speculating with great interest based on the knowledge he had gained at Kassel College.

We've reached the 29th floor.

Toyokawa Kiyoshi looked ahead.

Two operators in black uniforms still stood at the entrance, but they both wore badges, which were the symbol of the Kanto branch.

"Kanto Branch?"

This surprised him even more than the fact that there was a mezzanine in the building.

The Kanto Branch is one of the two major branches under the Japan Branch. It is directly under the jurisdiction of the head of the family. The person in charge is a burly man named Akechi Asuya. Toyokawa Kiyotaka had heard of his name before, but it wasn't a good one.

The people in this branch are a bunch of lunatics. Many people in the executive bureau don't want to deal with them because the proportion of freaks in this group is too high. Only the patriarch can keep them in check.

"Why would they send this group of people here?"

Toyokawa Kiyoko was somewhat puzzled.

He stepped forward and handed over another business card.

"I am Toyokawa Kiyoshi."

"The place you need to go is on the floor above."

A young man with a metal jawbone spoke in a deep, muffled voice.

He sized up Toyokawa Kiyoshi with eyes that clearly belonged to a violent maniac, then pointed upstairs.

"Oh, I thought you checked every floor."

Toyokawa Kiyoshi said.

He turned and continued up the stairs. He had just smelled a strong, unpleasant stench of blood emanating from the young man.

"It doesn't smell like human blood..."

"Could he be a butcher? Did he just slaughter pigs or sheep and then get sent here to guard the gate?"

Suspicion arose in Toyokawa Kiyoshi's heart. He then secretly turned around and glanced back, seeing that the man was playing with a serrated hook knife in his hand.

"As expected, none of the people in the Kanto branch are normal."

He ignored the Kwantung branch officers guarding this floor and continued walking upstairs.

Tapping.

We've reached the thirtieth floor.

This is also the destination of Toyokawa Kiyoshi's trip today.

Unlike the previous floors, this place was completely unguarded.

The main gate was open, and inside was a strong Japanese style. Two or three elderly people were sitting on tatami mats, leisurely drinking tea.

"The family's strategy department..."

He had heard Inuyama He mention this when he went to sign a contract with a subsidiary of the Inuyama family.

It is said that Genji Heavy Industries has a floor specifically for former yakuza leaders, designed in a style similar to a senior citizens' center. He might go there for tea after he retires.

Although Toyokawa Kiyokazu felt that the old patriarch, who was already in his seventies or eighties, would have retired long ago if he wanted to, he didn't say anything because of the 'Zheyue' sword that Toyokawa Kiyokazu had given him.

To be precise, it was the 'Zheyue' that the patriarch had asked him to give away.

Kiyoshi Toyokawa has kept the knife in his Maybach, but he has never used it and feels he will never use it.

He composed himself and stepped inside.

A burly man was standing not far from the tatami mat, giving him a smile that looked more like a grimace.

It wasn't that the person in front of me was ugly, but rather that he seemed like the kind of person who rarely smiled, to the point that when he suddenly wanted to laugh, he didn't know how to move his facial muscles.

"Hello, Mr. Toyokawa, I am Akechi Asuya, you can just call me Asuya."

The burly man adjusted his expression and began to explain.

Akechi Asuya?

Toyokawa Kiyoshi remembered this person; he had thought of him not long ago.

It turns out the head of the Kanto branch is here. No wonder there are Kanto branch agents waiting downstairs.

Are they here for a meeting too?

Toyokawa Kiyoshi sized up the young man before him.

He had assumed that most of the notorious lunatics in the Kanto branch would be around his age, but Asuya looked to be only in his twenties. Although he was burly, he did look like a young man.

Asuya continued:

"The patriarch is waiting for you inside. Come with me."

???

The patriarch!?

Toyokawa Kiyoko was startled.

He had thought that the business he was there to handle today was just this one investment, but he never expected that Tachibana Masamune would come in person.