Super God: If I punch you, you will die

"This is incredible! How much are ten tons worth? Ten kilograms are twenty million, so ten tons is a thousand times that, uh, ah. Two hundred billion yuan! This is incredible!"

Two hundred billion yen is such a huge amount that everyone can only measure it using their own sense of money.

Some say that a person's lifetime earnings are at most 200 million yen. Even if you work tirelessly in the workforce, dedicating your entire life to a company, and only find release in old age, including retirement benefits, the total amount is at most 200 million yen. In other words, this figure represents the value of a person's lifetime—no, it could even be considered the price of a life. Therefore, 20 billion yen is an enormous sum equivalent to the value of 100 lives. Even if everyone started working at age 20 and worked until age 60, a total of 40 years, this sum would be equivalent to a person's salary for 4,000 years. Doesn't that mean you'd have to work every day from the Jomon period to the present day to earn that much money?

"Is 20 billion yuan a lot?"

"There's so much! Buy Maria's favorite sliced ​​cake; you could probably eat it all in a lifetime."

Ushiromiya Akiko explained it to her in a way that Maria could understand.

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"However, it would be fine if it were 20 billion yen in cash, but to think that much gold ingots would all be concentrated in one place seems impractical. As we just mentioned, gold is very heavy, and it's not convenient to convert assets into gold for safekeeping. It would be understandable if it were securities with extremely high face value or very valuable gems. After all, I've heard that during the chaotic situation of war, some people converted all their assets into gems so they could take them with them at any time. But I've never heard of anyone converting assets into gold for safekeeping."

"Gold is heavy, that's true, but it's also the most trusted commodity internationally, and its value is very stable. I think it should have some significance. After all, if it's something like securities, once the country is destroyed, it's just useless paper."

“That idea makes sense, but a ten-kilogram gold bar is quite heavy. Haven’t you heard the saying that a person can carry a person weighing fifty kilograms, but can’t carry a whole bundle of fifty kilograms of rice? The risks and labor involved in carrying such a huge gold bar are incalculable.”

"In other words, it's possible if it's 20 billion yuan in banknotes, but it's not very feasible to pile up 20 billion yuan worth of gold?"

"The legend of the gold sounds tempting, but the claim of ten tons of gold is hardly convincing."

“Analyzing it with common sense, it seems more and more fake, and it really has no dreams.”

"But after all, the inscription was written by someone commissioned by my grandfather. Maybe he just embellished it, exaggerating the huge sum of money that a kind-hearted rich person lent him into ten tons of gold bestowed upon him by a witch. After all, the number ten tons sounds like it's just a metaphor for a very large number."

"So, he's implying that the borrowed money is as valuable as ten tons of gold?"

"I think it's because some super rich lady gave Grandpa a handout that he calls her a witch, right?"

The analogy used by Udai-no-miya Zhu Zhixiang is quite insightful.

At the time, Ushiromiya Kinzo had absolutely no social credibility. If someone had generously lent him such a large sum of money, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him a witch. Moreover, Ushiromiya Kinzo later made a fortune from this money, which means that this person's ability to judge people was also extraordinary, making her worthy of the title of witch.

Moreover, since such a large sum of money was raised, this person must have enthusiastically advised Ushiromiya Kinzo on how to use the money.

Perhaps it was this witch who instructed Ushiromiya Kinzo to find a way to infiltrate the American forces stationed in Japan and make a fortune through special supplies from Korea. Including this part, it's indeed plausible to say that the witch bestowed wealth and fame upon him.

"I see. So this witch is the great benefactor who gave my grandfather funds to revive the Ushiromiya family. In that case, it's not surprising that my grandfather would have such a large painting painted here to express his gratitude."

"Maybe it's because the person in question looks like a witch-like old woman that people call her a witch. Then Grandpa beautified her and had her painted as such a great beauty. That's quite possible. Maybe when we actually see her in person, we'll realize she's not that pretty at all."

"Possibly. The name Beatrice does sound very European, but considering our family's naming conventions are all very European, Beatrice might just be a forced attempt to make a Japanese name sound European."

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"Oh, so that's why we can only find this beautiful woman in this painting? In that case, we can only see her wonderful breasts but not touch them. What witch? I found that strange from the beginning. Where on Earth could there be any witch?"

Maria immediately tugged at Lin Yan's sleeve, the force of her pull carrying a hint of displeasure.

"Maria, why are you pulling me?"

“Beatel is really here.”

Maria Ushiromiya stared at me.

Although she usually has a poker face, you can tell from her eyes that she's angry.

"There's a witch!"

"Why are you bringing this up? Of course there are witches. Just turn on the TV, and they'll be in the anime."

"It's true. There really are witches."

Maria shouted and waved her hands angrily. Lin Yan knew, of course, that witches existed, but he didn't understand why Maria was reacting so extremely. However, this seemingly evil little girl did have a strange aura about her.

At this moment, Zhu Zhixiang patted Lin Yan on the shoulder and whispered to me:

"You're so silly. Don't ruin a child's dream. Maria believes that witches and Beatrice are real."

"I remember Maria once wrote in a school essay contest that she wanted to be a 'witch' when she grew up?"

Upon hearing this, Maria nodded earnestly, her eyes glistening with tears.

"She's there. She's there. The witch is really here." Lin Yan refused to believe it.

"Yes, the witch really is here, big brother believes it."

Let Brother Zhi kneel down on one knee and hug Maria's head. Zhu Zhixiang looked at them like this and gently nudged my stomach.

“I’m sorry, I wasn’t criticizing Maria’s dream, I apologize. Of course, Beatrice is still here. She lives in the forest on this island and comes to peek into this house every night to see what’s going on. So we can’t go into the forest, and we can’t stare at the dark forest at night, because we might be discovered by the forest witch Beatrice. Grandma said so.”

"Really? Lin Yan really believes it?"

"I believe you. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have spoken ill of the witch just now. Let's make up, okay?"

As soon as Lin Yan reached out his hand, Maria also reached out her small hand to shake mine, making up with me.

Maria stopped throwing a tantrum, which relieved Ushiromiya Joji and Akiko.

Just then, Shana's voice came: "So you guys are here? I thought you had already gone to the shore."

Sane, carrying a basket, seemed quite surprised to find everyone gathered in front of the portrait.

"Is it Shana? It's nothing, it's just that Lin Yan was seeing Beatetrich's portrait for the first time and couldn't help but stare at it in a daze."

"That's true. This painting is truly mesmerizing. Miss Beatrice is so beautiful. I'm sure the master is longing for her."

Ushiromiya Joji picked up where Sanon left off:

"Besides the claim that she was a sugar daddy, some people say that she was my grandfather's first love. Whether she was a sugar daddy or a lover, my grandfather must have known her for decades. The fact that she still holds such an important place in my grandfather's heart means that he still misses her dearly."

"I can't stand it, Grandma must be incredibly jealous."

"I don't know the details, but I've heard it's true. I heard that Grandma always believed Grandpa had a blonde mistress."

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"It smells so good. Shana smells so good."

Maria kept sniffing the air, her mind completely focused on the basket Sane was carrying. Everyone else also noticed that the air was indeed filled with the aroma of vanilla extract and food.

"I'm very sorry, but Granny Xiongze instructed me to give these to you all."

"What is this? Great! It's a cookie."

"Maria wants to eat cookies. She wants to eat cookies."

"Okay, everyone is welcome to use it, but this..."

Shana wasn't sure if it was inappropriate to share cookies in front of a portrait, so she looked at us for our opinion. Common sense dictates that eating cookies here would indeed be rather impolite.

"Maria, let's not eat here, let's go somewhere else. Let's have a picnic with cookies as our lunchbox."

When Zhu Zhixiang made this suggestion, Maria immediately cheered in response:

"Let's go on a picnic. We can have cookies and then leave."

"That's right, let's go get some fresh air. It's not appropriate to eat in front of the great witch."

"That's right, and we were already planning to go to the beach anyway, let's go."

"Sane, excuse me, could you please prepare something for us to sit on, and also fill the kettle with some tea?"

"Okay, I'll go right away." Upon receiving the order, Shana immediately bowed gracefully and withdrew.

Shana received orders to leave, while the others went ahead to the beach.

The group filed towards the entrance.

"Lin Yan, still don't believe me?" Maria asked mischievously, perhaps noticing that Lin Yan had turned to look at the portrait.

"No, I believe it. After all, it's more dreamlike. The Golden Witch Beaterich bestowed ten tons of gold upon my grandfather. This gold might be sleeping on this island. Moreover, my grandfather left behind a mysterious inscription to provoke us, telling us to go ahead and find it if we dare. It's this kind of romanticism that makes a man interesting."

"Two hundred billion dollars worth of gold. Even if the four of us split it equally, the amount is still outrageous."

"Five billion yuan per person, that's incredible. With that much money, you can start any kind of business. No, with that much money, you don't even need to work; you can live a carefree life forever."

"Forget about the 5 billion yen, cookies, cookies."

"Maria values ​​cookies more than money. But 5 billion yen, right? She really has a dream."

Meanwhile, in the living room.

"Ridiculous, you don't actually believe in Dad's golden legend, do you?"

Ushiromiya Kurausu said this to his younger brother and sister.

"Brother, of course we don't believe the part about the witch giving Dad gold, but the thing about the gold is absolutely true."

"My father possessed gold nuggets of dubious origin, a fact that has been verified by multiple sources. The deceased president of the Maruso Group said that he had personally witnessed my father's mountain of gold nuggets in a certain place before his death. He also said that my father pointed to this large pile of gold nuggets and clearly stated that it weighed ten tons."

"Isn't it just an old geezer joking around? He and Dad just made up some gold that doesn't even exist. It's nothing to brag about."

"Where would one get such a large sum of money if there is no gold? The president was respected by so many business people because of his sincerity. He would never be an accomplice to fraud."

"Brother, the president of Marusō Group did indeed see it. He personally witnessed ten tons of gold, and Dad even let him pick a gold bar to take back for appraisal. That gold bar weighed ten kilograms, and the appraisal results showed that it was a Four-Nine purity gold bar, and it was engraved with the Ushiromiya family crest, which is that single-winged eagle."

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"In the blink of an eye, all the money changers in the business world knew about the legend of the Ushiromiya family's gold. The gold ingots from the unknown foundry had very poor exchange rates, and they saw this as a golden opportunity to make a fortune, accepting the gold as collateral. As a result, my father obtained a huge amount of financing,"

"There's a limit to how ridiculous it is. How old are you all? How can you still take those fairy tales you heard as children seriously? First of all, where is there any evidence to prove that the ten tons of gold you're talking about exists? Isn't it just nonsense that Dad and a bunch of people who are close to him made up?"

“Of course we only heard it by word of mouth. But brother, Dad needs something of high value to collateral to get such a large sum of money. Even if the gold isn’t real, Dad has shown off treasures that are worth as much as this gold before, that’s an indisputable fact.”

"That was just a gold fantasy fabricated by my father, who started from scratch. He pretended to be serious, making everyone believe that there was really such a fictitious batch of gold, thus deceiving those investors. It was probably a gamble he took on his life. Fortunately, he later used his assets very successfully. If it weren't for the special demand from North Korea, the Ushiromiya family would not have been revived, and my father would probably be hunted down as the biggest swindler of the century."

"So, Zangjiu's brother-in-law, are you saying that things like gold never existed in the first place, and were all made up by my father-in-law?"

"Of course. So once he achieved full success, the golden fantasy he created would only be a hindrance. That's why Dad later made up all sorts of nonsense about witches and black magic to reduce the credibility of the legend. As long as he said that the gold was a gift from a witch, no one would believe in the existence of gold anymore, right? Maybe Dad said that for your own good. But now a bunch of silly children have come up, saying they want to include this fictitious gold in the inheritance distribution. Lou Zuo, you're not going to tell me you believe in these fabricated lies too, are you?"

“I have no way of proving whether my father ever owned gold, but I am one of his four children, and I just want to assert my rightful rights.”

"Oh? You've become quite outspoken, haven't you? I see. So you mean I'm trying to monopolize the gold?"

“Brother, it’s a fact that you’ve transferred a huge amount of funds. If you dare to say that this absolutely didn’t involve Dad’s personal assets, isn’t that what you’re really talking about?”

"Our opinion is that you've found ten tons of gold, bro."

"Ridiculous, that kind of thing never existed in the first place."

"Then please explain yourself, brother. If you didn't embezzle Father's property or use the gold he hid, then how did you manage to obtain so much money?"

"I have many friends in both political and business circles. I was just asking them for help. I have no obligation to explain this to you. I believe you know why, since some of them come from shady circles."

“Since you insist that’s the case, then so be it. But brother, Dad doesn’t live much longer. Nobody can guarantee he’ll live to see this day next year. Once Dad dies, the inheritance process will begin immediately. At that time, we’ll need to hire neutral lawyers and accountants who have no vested interest in the matter to investigate Dad’s finances.”

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"When it's discovered that my brother has improperly interfered with Dad's assets, I'm sure he'll be well aware of the consequences, right?"

"Eyu, I don't understand what you're saying at all. Even though I'm not as agitated as my wife, I still feel indignant."

“My father-in-law’s gold is of course his assets. I know this money shouldn’t be made public, but the four siblings should have the right to divide it equally.”

"In other words, we need to check your financial situation to see if you've monopolized the gold."

"This is a perfect opportunity! Brother, you should prove that it was your friend who helped you allocate the funds. That way, you'll be cleared of any wrongdoing, and we'll all be convinced and apologize to you for harboring such baseless suspicions. Don't you think so, sir?"

"That's true. Brother Zangjiu keeps changing the subject. If he really has a clear conscience, he should just prove it, but he keeps shifting the focus."

"However, we also consider my brother's position. He is Dad's representative and bears more responsibility than us. It would be unfair if we lived a carefree life but did not understand his position and only complained."

"Oh? You've been belittling me one minute and praising me the next, you guys are really busy. Let's get to the point."

"In other words, to dig up and investigate all of my father-in-law's assets, nitpicking like an ox, wouldn't that be too unreasonable? My brother-in-law is right, the whereabouts of some money really can't be clearly explained. We know this too, so we wanted to discuss it with him. I think our proposal would be beneficial to both of us."

"Discuss? Hmph?"

"That is to say, we will try our best to understand the hard work my brother has put into taking care of our father until today, and we will be very lenient in the distribution of the inheritance."

“Brother, don’t get me wrong. We’re not saying we’re giving up our rights. We mean that when asserting our inheritance rights, we should stand in your shoes and think about your best interests.”

"In other words, as long as Zangjiu's brother-in-law agrees to our conditions, we are willing to entrust the investigation of my father-in-law's assets to him when distributing the inheritance."

Ushiromiya Eiha and her siblings all suspected that Ushiromiya Kurausu had embezzled their father's property.