18 Chapter 18: Father-in-law (1)
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I have a gut feeling something is not right from this morning, i never thought that this is the case. If so this has simplified a lot of things. I can even cut off the root of the problem early.
The problem we're facing right now is the immediate coup of Omi-alliance because there's many families who aren't happy with the way things went. Now that we have the home ground advantage, we could easily wipe them out once and for all!
{Izanami, play along with me.}
"Akira greets father-in-law!"
I do a perfect 90 degree bow towards Jin Goda.
"What is the meaning of this Akira?"
"I fell in love with Izanami from the very first moment i met her. Please give me her hand in Marriage!"
I said with determination in my voice.
"Even if you say that ---"
"I've even taken her First Time! And I'll take full responsibility for everything!"
"PFFFT -------- !"
Mother almost choked on her tea. Daigo-nii is grinning. Uncle Kaz have a somewhat disappointed look.The Omi-Alliance captain whose helping Goda with his wheelchair have an unreadable expression, he probably wants nothing but to head back at this point. And Goda, he's glaring at me, if looks can kill, I would be chopped up and ready to be fed to the fishes. And Izanami is acting like a shy maiden as she playfully hits my shoulder muttering "baka". Her gentle fist hits like a truck FYI.
"AKIRA! This is not the time for jokes."
A chilly tone can be heard from mother.
"It's all true mother… and if she had a baby, then I'll fully take care of the baby with her. Even if I have to abandon my clan. That is how much she means to me !"
At this point Mother seems to have fainted. Izanami, being the goddess she is, just hugs me from the back.
I made eye contact with Uncle Kaz. He seemed to get what I was trying to do. As he carried Mother, and along with Daigo he's ready to leave the room.
"Iwai, can you give me some time with Akira, and take Izanami with you."
"Young Lady, please... "
Before following Iwai out, she gave me a peck on the cheek, nice touch.
{Good luck}
"SPILL IT OUT BRAT! YOU HAVE MY FULL ATTENTION NOW!"
He's not a simple man, figures.
"OR I CAN ALWAYS JUST CHOKE IT OUT OF YOU"
On a wheelchair? Yeah righ----
Suddenly I felt the air around me increase its intensity and pressure.
[Killing intent. He has been to a lot of battlefields to accumulate that much. Be careful.]
I wanted to show off a little so I also did the same. It took me a while to adjust and shrug off the pressure and replied in kind. But as expected he didn't even flinch at mine. I merely killed phantoms after all, not real living breathing humans.
He, after pressuring me, suddenly did the unthinkable, he actually stood up from his wheelchair, took out a walking stick from gods knows where, and… WAIT WAS IT ALL JUST AN ACT? In the game he's just a ---
"I'm just a feeble old man right? Don't let looks fool you Akira. Now split it out what do you want to talk about."
I guess im found out huh?
"Your son is planning a coup."
"Tell me something i don't know."
So he knew huh?
"He has rallied half of the Omi-alliance under his banner and will take the patriarch position from you."
"You're wasting my time…"
"Fine, the coup is not Your son's plan. It's the JingWeon Mafia, to be precise they had infiltrated both the Tojo Clan and Omi Alliance for a long time and now, most important members are either affiliated with them already or in the process of being poached."
"Hmmm that's bad news indeed. What would they get, in this though? No, that's too simple of a plot. They must have other agendas. Is it the JingWeon Massacre? So, it's Kiryu huh. Tojo and Omi are just a bonus if they manage to succeed. Now I see."
He seemed to have come up with his own conclusion. I'm not gonna correct or deny his theory.
"Then what about you? What will you get from all this?"
Sharp this old man is too sharp, why the hell are all old anime men this deadly?
"I won't lie to you old man, I'm a greedy person. I want unification. And a way forward."
"Elaborate."
"I will unify all the yakuza in the country. Those who are born to this life, and those who can't escape it, I will shelter them, give them home, give them education, give them family. And Ill give them a future. No, We shall pave a road towards the future together."
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
He laughs at my statement. Not because he was mocking it, but because --
"YOU'RE EVEN CRAZIER THAN MY SON!"
"25 YEARS, 25 YEARS IN JAPAN AND NO ONE HAVE EVER THINK THE WAY YOU DO? UNITY? HAH! THEY CAN'T EVEN CHOOSE WHICH RAMEN RESTAURANT IS THE BEST! AND YOU THINK YOU CAN UNIFY THEM UNDER ONE BANNER?"
A smile crept up to my face. This is exactly how I planned it to go.
"YES! It took you 10 years to unify Osaka, ME? I'll just use 1 YEAR, IN 1 YEAR I, AKIRA DOJIMA, SWORE BY MY DIGNITY AND MY LIFE , WILL UNIFY JAPAN's UNDERWORLD AND DRIVE AWAY ALL FOREIGN POWERS."
"HAHAHA! CRAZY BASTARD ITS ON!"
A similar smile crept up the old geezer's face. A smile as crazy as mine. Now with this I have his full support.
With a smile that never left his face he finally ask me
"So, your plan consists of me handing Izanagi to you and name you the next heir? You know you'll have to take it from Ryuji right?"
"Yes, I need you to announce it right now, as an arranged marriage."
"I see, Interesting, that will rile him up for sure! Anything else?"
As he calmed himself down, he sits down in his own wheelchair again.
"Old man, You seem thirsty and maybe a bit rusty, maybe tonight we can sharpen those fangs and trim some bushes, what do you say?."
"So, a change of pace then? What's the hurry?"
"I want to clean house, that's all, after all Old man like you, wil live longer with a clean house."
"Don't get ahead of yourself kid, but I like your style. Is it the right time though? Too many losses can weaken us considerably. It would be too late to protect ourselves against Foreign influence then."
"That's why we're gonna rip the problem off the bud."
"I hope you have a plan."
"Oh I have. It's just, are your men ready for a massacre? Sometimes, to get what we want, all we need's a little push."
Our talk concluded. We talked about everything we had to. Now it's time for action. Blood on my hands will be much, but it's a blood I'm willing to spill for the future. No more extortion, no more illegal gambling dens, and lastly no more Yakuza. It would take some time to set up, but with this, the unification can and will start tonight.
"Iwai!"
"Yes!"
Ah now that i look at his face no wonder he's familiar. He's Munehisa Iwai, a character from persona 5. I'm knees deep anyway in breaking cannon might as well.
"Iwai, are you good with guns?"
I ask nonchalantly.
"I knew them inside out, Young master."
Yep, he's the guy.
"Old man, It was nice talking to you. You too, see you later at the peace treaty."
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Not long after Uncle Kaz and Daigo-nii came back into the room.
"So how does it go?"
"Better than I expected."
"Does he know?"
"He knows about the coup and more."
"And?"
"He agrees to marry me with Izanami, and after that I'll cleanse some of the Omi-Allia--"
"You're just going to go into their base and slaughter them? You're a crazy bastard otouto."
"I'm not just going to go in. They are going to invite me, and they're going to allow me to slaughter them."
Both of them show me a surprised pikachu face.
"I'm going to end it Uncle Kaz, trust me, I'm also going to end your feud with JingWeon."
"Wait, they're also here?"
Uncle Kaz went speechless for a while. Realizing that maybe this is all his fault.
"Yes, and that's the primary reason this whole thing is happening. And Uncle Kaz doesn't need to worry about that, as their goal this time isn't just you, it's the whole underworld."
"And trust me Uncle Kaz, and give me one year, in one year I'll fix everything."
"You sure have grown up huh."
Uncle Kaz gave me a fatherly look. Now that i think about it, it seems that in this life, Uncle Kaz really filled the father role for me huh.
"We better get ready, the talk is right around the Corner."
"How's Mother?"
"Out, safely, still though you could just, well, you know not make her faint."
Well since this is our home turf it will be very bad for us to be late. So without any more delay, we walk inside the foreign reception and negotiation room. I have never been to this room before, in both lives. It is situated in the underground portion of the building.
The room is covered by thick bulletproof glasses and there's only one doorway that leads to the room.
The room itself is big, in fact I daresay it's one of if not the largest room in the building. In the middle of the room we have a wooden table which is rectangular. And around 20 chairs each side. It's also equipped with a projector and other meeting necessities.
I sat on the edge most of the eastern side of the table. We Tojo Clan are based around tokyo, hence the eastern sitting while Omi Alliance will take the western side of the table. Not long after, I can hear footsteps and murmurs, following closely behind the voices are the people. The Omi-Alliance have come, and with a respectable number of commanders, and lieutenants 19 to be precise.
By tradition, we have to also match their number so we call in additional numbers of people to even the numbers, equaling them in both rank and age whenever possible, as I want to have the most fair and valid voices, from a tradition perspective, and age group.
So with that out of the way let the games begin.
