Chapter 20: Breaking Sigong's Limbs

[One Piece]

[Obtained ingredient: Sea King Meat]

[Sea King Meat: The meat of a large creature living in the ocean, very rich in nutritional value; long-term consumption can enhance physical fitness.]

Looking at the super-large chunk of meat that had made her room a mess, Kaguya Sigong didn't quite know what to say.

"This is the meat of a large creature in the ocean? It doesn't look like a creature on Earth at all."

She had initially thought of this "large size" as a large size on Earth, but it seemed the gap was quite large.

She walked over and smelled it; this super-large chunk of meat didn't have much of a bloody smell, but instead emitted a strange fragrance, as if it came from the meat itself.

"No wonder it's something that can enhance physical fitness after consumption."

Kaguya Sigong already understood very well that the things the diary gave casually were not things that could be easily measured by a normal world.

"Hayasaka."

The moment she turned around, Kaguya Sigong's face was once again filled with some anger.

"You, handle these things today."

"Handle it alone."

"After you've handled it, I'll consider the issue of forgiving you."

The way out was given just like that.

Even if Kaguya Sigong was very angry deep down, facing Hayasaka, she was still willing to give a way out.

But things couldn't just pass so simply.

As it happened, this super-large chunk of meat was a very good punishment.

She threw it at Hayasaka without hesitation.

"..."

Looking at this meat chunk that was over three meters high and over six meters long, Ai Hayasaka was indeed a bit surprised, but what surprised her even more was Miss Kaguya's attitude.

This person hated betrayal the most; she shouldn't have been forgiven, but Miss Kaguya's attitude at this moment didn't seem like she intended to continue pursuing it.

The punishment was just to handle the meat chunk.

Although this meat chunk was really very large, compared to Miss Kaguya's forgiveness, it was much smaller.

Having taken care of Miss Kaguya for many years, she understood instantly.

This was the way out Miss Kaguya had given her.

Although there was still a lot she wanted to say, she also didn't want her relationship with Miss Kaguya to end just like that.

She bowed slightly as she usually did.

"I understand, Miss Kaguya."

"Hmph, as long as you understand."

Kaguya Sigong really couldn't stand Hayasaka's current foolish appearance, and she walked out of the room, humming.

Ai Hayasaka, left alone in the room, looked at this piece of meat.

"Forgiveness... Miss Kaguya actually had such a thought."

"I thought..."

Betrayal is betrayal; it cannot be forgiven.

Yet she was forgiven.

The sourness in Ai Hayasaka's heart overflowed all at once, and a large amount of guilt accumulated in her eyes, uncontrollably pouring out.

"I thought... I thought I was going to be hated... going to be kicked out..."

She also hated her own actions, but she had no choice.

Yet, even so, she was gently let go by Miss Kaguya.

Perhaps, Miss Kaguya was the same as her.

Looking up again, there were still tears on her face, but it was already different from before.

"Miss Kaguya, thank you very much for your forgiveness."

"This time, having a choice, I will not be wrong again."

Taking a deep breath, she continued to look at this super-large piece of meat.

"Let's begin."

Just as Kaguya Sigong and Ai Hayasaka were repairing their relationship in the Sigong residence, the entire Sigong family began to suffer an extraordinary heavy blow.

As the current helmsman of the Sigong family, Kōkō Sigong was very confused at this moment.

"What's going on?"

"Why did we suddenly receive so many warnings from the political and business circles?"

[As a businessman, the Sigong family should rest assured in doing business and not reach their hands into politics.]

This sentence was a beating, but it also made Kōkō Sigong's scalp tingle.

This sentence was indeed quite heavy.

The politics of the island nation are too big to fail.

However, the island nation also doesn't like businessmen reaching their hands into politics; if this were in the business world, it would already count as a very serious warning.

It's not just the political world; the business world is the same.

Allies who had cooperated quite harmoniously in the past had now all made yin-yang sarcastic sounds, most of them accusing the Sigong family of the greedy behavior of "wanting both."

This, in fact, could be considered a tradition of the Sigong family in the past.

The zaibatsu naturally know the principle of "leaving a line for others to live so you can meet again in the future."

But the Sigong family just implemented this too thoroughly; they really only gave business allies a glimmer of life and ate everything else.

This behavior is certainly disgusting.

It's just that the Sigong family was very powerful in the past; even if they did this, as long as they remained powerful, their rules were the rules.

This is "reason."

But this time, the situation was that no one was talking about reason.

Almost all allies were forcing the Sigong family into a dead end at the same time.

Kōkō Sigong habitually used some leverage, but it had little effect, and some people even spouted nonsense.

"Kōkō Sigong, if you want to release those pieces of leverage, go ahead and release them. Let's see who dies and whose net breaks in the end!"

This tough response also gave Kōkō Sigong a headache.

Then Kōkō Sigong received official sanctions; all the hotels and shopping malls under the Sigong name were suspended for rectification. There was no other reason; the safety measures were not up to standard.

Then the Sigong family's heavy assets, real estate, received government sanctions, and many orders in the shipbuilding industry were directly called off.

Railways, mining, and oil all received desperate suppression, almost the pressure of wanting to beat the Sigong family to death with one club.

Even in terms of procurement, they were suppressed; all past channels were unilaterally breached by the other party, and the other party even said they were willing to pay the breach of contract penalty.

But this made Kōkō Sigong very headache-stricken.

Is the breach of contract penalty the problem now? The problem now is that the Sigong family has money but can't spend it.

This gave Kōkō Sigong, who had been smooth sailing for the past forty years of his life, a massive headache.

Since taking over all the businesses of the Sigong family, he had never seen such a situation.

"Who on earth wants the Sigong family to die?"

This made Kōkō Sigong anxious.

This matter is not a joke; once this comprehensive boycott from the political and business circles continues for a period of time, the Sigong family will really be excluded from the entire island nation, and all businesses will completely go bust.

Even if unwilling, Kōkō Sigong still bit the bullet and went to the hospital where his father was recuperating.

"Father, who on earth has such great energy to target the Sigong family?"

Knowing his son's intention, Gan'an Sigong almost instantly knew who had done it.

"It's Emperor Sanzenin."

"Emperor Sanzenin..."

Kōkō Sigong's complexion changed drastically.

He remembered that less than half a day ago, the eldest lady of the Sanzenin family and the eldest lady of the Saginomiya family had met with Kaguya.

In less than half a day, the Sigong family had suffered blows from both the political and business circles.

Looking at it this way, the reason was clear.

Gan'an Sigong recalled the brutality of Emperor Sanzenin in the past, and even now, he still had lingering fears.

"That old guy... don't look at him as kind-hearted now; he was a ruthless person in the past."

"Now, besides Emperor Sanzenin, no one can kill the Sigong family in one go."

"Kōkō, how did you provoke that old guy, Emperor Sanzenin?"

"..."

How could Kōkō Sigong say this?

He didn't even dare to make a move against the eldest lady of the Sanzenin family.

PS: Seeking data for the new book.