Chapter 323: The Jester

Today, the police arrested a groom who poisoned guests at a wedding.

Because the incident caused a huge uproar, it was reported on the evening news.

Of course, only the part about the poisoned groom was covered.

The bride's story was concealed, and even the identity of the person who was poisoned was hidden.

The implication was clearly to keep the parties' circumstances confidential.

But in reality?

It was simply a cover-up of information.

Even the news media were downplaying the bride and the poisoning victim's roles.

After all, the poisoner was the groom, and the bride was merely an innocent bystander.

Especially since this bride was the daughter of a police inspector—this part of the story needed to be buried even more.

The identity of the poisoning victim also needed to be concealed.

She was the second daughter of the Suzuki zaibatsu, and its future heir.

If a zaibatsu heir were to face poisoning threats—not from within, but from other zaibatsu—that would be an extremely grave matter.

If it triggered a mass exodus of zaibatsu, the situation would spiral out of control.

After all, the business environment for zaibatsu in this country is already terrible; now their heirs must fear poisoning assassinations from rival zaibatsu?

Wouldn't other zaibatsu heirs also start worrying about this?

So some things must be suppressed.

Conversely, the Gao Shan zaibatsu, which caused this massive scandal, was truly unlucky.

Public opinion completely shattered the last remnants of the Gao Shan zaibatsu's backbone.

As the former patriarch, Gao Shan Nan died of a heart attack in the hospital—this was a devastating blow.

Gao Shan Weikezi was accused of asset transfers and massive stock liquidations.

Those funds were meant for her retirement, but now they were all frozen for investigation.

Moreover, with the collapse of the Gao Shan zaibatsu, all group stocks hit their daily trading limits, and many properties and real estates became completely immobilized.

The entire Gao Shan zaibatsu had been reduced to nothing.

As the sole heir of the Gao Shan zaibatsu, Gao Shan Junyan now faced not only charges of attempted murder, but also debts far beyond imagination.

This had effectively pushed him to the very edge of a cliff.

Right now, Gao Shan Junyan's greatest hope was that the attempted murder charge would be sentenced to the maximum penalty; otherwise, he would suffer even worse than life imprisonment.

"Deserved."

On the sofa, watching the news, Ren Amamiya shook his head slightly and turned off the television.

He then summoned his diary, needing to complete the final part of today's entry.

{As I suspected, the collapse of the Gao Shan zaibatsu has dragged down Gao Shan Junyan's adoptive parents. }

{But this was inevitable. }

{Poisoning, nearly killing a zaibatsu heir—this scandal was enormous. }

{His adoptive father died of rage, his adoptive mother's assets were frozen and under investigation; her retirement life will now be a major problem. }

{And Gao Shan Junyan, as the sole heir of the Gao Shan zaibatsu. }

{After his adoptive father's death and his adoptive mother's loss of financial capacity, he alone must shoulder all the debts accumulated by the Gao Shan zaibatsu. }

{Even selling off every single asset of the Gao Shan zaibatsu wouldn't be enough to repay them. }

{For him now, prison might be a relatively safe place. }

{If he receives life imprisonment, perhaps he can live out his days in prison. }

{But if he gets only ten years, then his life is already counting down its final decade. }

{Yet his fate does suit the deeds he committed. }

He put down his pen; today's diary entry was complete.

Ren Amamiya closed the diary and quietly felt the sensation of the potion being digested within his body.

Guiding Matsamoto Sayuri today, and divining certain past events of Gao Shan Junyan—this had unintentionally allowed him to embody the Fortune Teller.

This further completed his digestion of the Fortune Teller.

"So fast?"

While checking the increase in his spirituality, Ren Amamiya suddenly noticed the digestion progress of the Thief and Apprentice potions had also advanced.

Now, only one-fifth of the progress remained to fully digest them.

This speed was truly remarkable.

Less than two weeks after consuming the potions, he had nearly completed the digestion of three different path potions.

And this was achieved without Ren Amamiya performing any role-play at all.

"This digestion speed… a week?"

"No, I won't even need a week to finish the remaining digestion."

"It seems that if nothing interesting happens within a week, my potion shortage pressure will still be severe."

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This troubled Ren Amamiya slightly.

He had never worried about potion progress, knowing it wouldn't advance quickly.

But now, what was once not a problem had become a major one.

"Hmm~ I'll divinate later to see if anything else is about to happen."

Divination can wait; first, I must complete today's lottery.

The great wheel stopped turning.

Lord of the Mysteries

【Obtained Sequence 8 Potion: The Clown】

A bottle of blue potion was placed before Ren Amamiya.

Ren has also grown accustomed to this.

Just today, he had finished digesting the Diviner; the arrival of the Clown potion was perfectly timed.

Habitually, he took out a maple-leaf coin.

Drinking the potion posed no problems whatsoever.

The coin bounced up and landed with the face side down.

Hmm, it can be confirmed that this potion will also have no problems.

He pulled out the cork, aimed at the bottle's mouth, and poured it directly into his mouth in one go.

The Clown potion felt slightly stimulating, like a carbonated cola drink; it was fizzy, leaving a lingering numbness on the tongue.

Additionally, it was cloyingly sweet.