Koto Ward, Tokyo, District Governnt Building.
Since Toru had successfully run for district mayor, the forr district mayor was also very straightforward and directly vacated the governnt office building.
Even before his term was up, he had already given up his office and handed it over to Toru.
Although this did not comply with laws and regulations, since the forr district mayor himself did not care, naturally, no one would gossip.
After a day of cleaning and replacing furniture, Toru finally sat in the district mayor's office, becoming the highest commander of Koto Ward.
Unlike the offices of zaibatsus, the district mayor's office was quite simple, with nothing extra besides a desk and a sofa.
This made Toru feel a little regretful. It would have been great if there were a hidden room in the office.
Unfortunately, in order to show its integrity and incorruptibility, the governnt in Japan had no luxurious items in the office area at all.
Knock, knock.
The door to the district mayor's office was knocked. Toru, who was leaning back in the boss chair and playing with his phone, quickly put down his phone. He sat up straight and called out, "Co in!"
A young governnt office worker walked in. She wore glasses and held a stack of docunts in her hand. As soon as she entered, she bowed to Toru.
"Your Excellency, this is the construction report for the Koto Ward artificial island."
"The Hatamoto Zaibatsu, Takasugi Zaibatsu, Tomizawa Zaibatsu, and others have all submitted detailed reports regarding the construction plan for the artificial island."
"Also, there is a eting tomorrow afternoon at 2 PM. These major zaibatsus will send representatives to the district governnt to report on their work, and you need to listen in personally."
The young governnt worker's tone was respectful, with a strong sense of admiration in her words.
Toru had only been in office for less than two days, and he had already attracted so many zaibatsus to invest. The total investnt from all the zaibatsus combined amounted to an astonishing tens of billions of US dollars.
This was far more investnt than the previous three district mayors had brought in combined, especially considering this was Toru's achievent within just a few days of taking office.
It could be said that in just these few days, Toru had already fulfilled a large part of his promises to the voters.
This governnt worker knew that such ability could not be achieved simply by relying on the so-called reputation of the Fujiwara family.
It was true that the Fujiwara family was Japan's top political family, but its main sphere of influence was in Kansai and Kyoto. In the Tokyo area, it was controlled by the major zaibatsus, and it was not the Fujiwara family's place to dictate things.
Therefore, this achievent was entirely due to Toru's personal ability!
Toru smiled lightly and said, "Put the docunts on the table."
The reason he was able to attract these investnts was also simple. These zaibatsus were working on a plan that he had initiated and discussed with the Sakanayagi family.
The plan had actually been prepared long ago, but at Toru's request, these zaibatsus had not submitted it to the previous district governnt.
Those zaibatsus also gave Toru face and kept the plan docunts for his term.
Of course, to Toru, they had to give him face.
Especially now that he controlled most of the Black Organization's power. Anyone who dared not give him face would be physically eliminated!
The governnt worker quickly apologized to Toru, bowed, and turned to leave.
As she closed the door, she noticed a cane placed not far from the sofa.
The cane looked very pretty and seed to be for a girl. Why would the district mayor have such a thing in his room?
However, despite her confusion, she did not dare to ask further and quietly closed the door.
After so ti, Arisu stepped out, her face full of resentnt.
She tidied her Advanced Nurturing High School uniform and gave Toru a glare.
Arisu's face remained straight as she ignored Toru's teasing.
She looked at the docunts on Toru's desk, her expression complicated.
Toru smiled. "What, are you unhappy that the land that once belonged to your family is now occupied by others?"
Arisu nodded slightly. "I am a little sad."
"What's there to be sad about? You should rejoice."
Toru said lightly, "Without , your family would only be worse off, and you wouldn't get much money even if your land was swallowed up in the end."
"Now you've only lost a portion of your land, and you've received quite a bit of money. Although it's slightly lower than the market price, it's not too bad, don't you think?"
Arisu sighed softly. "Although I know everything you said is true, it still feels unpleasant. No one likes being forced by others and having no choice but to make decisions out of helplessness."
Toru nodded. "I agree with you on that point. However, to stop others from forcing you, you need sufficient strength."
"Clearly, the Sakanayagi family doesn't have such strength, so you must offer sothing to satisfy those gluttons."
Arisu gave a self-mocking smile. "The adult world is truly filthy, far beyond my imagination."
She had thought that the strength-based teaching thod at Advanced Nurturing High School was already cruel enough.
But only after entering society did she realize that school was still too much of an ivory tower.
These people in society were truly capable of doing anything for profit. Betrayal, backstabbing, and setting traps were commonplace.
What was even more terrifying was that in school, the worst that happened if you failed was dropping out.
But in society, if you failed, it could an the ruin of your family.
"Besides, didn't you co to my side because you wanted to learn these things?"
Toru said this.
(To be continued.)
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