Standalone Tokyo

Chapter 238 Taniguchi Kotaro's Mission
In the early morning, the warm sunlight shone through the glass into the living room, shining on Kotaro Taniguchi, who was sitting on the sofa with a newspaper in one hand and a sandwich in the other.

In front of him, his wife, who had been married for a year, was in the living room, directing the nanny to wipe the wooden floor with a rag and do daily cleaning.

Kotaro Taniguchi is very satisfied with his current life. Now that he is middle-aged, he has avenged his old enemies and all of them are dead, leaving not a single one alive. His current job not only pays well but also has great prospects. Although it is a little insecure, he can accept it.

He has a young, beautiful wife with a good personality. She is pregnant and will soon give birth to a son as his heir.

From career to family, everything is so perfect, what else could Kotaro Taniguchi be dissatisfied with?
"Tuk tuk tuk..."

There was a knock on the door, but Kotaro Taniguchi did not move. His younger brother Sato, who was standing in the corner, walked over and opened the door.

After a while, Sato and Kimura, who had just returned, walked into the living room. Kimura was holding a letter in his hand and stood motionless beside the sofa.

When Kotaro Taniguchi turned his head and saw the posture of his younger brother, he knew that something must have happened, so he stood up and walked towards the study.

"whats the matter?"

Kotaro Taniguchi skillfully took out a box of cigarettes and a lighter from the desk. While his wife was outside, he wanted to hide in the study and smoke a few cigarettes to satisfy his craving.

His wife is pregnant, and he heard that secondhand smoke is bad for the baby, so when his wife is around, Kotaro Taniguchi deliberately does not smoke.

Kimura didn't say anything. He just took out an envelope with a playing card logo from his arms and handed it to the boss with both hands.

As soon as he saw the letter, Kotaro Taniguchi, who was originally sitting in the boss chair and looking a little unserious, quickly changed his sitting posture, straightened his back, and solemnly stretched out his hands to take the letter.

Within the poker organization, once such a letter appears, it often represents a task issued by the boss himself, and even the organization’s cadres need to straighten their attitude and accept it seriously.

At least in front of his younger brothers, Kotaro Taniguchi always showed that he respected his boss.

After taking the letter, Toratarou Taniguchi opened it. After just a few glances, his brows furrowed, and then quickly relaxed.

The boss gave him a task, or seriously speaking, it should be three... The organization asked Kotaro Taniguchi to go to Chiba Prefecture within the next month to "persuade" three senior members of the Chiba Prefecture Agricultural Association to vote for Uehara Rui during the president election.

The time left by the boss for the task was a bit short, but after thinking about it carefully, Kotaro Taniguchi found that it was not a big problem, because when he continued to look inside the envelope, he found that there were several pieces of paper inside with intelligence information of three people written on them.

Collecting intelligence on the mission target is the most time-consuming and energy-consuming task. When action is really needed, not much time is required.

Since the organization has provided assistance with the processes that require the most time, the remaining work will not be too strenuous and one month will be enough.

For the three mission objectives, Kotaro Taniguchi plans to take on the easy ones first and then the difficult ones.

The first mission target is called Kunoki Kensuke. Judging from the photo, he is quite old, probably in his fifties, with a dark complexion and wrinkles as numerous as the ditches on the Ningxia plain. You can tell from his appearance that he is a simple-minded person.

Kensuke Kunoki is a small landowner in Chiba Prefecture. He does not own much land, only about 200 acres, which is nothing in the Chiba Prefecture Agricultural Association. On weekdays, the whole family has to work together to cultivate the land, and he cannot afford to hire long-term workers.

The reason why Kensuke Kunoki was able to become a senior member is mainly because he has been a member of the association for a long time and has high qualifications. Secondly, he has a good personality and is willing to help others. Many new families who have just joined the agricultural association have received his technical assistance or some second-hand farm tools.

Technical assistance and second-hand farm tools are not very valuable in theory, but for farmers who rely on the weather for their livelihood, these two things are very precious. Therefore, in the Chiba Agricultural Association, many low-level members owe favors to Kensuke Kunoki.

Over time, Kunoki Kensuke, who was a good teacher and had a lot of experience, was recommended as a senior member. In the absence of a conflict of interest, no one in the agricultural association would cause trouble for such a good guy.

After Kotaro Taniguchi looked at Kensuke Kunoki's personal and family qualifications several times and determined the character of the target of the mission, he knew how to "persuade" him to support Uehara Rui.

Kunoki Kensuke's weak spot is his five-year-old grandson who started kindergarten this year, not to mention that he is a good person.

Good person, what a beautiful word. Kotaro Taniguchi likes good people very much, because good people are easier to threaten than bad people.

Kotaro Taniguchi arranged for his subordinate to visit a kindergarten in Chiba Prefecture. After getting a few photos of children, he took the photos to Chiba Prefecture to visit Kensuke Kunoki.

Including the time spent on investigation and photography and lobbying, it only took Kotaro Taniguchi two days to make Kensuke Kunoki a "supporter" of Rui Uehara in the Chiba Prefecture Agricultural Association.

In order to complete the task better, in addition to the photos, when Kotaro Taniguchi visited Kensuke Kunoki that day, he also brought three agricultural machines. Although they were all second-hand machines, they were also valuable and should be able to soothe the latter's frightened heart.

The stick alone might have aroused the rebellious heart that might still exist in Kunoki Kensuke, but with the carrot, he would have no reason to go back on his word.

The second mission target is Jugo Yusuke, a monk from Chiba Prefecture who owns a mountain.

Why would a monk join an agricultural association and become a senior member?
The reason is very simple. This monk named Jugo Yusuke is a second-generation monk. His father became a Buddha last year, allowing Jugo Yusuke to inherit the family's ancestral temple, the mountain where the temple is located, and more than 2,000 acres of farmland at the foot of the mountain.

Kotaro Taniguchi personally went to Chiba Prefecture to contact his "business" partners to inquire about Togo Yusuke's information.

Yusuke Jugo is a second-generation monk with a strong personality. From what Kotaro Taniguchi could find out, this young monk not only formed a heavy metal rock band called "Lotus's Wrath", but he also plans to run for the election of the president of the Agricultural Association this year.

With just this little bit of information, combined with Jugo Yusuke's religious background, Kotaro Taniguchi knew that this person could not be threatened. At least it was not worth it for the Poker Organization to offend the religious circles entrenched in Tokyo and surrounding areas in this mission.

Japan's bald men may seem inconspicuous, but in fact they have a strong influence in politics, economy, and even the underworld.

If threats are not possible, then the only option is bribery.

Kotaro Taniguchi spent a week in Chiba Prefecture getting to know Jugo Yusuke. He was trying to find out why the latter ran for the president of the Chiba Prefecture Agricultural Association, and then "accidentally" asked the reason from a Chiba Prefecture biker gang.

"Why else? Because it's cool and rock 'n' roll."

This reason sounds ridiculous, but Taniguchi Kotaro thinks it is probably true, which fits his impression of rock music. Then, Taniguchi Kotaro began to inquire about the information of the "Rage of Lotus" band in the rock circle of Tokyo, but found that he did not find out anything, because this band is an obscure type in the music circle of Tokyo.

After obtaining enough information, Kotaro Taniguchi went to visit Jugo Yusuke confidently. Facing this second-generation monk who played rock music and was full of rebelliousness, the former offered a condition.

"Give up the election for the president of the Chiba Prefecture Agricultural Association and support Uehara Ryu from the Uehara family as the president. I can get Sony Records to release a record for the band Lotus Wrath."

"Really? How can you prove that you have this ability?"

"Come with me, I'll take you to Sony Records to sign the contract."

Sony Records has a high status in the eyes of Japanese musicians, but in the eyes of Kotaro Taniguchi, it is just that.

It's just releasing some records that are bound to lose money. For the latter, it's just a matter of spending money and it's not worth making a fuss about. Sony Records will not offend Kotaro Taniguchi because of this.

The second mission objective is accomplished.

The third mission target is Kunihisa Taiga, who is the last and most troublesome person in Taniguchi Kotaro's eyes.

Bangu Taiga is a wealthy man. He owns an agricultural product company and two agricultural product processing factories in Chiba Prefecture. His main products are peanuts, rice, milk and other agricultural products. He employs nearly a thousand farmers and workers, and his company is a star in Chiba Prefecture.

This is not the most troublesome thing. It is just a star enterprise. Kotaro Taniguchi will not have any scruples if he takes action. No matter how dissatisfied the local government of Chiba Prefecture is, it cannot have such a huge influence on Tokyo as Bald Donkey.

What gave Kotaro Taniguchi a headache was that the intelligence said that Kunihisa Taiga was a supporter of the Uehara family in the Chiba Prefecture Agricultural Association, but the person he supported was called Uehara Kazuto.

The boss is doubting the relationship between me and Uehara Kazuto, he is testing and probing me! ?
In Taniguchi Kotaro's opinion, this is what bothers him the most...his superiors no longer trust him.

Kotaro Taniguchi had a hard time speaking out his feelings. After the poker organization and the Uehara family became allies, as a cadre, it was natural for him to contact the core members of the Uehara family for business exchanges and cooperation. This was inevitable.

In the poker organization, Komizuuchi Shun was too young and soon went to Manila, Philippines to develop. He was unable to contribute to the organization. As a female cadre who focused on intelligence work, Nakazaki Minako was even less suitable for contact with allies to avoid any misunderstandings.

Looking around, it was only Kotaro Taniguchi who was left to take the lead.

Then during the contact, he drank a few more times with Uehara Kazuto, and they left contact information with each other. This is also a very normal thing. Why would the boss suspect that his relationship with Uehara Kazuto was so good that he would betray the interests of the organization?
Kotaro Taniguchi thought about it carefully and felt that it was probably caused by the fact that Uehara Kazuto contacted him for a meeting when he was investigating a police incident not long ago and suspected that the matter was related to the Masuyama family.

In addition, something must have happened inside the Uehara family that he was unaware of, which led to changes in the relationship between Uehara Kazuto and the organization, and the boss decided to support his sister, Uehara Rui.

After a while, Kotaro Taniguchi felt that there was something wrong with his behavior not long ago.

The boss's suspicion was justified, and he was just suspicious. The task given to him was a reasonable test and nothing out of the ordinary.

"The third mission must be completed successfully. There is no chance of failure!"

Kotaro Taniguchi secretly made up his mind to protect his position and power in the poker world.

At this time, the last mission target, Bangjiu Dahe, suddenly went abroad. He flew to Brazil with his secretary.

According to information from Kotaro Taniguchi, Kunihisa Taiga went to Brazil to discuss the business of exporting chicken and eggs to Japan with a foreign food merchant.

Kotaro Taniguchi didn't care what business Kunihisa Taiga wanted to do. He just noticed that he had less than half a month left.

Will Kunihisa Taiga return to Japan within half a month?
Kotaro Taniguchi was unsure and didn't dare to just wait for half a month. This half a month was not just a time to complete the task, it was a countdown to his tenure as an official!

Kotaro Taniguchi decided to leave Japan and go to Brazil to catch up with Kunihisa Taiga. He has already asked someone to apply for a visa for Brazil.

Then, before leaving, Kotaro Taniguchi did not forget to use the satellite phone to contact his boss who was somewhere unknown.

"…It's like this, because the third mission target went to Brazil, and I'm going to go to this country to look for him. Boss, I want to know if the Poker Organization has any forces or friends in Brazil?"

This is really a good question. After hearing this, Fujiwara Masato subconsciously opened the small map and took a look at the Brazilian border.

Do poker organizations have a presence in Brazil?

Not really.

But if there is a need, then it is possible. The question is, is Brazil worth the poker organization spreading its influence there?
Fujiwara Masato began to think seriously about what special products Brazil had, or what value it had that was worth training a high-level NPC to garrison in Brazil.

Forget it, I'll think about this question later. Now Kotaro Taniguchi is waiting for my answer.

"You can go to Brazil. The poker organization has some people there. Although not many, they can provide you with weapons and an action team. As for intelligence, you have to get it yourself. The organization has not established deep roots in Brazil."

"understood."

Kotaro Taniguchi felt a little relieved. Since the organization had a certain number of manpower in Brazil, he would not be without any support if he went to Brazil.

As for intelligence, this is not a big problem for Kotaro Taniguchi. In the country of Brazil, do you know who are the largest number of foreigners?

Is Japanese.

(End of this chapter)