Standalone Tokyo

Chapter 248: Uncle's True Motives Revealed

Although the process was a bit tortuous, after spending some money at the Japanese Embassy in Brazil and speeding up the re-application of passports, Kotaro Taniguchi and his party still caught the flight back to Japan tonight.

Brazil is a good place, but until Kotaro Taniguchi returned to Tokyo, Fujiwara Masato had not figured out what to do in Brazil.

The reason is simple. Fujiwara Masato's current power development is still far from the bottleneck limit. Let's not talk about anything else, just talk about the generic drug business. In addition to Tokyo, there are other Japanese cities waiting for the Joker Pharmaceutical Company to attack and capture the city.

Secondly, Fujiwara Masato has not forgotten the big gift package for the Tokyo branch of the World Academy Group. The company's president is also a part-time insider, and dear Mr. Bellamy is helping the poker organization to poach people from the head office.

As long as the poaching process goes smoothly and without any accidents, the poker organization will be able to obtain a batch of Europe's most advanced pharmaceutical machines, scientific researchers, and several drug formulas at the lowest cost.

With these things, if the poker organization spends some money to set up a few drug research institutes, it will have the ability to develop its own drug formulas and get rid of the embarrassing situation of only being able to make generic drugs.

Of course, this does not mean that making generic drugs does not require technical skills. It is just that being able to research the cake recipe by yourself is better than just stealing other people's cake recipes, and it is more decent when making money.

All in all, Brazil is a good place, but it is not yet a good time for the poker organization to open a South American branch.

A debt of favor owed to Heituyang, a big landowner in Brazil?
Let it go for now. As long as the Kurotsuchi family is still there, this debt will not disappear. If Fujiwara Masato is willing, he can even give him a loan with compound interest.

Fujiwara Masato was not afraid that Kuroto Yo would not acknowledge the debt. On the contrary, if the latter did not acknowledge the debt, Fujiwara Masato would not have any psychological burden when he started to collect the debt.

What prevented the poker organization from doing bad things was never the local laws and law enforcers, but Fujiwara Masato's conscience.

In short, Fujiwara Masato is not in the mood and does not have much energy to go to Brazil to open a branch base. He is now wholeheartedly preparing to help Uehara Rui seize the position of head of the Uehara family.

Now, drifting on the Sea of ​​Japan, Fujiwara Masato has two questions that he longs to have answered.

First, is this old guy Shintaro Uehara dead?
If he died, then things would be easier and Fujiwara Masato would have fewer concerns.

On the other hand, if the old guy is still alive, can he move around? Can he get out of bed and walk freely?
Without clarifying this issue, Fujiwara Masato was always worried that the old guy would use this as an opportunity to play some tricks.

In fact, the answer to this question would be found out naturally by sending people to attack Uehara Manor, but the nostalgic Fujiwara Masato still remembers the friendship that Uehara Shintaro had helped him with, and really doesn't want to be the bad guy first.

However, judging from the re-election of the president of the Chiba Prefecture Agricultural Association, even if the old man Shintaro Uehara is not dead, he is basically paralyzed.

Not to mention voluntary abdication, basically no big shot with great power would be willing to give up the power in his hands... unless he is dead.

The second question is how Uehara Kazuto plans to compete with Uehara Rui for the position of president of the Chiba Prefecture Agricultural Association?

Is it a fight of words or of fists?

Or will it be a combination of verbal and physical fights?

Fujiwara no Masato was somewhat curious about how Uehara Kazuto would attack. No matter how they fought, the old saying still applied: for the sake of Uehara Shintaro, the former did not intend to take the initiative to attack, but to passively counterattack.

As long as Fujiwara Masato is not dead and Uehara Rui is safe, some things can be easily handled.

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While Fujiwara Masato was firing on his luxury yacht at sea, Uehara Kazuto was sitting in his office on a high-rise building with dark circles under his eyes and a haggard face, looking down at the bright lights of Tokyo.

Uehara Kazurin was very tired. He had been losing ground in the recent competition within the family and was beaten by Uehara Rui to the point of running away in panic.

In fact, Fujiwara Masato doesn’t know his sister, Uehara Rui, very well. His understanding of the latter is still superficial. He knows that she is very beautiful...but what else?

Uehara Rui's abilities are outstanding. She seems to have inherited her father's intelligence and talent, just like the original Fujiwara Masato. With her own abilities... and her family's educational resources, she was easily admitted to the University of Tokyo, and then she was willing to play the role of the eldest daughter of the Uehara family.

Uehara Rui originally did not have much ambition because her grandfather Uehara Shintaro did not allow it.

In Japan, a modern feudal society, the status of Japanese women is not high. Their starting point is naturally much lower than that of Japanese men... Don't tell lies like the status of women in the big oriental country is lower.

Being unreasonable may at most allow you to gain a small advantage, but those who keep doing so will sooner or later suffer a big loss.

Because of their low status, women who can make a name for themselves in this hellhole of Japan are all ruthless people...or, women who are not ruthless cannot climb to the top, even if they have a good background.

Uehara Ruyi understood this truth when she was very young, so she had no ambitions, convinced herself to accept her fate, and even had a fiancé who was a good match for her. However, in this situation, Uehara Ruyi's ambitions were aroused, and she made full use of her abilities and the support of the poker organization to gather supporters within the family and poach Uehara Kazuto.

This put Uehara Kazuto in a very passive position, and he tried to fight back.

However, the results of the counterattack were somewhat disappointing because of recent external events, which caused his internal supporters to complain about him, believing that Uehara Kazuto was too weak and could not quickly suppress his niece.

Being a male heir is both an advantage and, at times, a disadvantage.

In addition, as the first heir, Kazuto Uehara knows more than Uehara Ruei, for example, it is very likely that Shintaro Uehara is not dead and even has his own consciousness.

Because in the Uehara Manor, there are some members who only obey the orders of the head of the family. They did not obey the orders of Uehara Kazuto, nor did they surrender to Uehara Ryue and other heirs. They have been guarding around a certain house, never leaving, and taking care of their own eating, drinking, defecating and urinating.

Knowing this information, Uehara Kazuto realized that his father was not dead but was in poor health. He was probably planning to conduct a succession examination, and whoever performed well would take the throne.

In addition, Shintaro Uehara might also be planning to lure out potential enemies inside and outside the family. He wants to take away a group of opponents for the family before he leaves this world.

In Chiba Prefecture, the poker organization ignored the fighting and struggles in the underground world, but Kazuto Uehara knew that the Yakuza gangs in Chiba Prefecture had been fighting fiercely recently. Several large landowners and gang leaders in Chiba Prefecture had died suddenly for no reason.

Uehara Kazuto didn't know how long the exam would last, but he knew it wouldn't be too long...the old man's health really wouldn't be very good.

After much deliberation, Uehara Kazuto gritted his teeth and made up his mind.

"Red Heart J Hotel... Secretary, help me contact the middleman. I need some top mercenaries."

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"Fence-sitter" is a bad word, as if anyone is labeled with this word will be hunted down and killed.

However, in reality, fence-sitters are indispensable, and sometimes their appearance is something that both sides need to win over.

Uehara Rui has won over a lot of fence-sitters. These people do not have much power and high status, but they are able to pass on key information to the outside world at critical moments.

Kazuto Uehara is recruiting talented Japanese mercenary teams.

What does he want to do by doing this?
There is no need to think too much about this question, Uehara Rui can figure it out. This uncle is obviously anxious and is ready to throw away his face and hire people to attack the Red J Hotel.

Before this, Kazuto Uehara had thought of many ways to get Uehara Rei out of the Red Heart J Hotel, but all of them failed without exception.

During this period, even when a close female friend of Uehara Rui was hospitalized due to critical illness, she only called to inquire and never stepped out of the hotel.

Uehara Rui's fiancé wanted to date her, but she ignored him. Even though he came to the Red Heart J Hotel in person, Uehara Rui refused to meet him.

Now is a matter of life and death, who are you, a stranger? I know you well, is it worth me risking my life to meet you?
During this series of events, Uehara Rui became more calm and confident. Although she didn't know why, it could be seen from her uncle's methods that he was anxious.

Being anxious means that something is happening that you are not aware of and that is beneficial to you.

In this case, no accidents can happen to me, and I cannot leave the Red Heart J Hotel which cannot be infiltrated by outsiders and can protect my safety.

Now hearing that her uncle Uehara Kazuto was going to pay outsiders to attack the Red J Hotel, Uehara Rui's first reaction was joy and a smile.

From this action, Uehara Rui finally confirmed one thing...her grandfather Uehara Shintaro is still alive.

If the grandfather, the head of the family, passed away, then Uehara Kazuto would not need to be so anxious to deal with himself. Secondly, to attack the Red Heart J Hotel, there is no need to spend money to hire outsiders.

As a local landlord in Chiba County, the Uehara family has a reliable gang of underworld thugs and a small team of elite gunmen. They are the knives of the Uehara family. Whenever a farmer is disobedient or a hostile family touches their fundamental interests, it is time for them to take action.

Perhaps outsiders have better abilities, but the most reliable and reliable people are our own people who are loyal.

If given a choice, Uehara Kazuto would never hire mercenaries. He would do so for only one reason... he could not mobilize the family's armed forces to deal with Uehara Rui, who was second in line to succession.

(End of this chapter)