"Thank you, Young Master Kanade."
The servants accepted the red envelopes with both reverence and delight. They had personally witnessed Higashino Kanade's ten-month mountain-blasting process and had long since come to fear this powerful Fair-Faced Beautiful Boy, regarding him as one of the upper class.
The bodyguards drove along the winding road. Two hours later, the car stopped before the gates of the Ryougi Family.
It was already the New Year. Even the ordinarily cold and solemn Ryougi Family was bustling with activity.
The servants busied themselves, and upon seeing Higashino Kanade, they all bowed. Before long, a servant brought word from the Head of the Ryougi Family, asking Higashino Kanade to speak with him in the main hall.
"Father, you've lost quite a bit of weight."
Higashino Kanade sat formally on the tatami, looking at the somewhat gaunt Head of the Ryougi Family and his wife across from him.
Higashino Kanade was nominally the Ryougi Family's son-in-law now, so calling him Father was only natural.
"Isn't it all your fault?"
The Head of the Ryougi Family grumbled, but his face was full of delight.
Over the past year, following Higashino Kanade's advice, he had invested all over the world, acquiring and funding several future internet giants, as well as investing in energy and medical fields.
As those investments developed, the Ryougi Family's assets had doubled in just half a year. With these legitimate industries, the Ryougi Family could begin laundering its assets clean and gradually shift the center of the family business away from the underworld.
Although the Japanese yakuza were legal, legality did not mean they escaped a bad reputation. The Ryougi Family's ability to clean up its image was an excellent thing for the family's development.
"Though I'd like to exchange a few pleasantries first, I'd like