Etiquette for Entertaining Guests

The market.

Fuck, why?!

Trading a place that practically oozed money for a market? Was there something wrong with their heads?

Anyone with half a brain could tell there had to be a catch!

"To be honest, we're not worried that the Huai Shi Group is after what little the Wang Tangzu has."

The Wang Tangzu leader frowned deeply and spoke in a heavily accented border dialect. "If they want to trade, we have no objections. But the problem is, once we hand over the market, whether we actually get anything in return will be another matter."

The Jikōkai leader nodded as well. "This really is utterly baffling."

"Yeah, yeah!"

Having run out of things to say, the Huangxiang Group leader could only keep repeating himself and nodding along.

"But we don't dare refuse the trade, either." The Fukuyama Association president looked equally troubled. "Our family business is small. Put together, we're not even as big as one Nishikigawa Association. What if we anger that lunatic? What if he comes knocking at night?"

"It's too dangerous."

"We have to guard against it!"

"Yeah, yeah." The Huangxiang Group leader continued nodding, awkwardly repeating what had just been said.

"As things stand, gentlemen, please hear me out."

The Fukuyama Association president sighed. It was clear there was no point expecting these idiots to come up with any ideas. He could only do it himself. "I'd say we have no choice but to trade. But how we trade... that is the question."

"That's true." The Wang Tangzu leader nodded. "That is where things are most likely to go wrong."

"Yeah, yeah." The Huangxiang Group leader had given up thinking altogether.

"Everyone here knows that the Fukuyama Association has a bit of a connection with the Arakawa Family. The old family head left behind