"Mr. Hijikata, there's no need to look so shocked, is there?" As though he had just mentioned something utterly trivial, Sogo Doma casually picked at his ear with a finger.
"Bastard, how could a yakuza violent organization possibly replace the government..." Toshiro Hijikata stepped forward again. "Forget now—even several hundred years ago, that could only be achieved by rebellion and seizing power..."
"Well..." Seeing Toshiro Hijikata's agitated expression, Sogo Doma hurriedly waved a hand. "There's no need to take things to such extremes. Mr. Hijikata, have you forgotten? In this country, having capital means having everything..."
"No, no, no. No matter how recklessly capital behaves, once it crosses certain lines, it'll trigger a fierce backlash. Replacing the government's violent institutions is crossing the lowest of the low lines. No one would..."
"What if the four major conglomerates pushed for it together? Mr. Hijikata, you're making this too complicated. As long as someone takes the lead in proposing that the government's violent organizations are no longer sufficient to protect residents' safety, and that this country needs to establish a new violent organization..."
"That kind of bill could never pass. Whether due to insufficient manpower, or..."
"The legislature would only need to add a few new departments to the existing violent organizations—that's what you want to say, right, Mr. Hijikata?"
"Isn't that the case?" Toshiro Hijikata shot back.
"Of course not. As long as the proposal clearly defines the differences in authority and obligations between the new violent organization and the old one, then with a little maneuvering by capital, a brand-new organization wearing the government's skin can successfully emerge. It's like during the Restoration—police officers already existed as a profession, yet there were still patrolmen."
Toshiro Hijikata: #^_^
"Sogo, aren't you turning back the wheel of history here?!"
"History is a