At the banquet earlier, Gu Sheng had practically wiped out the entire leadership of the Sumiyoshi-kai.
Besides the Sumiyoshi-kai's Fifth Generation Head, many senior headquarters officials had been there, and those officials were themselves the heads of various second-tier organizations.
The acting chairman, for instance, was the Sumiyoshi Family's Fifth Generation Head, the secretary-general was Musashiya's eighth-generation head, the Head of Headquarters was the Jūjō Family's first-generation head, the Head of Headquarters was Mukō's Fourth Generation Leader, and the secretariat director was Tsurukawa's Fourth Generation Leader...
The Chairman’s Assistants included Hanada-kai's chairman, Hino's Fifth Generation Head, Fukaejima's Third Generation Head, and Maeda's seventh-generation head...
Few of them had survived. The entire Sumiyoshi-kai had descended into chaos, with every organization arranging funerals.
The organizations were also searching frantically for Gu Sheng to take revenge, while urgently selecting people to take charge.
"We should have Miura from the Saikai Family's Fujikawa-kai take charge! He's the only Chairman’s Assistant left. According to the rules, he should become chairman," someone said, slapping the table.
The others frowned in silence. According to the rules, the position indeed belonged to him.
But he had ranked low to begin with. Making him a Chairman’s Assistant had largely been a matter of giving him a title.
Several assistants had ranked ahead of him. Who could have imagined they would all be wiped out?
After a moment, someone spoke.
"He may be a Chairman’s Assistant, but he doesn't have the strength to silence the opposition. At a time like this, we need someone tougher to lead the organization. I think we should choose one of the regional directors."
A regional director commanded the second-tier organizations within a region, and the Sumiyoshi-kai had five external regional directors in total.
As they continued arguing, someone suddenly ran in from outside.
"Something's