Announcement on the appointment of the Zenin Clan's next clan head and executive deputy clan head

The group walked out through the main gates and, led by an attendant, retraced their steps.

When they saw the clan head, Naobito Zenin, return, the Zenin Clan members who had remained there began to stir.

Naobito Zenin led the group over to them and pressed a hand downward, signaling for the restless crowd to quiet down.

He cleared his throat and began slowly:

"Fellow members of the Zenin Clan, following our discussions just now..."

"To coordinate and integrate the Zenin Clan's internal resources, these discussions focused on in-depth cooperation between the Gojo Clan and the Zenin Clan..."

"Grounded in the complementary strengths of both clans' resources, all of this serves to achieve mutual benefit, win-win outcomes, and sustainable, coordinated development for the Zenin Clan and the Gojo Clan..."

The clan members below exchanged looks, bewilderment written all over their faces.

None of them understood what their usually straightforward old clan head meant by this unprecedentedly long spiel today.

Naoya Zenin's brows furrowed tightly. Even he could not figure out what his father, the clan head, was trying to say.

Meanwhile, Satoru Gojo, Akutagawa Shang, and the others standing behind him fought to keep the corners of their mouths down, their shoulders shaking nonstop as they used every ounce of effort to keep from laughing.

Akutagawa Shang had just taught Naobito Zenin this spiel to lull these people into a stupor...

But he had not expected the old man to have such a talent for it. The platitudes rolled right off his tongue. Somewhere else, he would have been cadre material at the very least.

Naobito Zenin spoke for over ten minutes straight, nearly numbing the Zenin Clan members below.

Moreover, his words were the sort that sounded perfectly reasonable at first, but upon closer examination, seemed to